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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Sulk
The Associates
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5 | 2.36 | +2.64 |
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Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
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5 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
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Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
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5 | 2.56 | +2.44 |
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Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
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5 | 2.64 | +2.36 |
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
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5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
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Ys
Joanna Newsom
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
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5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
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Rip It Up
Orange Juice
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5 | 2.9 | +2.1 |
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Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
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5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
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5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Dookie
Green Day
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1 | 3.79 | -2.79 |
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
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1 | 3.64 | -2.64 |
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
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1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
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1 | 3.62 | -2.62 |
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Queen II
Queen
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1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
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1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
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1 | 3.4 | -2.4 |
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
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1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
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1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
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1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| David Bowie | 4 | 4.75 |
| Beatles | 2 | 5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 4.33 |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 4.33 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Buckley | 3 | 1.33 |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 2 | 1 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 2 | 1 |
| Steely Dan | 2 | 1.5 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Green Day | 1, 4 |
| Queen | 1, 4 |
| Can | 1, 4 |
| Peter Gabriel | 5, 2, 4 |
5-Star Albums (45)
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Mike Oldfield · 3 likes
2/5
Not sure it's dated too well, but can imagine that it sounded great on a decca music centre at the time, but was no more than background music when played today.
Liked the grunts, hated the jig at the end, and astounded that he was 19 when he produced what would have been groundbreaking material at the time.
David Bowie · 2 likes
5/5
I mean...seriously...how can this be anything other than a rock solid 5 stars.
A perfect album, start to finish
Grateful Dead · 2 likes
1/5
Tough week with the random generator got tougher
Jeff Beck · 1 likes
5/5
Dirty, bluesy, rock.
Just perfect for an overcast Thursday morning in January, hugging a cup of tea to my wheezing chest, whilst struggling with yet another cold.
How has this passed me by until now?
Straight into my library with this one!
The Pogues · 1 likes
4/5
I sang, I jigged, I hollered, I fancied a Guinness or 5, and in an instant I was back in the tiny Portsmouth Polytechnic students union bar, watching them in 1985.
1-Star Albums (48)
All Ratings
4/5
Green Day
1/5
Passed me by, with the exception of the two big singles ...don't understand the hype tbh
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Randy Newman
1/5
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Guided By Voices
1/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
The Avalanches
3/5
Spacemen 3
1/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Living Colour
3/5
MGMT
4/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
David Crosby
4/5
The Roots
4/5
What a surprise! Had to resist the urge to stop and move on fairly early into listening as hip hop generally isn't my thing, but so glad that I persisted. Such a wide range of influences and references kept me listening through to the end with anticipation. Really enjoyable and has left me wanting more
Solomon Burke
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Frank Ocean
3/5
Grizzly Bear
4/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
5/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
2/5
The Stone Roses
5/5
William Orbit
5/5
Peter Gabriel
5/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Elton John
5/5
The Verve
3/5
Django Django
5/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Simply Red
1/5
Tim Buckley
1/5
Deep Purple
5/5
Neil Young
4/5
Queen
1/5
The Afghan Whigs
4/5
The Icarus Line
5/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Faith No More
4/5
Weather Report
3/5
Cornershop
1/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Jeff Beck
5/5
Dirty, bluesy, rock.
Just perfect for an overcast Thursday morning in January, hugging a cup of tea to my wheezing chest, whilst struggling with yet another cold.
How has this passed me by until now?
Straight into my library with this one!
The Mars Volta
3/5
Norah Jones
5/5
Like a soft maternal kiss on a fevered brow, this album makes me feel that everything is going to be ok, wrapping me in the lightest, yet most comforting embrace.
It's simplicity is alluring, Norah's voice is seductive yet calming.
I loved it when issued and thanks to this nudge, I realise that I still do now.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
I welcomed this album popping up on the generator yesterday as I've always been uncertain as to where I stand on Lynyrd Skynyrd
I'm still uncertain .....
The Beau Brummels
3/5
From the quizzical eyebrow-raising of the first notes of the first track, through to the solo jig being performed around my office to the last song, this both entertained and yet at times "just was".
Pleasant.
