1001 Albums Summary

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75
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3.41
Average Rating
7%
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2000
Favorite Decade
Pop
Favorite Genre
UK
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Wordsmith
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14
5-Star Albums
4
1-Star Albums

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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Survivor
Destiny's Child
5 2.87 +2.13
The Last Broadcast
Doves
5 3.03 +1.97
Kimono My House
Sparks
5 3.06 +1.94
GREY Area
Little Simz
5 3.24 +1.76
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
5 3.41 +1.59
Parachutes
Coldplay
5 3.46 +1.54
Arrival
ABBA
5 3.53 +1.47
Funeral
Arcade Fire
5 3.54 +1.46
Van Halen
Van Halen
5 3.61 +1.39
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
5 3.65 +1.35

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
1 3.75 -2.75
All Directions
The Temptations
1 3.44 -2.44
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
1 3.32 -2.32
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
2 3.96 -1.96
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
2 3.86 -1.86
Yeezus
Kanye West
1 2.74 -1.74
The Cars
The Cars
2 3.65 -1.65
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
2 3.44 -1.44
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
2 3.3 -1.3
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
3 4.2 -1.2

5-Star Albums (14)

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Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

What I imagine when I think of a 70s hippie concert. The music sounded pretty “feel-good.” Very chill and actually played on my mood.

1-Star Albums (4)

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London Calling by The Clash
Oct 23 2023

Kinda sca which I enjoyed. I added a few songs to my playlist. The main singer is very British and hard to understand at times. I would have had no idea this was considered punk had I not looked it up.

The Cars by The Cars
Oct 24 2023

This album didn’t stand out for me. The music had some synth and some of it was folky. I’ll keep listening, but for now I didn’t add any songs to my playlist

Mothership Connection by Parliament
Oct 25 2023

Funk funk funk. It seems like the beat is more important than the lyrics or even the main instruments. It’s very repetitive but that’s the point

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Oct 26 2023

I liked the beats and it was very entertaining listening to the lyrics. He’s a good story teller and I’m sure the songs get better every time you listen. The intro/sound bites were too much for me. I would prefer a version without them. They help to tell the story overall and definitely have a place, but can be jarring when just listening to a playlist.

Queen II by Queen
Oct 27 2023

This album was enjoyable, but nothing stood out to me. It actually put me almost to sleep, but in a soothing way. Very musical and mystical

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
Oct 30 2023

The album was just boring. The songs were long and repetitive, but not in a catchy way. I couldn’t wait for it to be over

All Directions by The Temptations
Oct 31 2023

Just so all over the place. I was perpetually bored and the songs were looooong. Even when they weren’t that long, they felt long.

Like A Prayer by Madonna
Nov 01 2023

I liked about half of the songs on this album. Very pop. I was not a fan of the Christian themes

The Sensual World by Kate Bush
Nov 02 2023

This album has a few absolute bops. I love her unique vocalizing. A few too many of the songs are strange, but not bad

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Nov 03 2023

There were some songs I liked on this album. It was a little slow moving to listen all the way through. The songs were slow tempo with basic beats. I think that as I continue to listen, the songs may grow on me.

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen
Nov 06 2023

The most boring album yet. The music was basic and the lyrics were more chants than singing. It’s like this guy found the lowest register he could reach and stayed there. This is something I would expect Tony Soprano would listen to when he’s in a brooding mood. I would be pleased if I never had to think about this album ever again.

Dookie by Green Day
Nov 07 2023

Amazing. Absolute bangers and this is the kind of music I fell in love with as a preteen. It will always have a place in my heart. I am so excited to keep listening.

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke
Nov 08 2023

Very pleasant to listen to. Full of love songs. The backup singers really enhanced each song. This is the type of music I think of when I think of the 60s.

Parachutes by Coldplay
Nov 09 2023

A great album. It has such a chill sound. I knew quite a few of the songs

Illmatic by Nas
Nov 10 2023

I liked most of the songs. The “multi-syllabic internal rhymes” really brought some songs to the next level. There is a lot of talent in this album.

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Nov 13 2023

A few of the songs were catchy. There wasn’t really anything that stood out in this album. Pretty average

Brothers by The Black Keys
Nov 14 2023

Solid modern rock album. Some of the instrumentals of the albums had nostalgic feels to them. Some of the songs could have been mixed better

Yeezus by Kanye West
Nov 15 2023

Some of the beats weren’t bad but the lyrics were horrible. So misogynistic and vulgar and honestly basic with repeated rhymes. Not very creative or much talent in my opinion

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
Nov 16 2023

Many of the songs sounded the same. His voice was pleasant and I can picture his charismatic stage presence. It mostly just wasn’t my style, but I’d listen again

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.
Nov 17 2023

The instrumentals are more important that the vocals in this album. Much better sounding too. The familiarity of the genre was pleasant. None of the songs really stood out to me. Some of the instrumentals or solos are very good. There were also weird intense parts of the songs, with screeching guitar and vocals, somewhat strange

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters
Nov 20 2023

A decent alternative album. While all the songs were pleasing to listen to, none of them stood out. I’d listen again

Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Dec 11 2023

I really liked this album. It felt like open mic night. I could go along with the swag of the music without having heard any of it before. Short and sweet.

