1001 Albums Summary

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160
Albums Rated
2.87
Average Rating
15%
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1960
Favorite Decade
Funk
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21
5-Star Albums
25
1-Star Albums

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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera
5 2.76 +2.24
Soul Mining
The The
5 3.17 +1.83
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
5 3.24 +1.76
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
5 3.29 +1.71
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
5 3.33 +1.67
Synchronicity
The Police
5 3.4 +1.6
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
5 3.45 +1.55
Guero
Beck
5 3.45 +1.55
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
5 3.5 +1.5
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
5 3.57 +1.43

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
OK Computer
Radiohead
1 4.12 -3.12
Elephant
The White Stripes
1 3.84 -2.84
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
1 3.6 -2.6
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
1 3.48 -2.48
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
1 3.37 -2.37
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
1 3.34 -2.34
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
1 3.32 -2.32
The Real Thing
Faith No More
1 3.21 -2.21
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
1 3.19 -2.19
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
1 3.19 -2.19

Artists

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Beatles 4 5

Least Favorites

ArtistAlbumsAverage
Leonard Cohen 2 1

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Beck 5, 2

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Nov 27 2023

This is a good one. I know it from many morning car trips to middle school about ten years ago

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden
Nov 30 2023

Listened to Phantom of the Opera. Very fast, frenetic guitar, with vocals doubling the guitar part. This would be a good soundtrack song for someone in an action movie desperately trying to break out of the ropes tying their hands together behind a chair, then escaping and running to safety.

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
Dec 01 2023

Yep. Great. I recognized all of the tunes. This must have been one of the albums featured in my jazz history class at UCLA.

The Wall by Pink Floyd
Dec 05 2023

Hey You. Comfortably Numb. Another Brick in the Wall. Everyone has heard this album start to finish. Not me.

Whatever by Aimee Mann
Dec 06 2023

The mistress of the minor key! She must be an influence to Phoebe Bridgers

The White Album by Beatles
Dec 07 2023

Yeah. Iconic. 1968. Blackbird. Back in the USSR. And on.

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Dec 08 2023

Ruben Blades I knew, but not Willie Colon. A fab mix of Brazilian jazz plus disco.

GREY Area by Little Simz
Dec 11 2023

2019. A female rapper I hadn’t previously encountered. I listened to Wounds and Venom. I’d put her above Minaj and Azalea easily. She reminds me of a young Downtown Julie Brown.

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington
Dec 12 2023

Sure. Take the A Train. Can’t go wrong with this any day of the week.

Calenture by The Triffids
Dec 14 2023

Fun 80s Australian band I had never heard of. Kinda U2 plus Talking Heads plus Plimsouls?

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black
Dec 15 2023

80s alt rock from former lead singer of the Pixies. Nice discovery.

Disintegration by The Cure
Dec 18 2023

Love song is an instantly recognizable classic that I had forgotten about. Thanks 1001albumsgenerator.com

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen
Dec 20 2023

Yeah, I just don’t love Leonard Cohen. Sorry.

Dec 21 2023

The zithery thing is very Yes. Can’t dance to it. Maybe this would be good music for fertilizing the garden out in the rain?

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
Dec 25 2023

Fun! Prove my Love is straight up pop, per the liner notes. It sounds a whole lot like The Beatles to me.

Teen Dream by Beach House
Dec 28 2023

From the liner notes: Fusing the layered sound of ’90s shoegaze, the passions of ’50s doo-wop, Rolling Stones-style ballads, and just a touch of lullaby, the Baltimore duo forge a style that’s beautiful but tough, mysterious but open. 90s shoegaze?

Repeater by Fugazi
Dec 29 2023

Sort of a screamy Beastie Boys 90s meets the Cure - the sound of post-hardcore - per the liner notes

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
Jan 02 2024

Yeah, good tunes, but I’ll take Little Richard singing them over Jerry Lee Lewis any day.

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair
Jan 03 2024

Maybe an influence to Sheryl Crow? I like the simple guitar and vocals well enough.

Soul Mining by The The
Jan 05 2024

If you combine the best sounds from They Might Be Giants, The Smiths, a little REM, a little DEVO, and maybe a little The Human League, you’d end up with this great 99s sound. Yes Yes for The The.

Guero by Beck
Jan 08 2024

Fab. Would listen to the whole thing again. Enjoyed it very much while in Key Largo

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
Jan 09 2024

Fine. I don’t happen to live Knopfler’s voice, but Money for Nothing sure captures a moment in time with early MTV.

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
Jan 10 2024

Bowie. Automatic five stars. Memories with camp friends.

Survivor by Destiny's Child
Jan 11 2024

Beyoncé. Nice. I hadn’t heard any of these tracks.

Dookie by Green Day
Jan 12 2024

Classic! Lots of familiar tracks.

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
Jan 15 2024

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain is lovely, but Nelson just isn’t my cup of tea. Not sure what part of my life a Willie Nelson song could be useful for.