Not sure whether it'll get many replays, but another stitch in the tapestry of sound
Tim Buckley
2/5
Oftentimes, it's the environment that you're in when listening that alters your perception and yesterday's manic workday didn't do this album any favours.
There's no denying how wondrous Buzzin' Fly is though!
The rest largely passed me by I'm afraid ...damm work!
The Doors
4/5
Heard less than favourable things about this before listening. Or had I? Perhaps it was just those "yeah, not a patch on the early stuff" comments, but Morrisson delivers again with with "that" voice and references to love, war, peace, lust, and hope.
A friday well spent
AC/DC
5/5
As exciting as the first time I heard it.
A classic album!
Love every second of this
Cee Lo Green
1/5
Not for me
Laibach
1/5
Persevered (I want a medal) to track 7 and then gave up and started looking up the slovenian for awful (grozno) and rubbish (smeti).
A collection of "that" song from Eurovision, but without the visuals that make you chuckle.
Truly Hudo (dire)
Nirvana
3/5
Not sure that playing this on speakers attached to my PC was the best way to listen and suspect that it'd evoke a different response elsewhere, but a bit underwhelmed if I'm honest.
Some belters in the midst though!
The Smiths
5/5
Aaaah memories!
I was 19, a musical sponge and so taken by Marr's infectious, looping almost poppy guitar's battle with Morrissey's melancholic, dour Manc vocal delivery.
I still am!
Love it
Kraftwerk
5/5
I had to keep on reminding myself that this was 1978.
1978!!
I would have been 11 at the time, yet remember how fresh and new it sounded. Futuristic, generational, yet it felt "right".
Trail-blazing excellence.
Funkadelic
4/5
Loved this.
Such a disparate mix that comes together to keep me listening, moving, smiling, and making worryingly guttural noises at some stages.
If nothing else, the guitar on the title track is jaw-droppingly awesome.
Carole King
5/5
Beautiful album, with songs delivered in such a soft, almost mellow manner that grab you and demand attention and appreciation.
5 stars aren't enough.
Love this
Destiny's Child
1/5
Three wedding disco belters (if that's your kinda thing)...then ...warble, warble, warbly-warbly-warble
Not for me
Metallica
4/5
Top notch!
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Great tonic for a drab, grey UK monday.
I enjoyed this.
Tim Buckley
1/5
More Goodbye than Hello for me
2/5
Where's the half-a-star option?
I like XTC, always have, and always will, so that pushes me towards a 3, but this isn't where I'd start if introducing anyone to them, so it forces a more honest 2.
One or two highlights, but wouldn't make it into my 1001 albums
2.5 stars for being XTC
Björk
4/5
Such a simple thing, a voice...yet at the same time it can be evocative, emotive, calming, and yet divisive.
55 minutes well spent. Just wonderful.
Air
5/5
Annnnnnd chillllll
Pink Floyd
5/5
At some stage in your life, this album will get you..
I was a little late to the party, due to someone at school droning on, and on, and on, and on (you get the idea) about just how perfect it was, meaning that being 15 and a man of my own mind, I wouldn't listen.
It got me eventually though! Stunning
De La Soul
3/5
Full of life and fun, but ultimately not my thing.
I didn't get past the first playing, but it was in the background whilst I was working and I somehow feel it deserved a little more attention.
Hasn't made my list, but might well get a revisit
DJ Shadow
3/5
What a pleasant surprise
The Zutons
4/5
I sang along a bit, tapped my toes a bit, and played it a couple of times.
Pretty decent fare
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Just WOW!
Nirvana
4/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Jolly
Tom Waits
1/5
I really, really, really want to like a Tom Waits album. I hear the odd track in a film and scramble for Spotify to listen to some more....only to sigh three tracks in and move on......
Dr. Dre
4/5
M****r F****r lyrics aside, this is a great album!
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Solid 4/5 for me.
Volume up to 11, dancing like a nutter and smiling, pretty much the way I did 30 years ago when first hearing it. An album that pointed the way for me to another musical avenue to explore and enjoy!
