My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Arise	5	2.73	+2.27
Strange Cargo III	5	2.77	+2.23
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret	5	2.87	+2.13
Infected	5	2.92	+2.08
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession	5	2.94	+2.06
The Nightfly	5	3.01	+1.99
Murder Ballads	5	3.08	+1.92
The Lexicon Of Love	5	3.08	+1.92
The Pleasure Principle	5	3.14	+1.86
Exit Planet Dust	5	3.16	+1.84

Album	You	Global	Diff
Golden Hour	1	3.09	-2.09
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)	1	2.97	-1.97
Fly Or Die	1	2.86	-1.86
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	2	3.63	-1.63
Hounds Of Love	2	3.61	-1.61
1999	2	3.6	-1.6
Oar	1	2.46	-1.46
Reggatta De Blanc	2	3.45	-1.45
Imagine	2	3.45	-1.45
Either Or	2	3.38	-1.38

Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	4	4.75
The Cure	3	4.67
Black Sabbath	3	4.67
The The	2	5
The Doors	2	5
ABBA	2	5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	3	4.33

Artist	Ratings
Portishead	5, 2

Bob Dylan

3/5

Harmonica was disturbing bluese parts that I was enjoying. Vocal was not great not terrible. Album was much better when I was focusing on combination of guitar and keyboard. Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat is defenetly the best part of that album. Temporary like Achilles is also not bad

Peter Gabriel

3/5

It's ok. Mix of good rock and good pop.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

1/5

Definitely not my type of music

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

I enjoyed this album as whole. Both music and vocal was just great. And it also had nice harmonica! I was thinking: "yeah, it will be solid 4". And then "Good Golly Miss Molly" came and well.. it is 5.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2/5

Not bad. Just not really appealing to me.

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Nice, chill music. Bass gives those songs really good vibe.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

3/5

Not bad but most of the time I was thinking that I should be listening Rammstein or other metal band instead. Guitars were pretty good but sometimes vocal is too harsh

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

4/5

Elvis.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

I love energy and of this album. Little Richard's vocal is great and I wouldn't change it for any other. It is one of my favourites albums.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Great album. I have already known some songs from this album before. Now when I listened all "London Calling" songs I reminded myself one of the things that I love about punk music - lyrics. Punk bands sometimes sing about things that others would be afraid to or wouldn't want to. I also love contradiction between live and sometimes happy music (and I know that musically it is not stereotypical punk music) and those problematic, at times dark lyrics. I especially feel this in "Spanish bombs" and "Rudie Can't Fail"

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

3/5

Nice lo-fi, r&b vibe. Nothing outstanding but still quite nice album. Solid 3

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Nice rock with some kind of hypnotizing vocals. "It's the end of the world as we know it" is timeless classic that will be played in different radiostations until the end of the world.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Nice bluesy album. I really like vocal on this album. Maybe this album is a bit too varied but I like individual songs too much to care about homogeneity of album as a whole. "I heard it through the grapevine" is awesome.

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

5/5

Daaamn, that album is so goood. All sounds fit perfectly. It is my great soul finding that I was looking for couple of months ago. Voice is really really good

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

I don't know. It has it's good moments, just not enough to get 4. Unfortunately as whole it does not sound very interesting

Cross

Justice

5/5

I could rate "Cross" without listening - just based on my memory but every excuse is good to listen this album one more time. It is one of my favourites electronic music. Songs fading out and fading in from one to another makes listening it very smooth. I love those a little bit noisy sounds, I love this energy 12/10

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Old, classic pop with a lot of songs for brokenhearted

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Musically this is really nice album. Especially considering that "Licensed to Ill" was their first album. Unfortunately lyrics are not so much for me. Nevertheless this album has it's good moments.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Quite nice calm album, just not exactly in my type.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

5/5

A bit bizarre but interesting album. I think that I have never heard anything like this. Tribal like singings were kinda hypnotizing. Electronic music sometimes made athmosphere unsettling

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Truly classic pop album. Both title song and "Billy Jean" are great, timeless. I really like that kinda background sounds that Michael was making in some songs.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

It is so boring that I don't even know what to say.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

Part of this album has really good beats and vibe but second half is downfall. Lyrics are not especially for me.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

This is too minimalistic for me. It is quite pleasant but I'm just not big fan of ambient music. I just feel that this album is not dense enough. Things are happening but it is more background music in my opinion than 1h and 11min worth of focused listening.

