My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
White Ladder David Gray	5	3.07	+1.93
Shaka Zulu Ladysmith Black Mambazo	5	3.09	+1.91
S&M Metallica	5	3.26	+1.74
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	5	3.32	+1.68
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	5	3.33	+1.67
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.35	+1.65
Urban Hymns The Verve	5	3.36	+1.64
Urban Hymns The Verve	5	3.36	+1.64
Rock 'N Soul Solomon Burke	5	3.37	+1.63
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	5	3.39	+1.61

Album	You	Global	Diff
Moon Safari Air	1	3.58	-2.58
Blackstar David Bowie	1	3.48	-2.48
Blue Lines Massive Attack	1	3.38	-2.38
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	1	3.37	-2.37
Since I Left You The Avalanches	1	3.28	-2.28
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie	2	4.26	-2.26
Le Tigre Le Tigre	1	3.13	-2.13
Autobahn Kraftwerk	1	3.09	-2.09
Oxygène Jean-Michel Jarre	1	3.07	-2.07
Oxygène Jean-Michel Jarre	1	3.07	-2.07

Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	6	4.33
Led Zeppelin	4	4.5
Muddy Waters	3	4.67
Michael Jackson	3	4.67
Black Sabbath	3	4.67
Johnny Cash	3	4.67
Creedence Clearwater Revival	3	4.67
The Verve	2	5
Metallica	2	5
Green Day	2	5
AC/DC	2	5
Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	5
Oasis	2	5
Radiohead	6	4.17
Bruce Springsteen	4	4.25
Neil Young	3	4.33

Artist	Albums	Average
Jean-Michel Jarre	2	1
Hüsker Dü	2	1
Kraftwerk	3	1.67
Morrissey	2	1.5
Air	2	1.5
David Bowie	7	2.29

Artist	Ratings
Kanye West	5, 4, 2
Bob Dylan	4, 5, 5, 2, 3

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

Debut

Björk

2/5

Definitely not boring but definitely not for me

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

4 because it's been such an influential album but I don't quite see what the fuss is about. I definitely prefer what came after. Fairly easy to listen to with some nice grooves but felt a bit repetitive in places to me.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Solid funky pop with a few bangers mixed in

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

1/5

Not typically my thing and this is no exception. Nice ambience I suppose

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Kicks off with the strongest track but the entire record is smooth and an enjoyable listen.

Elvis Presley

4/5

Great record, one that helped to launch rock n roll into the mainstream. Short and to the point, easy listen. Tutti Frutti was the low point but excellent overall. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

I've made a number of attempts to get into Radiohead over the years and I've never been able to. I remember this coming out, and running it was a cool idea but I don't think I picked it up. I'm not sure why, the match on paper never translated. First few songs on this I found really enjoyable but it did fall off for me after and picked up again, relatively speaking. Four stars.

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Back to back Radiohead for me. In Rainbows yesterday. I've tried to like Radiohead for a long time but I've never quite gotten them. I enjoy some of their other albums but this one is three stars for me. Not at all boring but not one I'll revisit over the other 3 on this list.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Enjoyed this one

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Ah yeah sure you know yourself.

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

1/5

I'm aware that this influenced bands that I enjoy, but I didn't particularly like this and I didn't find it interesting. 1 because it's a five point scale.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

2/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Muddy at his best

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

2/5

Kind of enjoyable but felt very average across the board. Possibly hurt by what I've consumed that has come out after this.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Happiness, more or less.

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

Two and a half if I had the option. Fine but didn't do anything for me.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

1/5

Meh

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

Distinctive but very samey, hectic, and a bit shrill in places. Fell short and got a bit off the rails in the middle. Not his best.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

A bit lengthy and that really hurts it. This could have been an absolutely cracking 40 minute album.

Live Through This

Hole

2/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

1/5

Generic country. Not terrible, not great. Another one on here that is apparently influential but it's lost on me.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Five star album then, five star album now

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

1/5

Found this a tough listen. Didn't grab me at all, felt very flat, boring and dull. 20+ albums in and this is down the bottom.

Queens of the Stone Age

4/5

3.5 rounded up. Not the QOTSA album I'd choose to have on here but some gems on it and some interesting sounds, textures, and production. Lots of raw energy and a great balance of aggression and catchiness on a lot of the tracks

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

I spent a lot of time listening to metal as a teen and young adult, and could never get into Judas Priest. Gave this a few goes start to finish and it's still not for me, but I can hear the good in it. Breaking the Law and Living After Midnight are bangers, but it doesn't do it for me. 3 stars.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

2 feels harsh, 3 feels too much. Has the makings of something I should enjoy but I can't get into it.

