My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
The United States Of America The United States Of America	5	2.61	+2.39
Exile In Guyville Liz Phair	5	3.02	+1.98
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab	5	3.03	+1.97
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	5	3.05	+1.95
Kimono My House Sparks	5	3.06	+1.94
Eternally Yours The Saints	5	3.06	+1.94
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned Liars	4	2.11	+1.89
Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction	5	3.18	+1.82
The Poet Bobby Womack	5	3.21	+1.79
Let It Be The Replacements	5	3.25	+1.75

Album	You	Global	Diff
Konnichiwa Skepta	1	2.74	-1.74
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit	1	2.48	-1.48
Stardust Willie Nelson	2	3.4	-1.4
1989 Taylor Swift	2	3.27	-1.27
Felt Mountain Goldfrapp	2	3	-1

Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	4	5
Nirvana	3	4.67
R.E.M.	3	4.67
Pink Floyd	2	5
The Clash	2	5
The Jam	2	5
Bob Dylan	3	4.33

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Boston

3/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

New Wave

The Auteurs

4/5

Very solid album. I liked a lot of songs, my favorite is probably either show girl or star struck

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

American Gothic

David Ackles

3/5

Some good moments but it wasn’t that good all around.

Being There

Wilco

3/5

It was good but kinda overstayed it’s welcome

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

4/5

I like how varied it is.

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

Good as background music but kinda boring if you’re listening to it alone.

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

4/5

I liked it a lot more than I expected Probably closer to a 3.5 though

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Not as good as I expected 2.7

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

5/5

I dont know what it was, but I REALLY liked this album

1989

Taylor Swift

2/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

I was expecting to like this album and I liked it even more than I expected.

Medúlla

Björk

3/5

I’m never going to listen to this again but it was interesting this time.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

4/5

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

4/5

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Some REALLY good songs and some REALLY meh songs.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

2/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

5/5

Pretty good. At first I thought it was a 4, but then I realized I’m gonna be listening to this album a lot, something I can’t say about most albums on here.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Kenya

Machito

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

The Poet

Bobby Womack

5/5

I didn’t expect to like this album just based on what I heard about it beforehand, but wow, I REALLY liked this album. I don’t know if I’ll feel the same way in a week but I think I’ll be listening to this album for a long time.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

No more Mr nice guy is my fav so far

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

Roots

Sepultura

4/5

Didn’t expect to like it, but I did. I think I’m realizing I just have a really diverse taste in music. I still don’t love the vocals, but I was able to get over it.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

Was okay the whole way through, but I got kinda bored.

The United States Of America

5/5

Another one that I had zero expectations for and ended up loving. Albums like that are why I’m liking 1001 so much.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Cross

Justice

4/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

3/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

One more chance could’ve been good, but the beginning was so obnoxious that it kinda ruined it for me. What have I done to deserve this was pretty good but not fantastic Shopping is okay. I liked it enough but wasn’t anything special. Rent was the best song so far by a large margin. I liked this one quite a bit. Hit music is also pretty good, just behind rent. I like that chorus. It couldn’t happen here wasn’t great. It’s a sin takes number one, very good song I want to wake up is good but not phenomenal Heart was good but not as good as most Kings cross is probably second or third overall Overall, album was good, but wouldn’t have been upset to skip it.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