Django Django

3/5

I don't know what to think about this album. It has high points. It has low points. It is a bit more than 3 but not enough for 4

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Obviously I knew "Message in the bottle" and "Walking on the moon" so I was expecting kinda two hit wonder album. But the rest is just not pleasant. I just wonder why The Police was/is popular? And why Sting even considered himself as singer?

Ingenue

k.d. lang

4/5

I started listening this album with my cheap bluetooth headphones and I thought it was nor great nor terrible. But next day I switched to much much better wired headphones. And difference blew my mind. There is so much great music going on in the background... Voice is good and it works with music perfectly.

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

This album suffers from lack of interesting aspects. Neither music nor vocal are compelling. At the same time they are not straight bad. I could accept it as background music. I guess dream pop is not for me.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

The Modern Lovers

3/5

Uneven album

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

I know, it was innovative. But it does not mean that it is automatically good. It has two enjoyable songs. Despite them this album is all over the place and not good.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

Music is sometimes quite nice but vocals are neutral at best. I don't know why this album on this list

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Truly great album. That was my first time listening this album from beginning to the end without interruption. Music is great, I love those vocals (especially synced vocals). It's just perfect.

Soul Mining

The The

5/5

Oh damn, that is great fusion of postpunk and synthpop with great great vocal. Bass is really ejoyable. When You take everything apart it is so simple, at moments almost too simple. But at the same time everything fits well. Lirycs are worth mentioning on their own. They feel like true poems that balance on verge of despair and hope. When You mix everything it makes specific but somehow very good album.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Musically it is really nice album. But sometimes Bowie's vocal was not fitting whole music around.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

At first I was not convinced with beginning but later parts made me enjoy this album. Mix of funk and psychedelic themes is really interesting

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

I really like music on this album but unfortunately I cannot always say the same thing about vocals (however they fit) . Despite that it is still good. It could have been 5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

There is nothing bad in this album but there is also nothing very good (despite layla) or distinctive. I forgot about this album the same day I was listening to it.

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

I like how energetic most of this album is. Combination of piano and wind instruments sounds really appealing.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Nice album but I didn't expect so much blues vibe. I don't think that second song fits rest of album well. Offcourse first and last song are great classics

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

There is pretty much nothing interesting in this album

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

It has it's good pieces like "I've got to see you again" but there is not much going on. I can see it as good background music for good restaurant.

British Steel

Judas Priest

5/5

I really like this album. This distinctive (maybe a little bit industrial) Judas Priest music with unforgetable Rob Halford voice is just too good. Breaking the law was probably the first song of Judas Priest I have ever heard. It still is one of my favourites.

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

It's really boring. I don't know why it was such a big deal and breakthrough for Lambchop

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

5/5

I had strong Kraftwerk vibes from the beggining. Nothing suprising considering release date. Classic synthpop sound. Some tracks were a bit new wave/post punk and I like that little bit of diversity

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

4/5

It's perfect 3,5 for me. But unfortunately there is no half. So let's give it 4. It's nice album. I hope it will return favour during future listening.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

This is true 60s rock album. I think that it might stay with me for a long time

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

I was expecting something more energetic but it is still nice.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

This album grew on me. Second half of this album made me listen first half one more time and it definitely wasn't wasted time. Music and vocals are both great. As usual I really appreciate keyboard.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

I really wanted to give this album at least 4 but I truly think it does not deserve more than 3. There are not enough good moments to rate this album higher. Maybe I would rate it higher couple years ago, maybe 10 years later I would enjoy it more. Nowadays there are many better indie post punk albums that I would rather listen. This one was close but not close enough.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

There is only one memorable song

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Yeah, this album has one or two more recognizable songs. And what? Is that all?

