1001 Albums Summary

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3.17
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87%
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87
5-Star Albums
51
1-Star Albums

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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
5 2.3 +2.7
Scott 2
Scott Walker
5 2.63 +2.37
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
5 2.68 +2.32
Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
5 2.87 +2.13
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
4 1.89 +2.11
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
5 2.92 +2.08
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
5 2.94 +2.06
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
5 2.95 +2.05
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
5 2.95 +2.05
Sail Away
Randy Newman
5 2.96 +2.04

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
1 3.64 -2.64
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
1 3.63 -2.63
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
1 3.28 -2.28
S&M
Metallica
1 3.26 -2.26
Phrenology
The Roots
1 3.24 -2.24
The Visitors
ABBA
1 3.22 -2.22
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
1 3.15 -2.15
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
1 3.12 -2.12
Make Yourself
Incubus
1 3.08 -2.08
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
1 3.07 -2.07

Artists

Favorites

ArtistAlbumsAverage
Black Sabbath 3 4.67
Neil Young 3 4.67
Leonard Cohen 3 4.67
Nirvana 2 5
Iron Maiden 2 5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 5 4.2
Pink Floyd 4 4.25
PJ Harvey 4 4.25
Creedence Clearwater Revival 3 4.33
Neil Young & Crazy Horse 3 4.33
Michael Jackson 3 4.33
Led Zeppelin 5 4

Least Favorites

ArtistAlbumsAverage
Kings of Leon 3 1.67
Big Star 2 1.5
The Prodigy 2 1.5
Christina Aguilera 2 1.5
Kendrick Lamar 2 1.5
Public Image Ltd. 2 1.5
Orbital 2 1.5
The Who 5 2.2
Simon & Garfunkel 3 2
Yes 3 2

Controversial

ArtistRatings
Metallica 5, 4, 1, 4
Prince 2, 5
The Chemical Brothers 1, 4
Madonna 4, 1
The Beach Boys 5, 2, 3

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16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Sweet but not saccharin, jangly but not too jangly. A little pretentious, but not too wanky. *Very* Antipodean, whatever that means. Sunny and glum in equal measures. Quite a lovely album, I'm grateful to be hearing it for the first time. Hearing the Chills, Don McGlashan etc in this.

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

Found it here: https://youtu.be/JbYmWrfNJpQ?si=KB05SRDULWAIWZRY It's giving me Cohen vibes weirdly. If Nico was a good singer and covered Scott Walker covering Jacques Brel. I like it. It's dark, avante-gard. Challenging, but rewarding.

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

This has to be THE Creedence album right? I don't think I've ever realised what an amazing band they were. Their 5th album in what, 2 years? 11 tracks, five of which were top 5 singles? Magnificent.

4-Star Albums (285)

1-Star Albums (51)

All Ratings (948)

Master Of Puppets by Metallica
Jan 08 2024

Not new to me, an old favourite. Not bad Monday morning listening!

Illmatic by Nas
Jan 11 2024

How have I never listened to this? The World is Yours is a standout on first listen. Clean, simple beats. Didn't expect it to be so jazzy. *One Love *The World is Yours *Memory Lane

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
Jan 12 2024

No commute today, so listening at home. On Google speaker for first listen. Have listened previously, maybe once.

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest
Jan 16 2024

Knew this a little, was a bigger De La fan. But shit. This is magnificent.

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills
Jan 18 2024

* to a flame * Love the one you're with

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe
Jan 19 2024

* faster * Locked inside * Oh, Maker * Actually, all of it!

Triangle by The Beau Brummels
Jan 21 2024
Entertainment by Gang Of Four
Jan 24 2024

Jagged, angular. D Boon must have been a fan! Really good although won't be a regular listen.

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar
Jan 25 2024

I think this is new to me. Might have heard him in the concert for Bangladesh? Loved the introduction to indian music, otherwise fairly decent soundtrack to my day. Not mind-blowing to me, but given the impact on 60s western music a 2.5

American Beauty by Grateful Dead
Jan 26 2024

Very much looking forward to this, know of the influences, but haven't heard it. * Friend of the Devil *Ripple *Attics of my Life *Box of Rain (second listen) Really enjoyable. I hope this hasn't awakened something in me. (later) Listened to some live recordings. Nope, it hasn't awakened anything in me. I'll probably go and listen to The Band now.

