My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fire Of Love The Gun Club	5	2.98	+2.02
Music From The Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra	5	3.02	+1.98
Double Nickels On The Dime Minutemen	5	3.13	+1.87
Django Django Django Django	5	3.18	+1.82
Rain Dogs Tom Waits	5	3.19	+1.81
Ocean Rain Echo And The Bunnymen	5	3.23	+1.77
Since I Left You The Avalanches	5	3.28	+1.72
Low-Life New Order	5	3.3	+1.7
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	5	3.33	+1.67
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	5	3.33	+1.67

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Parachutes Coldplay	1	3.46	-2.46
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	1	3.43	-2.43
Eliminator ZZ Top	1	3.36	-2.36
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	2	4.3	-2.3
Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	1	3.22	-2.22
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	1	3.1	-2.1
The Last Broadcast Doves	1	3.03	-2.03
Dog Man Star Suede	1	3.01	-2.01
Gentlemen The Afghan Whigs	1	2.89	-1.89
Survivor Destiny's Child	1	2.87	-1.87

Artists

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Smiths	3	4.33
Bob Dylan	3	4.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
Coldplay	2	1
Pink Floyd	2	1.5

Controversial

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Artist	Ratings
Cocteau Twins	5, 2
Tom Waits	5, 2
Steely Dan	2, 5, 3

5-Star Albums (35)

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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

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absolutely haunting

1-Star Albums (21)

All Ratings (371)

When it’s good, it’s great. When it’s not, it’s just boring. Wish she had leaned into her weird vocal quirks and gone full Björk mode, one too many soft quiet songs that feel like missed opportunities. Absolutely quintessential 90s pop rock production, but does that make it dated or emblematic? Standouts (that weren’t singles): Not the Doctor, All I Really Want

I went into this album with an open mind but man, I struggled to get through this one. Songs are too long, instrumentation is ok but kind of samey. It’s weird because Chris Martin seems to be an objectively talented vocalist but I still found him super annoying? Haters and lovers both seem to like Shiver but for my money it might be the worst on here. Yellow is alright.

Pleasantly surprised by this album! Was expecting middling garden-variety 00s synth pop but instead it’s got this very 60s-inspired sound with shades of Bowie, the Stones. Honestly the lowest points for me were the 3 big hits but that might just be because I heard those songs 10 million times each in high school and would be fine never hearing them again for the rest of my life. Fav tracks: Weekend Wars, Pieces of What

Half these tracks are great, some of my favorite Beatles songs (Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Back in the USSR) and the other half are mediocre at best and obnoxious at worst. I guess that kind of speaks to what was going on with the band at the time. Does it work as an album? Not for me. A 45 minute cut of this would be much better imho. Maybe you had to be there

Somehow I got both Coldplay albums on this list within 4 days of each other, a very funny prank from the universe. I will say that this one was a little bit better; the songs actually sound different from each other, a slightly more engaging listen. Chris' voice is still really annoying but at least it doesn't always feel like the main focus here, that's an improvement. No idea why these songs are so long though. 8 of 11 tracks are over 5 minutes and they REALLY don't earn it. Probably a 1.5 if I could do half stars but alas.

This album is WEIRD and I dig it! If Rumours is about breaking up, this album is like the awkward stage after the breakup where you still have to live together because you’re both on the lease and everything is uncomfortable and tense and sad; you can practically taste the coke on some of these songs.

Not a fan of post-hardcore. Maybe someday I’ll hear an album that turns me around but today is not that day

Not bad! First half wasn’t doing much for me but I got more into it as it went on. Always forget how proggy early Queen was. Fav tracks: March of the Black Queen, Seven Seas of Rhye

Really cool album, these guys are clearly super super talented musicians. A little all over the place but in a way that works. Individual tracks aren’t quite memorable enough for me, like I’m not gonna get any of these stuck in my head but I don’t think that’s really the point.

The Bowie production really really comes through, half these songs sound like his anyway. Solid

absolutely haunting

Bobby sure can sing but the music itself is too uninteresting for him to work with imo. The big hit off this album was If You Think You’re Lonely Now which is just about, like, mocking someone you’re about to dump? idgi

Fantastic little album. Usually not a fan of live recordings but this one is just right

what the hell is in France's water that makes them all good at electronica

I actually almost fell asleep on the train and missed my stop listening to this album

Really really liked a lot of things about this album but I find Curtis' voice so unpleasant that it kind of ruined everything else :(

hey it's the song from the thing

it's classic Devo, which is to say it's a couple absolute bangers sandwiched between some of the most unpleasant and discordant songs you've ever heard

It’s not as bad as some of my other 2s, it’s just kind of whatever. Sounds like all the other samey alt rock of its era. It has a couple cool things going for it (Schnapf’s very Elliott Smith production on Country Yard, ska-like upstrokes on Factory, modern psych rock sound on the fittingly-titled 1969) but they’re too few and far-between to save the rest of it. Honestly might make a 3 in isolation but on a list with limited spots, I’m getting real tired of all the 2000s Britpop (sorry Oz, that includes you too)

acoustic emo with polished production; an album after my own heart

All those radio-friendly adult contemporary sounds from the 90s distilled into one record, I wasn't a fan. I will say that Gray's got a good voice for this kind of music, even if it does sound like a rough Dylan impersonation at times. Could see myself being slightly more into this album if it was closer to 35 minutes, the average track is nearly 5 minutes long and I don't think any of em earn it