My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sulk The Associates	5	2.36	+2.64
Idlewild Everything But The Girl	5	2.58	+2.42
Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	5	2.71	+2.29
A Walk Across The Rooftops The Blue Nile	5	2.86	+2.14
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Soft Cell	5	2.87	+2.13
White Light / White Heat The Velvet Underground	5	2.88	+2.12
16 Lovers Lane The Go-Betweens	5	2.94	+2.06
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Faces	5	2.95	+2.05
Mott Mott The Hoople	5	2.95	+2.05
Ghosteen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	2.97	+2.03

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	1	3.7	-2.7
The Score Fugees	1	3.69	-2.69
Ill Communication Beastie Boys	1	3.65	-2.65
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	1	3.63	-2.63
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.61	-2.61
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	1	3.61	-2.61
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	1	3.61	-2.61
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	1	3.36	-2.36
The Bends Radiohead	2	4.01	-2.01
O.G. Original Gangster Ice T	1	2.97	-1.97

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	7	5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	3	5
Queen	3	5
Creedence Clearwater Revival	3	4.67
R.E.M.	3	4.67
Bob Dylan	2	5
AC/DC	2	5
Elton John	2	5
Nirvana	2	5
Joni Mitchell	2	5
Led Zeppelin	2	5
Oasis	2	5
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	5
Kraftwerk	2	5
T. Rex	2	5
The Who	4	4.25
Beatles	3	4.33
Deep Purple	3	4.33

Artist	Albums	Average
A Tribe Called Quest	2	1
Kanye West	3	1.67
My Bloody Valentine	3	1.67

Artist	Ratings
Miles Davis	2, 5, 5
The Doors	5, 2, 5

Black Sabbath

5/5

Excellent album to start the 1001 off. From the bluesy beginning of Wheels of Confusion, through the ballad of Changes, the famous Snowblind to Under the Sun, this is a fantastic album of classic 70s heavy metal, driving riffs, punchy bass and Ozzy in fine form.

Faith

George Michael

4/5

A surprising debut at the time, coming out of Wham!. It stands the test of time. A great opener, followed by 9 more mature tracks, strings and horns backed-up by the 80s drum sound.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

I knew the singles, but had never heard an album. Enjoyed this, electronic melodies over a simple drum pattern, interesting lyrics.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Wow. Fabulous guitar on the opening track. Followed by 25 minutes of solid funk.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

NWOBHM band with a new singer, a more polished album than the predecessors. Twin guitars blasting away.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

Genius.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

2/5

Not my style of music. I can see how some people might like it, but it leaves me cold.

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

The Kinks

3/5

Never heard an album by this group. Very 60s. A couple of good songs, rest pretty decent.

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

4/5

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

4/5

new artist for me, liked it, funky, cool guitar and nice vocals.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

Blues magic. Great playing. It does include that famous (overplayed !) song, but the rest are stone-cold classics.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

A bunch of songs by a famous bloke. Didn't grab me.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

1/5

not a fan of this type of music.

Fleet Foxes

5/5

beautiful Americana, soaring harmonies, gentle playing, so relaxing

1999

Prince

4/5

Garbage

4/5

pretty decent grungy-pop

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

absolutely fabulous progressive 60s rock

21

Adele

5/5

a soul/jazz/pop classic break-up album, tremendous voice, not a difficult 2nd album at all ... so familiar with the singles, they seem to be on the radio a lot, after 20+ years

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

1/5

just too weird

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

has some moments, but not the kind of music I like

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

5/5

cool early 60s jazz/blues, can't fault it

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

this is variable, which is what happens when 4 writers/singers are in a band - some excellent songs, some quirky, some mediocre

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Wonderful 50s jazz-blues singer

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

5/5

excellent mid 80s Glaswegian sounds, takes me back to those post-pub nights in Muswell Hill

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

nice 90s grunge

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

interesting Icelandic alternate music

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

1/5

No, didn't get on with this at all.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

5/5

How have I not heard her before ? This is right up my street. Folk/Americana magic.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

Oh yes, classic Aussie rock, can't beat it

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

5/5

back to Uni days with this one, still sounds great

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

5/5

surprisingly, never heard this, or any other Small Faces album before. Great example of late 60s London music.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

The first Beatles album I bought with my own money. Full of great songs.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

live jazz from 1957, nice

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

Odd, but strangely likeable

Boston

5/5

the best sound of any gig I saw at Newcastle City Hall in the olden days this is a great album

British Steel

Judas Priest

5/5

Classic album from the Metal Gods !