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Wonderful album with some truly beautiful moments
George Michael
3/5
Greeted today's random generator album with a "meh"
Soon found myself singing and dancing with a "whahey"
Made for a good day
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
Very enjoyable indeed
The National
4/5
An album by one of my favourite bands, featuring Bloodbuzz Ohio ..easy rating this one
Not quite their best album in my opinion, but a very solid 4 stars
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Coffee, mushrooms, red wine and Neil Young are amongst the many things that the younger me would have rejected and the older me enjoys beyond reason.
Great varied album.
Pere Ubu
4/5
What a strange experience listening to this album was and I'm grateful for that. Never heard of Pere Ubu, not sure I'll listen again that often, but thoroughly enjoyed it (even the sometimes jarring vocals).
All over the place and yet wonderfully cohesive as an album.
An antidote to most of what's generally heard day to day.
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Struggled with this.
Solsbury Hill is a classic and Here Comes the Flood is quite special, but the rest just hasn't aged well.
Disappointed if I'm honest
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
A reasonably pleasant trip down memory lane, but the production and publicity that made it stand out at the time have faded badly.
The Adverts
4/5
Energy, passion, simplicity, yet surprising rhythms and great lyrics.
This is why I love the 1001 album generator...unearthing gems like this....albums that I would never have listened to otherwise and my library is so much better for it.
The Darkness
4/5
A spandex-clad beauty of an album from a band that knows how to put on a live show.
LOVED it!
The Who
2/5
I've never really got on with The Who, as hard as I've tried...and boy, I've tried.
Fantastic, no, superb opening and closing tracks, but in between I found myself making a cuppa, completing a form for life cover and ordering "Clasica" Foldable Tin Plate Bread Toaster for an upcoming camping trip.
Browsing other reviews, I'm obviously a neanderthal, but isn't that the point. Music and life are about opinions and it'd be very boring if we all liked the same things.
Great album cover though.
Who's next?
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
An album that on a personal level evokes so many emotive memories, with Switch, Staircase and Mirage being the standout tracks.
Angular rasping guitars and Siouxsie's distinctive delivery not only paved the way for many bands to follow as a gateway to post-punk, but also provided a soundtrack to my formative years musically.
Def Leppard
4/5
Skin on skin.....
The Style Council
2/5
Two absolute belters in "You're the best thing" and "My ever-changing moods", but I'm really not sure what the rest of the album was trying to be.
More meh, than heh.
Parliament
3/5
Funkaliscious
T. Rex
4/5
Fantastic album and a lamentable loss
Glam with no spam
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Brought the funky samba into my life that I never knew I needed
Joanna Newsom
5/5
Bewitchingly beautiful, both musically and lyrically.
I absolutely adored this album
Mekons
1/5
Hmmm
Arcade Fire
4/5
Had I been in my late teens, instead of my late thirties, when this came out, I'm sure it would have been played to death.
I wasn't, and it didn't, but that doesn't make it any less of a fantastic album.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
GUITAR!!
Mike Oldfield
2/5
Not sure it's dated too well, but can imagine that it sounded great on a decca music centre at the time, but was no more than background music when played today.
Liked the grunts, hated the jig at the end, and astounded that he was 19 when he produced what would have been groundbreaking material at the time.
Elvis Presley
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Listened to the album on Friday and it announced the weekend with ooompf
Arcade Fire
4/5
Great lyrics, pace and structure...a solid 4/5 album for me
Stereolab
3/5
Kept my interest throughout
MC Solaar
1/5
N'est pas pour moi
The Cure
3/5
Dark, minimal gothiness building up to A Forest.
Not an everyday album, but it has it's place on the list ...whichever list that might be
Jurassic 5
2/5
Donald Fagen
2/5
One day, a fair few years ago, under the guidance of a techie friend, I bought my first stack system, complete with Yamaha amp, Yamaha record deck, Mission speakers, and a Pioneer multi-track CD player.
Part of the deal with the CD player was that I could choose 6 CDs from the shop's not so extensive offering.
Said friend/techie advisor lept into life, grabbed this album, and said "the clarity of sound and production will blow your mind man".
He wasn't wrong.