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

5/5

I was going to give this album 4. But then I listened it one more time and one more time... The atmosphere of this album is great, hypnotizing. It is very homogeneous but not boring. Sound of guitar, drums and synths is perfect and timeless

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Really good album. "Piece of My Heart" is peak of this album but other songs sounds really good too. Classic

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

At first it was good but unfortunately not enough for whloe album

The Clash

4/5

Play

Moby

4/5

Interesting album. Somehow it manages to be diverse and kind of homogenous at the same time. Songs definetly feel like creation of the same artist/group. It is enjoable but I am not able to say what genre this album represents.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

This was hard to rate because I have feeling that this album has wide spectrum of songs. Too wide in my opinion. There are songs that are too chaotic, one or two are more mainstream and some are between those two points. This inconsistency made it not very pleasant as a whole but some songs are good.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

2/5

I wouldn't call this album "bad". Vocals and music is technically good. But there is nothing intresting in it. I felt like I was listening some basic "contemporary adult" radio, not 1001 albums that I have to listen. Songs are fine but don't differenciate from each other and I don't remember any particular song. I would consider rating this album a bit higher but it is sooo long...

1999

Prince

2/5

I have heard about Prince but that was my first time listening him. This album had its moments but was not something that I would consider one of 1001 that I had to listen.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Out of all albums that I love this is one of the most pesimistic when it comes to lyrics. Great, dynamic, atmospheric music with hypnotizing Ozzy's vocals make perfect match. Depressing lyrics make this whole experience hit different. One moment You want to jump to great riff, couple of seconds later you are dragged to the bottom with apocaliptic visions. One of my favourites. 6/5

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

1/5

I was not expecting this low on 1001 albums. My time has been wasted

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

This is nice album, Dusty had nice vocals. But it is "just" nice.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

I would like to rate it higher because music is nice but vocals sometimes ruin effect. I get idea of flat, unemotional voice but this time it does not fit.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

Individual songs sound nice but this album feels more like two mixed albums than one coherent

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

5/5

Wow. That was great. Great voice fits so well with music that I am not sure if it could be done better. Music is very rich and it really profits when You listen it on heaphones or just good setup. I should listen it couple times more and listen lyrics more carefully

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

It sounded good at the begining but there is not much variety. Some songs are almost indistinguishable. I wouldn't mind it as a background but despite not being very long it is not very interesting.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Damn, it takes courage to start album with full classical track and it made me keep attention. I really appreciate music diversity.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

I had to check first songs one more time because last 2 or 3 tracks were so different. Unfortunately rest of album is a bit boring to get more than 3. It is just fine

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

This album have grown on me. It started at the end of first listening. That make me listen it one more time and I don't regret it. It is a bit boring sometimes but it's not bad. Stockholm syndrome? Maybe

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Very good calm album. I was expecting something more like "Hey, Good looking" but it was still enjoyable album

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

Wow, great album. I really like this mix of rock and new wave, great vocals and choirs. And that was their debut! That is one of the albums that surely fits on that list and I am gratful for it.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

+1 for music

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

I like it when music is more funky.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

Perfect album, great harmony. It's so good that I don't know what more should I say. Timeless classic

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

This time background and flow hit me different than other hip-hop albums. Songs are more varying than on "Licensed To Ill". Sometimes album may be a bit too inconsistent. I guess rapping tie it together instead of making monotonous.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

Oh wow, I wouldn't expect that it is possible to make generally good, dynamic song and end it in such a boring way. Yes, I am looking at You "That's All Right". Four out of six minutes of this song is completely different than the rest of it. It is so different that it should be different song. It is not bad album. There is nothing straight wrong with it. It is just not very interesting. Despite rating in 3 I just don't know why it is here.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