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

3/5

not my style of music, but it's a decent album

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

great early album from the legendary piano player

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Sneeringly dismissed by me when it came out, this has 5 well-known singles and the rest are decent pop songs

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

5/5

disco bangers ! Nile Rodgers produced. Makes you want to get up and dance.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

5/5

Sublime English folk-rock, from the 2nd of 3 albums they release in '69. Features the beautiful "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?".

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

tremendous record

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Perfect power-pop

Maxinquaye

Tricky

3/5

First time listen. Not bad, interesting.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

3/5

First time listen again. Strange, but interesting.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

An album with a few songs that have stood the test of time, but are far better live.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

1/5

If you like this kind of thing, it;s probably good. Not my style at all.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

3/5

shoegaze extravaganza, another band I'd not heard before, enjoyed it

En-Tact

The Shamen

3/5

90s rave, quite pleasant

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

Fabulous turn of the decade folk-rock

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

fabulous funk

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

3/5

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

interesting indie/country/jazz/americana

Mask

Bauhaus

3/5

goth, shows promise, not as good as their next album

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

grunge/punk/rock spectacular that influenced so many

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

5/5

knew the name, but not the music - very cool jazz, trumpet/flugelhorn, sax, piano & drums, nice

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

decent debut, songs still get tons of airplay

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

interesting 50s drum & jazz

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

nice West Coast folk-rock, no outstanding tracks

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

re-recorded bunch of a cappella african songs, good, but not very exciting

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

first album from Dylan's backing band, folk/country/americana, some great tracks

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

okay mid-70s funky stuff, nothing wild & groovy though

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

5/5

I heard this a LOT in the late 70s, fab live album, Lazy really stands out for me

Bad Company

4/5

post-Free Boro singer Paul Rodgers in a pretty good blues/rock effort

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

a gentle album, with the fabulous Superstition the stand-out song

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1/5

not my style, didn't like it at all

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

3/5

interesting piano-based jazz/blues, with a political cracker in H2Oblues

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

3/5

ordinary Neil Young 70s record

Picture Book

Simply Red

4/5

heard this a lot in Rozelle in 1989, nice soul/pop record

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The xx

4/5

subdued indie beats, incredibly 15 years old now, but still a relaxing album

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

5/5

genius electro-pop saw them at Hammersmith Palais in 86, and the 40th anniversary of this LP at the Palladium - great shows

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

early 70s pop/rock, decent effort

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

So many great songs on this album, produced by Bowie, a glam-rock classic

The Score

Fugees

1/5

do not like this kind of music

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Pretenders

4/5

coming out of the punk scene, with a garage-band feel, great singles band, and really good live over the years

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

fantastic cool jazz featuring the well known Take Five.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

average Brit Pop, the hit single Alright really stands out

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

synth-disco-pop fabulousness

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

a great pop album from the heady days at North Staff Poly

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

2/5

A difficult album, sadly, with a great band. The Weather Report version of In A Silent Way on 8:30, however, is much better.

The Next Day

David Bowie

5/5

a great return after 10 years

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

electric Dylan, with a complete banger to open

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

4/5

never heard of hime before this, enjoyed it, quite relaxing

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

60s garage-rock that sounds like it was recorded in a garage entertaining, but too many covers

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

another college throwback, classic 80s New Romantic synth/guitar album, great singles

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

it's okay, nothing really stands out, quite low-key

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Not the Beck I'm used to (that being Jeff). Decent record, but not fantastic. Solid.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

5/5

great Aussie indie music

The Stone Roses

5/5

I was in Australia, so missed experiencing "Manchester", but caught up with this a couple of years later. One of the best debut albums ever.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

5/5

I liked this when it came out, and it still sounds good. Excellent return after the loss of Richie. 3 well-known songs, and the rest do not disappoint.

