1001 Albums Summary

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1089
Albums Rated
3.14
Average Rating
100%
Complete
Favorite Album
Nevermind
Nevermind
Nirvana

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

2010
Favorite Decade
Reggae
Favorite Genre
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92
5-Star Albums
35
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
5 2.63 +2.37
Faust IV
Faust
5 2.79 +2.21
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
5 2.82 +2.18
Gold
Ryan Adams
5 2.83 +2.17
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
5 2.87 +2.13
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
4 1.89 +2.11
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
5 2.97 +2.03
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
5 2.99 +2.01
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
5 3 +2
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
5 3.02 +1.98

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
1 3.63 -2.63
25
Adele
1 3.37 -2.37
Smash
The Offspring
1 3.36 -2.36
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
1 3.27 -2.27
Vespertine
Björk
1 3.18 -2.18
Permission to Land
The Darkness
1 3.13 -2.13
Make Yourself
Incubus
1 3.08 -2.08
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
1 3.08 -2.08
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
1 3.07 -2.07
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
2 4.04 -2.04

Artists

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
PJ Harvey 4 4.5
Metallica 4 4.5
Nirvana 3 4.67
Kraftwerk 3 4.67
The Pogues 2 5
Led Zeppelin 5 4.2
R.E.M. 4 4.25
Joni Mitchell 4 4.25
Beatles 7 4
Bob Dylan 7 4
Radiohead 6 4
The Doors 3 4.33
Bob Marley & The Wailers 3 4.33
Public Enemy 3 4.33
Black Sabbath 3 4.33

Least Favorites

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Slipknot 2 1
Public Image Ltd. 2 1
The Mothers Of Invention 2 1
Emerson, Lake & Palmer 2 1
Björk 4 1.75
Todd Rundgren 2 1.5
Robert Wyatt 2 1.5
Barry Adamson 2 1.5
The Byrds 5 2.2
Yes 3 2

Controversial

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ArtistRatings
Emmylou Harris 2, 5
Tom Waits 5, 1, 3, 2, 4
Kate Bush 2, 4, 5
Jimi Hendrix 2, 5, 4
Kanye West 2, 4, 5

5-Star Albums (92)

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Popular Reviews

Not my usual thing but clearly fantastic. Like sitting with the most interesting stranger you've met in a bar of late night cafe. A collection of stories really.

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

First time I've listened to an Arcade Fire album since the revelations about Win Butler. Has really changed how I hear them. The songs are great but the emotional response I had to them has gone. Really sad about it.

25 by Adele

Overproduced and boring. I expected it to be better.

1-Star Albums (35)

All Ratings (1089)

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction
Dec 09 2022

Noisy. Good. A couple of really good songs. 4 out of 5.

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley
Dec 10 2022

Ok. Nothing stood out. Feel like Elvis would be a lot better live than on record.

Dec 12 2022

Not my usual thing but clearly fantastic. Like sitting with the most interesting stranger you've met in a bar of late night cafe. A collection of stories really.

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant
Dec 13 2022

Brilliant. Great lyrics, funny, wry.

Cross by Justice
Dec 14 2022

Ok. Not my thing.

Superunknown by Soundgarden
Dec 15 2022

Somehow less than the sum of its parts. Not memorable to me.

Dance Mania by Tito Puente
Dec 17 2022

Loved it actually. Sounds like the sun and good food.

Parallel Lines by Blondie
Dec 20 2022

Every song sounds brand new. Catchy, edgy, cool.

Abraxas by Santana
Dec 23 2022

Not memorable.

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull
Dec 25 2022

Interesting and raw but not really a great album.

Dec 28 2022

Clever and interesting but just lacks good tunes. The last three tracks are really good (Stay Hungry, Take Me to the River and The Big Country) because they have actual melodies. Too much filler in the rest though.

Let It Be by The Replacements
Dec 29 2022

I very nearly loved this. Tight band, singer has a great voice and there are *nearly" some great tunes. I think if I'd discovered this in the early 2000s when The Strokes etc were big it would be part of my canon. As it is only really good because the melodies just aren't quite there. Checked this by listening to Is This It after which I'm sure is a better album.

25 by Adele
Dec 31 2022

Overproduced and boring. I expected it to be better.

american dream by LCD Soundsystem
Jan 01 2023

Perfect running music. Will go back to this a lot.

