1001 Albums Summary

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23
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3.39
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2%
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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
5 3.25 +1.75
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
5 3.46 +1.54
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
4 2.6 +1.4
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
5 3.63 +1.37
Disintegration
The Cure
5 3.87 +1.13

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
1 3.23 -2.23
Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
1 3.14 -2.14
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
2 3.23 -1.23
Hypnotised
The Undertones
2 3.06 -1.06

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All Ratings (23)

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads
Nov 15 2023

Psycho Killer, qu'est que c'est. Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa.....

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys
Nov 28 2023

"I keep my underwear up with a piece of elastic I use a bullshit mic that's made out of plastic To send my rhymes out to all the nations Like Ma Bell I got the ill communication" Forgot how MINT this album is, made my Monday morning commute 1000x cooler

Hypnotised by The Undertones
Nov 30 2023

Reckon I'd have been into this when I was a teenager but it just wasn't really doing anything for me as a grown ass 35 year old woman. I found the vocals a bit grating and some of the songs felt a bit repetitive and lazy (in my opinion). Or maybe I'm just a philistine+

Your Arsenal by Morrissey
Dec 01 2023

Morrissey reminds me of growing up so will always be fond of a few songs on here (the national front disco, you're the one for me fatty, seasick yet still docked, tomorrow...) but if we're talking 1001 best albums of all time, his work on any/all of The Smiths albums are more deserving of a place here in my humble opinion!

The Bends by Radiohead
Dec 02 2023

Not even my favourite Radiohead album but it easily deserves 5 stars, that's how good they are!

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
Dec 06 2023

Really not my bag. Made it through 2 songs and completely lost the will to live. Soz

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel
Dec 08 2023

I'm a fan of some of PG's later stuff, but I listened to this album on a treacherous rainy and dark drive across the moors at 6:45am and it just completely sent my head west. I'll try again another time

Disintegration by The Cure
Dec 12 2023

Ahhh this takes me right back to being a teenage goth, I bloody love all of their 80s era albums and this is arguably their best one. "Lullaby" was one of my favourite songs growing up and I still love it now.

Clandestino by Manu Chao
Dec 13 2023

Enjoyed this more than I expected to. Reminiscent of sipping vermut in a packed Madrid bar at 1am, shame I was working on spreadsheets on a freezing winters morning in Yorkshire at the time!

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
Dec 14 2023

Will never stop loving this album. I've been trying to learn several songs on for about 15 years and still haven't completely mastered it, the man is one of my all time guitar heroes. I'd give this album 6 stars if I could

The Chronic by Dr. Dre
Dec 16 2023

Not to be contrarian, this is an okay hip-hop album, but Gangsta rap is sorta overrated in my opinion. I think there's some progressive Early 90s era albums that are more deserving of a place on this list - A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul etc - but opinions are like bumholes, everyone's got one and they're probably full of shit most of the time!

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield
Dec 19 2023

All round nice album, not something I'd normally listen to but enjoyed it

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds
Dec 20 2023

I liked this a lot more than I expected, their most well known songs have always turned me off ("Tambourine Man" is like listening to a depressed drunk version of the Beatles, bleurgh). But this album had some good surprises - "what's happening?" and "psychodrama city" have ended up on my Spotify favourites playlist. Can hear how they influenced a lot of 90s American indie bands, amongst many others I'm sure

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Dec 21 2023

My gateway to discovering Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was Jeff Buckley's cover of "Yeh Jo Halka Saroor Hae" on the Live at Sin-é album. And as soon as I listened to "Love & Devotion" all those years ago I could immediately hear the influence in Jeff's music. Nusrat's huge voice is unlike anything I've ever heard, and the arrangements on this album are mind-blowing. This isn't an album, it's a journey!

Jan 04 2024

Wasn't a fan of this when it came out (20 years ago? Wtf happened?!) - I was working at HMV at the time and it got absolutely rinsed to death. Fair play they've probably made a killing from all the royalties over the years, countless cover versions and advert music etc. But christ, their music bores the hole off me

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