1001 Albums Summary

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61
Albums Rated
2.9
Average Rating
6%
Complete
1028 albums remaining

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1960
Favorite Decade
Hip-hop
Favorite Genre
UK
Top Origin
Perfectionist
Rater Style ?
2
5-Star Albums
6
1-Star Albums

Breakdown

By Genre

Top Styles

By Decade

By Origin

Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
5 3.6 +1.4
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
5 3.65 +1.35
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
4 2.84 +1.16
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
4 2.85 +1.15
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
4 2.9 +1.1

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Garbage
Garbage
1 3.39 -2.39
British Steel
Judas Priest
1 3.29 -2.29
Goo
Sonic Youth
1 3.25 -2.25
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
1 2.9 -1.9
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
1 2.85 -1.85
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
1 2.83 -1.83
All Directions
The Temptations
2 3.44 -1.44
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
2 3.39 -1.39
Blur
Blur
2 3.33 -1.33
Fragile
Yes
2 3.32 -1.32

5-Star Albums (2)

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Popular Reviews

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

This music is brought to you by purgatory. Give me something to get my teeth stuck into man

1-Star Albums (6)

All Ratings (61)

All Directions by The Temptations
Jan 05 2023

It's never a good sign when you have to force yourself to pay attention. Deeply average with a smattering of intrigue. Lovely funk on some geetars, the occasional ear-catching lyric and a banger. But that was offset by an album that seemed to be stuck in second gear... the only temptation I was getting was to turn the fucker off.

Heroes by David Bowie
Jan 12 2023

Get me out of this 70s time loop

Jan 16 2023

My ears are oscillating between extremely intrigued and borderline climaxing. They produced this in 69'?

Le Tigre by Le Tigre
Jan 19 2023

A few pickles were tickled. Some nostalgic numbers and some crud. Didn't blow my socks off but they're loose.

Garbage by Garbage
Jan 21 2023

Garbage by garbage was garbage

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim
Jan 22 2023

Sounds like a cross between coffee wake cup FM and bleeding gums Murphy. Manenberg revisited was a bit of a belter though

Debut by Björk
Jan 23 2023

Alright but not my cuppa

Live! by Fela Kuti
Jan 24 2023

Stunningly medicore

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel
Jan 26 2023

It's a grower not a shower. Don't get me wrong it still feels very dated but some corking lines. I feel like my soul had been cleansed of all sins. Long live the herbs.

Liquid Swords by GZA
Jan 27 2023

Well what a week we've had, from the wholesomeness of parsnips, lemon & thyme to the precision of GZA's metaphors. Although I'll confess, I had to look at the lyrics to truly appreciate the flow. Hoppity-hipping

Fragile by Yes
Jan 28 2023

NO Where's owner of a lonely heart when you need it!? Five percent for nothing has to go down as one of the worst songs ever produced?

Roxy Music by Roxy Music
Jan 30 2023

Deffo got better in the 80s but overall not too bad

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys
Feb 02 2023

Fluttered between a 3 and a 4 but I thought sheff would disown me if I went 3.

Faith by George Michael
Feb 03 2023

Starts strong some drivel in the middle though

Rip It Up by Orange Juice
Feb 06 2023

Orange juice ft. Sunday mornings, the stuff of dreams.

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Feb 07 2023

Pretty f'ing d, although the album seemed to last for about 16 hours, not that I was complaining.

The Chronic by Dr. Dre
Feb 08 2023

Chest nuts and chin nuts after all this time I finally get the Dees nutz reference. Much better than Paul's boutique. Hoppity-hippity, Snoopdog-infused goodness. Big up.

Rocks by Aerosmith
Feb 09 2023

My opinion of aerosmith has never quite been the same since that rollercoaster, scarred for life.

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure
Feb 10 2023

Fine for a slow day with your cock out on the sofa and a glass of red. Not great for much else, disgustingly mediocre.

Feb 13 2023

Well well well, expectations low but boy I was wrong. Dark and stormy and just what I needed to get me through on a rainy Sunday. Shades of darkside followed by hacienda soundtracks and then back into the deep depths of the underworld. This is about as close to a 5 as I'll get without giving one. 4.499999/10

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons
Feb 15 2023

Fair fucking play, Antony & the Johnsons really bringing home the bacon. I was expecting mediocrity after the first, then as if by magic, I was immersed. Initially I struggled to tell if this was a man or a woman singing and it turns out I was kinda right with whatever answer I chose. Given this new found knowledge about the band members the lyrics become all the more poignant. Shout out to Gianna Infantino for the brilliant song writing on song three. Up the Johnsons.

