My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	5	2.74	+2.26
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	5	2.84	+2.16
Second Toughest In The Infants Underworld	5	2.86	+2.14
Chemtrails Over The Country Club Lana Del Rey	5	3.05	+1.95
Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers	5	3.11	+1.89
Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron	5	3.25	+1.75
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.35	+1.65
Africa Brasil Jorge Ben Jor	5	3.37	+1.63
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	5	3.38	+1.62
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	5	3.43	+1.57

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Transformer Lou Reed	1	3.67	-2.67
Ocean Rain Echo And The Bunnymen	1	3.22	-2.22
Real Life Magazine	1	3.05	-2.05
Back To Black Amy Winehouse	2	4.02	-2.02
Very Pet Shop Boys	1	2.93	-1.93
Kala M.I.A.	1	2.91	-1.91
Automatic For The People R.E.M.	2	3.82	-1.82
At San Quentin Johnny Cash	2	3.8	-1.8
Music Madonna	1	2.68	-1.68
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby Girls Against Boys	1	2.66	-1.66

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Artist	Albums	Average
Queen	2	5

5-Star Albums (16)

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1-Star Albums (8)

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Odelay

Beck

3/5

Interesting album. Rock with some hip hop vibes in terms of sampling and almost spoken word in some points. Some songs bordered on grungey metal, others were almost trip hoppy. Good drum breaks throughout.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Fun to listen to. Very old school, honky tonk, American bar vibe.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Some bangers, some misses.

War

3/5

Not bad for a rock album, 3 or 4 great tracks and some forgettable songs.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Great songs. Saloon american vibe.

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

A unique sound, but it got repetitive real fast. Good in short bursts.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

2/5

Some forgettable soft rock.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Pretty good emotional gothic rock.

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Great music that I wasn't aware was even made by Queen.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

A little samey. Some great sounds for the first 1 or 2 tracks, but apart from "Wake Me up When September Ends", it loses its unique sound pretty quickly.

The La's

3/5

Some solid tunes but the album started to drag long after a while.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

As expected, some great catchy songs from MJ

Kala

M.I.A.

1/5

Really hard to listen to. Kind of monotone and bland, and just strangely edgy for the sake of sounding different, but it never ended up being very musical or fun.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

Some beautiful piano music in here. Of course, it isn't as engaging as a lyrical pop song but if you listen to it and pay attention, it's still pretty incredible.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

4/5

A surprisingly fun and musical album. At points it is whimsical, and doesn't take itself seriously, but at other times it provides some great musicality and weight.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Good music, great voice, brilliant vibes, but the lyrics are a bit cringeworthy at times.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

5/5

No expectations, fantastic album. Groovy, funky, well made, and a lot of fun.

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

4/5

A nice peaceful album. Sounds great, not much else to say.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

Steely Dan is not one of my favourite bands from the era, something about the sound is just not quite there.

Transformer

Lou Reed

1/5

Some ok instrumentation but awful singing.

Music

Madonna

1/5

Really

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

Music was fine, singing got harsh at some points, but overall not bad.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

5/5

Amazing.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Not bad musically, honestly not my vibe but a good album nonetheless.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

4/5

A surprisingly pleasant album.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Not bad, but not my speed.

Joanna Newsom

3/5

One of the most interesting albums I've ever heard.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Fantastic album, lots of different yet consistently good genre crossing music.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Honestly, didn't expect to like a country album this much.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Was alright, nothing spectacular.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Good reason why this album is on the list.

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

Some good instrumentation, but why is this list so rock heavy?

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

5/5

This is what I want from this project. Something I never would have listened to otherwise, but was still beautiful in many ways.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

It started off alright, but by the end, I understood the hype around Jimi Hendrix.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

There are some parts which are okay musically, but her voice is just terrible. I could barely understand the lyrics, which according to the other reviews are quite good? Oh well. I struggle to see how this made this list.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

Wonderful big band album. Great variety in the tracks, yet they all sounded fantastic, this is the type of music that I want from this list. Different and unique.

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Being a kiwi, I feel pressured to rate this high. It isn't a bad pop album by any means, but it is still a pop album, and I find it hard to rate it highly because of that fact. It has some good songs, but it still comes off as trying to appeal to the mass market.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Great classic dad rock.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Surprisingly good. Didn't expect to listen to such a beautiful album.

Le Tigre

3/5

Not bad, some decent instrumentation at points, but the singing was grating, and it felt a little experimental at times. I guess punk isn't for me.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

2/5

Some alright parts, but I think this album really reminds me why I don't like country. Even with that in mind, I just don't find the music all that fresh or compelling.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

2/5

I think this guy believes his voice is nicer than it really is.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Simply great music, even if it has been made cheesy by Hollywood. Can't deny how well made it is.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

Not bad. I can't say I'm the biggest Steely Dan fan, but there are some alright songs here. Still feel like other bands captured more emotion than these guys.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Fresh and fun, even today.

New York Dolls

3/5

Some fine rock, nothing crazy.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Some interesting sound design, but nothing particularly compelling.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

I'm really starting to get sick of rock, even though this is undeniably a pretty good live performance.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

4/5

A few amazing tracks in here, really quite surprised, though some are definitely quite forgettable.

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Fun, and well varied.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

1/5

I'm sure hard rock fans like this, but I don't see how this is any more groundbreaking than the other hard rock albums before it.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

Very American. It's ok.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

5/5

Surprisingly enjoyable. His voice wasn't the best, but the music was great.

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

A nice poppy feel good album.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

I don't understand how this is particularly good rock.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

5/5

Not what I would normally listen to, but undeniably an incredibly well made and powerful album.

Van Halen

4/5

This is some fun great high energy rock that screams the 70s and 80s.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

Biased as I have loved Fatboy Slim for a long time, but there just isn't anyone who makes music that sounds or feels quite like this.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

Very different, yet fresh.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Cute little old American album

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

5/5

Surprisingly good for its age, and incredibly fresh and innovative for an electronic album of this time.

Real Life

Magazine

1/5

This album is ass

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

4/5

Surprisingly fun and fresh album

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

5/5

Great jazz

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Pretty good country rock album

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

This style of music really doesn't carry well to today.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Pretty good actually.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Some bangers but mostly just solid music, nothing crazy.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

2/5

Some good songs but a bit samey. Not for me.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

1/5

Completely forgettable

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

2/5

Nice production and voice, but they don't add up to anything particularly compelling.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

1/5

I don't get it at all.

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

4/5

Surprisingly fresh and forward looking electronic music, especially for it's time.