My 1001 Albums Journey

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1089

Albums Rated

3.37

Average Rating

100%

Complete

Favorite Album

OK Computer

Radiohead

Submitted Album

Take It From The Man

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

2010

Favorite Decade

Reggae

Favorite Genre

Top Origin

Generous

Rater Style ?

137

5-Star Albums

1-Star Albums

Breakdown

By Genre

Top Styles

By Decade

By Origin

Albums

You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
New Forms Roni Size	5	2.53	+2.47
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	5	2.63	+2.37
The White Room The KLF	5	2.78	+2.22
Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul	5	2.82	+2.18
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	5	2.84	+2.16
A Walk Across The Rooftops The Blue Nile	5	2.86	+2.14
White Light / White Heat The Velvet Underground	5	2.89	+2.11
Leftism Leftfield	5	2.89	+2.11
Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole And The Commotions	5	2.9	+2.1
Come Find Yourself Fun Lovin' Criminals	5	2.92	+2.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Boston Boston	1	3.7	-2.7
Van Halen Van Halen	1	3.62	-2.62
1984 Van Halen	1	3.49	-2.49
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	1	3.4	-2.4
British Steel Judas Priest	1	3.29	-2.29
S&M Metallica	1	3.26	-2.26
Chicago Transit Authority Chicago	1	3.2	-2.2
School's Out Alice Cooper	1	3.2	-2.2
Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper	1	3.11	-2.11
Rocks Aerosmith	1	3.11	-2.11

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	5	5
Beatles	7	4.71
Radiohead	6	4.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	4.6
R.E.M.	4	4.5
Pink Floyd	4	4.5
U2	4	4.5
David Bowie	9	4.11
Bob Marley & The Wailers	3	4.67
Van Morrison	3	4.67
Peter Gabriel	3	4.67
Jimi Hendrix	3	4.67
Beastie Boys	3	4.67
Bob Dylan	7	4.14
Oasis	2	5
Joy Division	2	5
A Tribe Called Quest	2	5
New Order	2	5
Bruce Springsteen	5	4.2
Stevie Wonder	4	4.25
The Rolling Stones	6	4
Paul Simon	3	4.33
The Velvet Underground	3	4.33
Nirvana	3	4.33
Marvin Gaye	3	4.33
Blur	3	4.33
Arcade Fire	3	4.33
Nick Drake	3	4.33
The Doors	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Bee Gees	2	1
Alice Cooper	2	1
Van Halen	2	1
Metallica	4	1.75
Aerosmith	3	1.67
Everything But The Girl	2	1.5
Randy Newman	2	1.5
Christina Aguilera	2	1.5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
The Beach Boys	3, 2, 5
Johnny Cash	4, 2, 5

5-Star Albums (137)

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

1-Star Albums (35)

All Ratings (1089)

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I can understand why anyone who wasn't in the UK around this time would completely not *get* this album.

This album really encapsulates the issue with the 1001 albums project. It's impossible to listen to albums when they came out, so therefore before everything they influenced came out. This album was a shot in the arm for UK dance music when it came out. But in the 20+ yrs (!) since things have changed. So what a lot of people probably find generic now was something edgy and out of left field for sure at the time.

Ugh. I knew the songs.

So conflicted

Only because zero stars or minus stars weren’t an option