1001 Albums Summary

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41
Albums Rated
2.8
Average Rating
4%
Complete
1048 albums remaining

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Favorite Decade
Pop
Favorite Genre
Other
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0
5-Star Albums
0
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Orbital 2
Orbital
4 2.7 +1.3

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
2 4.26 -2.26
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
2 3.65 -1.65
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
2 3.53 -1.53
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
2 3.49 -1.49
Parklife
Blur
2 3.39 -1.39
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
2 3.34 -1.34
The Specials
The Specials
2 3.29 -1.29
Low-Life
New Order
2 3.29 -1.29
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
2 3.22 -1.22
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
2 3.19 -1.19

Popular Reviews

Parklife by Blur

parklife dares to ask the question: "what if a handful of guys with absolutely no lyrical talent got together and made an unnecessarily long album?"

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

fine. not a fan of the tinny british yell-singing. props for instrumentals and having Cars on there.

All Ratings (41)

Parklife by Blur
Mar 01 2023

parklife dares to ask the question: "what if a handful of guys with absolutely no lyrical talent got together and made an unnecessarily long album?"

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets
Mar 02 2023

old west arctic monkeys. i actually really like the instrumentals here, and the vocals are familiar (= enjoyable).

Mar 03 2023

surprisingly boring despite having two (!) songs that were regularly on the radio as a kid. innoffensive, but would not listen again.

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5
Mar 06 2023

pretty generic old man hip hop, but it had one or two good songs.

Mar 07 2023

some great classics, some good stuff, and some pretty annoying stuff. this album is the closest so far to the sound that i like.

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
Mar 08 2023

sweet life was good. the rest were cut from gambino's Kauai but still fine.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants
Mar 09 2023

i listened to 9 of the 38 (!!!) songs on this album and they were all a british dude just absolutely yelling over guitars. that's three things i don't like. Ants Invasion had cool instrumentals though.

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes
Mar 10 2023

it's a wonder the world continued to take an interest in music after the british got their hands on it. i would have considered it a lost cause.

The Specials by The Specials
Mar 13 2023

pretty offensive, but not quite a 1 yet i think. definitely the closest to a 1 so far.

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics
Mar 14 2023

hey what if we just absolutely screamed into our shitty 1960s microphones like a dozen times every song? i bet the people would love that.

Murmur by R.E.M.
Mar 16 2023

pretty boring honestly. not really bad enough for two stars, but definitely a snoozefest

Celebrity Skin by Hole
Mar 17 2023

kinda dig the first song, but the rest of the album doesn't hold up.

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
Mar 20 2023

surprisingly listenable. may have to come back and listen to the rest of the album

Low-Life by New Order
Mar 22 2023

pretty generic british people music, innit?

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club
Mar 23 2023

yea okay karma chameleon was a bop, but the rest was just whatever

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Mar 28 2023

genuinely enjoyable music holy shit. the only weird thing is the lyrics/topics. im not from illinois.

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans
Mar 29 2023

it's fine. not the worst of the british rock bands we've heard, that's for sure

Cross by Justice
Mar 31 2023

honestly disappointing. came into the album already knowing & liking Genesis and DANCE, but most of the other songs just picked a theme and never actually went anywhere with it. no new discoveries for me here.

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers
Apr 05 2023

this is exactly the music i'm talking about when i say i don't like guitars.

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes
Apr 06 2023

i mean, it gets points for not being afraid to be a little weird, but still not really something i actively enjoyed listening to

Electric Warrior by T. Rex
Apr 07 2023

not very good. 2.5 star music, but i had to stop listening before the album was done because i was tired of it, so rounding down to a 2

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan
Apr 10 2023

fine. not a fan of the tinny british yell-singing. props for instrumentals and having Cars on there.

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone
Apr 12 2023

i listened to like 3/4 of the first song and turned it off honestly.

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey
Apr 13 2023

the vocalist needs a lot of training but i like what they're doing here in an experimental kind of way

Machine Head by Deep Purple
Apr 17 2023

holy shit smoke on the water. i played that on my guitar when i was like 14. wicked.

Surfer Rosa by Pixies
Apr 18 2023

umm yea i don't think so. vocalist sometimes sounds like 14 year old seinfeld with the same vocal talent.

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Apr 20 2023

not really my thing but i kind of get it. interesting sounds and good voice.

Orbital 2 by Orbital
Apr 21 2023

these chaps have revolutionized british music by almost entirely removing the vocals. this is Good Music, especially for background listening.

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
Apr 24 2023

this is cool and good. i like it. also logic sampled one of these songs which really caught me off guard.

Picture Book by Simply Red
Apr 26 2023

i was led to believe this would be bad. it was just fine.

Apr 28 2023

good production and vocals (mechanically), lyrical topics are 'eh' 20 years later

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
May 05 2023

hey it has that one song on it. and it's not annoying to listen to.

May 08 2023

a one piece reference followed by an entire album of mid songs that go on for way too long. power was good, but we already knew that. luckily, it doesn't fall into the british music tier.

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
May 10 2023

i think it wasn't that good actually

Critic

Average rating: 2.80 (0.47 below 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.