My 1001 Albums Journey

Albums Rated

3.99

Average Rating

Complete

1000 albums remaining

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1970

Favorite Decade

Soul

Favorite Genre

other

Top Origin

Polarizer

Rater Style ?

5-Star Albums

1-Star Albums

Breakdown

By Genre

Top Styles

By Decade

By Origin

Albums

You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Butterfly Mariah Carey	5	2.49	+2.51
Triangle The Beau Brummels	5	2.7	+2.3
Planet Rock: The Album Afrika Bambaataa	5	2.8	+2.2
Whatever Aimee Mann	5	2.83	+2.17
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite Maxwell	5	2.9	+2.1
Mott Mott The Hoople	5	2.93	+2.07
Will The Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	5	2.99	+2.01
Midnight Ride Paul Revere & The Raiders	5	3	+2
evermore Taylor Swift	5	3.02	+1.98
Skylarking XTC	5	3.04	+1.96

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	3.98	-2.98
Doolittle Pixies	1	3.74	-2.74
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	1	3.54	-2.54
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	1	3.46	-2.46
Odelay Beck	1	3.45	-2.45
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	1	3.4	-2.4
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	1	3.34	-2.34
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Is This It The Strokes	2	3.81	-1.81
Dookie Green Day	2	3.79	-1.79

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Van Halen	2	5
U2	2	5

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Beastie Boys	2	1

5-Star Albums (53)

View Album Wall

Popular Reviews

Mott

Mott The Hoople · 3 likes

5/5

Always a fan of this group!! Not an album I had heard ..Loved it!

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT · 2 likes

5/5

I Really liked the lyrics and the beat box sound and music and was pleasantly surprised that it was not "Rap" music...but the spoken word parts were like poetry...it was beautiful.....<3

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders · 2 likes

5/5

An older and a goodie! It transcends time. I love it!

Butterfly

Mariah Carey · 1 likes

5/5

Incredible voice and lyrics…Always!!

Doolittle

Pixies · 1 likes

1/5

Awful noise….Just no…

1-Star Albums (11)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

All Ratings

Is This It

The Strokes

2/5

I loved punk rock in the 80’s but this I found the lyrics boring as well as the music itself

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

I loved this albumn!! Rich tones, delightful melodies and great lyrics. I’d forgotten that I’d heard them in the past and was Most Grateful to reconnect with their music!!

Dookie

Green Day

2/5

Sorry, not sorry but not a fan…. I felt yelled at… and please understand I loved punk rock in the 80’s… but this just was just not something I enjoyed. I listened to 3 songs… I couldn’t take any more…

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

Love ❤️ this whole album!! Every sing is a Gem 💎!!

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I love ❤️ listening to the Stones… they’re Great in concert according to friends( I’ve never been). This is an earlier album and I feel they were desperately trying to “Americanize” their music…

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

1/5

Did not like this at All… grated on my nerves and created anxiety

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful!! Ella Fitzgerald could sing the phone book and it would be Epic!! A voice of the Ages!! George Gershwin was an Incredible song writing Genius!! Hearing Ella sing his works was A Breath of Fresh Air…. I would give it 10 or 20 stars!!⭐️ Musical 🎶 Theater at its Finest!!

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

4/5

I liked it, not loved it but the music and lyrics were rich and full and I enjoyed most of the rhythms. I would've given it 5 stars but after 1/2 of the album it started feeling repetitive.

Skylarking

XTC

5/5

Not my favorite album of theirs but I’ve always loved XTC… Dear God is Epic!!

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

5/5

This is classic Bluegrass at its Finest. For those folks who are music history buffs you need to understand that this music came from RURAL America, not big city….it moved slowly thru minstrel shows, religious revival la, family reunions and brought small communities together to create and celebrate what was happening in Their lives. Where it came from??it started out with roots in gospel, blues, folk, country music in the southern states and it moved to the Heartland of the Midwest where I grew up in Kansas. There is a National Bluegrass Festival in Winfield, KS every year and a Huge number of these individual musical artists also perform at the Yearly at the American Folk Alliance Festival in Kansas City which goes on for se real days…KC hosted the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band as did Lawrence, KS and other college towns in the 70’s and 80’s. I know Bluegrass is not everyone’s cup of tea but it started a movement during the early 1900’s !!

