My 1001 Albums Journey

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3.36

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92%

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1950

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Remedy Basement Jaxx	5	2.67	+2.33
Bright Flight Silver Jews	5	2.67	+2.33
California American Music Club	5	2.69	+2.31
Scream, Dracula, Scream Rocket From The Crypt	5	2.76	+2.24
The Grand Tour George Jones	5	2.79	+2.21
Third/Sister Lovers Big Star	5	2.8	+2.2
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail Buck Owens	5	2.8	+2.2
Gold Ryan Adams	5	2.83	+2.17
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo The Byrds	5	2.83	+2.17
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	5	2.84	+2.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Wall Pink Floyd	1	4.13	-3.13
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	1	3.81	-2.81
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	1	3.73	-2.73
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	3.68	-2.68
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	1	3.6	-2.6
Machine Head Deep Purple	1	3.57	-2.57
Morrison Hotel The Doors	1	3.57	-2.57
Aja Steely Dan	1	3.48	-2.48
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	3.47	-2.47
The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd	2	4.43	-2.43

Artists

Favorites

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Artist	Albums	Average
R.E.M.	4	5
Beatles	6	4.67
Stevie Wonder	4	4.75
The Kinks	4	4.75
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	4	4.75
U2	3	5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	3	5
The Smiths	3	5
Johnny Cash	3	5
The Cure	3	5
Bob Dylan	6	4.33
Miles Davis	4	4.5
Morrissey	4	4.5
Beck	3	4.67
Pixies	3	4.67
Nirvana	3	4.67
Björk	3	4.67
Nick Drake	3	4.67
Prince	3	4.67
The Chemical Brothers	2	5
Massive Attack	2	5
Depeche Mode	2	5
Oasis	2	5
The Flaming Lips	2	5
A Tribe Called Quest	2	5
Ryan Adams	2	5
Belle & Sebastian	2	5
Big Star	2	5
Fatboy Slim	2	5
Adele	2	5
The Beta Band	2	5
Doves	2	5
George Michael	2	5
Wilco	2	5
David Bowie	9	4
The Byrds	4	4.25
Radiohead	6	4
The White Stripes	3	4.33
Pet Shop Boys	3	4.33
Public Enemy	3	4.33
PJ Harvey	3	4.33
Sonic Youth	5	4

Least Favorites

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Artist	Albums	Average
Steely Dan	4	1.25
Deep Purple	3	1
Aerosmith	3	1
Yes	3	1.33
Slipknot	2	1
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	2	1
Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	1
Pere Ubu	2	1
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	2	1
Pink Floyd	4	1.75
The Doors	3	1.67
Genesis	2	1.5
The Divine Comedy	2	1.5
Public Image Ltd.	2	1.5
Funkadelic	2	1.5
Robert Wyatt	2	1.5
King Crimson	2	1.5
The Mothers Of Invention	2	1.5
Grateful Dead	2	1.5
Traffic	2	1.5
The Stooges	3	2

Controversial

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Artist	Ratings
Marvin Gaye	5, 4, 1
Paul Simon	4, 1
Kanye West	3, 1, 4
My Bloody Valentine	5, 4, 2
Black Sabbath	1, 2, 4

5-Star Albums (200)

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

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

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Popular Reviews

Rikki please lose my number

Overwrought, pretentious and cheesy all at the same time. “Everybody Knows” was the best of the bunch.

This is another you must separate the art from the artist album. This album is beautiful start to finish. You may not like the man, but the music deserves a listen.

Hard rock + renaissance fair=Babe I’m Gonna Leave You Brits playing blues - John Lee Hooker = Dazed and Confused x I Can’t Quit You Baby Hard rock + raga - George Harrison = Black Mountain Side

1-Star Albums (84)

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

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

All Ratings (1007)

I loved this record in high school, but I don’t feel the same admiration today. Jim Morrison is just a little overwrought to me now.

Not really my thing, but I can appreciate why people like it. Homeward Bound is a nice song and I like the juxtaposition of the newscast over Silent Night. It makes a pretty powerful statement.