White Ladder

David Gray

4/5

I played this album a lot when it came out. Good songs, and in interesting cover to finish,

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

full of great blues/rock/country songs, John Fogerty has such a distinctive voice

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

4/5

nice, jangly 60s music

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

2/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

5/5

classic LP, played this record a lot in the old days

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

cracking jazz, my piano version of A Train is nothing like this !

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

really nice gentle soul music, very relaxing - such a great voice

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

4/5

Riffs.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

4/5

first time listen, really good mid-60s psychedelia

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

didn't grab me, not a fan of the vocals

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

A classic riff-tactic album. I bought the record the day it came out, these songs never get old. Brian Johnson's debut, fitted-in well with the band.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

not as weird as some of the previous albums

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

sadly, not a great Prog Rock album.

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

turn of the century riffs, not a fan of the vocals

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

good, but a single album would've been excellent

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

5/5

Great voice, great songs ... and *that* single

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

nice, punky feel

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

funky-pop, we all know the songs

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

another absolute classic, perfect.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

4/5

an interesting record - never knew that Holocaust & Kanga Roo are Big Star songs ! I really like this one.

Elvis Presley

5/5

28 minutes of great rock and roll

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

restrained, introspective, excellent

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

50s jazz from the queen

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

70s Glam, on the strange side

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

vocals too rough and shouty for me

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

dull, nothing stands out

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

3/5

decent metal, nothing truly outstanding

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Love early Queen, this is a masterpiece of glam-rock, fantastical songs and great guitar. I still have the LP of this.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

doomy and decent

Atomizer

Big Black

3/5

never heard of this group - punky sound, decent effort

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

OK indie

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

2/5

electronic beats and bleeps. Certainly not Tangerine Dream or Kraftwerk.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

5/5

Iggy & Ziggy. Top combination. I have the LP. Love it.

Kid A

Radiohead

2/5

weird & whiny

The Specials

5/5

Brilliant record. A reminder of those 6th Form parties. The 2015 remaster has a second disc of live tracks - awesome.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

2/5

modern R'n'B is not for me, this leaves me cold

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

5/5

a really great album, the last Peter Gabriel-fronted release, still sounds progtastic, a concept album !

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

80s country/folk/pop with a South African feel. Nice.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Epic

The United States Of America

3/5

hippyish late 60s sound, not terrible

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

One of the best records I have, and one of the best Christmas songs in "River" too.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

underwhelming

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

4/5

decent synth-pop from a band I'd not heard

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Strong start, stronger finish, the middle not quite hitting it. 3 of the best Who songs on here.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

2/5

not a fan

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

it's ok, but nothing outstanding - background music

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

I mean, it's BB King playing the blues, live. Always 5 stars.

Parklife

Blur

4/5

mid-90s Britpop, with a few songs everyone knows

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

surprisingly plodding blues-rock, but gets an extra point for "Lazy" - songs much better played live on "Made in Japan"

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

hippies noodling blues

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

nice country/folk/blues from the late 60s

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

not my kind of music, "So Fresh, So Clean" was good though

Out of Step

Minor Threat

2/5

short, lots of energy, but the sound is terrible

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

5/5

A fabulous record from my collection

Blur

4/5

a bit different to the previous releases, has a couple of bangers

Sulk

The Associates

5/5

Classic early-80s production, no mistaking Billy McKenzie's voice ! Really enjoyed this album, full of great songs

Dare!

The Human League

5/5

Friday night, window seat, Malt & Hops. Student soundtrack.

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Classic 60s sound, includes a couple of tracks I have heard.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

groovy, funky sound - I can't believe I'd not heard the whole album before

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

4/5

grungy, punky, indie. "Dry" a standout track

Real Life

Magazine

5/5

post-punk new wave excellence, finishing with a Shirley Bassey cover !

