1001 Albums Summary

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AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
5 2.3 +2.7
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
5 2.66 +2.34
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
5 2.7 +2.3
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
5 2.7 +2.3
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
5 2.73 +2.27
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
5 2.76 +2.24
Roots
Sepultura
5 2.78 +2.22
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
5 2.78 +2.22
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
5 2.8 +2.2
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
5 2.8 +2.2

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
1 3.75 -2.75
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
1 3.48 -2.48
Frank
Amy Winehouse
1 3.46 -2.46
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
1 3.4 -2.4
The College Dropout
Kanye West
1 3.3 -2.3
Faith
George Michael
1 3.29 -2.29
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
1 3.19 -2.19
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
1 3.12 -2.12
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
1 3.08 -2.08
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
1 3.07 -2.07

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
The Rolling Stones 4 4.75
Bruce Springsteen 4 4.75
Public Enemy 3 5
Queen 3 5
Led Zeppelin 3 5
Pixies 3 5
The Smiths 3 5
Stevie Wonder 3 5
Beck 3 5
Nick Drake 3 4.67
Talking Heads 3 4.67
Elton John 2 5
Sonic Youth 2 5
R.E.M. 2 5
Black Sabbath 2 5
Jimi Hendrix 2 5
The Velvet Underground 2 5
Pink Floyd 2 5
Fiona Apple 2 5
Radiohead 2 5
Leonard Cohen 3 4.33

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Dexys Midnight Runners 2 1
Kanye West 2 1

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The Divine Comedy 1, 4
Eminem 2, 5
Brian Eno 4, 1
Beatles 4, 5, 5, 2, 2, 5

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Popular Reviews

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

Missing link from Beatles to REM/Elliot Smith. Love this record.

Traffic by Traffic

It's called Traffic because every song is a jam. Just super tight playing and writing.

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Jeff Lynne perfected pop

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

A little bloated and maybe only their 3rd best album. But DBT rules. Worth sticking around for the 2nd half. And the George Wallace saga.

Roots by Sepultura

So primal. This album rules.

4-Star Albums (81)

1-Star Albums (18)

All Ratings (375)

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
Jan 08 2024

Very cool band. I feel New York... is overrated, but Someone Great and the opener are highlights for me.

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz
Jan 09 2024

A very chill bossa nova album

Heroes by David Bowie
Jan 11 2024

Needs a relisten. Opens very strong, but a lot of ambient frippertronic tracks to the end that need time to digest.

Rubber Soul by Beatles
Jan 12 2024

The hits (Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood, In My Life) are hits. Rest is too early beatles for me.

Sister by Sonic Youth
Jan 18 2024

Sick album

Electric by The Cult
Jan 19 2024

Dudes rock

Document by R.E.M.
Jan 22 2024

REM at their most rocking.

B-52's by The B-52's
Jan 26 2024
Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock
Jan 31 2024

Badwitdabba and Cowboy are classics as much as I hate him

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters
Feb 01 2024

Laura and Take Your Mama are great. Rest meh

Definitely Maybe by Oasis
Feb 05 2024

Hell yeah (Gallagher) Brother. Columbia, Married with Children, are my favorite non singles.

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star
Feb 09 2024

Missing link from Beatles to REM/Elliot Smith. Love this record.

Frank by Amy Winehouse
Feb 12 2024

Technically impressive singing, subject matter was not for me

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Feb 13 2024

Mother's Little Helper and Under My Thumb are two my favorite Stones songs. Rest is Okay.

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev
Feb 14 2024

Need to sit with this one a bit more, but this was a great discovery!

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers
Feb 15 2024

A little bloated and maybe only their 3rd best album. But DBT rules. Worth sticking around for the 2nd half. And the George Wallace saga.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Feb 16 2024

Every song is a hit.

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
Feb 19 2024

Disc 2 falters a little but I still think this is my favorite Led Zep album.

Hot Fuss by The Killers
Feb 20 2024

One of the best debuts of all time

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods
Feb 21 2024

Thought it was going to be bland at the start but really got into it toward the end.

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
Feb 22 2024

Good for outside my genre. Especially the Ice Cube Track.

Blackstar by David Bowie
Feb 26 2024

There was a manic saxophone player loose in the studio during the entire recording sessions. I love him.

Urban Hymns by The Verve
Feb 27 2024

Drugs Don't Work is one of the best songs written

GI by Germs
Feb 28 2024

Punk. Fun, but nothing special.

