1001 Albums Summary

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276
Albums Rated
3.16
Average Rating
25%
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Blues
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30
5-Star Albums
21
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
5 2.74 +2.26
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
5 3.28 +1.72
The Specials
The Specials
5 3.29 +1.71
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5 3.32 +1.68
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
5 3.35 +1.65
Smash
The Offspring
5 3.36 +1.64
Garbage
Garbage
5 3.39 +1.61
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
5 3.39 +1.61
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
5 3.43 +1.57
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
5 3.45 +1.55

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
1 3.62 -2.62
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
1 3.62 -2.62
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
1 3.45 -2.45
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
1 3.42 -2.42
The Band
The Band
1 3.34 -2.34
Homework
Daft Punk
1 3.28 -2.28
The Slider
T. Rex
1 3.28 -2.28
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
1 3.1 -2.1
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
1 3.09 -2.09
Dare!
The Human League
1 3.05 -2.05

Artists

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Radiohead 4 5
Fleetwood Mac 2 5

Controversial

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Pink Floyd 2, 4, 5

5-Star Albums (30)

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Popular Reviews

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Awful, random sounds that vaguely remind me of riffs off other oddly random crappy sounds. The fact that this guy ever had a music career makes me hurt.

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

So weird but only strengthens my appreciation for all the weird stuff Radiohead has done.

1-Star Albums (21)

All Ratings (276)

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Dec 30 2023

Not a big rap fan but that shit is dope.

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
Jan 01 2024

Used to play jazz drums in high school, this took me way back.

Aqualung by Jethro Tull
Jan 04 2024

Old school classic rock. Kinda like Led Zeppelin only not as good.

Kid A by Radiohead
Jan 05 2024

Love it.

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters
Jan 07 2024

Really weird but not terrible.

The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Jan 12 2024

Super cool, did not know Nick Cave existed. Will look into further.

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices
Jan 15 2024

There is a song with some really obnoxious snoring going on very much in the foreground. It's awful. Poor songwriting. There is a reason I've never heard of this band.

Homework by Daft Punk
Jan 16 2024

Say heck no to techno. I'm sorry, I want to love DP, but I just can't get into it.

The Grand Tour by George Jones
Jan 17 2024

Country is not really my thing, but this wasn't too bad. Maybe its just old country I can get on board with. This new country crap pisses me off so bad.

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan
Jan 19 2024

It was kinda good, did not suck as bad as I thought it would.

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
Jan 20 2024

Lots of fun, takes me back to the 80s.

Hunky Dory by David Bowie
Jan 21 2024

There's a reason David Bowie is awesome, and this album is one of those reasons.

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
Jan 23 2024

What's with all the farting noises? Otherwise quite funky.

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
Jan 24 2024

This was really weird in a great way. I can't believe I've never heard of this band.

Dookie by Green Day
Jan 27 2024

I didn't love this album when I was a kid, but there are really so many great songs on it. Not sure what my beef was, but this thing is great.

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash
Jan 28 2024

I keep hearing more and more Johnny Cash and I like it a little more every listen.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
Jan 29 2024

I've heard about this guy for a long time. Super chill music, better than I thought it would be.

Garbage by Garbage
Jan 31 2024

Super great. Takes me back to my teenage years.

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Feb 01 2024

Really weird and dark and I could hardly tell if it was music. Not sure if I will revisit this one.

Since I Left You by The Avalanches
Feb 03 2024

Honestly, pretty cool stuff. Chill to listen to while working because I can't understand any of the lyrics.

The Wildest! by Louis Prima
Feb 04 2024

Love me some jazz, heard some stuff that other folks have covered, and the original is just as awesome.

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's
Feb 06 2024

There are some classics on here. Didn't even know this existed. I should listen to more.

Feb 07 2024

I'm learning to really appreciate what this guy has done in the rap world.

Blunderbuss by Jack White
Feb 10 2024

A few solid bangers here, but the drumming is so basic and uninteresting.

Lost Souls by Doves
Feb 12 2024

Really great. A little weird. Never heard of them before but I could see getting into this band.

Hms Fable by Shack
Feb 14 2024

Never head of them. This needs a relisten.

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley
Feb 18 2024

Never knew he existed. Very relaxing.

I Against I by Bad Brains
Feb 19 2024

Fun enough. Will have to give this a second listen at some point.

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu
Feb 21 2024

Like Thursday before Thursday learned how to write songs.

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
Feb 22 2024

I get it, they're famous, and highly influential in the days of early folk rock, but it was kinda meh.

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf
Feb 23 2024

OMG this is so bad. I hate Meat Loaf so much. If I never hear another ML song ever again it will be too soon. How to I give this (-) points? I assume this is something that you would have to have grown up with to even consider as something worth listening to again. Please 1001 Albums Generator, do not feed me anymore of this trash.

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Feb 24 2024

Very good album. I've heard some of these songs before but never attributed them to the YYYs. Will have to give another listen sometime.

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen
Feb 25 2024

Really good stuff, chill, relaxing, can easily work while listening.

Bad by Michael Jackson
Feb 26 2024

Grew up listening to MJ and gotta say there are some bangers on here. Takes me way back.

