My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby Girls Against Boys	5	2.66	+2.34
Basket of Light Pentangle	5	2.76	+2.24
Roots Sepultura	5	2.78	+2.22
Ys Joanna Newsom	5	2.8	+2.2
Second Toughest In The Infants Underworld	5	2.85	+2.15
Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise	5	2.88	+2.12
Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada	5	2.91	+2.09
Kala M.I.A.	5	2.91	+2.09
Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective	5	2.92	+2.08
Infected The The	5	2.93	+2.07

Album	You	Global	Diff
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	1	3.29	-2.29
Bad Company Bad Company	1	3.25	-2.25
Hysteria Def Leppard	1	3.2	-2.2
The Lexicon Of Love ABC	1	3.08	-2.08
Electric The Cult	1	3.01	-2.01
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels Dexys Midnight Runners	1	3	-2
Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz	1	2.99	-1.99
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	1	2.98	-1.98
Paris 1919 John Cale	1	2.96	-1.96
A Date With The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers	1	2.96	-1.96

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	9	4.56
Talking Heads	4	5
Radiohead	4	5
Beatles	6	4.67
Stevie Wonder	4	4.75
Beck	3	5
The White Stripes	3	5
Arcade Fire	3	5
PJ Harvey	3	5
Led Zeppelin	3	5
Sonic Youth	5	4.4
Bob Dylan	5	4.4
Björk	4	4.5
R.E.M.	4	4.5
Neil Young	4	4.5
The Smiths	3	4.67
Miles Davis	3	4.67
The Doors	3	4.67
Nick Drake	2	5
Funkadelic	2	5
Oasis	2	5
The Cure	2	5
Yes	2	5
Elliott Smith	2	5
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	5
Massive Attack	2	5
Fela Kuti	2	5
Pavement	2	5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	4	4.25
Joni Mitchell	4	4.25
Morrissey	3	4.33
Queen	3	4.33
Black Sabbath	3	4.33
Pink Floyd	3	4.33
Pixies	3	4.33
Jimi Hendrix	3	4.33
Bob Marley & The Wailers	3	4.33
Creedence Clearwater Revival	3	4.33
My Bloody Valentine	3	4.33
Leonard Cohen	5	4

Artist	Albums	Average
Dexys Midnight Runners	3	1.33
U2	4	2
Bruce Springsteen	3	2

Artist	Ratings
Grateful Dead	5, 2
Michael Jackson	5, 2, 4

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

One of my favorite new-to-me albums I've gotten on this list. Sometimes double albums can feel like a drag, but this one could've kept going and I wouldn't have been upset. I enjoyed every last song, zero skips on this album for me. There are times where a song sounds like it's going to be a generic pop/indie song, but then he puts his own little twists in there that make it utterly unique and just plain cool. It's a super fun album, but it always maintains a little edge to it which I just love. I've been a Pixies fan for a very long time and am ashamed that I haven't listened to Frank Black's records sooner. I'm going on a short road trip next weekend and already can't wait to play this during my drive. Perfect spring time drive music. Finding albums like this makes this whole experience so worthwhile.

What can I say that hasn't already been said about this album? Probably not much. As an avid music lover, being asked who my favorite artist is has always been a stressful question, but my easy answer is simply The Smashing Pumpkins. I've been a massive fan since I was probably about 16 when I bought Rotten Apples, their "greatest hits" album from a local music store, then proceeded to dive into their albums properly. This album is just such a power-house. It's got the hits like Tonight, Tonight, 1979, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, and Zero (hits that have never overstayed their welcome, in my mind), but it also has some wonderful overlooked treasures. In the Arms of Sleep is probably in my top 5 SP songs of all time. This song is absolutely gorgeous and has some of my favorite vocals from Corgan. Jellybelly, Here is No Why, To Forgive, An Ode to No One, Cupid de Locke, Muzzle, Porcelina of the Vast Oceans, Where Boys Fear to Tread, Bodies, Thru the Eyes of Ruby, X.Y.U, like holy crap there are so many bangers on this album. It has the nice soft ballads, screeching vocals with heavy distortion, and everything in between. And while it covers this whole spectrum, it all still feels like it maintains an identity. These songs are all undeniably Mellon Collie. I love it all. I also feel the need to shout out The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right), a song that was cut from the album but can be found on the deluxe version, great tune.

Had this in my ears as I went outside to enjoy the 2024 eclipse, specifically Desired Constellation, and wow. I couldn't have picked a better soundtrack for an eclipse if I tried. This album is delightfully weird, wonderful, and utterly singular. It had been many years since I'd heard this album, and I definitely have a deeper appreciation for it after revisiting it.