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

2/5

Metallica

5/5

Rounded up a 4.5. Not my favourite of theirs from the first five but the production brings it up and the remaining four are four of the best metal albums of all time.

Stephen Stills

2/5

Was it fine? I suppose. Will I ever choose to listen to it again? Absolutely not.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

Second of PJ Harvey's in four days which is too much for my taste.

Cross

Justice

4/5

3.5 rounded up. Not my easiest listen but on part because I milked every ounce of joy from if when it came out and in the years after, and I can't penalise it for that.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

Decent. Can see why people would love it but not my cup of tea.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

2/5

I had the Smiths eight days ago. What are we doing and can we not please. I can't deal with this kind of carry on.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

2/5

Alright but of its time and sounds a bit dated now.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

A lot of this is carried by Superstition. Feels wrong to give a three but if it wasn't for that I reckon it'd be a two.

Future Days

Can

2/5

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

1/5

Third Morrissey album in less than two weeks. Nobody should have to suffer this. Is he doing this? Are we all just getting Morrissey all the time?

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

The Stones are one of the best rock bands of all time by almost any measure. But not here they're not. Rounded up a 2.5, won't be going back to this one.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Le Tigre

1/5

Terrible. Felt like each song has ten to twenty or so unique seconds just looped over and over again. Short album but it felt like it took epochs to get through.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Could've been shorter but when it was good it was really, really good.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

2/5

Great voice but this was monotonous

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

Another middling one. 2.5, nothing wrong with it per se and maybe fifty years ago this was great but I'm not sure what has it on this list.

The Stone Roses

5/5

4-5, never quite got into them before, just kind of missed them. Had heard a lot of this individually previously, but never in one go. Really good album, things like this are part of why I've been trudging through some of the others on this list.

I Against I

Bad Brains

2/5

Well produced but the music is not for me. None of this genre is for me. I appreciate that they kept it to just over 30'.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

2/5

It being 2004 is no excuse for being repetitive and generic.

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

I gave this a two last time I got it and while that is maybe harsh, Heroes as a song is not good enough to carry whatever went on in the middle there while the producer was absent.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Lovely blend of folk, blues, soul, and rock throughout this. The sound itself is wonderfully clean throughout, especially for something this old. Another gem I hadn't come across before this.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Ramones

2/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Play

Moby

3/5

Some nostalgia points, and some great tracks but a lot of below average too. But when it is good, it is really good.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

1/5

Bitte, no more.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Imagine isn't good enough to carry the rest of this album, or make me forget that he was a bit of a creep. It's made worse by how good the Beatles were. I've rounded up 2.5.

Black Sabbath

5/5

More pentatonic riffs than you could shake a stick at

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

2/5

Being < 37 minutes saved it from a one.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

Thought the first track was fantastic. The rest was a nice listen and I can definitely see why it got some nominations. Dragged a bit in places, though.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

2/5

The singles on this aren't enough to carry the rest of it.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Rounded up 2.5, pleasant but never really grabbed me.

evermore

Taylor Swift

3/5

Not my favourite of hers, but mostly pretty enjoyable. Some of this is on a playlist that my toddler falls asleep to, so it's possible that I've just been overexposed to a lot of it and that's taken it down.

War

U2

4/5

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Clean, but very dated and showing its age.

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

2/5

This is fine, but that's all it is. All the best tracks are covers, and having this many covers highlights the shortcomings of the originals. Adding to that it's a bit sloppy sounding in parts I probably wouldn't listen again.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Another one in the pleasant but won't revisit column.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Juicy pentatonic goodness courtesy of Geezer and Tony

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

2/5

Nothing grabbed me on this. All I Wanna Do wasn't enough to bring the rest of it up. Felt a bit lacklustre.

Gorillaz

3/5

Clint Eastwood will still get stuck in my head even now, and I enjoy 5/4, but the rest is not as good as I remember.