First song is really great. I love this orchestral build up. It made me hyped up for the rest of the album and "Go or go ahead" and "14th street" were the only ones that were up to the challenge. The rest was dissapointing, vastly different in terms of atmosphere and boring. I would love shorter album with development based on ideas more similair to that from mentioned songs. In my opinion 5/5 album would be possible. But with all things considered it is 3.6/5

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

2/5

I don't think that it really belong on this list. I like some dirty, harsh records but I don't think this neither special nor innovative. If this is peak noise rock that I don't want to hear any more of it.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

It isn't really memorable but somehow it does not matter because it is still beautyful. I was going to give it 4 but it grew on me. Now I think that I will feel bad if I rate it 4.

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

I can really appreciate background. At least on some tracks. It was close to get 4 but then I get tired so I guess it is 3.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Wow, that was great. I knew "Take Five" before but whole album is great masterpiece of harmony.

Garbage

4/5

Oh, this album has this one hit wonder. I think it is nothing special but I liked it and definitely it is better than avarage 3

All Mod Cons

The Jam

4/5

Rythm, guitars and vocals seem to be just right. Definitely not masterpiece but I guess enought for 4

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

It was really nice journey through varied and rich music with pleasant voice. Out of 8 post 2010 albums so far this one of the best if not the best.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Yeah... live album. I like James Brown but do we had to get concert album with audience? I don't know what is the deal with things like that. It is both worse than live event and worse than studio album. It could be 5 just because voice of James Brown and great, energetic music but it gets -1 for live version

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

2/5

This one is hard to rate. Some songs can be enjoyable but it is hard because of all mad chaos going around. Sometimes it is unbearable. I don't belive this belong on this list. It is more like abstract piece of art of painter who was wondering how much abstract can he get. 2,4/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Music here is close to being too minimalistic. Fortunately when music seems repetitive vocal can still carry song and mix of both achieves pretty psychodelic atmosphere. It is 4/5 right now but I suspect it can grow on me even more.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

It's mostly quite boring.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

I feel that this is one of those "there is nothing wrong with it except being boring" kind of album.

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

I liked the beats and the flow. As usually with hip-hop I was not listening to lyrics very much.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

It is very inconsistent album. I was changing my mind almost every second song. Some of them are great but I appreciate consistency too much to give it more than 3,4

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

I am was not prepared to listen to more than 1h album full of less than 2 minutes songs. Some of them left me unsatisfied because I wanted them to expand more. 3,7

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

It is quite good album. Among those that were popular because of radio - this one deserves it.

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Great album. Definietly one of those that will stay with me. I can't express how good "Black Magic Woman" and "Oye Como Va" are.

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

2/5

Well.. yeah... The only exceptional thing about this album is it's oddity. Beggining was promissing but next songs went all over the place. It almost does not feel like album.

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Wow. That can be the best rapcore / rap metal album ever. Wonderful, dynamic music with pesymistic, fatalistic lyrics and tragedy on the cover - how can I be indifferent to it? First half of this album is great -5/5. The end is not as good but still enjoyable. 4,4

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

I like this album. I know some of Chemical Brothers' songs but they were not here. Still really good album.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

It starts perfectly but it's loosing steam somewhere in the middle and second half is not as good (except "Burn the disco out").

Metallica

4/5

It's been a long time since last good metal album. There are one of the best (if not the best) Metallica songs. I totally get why some people say that this the best album of this band. I'm not big fun of Metallica but this is still good metal album and it fits on this list.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

It's ok I guess. Nice 80's pop album. Both Prince's songs I've known before are part of this album.

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

3/5

I really could have lived without this album. I've definitely heard worse here. Music was sometimes nice but damn... that vocals were real downgrade.

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

This is album is really inconsistent. Throw away half of it and it will be 4,5

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

Great, energetic album with easy recognizable Offspring hits. I think that when it comes to american punk rock, you can't get much better.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Great varied album with some classic songs. Vocals, music and lyrics are in great harmony. Some love songs are timeless without being overcomplicated.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

Some tracks show that this album could be enjoyable but most of it is forgetable.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

I don't get it. It is not bad. Just boring

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

It has been scientifically proven that it is impossible for me to listen "Money, Money, Money" or "Dancing Queen" only once during listening of this album.

