1001 Albums Summary

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612
Albums Rated
3.23
Average Rating
56%
Complete
477 albums remaining

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1960
Favorite Decade
Folk
Favorite Genre
UK
Top Origin
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107
5-Star Albums
22
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
5 2.79 +2.21
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
5 2.81 +2.19
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
5 2.94 +2.06
Sail Away
Randy Newman
5 2.96 +2.04
The Who Sell Out
The Who
5 2.98 +2.02
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5 2.99 +2.01
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
5 2.99 +2.01
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
5 3.01 +1.99
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
5 3.03 +1.97
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
5 3.03 +1.97

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
1 3.73 -2.73
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
1 3.63 -2.63
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
1 3.63 -2.63
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
1 3.6 -2.6
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
1 3.41 -2.41
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
1 3.38 -2.38
The College Dropout
Kanye West
1 3.3 -2.3
Homework
Daft Punk
1 3.28 -2.28
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
1 3.24 -2.24
Phrenology
The Roots
1 3.24 -2.24

Artists

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
David Bowie 8 4.88
Bob Dylan 6 5
Beatles 6 5
Radiohead 6 4.83
Brian Eno 4 5
Talking Heads 4 5
The Rolling Stones 5 4.8
The Who 5 4.8
Creedence Clearwater Revival 3 5
The Doors 3 5
Led Zeppelin 5 4.4
Elvis Costello & The Attractions 4 4.5
The Kinks 4 4.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse 3 4.67
Peter Gabriel 3 4.67
King Crimson 2 5
Rod Stewart 2 5
Traffic 2 5
Neil Young 4 4.25
Pink Floyd 4 4.25
The Beach Boys 3 4.33

Least Favorites

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Def Leppard 2 1.5
Queen 3 2

Controversial

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ArtistRatings
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 1, 4
The Cure 4, 2, 1
The Byrds 2, 3, 5

5-Star Albums (107)

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Popular Reviews

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Never to be forgiven for the jingoism of Okie from Muskogee, for it persists in country music to this day. Reeks of resentment when not stinking of sentimentalism. "I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'." Bob Newhart

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

A double album comprising one spectacular album of 8-10 songs, deserving of five stars, and a mediocre album of 10-8 songs.

1-Star Albums (22)

All Ratings (612)

The College Dropout by Kanye West
Oct 03 2022

The vast majority of hiphop is boring and without vision. So is this.

Suede by Suede
Oct 04 2022
Bad Company by Bad Company
Oct 05 2022

Paul Rodgers? How can you miss?

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
Oct 10 2022

Although the grooves are mostly borrowed, at least they're there. But to drown them out in all that busy-ness and buzziness empties the whole experience. Ultimately, it becomes mind numbing fluff.

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Oct 21 2022
xx by The xx
Nov 09 2022

The other day I gave 5 stars to Rust Never Sleeps. Imagine my surprise when I played this for the first time in my life. I actually enjoyed it. I guess there's two kinds of passion in music: ragged and dirty (Neil) and precise and sweeping (xx).

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Nov 29 2022
Ten by Pearl Jam
Dec 13 2022
Dirt by Alice In Chains
Dec 19 2022
21 by Adele
Dec 27 2022
KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka
Dec 29 2022
Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Jan 23 2023
Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
Jan 24 2023

4.5 only because Sister Morphine, like most drug songs, is only good for titillating adolescent boys.

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Feb 06 2023

No one like Neil Young. "After the Gold Rush," "Rust Never Sleeps" and some many other exceptional songs and albums. Great voice; original guitarist; decent lyricist. But jesus: Ralph Molina's drumming just continues to bore the hell outta me. Hence: 4.5/5

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan
Feb 08 2023

Some of his later material, such as "Pure," is so much better.

Smile by Brian Wilson
Feb 15 2023
Music From Big Pink by The Band
Feb 21 2023

Ask yourself why Eric Clapton wanted to join The Band after hearing this record. They re-wrote the recipe for serious rock. Theirs isn't the only recipe, but it's one of the best.

Feb 22 2023

Yeah, sure. Okay. But country music is universal like my stubbed toe. So why should I dwell on it?

Blur by Blur
Mar 17 2023
Goo by Sonic Youth
Mar 27 2023
Bad by Michael Jackson
Apr 03 2023
Heroes by David Bowie
Apr 11 2023
S&M by Metallica
Apr 13 2023
Dirty by Sonic Youth
Apr 20 2023
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Apr 28 2023
Imagine by John Lennon
May 25 2023
3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Jun 19 2023
Scott 2 by Scott Walker
Jun 22 2023
A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield
Jun 29 2023

Should be a"5" but Dusty Springfield likely had no control over what record companies used as filler for an album. So, it's not as good as "Dusty in Memphis".

Debut by Björk
Jul 12 2023
Rio by Duran Duran
Jul 24 2023
Kid A by Radiohead
Aug 29 2023
Be by Common
Sep 12 2023

The principles of this so-called 'art' are rudimentary, at best. Simplistic rhythm section and unpolished, usually simplistic poetry. We're aware this type of "music" comes out of an impoverished environment. Impoverished and oppressed by predatory capitalism, of course, though its practitioners rarely , if ever, address that. It's regrettable that the billions of dollars made by the pretend moguls and their patsies can't be reinvested in the communities which spawned this style. Maybe then the reliance on jury-rigged technologies can be overcome and real musical instruments and instruction and real musical invention can come back.