The Undertones

3/5

Not sure if the other songs are all measurably worse than Teenage Kicks, and it's just because I've been exposed to that one so much that I think it's a banger. Probably a 3.5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Definitely a stronger first half, and the best song is a cover but it's so good you can't penalise it for that.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

The recording quality is abysmal, if somebody tried to put this out now, I'd be giving it a one. That being said, I can't help but give this a five. It's a cracking album.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

4/5

This rating is sponsored by my childhood nostalgia©

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Chock full of bangers with a slice of Buick 6 shaped Americana.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

2/5

Stone cold two. Thought about an added star for them not liking Morrissey and it being short but couldn't.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

2/5

I understand that it's hard to follow a career with the Beatles, but c'mon now.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Gem. New to me.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

I'd give 4.5 if I could. 5 is too much, 4 is too few. Squeezing 9 and 7 minute songs in and running just over 42' is a feat.

Copper Blue

Sugar

2/5

Everything here sounded the same, and the base level wasn't good enough to make it enjoyable. Better than Husker Dü, but not by much. A weak ⭐⭐

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

I'll ask again. Is Morrissey making this list? This is bonkers.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

2/5

Some of the arrangement was really nice but overall it was repetitive

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Peter Gabriel

4/5

I'll be surprised if this is on here at the expense of So, and I'm not sure list needs two Peter Gabriel albums. Solsbury Hill stands out ahead of the rest here. But it was very enjoyable.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Very strong four.

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe middling and repetitive

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Pleasant but boring to me and a bit uninspired and never felt like it got going.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

A lot going on here. I really like a lot about this album. London Calling, Rudie Can't Fail, Guns of Brixton all stand out to me. In a tier below I have Wrong 'Em Boyo, Death or Glory. But some of it hasn't aged so well and there's quite a bit they could have cut and strengthened the overall content, but when it is good, it is really, really, really good. Shame about the P-bass on the cover. Great photo but bit of a waste.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Some nice bits in here but it is a soundtrack at the end of the day, and it sounds like one. Cool licks here and there but that's about all I can say.

Tommy

The Who

2/5

Pinball Wizard dragging this kicking and screaming to a two star review. Not their best.

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

4/5

Smooth but a bit too long for me.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

The Band

4/5

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

It's not boring, I'll give it that. Don't fall down did bore into my brain though.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Under 40 minutes and opens with Sympathy for the Devil, but doesn't capitalise on that. Save for Street Fighting Man, the rest is fairly forgettable and I wouldn't listen to it again.

More Specials

The Specials

3/5

Stick a 12 bar blues in the middle of any album and I'm happy.

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

3/5

This is a four star album if it wasn't three albums long.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

This was the first album I got and I gave it a four then, but 110 or so albums later, there's no way it's not at least a 4.5/5 on subterranean homesick blues, Maggie's farm, and outlaw blues alone.

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

1/5

At least it was short

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

iiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII can't stand it. That's not true, quite enjoy this one.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Probably the best album of all time that features back to back songs called "X Lee"

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

I've never really gotten into Talking Heads and this album is kind of a microcosm of why.

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Suzanne Vega

2/5

25

Adele

4/5

Great voice, let down a couple of the tracks but when it's on, it is really on.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Great album, but a real seperate the art from the artist situation.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

2/5

Nice beats, lyrics were forgettable in the context of a list of great albums, and it dragged. Won't revisit.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

1/5

Now you're pushing it.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Much needed antidote to what I had to listen to immediately before this.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

Microshift

Hookworms

2/5

I could live a thousand lives and if I never heard this I don't think I'd be any worse off

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Must be pretty cool to record an album and be able to choose between kicking it off with Message In a Bottle of Walking On The Moon.

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The xx

3/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

Gave this a five last time but it's not The Bends, is it?

Throwing Muses

2/5

Moon Safari

Air

1/5

Not a one but they were pushing it for a while. Actually we'll go one.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Enjoyable but I feel like the crowd interactions could've been cut and I just don't have this much love for jazz in me.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

The album that launched the drummer at the wrong gig video. Every song sounds kind of same and the first three are the best of the bunch but it's still great.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Good stuff

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

Separating the art from the artist, this is enjoyable. 22 minutes? Great. Bad person, though, to put it mildly. I dunno why we couldn't just have Little Richard or something and get a better version of this.

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

This might be one of the first records I bought. Not sure how much of this rating is nostalgia versus the quality of the album but it's a banger...I think

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Not the worst album on here, but not for lack of trying. Music is mostly fine but some of the lyrics are abysmal at best.

