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1990
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Hip-hop
Favorite Genre
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130
5-Star Albums
46
1-Star Albums
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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chelsea Girl
Nico
|
5 | 2.63 | +2.37 |
|
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
|
5 | 2.64 | +2.36 |
|
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
|
5 | 2.69 | +2.31 |
|
The White Room
The KLF
|
5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
|
Chris
Christine and the Queens
|
5 | 2.81 | +2.19 |
|
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
|
5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
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A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
|
5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
|
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
|
5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
|
Leftism
Leftfield
|
5 | 2.9 | +2.1 |
|
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
|
5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
A Night At The Opera
Queen
|
1 | 3.95 | -2.95 |
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Van Halen
Van Halen
|
1 | 3.62 | -2.62 |
|
Moving Pictures
Rush
|
1 | 3.57 | -2.57 |
|
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
|
1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
|
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
|
1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
|
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
|
2 | 4.3 | -2.3 |
|
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
|
1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
|
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
|
1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
|
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
|
1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
|
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
|
1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Dylan | 6 | 4.83 |
| The Rolling Stones | 5 | 4.6 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 5 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 5 |
| The Band | 2 | 5 |
| Super Furry Animals | 2 | 5 |
| Oasis | 2 | 5 |
| CHIC | 2 | 5 |
| Nick Drake | 2 | 5 |
| Suede | 2 | 5 |
| Beatles | 6 | 4.17 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.2 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 4.33 |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 4.33 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.33 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 4.33 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 2 | 1 |
| Queen | 3 | 1.67 |
| Van Halen | 2 | 1.5 |
| King Crimson | 2 | 1.5 |
| Rush | 2 | 1.5 |
| John Lennon | 2 | 1.5 |
| Björk | 4 | 2 |
| Metallica | 3 | 2 |
| Sonic Youth | 3 | 2 |
| Yes | 3 | 2 |
| Tom Waits | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Portishead | 1, 5 |
| Air | 5, 2 |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 2, 5 |
| Primal Scream | 5, 2 |
| Van Morrison | 2, 5, 5 |
5-Star Albums (130)
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Popular Reviews
Girls Against Boys · 2 likes
2/5
Listened to this 2 days ago. Can’t remember a thing.
Throbbing Gristle · 1 likes
1/5
Where to start…like most people , this was not an easy listen. Walking down Tottenham High Road, it was tough ti distinguish between background noise and the “music”. Either way, respect to Throbbing Gristle for doing this, the record company for releasing it, the % of people of were inspired by this to make something better. ✊
Liars · 1 likes
1/5
Toilet
Johnny Cash · 1 likes
5/5
Ace
Portishead · 1 likes
1/5
Painful. At some points, genuinely painful.
Dummy was one of the 90s best albums. Turns out I can’t say I like Portishead anymore.
1-Star Albums (46)
All Ratings
Van Halen
2/5
Metallica
2/5
Isaac Hayes
2/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Dire Straits
3/5
The Clash
4/5
The Who
3/5
The Young Gods
2/5
Madonna
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
Beck
4/5
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Kanye West
2/5
Sinead O'Connor
2/5
The Pogues
4/5
50 Cent
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Doves
3/5
The Jam
4/5
5/5
Solange
2/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
fIREHOSE
1/5
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Ozomatli
2/5
The Cramps
1/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Boston
2/5
Pretenders
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Khaled
3/5
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Hole
4/5
John Martyn
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Genesis
2/5
James Brown
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
1/5
The Thrills
4/5
Tito Puente
2/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
Paul Simon
2/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
The Cars
3/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
The Hives
4/5
Little Simz
3/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
1/5
New York Dolls
2/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Randy Newman
2/5
The Police
3/5
Björk
4/5
Drive Like Jehu
1/5
Goldie
4/5
The Prodigy
5/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
Caetano Veloso
2/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
Beatles
5/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Various Artists
5/5
OutKast
3/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
Norah Jones
1/5
Music for people who don’t know what music to like.
