1001 Albums Summary

Listening statistics & highlights

510
Albums Rated
2.95
Average Rating
47%
Complete
579 albums remaining

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1970
Favorite Decade
Blues
Favorite Genre
UK
Top Origin
Tough Crowd
Rater Style ?
61
5-Star Albums
53
1-Star Albums

Breakdown

By Genre

Top Styles

By Decade

By Origin

Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Movies
Holger Czukay
 5 2.7 +2.3
Sheet Music
10cc
 5 2.94 +2.06
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
 5 2.99 +2.01
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
 5 2.99 +2.01
Dog Man Star
Suede
 5 3.01 +1.99
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
 5 3.02 +1.98
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
 4 2.04 +1.96
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
 5 3.09 +1.91
Truth
Jeff Beck
 5 3.16 +1.84
D
White Denim
 5 3.21 +1.79

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
 1 3.62 -2.62
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
 1 3.61 -2.61
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
 1 3.45 -2.45
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
 1 3.36 -2.36
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
 1 3.33 -2.33
Me Against The World
2Pac
 1 3.25 -2.25
Being There
Wilco
 1 3.23 -2.23
John Prine
John Prine
 1 3.21 -2.21
Pink Flag
Wire
 1 3.2 -2.2
The Blueprint
JAY Z
 1 3.18 -2.18

Artists

Favorites

ArtistAlbumsAverage
David Bowie 8 4.63
Talking Heads 3 5
Kate Bush 3 4.67
The Police 2 5
King Crimson 2 5
Peter Gabriel 2 5
Van Halen 3 4.33
Simon & Garfunkel 3 4.33
PJ Harvey 3 4.33

Least Favorites

ArtistAlbumsAverage
Morrissey 2 1
Bob Dylan 4 1.75
Sonic Youth 2 1.5
Dolly Parton 2 1.5

Controversial

ArtistRatings
Aretha Franklin 5, 2
Neil Young 5, 2, 2
Björk 2, 4, 1

5-Star Albums (61)

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Van Halen Lady Soul Live At The Harlem Square Club Darkness on the Edge of Town Synchronicity Tapestry Bookends Morrison Hotel Juju Truth The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The Seldom Seen Kid Harvest Reggatta De Blanc Larks' Tongues In Aspic Music From Big Pink Can't Buy A Thrill Time Out Talking Heads 77 Dog Man Star Sheet Music Rumours Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) D Fever To Tell Graceland Movies Songs From The Big Chair Dire Straits Little Earthquakes The Yes Album Bridge Over Troubled Water Low Hounds Of Love OK Computer In The Court Of The Crimson King Young Americans The ArchAndroid The Nightfly Franz Ferdinand Station To Station Murder Ballads Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea Back To Black Black Holes and Revelations So Aqualung Pearl More Songs About Buildings And Food Remain In Light Heroes The Specials Grace (Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Guero Van Halen The Dreaming Entertainment Head Hunters Blackstar Peter Gabriel

Popular Reviews

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

This is not an album. It is a catalogue of song samples. Less is not always more....

25 by Adele

A great voice largely wasted on risk-free pop songs....

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Music mostly allright, with hints of Talking Heads and Style Council. But the vocals are terrible....

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Yes, industrial experimental music can be too experimental.

1-Star Albums (53)

Live And Dangerous Chelsea Girl The Velvet Underground & Nico Permission to Land Being There Beach Samba The Madcap Laughs Scum I’m a Lonesome Fugitive Kollaps Tragic Songs of Life Public Image: First Issue GI Meat Puppets II Kick Out The Jams (Live) We're Only In It For The Money The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Born To Be With You Oar Ready To Die Jack Takes the Floor Reign In Blood Southern Rock Opera Honky Tonk Masquerade Dirty Junkyard Among The Living John Prine The Blueprint A Grand Don't Come For Free It's A Shame About Ray Vauxhall And I Crazysexycool No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) Timeless The Grand Tour Boy In Da Corner Trio Time (The Revelator) The Only Ones Sweetheart Of The Rodeo Music Has The Right To Children White Light I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Medúlla Konnichiwa Dr. Octagonecologyst Pink Flag Odessa Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Viva Hate Me Against The World

All Ratings (510)

Van Halen by Van Halen
Jan 20 2024

Very energetic and vibrant

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
Jan 20 2024

Great album!

Ten by Pearl Jam
Jan 23 2024

To me every song sounds the same..... as do the tormented vocals ....

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix
Jan 26 2024

Half the album oké, the otter half not very special

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Jan 28 2024
Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes
Feb 04 2024

Solid rock, yes, but not a single song stands out. Not an album to listen to again.