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

classic late 60s rock, and the unmistakeable voice of John Fogerty

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

shoegaze, it's okay but not gripping

Eagles

4/5

nice'n'easy early 70s country-rock, several lead singers make it less homogenous

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

beautiful, quiet, reflective folk album

Diamond Life

Sade

5/5

Beautiful record. The "new wave of British jazz" high mark. Loved this as students, love it now. Also, the "Lathe Operator" parody by Lenny Henry was superb

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

pleasant enough

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Gorillaz

3/5

interesting, one big hit, hasn't stood the test of time

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

2/5

strange, cabaret, theatre-like

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

I quite like this, even though it is a genre I don't normally listen to

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

another LP I have, love it - prog/folk concept album - flute & guitar !

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

4/5

Never heard of them, but I really enjoyed this, groovy electro-pop

Fred Neil

3/5

another unknown - country/blues from the 60s

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

I've had the LP a long time, great record, "Since I've Been Loving You" one of my all-time faves.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

1/5

No, not for me.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

an OK Elvis record

Guero

Beck

3/5

Decent album, not amazing.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

4/5

blues-based rock, can't go wrong

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

2/5

starts well, goes downhill - no searing blues riffs apparent

Trio

Dolly Parton

3/5

pleasant country

25

Adele

3/5

strong voice, but rather one-dimensional songs

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

decent album, variation of styles, but the vocals are not great

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Southern blues/rock classic

So Much For The City

The Thrills

4/5

pleasant indie/folk, songs to listen to on a summers evening

The Joshua Tree

U2

4/5

I liked the early U@. Strong opening 4 tracks, but faded after that.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

1/5

I do not like this style of music

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

4/5

cool jazzy-blues live album when Van wasn't grumpy !

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Brilliant in 1979, and brilliant today

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

4/5

mid-70s Bowie-influenced, another LP from my collection

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

"the birth of trip-hop" several vocalists, several styles, soul/rnb/drum&bass incredibly, I'd never heard this before (even though I have "Protection"), liked it.

Sister

Sonic Youth

3/5

punky American noise

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Great record. I was introduced to REM by a colleague in the M&S IT department, back in 1986.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

4/5

good grungy/punky album - never heard Mudhoney before. Really liked it,

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

I like Neil Young. This has the songs, the guitar workouts, the grungy sound. Super.

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

cracking pop album

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

great record, excellent version of Working Class Hero

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

Bowie. Berlin. Brilliant

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

2/5

another OK album, nothing (apart from Brimful of Asha) really grabs me

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

it's OK, but rap is not my thing

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

the strongest of strong starts, then tails off

Tracy Chapman

5/5

folk/Americana/protest magnificence

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Rhythm & Blues covers with a couple of original compositions - this group shows promise and could go far

Clandestino

Manu Chao

2/5

pleasant enough, not gripping, Spanish/French grooves

The Bends

Radiohead

2/5

can't get over the whiny vocals, a couple of decent songs

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

5/5

really nice, mellow record. Big fan of EBTG.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

3/5

groovy tunes

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

5/5

20 minutes of magic from the Godfather of Soul

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

1/5

not for me

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

love this Queen period - hard rock, vaudeville, operatic & pop another one in my LP collection

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

2/5

shouty American punk, music not bad, but the vocals hurt my ears

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Hard rock / blues / folk, quite a mixture. Kashmir the outstanding track

Pump

Aerosmith

5/5

excellent late 80s hard rock

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

5/5

Great record. "Birdland" is a cracking tune, and it carries on from that opener. Saw them in 1984, without Jaco Pastorius.

Joan Armatrading

5/5

fabulous blues singer/songwriter, great songs - later albums are also 5* she is great live, an ace electric guitar player !

