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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
System Of A Down System Of A Down	5	3.26	+1.74
Eagles Eagles	5	3.3	+1.7
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	5	3.39	+1.61
Synchronicity The Police	5	3.42	+1.58
Odelay Beck	5	3.46	+1.54
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	5	3.49	+1.51
1984 Van Halen	5	3.51	+1.49
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	5	3.56	+1.44
The Joshua Tree U2	5	3.67	+1.33
Automatic For The People R.E.M.	5	3.82	+1.18

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	1	3.66	-2.66
Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone	1	3.64	-2.64
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	1	3.62	-2.62
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	1	3.38	-2.38
The Boatman's Call Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.2	-2.2
The Infotainment Scan The Fall	1	2.72	-1.72
Odessa Bee Gees	1	2.72	-1.72
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground	2	3.53	-1.53
Moss Side Story Barry Adamson	1	2.53	-1.53
Play Moby	2	3.47	-1.47

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Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

I’m proud to say I made it through to the end. That is all.

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1-Star Albums (11)

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Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Way more avant-garde jazz feel than I was expecting. The instrumental tracks had a very sad vibe. Lots of synthesized sound, very 80s. These guys were in a sad place when they made this.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

This was a surprisingly good album. The vibe is upbeat and cool. Very consistent. A very easy listen.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

This is a quintessential 70's album. They have a very unique sound. The recording itself was very "clean". The instrument separation was really good.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

1/5

This album influenced so many other artists, but I found it hard to listen to.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

It’s a good blues album. There were no stand out tracks to me.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

1/5

Blues and jazz and sadness.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

Not my thing

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

I listened to every note.

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

This is like seeing a high school photo of one of your favorite grownup. You can really hear where REM started.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

Tom Waits. An acquired taste.

The Clash

3/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

2/5

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

Upbeat pop music.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

One of my favorite all time albums.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

1/5

Do you want to listen to a restaurant expeditor call out orders while electronica drones in the background? This is for you?

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1/5

This was a dreary poetry reading with music as an after thought.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

4/5

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

3/5

Snivilisation

Orbital

2/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

This doesn’t feel like their best album. The majority of the tracks were kitschy performance tracks. Which, to be fair, is what Talking Heads do.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Still amazing after all these years. A listen at 44 hits different than when I was 24. Somehow young me missed all the ennui the first time.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

Sail Away

Randy Newman

3/5

Randy Newman is in a category of 1. I think his best songs are the ones where he says the quiet part out loud. Writing in the first person of a particularly kind of person singing their inner and intrusive thoughts.

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

2/5

Angry, poorly produced and too long.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Solid. First song to last all enjoyable.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Wow. Absolutely nothing redeeming.

Odessa

Bee Gees

1/5

I feel like the 1001 album selection is an elaborate troll. Where is Saturday Night Fever? Why this album?

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Joan Baez

2/5

Not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Folk music, sung high.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

I’m proud to say I made it through to the end. That is all.

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

2/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Play

Moby

2/5

Most of the album is like secret Lofi girl mix. I never knew that.

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

Still holds up in 2024.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

This was a truly terrible listen.

The Stooges

3/5

Solid late sixties rock album. They use the distinctive distortion of the era lending to a time capsule feeling.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

This is one of my dad’s favorites. Easy listen, upbeat.

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

I love Nirvana. One of my favorite bands. I haven’t listened to this album, as a whole album, since it came out. I forgot about the couple of weird tracks where Kurt just sort of screams at the listener.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Really great rhythm and bass lines throughout.

The Velvet Underground

2/5

So much better than your first album, probably because they learn to play their instruments. Eight minute murder mystery song was absolutely to listen to. There is zero songs on this album. I would never want to hear.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Four, ten minute long songs made for a very different type of listen.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

1/5

Truly terrible as a selection for this list.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

This album shows up on so many lists that I was excited to finally listen to it. The lyrics are unintelligible and the music was entirely forgettable. Very disappointing.

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

3/5

This album wasn’t available on my streaming services in the US. I was able to listen to 4 tracks off of YouTube. It’s jazz and I don’t have much of an appreciation of jazz.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

Odelay

Beck

5/5

Still awesome.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Too much concept and not enough funk.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

Not their best

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

Way better than I expected for synth pop.

Eagles

5/5

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

3/5

This album was a trip. Over two hours of all over the place space jam band. The time spent playing was really good. I don’t think I’d ever sit through the “lyrics” or the long noise sessions again.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Each song has its own style and rhythm. No “sameness” between the tracks makes it a very listenable album.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

This is a great album. It wasn’t easy to listen through in one day. It’s a 2+ hour album with long solos and jams. It would have been awesome to see these guys live, which is probably the best way to experience a jam band.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Too sexy for me. She likes to rides repetitive lyrics started to make me uncomfortable.

System Of A Down

5/5

Still amazing.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

This is the first album I couldn’t make it through. I felt like I was being trolled.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Two hits and the rest is just noodling on guitars

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Hi quality beats manufactured in NYC.

Copper Blue

Sugar

2/5

This is average, run of the mill, mid-90s popish rock. If I had caught this act in a bar or as an opening act it would have been great. I do not understand why this would be on the list of 1001 albums you must listen to. You do not need to listen to this.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

One of the most accessible jazz albums I’ve ever listened to.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

I was surprised by how many hits are on this album.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

I had forgotten how angry he is in this album.

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Noise rock indeed.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Go big or go home. Everything is a huge ballad. I prefer the songs on their own rather than all in a row.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

2/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

Despite not being the type of album that I can take in one sitting, there are two absolute standout tracks here.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

Far from my favorite Radiohead album. Not sure why this one made the list.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

I had no idea Janis Joplin started with this band. Surprising. A little piece of my heart has been on my playlist for a long time.

Woodface

Crowded House

2/5

Not their best album.

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

I gave it an extra star for Henry Rollins lyrics, but this album is questionable

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

I didn’t understand a word of the lyrics. No tracks I’d listen to again. They have a good sound though.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Great album overall.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Solid album. Would listen again.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Highly depressing album.

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

No review needed. Great from start to finish. There are a number of songs on this album that seem like they were experiments and could have been cut. E.g. Revolution 9

Debut

Björk

3/5

Part performance art, part dance album. Bjork really did something unique and interesting with this release. I listen to Human Behavior and Venus as a Boy a few times a year when it comes up in my mix.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Good vibes. Good music. Nothing stood out.

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

2/5

Kinda lame.

American Gothic

David Ackles

2/5

A musical without going to the trouble of crafting a story.