My 1001 Albums Journey

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874

Albums Rated

2.99

Average Rating

80%

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Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1950

Favorite Decade

Blues

Favorite Genre

Other

Top Origin ?

Tough Crowd

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5-Star Albums

1-Star Albums

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By Genre

Top Styles

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ys Joanna Newsom	5	2.79	+2.21
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	5	2.84	+2.16
Bone Machine Tom Waits	5	2.85	+2.15
Gris Gris Dr. John	5	2.89	+2.11
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes TV On The Radio	5	2.93	+2.07
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	5	2.94	+2.06
The Dreaming Kate Bush	5	2.99	+2.01
Safe As Milk Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	5	3.01	+1.99
Veckatimest Grizzly Bear	5	3.04	+1.96
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down The Dandy Warhols	5	3.13	+1.87

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Violator Depeche Mode	1	3.7	-2.7
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	1	3.63	-2.63
Highway to Hell AC/DC	1	3.63	-2.63
Hotel California Eagles	1	3.58	-2.58
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	1	3.42	-2.42
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	1	3.41	-2.41
Tres Hombres ZZ Top	1	3.41	-2.41
Eliminator ZZ Top	1	3.36	-2.36
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	1	3.34	-2.34
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	1	3.33	-2.33

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	5	5
Tom Waits	5	4.6
Bob Dylan	6	4.33
Led Zeppelin	5	4.4
Miles Davis	3	4.67
Jimi Hendrix	3	4.67
The White Stripes	3	4.67
The Cure	3	4.67
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	5
Beatles	6	4.17
Björk	4	4.25
The Doors	3	4.33
PJ Harvey	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Bruce Springsteen	5	1.6
Madonna	2	1
ZZ Top	2	1
Sepultura	2	1
Aerosmith	2	1
Bee Gees	2	1
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	3	1.67
Pet Shop Boys	2	1.5
Mudhoney	2	1.5
Everything But The Girl	2	1.5
Slipknot	2	1.5
k.d. lang	2	1.5
Eminem	2	1.5
Eagles	2	1.5
Elvis Costello	2	1.5
Orbital	2	1.5
AC/DC	2	1.5
Christina Aguilera	2	1.5

5-Star Albums (67)

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Popular Reviews

I gave the other Springsteen's 1. So I guess this is my favourite Springsteen album

Surprised by the low ratings. This thing is a journey, a sublime masterpiece. Full marks

I don't get it, I thought I hated Coldplay

a trailblazer but perhaps hasn't aged super well - feels kinda robotic, forced to my 2023 ears

Is this album meant to be on here

4-Star Albums (199)

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

1-Star Albums (68)

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

All Ratings (874)

Highlights: Protection, Karma Coma, Sly. Top-heavy album but still consistent. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bittersweet Symphony is the masterpiece on the album and the rest is solid but just not on the same level. Lucky Man comes close, but have never been a fan of Drugs don't work or Sonnet. Space and Time, Weeping Willow are fine. A good album. Not one I return to.

This some white people shit. Not my bag. Sultans is Hella lame. Water of love ok

great to listen to with ya nan. a christmas album for the ages not in my top 5 cave albums, but solid ⭐⭐⭐

i hate it just not my thing, i guess makes me regret all one-star ratings thus far, as i enjoyed all of them more than this ⭐

Some real bangers but way too inconsistent to give top marks ⭐⭐⭐

is good ⭐⭐⭐

if the rest of the album was as good as the title track it'd be a five-star ⭐⭐⭐

technically solid but just not for me. horny yawny dad-rock? ⭐⭐

blegh! meatloaf schmeatloaf ⭐

Highlight: (They Long To Be) Close to you Lowlight: Help Somewhere in between: the rest ⭐⭐⭐

That's what I'm talkin' bout

i enjoyed it, but also forgot everything about it minutes after listening. except common people. common people gets a whole star just for itself

maybe i'm just generally pretty lukewarm on britpop but this kinda reminded me of a worst-of blur album ⭐⭐

was really enjoying this at first, but the back half is a real dud. sorry james ⭐⭐

i don't regret my time listening to this, but would not listen again willingly

who the heck is david watts anyway. worst song on the album, david watts is a jerk

a monumental point of inflection for their creative direction, a quintessential early-2000s album

why ya gotta make me listen to this right after radiohead

why is this album like 1000 years long

a trailblazer but perhaps hasn't aged super well - feels kinda robotic, forced to my 2023 ears

At least one of these stars is for Angela Bassett

Hate To Say I Told You So is a banger, but diminishing returns as the album goes on, pretty one-note

Five stars, why not. As tempting as it was to deduct stars for Octopus's Garden

Might have considered a 5 if not for the truly terrible A Man Needs A Maid and the fact that I've heard Heart of Gold so many times while browsing the dairy aisle in supermarkets that now it just makes me think of milk

I didn't really enjoy the album but it gets points for reminding me to rewatch Magnolia

Would be a 5, but wow there are a few terrible songs on this thing. But on the other hand, Benny

Hated it when it came out. It grew on me I guess?