Low

David Bowie

3/5

It was not very engaging to listen. First part of the album is ok but there is not much happening after 7 track. There is nothing wrong with it. It is just too minimalistic for me.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

First half is nice but beggining of second disc is so sluggish. Unfortunately it stays like this for big part of second disc. Barely 4/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

From the very first minute I've got back to my memories of first missions in GTA: San Andreas. I really like music. Beats and other things are making the mood here. It is especially audible in "Lil Ghetto boy" in part without vocals. One of the best if not the best rap albums on this list. Lyrics are the reason why this is not 5/5

Third

Soft Machine

4/5

Wow, this album is a wild trip. I ignored first track - it is unbearable to listen to from first second. But rest of it is just crazy. During one 20 minute track it can go from perfect harmony to totally dreadful chaos and go back to great harmony. And this album is doing this many times this process is so smooth that I can't wrap my head around it. I have never heard other song with part that was monotonous and not interesting just to use it as a base to build more on it and turn it great and fascinating. Avoid first track.

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

5/5

I can't be indifferent to that good synthpop. It isn't as perfect as Kraftwerk but it's enough to get 5/5

The Doors

5/5

I love compositions of keyboard and guitars. Beautiful album

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

I belive that this is one of the albums that should be rated with release date in mind. Today's equivalent of this album would get 4. But this album is more than 45 years old. I would like to be in such a good shape when I will be 45.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

I wouldn't call myself Red Hot Chili Peppers fan. Despite that I know 1/3 of this album from rock radiostations. That is something worth noticing among albums with one hit wonders.

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

I don't remember any song from this album. Have I listened it?

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

This album has its good tracks but most of them are just ok.

The Cars

4/5

It's nice album. Even without it's one big hit.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

I really like funky music on that album. Lyrics were probably best described in Rolling Stone magazine "pack of class clowns set loose in a studio".

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

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

This is not music. It shoudn't be on this list.

Van Halen

4/5

Good, oldschool metal album

Infected

The The

5/5

Yeah, after absolutely not too much hours with "Soul Mining" I might be fanboy of The The. At first listen this album seemd to be a little bit worse than their debut but after second listening I think that they are just a bit different. Magnetic main vocalist, great rythm, bass and percussion are still present. I would say that whole atmosphere is quite similair to previous album. Neneh Cherry and backing vocals are making great job too.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Queens of the Stone Age

3/5

It is not bad but a bit monotonous for it's lenght. Later albums are better.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

30 minute album would be 3. 1h hour of not very dynamic and varied music is just too much

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

4/5

I

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

I think I don't get it.

Fragile

Yes

4/5

First song sets really high hopes for the rest of album. It's base is great and remains unbeaten by the rest of the tracks. Rest is still nice though.

Moby Grape

3/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

What a fun, energetic album. It feels so fresh among so many medium rock albums. Maybe I should discover more Fela Kuti.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

I think that this album tries to create atmosphere. I just don't feel it at all.

Dire Straits

4/5

It is quite good album. I like how it seems to flow without trouble and still sound good. Maybe I'll come back to it some day.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

It has good moments and bad moments (especially when everything is out of any rythm). I think I would enjoy it more in other circumstances.

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

There is not enough going on to get more than 3 and there is not enough bad to get less than 3.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

I like this album. Vocal is allright but music is really nice

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3/5

This album is not bad but it lacks a bit of variety.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

I don't know. Guitar is not bad but I was expecting something more of famous Jimi Hendrix. Maybe I am just used to guitar like this and because of that I am desensitized to Jimi's genious?

