1001 Albums Summary

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102
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2.93
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9%
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987 albums remaining

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5-Star Albums
14
1-Star Albums

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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Beautiful Freak
Eels
5 3.26 +1.74
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5 3.29 +1.71
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
5 3.29 +1.71
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
5 3.29 +1.71
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
5 3.42 +1.58
Different Class
Pulp
5 3.42 +1.58
Rio
Duran Duran
5 3.5 +1.5
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
5 3.52 +1.48
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
5 3.67 +1.33
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
5 3.87 +1.13

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Amnesiac
Radiohead
1 3.42 -2.42
Teen Dream
Beach House
1 3.26 -2.26
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
1 3.21 -2.21
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
1 3.15 -2.15
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
1 3.15 -2.15
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
1 3.07 -2.07
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
1 3.07 -2.07
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
1 3.05 -2.05
Future Days
Can
1 3.01 -2.01
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
1 2.83 -1.83

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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

I liked the first song — almost felt like cat stevens. The rest felt like someone did drugs and said “you know what would be cool….”

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Probably a two, but I have to offset people pretending they enjoy this boringness. It’s fine as background music as long as you keep it down and forget you’re listening and fall asleep because you’re bored

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Aug 22 2022

I liked the middle where music felt like it was going places more. A little too free form in terms of directions it could go for me.

Debut by Björk
Aug 23 2022

Just not for me

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Aug 24 2022

I’m almost giving it a five. It probably is a four, but just like honey is so good. Sucker for anything with a wall of noise layer. I really like that it’s the vocal style of more the the synth heavy stuff but then more guitar heavy musically so it felt more grounded and focused. It felt kind of like two different albums mixed together with some of the punk stuff

Out of Step by Minor Threat
Aug 25 2022

Had never heard. I like anything with spoken word aspects.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
Aug 26 2022

I liked it less and less with each song as they all sounded the same. If I was more into poetry and just viewed it as a version of that, perhaps would like it more. Really negatively effected my mood for the day with its energy.

Blue Lines by Massive Attack
Aug 29 2022

I just think I’m not cool enough for it

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
Aug 30 2022

I’d never actually sat down and listened to an LCD sound system album. I ended up listening to it 3 times and then their next album too. Great as background music, but also a lot more variety to it than I expected.

Funeral by Arcade Fire
Aug 31 2022

This is the first one I didn’t really even want to finish. I just didn’t find it to be interesting.

Since I Left You by The Avalanches
Sep 01 2022

Never heard of them like many. Really enjoyed the energy

Future Days by Can
Sep 05 2022

Nope. I skipped through it. I’m sure it influenced someone. I’m glad they were better.

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Sep 06 2022

So incredible. So sad. Several bangers in here.

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk
Sep 07 2022

I feel like it worked for playing StarCraft to

Being There by Wilco
Sep 09 2022

I’m so bored. Why do people like this stuff? How is this exciting?

The Wall by Pink Floyd
Sep 13 2022

Having recently listened to the first third of Dark Side of the Moon… I think I probably preferred it musically. But this was more fun. I’m kind of surprised they’re in their mid 30s here. It feels like very early 20s every. Great album with headphones, I feel like this is how it’s meant to be listened to.

Dance Mania by Tito Puente
Sep 14 2022

2. This is my standard for something that is totally not me but I assume isn’t awful.

Low by David Bowie
Sep 15 2022

I’m sure there will be David Bowie albums here that are a 4 or 5… this just wasn’t one of them. Prefer something more lyrics forward from him.

Eliminator by ZZ Top
Sep 16 2022

Gimme all your lovin is an incredible song. The rest is fine. I can’t believe this song was only in two things. I swear it was in bill and teds excellent adventure but soundtrack claims it wasn’t. Must be thinking of the two heads are better than one song

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
Sep 20 2022

Listened to them so much growing up… probably the most played band on classic rock station growing up, 106.5 WSFL, with daily “Get the Led Out” time. Side B is probably a 4.5, but Side A is an 11. Seriously, Is this the best A side of an Album ever? Love an album that comes flying out of the gate… with probably by favorite Led Zeppelin song. But then still has some softer moments, without losing momentum.. It just plays like an album where people Knew exactly what they wanted to do and did that exact thing.

GI by Germs
Sep 21 2022

I just really struggle to differentiate hardcore stuff

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
Sep 22 2022

I wouldn't listen to this all the time, but it was decent background music and it seems like they had something to say here. Definitely not a 4 or 5 because I didn't immediately want to listen to more of their stuff, but also not a 2 for me because I enjoyed getting through it. I wouldn't consider you to be a philistine if you felt otherwise.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
Sep 23 2022

Okay, I was fully expecting a Leonard Cohen album repeat where I was bored out of my mind. But no. FIVE STARS. Almost got hit by a car swaying back and forth on my bike. This album had Some killer hits, but also, what life lessons I wish I had heard before. Maybe I’d spend more time yelling at octogenarian neighbors for creating a world where “Anything goes.” Maybe we would have thought twice about having kids if I’d heard the words: “He's washin' dishes and baby clothes He's so ambitious, he even sews But don't forget folks, that's what you get folks…” We’ll never know. All I know is some punk kids are going to give this a two because these days only four letter words count as prose. Anything goes.