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

great record from the master of dark country / Americana

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

rap with decent tunes and guitar

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

5/5

great Celtic/folk/pop album, played this a lot when it came out - the 2022 "As It Should Have Sounded" version is tremendous.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Decent record, more rhythm'n'blues than rock' soul I reckon

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

2/5

it's not terrible, quite good in a genre I don't get on with

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

2/5

not a fan of the voice

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

the guitar is ok, the drums are too bright, and the vocals are generally bad

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

pleasant, actual singing on this rap album

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

3/5

fun 80s hard rock

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

4/5

great songs from a great artist

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

decent rap, and "Walk This Way"

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

more rap, got a couple of good sons, but overall meh

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

70s Southern Boogie - excellent debut album the live version of Free Bird knocks the album version for 6 though

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

keyboard-heavy rock, disappointing after the opening track

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

fun, punky-pop

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

modern, progressive, rock - 2006, seems like yesterday - excellent live band too

Iron Maiden

5/5

NWOBHM excellence, twin guitars blazing, Di'Anno belting out the vocals.

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Fantastic Bowie album, swirling keyboards, under-stated vocals, just excellent

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

4/5

jaunty country - I liked this one

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

an OK record, a few good songs, but overall average

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

mostly sparse, low-key pop music, very good

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

2/5

a bit ploddy nice piano in My Precious Love sounds a bit like Lou Reed on Mr Cab Driver

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

too long, didn't like the vocals, some OK music dotted around

John Prine

2/5

uninteresting country

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Fabulous. The title says. it.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

fun record, with influences from several genres around the world ... some say stolen/ripped-off !

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

3/5

raw, exciting, forerunner of punk/garage, but not a great recording

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

classic album, 30 years old now, we know all the songs

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

some good tracks, some 'meh'. As for "Motorhead", what were they thinking ?

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

ah, didn't really like this, bit of a noise and indistinguishable lyrics

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

nice, piano-laden songs, "Shadowboxer" the stand-out track

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

2/5

not my style of music

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

classic 60s pop from Dusty - what a voice.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

several excellent tracks, funky, bass and some nice piano

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

great late 60s country/blues/rock, includes "Bad Moon Rising" and the fab voice of John Fogerty

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

aussie punk, like this

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

2/5

industrial/noise, didn't get on with this

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

another new artist for me - nice voice, okay music, groovy/soul

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

great opener, then full of excellent tracks

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Genius Goth gloomy-tunes

Tical

Method Man

1/5

more rap, do not like

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

electro/synth-pop goodness

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

2/5

some ok music, but didn't thrill me

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Christmas at the Wall of Sound

The Visitors

ABBA

3/5

no pop bangers here, quite a subdued set of songs

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

Nice. Cool. Lovely.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

5/5

old blues hero & friends

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

amazing jazz/blues voice, and even though this LP is culled from serval years of sessions, it is excellent

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

cool Bossa Nova

The Stooges

4/5

garage/punk noisy riffs

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

90s indie - if Nick Drake was from Glasgow

Foo Fighters

3/5

grunge/rock from the ashes of Nirvana

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

2/5

it's rap, but not too bad, some decent music

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

3/5

pleasant country-rock, Gram Parsons replacing David Crosby

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

1/5

45 years without hearing The Fall ... will not be listening again. Bad music, terrible voice.

2112

Rush

5/5

"2112" is a masterpiece of rock , side 2 is a decent collection. I can remember seeing Rush on The Old Grey Whistle Test back in 1976, and was blown away.

Headquarters

The Monkees

4/5

mid-60s pop, Monkees writing & playing too

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

heard of them, but never heard them before - this album is too long, but ok American punk

Mott

Mott The Hoople

5/5

Brilliant glam/rock album, I have the LP (original English cover art is much better)

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

good blues-based rock record, first one after Brian Jones.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Banging Indie tunes with a Sheffield accent

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

60s psychedelic rock opera - whimsical, fun, but not something I'll come back to

The Band

4/5

country-rock classic with a couple of absolute belters

Suede

5/5

a Britpop classic, a breath of fresh air when it was released

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

Glam-rock perfection "my new purple shoes been amazing the people next door"

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

2/5

beats and bleeps

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

classic Elton John, with a fabulous opener, and songs we all know

5/5

a cracking glam/rock album, a forerunner of punk ?