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan
Dec 12 2023

Very nostalgic sounding. It’s interesting that her face isn’t on the cover. Her charisma shone through the small chatting between songs even the scatting. Her humming voice during “Be Anything but Darling Be Mine” I mistook for a clarinet.

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters
Dec 13 2023

An interesting mix of songs. All of them we pleasing to listen to. The second half of the album was reminiscent of Queen. I would listen again for sure.

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten
Dec 14 2023

Well that was interesting. I almost considered adding a few songs at the end to my playlist. I found myself turning the beginning of the album down.

Marquee Moon by Television
Dec 15 2023

I liked this album. A lot of the songs had a very unique sound.

Live At Leeds by The Who
Dec 18 2023

A decent rock album. I didn’t really feel like this album needed to be live, they didn’t talk to the crowd nearly as much as some of the other live albums on this list and you couldn’t hear the crowd very much. I think this would’ve been fine as a studio album of the mix of the songs they played at their tour.

Abraxas by Santana
Dec 19 2023

I was surprised I knew a few of the songs. This album was really focused on the guitar and lots of improvisation from all of the instruments. I also really enjoyed the Latin themes

Dec 20 2023

I liked this album. They sound a little like Coldplay. A few duds mixed in but I’m excited to keep listening to the good ones!

Movies by Holger Czukay
Dec 21 2023

It’s a strange album and really not anything special. At times it sounded like an amateur messing around with a synthesizer. The last song was chaotic without direction.

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
Dec 22 2023

A decent album. Not my style. His voice is nice but the sound is pretty sleepy, overall.

Highway to Hell by AC/DC
Dec 25 2023

A very engaging rock ‘n’ roll album. I really liked the lead vocals, his voice was very unique, and of nostalgic of that era. The opening song was of course, the best one on the album, but the rest were not half bad. I am excited to keep listening.

Dec 26 2023

It was pretty fitting that I got this album on Christmas. I recognized quite a few of these songs from this season listening to the radio. Very golden time of Christmas nostalgia. I got to sit and listen to this entire album while driving and it was a very pleasant end to the Christmas season.

1977 by Ash
Dec 27 2023

An intriguing album from a genre I already know I enjoy. Unfortunately I was in another world while I was listening today and I don’t remember most of the album. It kind of faded in the background, which I need sometimes when I listen to music, so I can focus.

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti
Dec 28 2023

Very synthy. Reminds me of an 80s/90s teen movie soundtrack.

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes
Dec 29 2023

Long and repetitive songs. I’m not sure what that 17-minute long slam poem was in the middle of the album. Unique I guess?

GREY Area by Little Simz
Jan 01 2024

You can really hear her accent in the vocals. The beats are unique and aren’t too repetitive. I listened all the way through twice on purpose

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
Jan 02 2024

An oddly paced funk album. Out of the other funk albums on this list, this one blends into the background. Nothing very memorable about it; mostly instrumentals.

Manassas by Stephen Stills
Jan 03 2024

A little too folky for me. But at the same time, it gave me old man boy band vibes. Cowboy music.

Third by Soft Machine
Jan 05 2024

Very long jazz songs, four in total. A small portion of the songs were decently fine jazz. The rest was a little too experimental for me, with squawking trumpets and weird beats and synthesizer. Not very musical at all

Arrival by ABBA
Jan 08 2024

Nostalgic, classic sound and pleasant songs. I really enjoyed this album. All of the ones I’d never heard before didn’t disappoint.

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jan 09 2024

I very good rock album. My main criticism is that the guitar solos were too long and there were too many on this album. I’m sure that people really love that about this band, but as a first time listener, it got dull. I’m sure my mind will change as I continue to listen.

Kimono My House by Sparks
Jan 10 2024

Very unique vocals. Sick riffs on a variety of instruments. This album was very entertaining. I felt the music very deeply.

Another Green World by Brian Eno
Jan 11 2024

I mix of alternative rock songs with a steady beat and a chorus, artsy instrumentals, and beeps and squawks without reason. I liked a few of the more sensical songs.

Jan 12 2024

This album felt very repetitive. I liked a few of the songs. Some of the lyrics were in another language and there were Indian undertones in the instrumentals, and some of the songs were full Indian vibes, not just undertones. Pretty decent and feel-good album.

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest
Jan 15 2024

A pretty classic 90s rap sound. I really liked the back beat of all of the songs. Some of the lyrics were silly. I’m excited to listen more and start to understand the lyrics.