Manassas by Stephen Stills
Feb 29 2024

Just great song after great song, all in short little bursts

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan
Mar 04 2024

Nice cooking album. Wouldn't listen often.

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Mar 07 2024

It's as boring as it looks on the label.

Roots by Sepultura
Mar 08 2024

So primal. This album rules.

25 by Adele
Mar 13 2024
Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Mar 15 2024

The only album that sounds normal.

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen
Mar 18 2024

Beautiful album. Some songs end up a little too similar to the opening track.

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
Mar 19 2024

What a voice!!

Dirt by Alice In Chains
Mar 20 2024

One of my favorite albums

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto
Mar 21 2024

The instrumentation on this album rules. From the flute on the opening track, the drums on Parade, this album has a lot of depth

New Wave by The Auteurs
Mar 22 2024

Very Big Star with a Smiths and Britpop edge

Van Halen by Van Halen
Mar 25 2024

Fun! I'm the One was a highlight i hadn't heard

Faust IV by Faust
Mar 27 2024

Didn't get it on first listen as a whole but it had its moments

American Pie by Don McLean
Mar 28 2024

Only two uptempo tracks, but otherwise a classic singer songwriter album of that era.

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners
Mar 29 2024

How are there two DMR albums here.

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Apr 02 2024

Very fun. Liked the covers on side 2.

Spiderland by Slint
Apr 03 2024

Such a cool record. Pre Math Rock

Mothership Connection by Parliament
Apr 05 2024

More music should sound like it came from another planet

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure
Apr 08 2024

Not my favorite of theirs, but still a classic

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris
Apr 10 2024

What a legendary voice

Live! by Fela Kuti
Apr 17 2024
Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
Apr 18 2024

80s synth and production is a bit tough for me

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel
Apr 24 2024

Very emotive voice. But can't make it through the whole thing sincerely.

Kala by M.I.A.
Apr 25 2024

There's a weirdness to this album. Jimmy is the highlight besides the huge hit Paper Planes. And the one song where she recites the lyrics to Where is my Mind.

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
Apr 26 2024

Time of the Season is one of the best songs of the 60s. Rest of the album is super catchy too.

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
Apr 29 2024

Nightinggale was good. But i found the album mostly boring

1999 by Prince
Apr 30 2024

Long grooves and very sexual. Prefer purple rain but Prince is still at a peak.

Gris Gris by Dr. John
May 03 2024

Bizarre New Orleans sound.

Casanova by The Divine Comedy
May 08 2024

Is it trying to be funny? Is that the gimmick? Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine Ass music.

Either Or by Elliott Smith
May 09 2024

Figure 8 is still my favorite, but still one of my favorite artists

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads
May 10 2024

More guitar oriented. Love comes to town and psycho killer are great, rest was lacking.

Be by Common
May 13 2024
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
May 15 2024

His best

Tommy by The Who
May 17 2024

40 minutes of rock opera crap before you get to pinball wizard? Stick it up your ass. 1921 is good though

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes
May 23 2024

Surprisingly fire guitar tones

En-Tact by The Shamen
May 24 2024
Green by R.E.M.
May 31 2024
Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes
Jun 03 2024

This had no right to go as hard as it did.

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson
Jun 14 2024

Interesting as a concept, but would never go back to it

GREY Area by Little Simz
Jun 19 2024

Sick beats but the vocal flow got tiring.

Killing Joke by Killing Joke
Jun 20 2024

I don't think it is there best, but still an awesome sound

Pretenders by Pretenders
Jun 21 2024

I had no idea. Every song is great. The guitar playing is genuinely inspiring.

Moon Safari by Air
Jun 24 2024

A very chill, romantic mood electronic album. I like this?

Revolver by Beatles
Jun 27 2024

The turning point for the band. The harrison tracks rip

1984 by Van Halen
Jul 02 2024

Some all timers on here. Rest is meh

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Jul 10 2024

A thick layer of sludgy noise over some 80s songs. The missing link into Nine Inch Nails.

Grace by Jeff Buckley
Jul 11 2024

Perfect album. Underrated guitar player. Eternal Life is absolutely rocking.

Faith by George Michael
Jul 12 2024

Gave it a chance thinking he was a target of toxic masculinity but his music is actually just bad

Liquid Swords by GZA
Jul 15 2024

solid throughout. B.I.B.L.E is the highlight

Jul 16 2024

Their best album? Probably not. Are all my favorite songs on this one? Yes.

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
Jul 18 2024

Too disco for me

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics
Jul 19 2024

Very loud, really pushing recording tech of the 60s. But not really into the songs.