Some 30-40 years later, the production is still there to be enjoyed, but the enthusiasm has waned.
Individually, there's some great tracks that will still turn my head when heard whilst sat in a cafe, but a play of the full album just "happens" and then I move on to something that grabs me more.
5/5
Never heard of this before and started playing it with slight concern that it might be "of an age".
How wrong could I have been.
Love this.
Grabbed my attention and kept on shaking me to get more.
On my third listen and I still don't know where the next track is going to take me apart from looking up their other releases.
Thank you for unearthing another unknown gem
Scott Walker
2/5
Bit too show time for me
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
Almost moved on after the first 4 minutes of this one, but saw it through to the end...at least I assume I did, as something else was playing when I next heard a track.
Far too clever for their (and my) good.
Dull
No passion
No energy
Disjointed
"Ooooh look at me and how technical my artistry is"
The complete opposite of what music should be
If there was a zero stars option, I'd be hitting it
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Enjoyable without being memorable
(Loved where Spotify took me on the follow on playlist after playing this album though, so very grateful for playing it)
Elbow
4/5
So many beautiful moments, musically and lyrically.
Love
3/5
Method Man
1/5
If Mr Man were ever on Sesame Street, his letters of the day would certainly be the letters "N" and "F".
And for the record, this is the exact point at which I thought "no thanks":
"The ism helps to stimulate my pugilism
I bust rhymes like jizm
Impregnate the rhythm with the wisdom"
Green Day
4/5
Simple
Enjoyable
Ray Price
3/5
Well, this was a strange little curiosity.
Hony-tonk, old school, misery-ridden, alcohol-fuelled country that I didn't think I'd particularly warm to, yet I feel that I ought to listen to again.
This time, I'll follow the advice and take off my shoes.
This is what this list is about
Lauryn Hill
1/5
If you took away the warbles, the 16-track album would shrink to a 2-track EP, and be all the better for it. Some might say that her voice dances and weaves, but for me the frequent thought was a simple plead: "Make it stop!"
(Tip to anyone that ever takes me captive and wants to break my will, play the last minute of track 9 on a loop and I’ll cave in and tell you everything you want to know)
UB40
4/5
Good music takes you somewhere.
In this case, it's the top deck of the No 24 bus, halfway down Butts Road in late summer 1980. The sun is shining, I'm on my way to the sports center to run a 1,500m race (poorly) to try and impress my girlfriend, before returning (caked in failure) on the No5 bus, all the while, listening to these brilliant tracks on my Panasonic portable cassette player.
Food for Thought, Burden of Shame, King, Tyler and Little by Little.....songs that have a place on any playlist and an album that deserves it's place on this list.
Fleetwood Mac
1/5
Ah, the curse of the difficult 12th studio album strikes again!
I'm afraid I could wait for it to end, which as I understand it, was the same sentiment for several band members
Massive Attack
2/5
Hmmm
Everything But The Girl
1/5
Disappointing
Can
1/5
Can't
Metallica
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
YES!
David Gray
3/5
Thoroughly pleasant (would have been a 4, but can't rid myself of the image of David's wobbling head)
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Well crafted folk songs that have mass appeal
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
On another day this might/would have ranked higher, but today, given that my general demeanor was meh, it did nothing to un-meh me, which music's gotta do hasn't it
The Pogues
4/5
I sang, I jigged, I hollered, I fancied a Guinness or 5, and in an instant I was back in the tiny Portsmouth Polytechnic students union bar, watching them in 1985.
The KLF
3/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
I don't like live albums...no idea why, never have.
Except this one!
Musically and vocally superb
The Human League
3/5
Often wonder what they would have produced had they stayed on the Being Boiled/Empire State Human track, but nevertheless, this was thoroughly enjoyable
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Dark, bleak, bare, challenging, and yet at the same time beautiful and rewarding.
The simplicity of the arrangements, coupled with the raw honesty of the lyrics addressing the loss of faith and love, had me engaged throughout. Truly wonderful.
On first listen a solid 4 stars, but I know that on further listens it'll be a 5, as any album that opens with Into My Arms deserves to be.