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Jan 27 2024

No notes. Fucking magnificent

Bad Company by Bad Company
Jan 28 2024

I like the song Bad Company from the album Bad Company by the band Bad Company, but it's no Iron Maiden from Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath from Black Sabbath. Well constructed and performed but lacking soul.

Boston by Boston
Jan 29 2024

Appreciate the skill, but didn't land for me as an album.

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald
Jan 30 2024

Was very much expecting it to be fairly decent background music, and last night with a glass of wine it was. But damn it has really clicked today during work and I just keep stopping to admire her voice and phrasing. Ended up spending the day with Ella. Enjoyed her bebop especially

Trafalgar by Bee Gees
Jan 31 2024

First thoughts. I love/hate the bee gees. Used to hate them, started to appreciate them. I only recognise one song here. Will be interesting. Update: wasn't interesting. Two stars, mostly for the voices and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
Feb 04 2024

No heart, no soul

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
Feb 05 2024

Jesus, this wonderful album! Young's first recording with harmonica. He's bringing "Helpless" to CSN&Y at the same time he's recording this. Nils just pounding the piano on Southern Man. When you Dance needs to be played louder that I did first listen

Feb 06 2024

Vaudeville and music hall is such a pervasive influence on English culture, especially in the 60s and 70s! You even see it in Iron Maiden gigs. A day in the life is a perfect ending to the album. The most influential album of all time? God, imagine this with Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields. Song by song not my favourite album, or even my favourite Beatles album, but daaaaamn

Junkyard by The Birthday Party
Feb 09 2024

Man it wasn't the day for this album! I appreciated it, the artistic vision especially. But I did not vibe with it. Needs the right environment. Will revisit, but more of a bad seeds fan I think.

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy
Feb 10 2024

Liked it a lot more than expected. Especially when driving

Pyromania by Def Leppard
Feb 16 2024

Thinking back, this album was probably my gateway to metal. On relisten didn't hate it like I thought I would. Hysteria leaves me cold, this still has knuckles, Mutt polished them out of Hysteria. Still, the worst of the NWOBHM bands

Synchronicity by The Police
Feb 18 2024

The good songs were creepy

25 by Adele
Feb 20 2024
Feb 21 2024

This album is in my DNA. The man Johnny Cash called the greatest country singer. A hugely underrated lead guitarist. Great bass. Basically Patsy Cline's band on this one, and recorded in 8 hours.

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode
Feb 24 2024

This is hitting better than when I listened to it a few years ago. I wonder if this project is opening my ears a bit?

Arular by M.I.A.
Mar 01 2024
Legalize It by Peter Tosh
Mar 08 2024

Came into this expecting samey one trick pony songs about weed. Fucking loved it! I'm not a reggae fan, but this has opened me to it quite a bit. Maybe I'm not a fan of non Jamaican reggae? Really varied in subject, tone and style. A really good, complete album.

London Calling by The Clash
Mar 09 2024

More variation than expected, given some familiarity with the singles. How good is train in vain? 4 stars but only because I'll dip back into it, but maybe not relisten to the whole thing. Fuck, who am I kidding, I'll relisten to the whole thing. Currently looking for it on vinyl.

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney
Mar 10 2024

Right, know nothing about this! Can't pick the genre from the cover. 1999. Hmmmm. Ambient? Avant jazz? Wow, first track is very affecting, and dark. Didn't expect Indian fusion jazz trip hoppy drum and bass. Love it. Cold and warm at once The whole album is a real journey. Immigrant my least favourite track, sounding a bit like a Disney song.

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull
Mar 11 2024

Listening with a glass of wine and a book, the catch in her voice keeps catching my attention

Stardust by Willie Nelson
Mar 12 2024

Love when I get an album I have on vinyl, but have hardly listened to. Got this from my dad who was giving away a bunch of albums (hope Herb Alpert comes up too, not likely). The trick is in the old standards without the schmaltz. Willie lets you have fresh ears on an album where every song has it's own Wikipedia page. It's understated, clean and utterly wonderful. 10 songs at mid tempo just creating a great vibe.