Jan 16 2024

This album wasn’t half as good as their album released only a year later “The Low End Theory.” The songs blended into the background a lot more and not much stood out.

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye
Jan 17 2024

A smooth sounding album. I can see why people like it. Not for me

The Specials by The Specials
Jan 18 2024

I’m conflicted about this album. I LOVE Ska; I didn’t think this list would have a Ska album on it. The sound and instruments are great, I’m not so pleased with the lyrics or the lead vocalist on most of the songs.

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys
Jan 19 2024

I knew and enjoyed a few of the songs in the second half of the album. The first half felt like a middle school talent show

Moon Safari by Air
Jan 22 2024

The songs in this album were relaxing and expectedly faded into the background. A few of them had late 90s/early 00s sounds to them. I was getting reminded of transitions or club scenes from some dramas of that era

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine
Jan 24 2024

Intense rock music with rap-like lyrics. Pretty awesome guitar riffs and vocals.

Savane by Ali Farka Touré
Jan 25 2024

Very folky, but also like a genre I’d never heard before. Also kind of like stereotypical pub music

Jan 26 2024

This is the first Beatles album I’ve listened to all the at through. Very interesting songs. The last song was pretty jarring and unexpected.

The Wall by Pink Floyd
Jan 29 2024

An atypical format for a rock-ballad like sound. It took me 3 days to get through. I feel like it should be listened to all the way through without stopping.

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
Jan 30 2024

A unique voice and sound. The music was pleasing to listen to, but the vocals kind of blended in with the instruments. There wasn’t much contrast

One World by John Martyn
Feb 01 2024

A gentle and introspective mix of songs that was pleasing and not intrusive, in the background. I really vibed with a few of the songs.

Gris Gris by Dr. John
Feb 02 2024

I could see myself listening to this type of music at a slam poetry night. I would never on my own.

Play by Moby
Feb 05 2024

These songs reminded me of the music you hear on a movie dvd menu. Often repeating one or two audio samples and very beat-forward.

Van Halen by Van Halen
Feb 06 2024

An intense album full of guitar solos. Very guitar-centric, but the vocals are not lacking in the slightest. Full rock

Feb 07 2024

This album was a lot more “playful” than the other album of his I’ve heard. Lots of harmonica, pretty folky. I definitely heard a “hometown” theme among many of the songs.

Microshift by Hookworms
Feb 08 2024

This album got less weird as it went, until I actually started to like it. The spaces between songs sometimes sounded awkward or abrupt. More mellow than I’d expect an EDM album to be.

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Feb 12 2024

What I imagine when I think of a 70s hippie concert. The music sounded pretty “feel-good.” Very chill and actually played on my mood.

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra
Feb 13 2024

A lot of these songs had familiar, predictable riffs. Much more up-beat than what you’d hear in a Panera.

Survivor by Destiny's Child
Feb 14 2024

Classic turn of the century R&B sound. I knew a few of the songs in the beginning; the end got odd, with some Christian themes. Some of the lyrics wouldn’t fly today.

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
Feb 15 2024

It sounds like a movie score. The songs were very long and there were quite a few, so it was a long album. Too experimental for my taste.

Slipknot by Slipknot
Feb 16 2024

Mostly repetitive scream-chanting. Heavy drum set and guitar. Pretty entertaining overall.

Funeral by Arcade Fire
Feb 19 2024

I really liked this album. I listened to it all weekend, probably 4-5 times through. It was mellow enough to fit into any situation. Had a few love songs that fit well with other media I was consuming. One of my favorites of this journey so far.

Feb 20 2024

A lot less banter between songs than some of the other live albums on this list. Very repetitive near the ends of many songs. Pretty good vibes, couldn’t understand the lyrics a lot of the time. This was my first time hearing a lot of these songs, so they might be better recorded.

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode
Feb 21 2024

80s electronic pop. Kinda broody but also some upbeat songs mixed in. Less than half of the album had lyrics, so it was easy to vibe.

Feb 22 2024

I don’t feel like this album has a distinct sound. I’m having a hard time deciding if I like it or not. I think I’d just like to move on.

American Gothic by David Ackles
Feb 23 2024

Sounds like a musical. And religious in some songs. Very strange feeling.

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
Feb 26 2024

This is not what I expected when I saw it was a Rolling Stones album. Pretty basic sounding country/folk. I wouldn’t call this rock. And I’m over the tight pants too.

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
Feb 27 2024

Mellow and kinda surreal. Beatles-like, not sure if that’s a genre. I liked it a lot, mostly the beats and melodies, the lyrics were hard to catch.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys
Feb 28 2024

I saw someone on here describe it as adolescent rock, something they would have liked at fifteen. I could see myself “ironically” getting into this. Not sure about it at this point in my life.

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