My 1001 Albums Journey

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Album	You	Global	Diff
B-52's The B-52's	5	3.29	+1.71
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	4	2.37	+1.63
1984 Van Halen	5	3.51	+1.49
Van Halen Van Halen	5	3.63	+1.37
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.74	+1.26
Basket of Light Pentangle	4	2.76	+1.24
Dookie Green Day	5	3.79	+1.21
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash	5	3.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Funeral Arcade Fire	1	3.56	-2.56
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground	1	3.53	-2.53
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.42	-2.42
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	1	3.38	-2.38
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	1	3.3	-2.3
First Band On The Moon The Cardigans	1	3.29	-2.29
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor Lupe Fiasco	1	3.13	-2.13
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts The Adverts	1	2.97	-1.97
Superfuzz Bigmuff Mudhoney	1	2.94	-1.94

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Artist	Albums	Average
Van Halen	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Velvet Underground	3	1.33
Kanye West	2	1

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Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

Not my cup of tea. Gives me anxiety.

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White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

wow!

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

I don’t think I have ever listened to a whole Beatles record. I am pretty sure I have most only listened to compilations. This is a really great record. Many of the songs I have been hearing my whole life yet it still sounds fresh.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Cool record. I wish rap was still like this. Or not. Very original.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Very cool. Electro dance metal. Such matrix. Very Neo. Wow.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Definitely sounds like a classic. It is important to read the history of the record to appreciate the era this records unifying impact.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Very David Bowie. Very listenable. 47 years after release it still sounds like it could be released today by someone wanting to sound a bit retro. Stay sounds like something that could be released by the Black Keys… maybe without the disco roller skating riffs.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

Totally bizarre. Seems to be some kind of space opera. Psychedelic spacey Back Sabbath? I dunno. Just weird.

Guero

Beck

4/5

I listened to this one alot when it was first released. One of Beck’s better ones. Definitely one of his weirder experimental ones.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

1/5

Very Arcade Fire. Kind of all the same. No memorable melodies. I feel like I am supposed to really like Arcade Fire but … meh.

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Easy listening. Good album. Maybe a re-listen some day. No tracks for my best of 1001 playlist

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

ambient slow soul(?). Sounds nice. Well produced. Nothing really memorable.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

2/5

It's OK. "Bang a Gong" is clearly the one hit but it has been overplayed in countless TV ads.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

2/5

It was ok. Joni Mitchell is a national treasure. My favourites are very earliest stuff.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

2/5

A fusion of the Rolling Stones and Nirvana? Grunge inspired R&B. Good but probably not listen again.

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

4/5

This is a great album to have playing while doing work that requires concentration. I discovered Brian Eno’s ambient work some time ago. I also listen to Tim Hecker’s ambient work. In fact, I have Eno and Hecker on an “ambient” playlist already.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Good one. Running up that Hill is the obvious standout. The other tracks are not ones I felt I needed to hear again. Three stars.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Great record. First track - Chameleon - has melodies I remember. Second track - Watermelon Man - is delightfully strange. Third track Sly starts sounding muddy then takes off into another world. Fourth track - Vein Melter - odd name for a cool low key tune.

The Velvet Underground

1/5

Bland, beige, and morose rock music. Recording quality seems poor and muddy. I don’t understand the allure. Like Arcade Fire, I think I am supposed to really like this band but… meh. Nothing on this record makes me want to hear it again. One star.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Pretty cool record. No stand-out tracks or hooks but I think I would listen to this again as an ambient album. It has a weird 80s vibe for something from the early-2000s.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

This from another era. Feels like it’s right before the time rap changed from being fun to being fun and silly to grumpy and raw.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

1/5

The album is kind of boring. Lovefool is the obvious standout but it seems to me that this song is overplayed everywhere and I am pretty sure I would be happy if I never heard it again. Iron Man cover is sort if interesting but nothing to write home about. One star.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Stone cold classic.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

Sweet Dreams is the obvious standout. Everything else is ok. Might listen again sometime.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Pretty good. Nice background music. Might listen again.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Pretty good. Will likely listen again. Some bits get a bit repetitive - but I guess that's the point.

Femi Kuti

2/5

First track is interesting. The rest is meh.

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My Bloody Valentine

1/5

Why is this on the list? Garbage. Zero stars if I could.

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Shuggie Otis

3/5

Heavy Bill Withers vibes. This is a really great soul record. Lots of instrumental. Experimentation is tasteful and interesting. Definitely will listen again

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

3/5

First track was the best. Production seemed really good. I’d listen again - maybe with translated lyrics.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Quintessential 80s album.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

Not my cup of tea. Gives me anxiety.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

Mostly insufferably boring.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

"Do it Again"... oh, that's Steely Dan! "Dirty Work"... oh, that's Steely Dan too! "Reelin' in the Years" This one too! Great sounding album. Four stars

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

Meh. It’s ok but I don’t hear the greatness.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

2/5

not really my jam

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

4/5

This is definitely a great album.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

2/5

It was OK. probably will not listen again.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Uh. C’est un classique.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Very good. The first track is one that I have heard a thousand times but never knew where it was from. Now I do. Cool.