Blur
5/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
The Band
5/5
Beatles
2/5
Sadly this album fills like filler in their catalogue. A few okay cover versions (Money, You Really Got a Hold on Me)and original tracks. If this were not a Beatles album, I don’t think this would be on the list of best albums ever.
The Monks
2/5
Elbow
2/5
Booker T. & The MG's
5/5
Dion
1/5
Dross
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
Like many here, knew and loved the Sweet Jane cover but didn’t know anything else. All a bit one tempo for my liking.
Gorillaz
4/5
The Icarus Line
1/5
A tuneless facsimile of some much better bands. Sounds very pretty dated in 2024. Has no place on the 1001 list.
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
It says the album lasted 1.5hrs. Felt like 8.
Public Enemy
4/5
Metallica
2/5
Van Morrison
2/5
ZZ Top
3/5
A couple of bangers and some other fun tracks. Better than expected.
Meat Puppets
2/5
I’m most reviews here, only knew of the band through Nirvana. Love they got some pop off the back of Unplugged and exposed to a new audience. The fact three songs were included says enough about the album’s influence on the Kurt. A bit messy for my tastes but pleased I got to hear the whole album.
AC/DC
3/5
Miles Davis
2/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Absolute classic. One of my favourite albums ever made…from the whoops of Gimme Shelter to the crescendo of the closing track..brilliant. Their peak in my opinion.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Effortlessly great. A few top tier songs amongst funky instruments and cool hip-hop beats. Not listened to this all the way though since I was about 17.
Green Day
2/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Still sound fresh. You can feel the energy of 1960s New York. Love it.
Yes
2/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Supertramp
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Bauhaus
3/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Some great songs, production and use of samples. Enjoyable listen even if personally struggled with the language and misogyny.
Billy Joel
3/5
Dead Kennedys
2/5
Röyksopp
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Super Furry Animals
5/5
The most underrated band from the British 90s music scene. Some great songs, taking the best of The Beach Boys, Psychedelic rock and soul. A peach of a record.
Ministry
2/5
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Never listened to anything quite like this.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
5 Stars for ‘straight to you’ the rest of album a 2.
Pere Ubu
1/5
Listing to this was a SLOG. I hope this raised a smile that this made the 1001 to those who like this kind of music and hates everything mainstream on here.
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Sade
4/5
I’ve heard 42% of children born in 1985 were conceived to this album.
Facts aside i really enjoyed this album. Yes, it’s as smooth as silk, and the production is a bit dated in places but ‘your love is king’ sounds timeless and Sade’s voice distinctively beautiful.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Temptations
3/5
Janelle Monáe
2/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Jane Weaver
2/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
The Replacements
2/5
You can hear the influence it has had but songs do t quite hit the mark. Pretty forgettable, sadly.
The Youngbloods
3/5
Duke Ellington
3/5
Talvin Singh
4/5
5/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Elis Regina
2/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Blur
3/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2/5
Dirty Projectors
2/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Alice In Chains
2/5
Save a handful of albums, I don’t think many genres have dated as badly as grunge.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Holger Czukay
1/5
Franz Ferdinand
2/5
Milton Nascimento
2/5
Sabu
2/5
Peter Tosh
4/5
Frank Zappa
1/5
Queen
1/5
The Cult
2/5
Lorde
4/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
5/5
Linkin Park
2/5
David Ackles
1/5
Iron Maiden
2/5
CHIC
5/5
Slint
2/5
The Clash
5/5
The Who
2/5
The Allman Brothers Band
2/5
The Verve
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
2/5
De La Soul
3/5
The Stone Roses
5/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Queen
2/5
Pixies
3/5
Neneh Cherry
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Marty Robbins
2/5
Elliott Smith
2/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Fats Domino
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
20% lacking to make it half way decent.
Kraftwerk
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
Not really my typical style of music but truly an Album You Must Hear Before You Die!