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees
Mar 15 2024

Really enjoyed this one, wish I had got it in summer. Chill vibes, will revisit it as an album

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
Mar 16 2024

Nearly 5 stars, could do with trimming a few tracks off. But some stunning songs here, and lyrical guitar playing.

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons
Mar 17 2024

Oh Emmylou, when you come in after the first two bars! Such a great duo, wonderfully complimentary voices. Hell of a band, great songs.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mar 20 2024

Loved this at the time, detest everything they've done since. Extra star for nostalgia, knew every word but a tough listen.

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Mar 22 2024
Mar 26 2024

Less profound than when I was 16! Probably my 3rd favourite Pink Floyd album. It's masterful, but falls flat in places. Time starts with clocks. Money with cash registers. Ugh.

Metallica by Metallica
Mar 30 2024

My fifth favourite Metallica album and the last decent one

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
Mar 31 2024
Brothers by The Black Keys
Apr 04 2024
What's That Noise? by Coldcut
Apr 07 2024

Really liked this, and if it it was on Spotify I would have spent more time with it.

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Apr 09 2024

Slapped. Some tasty guitar in there too

Apr 12 2024

The breakdown in Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way sounds like Flight of the Conchords! Love the choice to avoid hooks and fluid bars. There's something quite disarming about the main character, in many ways a beautiful loser.

Skylarking by XTC
Apr 17 2024

Strangely fascinating album

#1 Record by Big Star
Apr 19 2024

This stuck with me better than Third. I think it's the influence of Bell. Still not quite feeling Big Star though. Much better listen at work than in the car - perhaps too trebley?

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
Apr 21 2024

Oh man, Dickie Betts just passed away and I've been meaning to listen to the Allman Brothers. Only know a couple of songs. This was great! Nothing I already knew. Spectacular guitar, playing off each other effortlessly. Sure it's a little jammy but much interesting than stoned noodling.

Night Life by Ray Price
Apr 22 2024

Solid three. Liked it well enough. Interesting for the stacked band! Much easier on the ears than Buck Owens. Sounded a bit more city than country.

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
Apr 23 2024

Great guitar interplay, no song outlives it's welcome. A LOT of early Iron Maiden in this, Dave Murray especially clearly influenced.

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens
Apr 24 2024

Sweet but not saccharin, jangly but not too jangly. A little pretentious, but not too wanky. *Very* Antipodean, whatever that means. Sunny and glum in equal measures. Quite a lovely album, I'm grateful to be hearing it for the first time. Hearing the Chills, Don McGlashan etc in this.

Harvest by Neil Young
Apr 30 2024
Ingenue by k.d. lang
May 01 2024

Liked it, although prefer her a little more country. Constant Craving is a great song!

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar
May 02 2024

A great album let down by the covers.

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
May 05 2024
Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto
May 06 2024

Easy listening enough. The nonchalant vocals grew on me.

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters
May 07 2024

Muddy sure as hell has his mojo working! The harp player is fire. The guitars could be mixed up a bit. I generally like my blues with a bit more space, fair to say the drumming really fills the space, heavily jazz.

The Wildest! by Louis Prima
May 11 2024

Loved this! Musically interesting, incredible vibes and great humoured.

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash
May 14 2024

Bloody pleasant. They should consider getting another singer/songwriter though - feels like CSN is missing something a bit grittier...

Green by R.E.M.
May 18 2024
Goo by Sonic Youth
May 19 2024
Murmur by R.E.M.
May 21 2024

Much more accessible than I remember. Glorious stuff

Fever Ray by Fever Ray
May 22 2024

Not keen first listen, but it was a real grower. A few more listens will see it rate higher and higher I bet, but I need to rate it as of now.

May 23 2024

Haven't heard this, but first thought is why is this necessary when You've Come A Long Way Baby is in the book? Ugh, it was alright I guess

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black
May 24 2024

Surprisingly poppy and melodic. Some elements of Pixies (Joey on guitar in a few tracks). Many nice moments and varied enough. It doesn't outstay it's welcome but doesn't hang around either.

