1001 Albums Summary

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Let England Shake PJ Harvey	5	3.15	+1.85
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.61	+1.39
Violator Depeche Mode	5	3.7	+1.3
Life Thru A Lens Robbie Williams	4	2.73	+1.27
Kilimanjaro The Teardrop Explodes	4	2.86	+1.14
Stripped Christina Aguilera	4	2.87	+1.13
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy	4	2.88	+1.12
Viva Hate Morrissey	4	2.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
So Much For The City The Thrills	1	2.81	-1.81
Graceland Paul Simon	2	3.74	-1.74
Heaux Tales Jazmine Sullivan	1	2.68	-1.68
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club	2	3.66	-1.66
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	2	3.56	-1.56
Stankonia OutKast	2	3.55	-1.55
Abbey Road Beatles	3	4.46	-1.46
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	2	3.31	-1.31
Unhalfbricking Fairport Convention	2	3.14	-1.14

5-Star Albums (3)

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1-Star Albums (3)

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

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Gorillaz

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

2/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Much better than I expected

Buena Vista Social Club

2/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

3/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Tapestry

Carole King

3/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

First ever listen to Pink Floyd, I think I’d need to listen a few more times to fill appreciate.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

Surprised by how good this album was - apart from the hits not a band I would listen too.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

2/5

Much prefer other bands of this genre

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

If not for Little Richard a lot of the 1001 albums wouldn’t exist

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

Much better than expected, would listen again

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Always meant to listen to this group but never got around to it. I must say that I was not disappointed

So Much For The City

The Thrills

1/5

Absolutely no idea why this album was on the list. Definitely not a band I would dive into

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

Not my type of music - but still enjoyed

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

Absolutely love this album from the first time I heard it

The Doors

4/5

Marvellous album

War

4/5

Early U2 is their best period - we worth a listen

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Good album

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Not the best police album but still well worth a listen

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

An ok album not sure if it should be on the list

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Enjoyable listen

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Good solid album

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Very solid album

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Worth a listen but not an album I’d revisit

Eagles

3/5

A pleasant listen but not an album I’d revisit often

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

Although not my favourite album this is so influential on later artists

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Good album will definitely listen again

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

A good listen

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

Kate Bush at the height of her career, a must listen.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Excellent album

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Not the best Queen album however some excellent songs on the album

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

Good listen

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

2/5

No idea why this album is anywhere near this list.

The Cars

3/5

Enjoyable album which grew on me as it progressed

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Excellent album with four stand out tracks.

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

1/5

Very average album

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Very strange album but has a couple of stand out tracks

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Enjoyable listen

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Enjoyable album - worth a listen

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

This LP has stood up to the rest of time

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

3/5

Better than excepted

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

4/5

Very unique album well worth a listen

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Solid album

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

Not my cup of tea

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

2/5

Enjoyed the style at first but did become repetitive

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

4/5

Very good album with a couple of excellent tracks

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Very good album

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

A very experimental album - should not be anywhere near this list

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Too long a guitar solos on this album

The Clash

4/5

Absolutely love this album, couple of weaker tracks otherwise would be a solid 5 stars

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

A solid album - worth a listen

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Very good album

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

An album very much of its time but well worth a listen

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

5/5

An absolute must listen to - never tire of listening to it

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

A decent listen but not sure why it is on this list

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

Solid album with a couple of standout tracks

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

A pleasant enough album not one I would listen to alot

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

4/5

Very good albu

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Much better than expected

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

A very good album, especially for the time however not for me

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

A pleasant album but not one to revisit

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Decent album - worth a listen

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Very good album still love after all these years

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

4/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Very good album worth a listen

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

2/5

A nice enough album but must hear I’m not sure

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

Absolutely brilliant album - not a bad track - definitely 5 stars

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5