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
Jul 23 2024

Excessively long jam sessions.

Rapture by Anita Baker
Jul 24 2024

Spotify doesn't have the full album. Nice, sweet. Not really my genre but it's good.

I Should Coco by Supergrass
Jul 25 2024

Phenomenally catchy tunes. History of British Rock N Roll up till that point

Entertainment by Gang Of Four
Aug 01 2024

Your favorite band's favorite band.

Fromohio by fIREHOSE
Aug 02 2024

Nice Acoustic Punk with great great bass

The Yes Album by Yes
Aug 05 2024

A very CSN sounding album from Yes. I want to be too cool for them but alas I am not.

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
Aug 06 2024

Starts to drag on after a while, but wow one of the strongest albums of that era.

Skylarking by XTC
Aug 07 2024

Musically, perfect. Lyrically it struggles more than it should. Dear God is a very weak track, even as an atheist. However, 1000 Umbrellas, Earn Enough for Us, are some of their best work.

Aqualung by Jethro Tull
Aug 08 2024

Their most well known album. Fantastic Throughout

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel
Aug 09 2024

An ambitious record all these years later

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Aug 12 2024

I miss maps but this is a solid record in its own right.

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Aug 13 2024
Scum by Napalm Death
Aug 15 2024
Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
Aug 20 2024

Some instrumentation choices were... interesting, so not as refined as his later work. But his songs still cut.

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
Aug 26 2024

Underrated album of theirs.

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
Aug 27 2024

A product of its time? Yes. Some ill-advised vocal affects and inflections? Yes. Does this album absolutely rule? Hell yes.

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Aug 29 2024

Sensational doesn't even begin to describe it.

The Wall by Pink Floyd
Aug 30 2024

Haven't listened all the way through in a long time.

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson
Sep 05 2024

Was going to rate lower, but I had a bad day at work and The Reflecting God really felt good on the drive home.

Sep 06 2024

Wanted to deduct a point for the track "Sheer Heart Attack" actually appearing on News of the World, but I couldn't.

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
Sep 09 2024
Stankonia by OutKast
Sep 10 2024

Much more even than Speakerboxxx. Also love how all the skits end in a clap and "BREAK"

m b v by My Bloody Valentine
Sep 12 2024
Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Sep 17 2024
Sep 20 2024

I like the singles, but the rest of the album is a drag.

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper
Sep 25 2024

Some of this is goofy and overdramatic. The case continues and much of the middle is very compelling.

Truth by Jeff Beck
Sep 26 2024
Dog Man Star by Suede
Sep 27 2024

The ballads are a little... much, but the rest is amazing.

L.A. Woman by The Doors
Sep 30 2024

Suffers a little from Jim putting on his blues voice for most of the tracks.

Sea Change by Beck
Oct 01 2024

mellow sad beck back to back with suftan stevens have mercy this week

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Oct 02 2024
Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren
Oct 04 2024

McLaren managed to create something worse than the sex pistols

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails
Oct 09 2024

Abrasive masterpiece. Not recommended for long solo drives.

Ctrl by SZA
Oct 10 2024
Blue by Joni Mitchell
Oct 14 2024

Everything they say about Joni's songwriting is true.

Suicide by Suicide
Oct 16 2024

A little repetitive and art performative for my tastes, but very influential and a cool sound.

Kenya by Machito
Oct 18 2024
Talking Book by Stevie Wonder
Oct 21 2024

Even without Superstition this is an easy 5

Beautiful Freak by Eels
Oct 23 2024

Eels are great. E hadn't yet evolved into the lyricist he would become on the next album, Electro-Shock Blues (Instant 5), but the sound was present.

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Nov 14 2024
Dirty by Sonic Youth
Nov 15 2024
Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey
Nov 21 2024

Went on a huge PJ Harvey kick at the start of this year. Best artist I discovered this year.

Dookie by Green Day
Nov 27 2024
The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
Nov 29 2024

Pretentious as hell but I cried all the same.

Play by Moby
Dec 10 2024
Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron
Dec 12 2024

This album is not on most streaming services, but H2Ogate blues is a masterpiece that makes the search worth it.

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
Dec 13 2024

Honestly a sonic masterpiece from the Quiet One.

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders
Dec 20 2024

All in all a solid album. The love songs are crap and cost them a 5 star.

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
Dec 24 2024

Jeff Lynne perfected pop

Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Dec 30 2024

So minimalist it gets down to what the core of a song should be.