Michael Jackson
4/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Blondie
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Nina Simone
3/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
Hardly music
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Cornershop
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
The Strokes
5/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
Motörhead
2/5
Oasis
5/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Peter Frampton
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
King Crimson
2/5
Rush
2/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Pretty cool. Pretty samey.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
The Zombies
4/5
The Dictators
3/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
The Soft Boys
4/5
The Killers
5/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Dire Straits
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
2/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
CHVRCHES
4/5
The Undertones
3/5
Don McLean
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
3/5
4/5
The Coral
1/5
Eric Clapton
2/5
Judas Priest
2/5
Calexico
3/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
The Adverts
2/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
2/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Super Furry Animals
5/5
Love
4/5
Yes
2/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Manu Chao
4/5
Beatles
3/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
Kanye West
5/5
N.W.A.
5/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
Thelonious Monk
2/5
Fela Kuti
5/5
Ice Cube
2/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Soft Cell
4/5
Queen Latifah
5/5
The Lemonheads
5/5
Easy to mock as lightweight but although the music is of a time it doesn’t sound too dated. Upbeat and more listenable than much of the 1001.
Jethro Tull
2/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Agree it’s an album to listen to before you die. No way I’m listening to this again.
The Stooges
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Gram Parsons
4/5
Miriam Makeba
2/5
Taylor Swift
5/5
This. Is. Pop.
Majestic, beautiful crafted and like candy to my ears.
Love it. Fun police one star-ers. Get over yourself.
Sheryl Crow
4/5
The Monkees
2/5
The Cure
2/5
Fugees
5/5
Good music build on the past and creates something new. This album does exactly that.
Mudhoney
2/5
Destiny's Child
4/5
The Police
2/5
Ash
4/5
Donovan
4/5
Deee-Lite
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Thundercat
2/5
Bonkers but why not.
Morrissey
2/5
Gillian Welch
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
One trick ponies but injected new life into the rock scene. Funky hits to make it an enjoyable enough listen.
Bert Jansch
2/5
2/5
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Best thing The Beatles did for their legacy was to split up.
TV On The Radio
2/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Gotan Project
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Ian Dury
5/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
5/5
AC/DC
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
SAULT
2/5
The Temptations
3/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Eminem
4/5
Changed what was accepted as creditable rap music.
Content and attitudes grate at time but no denying the genius of the high moments.
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Screaming Trees
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
2/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Air
5/5
5/5
Perfecto
Willie Nelson
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Massive Attack
5/5
Breathtaking. From start to finish
The Flaming Lips
4/5
John Martyn
4/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
Duran Duran
3/5
Wilco
2/5
Appreciate the intent and aspiration of a double album but for me, the songs just don’t stand up.
Bon Jovi
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Ace
Kid Rock
4/5
4/5
George Michael
4/5
Television
4/5
Q-Tip
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Hugh Masekela
2/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Ravi Shankar
4/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Where to start…like most people , this was not an easy listen. Walking down Tottenham High Road, it was tough ti distinguish between background noise and the “music”. Either way, respect to Throbbing Gristle for doing this, the record company for releasing it, the % of people of were inspired by this to make something better. ✊
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Lightning Bolt
3/5
Much more enjoyable than expected.
The Undertones
5/5
A perfect little album. Songs about chocolate, girls and growing up. Will resonate with most generations in the early stages of coming of age.
The Band
5/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
The Darkness
5/5
Five starts… just because! At least 4 REALLY good songs.. love on the rocks with no ice , worthy of a mention just for the title.
There is leaning into hamming it up, then there’s The Darkness. The moments of sheer joy far outweigh the poor bits.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
5/5
Ramones
4/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
4/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Dusty Springfield
5/5
The Pretty Things
4/5
Faith No More
3/5
Christina Aguilera
2/5
‘Stripped’, it is not. Over produced and takes itself a bit too serious for a pop record with not much to say. Great voice and all that but aside from a couple of tracks, most of it a bit bland for my taste.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Minutemen
2/5
How to turn one hour into three.
Some good songs but lost amongst the chaos.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Talk Talk
4/5
The Gun Club
2/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Some unbelievable highs and some turgid lows. The excess is the making and the breaking of this album.
Either way, thanks for title track which I hope is playing though my head as I leave this mortal coil.