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
The Smiths
4/5
Frank Zappa
2/5
Liz Phair
1/5
Sometimes there needs to be a zero stars option...awful
The Jam
4/5
Great album, great tunes.....BUT....Paul Weller
The Band
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Surely it's THE must-hear before-you-die album?
Joni Mitchell
2/5
I SHOULD love this
I try to love this
I don't love this
repeat, repeat, repeat.....
I know that one day, I'll listen to this album at exactly the right time, in the right place, in the right weather, and through the right speakers and I will LOVE it
Today's not that day.
Abdullah Ibrahim
1/5
Had I closed my eyes, I could have been listening to this in a bougie boutique, a slow-rising elevator or a dentist's waiting room....I think ...and that's my issue with this album; I'm fairly certain that it happened, but I can't definitely state that it happened.
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Perfectly 80's style marriage of perky synth arrangements and deadbeat vocal delivery, make for a pop masterpiece that still sounds fresh.
What have I done to deserve this? and It's a sin are the standouts
Put a broad smile on my face as I was singing along
Nas
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Still perks my interest
Pink Floyd
3/5
Hookworms
4/5
Took me by surprise. Didn't know them/it and really enjoyed it.
Shades of LCD Soundsystem and Tame Impala with a rock twist.
Into the library it goes!
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
More my wife's thing than mine, but it wasn't totally unpleasant
Metallica
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Feel as though I'm being harsh with the rating but the tracks are all too familiar from wedding DJ "mega-mixes" for me to feel any great emotion, as ground breaking as the album no doubt was
The Police
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
The Sugarcubes
5/5
Fresh, energetic, driving, complete album, showcasing yet harnessing Bjork's wonderful quirkiness ...I LOVED it
James Taylor
3/5
Pleasant
Röyksopp
3/5
Some hilights and some fillers
Deep Purple
4/5
Hugh Masekela
1/5
Struggled with this one I'm afraid
Grateful Dead
1/5
Tough week with the random generator got tougher
Pulp
4/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
Yes it's dour and downbeat, but there's beauty and optimism throughout. This one needs further listens, but time well spent.
Steely Dan
1/5
Rikki might not have lost that number, but I lost interest shortly afterwards.
Great production and all that, but I had to remind myself a couple of times that it was still playing.
As you can guess...this won't be added to my library (particularly as I now know that the baseline from Rikki was lifted from Horace Silver)
Radiohead
2/5
I suspect that ratings for this are either:
5 stars - musical and lyrical perfection
or
2 stars - I appreciate why people might like this, know that I probably should like this, but just can't find the hook that draws me in.
Bee Gees
1/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
One cool dude
Traffic
4/5
Funky, jazzy, folky 70's rock.
I enjoyed that!
The Who
4/5
Saw this was next and my heart sunk...for whatever reason, I've never really gelled with The Who and I'm not a big fan of live albums.
How wrong could I have been!
Charles Mingus
2/5
Ok, so this isn't my thing, but every time I was on the verge of stopping the album, something grabbed my attention and made me stay with it. Perhaps there's something there that further plays will draw out of me ... or perhaps not
The xx
2/5
Best listened to as individual tracks on a varied playlist, but I drifted off playing it as an album
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Really quite pleasant
Ministry
4/5
I'm a grey, overweight, 58-year-old mortgage broker in the south of England, and I can tell you that it's just what I needed!
My IT and work issues evaporated within the first 5 secs!
God help anyone that tries to stop my clients' completions this afternoon, as they will get both Ministry and Rammstein filled barrels!
Loved it (especially Jesus Built My Hotrod)
David Bowie
5/5
Gillian Welch
4/5
This warranted more attention than I was able to give it yesterday, but even so, the simplicity was beguiling, the lyrics were beautiful and the structure was strong. Great album (I think) 4 stars for what I think it is, but this might be adjusted when I listen again, when slightly less distracted
The Fall
5/5
Abrasive, challenging, raw and so rewarding.
Recorded in one day (!) in 1979 (!!) and sounds so fresh
Added to my library, and set me off on an exploration of The Fall.
Loved this!
