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5-Star Albums
8
1-Star Albums
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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gris Gris | 5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
| Os Mutantes | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| Oxygène | 5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
| Berlin | 5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
| Too Rye Ay | 5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
| Close To The Edge | 5 | 3.19 | +1.81 |
| High Violet | 5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
| Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables | 5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
| Teen Dream | 5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
| Since I Left You | 5 | 3.28 | +1.72 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| At Budokan | 1 | 3.1 | -2.1 |
| The Rising | 1 | 3.05 | -2.05 |
| A Date With The Everly Brothers | 1 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
| Led Zeppelin III | 2 | 3.96 | -1.96 |
| Foxbase Alpha | 1 | 2.94 | -1.94 |
| Colour By Numbers | 1 | 2.84 | -1.84 |
| Metallica | 2 | 3.79 | -1.79 |
| Maverick A Strike | 1 | 2.75 | -1.75 |
| Dire Straits | 2 | 3.72 | -1.72 |
| Californication | 2 | 3.7 | -1.7 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Fela Kuti | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Metallica | 5, 2 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5, 4, 2 |
5-Star Albums (55)
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Dr. Octagon
4/5
Deltron 3030 is the better Automator project, but this was a fun listen.
9 likes
Les Rythmes Digitales
1/5
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 likes
1-Star Albums (8)
All Ratings
OutKast
4/5
Kate Bush
4/5
James Brown
4/5
4/5
Gary Numan
4/5
The Cars
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Haircut 100
2/5
Anita Baker
2/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
JAY Z
4/5
Megadeth
4/5
The Saints
3/5
The Smiths
5/5
Adele
3/5
Erykah Badu
4/5
OutKast
5/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
Grizzly Bear
2/5
Doves
3/5
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Coldplay
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
5/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
doesn't do much to me, gave it a couple of spins over the years. Wake Up is awesome, though.
AC/DC
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
The Stranglers
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
Raekwon
4/5
Beatles
3/5
The Human League
4/5
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.
N.W.A.
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Love
2/5
very limited patience for this kind of psychodelic rock, the jam in the end was my favorite part by far
U2
3/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
The Yardbirds
4/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Shack
2/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Garbage
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Wire
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Kelela
4/5
Taylor Swift
2/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
James Taylor
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Digital Underground
2/5
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
Oasis
3/5
The Clash
3/5
Fela Kuti
5/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Metallica
5/5
4/5
Adele
2/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Meat Loaf
5/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
A bit overly long, but enjoyable throughout.
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Adam & The Ants
4/5
The Killers
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
John Lee Hooker
2/5
Björk
3/5
Beth Orton
3/5
The Who
5/5
Bobby Womack
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Pulp
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
The Only Ones
3/5
Boston
5/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Queen Latifah
2/5
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Van Halen
4/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
Like CCR, but less good
Jurassic 5
3/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
The Roots
3/5
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.
Barry Adamson
2/5
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.
Sabu
3/5
The Who
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
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.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Beatles
3/5
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.
The Replacements
3/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
The Temptations
3/5
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.
Les Rythmes Digitales
1/5
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.
Traffic
3/5
Dr. Octagon
4/5
Deltron 3030 is the better Automator project, but this was a fun listen.
The Byrds
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Sade
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Various Artists
3/5
5/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Funkadelic
5/5
B.B. King
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
Saint Etienne
1/5
The Slits
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
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.
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Cure
4/5
Maxwell
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Love
4/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
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.
The Mars Volta
4/5
Randy Newman
3/5
The Lemonheads
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Os Mutantes
5/5
Jacques Brel
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Lou Reed
5/5
Nas
5/5
Sparks
3/5
Dire Straits
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Ramones
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Revolutionary in many ways, one of the greatest debut albums ever.
Sonic Youth
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Tears For Fears
4/5
Elton John
4/5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Thin Lizzy
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Metallica
2/5
No reason to have this instead of Ride the Lightning on such a list.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Lightning Bolt
3/5
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.".
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Paul Weller
2/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
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!
Minor Threat
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
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.
Sheryl Crow
3/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Cocteau Twins
5/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4/5
Green Day
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
5/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Cheap Trick
1/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Crowded House
2/5
Norah Jones
2/5
The Pogues
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
The Velvet Underground
5/5
The Auteurs
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The Jam
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
David Gray
2/5
Tricky
4/5
The Jam
4/5
5/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
MGMT
3/5
Blondie
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Fela Kuti
5/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
3/5
Amy Winehouse
2/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
2/5
Lou Reed
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Donald Fagen
3/5
Living Colour
3/5
Dr. John
5/5
The Kinks
3/5
Dead Kennedys
5/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Otis Redding
5/5
Rahul Dev Burman
1/5
John Martyn
2/5
De La Soul
4/5
The Black Keys
2/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Patti Smith
4/5
The Band
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
A fine record, but without a doubt a bad choice for a QOTSA album on such a list.
The Stone Roses
4/5
Carpenters
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Deee-Lite
4/5
King Crimson
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Genesis
4/5
Culture Club
1/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Eels
4/5
Animal Collective
3/5
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.
The National
5/5
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Carole King
5/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Blue Cheer
4/5
Eurythmics
3/5
Little Richard
5/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
Sex Pistols
2/5
Louis Prima
4/5
Iron Butterfly
2/5
M.I.A.
4/5
Doesn't start with the strongest impression, but once it gets going, it's downright infectious.
CHVRCHES
2/5
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.
Finley Quaye
1/5
Ray Price
3/5
The Everly Brothers
1/5
The Stooges
3/5
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Pixies
5/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Silver Jews
2/5
The Band
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Elton John
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Elbow
2/5
The Clash
5/5
Beach House
5/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Joe Ely
2/5
Can
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
Santana
5/5
Meat Puppets
4/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Charles Mingus
5/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
George Jones
3/5
CHIC
5/5
George Harrison
4/5
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Jorge Ben Jor
5/5
The Go-Betweens
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Suede
4/5
Sugar
3/5
Led Zeppelin
2/5
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.
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Prince
5/5
Beatles
5/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
Queen
5/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
Solange
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
The Avalanches
5/5