Miles Davis
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
Blue Cheer
2/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Ray Charles
5/5
Makes cool seem effortless
Black Sabbath
3/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
Dennis Wilson
4/5
Carole King
5/5
A record filled with such warmth it’s like it’s being played live just for me.
Simple and complex at the same time. Can’t imagine a time in my life when I would want to listen to this. Perfect.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Raekwon
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
One of the many Bowie albums you wished was actually good.
Garbage
4/5
William Orbit
3/5
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Justice
3/5
a-ha
5/5
Nas
3/5
Nico
5/5
The Byrds
4/5
Adele
2/5
ABBA
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
Meh, meh, meh.
Simple Minds
3/5
FKA twigs
2/5
Radiohead
2/5
Louis Prima
4/5
The White Stripes
2/5
One or two songs aside, I’m convinced that anyone with a weeks practice with a guitar, a piano, plus a bottle of Jim Beam could get pretty close to the producing a similar work.
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
I assume this is what the future sounded like in 1976
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Beck
3/5
Kate Bush
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Joanna Newsom
1/5
Why is there not more harp based music on the 1001 i asked myself the other day. Lo and behold, what pops up but Ms Newsom.
This is going to be tough listen, don't worry…it’s only 5 tracks…oh jeez
Common
5/5
Mylo
2/5
The Jam
5/5
Love this album. Weller is a truly underrated writer and even in these punky pop song, it shines.
The Jam were one of tightest three piece bands ever.
The album sounds like a time capsule to being a youth in Thatchers 80s Britain.
The Byrds
4/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Donald Fagen
2/5
If you like Steely Dan, then you will like this.
I don’t really like Steely Dan
Coldcut
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
The Verve
5/5
D'Angelo
3/5
George Harrison
4/5
Joe Ely
2/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
The Prodigy
4/5
The Shamen
3/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Simply Red
2/5
Nick Drake
5/5
There was a feature in the UK Sunday Times on the mid 90s on Nick Drake. I was a teenager and the image of him wrapped in a blanket intrigued me. The story was fascinating but there was no instant way of getting the music, I was hooked before I had heard a note. Just the description of the haunting melodies, melancholy lyrics and unusual fingers picking playing was enough. I had to save up to but a three album CD set I found in a music magazine which then took another week to arrive. Hearing the introduction to ‘Time has told me’ I already knew i was in safe hands. It felt like this was my little discovery, this achingly beautiful collection of song, knowing how the story ended was somehow tragically fitting.
I’d like to think there were others who discovered Nicks music that day, following the same steps and having this special music in their lives.
3/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Hot Chip
2/5
JAY Z
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
As heartbreaking as a story told only from one side can be.
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
Al Green
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Hanoi Rocks
1/5
As forgettable an album as I’ve heard.
Kate Bush
5/5
Everything But The Girl
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Suicide
2/5
Morrissey
2/5
Aimee Mann
4/5
Portishead
1/5
Painful. At some points, genuinely painful.
Dummy was one of the 90s best albums. Turns out I can’t say I like Portishead anymore.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Cash was such a dude
Big Star
4/5
Prince
4/5
Anita Baker
2/5
Cream
3/5
Cocteau Twins
5/5
I get the same feeling listing to this as I do when I wake up from a really lovely dream.
uplifting, comforting, vivid, but without any true understanding of what just happened.
David Crosby
1/5
Neil Young
5/5
Mj Cole
2/5
Dagmar Krause
2/5
Nice to get something different, even if I didn’t enjoy it. If this is the best German avent-garde has to offer then so be it.
Sure this was an inspiration to Bjork which in itself is not a bad thing.
Malcolm McLaren
5/5
This album is ace. Hopefully the impact it had to inspire others to delve deeper into what at the time were obscure music for western audiences countered some of the cultural appropriation issues.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
I would like to think when Nick was deciding what to name the album, when “ Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus” popped into his head, he thought… I think this is just about Nick Cave enough.
B.B. King
4/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
5/5
Madness
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Some low’s…Cars, Allergies and high’s …train in the distance, Rene and Georgette.
John Grant
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
The Avalanches
2/5
It would not surprise me if these are the same individuals who were behind Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers.
