My 1001 Albums Journey

321

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3.49

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29%

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Gris Gris Dr. John	5	2.89	+2.11
Os Mutantes Os Mutantes	5	2.98	+2.02
Oxygène Jean-Michel Jarre	5	3.07	+1.93
Berlin Lou Reed	5	3.09	+1.91
Too Rye Ay Dexys Midnight Runners	5	3.12	+1.88
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.2	+1.8
High Violet The National	5	3.23	+1.77
Teen Dream Beach House	5	3.26	+1.74
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys	5	3.27	+1.73
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	5	3.28	+1.72

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
At Budokan Cheap Trick	1	3.1	-2.1
The Rising Bruce Springsteen	1	3.05	-2.05
A Date With The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers	1	2.96	-1.96
Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne	1	2.95	-1.95
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	2	3.94	-1.94
Colour By Numbers Culture Club	1	2.84	-1.84
Metallica Metallica	2	3.77	-1.77
Maverick A Strike Finley Quaye	1	2.74	-1.74
Dire Straits Dire Straits	2	3.72	-1.72
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	3.68	-1.68

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Artist	Albums	Average
Fela Kuti	2	5
Bob Dylan	4	4.25

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Artist	Ratings
Metallica	5, 2
Led Zeppelin	5, 4, 2

5-Star Albums (55)

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Popular Reviews

Deltron 3030 is the better Automator project, but this was a fun listen.

This was hard to get through. Some tracks start promissing enough but don't ever develop into something enjoyable for me. Guess I know why most electronic music was so repellent to me when I was younger, if this is what was available at the time.

1-Star Albums (8)

All Ratings (321)

doesn't do much to me, gave it a couple of spins over the years. Wake Up is awesome, though.

Have a soft spot for this brand of synth-pop. I know in good conscience this could be left out of a 1001 albums list, but Don't You Want Me is just perfect so this gets a 4 from me.

very limited patience for this kind of psychodelic rock, the jam in the end was my favorite part by far

A bit overly long, but enjoyable throughout.

Like CCR, but less good

A puzzling inclusion, there's at least 3 Roots albums that would make more sense in the list than this. It's a fine album on its own, but I fail to see it as "1001 albums" material.

I probably discovered this too late, could be something I would have enjoyed some years back but doesn't do too much for me nowadays.

Not consistently good, but when it's good, it's very good. Piece of My Heart+Side B bump it up to a 4 for me.

The least good of the really good Beatles albums and the one I would probably leave out of my personal list if I was ever inclined to make one. Some of their best songs among some really forgettable tunes, unfortunately. There's an amazing single album in here somewhere, but the thing just drags a bit too much as a double album.

A bit frontloaded, with nothing reaching the heights of tracks 1 and 3 afterwards. But besides the unimpressive version of Grapevine, it stays enjoyable overall.

Deltron 3030 is the better Automator project, but this was a fun listen.

Call it lowered expectations because of the ratings, but I believe this album is very underrated over here. I found it to be pretty tight concept album that doesn't overstay its welcome, a very nice find.

I hesitate quite a bit between a 2 (questionable choice) and 3 (reasonable choice) for this. It's certainly not my cup of tea, but ultimately I believe it has a distinct enough sound palette to be a worthwhile entry to the list.

Revolutionary in many ways, one of the greatest debut albums ever.

No reason to have this instead of Ride the Lightning on such a list.

This is one of the albums that is very clear-cut for my rating system. Will I ever listen to it again? Very likely no. Do I think this was a worthwhile listen and that other should go through the same experience? Yes, thus this earns my 3 as "I understand why this was listed, even though it's not my thing.".

I was excited to see an Aimee Mann album on this list, but I must admit I was a bit puzzled by the choice itself. I'd say any one of her next three releases would have been a better choice, especially Bachelor No. 2. This remains a very good album, but I'd struggle to justify its inclusion in such a limited format list. Since I do believe Aimee Mann is more than worthy of a nod, I'm giving this a 3, but it would surely be upgraded to 4/5 if a more relevant album of hers was selected. If you enjoyed this at all, I would recommend digging deeper into her discography, as there's certainly more good stuff to be found, even better stuff for a good portion of her career!

Shake it Off and Bad Blood are as bad as Style and Wildest Dreams are good. Very uneven for sure but I can understand its inclusion in such a list. There are better pop albums to represent the 2010s, but it's hard to ignore its impact overall.

A fine record, but without a doubt a bad choice for a QOTSA album on such a list.

Not my cup of tea at all, but I can understand its placement as a landmark of indie music of the time. Just wish it did more for me.

Doesn't start with the strongest impression, but once it gets going, it's downright infectious.

The Mother We Share is amazing, but nothing quite compares to it. There are better 2010's synthpop/electropop picks for such a list, for sure.

This is tough to rate. To me it's "lesser Zeppelin" but lesser Zeppelin is still very good. I'm just rating it low-ish because of the real state this occupies in a list with such a limited space. There at least 4, maybe 5 LZ albums I'd rate higher for the list.