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood
Jan 04 2023

Fine. Perfectly pleasant with a nice atmosphere but nothing that stood out and made me really pay attention.

Suede by Suede
Jan 05 2023

This was good. Lots that still sounds really fresh and the band is so tight. There is some samey filler and was erring towards 3 but the last track pushed it to 4 for me. Would relisten.

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen
Jan 06 2023

Liked this more than I expected to. It's poetry to music but LCs voice cracks and whispers and points towards the suggestion of great melody. Easy to see why he's been covered so much.

GREY Area by Little Simz
Jan 07 2023

Pretty boring. Most interesting when it's most personal. Won't listen to this again. One track I think was ok.

Bummed by Happy Mondays
Jan 08 2023

Solid 3. Interesting and original and still sounds fun but lots of songs samey.

Entertainment by Gang Of Four
Jan 09 2023

Yeah really good. Some great tunes and full of attitude. Could hear the ancestral DNA of so many bands in this too: RHCP, Vines, Hives, The Strokes, The Libertines. Great but not quite 5/5 as some songs too samey.

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye
Jan 12 2023

Pretty. Boring. Pretty boring.

Master Of Puppets by Metallica
Jan 14 2023

Grew and grew on me. It's not my usual thing but every song seems to get better and better the more you listen to it. It's also so technically brilliant. Loved it.

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
Jan 16 2023

Found this unlistenable. Get it might be ,really innovative, creative etc but not for me.

Vivid by Living Colour
Jan 17 2023

Like an exemplar for 3! Pleasant enough, good fun, some good memorable tunes but never really lifts off.

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jan 19 2023

Bounces along pleasantly enough.

Closer by Joy Division
Jan 20 2023

Interesting and I can see why important but not enough distinct songs to get over three. Obvs huge influence on loads of other bands. Ian Curtis sounds like singer from Editors.

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter
Jan 22 2023

Nice enough with a couple of songs I'd listen to again but all just a bit too twinkly and light to get better than 3.

Aja by Steely Dan
Jan 24 2023

Boring. Really boring.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos
Jan 25 2023

Loved it. Would have been five if a little shorter with some of the samey filler tracks cut out. Anyday is an exceptional song. Made for listening to while driving into a desert sunrise.

The Rise & Fall by Madness
Jan 26 2023

I expected to like this a lot more than I did. Our House is fun and the whole album bounces along with some neat nostalgic lyrics. But somehow it never really turned into anything much more.

Pelican West by Haircut 100
Jan 27 2023

Unremarkable. Some neat production and listenable but no songs I'd ever play again or remember. Can't see how it deserves a place on 1001 best albums but not offensive.

Nevermind by Nirvana
Jan 28 2023

My favourite ever album. I deliberately avoid it most of time to stop if feeling familiar so this was a treat. Every song is brilliant. And as always struck by just how heavy they were, how good the musicianship was and the clarity of Kurt's diction. My archetype 5/5.

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock
Jan 29 2023

I get this is fun and in the summer for a barbecue it might be good. But it's long and pretty smaey. And while I don't want to be a prude some of the lyrics are jarring.

Roxy Music by Roxy Music
Jan 30 2023

Not what I expected at all and really liked it. I don't know what genre it is. Glam?

Manassas by Stephen Stills
Feb 01 2023

A hard sort to review as I know I just like this blues country rock genre. Going for 3 as I enjoyed it all the way through and a couple of hooks stood out but not higher as felt no urge to listen to any of them again.

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan
Feb 02 2023

Really liked this. Important and excellent. Can hear so much of what came later in it. Cars.

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground
Feb 03 2023

I get this is important. I can hear the influence it had on other stuff. But the stuff that came after is just.. better.

Amnesiac by Radiohead
Feb 07 2023

An entirely different album when listened to on headphones. I'll return to this. Maybe beginning to get the people who reckon Radiohead better after OK Computer are coming from at least.

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
Feb 09 2023

First time I've listened to an Arcade Fire album since the revelations about Win Butler. Has really changed how I hear them. The songs are great but the emotional response I had to them has gone. Really sad about it.

Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
Feb 10 2023

Had never listened to this all the way through before. BiUSA had me thinking this would be a 5 but then it dipper for a bit with some filler. Then it hits Bobby Jean and into Glory Days, Dancing in the Dark and My Hometown. Can't think of any other album that finishes as strongly. Best song Bobby Jean.