Illmatic by Nas
Jan 16 2024

Classic. I’ve listened to this album a thousand times.

Jan 17 2024

I knew 2011’s Summertime Sadness, but nothing from this album. Similar sound to track mentioned.

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Jan 18 2024

Yep. It’s smoke. Good blues album.

Melodrama by Lorde
Jan 19 2024

Good. I’m guessing she influenced Olivia Rodrigo. I really liked her first album.

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jan 22 2024

Glad to be exposed to all these genres from this website. I knew Stir it Up. I’m not able to appreciate reggae all that much - I don’t think I’m the target audience.

Smash by The Offspring
Jan 23 2024

More 90s alt music I missed. Nirvana type sound, like Come Out and Play (Keep em Separated)

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba
Jan 24 2024

Lovely. Lots to learn from this singer.

Synchronicity by The Police
Jan 26 2024

Yup. I know every track.

Jan 29 2024

Fun to hear so many Queen songs that I didn’t know about.

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
Jan 30 2024

1971. That would have been awesome to experience

Sex Packets by Digital Underground
Feb 01 2024

1990 The Humpty Dance. I’m sure this album played at many a fraternity party

Your Arsenal by Morrissey
Feb 02 2024

Songs I’d expect to hear on the Shrinking soundtrack- that’s not a bad thing.

Be by Common
Feb 05 2024

Fine. Sounds like Common.

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield
Feb 06 2024

Couldn’t find this album on iTunes but I listened to her Essentials. Lots of well-known songs.

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera
Feb 07 2024

Couldn’t find this album on iTunes but I listened to her Essentials. Lots of well-known songs.

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian
Feb 08 2024

90s alternative music with acoustic and electric guitar and not all that interesting vocals.

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
Feb 09 2024

Superlative

McCartney by Paul McCartney
Feb 14 2024

1970. Maybe I’m Amazed is the only track I know, but just for that song:

London Calling by The Clash
Feb 15 2024

Fine. Alternative early 2000s. Cave has a sort of Lou Reed + Psychedelic Furs voice.

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Feb 16 2024

Kinda like Cold Play

1999 by Prince
Feb 20 2024

Yep. Is there a rating higher than five stars?

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
Feb 21 2024

How fun. Like 70s schmaltzy James Bond.

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
Feb 23 2024

Ooh. This is going to be a winner for running around the neighborhood.

Hard Again by Muddy Waters
Feb 27 2024

Takes me right back to Beale Street in Memphis. Mannish Boy is great.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
Feb 29 2024

I have never been a Joni Mitchell listener. Didn’t know any of these songs. Nice voice tho.

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar
Mar 01 2024

Hilarious. Covers of 70s songs, like the Stones’s Jumping Jack Flash, with sitar and Indian instruments.

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top
Mar 04 2024

Fine. I thought I’d like it more than I did.

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Mar 05 2024

Wouldn’t it be nice. God only knows. Classic.

GI by Germs
Mar 06 2024

Sounds like the Sex Pistols. Exhausting.

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Mar 07 2024

Not Chicago. Not really digging the frenetic upper range electric keyboard.

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
Mar 08 2024

Not my thing. It’s like campfire smoke.

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Mar 12 2024

Classic. Not totally my thing, but several very well known songs

Sea Change by Beck
Mar 13 2024

Didn’t love it. Least favorite Beck album.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Mar 19 2024

War pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man. Good weightlifting music

OK Computer by Radiohead
Mar 20 2024

Highly acclaimed, but not for me. Guess I was in the mood for uptempo music, and this isn’t it.

Quiet Life by Japan
Mar 21 2024

Total Duran Duran copycat. Wow. Liked it though.

Rubber Soul by Beatles
Mar 22 2024

Yeah. Such a five star!

Aja by Steely Dan
Mar 25 2024

Peg!

Made In Japan by Deep Purple
Mar 27 2024

Fun rock album. That’s a hard working guitar player.

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson
Mar 29 2024

Fun, but a little mellow for a jog! Let the good times roll, Coconut, Without You

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company
Apr 01 2024

Piece of my Heart (Janis Joplin) is such a classic

The Who Sell Out by The Who
Apr 03 2024

I Can See for Miles is a great track. The end.

Mask by Bauhaus
Apr 04 2024

Sonically robust. Kinda Devo plus Depeche Mode

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver
Apr 05 2024

About as trippy as you’d expect - planetarium show music plus a little more energy

Moving Pictures by Rush
Apr 10 2024

Classic and totally recognizable in one note type of rock - Limelight, Tom Sawyer

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk
Apr 11 2024

Very 90s techno-sounding, early MTV sounding British synth pop.

Live At Leeds by The Who
Apr 12 2024

Energetic. Lots of good tracks

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
Apr 15 2024

70s funk. I only knew the title track, and it’s the best one by a wide margin. Wished I liked it more.