Rufus Wainwright
5/5
So, I have a penchant for distinctive male voices, something that grabs your attention from the first note and is the antithesis of the bland, artificial manipulation that is everywhere today.
This album is a smorgasbord of styles and influences that keeps you waiting for the next thing, totally unaware of where it's taking you and I loved it. Folk, pop, indie, cinematic and show music styles, they're all in there and the subject matter and emotions conveyed are equally as varied.
A beautiful piece of work.
Janelle Monáe
4/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
ramblin' for sure, but would love to sit around a campsite listening to this
Pixies
4/5
John Coltrane
1/5
I'm sorry, as I'm going to offend some people here, but at times this sounded like three siblings, each with an instrument, desperately trying to get their mother's attention, before falling, as one, down a metal fire escape and into a metal rubbish bin.
I just didn't get it
Stevie Wonder
3/5
The Pogues
3/5
Personally, not a patch on the first two albums which benefitted from being raw, but still a pleasant ditty or two
Ryan Adams
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Haircut 100
3/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
No matter how many times I hear this album, it still stops me in my tracks
The Only Ones
2/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Thoroughly enjoyable window into another era.
Beautiful tone of voice.
As is often the case with listening to these albums on spotify, it's the playlist that continues afterwards that amplifies my gut feelings about an album, and yesterday's was wonderful.
Aphex Twin
1/5
Zzzzz
Two hours later I thought the album had automatically restarted ....it hadn't ...it was a fly caught inside my office window, desperately trying to get out
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Quite enjoyed that ...definitely something I wouldn't have heard without this list and life's all the better for the eclectic mix
Pixies
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
The The
4/5
Strange how I can't remember what I ate for dinner on Monday and yet I sang about 75% of all the words to this album.
Quality album that stood out amongst it's peers at the time and still does.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
Short but sweet. Glorious version of "Pappa was a rolling stone" and a delight that felt like the universe was talking to me in "Mother Nature".
Lorde
1/5
First run through, I thought it was of interest.
Second run through, I realised it wasn't.
Disposable, unremarkable. forgettable, pap-pop
Portishead
4/5
Alluring
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Not their best album, but still beautifully ethereal
N.E.R.D
3/5
Holger Czukay
4/5
Hell, I really enjoyed this and the fact that I had no idea of where it was going next. Listened to it 4 times in total and still have no idea.
Fun, experimental and just the tonic when it all gets a bit "samey"
Brian Eno
3/5
I think (but I'm not sure)
Cat Stevens
4/5
aaaaaand ...breeeeathe
The Specials
4/5
Two tone at it's best. This album delivered a metaphorical slap when I first played it, and it still does. So much more than the commercially successful hilights of A message to you Rudy, too much too young and Monkey Man, but they're not a bad start are they?!
Buck Owens
1/5
Wham bam, no thank you ma'am
The Clash
5/5
I mean, come on... it was a 5 star album back in the day and it still is!
Great individual tracks, that collectively make for a seminal moment in music, capturing the attitude and energy of the time.
You could narrow this list down from 1001 albums to 10 and this would still be there!
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
At first when seeing the album was 59 songs and 3 hours long, my immediate thoughts were that I'd give it a go, and see how far I got.
The reality was that I started listening 1t 11am on a Friday morning and have been listening all weekend.
What a beautiful voice!
Simpler times that comfort today.
Boston
4/5
This rather took me by surprise and deserves another listen or two
Morrissey
4/5
Slint
3/5
Jungle Brothers
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Like there's really any other score that this album can be given?
Soul II Soul
1/5
Hell, that's aged badly
Ramones
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Not at all what I expected and I really enjoyed it, playing it three times in a row.
R.E.M.
4/5
and this is why I love this list....challenging engrained views of bands/genres/albums that originated at a time and place in my life that have changed.
Totally reassessing my opinion of REM as a result of this album.
David Ackles
4/5
W, what, m, ah, eh?
I really quite liked that....I think
Will definitely listen again, with headphones on in a darkened room
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Put a smile on my face
Beatles
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
Big Star
3/5
Meat Puppets
2/5
Try hard
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Oh, it's finished!