Liquid Swords by GZA
May 25 2024

Love the beats and the lyricism, but just didn't hit for me

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen
May 27 2024

I've generally not been a fan of mid period Cohen, prefering the early or very late albums. But I suspect I just haven't given him a chance, especially now I'm out of my total music wanker/poser period in my old age. His lyrics are insightful and acerbicly humourous as always. Yeah, the production is dated but his deeper, more mature voice is coming into its own. He carries *weight* now, an old testament prophet, a battle scared lion.

Garbage by Garbage
May 28 2024

Was expecting a bit less from this, and frankly expecting it to sound quite dated. It didn't to my ears, and hell you can't argue with the hits!

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja
May 30 2024

Really enjoyed the production and Jeru's flow. Lyrically it's dated. This was robbed of wider success - if only it had come out any other year! The newly released (like a week ago as I write this - great timing!) expanded version on spotify has instrumental versions of D. Original, You Can't Stop The Prophet, and Come Clean. They slap.

Arrival by ABBA
Jun 01 2024

Can't argue that it's done right. Amazing that this came out after their first greatest hits. Smells like a slightly cloying perfume and the hot vinyl seats in a late 70s family car.

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jun 02 2024

Smells like mud and rust

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers
Jun 05 2024

It's good, but it's not great. *Peaches *Sometimes *(Get A) Grip [on Yourself]

Rust In Peace by Megadeth
Jun 07 2024

The classic line-up. Mustaine's political lyrics to the fore. Essential listening for the history of metal - especially the impact on speed/thrash metal - probably the epitome of the movement. Angular, mechanical playing (there's something cybernetic about Mustaine) with Friedman's neoclassical style bringing in more human elements.

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
Jun 24 2024

Gorgeous, the reason I'm doing this project.

Dust by Screaming Trees
Jun 27 2024
Scott 2 by Scott Walker
Jun 28 2024

I know the Breul covers, Jackie has been a favourite song for decades. Next is magnificent. But the originals are new to me and holy shit. Masterpiece. The Girls From The Streets is the perfect follow up to Next.

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Jun 30 2024

Songs:great. Misogyny:not such

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
Jul 01 2024

Wish I knew more about jazz! I know what I like, and this I like. Not a dud on this album. It rewarded both focused listening and inattentive listening.

Vivid by Living Colour
Jul 03 2024

Vernon Reid is a genius! I knew the hits off this, but weirdly hadn't listened to the whole thing. Varied, genre mashing. Similar albums from this time have turned me off lyrically - I'm as much into songs about cars and fucking as I was in the 80s. This album had more socially conscious writing, as well as some straight up party bangers. Good stuff.

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Jul 04 2024
Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
Jul 07 2024
Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause
Jul 18 2024

Found it here: https://youtu.be/JbYmWrfNJpQ?si=KB05SRDULWAIWZRY It's giving me Cohen vibes weirdly. If Nico was a good singer and covered Scott Walker covering Jacques Brel. I like it. It's dark, avante-gard. Challenging, but rewarding.

Guero by Beck
Jul 20 2024
Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
Aug 02 2024
Rio by Duran Duran
Aug 20 2024
Ten by Pearl Jam
Aug 21 2024
Eagles by Eagles
Aug 24 2024
Zombie by Fela Kuti
Aug 29 2024
Sep 03 2024

Feel like this would go to 4 with more listens, started to really get into its vibe after being put off by the singing style.

Shaft by Isaac Hayes
Sep 08 2024
Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners
Sep 11 2024
The Doors by The Doors
Sep 17 2024

I just wish they had a song called "The Doors" so they could join the heady company of Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, and Bad Company! Jokes aside, for me, over the last 30 years, The Doors have gone from "This band is my life and Jim Morrison is Kerouac, Rimbaud, and Blake combined" to "Fuck, I'm so embarrassed I used to listen to The Doors", to my latest position. The band is important culturally, a touch stone for many other artists. The music is bloody good actually. Little heavy on the keys occasionally but Krieger has a unique style and Densmore is a fantastic drummer, given the space he has to fill. This is psychedelic with a gothic tint. Later albums move a bit further into the dark and have a bit more interest for me due to that.