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

ok, I gotta say...I had never listened to them previously. If I had listened to them in the 90's early 00's by review might be different. Not a fan. Loud, poor chord transitions and many of the songs sounded similar and yet others didn't seem to fit the others...a mish mash of songs, sounds, instruments, lyrics....I gave it a 3 only because the group has done songs, per friends of mine that enjoy them that are better....otherwise I would've given it 2 stars.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

This album was controversial when it came out bc of apartheid in South Africa. What many do Not understand is that apartheid prevented South African black society from earning money from All jobs that’s the downside of sanctions of any kind. Paul Simon actually did a very Brave thing… he sought out South African musicians and he gave them work. He paid them and gave them credits on the album…it is a wonderful reminder of how music crosses All boundaries and divisions and ignites the souls of All it touches!!

No Other

Gene Clark

5/5

I didn’t know until it finished that it was from the Byrd’s singer!! It was delightful!!

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Very very dark, lyrics… I do not like horror stories these lyrics echo them…

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

I love Jazz… just found it a bit slow and felt it needed more vocals

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

I was actually amazed that I liked several vs of the songs and the beats. I’m not a prude about language and swear words, I drop plenty of F bombs of my own. That said swearing, every other word just to swear, not a fan…. I know that this is just one sample of Missy Elliott’s work, so gave it 3 stars for that.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

I know that this man was a Huge symbol for many future rappers and that his style of rap has been used by Many famous current Rap and Hip Hop artists….he deserves their praises and the honors they bestow upon his memory. May he Rest in Power….this is just not music I listen to or have been exposed to…not my jam but mean no disrespect…

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

5/5

An older and a goodie! It transcends time. I love it!

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

One of the Greatest albums of All time!! Love it !!

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

5/5

WOW 🤩 just WoW to hear an Iconic Album with Incredible riffs, lyrics a that smooth rich sultry voice of Grace Slick…. I’m still on a high just hearing This album!!

Femi Kuti

5/5

Loved the beats on this one!! I danced in the kitchen while I was cooking it was heaven!!

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

1/5

This may be for some ..but definitely NOT for me….put in on to take my shower, normally a calming wake up experience turned into shrill, anxiety ridden followed by high agitation levels…This album is as bad as fingernails on a Chaulk board….Noise, not music…. you have to give 1 star to vote.. or I would have given a negative number….dimply awful, I feel as though my ears are bleeding..

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

An Epic and Iconic Classic…loved it

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

4/5

I liked it a lot… very good punk !!

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

Love ❤️ Jazz.., this instrumental experimental was fantastic!!

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

An older album of theirs… I liked their later stuff better because the lyrics improved greatly. The songs on this album I liked were more instrumental and less angry!!

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Excellent work!! Loved this album!

NEU! 75

Neu!

5/5

Loved 🥰 this album

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

It was great! I have friends that love them… can’t say I’d ever listened to them before!

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

1/5

Not a fan, just not… I tried I really did but for me it was a nails on the Chaulk board experience….NO, Just NO… but to each their own…

evermore

Taylor Swift

5/5

Lyrics, music, the total package… the voice…I Love it All !! I am a Senior Swiftie NOW!!

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

It was loud and the lyrics & music were just meh for me

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

1/5

Not a fan…sorry/not sorry… not into rap music in general… just not my style…I had to give it 1 star to vote. In truth I would give it Zero stars… if I want “nails on the chaulk board” perhaps but that is annoyingly Awful and hurts my eardrums which start to bleed after just the few seconds of this ….

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Classic sexy, wonderful honey coated music and lyrics. Marvin Gaye was Epic and Ine of the Very Best smooth jazz/blues/Motown Sound!!

Whatever

Aimee Mann

5/5

Big lover of Till Tuesday…. Really enjoyed hearing her incredible vocals and lyrics… now, I just wanna hear more!!

White Denim

5/5

Had never heard of them and I loved their sound and song lyrics. Always love hearing a band or individual I’m not heard and enjoy listening too!!

1984

Van Halen

5/5

I Love ❤️ Van Halen!! Eddie Van Halen is IMHO one of the top 5 greatest guitar players of ALL time!!

Pretenders

5/5

I LOVE ❤️ The Pretenders!!! I could listen to Chrissy Hynde sing All day long….my fantasy trio would be Chrissy, Annie Lennox and Brandi Carlile!!

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

5/5

In college, I dated a guy who was Totally into Punk Rock, so I grew to love it in the late 70’s early 80’s. I think of Iggy Pop as the grandfather of Punk Rock… I attribute him being who launched the genre whether that’s true or not and so think his work is Genius!!

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

5/5

I had never heard of the group, u til I listened to this. Then magical realized that I’d heard them on the radio as a young girl at the swimming pool! That my high school babysitters played some of their songs!! Thoroughly enjoyable music!!