The Smiths
5/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2/5
The Who
3/5
Ice T
5/5
An uncomfortable listen at times but in this list on merit.
Wild Beasts
2/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
5/5
-An easier listen all the way through than the majority of albums in the 1001.tick
-a bit different. Tick
-fun, funky, tick
-does not take itself seriously. Tick
5 stars for the hell if it.
Tangerine Dream
2/5
N.E.R.D
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Fleet Foxes
2/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The Fall
4/5
Klaxons
4/5
Wire
4/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Eels
3/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
George Michael
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Call me old fashioned but all the ‘look how cool I am talking about raping people’ is a no.
Music , 3
Jamiroquai
4/5
Yes it’s all been done before but it’s upbeat, some good tunes and hopefully turned some people at the time to something different.
Mekons
2/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
T. Rex
3/5
Pulp
5/5
David Bowie
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Bill Evans Trio
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
X-Ray Spex
5/5
You can really hear the influence this album had on lots of bands. Love it.
Black Flag
1/5
Van Halen
1/5
Turbonegro
2/5
Slipknot
3/5
Not for me but pleased for this challenge to make me listen to the whole album. Assume this is intentionally ‘accessible’ which is why they went more mainstream than most.
PJ Harvey
2/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
Much like Neverland, this resets what a pop song could be. Love it.
Sepultura
2/5
Van Morrison
5/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Liz Phair
4/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
Gary Numan
2/5
Gil Scott-Heron
1/5
H2ogate Blues is a must listen to track in March 2025.
Otherwise this was a tough listen for me. ‘ Daddy Loves you ‘ is the kind of song this fella to played for his kids and was added to the album in error.
Like Ben Folds Five without the humour or dare I say it, soul.
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Lou Reed
5/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
Goldfrapp
2/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
DJ Shadow
5/5
k.d. lang
3/5
The Mars Volta
2/5
Prince
4/5
Justin Timberlake
3/5
Enough good pop songs to keep the album moving along but sure there are hundreds of similar albums in the same genre and out at the same time to warrant inclusion in the 1001.
Love
4/5
Adele
2/5
Almost entirely torturous, ‘when we were young’ however is heartbreakingly moving.
Weather Report
2/5
Traffic
3/5
Pavement
4/5
Jimmy Smith
2/5
Elvis Costello
1/5
Half way though I thought I’d give it the benefit of the doubt and go for 2 stars. By the end, solid one.
Ray Price
3/5
Hawkwind
2/5
Minor Threat
3/5
Dr. Dre
5/5
The National
3/5
Björk
1/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
James Taylor
5/5
Silver Jews
1/5
Utterly forgettable, listened to it twice without realising it was on repeat and was most of the way through again before I noticed.
Common
4/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
George Jones
3/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Circle Jerks
4/5
The Doors
2/5
John Lennon
2/5
Morrissey
3/5
The more you ignore me, and now my heart IS full, are both spectacular - the rest fairly forgettable.
Trying to judge the music for the music in this exercise so no marks off to ANY individual whose views or behaviours I disagree with.
Ananda Shankar
1/5
Anthrax
2/5
OutKast
3/5
Wanted to give this a 5 for originality, variety and ambition. The longer it went on, the harder that was to justify.
Small Faces
4/5
The lows are LOW the highs are fantastic.
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Kacey Musgraves
2/5
Sebadoh
2/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Fever Ray
2/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
The Sonics
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
Primal Scream
5/5
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Django Django
2/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Leftfield
5/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
3/5
Koffi Olomide
4/5
Britney Spears
4/5
Impossible to give this 5 stars after hearing ‘email my heart’ however there are enough bona fide pop bangers on here to make it an easy listen and tick the right boxes for those with certain music sensibilities.
Portishead
5/5
There are moments of pure perfection in this album. You can tell every beat, note and grainy crackle has been thought about. Underneath it all are some great tunes, delivered into something which at the time was both familiar but fresh and new.
