My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Chronic Dr. Dre	5	3.32	+1.68
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	5	3.34	+1.66
Stardust Willie Nelson	5	3.4	+1.6
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	5	3.79	+1.21
All Things Must Pass George Harrison	5	3.82	+1.18
What's Going On Marvin Gaye	5	3.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival	1	3.92	-2.92
Who's Next The Who	1	3.91	-2.91
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	1	3.77	-2.77
21 Adele	1	3.69	-2.69
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	1	3.67	-2.67
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.61	-2.61
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	1	3.47	-2.47
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	1	3.42	-2.42
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	1	3.35	-2.35
British Steel Judas Priest	1	3.3	-2.3

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Artist	Albums	Average
Michael Jackson	2	5

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	3	1.33
Tom Waits	2	1

5-Star Albums (8)

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Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Snorefest. I really don't get Springsteen.

9 likes

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

1/5

why?

3 likes

Pump

Aerosmith

1/5

Are you kidding me

1 likes

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

This project is really starting to suck

1 likes

1-Star Albums (30)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

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Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Original, creative, cool, musical genius. Screams Jack White. Either you love it or hate it. I'm somewhere in the middle. Good listen. Prob won't go back for any re-listens.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

Love. Listened to this in real time in high school. Welcome to the Terrordome, bitch. Awesome album. I still play some tracks for my kids today.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

REM distinct sound. Original for the time. Every song instantly recognizable as REM. Boring as all fuck.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Not my fav but liked a few of songs in real time.

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

2/5

Punk. Not the Sex Pistols or as catchy as the Sex Pistols.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

My 19 year old self really liked this. The Doors are always on my list of kinda good bands. The musicianship is ok, the lyrics are very 60s but JM's voice IS GREAT. That is what makes The Doors, well, The Doors. IF your new to The Doors this is a good, fun album. If you know them then you probably didn't listen to any of this album becuase you couldn't stand to listen to Riders on the Storm for the zillionth time in your life.

Slipknot

1/5

Ugh.

The World is a Ghetto

War

2/5

Cisco Kid - feels like you're part of the 70's urban scene. The rest of the album not my fav but it definitely has a vibe.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

No thanks.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Do you have the time to listen to me whine... Good, fun, punkish now cartoonish and mainstream. It's a great little nostalgic guilty pleasure listen.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

1/5

Really

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Original, fresh, punky, funky for what feels like the origins of new wave music. Great listen! So ahead of its time for 1977. You could almost see them playing with Blonde and the Ramones on a triple bill at CBGB's.

The Velvet Underground

4/5

I'm sure there will be other reviewers that will go into detail about how influential the Velvet Underground is/was for soooo many bands that came after them. They are the ultimate garage band. Listening to this album, all you want to do is pull out your guitar, get your friends together, write some songs and become rock stars. The Velvet Underground actually makes you believe the dream is possible. In their case, throw in a little heroin to get the creative juices flowing. I only gave it 4 stars because the stuff that comes after this album is 5 star fantastic.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

1/5

Not my bag baby. This is low budget Tom Jones without any personality or swinging songs.

White Light

Gene Clark

1/5

Is it just me or were there no choruses in these songs? B..............................oh, sorry, I just woke up. Boring.

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

1/5

why?

The Specials

2/5

reggae, ska, punk, ok.

Pump

Aerosmith

1/5

Are you kidding me

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

2/5

background music that you would get annoyed with

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

2/5

It's Chicago. Jazzy. horns. A whole album of that is a lot.

Germs

1/5

Noise. Punk noise. How is this on any list of any greatest albums? I realize 1001 albums is a lot of music. But this is just pushing it.

Closer

Joy Division

1/5

Terrible

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Haven't really listened to this album since 1996. Great listen. For the uninitiated, Beck is a mix of cool alt, rock and soul with a little country influence sprinkled in.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Awesome

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

songs go nowhere. upside, the bass is great.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

I was surprised how listenable this album was. All I ever heard from T. Rex was Get It On.

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

Electronic music. I could produce this album in an hour with Ableton Live.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

Sounds like the tail end of the 80's pop British invasion. Fun and fresh sounding. Enjoyable listen. For me there was no standout song or anything that really caught my ear. Maybe, Holiday. Good vibe, good time, good listen.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

1/5

No.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

I love Miles Davis but I'm more of a Birth of The Cool guy than this style.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

1/5

Not my jam

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Not good

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

The blues.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

1/5

I never got Tom Waits and this album didn't help.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

1/5

Two Tom Waits albums in a row. Give me a break.

British Steel

Judas Priest

1/5

Metal. No thanks.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

Sounded like one long song...

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

2/5

Like all 60's rock stars, the magic is gone by the time they're 40. Dylan is no exception and he's said as much in many interviews

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

Fantastic. Willy is so unique and the fact that this was released in 1979 is so ahead of it's time. I feel like late 90s and 2000's saw the rise of pop/country/rock stars singing from the great American songbook. He prob did this album 15-20 years earlier. For the love of music. It shows.

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

We all can check out anytime we want but we can never leave. We're always bombarded with the Eagles music. They're great at selling boring music for the masses.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

1/5

I did work to this album and forgot it was on for most of the time it played.

Who's Next

The Who

1/5

I'm beginning to lose faith in this experiment.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

2/5

Pretty borning.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Snorefest. I really don't get Springsteen.

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

This sounds like one not great Brit alt song.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Early Cure. Although, Jumping Someone Else's Train is the quintessential early Cure song. And, it's not on this album. But, you hear echos of it all over this album.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Classic.

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

I loved Remember back when this album came out. 5 stars for that song. Album on the whole an enjoyable 3.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

2/5

i mean, really.