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

I've never listened to an Eagles album start to finish before and as a result it feels a bit dated to me. Hotel California, Life In The Fast Lane are the standouts. Rest of it felt a bit bland.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Fine listen, just not my thing.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

New to me and really, really good. Touch long but this is full to the brim of quality funk.

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My Bloody Valentine

2/5

o o f 1 . 5

Boston

4/5

More than a feeling into peace of mind = 4.5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

2/5

4 songs, 39 min 25 sec.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

LP1

FKA twigs

2/5

Well produced but that's it. Maybe I'm just not cool enough.

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Look at the stars, see how they shine for you. Here's a three star review.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

1/5

Non, s'il vous plaît, et merci.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Gave this a five last time and see no reason to change it this time.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

You had to be there. Black Night is a cool riff, but I don't need to hear 3 versions of the entire song that were recorded three nights in a row. This legitimately could've been 4-6 tracks and would be better, or they could have just ploughed through the songs as they were originally recorded.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

1/5

A new contender for the worst entry on here

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Green

R.E.M.

2/5

Orange Crush is great and the rest isn't. Probably a high 2 but not a 3.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

Bought this early in my music journey and never quite got into it until my adult life. RATM-light in some ways but I enjoy it.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

2/5

Nice concept, good listen at parts, funny here and there. But when he sings it drives me mad. Tough to get through overall.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

1/5

I've never taken MDMA so the ceiling here was a 2. If you take out the unnecessarily repeated bits I reckon you could knock this out in 15 minutes or less.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

2/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

Some of this is really, really good....and then some of it isn't.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Keeping it under 45 ✅ ≤ 2 skips ✅

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Not his best offering but still pretty good. Get back on Spotify, please.

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

2/5

Dated and not very good but not the worst thing on here.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

Had high hopes for this based on the first track and the description but it got off the rails pretty quickly.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

I played in a grunge band when I was sixteen, with 3 lads in their late twenties or early thirties. I eventually got booted via email for not having enough confidence, which didn't do much to help my confidence. They were big Soundgarden fans and it put me off grunge. Most of my knowledge of Soundgarden for a long time was the Black Hole Sun video because it was always on Kerrang! This is good though. I miss Chris Cornell.

White Light

Gene Clark

2/5

Marginally better than that Byrds album I had to trudge through, but it's close.

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

It's not my thing, but it's pretty good at what it's trying to be.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Another one for the "glad I listened to it, but won't be going back to it" pile.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

2/5

Nothing wrong with it really, but a bit banal. Not one I'll revisit.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

4/5

Good shtuff

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

2/5

This is substantially worse than the studio albums these songs are on.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

It's a shame Love Will Tear Us Apart isn't on either album, because I reckon that is a perfect song. I kind of enjoyed this, but it wasn't quite there for me. 3.5.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

3.5. Bit long but some gems on there

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

Bit long but lots of bangers

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Obviously a classic. I prefer Simon's solo stuff, but this is at least a 4.5.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

If you have to put Steve Earle on here, why isn't it Copperhead Road?

Eagles

2/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Personally I could've done without the skits, but some great songs on here.

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

2/5

I got tattoos and a nipple piercing to look like Dave Navarro but I just look like a creep

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

3/5

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

2/5

Wrong side of a 3 by some margin.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

3.5 solely for the title track being such a banger.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

I this wasn't by a band that I am reasonably well acquainted with, I would have no time for some of it. The good here doesn't outweigh the not so good. Middle of the road, bang on 2.5.

OK

Talvin Singh

1/5

Not ok. Not at all.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

They could have boxed this off in 30'. It would still be two stars but I'd have saved some time.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

I don't feel great giving the Beatles a four but it's not their best. Ah I'll give it five.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Objectively, this is probably not a five. Having said that, this is subjective, so, YEEHAW.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Ah yeah sure you know yourself.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

Pleasantly surprised but not quite to my taste and a tad long

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

3/5

A two star album feat. The Bucket.

The Cars

3/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

I didn't really rate this, I thought a lot of Nick Cave's other stuff was better. Then I went to write this and realised it was Nick Drake, and I'm an idiot

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

3.5 but I can't put four here, as much as I love down by the river

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

4.5. Not as good as Back In Black but it's still pretty good.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Parklife

Blur

4/5

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

2/5

And that's being generous

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Might be the first album I ever bought. Second half isn't quite as strong but there are only maybe two tracks here I don't like that much. High 4.something.

Repeater

Fugazi

2/5

2.5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

2/5

Just not very good, this.