Bee Gees
2/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Slayer
2/5
Kings of Leon
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
The Zutons
4/5
Nanci Griffith
4/5
I had never heard of Nanci Griffith before today and it was a pleasant surprise. Typical country tropes but solid songwriting that reminded me of James Taylor. Nice.
The Smiths
5/5
The Damned
2/5
The Cure
4/5
Syd Barrett
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Charlatans
5/5
Beth Orton
4/5
Some magical songs included here. ‘sweetest decline’ evokes memories of relationships which have broken down which I’ve not even experienced.
“What are regrets? - They're just lessons we haven't learned yet.”
I prefer the remixes of the title track and would have liked to have heard more of that influence on a few more of the songs. Either way, utterly beautiful In parts.
Meat Loaf
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
The Cure
2/5
Soul II Soul
5/5
This sounded like nothing else when it came out as far as I was concerned. Fresh, modern and distinctly London. Still makes me proud to be British and of what multiculturalism really means.
Crowded House
4/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
John Coltrane
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
CHIC
5/5
Napalm Death
2/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Tortoise
2/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Herbie Hancock
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Carpenters
2/5
There are clearly some good songs in there somewhere, but this production and format has not aged well at all.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
2/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
The Pogues
5/5
I used to think I hated the Pogues. Don’t think I’ve heard a more beautiful song on this journey than ‘a rainy night in soho’
Primal Scream
2/5
The Style Council
3/5
SZA
3/5
2/5
Queen
2/5
Elliott Smith
2/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Apparently I listened to this album 2 days ago and forgot to review. Double checked my listening history, and there it was. I have zero recollection of a note.
Felt obligated to listen to again.another 37mins later I’m no better off.
Beck
4/5
Venom
2/5
GZA
4/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
2/5
Proof it’s possible to have a great sound but no good songs
The Specials
4/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
The Streets
2/5
Kanye West
3/5
The xx
2/5
Billy Bragg
5/5
Heard a little Billy Bragg and zero Wilco but really loved both the music and the concept. Parts were genuinely joyous.
Beach House
2/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
The Doors
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Moby
5/5
Worth 5 stars for pulling this off.
Groundbreaking
Coldplay
4/5
10cc
2/5
Lupe Fiasco
5/5
Had never of Lupe’s name or music but really enjoyed this. Varied , accessible, no real cringing at the lyrics (save the Tim Westwood shout out in the outro)
Elton John
3/5
Throwing Muses
4/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Little Richard
5/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Scissor Sisters
5/5
A fantastic mix of about 18 different types of music. FAB
John Cale
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Death In Vegas
2/5
Slade
2/5
The Auteurs
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
The Doors
3/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
The Libertines
2/5
‘Can’t stand me now’ aside - underwhelming.
The noise in the music press at the time was that the libertines had revitalised and revolutionised music in the same way as the sex pistols did. In reality I think they were little more than a UK inspired.
Laibach
4/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
The more I listen to Elvis Costello albums, I less I like Elvis Costello.
Shipbuilding, everyday I write the book need to retain that special place in my heart as a full album of his ridiculous voice is driving me crazy.
Drive-By Truckers
1/5
If any human a guitar , a cord book, a lynyrd skynyrd greatest hits cassette and ONE week , I’m convinced can make a better album than this.
Pavement
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Love the strut. You can feel the confidence the band have together let by Phil. Sadly the songs themselves are a let down
Iggy Pop
3/5
The The
2/5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
The Stooges
3/5
Stan Getz
2/5
Rush
1/5
Nope
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The xx
4/5
Iggy Pop
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Beyoncé
2/5
1/5
Toilet
Laura Nyro
3/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
5/5
Today, for avoidance of doubt, I would not attend a 22min concert of cover versions by an alleged murdering, racist, hebephiliac.
That aside, 5 starts.
Elvis Presley
2/5
Dull. Appreciate times have changed but Elvis was away for 2 plus years, this was the big comeback?! A bunch of soulless covers and insipid love songs.
Barry Adamson
2/5
Metallica
2/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Clearly he inspired later Dylan , who at least delivers the gruff delivery with some grace.