Classic and a favorite!

Great record should not have dismissed it during my music snob period in college

Wankery pretension run amok. Why are the tracks, so needlessly long.

Disco, funk, soul, r&b, jazz all in one record. Nice!

He’s a brilliant guitarist, but this isn’t my thing. Long guitar solos don’t do it for me

Little bit Roxy Music, little bit the kinks all British.

This is the most tolerable Billy Joel record. Some good songs, but the bad ones are really bad. Case in point “Get it right the first time” yuck. He didn’t get it right the first time

I liked this more than I thought I would. Her voice and guitar playing are beautiful. While I appreciate the beauty in her voice, I would prefer it in smaller doses. A whole album of her lilting soprano grated on my nerves a bit, probably the opposite of what this type of music should do for the soul.

I love Peter Gabriel solo, but can’t deal with this record. Prog-rock concept record, no thank you. I wouldn’t be surprised if some broadway producer tried to stage this…

I can’t decide if I love this or hate it. Psychedelic folk with entirely too much kazoo. This is an album I most likely will not listen to again, as I don’t do drugs. I’ve decided—I hate it

Great production, but way too long.

I haven’t listen to a lot of salsa/latin jazz, but I loved this record. Couldn’t help but dance to it

Pseudo reggae, bad pop music

I want your love is my favorite track. Some of the instrumental tracks sound like hold music

Absolute classic.

One of my favorite records of all time. All the singles are amazing and still sound modern today.

More psychedelic than other Byrds albums. Always love the harmonies.

Reminds me of middle school. Not their best album, but still some fun tracks. Paul Revere is my fave.

Never heard this before. Some songs reminded me of Beck’s Sea Change album.

Ugh! Terrible white guy jammy blues. Hate it!

Best party album

“We Will Fall” sounds like a bad doors song. I can hear the influence this record has had on other bands, but I didn’t find most of the tracks very memorable.

Appropriate title for a brilliantly beautiful album

This album got me through my awkward teenage years.

Syrupy sweet and a bit hokey, but easy to listen to.

Overwrought, pretentious and cheesy all at the same time. “Everybody Knows” was the best of the bunch.

This is what I imagine a band made up of oompa loompas with guest vocals from Les Claypool would sound like.

I love singing along to all these classics. My favorite Sinatra album by far.

I have this on cassette, but alas no working tape deck. I liked this album a lot in HS, but hadn’t listened to it in decades. Still like some of the tracks, but feel a little bored by the bulk of the tracks. The success of this on mainstream radio did open the electronic pop music flood gates, so I suppose that is its legacy, that and funky flute. Younger me would have given it 4 stars, but older me realizes 2 stars is generous.

This did not give me a peaceful easy feeling

That opening Kim Deal bass line on “debaser”sucks me in every time. Every track on this album is pure passion and artistry. It’s an incredible feat to produce an album that still feels fresh and vibrant as it did when it came out 35 years ago.

Hard rock + renaissance fair=Babe I’m Gonna Leave You Brits playing blues - John Lee Hooker = Dazed and Confused x I Can’t Quit You Baby Hard rock + raga - George Harrison = Black Mountain Side

New wave classic. Great 35 minutes of music that bridged 70s guitar rock with what was going to become the synth laden early 80s.

I found the interludes unnecessary. Lots of rap royalty here so overall a solid album.

I found this a little too boring and long.

Without Kraftwerk there would be no EDM.

Her voice is annoying but the music is lovely

Absolute classic from one of my all-time favorite bands

Not surprised to find this was produced by Patsy Cline’s producer. This could be a modern Patsy album. Great voice.

So dumb, so dumb

I’ve never listened to an ELO album from start to finish, so this is a first. I found it pleasant enough. It’s hard to not like Mr Blue Sky. And I really liked the last track Wild West Hero.

Ok, not really my thing

Rikki please lose my number

I saw them get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and it was the only time I’ve seen them live. I must admit they were great. I forgot how massive this record was. 7 singles? Crazy. Still not my favorite genre, but this album is a fun listen.