Chelsea Girl by Nico
Feb 07 2024

This album should be on the list '1001 albums that make you wanna die'

Zombie by Fela Kuti
Feb 13 2024
Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
Feb 18 2024
Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Feb 26 2024
Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
Feb 27 2024

They've made better albums....

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise
Feb 29 2024

Except 'Theme' mostly a bit boring and clueless soundscaping

Truth by Jeff Beck
Mar 03 2024
Stripped by Christina Aguilera
Mar 04 2024
Pump by Aerosmith
Mar 06 2024
3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Mar 13 2024
Being There by Wilco
Mar 18 2024

Hardly anything special or noteworthy about this album.

Harvest by Neil Young
Mar 19 2024
Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Mar 24 2024
Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices
Mar 28 2024

This is not an album. It is a catalogue of song samples. Less is not always more....

Guitar Town by Steve Earle
Mar 31 2024

Even when country meets rock, in the end you're still left with saddle pain.....

Survivor by Destiny's Child
Apr 03 2024
Rip It Up by Orange Juice
Apr 05 2024

Music mostly allright, with hints of Talking Heads and Style Council. But the vocals are terrible....

1984 by Van Halen
Apr 07 2024
Scum by Napalm Death
Apr 18 2024

This nonmusic is why noise cancelling was invented

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Apr 20 2024
Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Apr 27 2024
Dookie by Green Day
Apr 30 2024
Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
May 01 2024
Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten
May 02 2024

Yes, industrial experimental music can be too experimental.

Blur by Blur
May 05 2024
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
May 09 2024
Tidal by Fiona Apple
May 14 2024
25 by Adele
May 15 2024

A great voice largely wasted on risk-free pop songs....

xx by The xx
May 26 2024
GI by Germs
May 27 2024
D by White Denim
Jun 10 2024
Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners
Jun 21 2024
Imagine by John Lennon
Jun 24 2024
Movies by Holger Czukay
Jun 27 2024
Goo by Sonic Youth
Jul 05 2024
Dirt by Alice In Chains
Jul 11 2024
S&M by Metallica
Jul 16 2024
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Jul 17 2024
Kenza by Khaled
Jul 25 2024
Murmur by R.E.M.
Jul 27 2024
Remedy by Basement Jaxx
Aug 02 2024
Dummy by Portishead
Aug 03 2024
Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper
Aug 09 2024

Two stars, mainly because of The Case Continues and Split.

Low by David Bowie
Aug 12 2024
Debut by Björk
Aug 20 2024
Want One by Rufus Wainwright
Aug 23 2024
Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Sep 02 2024
The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Sep 04 2024
Kid A by Radiohead
Sep 06 2024
Elephant by The White Stripes
Sep 10 2024
Live! by Fela Kuti
Oct 08 2024
Dirty by Sonic Youth
Oct 10 2024

Just a lot of noise

1989 by Taylor Swift
Oct 13 2024
Junkyard by The Birthday Party
Oct 16 2024
Green by R.E.M.
Oct 19 2024
Blue by Joni Mitchell
Oct 30 2024
Bad by Michael Jackson
Dec 07 2024
Third by Soft Machine
Dec 08 2024
Happy Sad by Tim Buckley
Jan 06 2025

Refreshingly different from all these grunge, indie, Britpop and whatever soundalikes thst somehow made it to the 1001 list

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jan 08 2025
Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Jan 12 2025
Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
Jan 15 2025

This album will catapult a lot of people out of their anglo-american musical comfort zone!

Nixon by Lambchop
Jan 19 2025
Eagles by Eagles
Feb 02 2025
It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads
Mar 05 2025

Must hear ???? The only song that made some impression was a cover and not even a good one

Kala by M.I.A.
May 16 2025
Trio by Dolly Parton
Jun 27 2025
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Jun 29 2025
So by Peter Gabriel
Jul 02 2025
The Only Ones by The Only Ones
Jul 03 2025

Very forgettable.....

Berlin by Lou Reed
Jul 16 2025
Pearl by Janis Joplin
Jul 20 2025
Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Jul 24 2025
Heroes by David Bowie
Aug 08 2025
Faith by George Michael
Aug 21 2025
Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo
Aug 31 2025
Grace by Jeff Buckley
Sep 02 2025
Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
Sep 03 2025
Boston by Boston
Sep 13 2025
Rio by Duran Duran
Sep 15 2025
Guero by Beck
Sep 28 2025
Music by Madonna
Dec 04 2025
Odessa by Bee Gees
Jan 20 2026
Arular by M.I.A.
Jan 21 2026

Tough Crowd

Average rating is 0.30 points below global average.

Other

Album origins are grouped into three buckets: US, UK, and everything else. “Other” means the artists you rate highest are from outside the US and UK.