Still Sufjan's best, I think. An album I keep coming back to

No thank you

Wax in your inner ear, doodoo in your outer ear Two cows a zebra will jump through your atmosphere Four stars

look, it's a good album, probably better than a 3, but so help me god if I hear time to pretend or kids or electric feel one more time

Kinda wish the rest of the album was as great as the title track

disco shmisco

Enjoyed more than expected

Almost gave this a 5. Not sure if I genuinely really rate this album or my brain is still a bit broken from the time it was the only CD we had on a roadtrip

I dig it

It's fine

Pretty solid. This is the day an easy stand-out

I hate it

I didn't hate it!

It's a 2 from me but a 5 from sixteen-year-old me. Self Esteem & Come Out And Play are fun

one star, for being a too-visceral reminder of the cultural hellscape that was the late 90s

So long, Marianne is the easy standout, the rest blurs together a bit

Imagine is butts but the rest of the album is great

I hate it

all over the place. kinda fun, and given time it might grow on me, but aint nobody got time for that

I hate it (sorry chris)

I dig the album art. The album itself is okay, but sounds too much like other better bands to me 🤷‍♂️

I don't hate it

I hate it

Björk is life

This is why I love this site, it's so great for discovering unknown albums from bands I've never heard of

I quite like some of this album. A lot I could take or leave. High: Jane Says (of course), Summertime Rolls, Ocean Size Low: Standing in the Shower Thinking I'd give it a 2.5 but rounding down because I have a sore throat

of all the albums about walls, this one is the best

I thought I hated The Smiths? Turns out I don't hate The Smiths

Gross. I hate it

almost a 3, it was ok

No, I don't think so

I hate it

inconsistent but I enjoyed some of this

hey this was great

Hi Chris

Stop giving me Costello albums dangit

More like a 3.6

5 stars, why not

Mostly dug this. Rounding up

It had moments. I liked the first song. It could maybe grow on me. But alas, it will never have the chance

it's monk time. I wish this was on spotify, this was a pleasant surprise

Can't get past how much he looks like Jason Gunn on the album cover

Is this album meant to be on here

I guess I do not like to boogie-woogie

Rating a one, rating a one Rating a one, rating a one Rating a one, rating a one Rating a one, rating a one

i hate it

Rounding up

If it was just its strongest half, it'd be a 5, but there's a few there I don't love. Still. 4/5 ain't bad. Highlight: In the Light

best bowie

blegh

Look I love it but also I do subscribe to the philosophy that music should be, on some level, actually listenable

Almost a 4. Fun

A million years long, but worth it.

I've not cared much for Boy in the past but for some reason this album hit me just right

I thought I liked REM until I listened to this

Not my favourite of theirs, much less consistent than the prev two. DLZ is a banger though. 3.5

Nobody needs to hear FOUR R.E.M. albums before they die. NOBODY. Stop it

Solid but no Pink Moon. Highlight: River Man

I should hate this? I don't hate this

Pretty okay Radiohead album, five stars

Maybe closer to a 3 for me if I'm honest but rounding up to a 4 for the immaculate vibes

A 1 feels very harsh for this album. And yet, here we are

High highs, but meh mehs

2.5

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. It's more a 3 for me but a bonus star for the album cover and the commitment to the whole arty ironic fascist thing

Admittedly pre-judged this one by the album art and band name, but a pleasant surprise. Very '90s for an '80s album

a quiet rainy day inside with hot cocoas was, in retrospect, probably not the appropriate environment to be judging this one, but ah well

mid star

I enjoyed a lot about this album. Also, I did not enjoy a lot about this album. Gats and mysogyny pew pew pew

best beck

Quite enjoyed listening to this. More of a 3 for me, but rounding down because Ayn Rand

Good! But a good covers album gets a three and that's that

3, but rounding down for the worst album art in music history

I tried

This album just made me kinda angry for some reason

A 4, but a 5 in a world where I hadn't heard Portishead's other albums

3.5

Not my favourite Bowie album

Highlight: The Partisan

I gave the other Springsteen's 1. So I guess this is my favourite Springsteen album

3 for the album, but a 5 for Gimme Danger

Rounding up

blegh

More like Steely Yawn amirite

Surprised by the low ratings. This thing is a journey, a sublime masterpiece. Full marks

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would, but there's some real duds in there

I thought I didn't care much for Bob Marley & The Wailers. Who knew?