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

Pretty good. Not really my cup of tea. Likely will not listen again.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Mr. Soul is the obvious stand-out that you still hear 55 years later. The rest of the tracks feel like unfinished-yet-cold-be-great songs.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

2/5

It's ok. Better than 1969's The Velvet Underground. Not bad for some interesting ambient music.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

Wow this sounds great - lot's of acoustic sounds.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

2/5

Interesting but likely not memorable.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Fantastic record. Definitely plan to listen to this again and take-in all the lyrics.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

2/5

Sounds progressive for 1985. Nothing really stands-out to me.

The Stooges

2/5

Pretty good. Might come back to this one.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

Some big hits here. Still had some of the very early rock-and-roll sound. They were just beginning to get musically interesting.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

2/5

Meh

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

No review needed.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Super Strange. I’ve already listened to this many times. Still don’t know what to make of it. Seems like something that is forgettable OR will be come to know as his crowning achievement.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

Ok. First track’s shifting time signatures was off-putting.

New Wave

The Auteurs

2/5

It's ok.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

1/5

I just cannot get in to Punk rock music. I do try.

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Pretty good.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Nice record. Sounds great. Three stars.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

2/5

meh

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

3/5

I’ve heard this before. It’s in the same category as Soeaker Boxx. Good rap.

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Cool record. Will listen again.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Fucking shite. Greatest musical hoodwink of all time.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

2/5

Wouldn't it be Nice and God only Knows are the obvious standouts. The rest is decidedly meh. Why is this album a classic? Just those two songs? 2/3 stars.

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Cool. Reminds me of Paul Simon’s Graceland and Rythm of the Saints.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Very cool. Retro futuristic. Will listen again. Three Stars.

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

Meh.

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

2/5

One hit. Rest was weird.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

3/5

Pretty much a classic.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Pretty cool

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

4/5

Very awesome.

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

1/5

Just as meh as all the Velvet Underground albums.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Kinda cool. Will listen again.

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Sheet Music

10cc

2/5

Interesting and quirky... maybe even a bit silly.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Two undeniable classics: Superstition and You Are the Sunshine of My Life. The rest is pretty mundane should music. Three stars.

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Very cool. Very cool.

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Excellent... subtle vibes.

Bad Company

4/5

Mega classic.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Super grunge classic.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

3/5

Infected

The The

3/5

Wow. Very cool 80s. It has the 80s sounds but none of the cheese. Not sure how that works. Three stars

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

Pretty cool electronic and sample-heavy. Nice ambient for coding/working.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

3/5

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

M’eh

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

2/5

not bad

Destroyer

KISS

3/5

Classic

Germs

2/5

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

Classic eighties rock.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Must listen again soon.

The Clash

3/5

This is the kind of punk I like.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

very nice. a classic.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Quite good. Will listen again.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

I've this in my collection since the nineties. Excellent.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

Textbook dethmetal. Cool.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

3/5

pretty good

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

B-52's

The B-52's

5/5

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

I guess people will be singing along with, and dancing to, most of the songs on this album until the end of time.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

M'eh. Not sure why this is on the list.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

2/5

Kind of boring.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

2/5

m'eh

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

1/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

3/5

not bad. Jazz new wave.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Not bad. A bit dated now. Kind of repetitive. 3 out of 5.

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Solsbury Hill is the standout. The rest is ok.

Garbage

2/5

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

1/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

It's ok. I was not in to Blur back in the day. Still seems a bit boring to me.

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

2/5

Boring

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Great album. So many songs I know that I didn't realize was the same artist. let alone on the same album.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

Its OK. The Girl from Iponema - of course - is a standout.

Quiet Life

Japan

2/5

Boring

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

I don't think I am the target audience for this one but it sounds great.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

4/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

"Piece of my Heart" is the one memorable song. Interesting live recording but mostly forgettable for me.

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Van Halen

5/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Greatness. Definitely a classic.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Excellent. Definitely worth repeated listens to parse the lyrics and to hear the inmates' reactions. Tres cool.

American Pie

Don McLean

3/5

Two fantastic songs. The rest sadly forgettable.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

4/5

Like a Prayer is a banger. Interesting that I think most of the world will be unfamiliar with the version of Express Yourself on the album - this is not the version we know from the music video. Cherish is good. The rest is m'eh. This 1989 album definitely feels like it is straddling the 80s and the 90s.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Very good. Needs another listen.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

Great album. Still sounds fresh. So many hits.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

4/5

Wow. Very good bluesy hippie folk. Recording is amazing. Def will will listen again.