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals
Sep 26 2022

Felt like a real period piece of something i was never that into. Probably the most easily forgettable album thus far... outside of anything jazz.

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project
Sep 27 2022

Top notch background music. When Ainsley opens up her bakery, this will be the first album on.

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest
Sep 28 2022

A lot to say. Really fun. It’s something that makes me want to google associated stuff… just not something I’ll likely stick on randomly.

Central Reservation by Beth Orton
Sep 29 2022

Probably a 3.5 for me. Enjoyed more than I expected. Great background music.

Tommy by The Who
Sep 30 2022

There will be 5 star who albums for me, but this wasn’t one of them. Too much what feels like filler to listen as an album.

Bad by Michael Jackson
Oct 03 2022

That’s a lotta hits, but not sure if I’d ever actually listen to the album again and not just the hits

Amnesiac by Radiohead
Oct 04 2022

Probably a two, but I have to offset people pretending they enjoy this boringness. It’s fine as background music as long as you keep it down and forget you’re listening and fall asleep because you’re bored

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Oct 05 2022

It’s probably a 4.5, but I’m rounding up on this one due to the cover art. So much to say.

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
Oct 06 2022

i didn't finish but i dunno i was just not into this

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
Oct 10 2022

I am not the biggest Rolling Stones fan, but love Sympathy for the Devil. Six star song makes a 3 star album a 4. Interview with the Vampire FTW.

Ingenue by k.d. lang
Oct 12 2022

It’s fine background music, just not me

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple
Oct 13 2022

It was pretty cool. I could see listening to it again. Just didn’t quite do it for me. Huge spinal tap fan

I Against I by Bad Brains
Oct 17 2022

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. It’s probably 3.5 for me, but rounding up because for the genre I liked it more. Every song didn’t sound exactly the same which was cool.

Purple Rain by Prince
Oct 19 2022

I liked this a lot more than the last one — more rock less funkiness. Take me with U was a surprise favorite, but I feel like I would have enjoyed someone else’s version of it more that leaned even more into the “take me with you” and had a larger chorus centered around it — something a Madonna would have done perhaps. But also if life means forever how the fuck is there an after life?

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
Oct 20 2022

Great finish but lotta meh

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
Oct 21 2022

I ultimately like Songs in the Key of Life better, but this is still so good. Such a calming voice.

Is This It by The Strokes
Oct 24 2022

This is almost a 5 for me if you put it in the context of 2001 — a year when Nickleback, Kid Rock, and Creed all and top 25 albums. Being in high school at the time, this was a first sign that music was going to get better.

Headquarters by The Monkees
Oct 25 2022

I really thought I would like this more, but man wanted to rip my hair out at points

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk
Oct 26 2022

ANOTHER ONE!!?!?! I don't think this was necessarily better or worse than the last one, which I gave a two. But this deserves a one. Hopefully they'll look at the low scores and put no kraftwerk on "1001 more albums..."

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
Oct 27 2022

So people got through that first track? I was in a really good mood til I listened to this.

Technique by New Order
Oct 28 2022

I really enjoyed this and will likely listen to more of them. Jesus and Mary Chain has been the group I’ve listened to most since hearing it here. This will probably end up number two. Feel like it’s missing that one killer song.

New Forms by Roni Size
Oct 31 2022

Okay I was expecting a lot worse from something Ryan said he likes

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
Nov 01 2022

I liked it, on the line between whether it was actually interesting

Fun House by The Stooges
Nov 02 2022

I know they’re iconic and all. I just didn’t feel super excited about it like I thought I would. Seemed like a live show would be amazing but no song would be like YES THEYRE PLAYING BYE BYE BYE!!

Very by Pet Shop Boys
Nov 03 2022

This was weirdly like top 5 most excited I was to listen to going in. Lost a star off the bat for there being no west end girls. I’m rounding up from 3.5 to offset others

Nov 15 2022

I hadn't listened to this one all the way through before. I own Little Creatures and much preferred this within the second tier popularity Talking Heads albums. It's probably less innovative than some others... But it felt less like riding a wave in a bunch of different directions, stopping and going. More grounded in some way. This felt like maybe the easiest background music talking heads album, and probably the easiest to listen to -- i could see myself having this one in background in the way I have Darklands in the background a lot right now. Wish it had at least 1-2 more hits on it.