D

White Denim

2/5

Initially I thought this just sounds like 2011 distilled into 37 minutes but by the time I got to Street Joy, it had reeled me back in. Then it lost me again and suddenly it felt much longer than 37 minutes. It felt like I always had another track to get through.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

One of the albums I have a physical copy of. But I don't really like Yes. I tried, but what's keeping this rating up here is Roundabout and the sound Chris Squire is getting out of that Rickenbacker.

Electric

The Cult

3/5

Of it's time. Not a tonne wrong with it. Bery up the middle rock n roll that doesn't do much to separate itself from the he pack.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

Not sure why this is here but it's fine outside of the context of this list I suppose.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

Meep morp

Headquarters

The Monkees

2/5

Not even the best album released that week.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

If we're talking about the music alone, which I am because I'd have to give this a one otherwise, this is pretty enjoyable.

Fred Neil

2/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

4.5

The Libertines

3/5

Opening track is a banger and the early 2000s distilled into a few minutes but the rest is a bit lacklustre.

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

3/5

I actually saw Turbonegro live in 2005, supporting Marilyn Manson and Iron Maiden. I don't remember much of it now, but the album is fine. I didn't listen much to the lyrics which seems to be everybody's gripe.

The Joshua Tree

U2

4/5

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

2/5

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

4/5

3.5, I think. I'm still not sure.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Opener is a classic, the rest of it is pretty enjoyable but nothing stood out to me.

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

2/5

Not their best. Just below a 2.5

Elvis Presley

4/5

Four, as it was the first time I was given this.

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

2/5

2.5 - just not my thing.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

Wall to wall bangers. This is why I'm doing this.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Hit and miss.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

1.5. I don't really like/get blast beats or grindcore in general.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Make Yourself

Incubus

4/5

I own a copy of this, and I've seen them live. They're good, but they always went into a group of bands where I enjoy a setlist or their best of but the albums don't quite hit the spot on the whole. Dirk Lance shines a lot on this. 3.75 rounded up to 4.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Better than a 3, not quite a 4.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

My opinion may be coloured by the fact that I got to listen to this during a long sunny drive, but I like to think I would have given this a four any day.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

2/5

2.5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

I've been waiting for 241 albums to get to this. I know I can listen to it any time, but this has some kind of novelty to it. This is probably my favourite album ever.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

3/5

I See You

The xx

2/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Not his best and he isn't the best

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

This was definitely their peak for me.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Chris

Christine and the Queens

2/5

Nothing wrong with this other than the length really but nothing to set it apart to me either.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

2/5

2.5, ish.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Nice bits on here but the songs. are. so. long.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Very pleasant. Not quite a 4.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Enjoyed this one

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

2/5

Couple of nice bits and bobs in here, as 2.5 as it gets

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

This actually ruined my Monday.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Somehow I didn't know this was a double album. Lots of bangers, still too long.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

Probably don't need multiples of this on here. 2.5.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

4.5 but I'm definitely rounding this one up.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

Garbage

3/5

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

2/5

DJ, please pick up your phone, I'm on the request line. And that request is no more Missy, please. Twice in two weeks is a bit much.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

2/5

Tough going

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Chock full of tunes. Not a perfect 5 but too good for a 4

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

3.25.

Iron Maiden

4/5

Teenage me would be proud of this rating. Adult me has mixed feelings. It hasn't aged especially well, and it sounds like a group of young men trying to sound edgy, because it is exactly that. However, in their defence, this was edgy at the time and part of why it had aged is because they laid the foundation

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Five stars.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

2/5

Madness.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

2/5

This is everything that a two star album should be; not very good.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Some tunes on here. Rounding up to a four

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

3.5

Live Through This

Hole

2/5

Two now as it was the first time this came up.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

I played YYZ for a practical music exam in school. I'm pretty sure the examiner found it to be pretentious to even bring a bass to one of those and he certainly didn't appreciate Rush. I totally nailed it, though. Four stars. Unlike the review he gave me.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

7 tracks, 59'. This won't be easy. I don't feel great about giving this a two, but I am never going to revisit it.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

1/5

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

1/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

2/5

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

4/5

3.5, enjoyed this one

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

2/5

Nothing inherently wrong with this, I just didn't enjoy it very much.