Traffic
3/5
Yes
1/5
About as stimulating as a quadratic equation
Depeche Mode
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
Ear snot
The Strokes
5/5
Is this it...I certainly think so.
What this list is for
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
King Crimson
2/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Any album featuring Wild Is The Wind, Lilac Wine and Nina Simone is time well spent
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Strange mixture of brilliant and quite frankly, a little disturbing
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
The Prodigy
5/5
How has this slipped off my playlist...Immense
Anita Baker
4/5
Approached this with trepidation, having lovely memories of road trips playing this as sunsets disappeared over the horizon.
But that was the 1980s, the roads were invariably littered with roadworks and I suspect that it might have rained more than my memory recalled.
Would the album hold up?
Yeah...of course it did
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Dope
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
5/5
Banger, banger, banger ........ 5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Pleasant
Janet Jackson
4/5
Well, that was a surprise. Put a smile on my face and a tap, tap shuffle into my day
The War On Drugs
5/5
Sublime, atmospheric, melancholic majesty. Traces of Dylan, Springsteen and Bon Iver combine to make for a wonderful album.
Eminem
4/5
Felt a little conflicted by this at times but overall, couldn't help but be won over by the album. Some lyrics aside, I enjoyed the experience thorougly
AC/DC
4/5
Dizzee Rascal
5/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Nick Drake never fails to stop me in my tracks, have me closing my eyes slowly, being aware of the now, aware of my breathing, and feel the emotions wash over me and chill.
God I love the man.
Simply beautiful album
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Thoroughly pleasant
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Björk
2/5
John Martyn
3/5
Dire Straits
3/5
The Clash
3/5
Queen
4/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Common
4/5
Not my usual cup of tea, but thoroughly enjoyed this
5/5
I mean...seriously...how can this be anything other than a rock solid 5 stars.
A perfect album, start to finish
SZA
2/5
Potty mouth
Ozomatli
2/5
Interesting
What tracks I could listen to (Spotify didn't have many and I had to seek on You Tube) were interesting. Varied, and interesting
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Louis Prima
4/5
What a lovely addition to my Spotify Library...just a different vibe
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Pulp
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Korn
4/5
Might have been because this came fast on the heels of the "meh" that was yesterday's album (Creedence Clearwater Revival), but this, and the subsequent Spotify playlist, was just the burst of energy that I needed. No idea about the lyrics, no real recollection of song structure, but the vibe was just what I needed
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Great live act to boot!
Orbital
3/5
First and last tracks aside, turned this up and waheyy!!
John Lennon
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Shack
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
The Cult
3/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
Thoroughly pleasant, but never one of the 1001 must listen to albums surely?
Roni Size
3/5
Digital Underground
3/5
Duran Duran
4/5
Ahhhh....the MTV days. Those first 30 seconds take me straight back there. Oversized suits, with sleeves rolled up, John Taylor's hair blowing backwards whilst perched at the front of a yacht and a super model or two in bikinis...oh, and there's some pretty decent songs in there as well. Enjoyed that (again)
ABBA
3/5
Adele
2/5
Vegas residency says it all...if it were a colour, it would be well worn beige...next!
Aimee Mann
2/5
Neither of any interest or any annoyance. The album came, played and left...next!
Joe Ely
1/5
Should have "got the hell outta dodge" after track one.
Whatever the honky tonk country phrase is for "No Thanks, not for me", I bet it's annoying
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Screaming Trees
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Jamiroquai
4/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
The Yardbirds
2/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Manu Chao
4/5
Just fun...simple as that...had me shuffling around my office dancing like an excited grandpa wearing in his new slippers. Enjoyed that
Death In Vegas
4/5
New to me, but will definitely revisit
Booker T. & The MG's
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
Scooby Snacks aside, this is an album that benefitted from Britannia Music Club and Huey Morgan being front and centre ... certainly not one of my 1001 Albums, but not horrendous
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
There are two potential ratings for an Elvis Costello album; 4 stars when I'm listening and investing, and 2 stars when I have it playing but I'm busy elsewhere
I was working on a case for half the album and taking a rest from said work for the other half
Madness
2/5
More fall than rise
John Prine
5/5
This is what this list is all about.