I really did try to make my mind a blank slate, erase everything I know about this turd, and try to find something to enjoy in this, but I failed. It's just not good. The lyrics, the vocal performance, the music itself, none of it works for me. It just feels extremely uninspired, lazy, and hollow (which is kind of incredible considering how much this dude talks about eating shrooms). I can't even lean on nostalgia for this one despite being a youngster when this album came out. If Picture with Sheryl Crow was on this album it would maybe get a 2, as that's the only Kid Rock song I can recall ever enjoying. A smidgen of sincerity goes a long way. Also, this being classified solely as "metal" is offensive. I did crack a smile once during this album, and that was in Where U at Rock where his little voice goes from left ear to right ear saying "over here," "over there." That shit was funny.

Man, I just really don't like glam, pre-glam, whatever this is. I couldn't stop thinking that the vocalist sounds like Dr. Rockso The Rock and Roll Clown before he got addicted to cocaine.

I was a 16 year old little hipster when this album came out, so obviously I was obsessed with it. This is one of those time capsule albums for me. Hearing it just immediately takes me back to that time of my life, driving around with my friends in my used Volkswagen Jetta that was given the name "Caca Dart" by my dad because it was a piece of shit. I'd love to know how many times this CD played in good ol' Caca Dart. Time to Pretend, Electric Feel, and Kids are all undeniable bops, but I also think Weekend Wars, The Youth, and The Handshake are unsung heroes on this album. I would be really interested to know how I would receive this if I was hearing it for the first time today. Alas, I am human, and cannot deny the nostalgia that oozes off this album for me, so it's a 5.

One of my all time favorite albums. I was a HUGE Radiohead fan in high school. My friend lent me his copy of The Bends my freshman year and the rest was history. I was 16 when this came out, and for my 17th birthday my parents got me tickets to see them in concert on the In Rainbows tour. To this day it is one of the best gifts I have ever received. They didn't know Radiohead's music at all, they just knew that I was obsessed with them and somehow knew they were on tour and got me tickets, I was absolutely stunned. I bought a wall flag/fabric art at this show and it has been prominently displayed in every place I've lived since, so I think of this concert often. One of the most incredible live performances I've ever witnessed, and I feel so fortunate that I had the opportunity to be there.

Man, I hadn't listened to this album in years. I've lived in Oklahoma my entire life. As a young music lover in OK, seeing The Flaming Lips live was like a rite of passage. My moment came in the summer of 2007 when I was 16. Tulsa used to hold a little music festival called Dfest (RIP, I wish they'd bring Dfest back). My parents drove me and two of my friends out to Tulsa, and man we just had the time of our lives. This was my first like "holy shit" live music experience. When Wayne Coyne rolled out in that bubble and was rolling around in the crowd?? The UFO, the lights? I also think it's the first time I ever smelled weed. Gosh, it was such an incredibly fun concert. About a week or two later, I was driving with my friend over to his house to play some Guitar Hero, when all of a sudden I notice Wayne Coyne standing outside a building near my friend's neighborhood, which is very weird since we live in a suburb outside of OKC, so this felt very random, but there was no mistaking it, that was Wayne Coyne. My friend convinced me to stop to say hello. So I stop and excitedly tell Wayne that I just saw him at Dfest, I even still had my bracelet on from the festival. He was so kind, and invited us inside the building to sign some posters for us, turns out the building was just full of Flaming Lips promo stuff. Listening to this album just brought all those memories rushing to the surface. While I could probably go without hearing Do You Realize?? anymore (this song has kinda worn out its welcome with me), this album is just wonderful. Fight Test is such a great opening track, and I think In the Morning of the Magicians is the unsung hero of this album, such a beautiful song.

Gosh, I'm having a nice slew of some of the keystone albums of my youth lately. I absolutely love Animal Collective, this album is just incredible. In the Flowers is one of my all time favorite songs. I'll never forget the first time I heard it. When that climax hit, I swear I went to outer space. So many undulating layers in this song that just make you feel like you're floating in water, then you get that masterfully crafted climax. I've heard this song so many damn times but it still gives me chills every time I hear it. The way the synth and percussion play together in this bit just gets me every time. Then it just kind of trickles away and transitions into the immaculate layering of vocals and synths in My Girls (which has an amazing music video that I always seem to play it in my mind when I hear the song). And then it just continues on this way for the rest of the album, it just onto the next and the next like water and it's all wonderful. Also I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the absolutely perfect album art. Such a special album that will always make me think of my freshman year of college. From beginning to end, this album is such an incredibly fun journey. Still on my bucket list to see these guys live, the stars just haven't aligned for me in that regard. Gotta hold out hope for that 20 year MPP anniversary which will be here before we know it. And my brain just wobbled after typing that, how has it already been 15 years since this came out, what on earth??

I think I got this album on the perfect day. Something about this just clicked and now I might be a little bit obsessed with it.