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

It was pleasant album to listen. I think that only announcments were bad thing. Fortunately they became closer at the end. Good, oldschool piece of jazz.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

I like that album. It sounds very smooth, it is pleasant to listen, its lenght is perfect. In my opinion it is one of those albums in which end is better than beginning. I almost gave it 5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Sometimes music is too minimalistic but voice is great all the time.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Lyrics are not bad, music is ok. Maybe it was mind blowing in 1988. Nowadays it is just ok.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

It isn't special by any means

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Great album with a lot of positive energy.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

4/5

Tough album to rate. Some tracks have too interesting lyrics and good rythm to rate it 3. Unfortunately this is only 1/3 of this album. 3,9/5 but mostly for "Under the table" and "Rack of his"

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

It is mostly one hit wonder. It has it's other fine tracks but nothing mindblowing. Just fine mid 80s album.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Good, homogenous album

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Not bad but also nothing that would justify puting it on this list.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Second half of that album has some more enjoyable music. The rest (including vocal) is not so good.

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

LP1

FKA twigs

2/5

There is nothing interesting for me. Music is too minimalistic. I don't enjoy that type of vocal.

John Prine

2/5

I would be glad to listen this album only at special circumstances - like being a hitch-hiker in the southern part of USA.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Great, classic metal album. Run to the Hills and Hallowed Be Thy Name are 10/5

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

2/5

Well... it's country. This means that the average album of that genre gets a -1 to rating.

1977

Ash

3/5

I think that there is not much to talk about when it comes to that album. It isn't one of the 1001 best albums ever for sure. It wouldn't also be one of the 1001 worst albums ever.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

That abstract way of expressing sadness in post-punk lyrics is something that appeals to me. I could not be indifferent to words packed with that kind of music.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

4/5

Despite these weird experiments with stereo, it is really nice album.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

When I saw her name I knew that it will be good album. You can't go wrong with Aretha. Great voice, great music. Albums like this are essence of this list.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

I guess it's ok. But I could have lived without knowing this album ever existed.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Beginning was quite good but most of it was mediocre

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Too long to be 3

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

4/5

Thanks to 1001albums I started to appreciate a bit this kind of electronica. It's no masterpiece but it's pleasant to listen to.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

My favorite electronic album. I can't wrap my head around how innovative it was in the 70s. Nowadays it seems so simple, almost too simple.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

I don't think I know any album that would have reason to be a lot more than 1h long. It feels stretched.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

2/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

That was a very nice and varied experience.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Interesting album. I understand that the movie's soundtrack has to be varied and also consist of some slower background tracks. But I was a bit bored during those calm moments. Parts of this album are around 4 but when I consider every song it is only 3.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

2/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

This album has some ideas. But I don't get all of them. Dub Housing among most of the albums on 1001 is like abstract painting among those with more traditional content. It may be important for the development of music. But it doesn't change the fact that I don't like it.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

It is not as good as "Lady Soul" but still nice.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Not my favorite Black Sabbath album but still good enough.

Miriam Makeba

4/5

Interesting, unique album. Worth listening

Violent Femmes

4/5

Interesting mixture of punk and indie

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

One of "not bad but why is it here?"

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Suicide

2/5

This album somehow achieved being simultaneously boring and short. It is hard to rate the innovativeness of this album in the late '70s. Nevertheless, I am sure of one thing - being innovative does not always mean being good. I don't need more unexpected screaming - especially after ~30 minutes of monotonous music.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

I don't like rating albums like that because it lowers my post punk albums score.

Foo Fighters

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Interesting album

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

2/5

I had not been noticing this album for most of the time when I was listening to it.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

5/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

I like the dynamics of the piano in some of those songs.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

2/5

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

I have heard Arctic Monkeys before but not this album. I was surprised that I liked it so much. It has great dynamics and characteristics Arctic Monkey's vocals. Tempo feels faster than on "AM" for most of the time.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

4/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

3/5

It's not bad, it's just too long

Guero

Beck

3/5

Every song feels like it belongs to other album

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Neither good nor bad. Just ok world music album

Rapture

Anita Baker

2/5

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

1/5

What a horrible day to understand English

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Second half is better but this isn't the best album of The Cure

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

Not bad for a shoegaze album. Almost 4

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

4/5

Nice album. Definitely not best that The Prodigy has to offer but still good piece of electronic music.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

I have never ate pretzel that I would rate 5/5. I think that all of them were 4/5. Exactly like with Steely Dan's albums.