Never heard of John Prine, and probably never would have, as it's not my go to genre, but BOY oh BOY, I loved this.
First play it was a 4, with a couple of lyrics jumping out at me. Second play and I'm hooked. Hello in there ...wow
Country Folk Poetry
I'm off to listen to more
The Saints
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
1/5
Not sure if I'm still tainted from experiencing him moan on stage at a festival about the sound crew, then the lighting crew, the amount he was getting paid by the festival and then the crowd or whether this is just an awful album
.
.
. no, I've tried to listen to it some more
.
.
It's an awful album
(he has a couple of decent tracks in his locker though)
Serge Gainsbourg
1/5
Dirge, not Serge
R.E.M.
4/5
Jeru The Damaja
1/5
I tried...I really tried
John Lennon
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Alice Cooper
2/5
Supergrass
3/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
3/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
Ian Dury
4/5
Travis
4/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
James Brown
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
4/5
Just the thing to fill that space on my shelf between Beck, Cage The Elephant and the Fun loving criminals.
Of it's time, and I know I've been played, but had me hooked.
Enjoyed that and will go back to listen again
Giant Sand
1/5
Lazy pun, I know, but when's it's served up that obviously, it can't be ignored.
On a drizzly, grey, Wednesday morning, the week after a disappointing holiday and just prior to a compliance review....that was a CHORE.
Maybe on another day, on another week, anywhere other than my work desk and just after a Full English with a decent cup of coffee, it might have enchanted me...but .....I doubt it
The Undertones
4/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
1/5
Sounds like a stroppy teenager, moaning through a hose pipe
Paul Simon
2/5
Primal Scream
3/5
So confused by this album, often times ready to turn it off, only to then find myself emersed in it's atmosphere.
Got to be listened to again to try and get a handle on it, so that's got to be a good sign....hasn't it?
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Tori Amos
4/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Minutemen
1/5
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Meat Loaf
5/5
Leftfield
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
Santana
3/5
Miriam Makeba
2/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Red Snapper
3/5
The Undertones
5/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
What a surprise this was! Thoroughly enjoyed the whole album.
3/5
Talk Talk
4/5
The Crusaders
2/5
Moby
3/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Glad I persevered
Soundgarden
3/5
The Waterboys
4/5
An album full of songs you'd hear in a pub, shop or friends house and will cut through all other noise
The Stranglers
4/5
Yet another album that I can't believe I've never listened to..it won't be the last time it gets played
Miles Davis
1/5
Not for me
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
What a great little album
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Pop isn't normally my thing, but a catching myself singing and dancing along to this a couple of times makes me think otherwise. Deserves to be on this list for sure
Britney Spears
2/5
4 of the first 5 tracks are lovely little pop tracks.
Tracks 6 onwards will NOT be played One More Time
The Notorious B.I.G.
1/5
Where do I start with this review? Hell, I won't bother because quite frankly, the lyrics alone don't deserve any further airtime.
Lazy, boring, misogynistic, tripe. It's a waste of a single star
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Lightning Bolt
3/5
I have no idea what I listened to and no idea why, but I enjoyed that
Can
4/5
Well that got under my skin, into my head and down to my feat
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Motörhead
4/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
Utterly divine in places
Cream
4/5
The Associates
5/5
Alas, what could have been eh?
I adore Billy's voice and and the eclectic nature of this album still keeps me on my toes today. So much going on.
I really should listen to this every couple of weeks
Coldplay
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Dug that
Dr. John
2/5
Not sure what just happened ...
Kanye West
1/5
Beck
4/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
4/5
Orange Juice
5/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
3/5
Germs
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Now that's an album !!!
Soft Cell
4/5
Turbonegro
2/5
Decent, without standing out
The Thrills
3/5
Know their singles, but the album didn't really add much beyond. Pleasant
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Keith Jarrett
1/5
Nö
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
If Loveless before, there's certainly none coming from my direction
Heaven 17
4/5
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Reading the reviews, I was looking forward to this as it's not a genre that really strikes a chord with me ....it remains that way
Supergrass
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Elliott Smith
2/5