Madonna
4/5
Thanks to this exercise to remind me that “Love Song” exists.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
4/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Os Mutantes
4/5
This is exactly the kind of music I wanted to discover by doing this challenge.
Stephen Stills
4/5
Megadeth
1/5
Roxy Music
3/5
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
Concept 5/5
Execution 2/5
Songs 2/5
Pain of the almost 3 hours of listening 1/5
At a push there is an albums worth of songs on here, would that make the 1001 - almost definitely not. (…Almost because there is a lot of dross)
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Listened to this 2 days ago. Can’t remember a thing.
Orbital
3/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
I don’t like show tunes, and now I know songs that sounds like show tunes is also a things.
Rod Stewart
2/5
Björk
2/5
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
Cypress Hill
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
This feels pioneering in fusing dance and rock/indie my songs just don’t stand up.
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Wilco
3/5
The Associates
2/5
Okay in places but give me ‘The Lover Speaks’ debut album any day.
Motörhead
3/5
MGMT
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
The Young Rascals
4/5
Van Morrison
5/5
721 albums in and ive not heard anything as beautiful as some of the music on this album. The title track draws you into the world Van Morrison has created just for you. The album ebbs and flows, there are moments of musical perfection, intertwined with randomness.
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Patti Smith
3/5
The Waterboys
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Def Leppard
2/5
The Byrds
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
David Holmes
2/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Kelela
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Elton John
3/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
Stereo MC's
4/5
Roxy Music
3/5
M.I.A.
3/5
I often wonder, how can a band or artist create one song of immense brilliance and nothing else in their career. 5 stars for Paper Planes. A generous 2 stars for the rest.
The Slits
3/5
Soft Machine
1/5
Moby Grape
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
The KLF
5/5
5 stars for the general madness of The KLF, the standout tracks on this album, and taking me back to the early 90s
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
5/5
Some absolutel bangers.
David Gray
4/5
Incubus
1/5
Air
2/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
The Kinks
4/5
Rocket From The Crypt
4/5
The Roots
2/5
MC Solaar
5/5
Magnifique! I sure I loved this more because I couldn’t understand a word. I might well have been about violence against men and women and dropping racial slurs but the musicality and variety was ace.
Listen to this for the first time in the early 90s and thought myself pretty cool but feel this is the first time I’ve really appreciated was a great record this is. Very bon
Suede
5/5
Big Black
2/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
5/5
Like being transported to NYC in the early 80s
The La's
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Funkadelic indeed
Solomon Burke
3/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Gang Starr
4/5
Big Star
3/5
Living Colour
3/5
Roni Size
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
R&B purists will scoff but 5 stars
Can
1/5
Tim Buckley
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
Method Man
3/5
3/5
The Specials
2/5
Steely Dan
3/5
LTJ Bukem
4/5
I have a really loud guy I sit near at work. This really helped
Lana Del Rey
3/5
The Who
3/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
The Who
4/5
For Baba
Joy Division
3/5
Coldplay
4/5
King Crimson
1/5
Shuggie Otis
4/5
Animal Collective
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Lambchop
2/5
Fast losing patience with this insipid style of music.
Queens Of The Stone Age
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Frank Sinatra
1/5
Producer: bad news, Frank. We forgot to write any songs for the album
Frank: no worry I can just croon random sentences. People will buy the album on the strength of my voice alone. Get the band to play whatever, mate. I’ll work it out.
Producer: but what about actual tunes? Melodies, verse, chorus, verse etc?
Frank: fuck that. I’m Frank Sinatra, I can do what I want.
Nightmares On Wax
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
Neil Young
2/5
Neil Young could record himself pissing into a bucket and it would have a good chance of making it onto the list.
Tom Waits
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Suede
5/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Björk
1/5
First two Björk albums were ace - this was a tough listen.
New Order
4/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
The Cardigans
5/5
Prefer the first album, personally but it’s Christmas Eve and I’m feeling generous. 5 Stars
Joy Division
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
The Beta Band
3/5
The Stranglers
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
I think there might a been a good song in there somewhere, but the vocals made this a hard listen.
