My 1001 Albums Journey

581

Albums Rated

3.08

Average Rating

53%

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508 albums remaining

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1950

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Funk

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Beyond Skin Nitin Sawhney	5	2.76	+2.24
Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout	5	3	+2
Coles Corner Richard Hawley	5	3.03	+1.97
Your Arsenal Morrissey	5	3.05	+1.95
Floodland Sisters Of Mercy	5	3.06	+1.94
The Lexicon Of Love ABC	5	3.08	+1.92
Suede Suede	5	3.1	+1.9
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 George Michael	5	3.17	+1.83
Buffalo Springfield Again Buffalo Springfield	5	3.19	+1.81
Rain Dogs Tom Waits	5	3.19	+1.81

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	1	3.48	-2.48
Figure 8 Elliott Smith	1	3.33	-2.33
Queens of the Stone Age Queens Of The Stone Age	1	3.3	-2.3
Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers	1	3.15	-2.15
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down The Dandy Warhols	1	3.13	-2.13
New York Dolls New York Dolls	1	3.12	-2.12
Make Yourself Incubus	1	3.08	-2.08
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab	1	3.03	-2.03
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	2	3.97	-1.97
Brown Sugar D'Angelo	1	2.96	-1.96

Artists

Favorites

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Artist	Albums	Average
R.E.M.	4	4.75
Steely Dan	4	4.75
Neil Young	3	5
Nirvana	3	4.67
Beatles	3	4.67
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	3	4.67
Fleetwood Mac	2	5
Stevie Wonder	3	4.33
Prince	3	4.33
Joni Mitchell	3	4.33
Michael Jackson	3	4.33

Least Favorites

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Artist	Albums	Average
Elliott Smith	2	1.5

Controversial

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Artist	Ratings
The Specials	4, 1

5-Star Albums (58)

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His melodies and orchestration are just beautiful - enjoy!

1-Star Albums (29)

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Interesting, but difficult to sing along to :)

Ian McCulloch and Julian Cope were originally together in a band called A Shallow Madness. In 1978, Ian and Julian broke up to go their separate ways. I followed Julian on his journey with the Teardrop Explodes, so never really much liked the Bunnymen (they were “the other side”). As a result I never really gave the Bunnymen the listening time they deserved. Listening to this album now all these years later was surprisingly enjoyable. Ians voice sounds like a weird mixture between Bono and Julian. Good orchestration on some of the songs. Strong album with interesting songs but The Killing Moon is easily the standout.

A bit too humdrum. Nice but boring. Can’t figure out how it deserves to be on this list.

The only thing that kept me listening was to see if there was a reason that this had been included in the list. Difficult to find one.

Interesting- and beautiful in parts. Maybe too early to decide whether it is a classic?

The good songs are so good that it deserves a 5.

Love the flute solo.

Beautiful at times.

Good - but not his best album.

Nothing interesting here.

The documentary about the associated tour was interesting.

2 twee 4 me.

Didn’t know what to say about this one.

Just brilliant.

Some good songs. But a bit insipid.

And produced by the wonderful Isaac Hayes. 👍

Gotta be 5. It’s Neil.

Spent most of the listening time worried that Spotify would now begin to suggest similar albums to me. Some nice double bass here and there though.

Listened to the album. Think I’m just happy.

Really enjoyed this - well worth a listen.

Merits a 5 for the quality of some of the songs and their longevity.

Good memories.

Flavours of Dylan who came just before him and the Velvet Underground who came just after. The title track is the highlight for me.

Don’t know why, but for some reason this album just irritates me and sounds bland to my ears. I think this is probably unfair criticism, but I just can’t warm to it. At times, some of these songs and his voice sound like Jim Croce (who doesn’t irritate me at all). I’d prefer to listen to Jim any day. Just can’t really explain why.

His melodies and orchestration are just beautiful - enjoy!

3.5 stars. A couple of great songs - Come Alive and Tightrope - carry the album but some interesting other stuff in there too.

Groove is in the Heart will always be a classic. I’m not too sure about the rest of the album though. 2.5 stars rounded up to 3.

Deserves 5 stars.

Possibly one of the greatest debut albums of all time? The band announced themselves to the world with an original sound and a great lead singer accent and voice - not to mention the brilliant guitar playing and drummer. The lyrics are really strong too. An easy 5 stars.

Sweet - but a bit samey. Two and a half stars.

The epitome of cool jazz with a bit of pop thrown in. Five stars all the way

Riders on the Storm. At least four stars just for that song alone. The rest bring it up to a five.

One classic song - the rest fade into the background a bit.

Tried to stay awake during this but it is so soporific. Maybe they are great, but they make me yawn. I know they are adored by millions, but just don’t get it. Snooze.

Stone cold classic album. Distinctive and wonderful. Has really lasted the test of time. Easy five stars.

Five stars - no question.

Great debut album. Still sounds really sharp.

Commercialised punk. Self esteem still sounds good. Nothing else seems too memorable. 3 stars.

Have to admit to being a big Waterboys fan for many years. So I find it a little hard to believe that this album made the top 1001 list. Their first three albums were magnificent and portrayed The Big Music sound that Mike Scott was always talking about and seeking to find. Looking on back on those three albums, I still view them as works of art. This album, their fourth, marked a turning point in the history of the band. To be fair, the first few songs (up to and including World Party), could have made it onto previous albums. However, after that, things shift into an Irish folk phase which was later followed by a “just found God” phase. While I still have fond memories of buying this album and listening to it over and over, it always seemed to be the end of the beginning of the band and they never again reached the level of their earlier work. So overall, enjoyable for a few of the songs, but if you want to hear the real Waterboys then listen to the first three albums. Wonder if any of them made the list….

Interesting sound. Hugely reminiscent of the British band Mansun (but not quite as tuneful). Worth a listen, but you could upgrade to the album Six by Mansun if you want - wonder if that is on the list…

Her debut and previous album called The Lion and the Cobra seems to me to be a much better album than this one. It is likely that the only reason this album made the list is because of the Prince cover. Ho hum. I’d give the debut album a 5 (listen to the song Troy with the volume high if you have never heard it before - and enjoy) but this album is a 3 for me.

Mellow and snoozy zzzzzzz

Vocals sound like mix of Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins and Tim Booth of James. Nice sound but not too memorable. 3 stars.

Good poetry.

I like the artwork and there are some really melodic songs (and some less so).

Somewhere between 3 and 4.

It’s a 4 or 5. For My Old School alone, let’s give it a 5.