When this came out I was too much of an indie snob to appreciate it. Now that I’m older and less cool, I realized I was wrong. This is a great album and deserves all the accolades it has received over the last 2 decades.

His voice is pleasant enough, but this is just a little too light fm for me. I’d rather listen to Cat Stevens.

Better than Pretzel Logic, but still not my jam.

I love Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, but never really like The Birthday Party. Too much noise and not enough melody for me.

The acoustic versions of these songs are beautiful.

This is crap. If I could go “Space Truckin” to never hear this again, I’m callin’ shotgun.

Sounds like the 7th inning stretch of a tied baseball game.

White guy southern rock isn’t my thing.

One of my all-time favorites. Too bad he didn’t make it past 27, can only imagine what his career would have been.

Classic!

Perfect from start to finish!

I loved this album when it came out. I hadn’t listened to it in years, but glad it held up. It is such sunny indie pop that makes me want to take a road trip

I find her voice grating, but the songwriting is beautiful. I prefer others singing these songs. I give it a 4 for adding these songs to the canon of popular music.

I like The Who, but I find the whole rock opera thing to be a bit cheesy.

This is way too cacophonous for me. I couldn’t get through it, so I listened to Ornette Coleman’s “Change for the Century” instead and that was beautiful.

This is just background music for me. I can appreciate the musicality of the tracks, but I just find them long and boring.

I had never heard this album before, so went in with no expectations. I really enjoyed it. I wonder if she’s an influence on Cyndi Lauper?

RESPECT!

Every time I hear zeppelin I imagine a bunch of pimply Bevis and Butthole lookalikes playing Dungeons and Dragons in a damp basement with shag carpeting.

Boring

I wish I could give this negative stars.

If you like jam bands you can jam this record up your ass. That is where it belongs.

Yuck!

The album came out my freshman year of high school and it definitely soundtracked that period of my life. It remains one of my all time favorite albums. It is both haunting and beautiful. Robert Smith’s voice gives me chills on “Lullaby” and “Prayers for Rain”. “Pictures of You” is my favorite song from the band. Lyrically brilliant and musically engrossing.

This is another you must separate the art from the artist album. This album is beautiful start to finish. You may not like the man, but the music deserves a listen.

This album got a lot of play on my college radio show, Fallopian Tunes. My inner riot grrrl never tires of this classic.

Why???

I wish I could give this negative stars. What a steaming pile of shit!

This deserves negative stars. What a piece of shit album. He’s a disgusting human who creates garbage music.

I like Bell Bottom Blues, but can listen to any of a number of covers, so no need to listen to this album again.

I chugged my big black cow and l’m definitely out of here.

This was so sexy it hurt.

Hugely influential. Just listen to Basement Jaxx “where’s your head at” as a prime example. They used “M.E.” as the soundtrack to create a banger dance hit.

The singles are great, the rest of the album is pretentious and forgettable.

Nope.

Sounds like a sexy James Bond soundtrack.

I convinced myself this was great as a teenager, but now I find it tedious. This wall needs to come crashing down.

A L7 cover wins me over every time!

It was the countdown to ecstasy of this album ending.

As I was reading reviews of this album, I discovered that many of the 1 star reviews came from people who have Red Hot Chili Peppers listed as one of their favorites. They find Billy Bragg’s voice annoying, but love the mediocre vocals of Anthony Keidis? Things that make you go hmmm…

Just when I thought the torture of Steely Dan albums was over…I get served a freaking solo album. This is worse than the band albums. Wuss rock at it’s finest.