Country Life by Roxy Music
Nov 17 2022

Nothing objectionable. Instantly forgettable.

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield
Nov 21 2022

Never actively listened to her before other than like the 19 and 23 albums. Seriously thought, amazing voice, just can’t imagine seeking out

Sound Affects by The Jam
Nov 22 2022

It felt like a worse version of a lot of similar bands, but in general in my wheelhouse.

Beautiful Freak by Eels
Nov 24 2022

I went into this one cold. I may have heard something from it before, but I don’t think so. Really appreciated what felt like experimentation and creativity with restraint — every song had a spine of some sort. A hook/refrain/chorus that you were excited for it to get back to. Felt like someone with a degree in musical theory, but I say that as someone with nothing close to a degree in musical theory.m Also enjoyed that the lyrics had something to say, the use of spoken word, degree to which a lot of it seemed to be a subversion of something that initially seemed positive, etc.

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar
Nov 28 2022

This was fun as an explainer and everything. It sounded like something Wes Anderson would stick in a movie

Queen II by Queen
Dec 08 2022

Queens one of my favorite groups. Interesting how hit free this one is. I really enjoy that because its not immediately contextualized as the song from might ducks or wayne's world or whatever.

Opus Dei by Laibach
Dec 09 2022

So tired of Germany

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Dec 12 2022

Huge shout out to the crow that happened to be cawing overhead when Paint it Black came on. This is the kind of album I think about with them… there’s a good song and a lot of filler that feels incredibly blah. I skipped several songs halfway through.

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder
Dec 13 2022

He’s always a joy

Different Class by Pulp
Dec 15 2022

Common People feels like “Honey” on Psychocandy in that one song alone makes it at least a four star album. Really enjoyed variety. Again another album that has some pop while still being guitar heavy which seems to be my sweetspot

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Dec 19 2022

On today’s edition of 1001 albums Ryan forced me to listen to while I slowly die inside

Mott by Mott The Hoople
Dec 20 2022

Seems like something I would have liked more. I would have loved in high school.

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf
Dec 21 2022

This might be first album I could come close to singing along to every song. Owned it in like 10th grade. Played a ton. Used to go to Waffle House with friends and always play two songs on the Juke Box: 1. One of the Waffle House themes because how ridiculous is it that they have those on the juke box and you’re paying them to advertise? 2. Paradise by the Dashboard lights to get my moneys worth. Love the silly intros. Fast talking. Cheese lyrics. Musically leaves a bit to be desired but whatever. I want to give this a five just to troll Ryan, but it’s a four

Infected by The The
Dec 23 2022

Great band name. To jam/disorganized for me.

Dec 26 2022

Best Christmas album of all time. One of best uses of wall of sound ever. Classics yet fresh. Probably should be minus five for Phil Spector.

Private Dancer by Tina Turner
Dec 28 2022

Was not expecting this many covers. Like a lot of pop albums, highs are great but then there are several throw aways.

Imagine by John Lennon
Dec 30 2022

Doesn’t even have imagine

The Stooges by The Stooges
Jan 04 2023

I mean they seem cool and everything. There’s just nothing I wanna listen to again

Hotel California by Eagles
Jan 05 2023

This is a tough one. A first listen if you never heard seems incredible. But it’s impossible to decontextualize some of the most over played songs ever.

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan
Jan 06 2023

Probably 4.5 for me. Pearl of the Quarter upped it the half star. It’s the one song I could see going back and proactively listening to. The test I would describe as stuff I’d be glad if it was on somewhere but probably wouldn’t listen through a. Hunch solo. But maybe would.

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
Jan 09 2023

Incredible first song. Glad she made it the first track so it was easier for Dustin and Lucas to save Max. What foresight.

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
Jan 10 2023

Hey! Another album I own. Cecilia and Boxer are two of my top five S&G songs. Bridge over troubled waters feels like a weird first song choice.

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
Jan 11 2023

Not liking this album is like not liking Top Gun. Is it the best thing ever made? Of course not, but just enjoy yourself and stop over thinking it.

Ramones by Ramones
Jan 12 2023

I’d listen to The Clash first all day.

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.
Jan 13 2023

I really thought I’d like this but nope.one star for existing. One star for nice album cover.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
Jan 18 2023

I liked the first song — almost felt like cat stevens. The rest felt like someone did drugs and said “you know what would be cool….”

Jan 23 2023

Would be a weird album to not give 5 stars. Appreciate that it’s also a bit of a story/theme. Realistically, very few of my favorite Beatles songs are here, but it’s still very fun.

Rio by Duran Duran
Feb 02 2023

Amazing

S&M by Metallica
Feb 17 2023

Cannot believe how many Metallica songs I know. I like gimmicks so this generally works for me

Garbage by Garbage
Feb 21 2023

just kind of boring

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Average rating: 2.93 (0.35 below global average).

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