Barry Adamson
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Hole
4/5
Travis
3/5
Suzanne Vega
4/5
The Blue Nile
5/5
Not the best album by a long way but the fact they feature is something. hats and peace at last are magic.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Supergrass
5/5
Richard Thompson
2/5
Julian Cope
3/5
Worthy of another listen. Some interesting stuff and the good songs jump out. If the album were shorter it might not be as noticeable, sadly the album drags and is 6 songs too long. Would have been 4 stars with the best 12
The Smiths
5/5
Shack
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
After a fairly scathing review of their debut, I loved this album. The version I had included the acoustic versions which upon a second listen of the original’s showed even more depth.
On my third listen back to back.
Thanks to 1001 for this
The Flying Burrito Brothers
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Dr. John
4/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Muso’s of the world erupt at an album of fun tunes.
Public Enemy
5/5
The Sugarcubes
4/5
Def Leppard
3/5
The Vines
3/5
Culture Club
3/5
2/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Sister Sledge
5/5
I don’t think I can be friends with anyone of dislikes sister sledge, it means they don’t like Nile Rogers and Nile Rogers is one of the top ten humans ever to to born.
New Order
4/5
Maxwell
3/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Christine and the Queens
5/5
Majestic
Brian Eno
2/5
5/5
Chicago
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
5/5
Buck Owens
4/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Orange Juice
3/5
Snoop Dogg
5/5
The Pharcyde
2/5
The Residents
1/5
That was a LONG 35mins.
Noise for the sake of noise.
Pulp
3/5
Soundgarden
4/5
XTC
3/5
Skunk Anansie
2/5
Everything But The Girl
4/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Brian Eno
2/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
Hookworms
2/5
Frank Black
2/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Fishbone
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Bad Brains
2/5
Jeru The Damaja
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
There might be a good song or two in there somewhere, but Tom does not make it easy.
k.d. lang
3/5
KISS
2/5
If I were 20 years older, it’s likely I would have listened to this on repeat - I’m not, so I will never listen to this again.
Sigur Rós
2/5
Seems like everything needs to be just right for a song to land. Didn’t get the balance right for me.
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
Extra point for the name
The Stooges
3/5
Saint Etienne
5/5
Praise be! Love everything about Saint Etienne.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Iconic music, iconic cover,
The Beach Boys
5/5
Possibly my favourite album of all time.
Depeche Mode
5/5
Mudhoney
3/5
2Pac
2/5
Prince
5/5
The Boo Radleys
2/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
The Bees
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Otis Redding
5/5
This is one of the albums of my childhood. When I was about 11 I found my mums old vinyl collect , alongside a few beaten up Beatles records was this. I can remember every crackle of the stylus against the over played grooves.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Joyful
Parliament
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Burning Spear
4/5
Giant Sand
2/5
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
Paul Weller
5/5
We live in an imperfect world. The US sport of American football is only open to 32 teams, and yet the winner each season has the title of world champions.
20 years ago, someone decided to write a book called the 1001 albums to listen to before you die - a bold but foolhardy undertaking, but sure, why not fella. Go for your life.
People moaning about this being too British , too middle of the road, not enough ‘insert niche music sub-genre’ - can do one.
Enjoy (or not) music you would not ordinarily listen to - surely that is the point of this. The debate is good, highlighting preferred albums is good, if you like this - you might like that is good. Bemoaning the construct while dedicating almost 33 months to this endeavour seems pointless to me. If that floats your boat, fine. If not stop and go back to listening to music you know you know you like.
Grateful Dead
3/5
Mike Oldfield
2/5
Tick in the box the fact this is undoubtedly an album to listen to before you die. Title track , fine - not my thing but I get it. Would probably have been three starts if not for the the two nonsense tracks at the end. Did people in the 70s listen to these and chuckle along each time (I assume they are intended to be humorous?)
Paul McCartney
2/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
The Kinks
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
1/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Perfectly imperfect. heartbreaking
Gene Clark
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
John Lennon
1/5
Given the horror of Lennon’s childhood, I hope creating this was cathartic—even if the result feels like a mess.
The B-52's
3/5
Pantera
2/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Joyful