Rather than an album review, I feel like a critique of cancel culture is appropriate. The Hypocrisy of Selective Accountability The disproportionate response to Ryan Adams's alleged misconduct, compared to other famous musicians with similar or even more severe allegations against them, exposes a few unsettling truths about how society applies its moral standards: 1. The Role of Genre and Image The "Good Guy" Fallacy: Adams, with his indie-rock/troubadour persona, often fit the mold of the sensitive artist. When his actions were exposed, the cognitive dissonance was jarring, leading to a more intense public reckoning and career collapse (at least for a period). The "Expected Misconduct": For artists in genres often associated with "rebellion" or "bad boy" images, similar allegations can be met with a shrug—as if the misbehavior is already "baked into" their brand and expected, thus mitigating the sense of betrayal. 2. The Power of Public Relations and Scale A-List Shielding: Musicians who are significantly more famous, financially powerful, and have major label backing often possess the resources to control the narrative, employ high-powered legal teams, and weather the storm. Their celebrity status can act as a shield. Ryan Adams's Niche: While famous, Adams occupies a smaller, more critical niche in the music world, making him arguably an easier target for the industry to quietly sideline. 3. The Test of Time and Oversight Historical Privilege: Some older musicians with decades-old allegations continue to tour and profit because their misdeeds happened before the #MeToo movement and the era of instant, global digital scrutiny. Their legacies are largely protected by a pre-internet time of cultural acceptance or willful ignorance. Immediate Consequence: Adams's reckoning happened in the digital age, where consequences are immediate, collective, and often permanent. The Inconsistent Scales of Justice Why does public forgiveness seem to be granted selectively? It suggests that accountability is often less about the severity of the crime and more about the visibility of the individual, the timing of the exposure, and the commercial risk they pose to their corporate backers. If the goal is true justice and cultural change, then the standard for moral and professional conduct must be applied consistently across the board, regardless of an artist's fame, genre, or the depth of their back catalogue. Anything less is not a moral stand—it's just a popularity contest dressed up as activism. Example Case Elvis Presley is a frequently cited example that perfectly illustrates the time-based and cultural shield that protects some famous figures. When discussing Elvis Presley, the key controversy that draws parallels to modern allegations of predatory behavior is his relationship with Priscilla Beaulieu (later Priscilla Presley). Elvis and the Shield of the Past The Core Allegation (Elvis) The Age Gap: Elvis was 24 years old when he met Priscilla Beaulieu, who was 14 years old and in ninth grade. The Narrative: He cultivated a relationship with her over many years, eventually arranging for her to move to Graceland (at age 17) and controlling her appearance and image before they married (when she was 21, he was 32). Biographies also contain allegations of his pursuit of other underage girls. The Modern Lens: In the post-#MeToo era, a relationship started and maintained under these circumstances, involving a massive power imbalance, grooming, and an extreme age difference with a minor, would almost certainly lead to immediate and widespread "cancellation" and potentially criminal investigation for a living celebrity. The Outcome (Elvis vs. Ryan Adams) Elvis Presley Era of Exposure: 1950s/60s (Pre-Internet/Pre-MeToo) The Allegations: Grooming, extreme age-gap relationship with a minor, controlling behavior. Career Consequence: None. He was celebrated. The scandal was minimized as a "romantic" story for decades. His legacy is largely untouched, and his image is globally revered. Ryan Adams Era of Exposure: 2019 (Peak #MeToo/Digital Age) The Allegations: Emotional abuse, manipulation, sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women. Career Consequence: Immediate collapse. Major label contract dissolved, tours canceled, music sales plummeted, and his career was effectively frozen for years. Why the Difference? The "Period Piece" Pass: Elvis is viewed as a product of a different, more permissive time. Many fans and institutions apply a historical lens that says, "That was acceptable then, so we don't judge it now." This excuse is rarely afforded to living artists. Death as Protection: Since Elvis is deceased, he cannot personally profit from new work, nor can he defend himself. This often halts the public appetite for active cancellation that drives digital shaming campaigns. The focus shifts to protecting the brand (Graceland, his estate). Cultural Deity Status: As the "King of Rock and Roll," his cultural significance is so monumental that questioning his moral conduct feels, to some, like questioning the foundation of modern music itself. It’s harder to dethrone a global icon. The public's willingness to condemn Ryan Adams for the manipulation of women while simultaneously celebrating Elvis—who had a relationship built on a significant power imbalance with a child—is a striking example of selective morality that depends heavily on an artist's level of fame and the decade they committed the alleged acts.

Oh my gawd he does yacht blues too?