Miriam Makeba

4/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

High four, not quite a five

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Fleet Foxes

2/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

I'd planned on giving this a four, and then I saw the one star review on the top of the list.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

The covers keeping this afloat

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

3 is too low, a 4 is maybe too high but there are some tunes on here.

Is This It

The Strokes

2/5

This is it, unfortunately.

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Well it isn't the worst thing he ever did.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Listened to this four times. Didn't expect to see it on here but will take any excuse to listen to it.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

I do like Nick Cave but maybe not in this dose. 2.5ish

Faith

George Michael

2/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Slipknot

4/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

1/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Billy going hard in the paint here.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

He had a great voice but everything on this sounds the same, and I'm not sure if that's intentional or not.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

2/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

I love Motorhead but there's one track on here that should have never seen the light of day, and that's the best thing you can say about it. I wish I could go back to not knowing it existed.

The Only Ones

2/5

I wondered why they didn't open the album with Another girl, another planet. It's because there's nothing else of note on here.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

I don't feel I can give the Beatles anything less than a four in good conscience. But this did test that theory.

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

To paraphrase Spinal Tap, none more 2.5. But I'm rounding down.

Blackstar

David Bowie

1/5

Tough one this, because on the one hand, it's not very good.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

Totally tubular bro. Tediously tubular, even.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

2/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

2/5

I didn't have high expectations, but I had higher expectations.

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Mostly average rock on a foundation of funky bass here and there. ~2.5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

75 minutes?? Right, so we're capping this at three stars so we'll see how we go. Update: took another off for it not being that good.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

2/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

A bit lengthy and that really hurts it. This could have been an absolutely cracking 40 minute album.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Arular

M.I.A.

1/5

My day is ruined and it isn't even 6am

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

2/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

7/10 rounded up on the back of Father and Son, and Wild World

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

The Specials

2/5

Went downhill fast, that.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

3.5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

Tough to make an album this short drag but here we are

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

4/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

They're the epitome of 3*. They have the highest floor and lowest ceiling of anybody on here.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

2/5

Bit of a mess, and there's a drum solo.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

2/5

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Justified

Justin Timberlake

2/5

2.5 but rounding it down

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

I always thought they weren't very good, but I'd never given them a chance. It's good to know I was right.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

I've rounded this up because I like The Doors but it loses its way at times.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

Snivilisation

Orbital

1/5

As a society we need to stop enabling this.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Enjoyed this

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Sail Away

Randy Newman

2/5

2.5

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

Solid pop album but not my favourite of hers

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

4/5

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

1/5

I got David Gray today, and with the server maintenance I seem to now have gotten this. Not the fault of Jack Elliott but I have subtracted a star nonetheless

White Ladder

David Gray

5/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

1/5

To anybody that hasn't started: go, save yourself.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

2/5

Music made by the type of people that appear to have written their own Spotify bio.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

5/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Death, taxes, the cast majority of The Rolling Stones being 2.5.

Yeezus

Kanye West

2/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Thought about a 5 here

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

The Velvet Underground

2/5

2.5, just not my thing

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

2/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

I'm not giving an album with bohemian rhapsody on it anything less than a 5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

The Doors

4/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

2/5

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

If your album is going to be this long, it should be better. 2.5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

3.5

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

3/5

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

Charlatans indeed

Violent Femmes

3/5

Pyromania

Def Leppard

3/5

3.5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

1/5

Beautiful Freak

Eels

4/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

2/5

This is the epitome of the middle of the road for me. Until we got to 5-4, earned itself a two with that one.

Arise

Sepultura

4/5

Thrasherpiece

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

4/5

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

2/5

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Leftism

Leftfield

2/5

Enjoyed the album artwork, and the hope that this would be good before I got into it

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Had higher hopes for this one

Cut

The Slits

2/5

I don't enjoy punk that much. It was fine I guess, but not for me.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

The La's

3/5

Rounded up because of There She Goes

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

1/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

The weakest of the first four I reckon

System Of A Down

3/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

2/5

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

David Bowie

2/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

4/5

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

4/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

4/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

2/5

Reign In Blood

Slayer

3/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

1/5

Beep boop. No thanks.

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

3/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

Probably wouldn't run back to it but enjoyed it.

Killing Joke

4/5

3.5 rounded up. Kinda enjoyed it.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

5/5

This is why I go through what feels like endless Bowie and Morrissey.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

2/5

Maybe some nuance is lost on me here, but this just felt like average country to me.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

1/5

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

S&M

Metallica

5/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

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