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sep 20 2024
2112 by Rush
Sep 21 2024

I didn't think I liked Rush, but I'm glad I gave this the time to grow on me. 4 stars for side 1 alone.

Blur by Blur
Sep 22 2024
m b v by My Bloody Valentine
Sep 26 2024
Third by Portishead
Sep 27 2024
Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine
Sep 30 2024

Just about tore my throat out during the drive to work thanks to this!

Hejira by Joni Mitchell
Oct 03 2024

Really liked this. The movement of the bass doesn't allow it to wash over you and you're almost forced to listen - not unpleasant though! Lyrically interesting and poetic. Joni's a new treasure for me from this list, I only knew of her and maybe one or two hits. What a guitarist she is too!

D by White Denim
Oct 07 2024

The 2nd listen through hit better, but I'm finding the music a bit frenetic. Listening around their oeuvre, the later albums are more to my taste. 2.5, round to a gentleman's 3.

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Oct 10 2024

I think this was the first album in over 250 I've faced listening to with dread. The songs I heard from it at the time I thought were the worst excesses of bland mass fodder. I've reassessed. It's not bad. The songwriting seems more mature and the guitar is certainly tasteful. Flea always provides a joyful lower end. Even Keidis wasn't as annoying as I remember.

21 by Adele
Oct 13 2024
Run-D.M.C. by Run-D.M.C.
Oct 23 2024

Fuck I miss MCs rapping about rapping and how to spell their names.

En-Tact by The Shamen
Oct 24 2024
Vauxhall And I by Morrissey
Oct 27 2024

Fuck Morrissey. It's not for loving that you're hated, mate. That said, magnificent album, damn it. 4 stars.

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Oct 29 2024
Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan
Nov 02 2024

First song. Fuck am I going to have to like Steely Dan? (Turns out no, but can tolerate it)

Stripped by Christina Aguilera
Nov 13 2024
Bummed by Happy Mondays
Nov 15 2024
Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Nov 19 2024
Kid A by Radiohead
Nov 21 2024

When this came out, I had a lot of "where the fuck are the guitars?" feelings. I was a The Bends guy. Looking forward to listening with less prejudiced ears.

Grace by Jeff Buckley
Nov 26 2024
The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
Dec 05 2024

This surprised me. I've heard of Pere Ubu but every time I tried to listen to them it didn't hit. This did. 4 plays today and I'll go back for more. Surprisingly emotional.

1984 by Van Halen
Dec 07 2024
Tidal by Fiona Apple
Dec 17 2024
Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park
Dec 19 2024

Honestly, not as bad as I thought it would be. I appreciated Chester's singing, and an angsty teenage me would have been all over it at the time. The lyrics were more vulnerable that I expected. But, it's fairly bland and formulaic. The rapping is terrible and banal. 2/5.

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.
Dec 20 2024

Oh Cliff / Sometimes it must be difficult not to feel as if / You really are a cliff / when fascists keep trying to push you over it / Are they the lemmings / Or are you, Cliff

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson
Jan 23 2025

OK. So, Marilyn Manson is a piece of shit. The shock value seems banal with hindsight. Trent Reznor is the best thing about this album - it's not strong musically. The Man That You Fear is a great track, but no Hurt. But, it holds interest across the 77 minutes. It was a hugely important moral touch stone and cultural moment. Important conversations were opened and it heralded a sea change from the grunge movement (musically that is. It's perhaps an extension of the vibes of alienation in grunge). I enjoyed it, found it banal and full of high schooler edgy poetry, was never bored and never need to hear it again. 3 stars seems fair.

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen
Jan 30 2025
Faith by George Michael
Jan 31 2025
Imagine by John Lennon
Feb 04 2025
So by Peter Gabriel
Feb 06 2025
Low by David Bowie
Feb 07 2025
KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka
Feb 08 2025
Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Feb 10 2025
Dirty by Sonic Youth
Feb 13 2025
Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales
Feb 17 2025

Just awful

Want One by Rufus Wainwright
Feb 24 2025
Horses by Patti Smith
Mar 04 2025
Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Mar 31 2025

This one is a workday balm!