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Apr 16 2024
Scott 4 by Scott Walker
Apr 18 2024

Jim Morrison Doors sound-alike, but more under water

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band
Apr 19 2024

A treasure. Loved it.

Abbey Road by Beatles
Apr 23 2024

Yeah, I mean. I didn’t have to listen to this today to know every track.

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter
Apr 26 2024

Reasonable. Better than what I thought, based on the album cover.

Disraeli Gears by Cream
Apr 29 2024

Sunshine of your Love and Strange Brew are bangers.

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
Apr 30 2024

‘78 Marin County Fair sound. Boys are Back in Town.

I Against I by Bad Brains
May 01 2024

Oof. Too frenetic for me today.

Out of Step by Minor Threat
May 02 2024

Exhilarating in a Dead Kennedys way.

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
May 03 2024

Nice.

Machine Head by Deep Purple
May 06 2024

The start of heavy metal! Smoke on the Water. Other good tracks, too.

Casanova by The Divine Comedy
May 08 2024

David Bowie wannabe. Did not like.

Roots by Sepultura
May 09 2024

Too aggressive

2112 by Rush
May 15 2024

Hadn’t heard of any of these tracks, but I didn’t hate it!

The Dreaming by Kate Bush
May 17 2024

Didn’t love it. I bet she was an influence for Fiona Apple

Violator by Depeche Mode
May 21 2024

It’s the iconic electronic 80s, black eyelinered group

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite
May 22 2024

2001 British female rap reggae. Interesting

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
May 23 2024

2004. Kinda orchestral

Tidal by Fiona Apple
May 24 2024

1996 19-yr-old artist. Good on her. Piano and vocals

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
May 28 2024

Pretty fun!

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project
May 29 2024

A little too tango and repeating electronic beats - kinda monotonous

Wild Gift by X
May 30 2024

1981 alternative rock

At Budokan by Cheap Trick
May 31 2024

Want you to want me is energetic and fun

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
Jun 03 2024

1979 Goth Rock. Monotone echo-type lead vocals. I tried.

Pearl by Janis Joplin
Jun 04 2024

Me and Bobby McGee - that terrific sandpaper voice.

Pretenders by Pretenders
Jun 05 2024

1979 - their first album. Straight ahead club rock with simple guitar, drums, bass, vocals - Brass in Pocket, the only song with an asterisk, is one of the mellowist. Mystery Achievement is a fun one.

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp
Jun 06 2024

2008 alternative - quiet female voice, kind of tinkling little melodies.

Jun 07 2024

2004 electronic music - no vocals. Fine, but when would I listen to this?

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield
Jun 10 2024

Son of a Preacher man is the only ringer

Play by Moby
Jun 11 2024

Music you’d hear in an empty bar that you’d want to walk through and not stay in

Killing Joke by Killing Joke
Jun 12 2024

1980 rock, but British and aggressive

Kimono My House by Sparks
Jun 13 2024

Alternative 1974. It’s like Phantom of the Opera meets Queen with screaming guitars and not in a good way

Bubble And Scrape by Sebadoh
Jun 14 2024

1993 alternative. I don’t think they know what lane they’re in. The description says lo-fi folk. It’s not that.

Elephant by The White Stripes
Jun 17 2024

Seven nation army, but so yelley

Jun 18 2024

I had never listened to an entire Dylan album before. Better than I thought it would be.

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
Jun 24 2024

1965. As you’d expect expect they have their own sound - kind of a Beatles Monkees combo.

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman
Jun 25 2024

1988. Fast Car. Talkin bout a Revolution.

Raw Power by The Stooges
Jul 01 2024

1972. Iggy Pop and The Stooges. Produced by Bowie. Kinda loud guitar and blah vocally

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters
Jul 02 2024

Yes Dave Grohl. Foo Fighters have a great sound. 1995 guitar drums vocals. It works so well.

With The Beatles by Beatles
Jul 03 2024

1963. Every young Beatles song is great on this, plus a lovely cover of Til There was You.

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear
Jul 04 2024

1975 reggae. Just don’t see when I’d listen to it.

Jul 05 2024

Alternative 1985. Sort of if B52 male vocals combined with yelling and angrier guitars. Five songs have dots, but I don’t know

Jul 08 2024

Bohemian Rhapsody, You’re My Best Friend, Love of my Life. I need to learn the other tracks. Or not.

1984 by Van Halen
Jul 09 2024

Jump, Panama, Hot for Teacher. A triumph for MTv timing.

Vulnicura by Björk
Jul 11 2024

Not my thing, and you cannot dance to it.

Arrival by ABBA
Aug 29 2024

Fun. Keyboards. ABBA. Classic tunes.

New Forms by Roni Size
Aug 30 2024

Electronic 1997. It has a lane, just not the one I need at the moment.

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Average rating: 2.87 (0.45 below global average).

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