Highway to Hell by AC/DC
Sep 19 2023

There's wimp rock and then theirs dumb rock. This is dumb rock where screaming seems to matter. Don't ask me ... I've never had the luxury of shutting down my brain.

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes
Sep 22 2023

Just more tedious Brit pop. If only these drummers understood the difference between 'drummer' and 'percussionist'.

D by White Denim
Sep 28 2023
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Sep 29 2023
Dry by PJ Harvey
Nov 15 2023
Cut by The Slits
Nov 17 2023
War by U2
Nov 20 2023
Berlin by Lou Reed
Dec 14 2023

Loe Reed's chanting is an acquired taste that I've never acquired. Nevertheless, Bob Ezrin's production and Steve Hunter's guitar make this record listenable.

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
Dec 15 2023

Tom Waits' music is strange. But, there is no shortage of strange people. Some also make music, which is often strange. But none of this strange music, other than Tom Waits', cultivates the strange. Impregnates the strange. Raises it to the sublime.

Parklife by Blur
Dec 19 2023

So tedious.

Is This It by The Strokes
Jan 02 2024

Btw, are we all getting a kick outta the listener who keeps plagiarizing - usually just wholesale stealing - reviews from all music.com?

Jan 09 2024

There is no album by any artist in this musical genre that is more revolutionary than this one.

Dummy by Portishead
Jan 15 2024
Funeral by Arcade Fire
Feb 01 2024
Blue by Joni Mitchell
Feb 14 2024
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard
Feb 16 2024

Never to be forgiven for the jingoism of Okie from Muskogee, for it persists in country music to this day. Reeks of resentment when not stinking of sentimentalism. "I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'." Bob Newhart

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Mar 05 2024
Brothers by The Black Keys
Mar 12 2024
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
Apr 08 2024

He's a Jewish bluesman, descended from Jeremiah and the boys. If you think he can't sing, you probably think Howlin' Wolf can't sing or that rabbis should have to take singing lessons from Barry Manilow.

Quiet Life by Japan
Apr 24 2024

More interesting than most so-called "synth pop". And more than just "synth pop".

Dust by Screaming Trees
May 03 2024

Pleasantly surprised by this. Not "grungy" at all, thankfully.

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
May 14 2024
Casanova by The Divine Comedy
May 22 2024

If I want to listen to Scott Walker, why not just listen to Scott Walker?

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
May 30 2024
Hejira by Joni Mitchell
Jun 03 2024
Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
Jun 04 2024

Nicky Hopkins on "Monkey Man". It doesn't get any better.

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones
Jun 05 2024

A double album comprising one spectacular album of 8-10 songs, deserving of five stars, and a mediocre album of 10-8 songs.

Ys by Joanna Newsom
Jun 11 2024
Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band
Jun 25 2024

This is not terrible, as some reviews suggest. At least most of the songs are different and the percussionist is not a zombie.

Bummed by Happy Mondays
Jul 16 2024
Roots by Sepultura
Jul 23 2024
Pearl by Janis Joplin
Jul 30 2024
Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
Aug 09 2024
Gold by Ryan Adams
Aug 16 2024
Truth by Jeff Beck
Sep 06 2024
Low by David Bowie
Sep 09 2024
Scott 4 by Scott Walker
Sep 17 2024
Horses by Patti Smith
Sep 27 2024
1999 by Prince
Oct 22 2024
Headquarters by The Monkees
Oct 29 2024

No one does this kind of pop as well as The Turtles.

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello
Dec 12 2024

Worth it just for "Sulky Girl".

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Jan 23 2025
Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Feb 03 2025
Tical by Method Man
Feb 21 2025
Boston by Boston
Mar 06 2025

Wimp rock.

Tommy by The Who
Apr 18 2025
Play by Moby
Apr 21 2025
Shleep by Robert Wyatt
Apr 28 2025
Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
May 02 2025
Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen
May 16 2025
Faith by George Michael
May 29 2025
Movies by Holger Czukay
Jun 04 2025
Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout
Jun 06 2025

That boring English 80's percussion.

Harvest by Neil Young
Jun 09 2025
Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Jun 12 2025

This came 2 days after Sly passed away. Fitting.

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Jun 24 2025
Third by Portishead
Jul 04 2025
Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jul 17 2025
Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Jul 24 2025

Still so tedious.

Groovin' by The Young Rascals
Aug 20 2025
Dookie by Green Day
Aug 26 2025
Shaft by Isaac Hayes
Aug 29 2025
Grace by Jeff Buckley
Sep 15 2025
So by Peter Gabriel
Oct 23 2025
Vivid by Living Colour
Oct 31 2025
Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Nov 03 2025
Sister by Sonic Youth
Nov 06 2025
Murmur by R.E.M.
Nov 21 2025
Drunk by Thundercat
Dec 04 2025
Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
Dec 30 2025
Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Jan 16 2026
Triangle by The Beau Brummels
Jan 29 2026
Cross by Justice
Jan 30 2026
Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Feb 24 2026
Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Mar 09 2026
Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Apr 07 2026
Eagles by Eagles
Jun 10 2026
Manassas by Stephen Stills
Jun 24 2026
Stripped by Christina Aguilera
Jul 08 2026
Green by R.E.M.
Jul 13 2026
Third by Soft Machine
Aug 04 2026
B-52's by The B-52's
Aug 05 2026

Balanced

Average rating is within 0.15 points of global average.

Other

Album origins are grouped into three buckets: US, UK, and everything else. “Other” means the artists you rate highest are from outside the US and UK.