I liked.. some of this

I really liked some of this! But I only kinda liked the rest of it. Three stars

I dig it

Didn't hate

I cannot

Is good. Might've been a five if Last Nite hadn't been butchered on the radio for years, but alas, I can no longer listen to it objectively

Magical

Didn't hate

Inconsistent

Didn't hate it

Safe, sad, soulless. Not interesting enough to be on this list, or any list, unless it is a list of albums that aren't interesting enough to be on lists

I was on the fence, until: I feel just like Winona Ryder In that movie about vampires And she couldn't get that accent right; Neither could that other guy

3. Very listenable. But a 5 for Son of a Preacher Man

This album takes me back to a very specific time in my life. 4 starts right now but 5 when I'm feeling more nostalgic

3.45

None for me thanks

lol no

Not awful

I enjoyed this a lot more than expected, had only ever heard “Deceptacon”. Fun album.

Passing me by is a classic. Fun album

Probably overrating this but

3.5

3.75

Forgettable

I didn't like this album quite as much I remember. Let me give half stars please

This list mostly had me despising Britpop so far. But I dig this

I don't... I don't get it

Fuckin' Eagles, man

dad rock, assemble

dreamy

I don't get it, I thought I hated Coldplay

Nah. Even edgy angsty teenage me would've given this one a 3 at best

I swear that I try. Every time another Springsteen album comes up I do listen to it in earnest, with fresh ears. But I can't. No more. Please I'm begging you

SPACE IS NOT LARGE AND IT IS NOT SMALL SPACE IS DARK. SPACE DOES NOT CARE

classic

Hey Rikki, lose my number

Ass

Needed more bongos

Title track is dope

I know I'm SUPPOSED to like this album. But still

I dig this

Not best Björk. But still great Björk

3.5. Let me rate half stars dangit

Second only to Disintegration. Classic

3.5. I enjoyed this

This album was really dull at first, but then it really picked up at the end. Turns out it had already finished and Spotify was just playing me other stuff. So, yawn

I don't hate KOL in general but this album in particular is agressively average

starting to think this book is an elaborate prank to make people listen to elvis costello

3.5

I really wasn't in a mood for yacht rock so didn't give this one a fair shake, only got a few songs in. I'll give it another try if I ever go back through all these a second time

I like weird-beck more than sad-beck but it's still a great album

I don't get it, I thought I hated Coldplay

Pleasant and massively impressive a capella album. I confess to involuntarily feeling like I was constantly waiting for the songs to start so can't rate higher than a 3, but that does sound like a me-problem

A comfortable 4/5 for the album for me. Sunny Afternoon is a 10

No, no I don't think so. Thanks anyway

I wanted to like this more than I actually enjoyed listening to it

Not for me

nope

too 80s

I hate Spingsteen. But I didn't hate this one for some reason. Way to go, Bruce!

Fun

Goddess / Holes are cool. The rest are acceptable

A high 3

"Sensational"

Meh

Ten stars

3 but could go up on relisten

Solid album. Probably a 3.5 for me, but rating up because there's a crackup review from someone who gave this a 1 because he's a a STEM guy PHD student who "doesn't get rap" and I'm doing my part to bring balance to this world

Interesting and experimental, but obnoxious and grating in that it feels like I'm getting harrassed by minions for 40 minutes so it all ends up being pretty unlistenable to me, sorry

I am enjoying riding this elevator

Look, it's a 1 from me. But a 5 from angsty teen me, who had this cranked up to 11 for a year straight

Pretty good

A classic, and a personal favourite - but on reevaluation I did find it more pleasant to listen to a mono version, oddly. The vocals especially have a weird channel distribution at times that I wasn't really digging

Yes there is such a thing as too much intro

Couple of bangers, Novocaine is still great. But I do not want to go to Susan's house.

It's a 3.5 but rounding up because I'm in a good mood. I genuinely do prefer KOL raw and unintelligible

Perfect

Minus a star for Yellow Submarine because I'm a curmudgeon and I hate fun

At her grungiest. Raw and unpolished but it all works

Loses one star for Dreams. That's right, you heard me

It's a solid album. But I've seen Chungking Express, so I've already hit my lifetime quote for California Dreamin'

I cannot

Politically charged, but not subtle. Way too on the nose. For some reason this album reminds me of Banksy. Go figure

Nope

One of those albums where it hits just right for me personally, but I also totally get the 1 star reviews on here

I can't really figure out why you'd want to include this in such a list. It's pretty aggressively fine, couple of hits aside. Bargain bin Coldplay (I don't actually know who came first, not looking it up)

Enjoyed this more than I expected to

Dancer and Madman are great, tho

Kudos to the review that mentioned to skip the first song on first listen, it's a rough entry point.

Perfection

Another Costello album down, and I remain mystified as to the appeal

Iconic