Harvest by Neil Young
Feb 11 2023
Junkyard by The Birthday Party
Feb 12 2023

Loud and shouty. Couldn't find a tune. Gave up it half way through.

Feb 14 2023

Brilliant. Sort of heavy but also really beautiful. Loved every song and listened to in repeat the whole day. I just wish it had been longer!

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
Feb 17 2023

Just don't like jazz that much.

Dust by Screaming Trees
Feb 18 2023
Da Capo by Love
Feb 19 2023

Twiddly and fiddly and twee and long. Was glad when it was over. I don't like psychodelic rock.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) by Ministry
Feb 20 2023

Gloriously silly. Jesus built my hotrod the most fun think I've listened to in ages. Loved it! Some songs too samey for five but may be unfair as suspect in this genre that's part of the point.

In Utero by Nirvana
Feb 21 2023

Not as good as I remember. Some real classics but mixed in with a fair bit of filler designed to deliberately make it less appealing than nevermind.

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax
Feb 23 2023

Pleasant enough. People who like this sort of thing probably rated it higher.

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds
Feb 24 2023

So bored of psychodelic 60s rock. Pleasant enough but.. boring.

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins
Feb 25 2023

A mixture of Enya and The Cranberries. This sounds damning but I *loved* it. The first time on this I've heard and album on this I'd not heard before and played it on repeat all day. Best songs, Wolf in the Breast, Iceblink Luck and the standout Heaven or Las Vegas.

Smile by Brian Wilson
Feb 26 2023
Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Mar 08 2023

Almost Cut My Hair

Make Yourself by Incubus
Mar 10 2023

Awful. I tried to give this a fair shot by listening to every song, but midway through each I skipped to the next because I found bear it. Then I spent the first half of the next song wondering if the one after could be even worse. Dreadful.

Diamond Life by Sade
Mar 12 2023

Listened to it while gently pottering around tidying the house on a Sunday afternoon. It was perfectly fine for that.

Boston by Boston
Mar 13 2023
Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
Mar 14 2023

I'd give this a 3.5 if I could but have gone for 3. It's samey but also the sort of album with songs on that you meet at certain important points of your life and your life feels a film with a soundtrack.

Kala by M.I.A.
Mar 22 2023
Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Mar 24 2023
The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Apr 01 2023
Chris by Christine and the Queens
Apr 07 2023
Ten by Pearl Jam
Apr 09 2023
Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
Apr 14 2023
Tical by Method Man
Apr 20 2023
Imagine by John Lennon
Apr 22 2023
Tidal by Fiona Apple
Apr 24 2023
Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
May 15 2023
Triangle by The Beau Brummels
May 21 2023
Nixon by Lambchop
May 25 2023
Survivor by Destiny's Child
Jun 21 2023
Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Jun 22 2023
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Jun 29 2023
Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Jul 07 2023
Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jul 13 2023
Kid A by Radiohead
Jul 27 2023
Be by Common
Aug 02 2023
Brothers by The Black Keys
Aug 17 2023
Zombie by Fela Kuti
Aug 24 2023
Green by R.E.M.
Aug 26 2023
S&M by Metallica
Aug 29 2023
xx by The xx
Sep 01 2023
Smash by The Offspring
Sep 05 2023
Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Sep 17 2023
Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Oct 03 2023
Live! by Fela Kuti
Oct 07 2023
Grace by Jeff Buckley
Oct 08 2023
Dirt by Alice In Chains
Nov 17 2023
Arular by M.I.A.
Nov 20 2023
Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
Nov 26 2023
Idlewild by Everything But The Girl
Dec 07 2023
Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
Dec 13 2023
Groovin' by The Young Rascals
Dec 15 2023
Rio by Duran Duran
Dec 16 2023
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Dec 19 2023
Gold by Ryan Adams
Dec 20 2023
1989 by Taylor Swift
Dec 22 2023
Funeral by Arcade Fire
Dec 23 2023
Savane by Ali Farka Touré
Dec 27 2023
Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Jan 03 2024
1984 by Van Halen
Jan 07 2024
Odessa by Bee Gees
Jan 15 2024
Bug by Dinosaur Jr.
Jan 17 2024
Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Jan 24 2024
Dirty by Sonic Youth
Feb 10 2024
Rapture by Anita Baker
Feb 11 2024
90 by 808 State
Feb 27 2024
Sulk by The Associates
Feb 29 2024
Pump by Aerosmith
Mar 04 2024
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Mar 27 2024
Dry by PJ Harvey
Apr 04 2024
Murmur by R.E.M.
Apr 10 2024
Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen
Apr 11 2024
Frank by Amy Winehouse
Apr 19 2024
So by Peter Gabriel
Apr 24 2024
Scum by Napalm Death
Apr 30 2024
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
May 05 2024
Goo by Sonic Youth
May 16 2024
Roots by Sepultura
May 18 2024
Very by Pet Shop Boys
May 29 2024
Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Jun 15 2024
3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Jun 20 2024
Yeezus by Kanye West
Jun 22 2024
Scott 2 by Scott Walker
Jul 03 2024
Third by Soft Machine
Jul 05 2024
Truth by Jeff Beck
Jul 08 2024
Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
Jul 17 2024
Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten
Jul 26 2024
Guero by Beck
Jul 29 2024
Cut by The Slits
Jul 31 2024
Damaged by Black Flag
Aug 04 2024
Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Aug 13 2024
Debut by Björk
Aug 17 2024
Shaft by Isaac Hayes
Aug 25 2024
Trio by Dolly Parton
Aug 28 2024
Berlin by Lou Reed
Sep 03 2024
Kenza by Khaled
Sep 06 2024
Bad by Michael Jackson
Sep 17 2024
Remedy by Basement Jaxx
Sep 29 2024
Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo
Sep 30 2024
The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Oct 22 2024
m b v by My Bloody Valentine
Nov 04 2024
Third by Portishead
Nov 06 2024
Sister by Sonic Youth
Nov 08 2024
Mask by Bauhaus
Dec 07 2024
Movies by Holger Czukay
Dec 11 2024