War

U2

3/5

Nah. Nothing special

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

1/5

It is one of the most boring album I have ever heard.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

3/5

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

3/5

Well.. it is 2000's rap album

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

4/5

Pleasant surprise

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Not bad but definitely one of those "why is it here?" albums

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Overall it's ok

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Blood, Sweat & Tears

5/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

Not interesting at all

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

Wild Gift

X

3/5

Average album

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

2/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

I am myself surprised how it grew on me during the first listening. I love how homogenous and still internally varied this album is. Instruments are magnificent, vocals are great. That is one of the album that makes me still listening 1001.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

This is the first time I have met album like this on 1001.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

Really nice album. I enjoyed that travel to days of old-school hip-hop when it still had many common things with funk.

System Of A Down

5/5

This is everything You should expect form SOAD: fast-paced music and unique lyrics. Great album.

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

Da Capo

Love

4/5

The Poet

Bobby Womack

5/5

The Visitors

ABBA

5/5

You know, it is Abba.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Not my favorite metal album but quite good.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

4/5

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

2/5

I like punk but this album was a slog. It is a shame for punk music that albums like that are on the list.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

4/5

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

I would appreciate studio album more.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

5/5

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

Middle of the road punk album

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

A bit too long but nice enough to get 3

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

David Bowie

4/5

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

I just don't get shoegaze

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

When it comes to albums that consist covers I have dilemma. It is very good but tracks are still covers.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

5/5

Ray Charles is great. I even don't have to justify it.

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

3/5

Very inconsistent

Femi Kuti

5/5

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

Dare!

The Human League

4/5

Good synthpop album. Nothing less, nothing more

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Really good album with really consistent flow.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

No matter how much shoegaze is on this list it is too much.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

2/5

It is a mess

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

Nice, smooth pop album. Second half is better

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

4/5

Third

Portishead

2/5

I am disappointed. I enjoyed "Dummy" very much but that one is not fun at all.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

It is not gonna be my favourite hip-hop album on this list but still quite good.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

The Undertones

5/5

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

I can't deny some kind of artistic value for this. It is just not art that I would appreciate. Not the worst album here but definitely not must have on the list.

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

That kind of music makes me travel back to time when I was listening to radio with my parents in the car as a kid.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

4/5

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

3.8

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

Sea Change

Beck

2/5

There is nothing bad with this album except it is incredibly boring.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

From the first seconds I knew it is really good album. Discoveries like this are still keeping me on the list after almost 600 albums drawn.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Title track is the best true masterpiece but the rest of the album still holds up. Good album overall

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Arise

Sepultura

5/5

I thought that it is going to be too harsh for me. But it was great surprise.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

Gorillaz

4/5

Street Signs

Ozomatli

4/5

Very interesting album on the border between couple of genres. I imagine that enjoying Santana's Abraxas is probably quite necessary to enjoy this one.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

I have managed to listen half of it. After that I decided that I don't want to listen second half of quite an average album.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

90

808 State

4/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

Ugh

Pump

Aerosmith

4/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

2/5

Ramones

3/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

4/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

2/5

Le Tigre

4/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Reign In Blood

Slayer

4/5

I am not a big fan of Slayer but it is just good trash metal album and I can't be indifferent to it. Solid 4, almost 5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Street Life

The Crusaders

4/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

4/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

5/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

I would rate it 6 if I could

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

It is good, and it is bad. It is interesting and it is boring.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Out of Step

Minor Threat

3/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

Cypress Hill

4/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

5/5

Before listening to whole album I was familiar with only one song. It is unbelievable great mix of 80s pop and rock and 4 Ever 2 Gether is definitely the best track on the album. It's going to be one of my to go 80s album.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5