Smash by The Offspring
Jan 01 2025
Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
Jan 02 2025

When he said "plus tubular bells" I popped off

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs
Jan 03 2025

I love the grunge era but never listened to this band before now. Groovy and emotionally raw to the point of being a little uncomfortable. Will listen again and again.

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt
Jan 15 2025

I lived in San Diego for a spell and loved the local music scene. Every bar had a poster for these guys. The love is well deserved.

Trio by Dolly Parton
Jan 22 2025
Shleep by Robert Wyatt
Jan 23 2025
Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers
Jan 24 2025

I like the way it makes my brain feel

The Bends by Radiohead
Jan 29 2025

11/10. Is currently by favorite of theirs, love the raw guitar energy.

90 by 808 State
Jan 30 2025

A little dumb but I had fun with it

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
Feb 03 2025

He was untouchable in this era.

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Feb 06 2025

Immaculate. The template for grunge and heavy folk.

Guero by Beck
Feb 07 2025
Diamond Life by Sade
Feb 10 2025

Smooth operator is an all time classic, and the rest of the album surprisingly holds up as well. Pleasantly surprised.

Pelican West by Haircut 100
Feb 12 2025

Sort of like Duran Duran, but unyieldingly cheery. It was fine for a while but got grating.

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow
Feb 14 2025

Mutual Slump might be the highlight for me?

Quiet Life by Japan
Feb 26 2025

Was curious about this band when I heard it was where Richard Barbieri from Porcupine Tree started from. This and Tin Drum are genius records. It's like discovering smart art pop all over again.

Tago Mago by Can
Mar 06 2025

I agree with the guy that said this fucks.

Berlin by Lou Reed
Mar 07 2025
Dust by Screaming Trees
Mar 12 2025

Rip Mark Lanegan

Soul Mining by The The
Mar 14 2025

Some of the album didn't age well, other parts are absolutely timeless.

Ten by Pearl Jam
Mar 19 2025

Ten out of 5

Traffic by Traffic
Mar 27 2025

It's called Traffic because every song is a jam. Just super tight playing and writing.

Damaged by Black Flag
Mar 28 2025
Tidal by Fiona Apple
Mar 31 2025

Arrangement wise, probably her weakest album, but still a masterful songwriter and singer.

Rocks by Aerosmith
Apr 04 2025

This is Slash's favorite Aerosmith album, and one of his favorite albums of all time. That makes it the best Aerosmith album by default.

Stardust by Willie Nelson
Apr 15 2025

A collection of covers, but willie's fragile voice makes them his own, and Booker T's minimalist arrangements keep it grounded without sounding corny. A timeless album.

Bossanova by Pixies
Apr 18 2025

Beginning of the quash of Kim Deal's contributions, but still a solid album

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Apr 21 2025
Imagine by John Lennon
Apr 22 2025

So Imagine is a perfect song. Jealous Guy is a perfect song. Was expecting to say the rest was rubbish but that was not the case.

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon
Apr 23 2025

Time heals most wounds. After a break from constant exposure to the singles, it's a solid album with great bass parts. Crawl and Notion were underrated. Minus a star for 17 and for a weak conclusion.

Technique by New Order
Apr 24 2025

I like New Order in general, but this album combines my favorite and least favorites parts of 80s music in a way that invokes a purely neutral reaction in me. A true pH 7.

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
Apr 28 2025

Art. Jig of Life and Waking the Witch were standouts in addition to the lead track.

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings
Apr 30 2025

Just a perfect pop record.

Debut by Björk
May 05 2025
Low by David Bowie
May 13 2025

Almost more of an Eno album than a Bowie album. Side 1 is immaculate, Side 2 is a drag.

May 14 2025

A very strange album. Sometimes the repetition works against it, sometimes it is magical. Paintwork is my favorite.

Savane by Ali Farka Touré
May 16 2025
Aja by Steely Dan
May 19 2025

The drums and sax on this album are incredible.

Teen Dream by Beach House
Jun 25 2025

Love the sound the dreaminess, the guitars, my mind drifted off while the album was playing.

Sulk by The Associates
Jun 26 2025
Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jul 09 2025
Eliminator by ZZ Top
Jul 14 2025

Hope their earlier work is on here, the production and drums are too slick compared to what I like about them

Boston by Boston
Jul 15 2025

One of the best engineered records of all time. Maybe the best opening 3 track run of all time.

Bad by Michael Jackson
Jul 21 2025
Different Class by Pulp
Jul 29 2025

Blur vs Oasis debate solved Pulp clears both of them

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47% of albums received 5 stars.

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