4/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

U2

3/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

I listened to murmur about a month ago through 1001 and loved it (I gave it a 4, but I would have changed it to a 5 long ago if I could) so I have high expectations. Pop song 89 is very good. This kind of music is one of my favorites, and it is executed brilliantly here. Get up is very good but not as good as the previous track. This one sounds a little more like murmur to me. You are the everything is also very good. I love accordions in music (probably because of my love of They Might be Giants) so I welcomed them here with open arms. Stand! Oh my goodness! I know this song! I had no idea this was an R.E.M song. It’s very good as well. World leader pretend is another excellent song. Not much to say about this song other than the fact that it’s really good. The wrong child is really good. Orange crush is also really good. Turn you inside out is one of my favorites so far. Very good. I think I might be an R.E.M fan… Hairshirt is really good. I have so little to say about this album, even though I’m absolutely loving it. I will say that the lead singer has a great voice which is shown off very well here. I remember California is another excellent song. This album has the perfect amount of diversity where no two songs sound too much alike but it’s similar enough that the album doesn’t sound disconnected. Lastly, untitled. I always thought not naming songs is kind of dumb, but I’ll excuse it because of just how good this song is. This is another absolutely incredible song. Overall very very good. It’s around the same quality as murmur I think.

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

I know two songs from this album: Tainted love (of course) Say hello wave goodbye I really like both of those songs, so I hope I enjoy this album a similar amount Frustration was good. Wasn’t anything too special but I did enjoy it. Tainted love is extremely good of course. Everybody knows that. It’s so good. Seedy films was meh. I didn’t really like it but I didn’t hate it. Youth was also meh Sex dwarf was better than the previous two songs but still not great. Entertain me was fine Chips on my shoulder was good. Nothing much to say. Bed sitter was also good. Secret life was meh Say hello wave goodbye is really good, but I already knew that. The album isn’t fantastic. There are some more song added in a bonus or something, but I’ve truly lost interest. This a case where an album is on here purely because of a hit.

Let It Be

The Replacements

5/5

Ooh I’m excited for this one. I know a few songs by the replacements, including favorite thing, so I know I like them. I hope this albums lives up. I will dare is really good. Very catchy chorus. I’ll probably be playing that chorus in my head for a few days. Favorite thing is really good. I already knew this song, and I already knew I like it a lot. We’re coming out is also really good. It’s kinda cool how the whole attitude of the song changes partway for a second. Tommy gets his tonsil out is also great. The rip rip part is really fun. Androgynous is really cool. The choice to use piano instead the loud guitars used so far was a good choice for the song topic. Also, that “love each other so, androgynous” is gonna be stuck in my head for a looong time. Black diamond has really good guitar riffs. Great song. Unsastisfied is also amazing. So far there hasn’t been a bad song on this album, which is crazy. The vocals on this song are great. The instrumental at the beginning of seen your video was so good I assumed the whole song would be instrumental. I usually don’t love instrumental songs, but that instrumental part was REALLY good. And the vocals at the end are super good as well, which is unsurprising at this point. Gary’s got a boner has awesome guitars. The solos after the choruses are so incredibly good. Sixteen blue has great lyrics. Captures the confusions of being a teenager very well. Answering machine is also great. It’s really sad but in a weird way, which is exactly the kind of sad I like in music. 20th century boy is the first song which wasn’t included in the original albums. It’s good. Not much to say. One of the weaker songs. Perfectly lethal is great. After the previous song, I was worried the rest of the album would be disappoint, but this song is on par with the main album. Temptation eyes has a really good chorus. Not as good as that one line in androgynous, but close. Answering machine - solo home demo is interesting. Answering machine was probably one of my favorites, and the crappy microphone used in this version helps set the mood the album was going for. However, it’s one person. Meaning there are no drums. I’m not crazy about drums, but nobody can deny they are very important. However, the song is still really good, and I like the bad microphone, so it’s still amazing. Maybe a little bit worse than the original. Heartbeat is a lovebeat has such a catchy chorus. This one will be stuck in my head along side many others from this album. This version of sixteen blue is pretty much the same level of quality in my opinion. Which is good. Overall: wow, another album I really like. I was excited for this album and it exceeded my expectations. It’s so so so good.