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices
Apr 14 2025

Greatly prefer Bee Thousand

The Man Who by Travis
Apr 23 2025

So, if I've got this right, they thought to themselves "What if Radiohead but boring" and as a result we have a world with Coldplay in it?

British Steel by Judas Priest
Apr 24 2025

Was going to give this a 4, but felt hard not to give it a 5. I guess that means 4.5, rounded up.

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley
Apr 25 2025

Wikipedia states it, but I was thinking it before I read the article. Richard Hawley has a great record collection. On first listen I'm getting Marc Almond, Edwyn Collins, maybe some Walker Brothers? Defo some Roy Orbison in there, both in presentation and delivery. Measured singing with immaculate songwriting with themes of loss and love.

Survivor by Destiny's Child
May 06 2025
Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
May 20 2025

20 years ago this would have been a no question 5. The soundtrack to so many bittersweet memories. A few years ago, feeling betrayed by the artist, I may have awarded a 1. Now I feel like I can separate the album from the artist and my nostalgia. The songs are good. It could lose a couple of tracks and drop some harmonica. It's not a masterpiece exactly but it isn't far off, and deserves to be here.

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
May 22 2025
Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab
May 23 2025

Motorik! A bit french! Links to Dunedin sound! Avant Garde! Left wing!

The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees
May 24 2025
Play by Moby
Jun 01 2025
Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood
Jun 02 2025

Look, I don't hate this. The soft rock yachty vibe is fine. It's we'll put together, and Winwood is a great instrumentalist and an adequate singer. But an album is too much, and I'm rating the album. 2.5/5, a rare rounding down to 2 (rather than a gentleman's 3, a knaves 2) because I just wanted to FEEL SOMETHING.

Rocks by Aerosmith
Jun 08 2025
Movies by Holger Czukay
Jun 11 2025
Jun 25 2025

I get that it's good, and important. But I would have rather just listened to Kick out the Jams 8 times.

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Jun 30 2025
Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Jul 01 2025
Jul 03 2025

I listened to the QFPS Version on Spotify - seems to be closest to the original mix and no extra tracks. This is some great early garage. You're Going To Miss Me is an all timer. Splash One brings it down so sensitively. Reverberation is a song that could (and was) be covered by ZZ Top and Jesus and the Mary Chain on the same album. Just splendid and hugely influential. Well, apart from the lack of electric jug in today's music. But there's still time! It's a 4.5 for me, bringing it up to a 5 in honour of poor Roky and the worst ever plea.

Casanova by The Divine Comedy
Jul 04 2025
Music by Madonna
Jul 09 2025

The cover of American Pie is the longest 4:33 I've had in 548 albums. Ugh.

Berlin by Lou Reed
Jul 13 2025
Roxy Music by Roxy Music
Jul 22 2025

Glad I gave this a second listen - first listen through I didn't rate it at all, but it really hit differently on the drive to work. 3.5/5

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl
Jul 25 2025
War by U2
Jul 29 2025
Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jul 30 2025
1989 by Taylor Swift
Aug 01 2025
Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Aug 02 2025
B-52's by The B-52's
Aug 04 2025
The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Aug 06 2025
Dookie by Green Day
Aug 10 2025
Real Life by Magazine
Aug 18 2025

First listen, the singing grated. Glad I gave it another couple of listens as it really grew in me. 3.5 rounded up to 4 as I feel it'll keep growing

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
Aug 20 2025

2 hits I'd heard before. I really liked the transition into Rudy. Not sure why I like this so much more than Steely Dan. It's warmer I guess? 3.5 rounded to a 4.

Scott 4 by Scott Walker
Aug 21 2025
Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten
Aug 24 2025
...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears
Aug 25 2025

Really strong in the front half, soon declines. It's ok - I'm surprised how identifiable the production and songwriting styles were with that period. Just didn't quite make 3 stars.

Remedy by Basement Jaxx
Aug 26 2025

This directly after "...Baby One More Time". Is it 1999 week on 1001 Albums?