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters
Feb 27 2024

A classic album, beautiful blues tunes, great background music.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Feb 28 2024

Some classics on here and I can see why they call this the birth of modern metal.

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Mar 01 2024

Really good.

Disraeli Gears by Cream
Mar 03 2024

Not really my jams but I hear the influences. I get why people at the time thought it was great.

Sulk by The Associates
Mar 04 2024

Weird, in a cool 80s way.

OK Computer by Radiohead
Mar 05 2024

Who doesn't love Radiohead? Nobody, that's who.

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans
Mar 06 2024

An Oasis alternative with some Nada Surf/Fastball thrown in. Not terrible, but kinda generic.

Graceland by Paul Simon
Mar 07 2024

You can call me Al. 'nuff said.

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen
Mar 11 2024

Meh. The Boss doesn't quite do it for me.

Marquee Moon by Television
Mar 14 2024

Super good, what a great find by the album generator.

Mar 15 2024

I rarely listen to country music, but this is was pretty great.

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead
Mar 16 2024

So weird but only strengthens my appreciation for all the weird stuff Radiohead has done.

Vespertine by Björk
Mar 20 2024

Super weird and I didn't hate it.

Arular by M.I.A.
Mar 21 2024

Did not love this.

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney
Mar 22 2024

Better than I thought it would be. Gave it several listens all the way through and it got better each time.

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
Mar 23 2024

Different. I wouldn't say it was all that and a bag of chips, but it was something, and for that I'll give it 3 stars.

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders
Mar 24 2024

I don't really get into this stuff, but its neat to hear all their influence sin the 60 years since.

Pretenders by Pretenders
Mar 26 2024

Old school cool.

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Mar 27 2024

This was so excellent and weird and I loved it. Can't believe I'd never heard of it before.

Rip It Up by Orange Juice
Mar 28 2024

Never heard of them but its pretty great jamz.

Ys by Joanna Newsom
Mar 29 2024

So fuggin weird, I don't know how this got recommended.

Want One by Rufus Wainwright
Apr 01 2024
Metallica by Metallica
Apr 02 2024

Got some real bangers here, but I'm not really a Metallica fan.

Apr 03 2024

I'm just not a metal guy, but I can see how this is sort of the quintessential metal album of the 90s.

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things
Apr 04 2024

Terrible

The College Dropout by Kanye West
Apr 09 2024

Pretty wild listen. I see why people liked it so much.

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
Apr 16 2024

I forgo how many super great songs there were on this album.

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Apr 17 2024

Weerd, and it wasn't really that great.

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
Apr 18 2024

I can’t say I had ever heard any Willie Nelson before, and I don’t usually get into country music, but this was pretty great. Will definitely listen to again.

Debut by Björk
Apr 20 2024
Parachutes by Coldplay
Apr 29 2024

Was a great album when I first heard it 20 years ago. It has aged well.

Boston by Boston
Apr 30 2024

Other than the one song, most everything on this album is pretty ho-hum.

Green by R.E.M.
May 08 2024
The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground
May 11 2024

Honestly, some of the sounds on this record are downright obnoxious. Was listening to it at work and then heard a bunch of screeching sounds and was like WTF turn that off.

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
May 14 2024
Cut by The Slits
Jun 02 2024
Bubble And Scrape by Sebadoh
Jun 14 2024

Holy crap whoever put that on a list of any kind was straight smoking crack. If that's music then I'm Prince. This was so bad, the idea that anybody has ever listened to it is ridiculous, and the spins on spotify are proof of this.

Blue by Joni Mitchell
Jul 17 2024
Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Jul 20 2024
21 by Adele
Aug 27 2024
The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Aug 28 2024
Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants
Sep 08 2024

Awful, random sounds that vaguely remind me of riffs off other oddly random crappy sounds. The fact that this guy ever had a music career makes me hurt.

Harvest by Neil Young
Sep 14 2024
Junkyard by The Birthday Party
Oct 02 2024
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Oct 04 2024
Dry by PJ Harvey
Oct 09 2024
Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
Oct 12 2024

The King of Pop y'all

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
Oct 20 2024

How did this end up on the list!?!?!?! It was not great, but amazingly, not a one star vote either.

Smash by The Offspring
Oct 30 2024
Be by Common
Nov 02 2024
The Band by The Band
Nov 04 2024

Imagine having the nutsack to call you band ... THE Band.

1984 by Van Halen
Nov 05 2024

Some classics on here. So 1980s.

The Wall by Pink Floyd
Nov 15 2024

Everything about this is a masterpiece.

Dare! by The Human League
Nov 18 2024

I get it, they had one song that just slaps. But much of the rest of this was just annoying AF.

1999 by Prince
Nov 23 2024
Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch
Nov 24 2024

Never heard of her before but really great music, even if this is something I don't usually listen to.

Goo by Sonic Youth
Dec 02 2024
Dirt by Alice In Chains
Dec 14 2024
Frank by Amy Winehouse
Dec 27 2024
Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
Dec 28 2024

So great. You can just sit and listen and really soak in it, or let it play in the background and be super productive.

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey
Jan 01 2025

I've only ever heard of this guy, and there's a reason why. It's shit.

Jan 26 2025

Irritating if you're trying to get something done. Maybe totally awesome if you're on drugs, but I didn't test that theory.

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