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt
Feb 16 2023

Only one tune listened too

Goo by Sonic Youth
Feb 18 2023
Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear
Feb 22 2023

Groovy first beat, although I thought it lacked some variation on the whole a rather pleasant little album. Up Marcus Garvey

Blur by Blur
Feb 28 2023

Which mentalists actually thought these were better than oasis?

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Mar 01 2023

Better than expected but a lot of background noise... WHERE ARE THE BANGERS AT!?!

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Mar 04 2023

Previously gave this a 2 or 3 but it's going straight up to a 4 due to a mixture of peer pressure, it growing on me, the absolute dogtits that have been served up the on here recently and not wanting to offend our Tone. This takes me straight back to my youth, listening to Bombay with a pear cider without a care in the world, happy days. You just can't help but think all is well with the world when this is on. I'd like to hear a little more grit/edge added, maybe even a Collab with alt-j, but hey it's 2008, what can you expect? They hadn't even heard of Brexit.

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys
Mar 07 2023

Wowzas, they're more than just the whole of the moon. This is a god damn masterpiece. I was tasting notes of rod Stewart, cranberries, U2 all topped off with some frenetic fiddling that only a fully fit Brian gleeson could match. We will not be lovers absolute banger, plenty of slower tunes to keep a lovely flow. Pair this with a glass of Campo rioja and you've got yourself an evening to remember. Kudos.

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax
Mar 08 2023

This music is brought to you by purgatory. Give me something to get my teeth stuck into man

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club
Mar 09 2023

Bit much ain't it, just can't get into this punk stuff. The odd bit of alright, but other than that its teetering me towards mental instability. One or the purists I think

Morrison Hotel by The Doors
Mar 10 2023

Need to give it another listen

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
Mar 11 2023

Bye bye bad albums, this really is the one, an absolute classic. Even after 14 gazillion listens it still pops. Song for song has to be one of the heaviest hitting albums out there, I still think don't stop is awful, but aside from that it's pure (fool's) gold.

Mar 12 2023

Rock n roll baby... Perhaps the non live version might of been better, perhaps I'm not musically adept, perhaps it is just shite, who knows. Kudos to the odd catchy riff - shout-out rocket Ronnie no 5. Album art wise, its negative marks for the yank flag. Positive marks for the Spangled expression on his face - I'll have what he's having and make it a double.

Bone Machine by Tom Waits
Mar 15 2023

If this is music then bring on the chatGPT age

Copper Blue by Sugar
Mar 16 2023

Offensively American

Mar 21 2023

Don't think I've ever sat down and listened to the 'Skin-'Nérd's but I was pleasantly surprised, very easy listening. Tuesday's gone, Simple Man and Free Bird particular highlights and would all be great accompaniments to a wholesome movies end credits. Nicht so Bad

The Score by Fugees
Mar 23 2023

28 years it took me to realise fugees = refugees. Pretty d though.

Crazysexycool by TLC
Mar 30 2023

Better than atomic kitten worse all saints

Beautiful Freak by Eels
Mar 31 2023

Not insulting, not noticeable, not anything

Faust IV by Faust
Apr 14 2023

Alright but certainly not great. First song sounded like the opening of a roses song.

Elephant by The White Stripes
Apr 18 2023

If there's one thing we can all learn it's to never start an album with your best tune. The rest was alright though, plenty of variety across the album. I reckon with a few listens this could even reach the dizzy heights of 3.5.

Django Django by Django Django
Apr 20 2023

Blast from the past this. Served best with camel chinos and a bottle of bulmers pear cider. Can't say it offers too much more than default though, a pretty easy listening album but could easily be any band from the time

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar
Apr 21 2023

Best served with earplugs

British Steel by Judas Priest
Jun 17 2023

A crud sandwich topped with crud sauce served on a bed of crud

Perfectionist

Only 3% of albums received 5 stars. Average rating: 2.90.

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.