It's a borderline perfect album from probably my favorite band of all time, so obviously it's a 5. I have no idea how I'm going to choose between this and Mellon Collie for my favorite album at the end of this project. There isn't an ounce of fat on this album, it just feels so tight and focused and everyone is firing on all cylinders. I have to shout out Jimmy Chamberlin, one of my all-time favorite drummers. His drumming on Geek U.S.A. and Silverfuck in particular is so damn fun. And don't even get me started on the guitars, I live for the fuzz and will die for the fuzz. I really can't say enough good things, this album is just wonderful. One of those albums that is and has been one of my very favorites for such a long time that it just feels like it's a part of me. Also, just know that if you have written a review complaining about Billy Corgan's singing, I have rolled my eyes at you. You are boring. Go listen to Michael Bublé or something. I'm joking...but only kind of?

I’m a known Van Halen hater, their hits are truly the worst. Panama is an abomination, Jump is beyond annoying, and Hot For Teacher would be cool if there were no vocals. Those last 3 songs earn this an extra star though, I was very pleasantly surprised.

If you asked me my favorite Radiohead album back in high school, Amnesiac was my answer. Today, my answer would probably vary depending on which day you ask me, but Amnesiac is definitely up there as one of my favorites. Some of my very favorite Radiohead songs are on this album. Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army?, I Might Be Wrong, Knives Out, and Like Spinning Plates are all such strong songs, I honestly have a hard time understanding the grief this album gets as simply being Kid A's sloppy seconds. This album has a strong identity of its own, to my ears anyways. Easy 5 stars.

I had the pleasure of seeing Pixies perform this album in its entirety back in 2010. Just a wonderfully snappy, basically perfect album that I know like the back of my hand, easy 5.

This album has eluded me for almost two decades now. I have "meant" to listen to it for years and years and just never have for whatever reason. Holy shit I've been missing out, this blew me away. I have been on the brink of switching from Spotify to Apple Music for a few months now, and my desire to have easy access to this album might be the catalyst to finally get me to switch. Might go ahead and grab this on vinyl as well. What an incredibly unique aural adventure. I can't wait to listen again and am stoked to check out her other albums.

I love prog...but not like this.

While it's probably not the "best" White Stripes album, it is definitely my favorite. Hearing this album takes me back to such a specific time in my life. I was 14, in the throes of my "emo" music phase. The emo music took a brief backseat that summer when one weekend this album and X&Y by Coldplay came out, I remember buying both at the same time. My mom was a schoolteacher, so every summer my brother and I would go up to her school with her and help her prepare her classroom or just wander around the empty school (which was always so fun). This album served as the soundtrack for a good chunk of this summer, and I even got my mom into it (she particularly liked My Doorbell and would do a super annoying voice and dance to the song, I think of her every time I hear it now). Just a special album to me. Easy 5 stars.

My favorite album from one of my favorite artists. What more can I say, it's Stevie Wonder. He is just incredible and I'm literally always in the mood to listen to his music.

Kind of surprised at how much hate there is in the top reviews, this is a fun album. I definitely prefer these tunes to some of their hits that would come later. I’m a massive Use Somebody and Sex on Fire hater, but Four Kicks and The Bucket definitely got a lot of play on the old iPod back in the day.

Was a little surprised by how painfully corny this was. The lyrics on this album are just terrible. I’ve never heard much beyond Kravitz’s hits, but I was under the assumption he was a lot “cooler” than this. I feel like this album has no business being on the list, so it’s getting a rare 1 star from me.

Such a bangin’ album, damn near perfect. This is the album that got me into Radiohead back in high school, so it’s a special one for me.

I remember when Two Weeks got popular and thinking “oh, that’s a cute little song.” Then one day, a friend played the music video for Ready, Able. I was like “oooooh okay, I gotta hear the rest of this album now.” Been a huge fan ever since. If anyone wants to check out a side project, In Ear Park by Department of Eagles is a great album too.

Actual shit from a butt. One of the more baffling inclusions on the list. We already have higher quality U2 albums included, so I am confused why this one was chucked in.

I'm almost 800 albums in on this thing, and this might be the album I've struggled to get through the most. My heart sank when I saw it was over an hour long. Glam metal is probably my least favorite music genre. Vapid and uninteresting.

Look...I am a big metalhead. Do I appreciate what these guys contributed to the genre? Sure, thanks for the blast beats. But I will not be listening to this again. This list has a bunch of "influential" albums in metal, but then has hardly any of the music it actually influenced. Like do we have any metal that came out after 2000? I'm 800 albums in, and I don't think I've gotten one. I guess it's up to us in the user submissions to fill in the incredibly large gaps.

I’m just not even remotely on the same wave length as these guys. I’m a "shitty voice" lover, but I just can’t get into this guy’s warbling. Feeling blessed that this is my last DMR album.

Never had a "hard rock" album make me so sleepy. You'd expect an album/artist called Bad Company to have a little edge to it, but this was just flaccid and toothless.

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