Rapture by Anita Baker
Aug 27 2025
Cross by Justice
Sep 03 2025

Surprisingly interesting, diiiirty bass

Truth by Jeff Beck
Sep 05 2025
Highly Evolved by The Vines
Sep 11 2025

Fun, varied but ultimately fairly derivative

Hms Fable by Shack
Sep 18 2025

I was expecting sea shanties. Wish they were sea shanties. I found this album rather bland and unexceptional. It was a long 45 minutes - I just couldn't find anything to hook onto.

Frank by Amy Winehouse
Sep 23 2025
Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals
Sep 24 2025

This is really bloody good. I'd heard of Super Furry Animals but for some reason thought they weren't my cup of tea. Wrong.

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Sep 29 2025

Blown away by the flow and lyricism here. Those lyrics are poetic and abhorrent. 4/5 and I'll likely never listen to it again.

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sep 30 2025

This has to be THE Creedence album right? I don't think I've ever realised what an amazing band they were. Their 5th album in what, 2 years? 11 tracks, five of which were top 5 singles? Magnificent.

The La's by The La's
Oct 05 2025

This was a hard rate. There She Goes is immaculate. The rest of the album...

Close To You by Carpenters
Oct 10 2025

Great singles, weak in places. But Karen could sing the dictionary and I'd swoon

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things
Oct 26 2025

Wish I had more time with this, may reassess

Dirt by Alice In Chains
Oct 31 2025
Remain In Light by Talking Heads
Nov 09 2025

Saved by the back half, would have been a 2. I like it when they get atmospheric

Dry by PJ Harvey
Nov 11 2025
Kala by M.I.A.
Nov 14 2025

I fell in love at 0:09 where she quotes Johnathan Richman.

Mask by Bauhaus
Nov 15 2025
S&M by Metallica
Nov 16 2025

Worse than a late period Metallica album, or an SFO concert. Might be ok without the terrible singing - uh. I'd rate Metallica's early albums right up there, struggled to finish this one.

School's Out by Alice Cooper
Nov 18 2025

Not terrible, quite diverse and a style of singing I hadn't heard from Alice before. It just didn't hit, ya know?

Ctrl by SZA
Nov 26 2025
Nowhere by Ride
Nov 28 2025

Another that will grow with more time!

The Stranger by Billy Joel
Dec 01 2025

Look, they're good songs. Some are almost immaculate. Didn't know this album, could sing 3/4 of it. But they do wash over you like background music in a dive bar. The parts are greater than the sum of the whole on this one. 3.5 but I'll shoot him a 4, an extra .5 for a decent boxing career

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Dec 05 2025
Dec 07 2025

Psychedelic, not as proggy as I expected. Some muscular guitar and real tasty song writing, maybe a little let down by the lyrics. One of those ones I liked a lot, but won't revisit.

Dec 08 2025

I'm not sure Yes is for me. There were bits that I appreciated. It's not a No, but a Maybe? 2.5 rounded down to 2 because it felt a bit longer than it was.

Raw Power by The Stooges
Dec 10 2025

Search and Destroy is a masterpiece from the best opening lines in a song ever, to the falling bomb shriek of the guitar. But as an album I can't rate it higher than Fun House

Be by Common
Dec 11 2025
Gorillaz by Gorillaz
Dec 18 2025

Felt like I had sunshine in a bag for a bit

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Dec 19 2025
Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
Dec 20 2025
So Much For The City by The Thrills
Dec 28 2025

I like this. Will probably come back to it, bit it hasn't blown me away. Love the 60s vibe, but it might hit better little tweer, like The Brunettes.

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
Dec 31 2025
OK by Talvin Singh
Jan 01 2026
Very by Pet Shop Boys
Jan 07 2026
Mott by Mott The Hoople
Jan 09 2026
Ys by Joanna Newsom
Jan 17 2026
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Jan 21 2026
Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Jan 22 2026
Kenya by Machito
Jan 26 2026
New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury
Jan 27 2026

This project has made me realise that I have a real distaste for misogyny, objectification of women, laddish lyrics etc. So this should have been a no bloody way. But fuck me, musically it's fun as all hell. Lyrically it's dirty, yearning, sweet, funny. Pub rock and music hall. Vulgar and vulnerable. Loved it.