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

I’ve already got one other echo and the bunny album, it was pretty good. Don’t really have any expectations. The cutter is quite good. I forgot how good of a voice this guy has. The instrumental is also great Back of love is also good. Catchy chorus. My white devil is also great. I already said it, but I really like this guys voice. Clay is great. I’m enjoying this album more than I expected… Porcupine, despite being the title track, was weak in my opinion. Still good, but not as a good as the rest. It picks up at the end though. Heads will roll is also really good. Ripeness is also really good. I really can’t get over how much I like this guys voice. On ocean rain, I liked it, but I didn’t think it was incredible. To be fair, that wasn’t my second album, this one is in the 70s. Maybe this has changed my music taste. I’m currently having a mental battle in my head whether to give this 5 star, cause I’ve got a 5 star album yesterday and 3 days ago and I feel like I’m being too generous. We’ll see though. Higher hell is also good. This one of those albums I can’t particularly decide why I’m enjoying it so much, but it just feels like a 5. I’m enjoying this thoroughly. Gods will be gods is good. Not anything special but not bad enough to take away from my current ranking. Bluer skies is in a similar spot to the previous track. Fuel is the last of the original songs, so I’ll stop my song by song ratings here. And it’s good. Not incredible but good. Overall: very good, but I’m starting to lean away from 5 star. Mainly because of the fact that as soon as it was done, I wanted to listen to yesterday’s albums again. Still good though.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

The Modern Lovers

5/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

2/5

A few good songs but I got really tired of it by the end. The good songs were pretty good though, and I don’t like hip-hop.

Paul Simon

4/5

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

4/5

I enjoyed the whole thing but it was kinda forgettable. Highlights were Sex beat She’s like heroin to me For the love of ivy (felt like a continuation of she’s like heroin) I think I will listen to this again in the future, but it didn’t really grab me like many other albums have. I still enjoyed the whole thing though, and there were enough good songs for it to be a 4.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Be

Common

4/5

Not a rap guy but this album intrigued me. I still don’t love most of the vocals, but it had more interesting melodies than most rap I’ve heard. Maybe I’ve just heard the wrong rap though. I still didn’t love it, but I think im gonna listen again in the future and see if my opinion has changed by then. For now though, it’s probably the most I’ve ever enjoyed rap.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

4/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

I knew psycho killer, but I was surprised to desicover the entire album is that level of quality. I was surprised how much I liked this.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Some songs I liked, some songs I didn’t.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Huh, I just got 77 2 days ago. I really liked it, so I’m more than down to listen to this album. In the end, it’s very good, but I definitely liked 77 more.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

5/5

I love weirdo music

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

Konnichiwa

Skepta

1/5

Y’know, after getting some other albums, I thought I might actually like rap. This album made me rethink that. This album actually made me feel unpleasant.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

4/5

The Clash

5/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

5/5

All Mod Cons

The Jam

5/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

This album cemented my belief that country isn’t bad, only modern country is.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

2112

Rush

3/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

2/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

4/5

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

2/5

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Normally, I’m meh on hip-hop/rap. I’m a music first listener, so I usually enjoy the melodic stuff. However, this is really good. Probably my favorite hip hop album as of now. Favorite song: No Woman, No Cry

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

4/5

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Microshift

Hookworms

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

3/5

1977

Ash

3/5

Lost Souls

Doves

3/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

The beats were very groovy, but the lyrics were full of mysogyny, violence, and homophobia . At first I was gonna knock it down a point for that, but I decided I can enjoy the music even if I disagree with it. Mid to high 4. Favorite track: express yourself

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Eternally Yours

The Saints

5/5

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

Metallica

4/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Cypress Hill

3/5

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

4/5

I feel like such a contrarian, but it’s nice to listen to an album that sounds like nothing else I’ve heard before.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

Pelican West

Haircut 100

4/5

A very fun album. I enjoyed it the whole way through, but I was ready for it to be over by the end. Favorite song: Favorite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

4/5

The Stooges

4/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

I enjoyed how the music was constantly shifting, always staying interesting instead of dwelling on a single idea for too long and becoming stale. I liked this significantly more than I expected. Very good background music that still stays entertaining

Garbage

3/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

5/5

Live At The Regal