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

1/5

If you’re could have given Zero stars, I would have…nails on a chalkboard!!

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Quintessential Johnny Cadh…what’s not to love??? ❤️ ❤️❤️

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

Quintessential Allman brothers. While I love jamming and it Was great they could’ve easily trimmed 5 min off each of them for my personal taste. But Duane All an is in my top 5 guitarists of all time!!

Rage Against The Machine

1/5

Not a fan…..at all…

John Prine

5/5

Love love love John Prine…a legend of epic songwriting lyrics, great music for decades. He has been greatly missed since he passed

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Old Metallica…some of the songs I have always liked, some not so much..

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

5/5

I Really liked the lyrics and the beat box sound and music and was pleasantly surprised that it was not "Rap" music...but the spoken word parts were like poetry...it was beautiful.....<3

Odelay

Beck

1/5

Not my thing. Kinda jangling on my nerves…

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

EPIC and Awesome…anything and Every single thing he sang or wrote gives me goose bumps of JOY 🤩!! Love ❤️ Michael Jackson!! RIP

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

Love love love this album… went thru 3 of them in college!!

Doolittle

Pixies

1/5

Awful noise….Just no…

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

Have Always Loved them…Always Will!!

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

5/5

Normally don’t care for rap but this had actual Music!! 🎶 loved it!!

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

5/5

Incredible voice and lyrics…Always!!

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

Loud screaming and banging… equals loss of vocal cords eventually and nails in the chalk board, no thanks…

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Nice melodies just so so

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

4/5

Liked it but didn’t love it

The La's

4/5

If completely forgotten I’d even heard of them!! Then one of their “radio” play songs came on… overall I enjoyed this album a lot!

Mott

Mott The Hoople

5/5

Always a fan of this group!! Not an album I had heard ..Loved it!

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

Great solo album from George Harrison… beautiful album

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Great great album..

Metallica

4/5

Sandman is one of my favs but must be getting old…a lot of the songs sounded the same…

Achtung Baby

5/5

A favorite album of mine! I Live U2!!

Solid Air

John Martyn

5/5

Had never heard him!! What an incredibly great surprise of delightful music!! Loved it!

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

I must be getting old. Some of the songs were ok, some a bit better and most too loud and unable to understand the words…

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Liked it! Was unfamiliar and glad yo enjoy!

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Hadn’t heard them.., loved this album!

Mask

Bauhaus

2/5

Just ok

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

Love ❤️ this album and band!!

Adele

5/5

An oldie but a goodie… her debut album that rocketed off the charts…LOVE IT!!❤️❤️

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

I love the Who but didn’t like all the talking…they have much better albums than this one!!

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

5/5

Had never heard it and loved it!

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

5/5

Had never heard of him… loved the album!

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

5/5

Great album loved it!!

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Will always love ❤️ them… I think a lot about wondering what kind of music they or her alone would’ve made, Cass ElliotttgT is…

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Forced to give 1 star to vote. Do NOT like Kanye or Ye…he needs to get help Mental Health care…. He’s a hot mess…

Fragile

Yes

5/5

One of my favorite albums of ALL time!! Loved it!! Love it a million times over!!

Dire Straits

5/5

I have LOVED Dire Straights since they first came out with an album....this was a Great one!!

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

1/5

I prefer singing 🎶 to screaming 😱 so Just No on this album…

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

5/5

Had never heard this album...loved it. Eric Clapton is one of the greatest guitar players of all time and this is a magnificent version of him and John Mayall is perfection!

The Joshua Tree

5/5

The break out initial Classic U2 Album hits my sentimental side as do many albums from several decades ago. One begins to recount all the memories and people i that time period....This album had so many Big hits and so many of the songs on this album got incredible airplay here in the US from this band from Ireland and the UK...I even believe at one point they were labeled as the "new Beatles" in terms of popularity "across the pond"...I Have Always loved U2 and this particular album brings back the Most of what I long for from them......I would give it 20 stars if I could.....

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

Classic Doors… losing Jim Morrison so young was such a loss that we’ll Never know what they could’ve become, sadly…

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

Never heard it before but I liked some of the songs but not all of them.

Electric

The Cult

4/5

Never heard them before and really enjoyed this album!

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Have Always Loved the Who… sn iconic album!

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Van Halen

5/5

Great Iconic album!!

Ananda Shankar

2/5

While I like the idea of playing popular music with the instruments used in typical Indian music for me it just doesn’t work….. I prefer to listen to 70’s Classic Ravi Shankar

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

A Truly iconic and Wonderful Album from my Past!! Love ❤️ the Go-Go’s!!