I thought I'd hate this but.. loved it? It's like the soundtrack to a brilliant film about the apocalypse which you've never seen. Worth listening to all the way through and just letting your imagination go with it. Will return to it.

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Dec 16 2024
Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners
Jan 02 2025
Scott 4 by Scott Walker
Jan 15 2025
KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka
Feb 03 2025
Elephant by The White Stripes
Feb 09 2025
GI by Germs
Feb 18 2025
Casanova by The Divine Comedy
Feb 27 2025
Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
Mar 16 2025
Mott by Mott The Hoople
Mar 21 2025
Horses by Patti Smith
Mar 24 2025
D by White Denim
Apr 01 2025
Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Apr 11 2025
Tommy by The Who
Apr 12 2025
Ys by Joanna Newsom
Apr 13 2025
Music by Madonna
Apr 14 2025
En-Tact by The Shamen
Apr 29 2025
Dookie by Green Day
May 01 2025
Want One by Rufus Wainwright
May 03 2025
Low by David Bowie
May 11 2025
Heroes by David Bowie
May 18 2025
Pearl by Janis Joplin
Jun 09 2025
Dummy by Portishead
Jun 12 2025
Stripped by Christina Aguilera
Jun 24 2025
1999 by Prince
Jul 04 2025
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Jul 20 2025
1977 by Ash
Aug 08 2025
21 by Adele
Aug 09 2025
Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Aug 11 2025
Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
Aug 14 2025
OK by Talvin Singh
Sep 07 2025
Shleep by Robert Wyatt
Sep 10 2025
Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sep 11 2025
Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Sep 17 2025
Arise by Sepultura
Sep 21 2025
2112 by Rush
Sep 28 2025
Blur by Blur
Oct 03 2025
Faith by George Michael
Oct 06 2025
Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Oct 21 2025
Dare! by The Human League
Oct 25 2025
Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Oct 27 2025
War by U2
Oct 30 2025
B-52's by The B-52's
Oct 31 2025
Kenya by Machito
Nov 01 2025
Rocks by Aerosmith
Nov 03 2025
Play by Moby
Nov 11 2025
Ctrl by SZA
Nov 21 2025
Hejira by Joni Mitchell
Nov 22 2025
LP1 by FKA twigs
Dec 02 2025
Blue by Joni Mitchell
Dec 06 2025
Drunk by Thundercat
Dec 15 2025
Eagles by Eagles
Dec 21 2025

Balanced

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Other

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