My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Talking Timbuktu Ali Farka Touré	5	3.13	+1.87
Frampton Comes Alive Peter Frampton	5	3.19	+1.81
Abraxas Santana	5	3.72	+1.28

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	4	-3
Bad Michael Jackson	1	3.8	-2.8
Stankonia OutKast	1	3.55	-2.55
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	1	3.47	-2.47
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	1	3.41	-2.41
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.37	-2.37
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	1	3.34	-2.34
The Predator Ice Cube	1	3.26	-2.26
Entertainment Gang Of Four	1	3.25	-2.25
Close To You Carpenters	1	3.11	-2.11

5-Star Albums (3)

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Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Now we're talking! A couple of favorites here!

1 likes

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Mellow vibes

1 likes

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

1/5

This felt more like I was screening movie soundtrack montages than music. Not for me.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (19)

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Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

I recognized "my skydiving song" and I like that one for sentimental reasons (In the End), but the rest of it was not my favorite style. I kept wondering why this album was on the list. However, much of it reminded me of Jordan and her need to "cry out" so I don't know if I was impacted by the sadness for Jordan or just the awareness that without Jesus, this kind of anger and frustration and crying out won't have any solutions. That makes me a bit sad. I probably shouldn't have started my morning with this one.

The Predator

Ice Cube

1/5

Yes. I listened to this whole thing. Well, okay… at least the first 45 seconds of every track. So I can confidently say that I tried, but this just wasn't for me.

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

Pretty similar from one to the next but fine overall. I won't seek this one out again though.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

2/5

Expected I'd like this better than I did. Every Ghetto, Every City was the track I enjoyed the most if I picked one.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

Fine for what it was but it didn't "move me" like I imagine it did others at the time of its release.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

This one challenged me in all the good ways. The lyrics had me mesmerized.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

Aaah. I’m 15 again and watching all the cool kids go to the cool parties…

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

No Woman No Cry was my fav.

Adele

3/5

Not my favorite of hers, but not bad.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Hit me at the wrong time/mood I think.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Liked this one more than I expected to, especially after reading that it was based on a rock opera Peter Pan concept.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

2/5

Not for me.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Unremarkable

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Now we're talking! A couple of favorites here!

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Made my spirit sad.

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

1/5

Nope.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

No surprises with Willie Nelson; pretty much what I expected.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Brining back the memories!

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

2/5

Elvis Presley

3/5

I think I was an Elvis movie fan, not a music fan...

American Idiot

Green Day

2/5

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

…um….??

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

Don't get it.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

1/5

Pyromania

Def Leppard

2/5

Familiar, fine, but forgettable for me.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Different, but in a good way!

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

Feels very 80’s for sure.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Don’t think I’d ever listened all the way through this album. There were only two I didn’t know.

Achtung Baby

3/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

I’m just not a Bob Dylan fan but I understand his impact.

Stankonia

OutKast

1/5

Pass

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

2/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

Meh

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

3/5

One or two of these caught my attention but mostly not my style.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Not my favorite decade but not horrible.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

Had to disassociate this one from its source of fame, but it was better than I expected.

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

3/5

I liked parts of this one, sort of.

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

So... I just didn't like or maybe "believe" his voice. In almost every song, it felt like he was imitating someone else's voice and not well. Weird?

Violator

Depeche Mode

2/5

I kept forgetting it was on in the background while I did other things… Conflicted on a 2 vs 3 but since I tuned a lot of it out…

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Mellow vibes

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

2/5

I didn't like the lead vocal's voice, and the lyrics didn't match what I think they were attempting to do with their "vibe" as a band.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

4/5

Hadn’t heard all of these before, but I’ve always been fascinated by Tyler’s ability to place a perfectly timed, emotion-packed scream at just the right moment and then transition to a satisfying rhythm so seamlessly!

I See You

The xx

3/5

Background introspection vibes

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

The album, the concert, the poster, the crush… I had it ALL! Who wouldn’t love an amazing guitarist with the gifts of story-telling musical dynamics, lyric writing, the entertainment factor, and a killer smile?

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Not what I expected…probably a good thing.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Vulnicura

Björk

1/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

Like all my other 3’s, it was fine but I won’t listen to this one again.

Bad

Michael Jackson

1/5

I just can’t separate the music from the man and his life here. I grew up with Jackson 5 and the rise of Michael Jackson. He was talented, yes, and he shaped or captured the essence of an era with this one, but I think of the totality of his music, the places he could have gone, and I’m just saddened for him and repulsed all at once. I generally skip his music when given a choice…

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

1/5

This felt more like I was screening movie soundtrack montages than music. Not for me.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

1/5

I gave up early on.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

One of my first albums. Had it on repeat because this, to quote someone else, “fed my teenage angsty soul.” This was Billy Joel’s best, before he got pop-y.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

I almost liked 1 or 2 of these, almost. I’d give it a 2.5 if I could.

Technique

New Order

2/5

I forgot I was listening to this one. Totally invisible in the background for me.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

I’ve always loved her voice especially when she skews blues over country. She does go a bit more country more often though.