Dare! by The Human League
Jan 28 2026
Bug by Dinosaur Jr.
Jan 31 2026
The Nightfly by Donald Fagen
Feb 01 2026

Immaculate, dead inside

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
Feb 05 2026

Fuck this guy. Also, amazing album just transcendal

Feb 06 2026

Well. The Happy Mondays never clicked with me like they should have, being a white guy of a certain age and taste. I was expecting to rate this a 1, with a "what's all the fuss". But this time it was different. A lot more complex and interesting than I'd percieved before. I liked it, didn't love it. Heard a lot of the bands I love in this music than I have before - I knew they were influential , this time I felt it. A gentleman's 3.

Elephant by The White Stripes
Feb 13 2026
Pump by Aerosmith
Feb 22 2026

They certainly picked the right singles. Otherwise dross, saved by a couple of tracks where Lips McScarf doesn't come over as a total creep

Blue by Joni Mitchell
Feb 26 2026
Trio by Dolly Parton
Mar 09 2026
Bad by Michael Jackson
Mar 24 2026
Moving Pictures by Rush
Mar 25 2026

Oh shit is this turning me into a Rush fan? The singing used to annoy me when I'd hear the odd track. But the music has drawn me in across the day listening to it (3rd listen) and the singing has grown on me...

Yeezus by Kanye West
Mar 27 2026

He's a good producer. Never been sure about him as a rapper. But there's always something to grab onto in a Kanye album from ALL of 808s & Heartbreak to Niki Minaj's verse on Monster. But fuck him for making me annoyed by Billie Holiday. You're going to use Strange Fruit as a hook for a warped MDMA follow up to Gold digger?

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen
Apr 02 2026

It's over now, the water and the wine We were broken then, now we're borderline.

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Apr 09 2026

Did not expect to give a Springsteen album five stars, but here we are

Kenza by Khaled
Apr 10 2026
Your Arsenal by Morrissey
Apr 12 2026

Pre listen: oh god not more fucking Morrissey. Post listen, eh not as bad as I thought. 3.

Teen Dream by Beach House
Apr 14 2026

It was cool. As in lukewarm. Pretty nice, some tasteful bits. But not essential. 1001 is a lot of albums. Does it belong here? Maybe more than some.

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter
Apr 15 2026

Prelisten: Deerhunter is one of those bands I feel like I should have been into but just wasn't at the time. Looking forward to revisting.

Groovin' by The Young Rascals
Apr 19 2026
Tical by Method Man
Apr 27 2026
Gold by Ryan Adams
May 03 2026
Drunk by Thundercat
May 15 2026
Violator by Depeche Mode
May 17 2026

It bops, but the lack of variation brings it down a notch. Hmm, wouldn't bother me with any other genre though

Damaged by Black Flag
May 19 2026
Signing Off by UB40
May 25 2026

Any possibility of a score higher than 1 is immediately shot down by what they did to Strange Fruit.

Live! by Fela Kuti
May 26 2026

Oh hell yes! This is a spicy morsel after UB40's white bread and milky lukewarm tea.

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
May 27 2026
Sulk by The Associates
Jun 05 2026
Smash by The Offspring
Jun 09 2026
Scum by Napalm Death
Jun 11 2026
Suede by Suede
Jun 15 2026
Smile by Brian Wilson
Jul 02 2026
Chris by Christine and the Queens
Jul 03 2026
Heroes by David Bowie
Jul 16 2026
It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison
Jul 24 2026

Yesterday's album was Björk's Medúlla. That was interesting and rewarding. This is easy, engaging, and pleasant enough but I'd rather be challenged. Van, it might have been too late to stop now, but I think I wish you had.

Third by Soft Machine
Jul 25 2026
It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads
Jul 29 2026

Made me want to listen to some Julian Hatfield, so not all bad

Closer by Joy Division
Aug 03 2026
Sister by Sonic Youth
Aug 04 2026
Savane by Ali Farka Touré
Aug 07 2026
Tommy by The Who
Aug 09 2026
Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf
Aug 10 2026

It's so dumb and pretentious, wonderful!

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