My 1001 Albums Journey

740

Albums Rated

3.74

Average Rating

68%

Complete

349 albums remaining

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1950

Favorite Decade

Funk

Favorite Genre

Other

Top Origin ?

Enthusiast

Rater Style ?

272

5-Star Albums

1-Star Albums

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By Decade

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pictures At An Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer	5	2.64	+2.36
Take Me Apart Kelela	5	2.76	+2.24
What's That Noise? Coldcut	5	2.76	+2.24
Planet Rock: The Album Afrika Bambaataa	5	2.79	+2.21
Djam Leelii Baaba Maal	5	2.79	+2.21
Chris Christine and the Queens	5	2.81	+2.19
The Sounds Of India Ravi Shankar	5	2.85	+2.15
Second Toughest In The Infants Underworld	5	2.85	+2.15
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso	5	2.85	+2.15
Arc Of A Diver Steve Winwood	5	2.87	+2.13

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Different Class Pulp	1	3.42	-2.42
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	1	3.27	-2.27
461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton	1	3.1	-2.1
Your Arsenal Morrissey	1	3.05	-2.05
The Rising Bruce Springsteen	1	3.05	-2.05
Copper Blue Sugar	1	2.98	-1.98
Vauxhall And I Morrissey	1	2.96	-1.96
Viva Hate Morrissey	1	2.96	-1.96
Gold Ryan Adams	1	2.83	-1.83

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	7	4.86
David Bowie	8	4.63
Miles Davis	4	5
Led Zeppelin	4	4.75
Pink Floyd	3	5
Stevie Wonder	3	5
Talking Heads	3	5
Prince	3	5
Elvis Presley	3	5
Queen	3	5
Black Sabbath	3	5
Michael Jackson	3	5
Joni Mitchell	3	5
Public Enemy	3	5
Frank Sinatra	3	5
R.E.M.	3	4.67
Creedence Clearwater Revival	3	4.67
Marvin Gaye	3	4.67
Iron Maiden	2	5
Yes	2	5
Willie Nelson	2	5
Muddy Waters	2	5
Van Morrison	2	5
Johnny Cash	2	5
Curtis Mayfield	2	5
Ray Charles	2	5
ZZ Top	2	5
King Crimson	2	5
Fiona Apple	2	5
A Tribe Called Quest	2	5
Funkadelic	2	5
Ali Farka Touré	2	5
Depeche Mode	2	5
Rush	2	5
The Temptations	2	5
Fela Kuti	2	5
Coldplay	2	5
Brian Eno	4	4.25
Beastie Boys	3	4.33
Kraftwerk	3	4.33
Paul Simon	3	4.33
The Cure	3	4.33
The Doors	3	4.33
Peter Gabriel	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Morrissey	4	1.25
Robert Wyatt	2	1
Eminem	2	1.5
Metallica	4	2

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Bruce Springsteen	1, 5, 3, 4, 5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2, 3, 5
Tom Waits	4, 2, 3, 5

5-Star Albums (272)

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

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

4-Star Albums (148)

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

1-Star Albums (26)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

All Ratings (740)

Really good samples, but it was a lot of shouting for a Beastie Boys album. That said, it's grungy, "We don't give a shit and we got good rhymes" hip-hop. If you like it, you like it.

I was just starting high school in 2003, so this album made me feel like I was going to a school reunion. Mixed memories made for an okay listening experience. It's a fine rock album, not my taste anymore, but fine.

This is a knockout album, as far as I'm concerned with rap/hip-hop. Not all the tracks resonated with me - probably because I'm agnostic - but that shouldn't stop you from enjoying the album as a work of art.

Easy "A" for me. My parents had this album on vinyl, so I have listened to it many, many times. It's got that 70s sound!

The album doesn't sound the same like it did when I was in middle school. Loud and angry, with all the hallmarks of edgy pop from the 2000's.

The original link for this is missing tracks, at least on Spotify. Listen to the 30th Anniversary Celebration album instead. Beautiful a capella!

Going to continue not supporting Nazis and fascists.

I found the first couple tracks hard to get through, but then, I got to "Don't Shoot Guns Out." It was as relevant yesterday (August 6th, 2025) as it was during 2020, when we had the senseless murder of George Floyd and the subsequent summer of protests that came from it. We = The American public Guns out - Don't Shoot. That was a slogan used by protestors at the time, to talk about police brutality. If you don't see the parallels between an album like this and Fela Kuti's "Zombie," which I got the day before, you're not picking up on what's being put down. You're not seeing the shit that's happening in the US government, with their military, with their police forces. The same shit that happened in Nigeria is happening here, too. "Black is beautiful. Black is excellent - too." The album has a good mix of vocals, rhythms, call & response, synth, and African grooves - all things that I've come to appreciate since starting this project. I don't think this is a "daily driver" album for me, but, instead, something to come back to after I've had time to digest. Standout tracks: "Wildfires," "Why We Cry We Die", "Black", "Us" into "Eternal Life". "Monsters" brought to mind some of the work Childish Gambino did in their albums "Awaken, My Love" and "Atavista." ...okay, music review is done. That's the first one I've done in a while. I wish things changed for the better between 2020 and 2025. Things are looking pretty bleak outside my window. But the 1001 Album project goes on. I leave this review behind as something for future listeners to find.