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

80s throwbacks, with a dash of Indie

Raw Power

The Stooges

5/5

the clue is in the title raw and powerful garage/punk

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

5/5

Welsh alt-rock loveliness

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

if ever an album deserved 5 stars this is it probably heard this in the mid-70s, and it was brilliant then

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

decent indie/pop

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

brilliant follow-up to Ziggy

Signing Off

UB40

5/5

Birmingham Reggae, cool sounds and biting lyrics

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

14 songs in 15 minutes ! American punk, not bad actually.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

the singles are good, but the rest left me cold

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

not bad, shades of Led Zeppelin III in places

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

it's interesting, not brilliant, but unmistakably Talking Heads

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

decent effort, collaborating with another artist to put music to Woody Guthrie words

Tommy

The Who

5/5

Brilliant rock opera/concept album I had the film soundtrack LP (cheap remaindered cut-out from Debenhams) I saw them perform this at the Royal Albert Hall in 2017, it was fantastic

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

the Pop Princess starts well, but then drops into generic sounds

Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

not my taste

Dire Straits

5/5

cool blues/rock I have the LP from 1978

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

couple of good tracks, but nothing in the rest of the album stands out

Ramones

4/5

New York Punk. Short, sharp and impactful. Hey-ho, let's go !

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

excellent folk album, not quite 5 stars because of Drake's voice

My Generation

The Who

4/5

A good record - it must've had quite an impact when it first came out. So many versions of this, hard to know which one to listen to, to get the right one for "1000 albums". A few outstanding tracks, a great 60s rhythm'n'blues LP.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

a weirdly interesting voice, songs are ok

Among The Living

Anthrax

4/5

Thrash Metal. Interesting lyrics, decent tunes, but not the greatest voice.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

5/5

lovely, lush, dreamy sounds Liz Fraser has an amazing voice

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

a decent Elvis album, not one of my favourites

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

Swedish punky garage, nice riffs, all in 28 minutes

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

not my style of music ... however, not as bad as some albums of this type I have been served

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

one of the greatest voices of all time excellent blues/rock album I bought this on cassette for $5 in Sydney when I lived there, and only had a Walkman

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2/5

more rap, but not terrible - includes King Crimson sample

Hms Fable

Shack

4/5

very nice Manchester/Britpop album (yes, I know they are from Liverpool)

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

blues magic from one of the masters

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

a rather laid-back Elvis here, lounge-singer, not rock'n'roll

Gold

Ryan Adams

3/5

great start, then a bunch of ok tracks, singing like Zeppelin & the Stones in places, overlong

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

2/5

ho-hum

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

decent melodic punk

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

a mixed-bag, some good tunes, some terrible vocals

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

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

just no

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

smooth jazzy-pop and a great voice

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

another band I'd not heard of - decent American punk

Sail Away

Randy Newman

3/5

pleasant singer-songwriter

Smile

Brian Wilson

4/5

The Beach Boys - or is it ?

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

fantastic reggae - I remember seeing them on the OGWT

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3/5

laid-back, Blur-lite

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

3/5

70s pub-rock

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

grunge/rock classic

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

4/5

nice electronic ambient beats to wash over you I admit, I'd never heard any Aphex Twin before, but I like it

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

another grunge classic, "Black Hole Sun' one of my favourites

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

nothing grabbed on this one, just meh

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

never a big Police fan - apart from the singles, nothing here to make me one

Ys

Joanna Newsom

3/5

Bjork with a harp

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

2/5

this hip-hop is not bad, considering it's a genre I don't listen to

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

hated it, not my thing

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

pure rock and roll magic

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

drone, noise, shoegaze ... not worth the 17 year wait

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

nice groovy funk the 2015 remaster has a live version of Maggot Brain !

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

cool jazz songs from the talented, but tragic, Amy

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

5/5

amazing synth record in 1977, still sounds great today "di-di-di-dee-dee"

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

5/5

70s synth-pop from the Germans

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

the final Bowie record, then he died, and the world has not been the same since

Night Life

Ray Price

4/5

nice old country from before The Beatles changed the world

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

2/5

mostly disliked the gruff vocals and strange instrumentation, but a couple of times decent songs broke through

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

metal riffs are good, but I don't like the growling vocals

The Doors

5/5

organ-heavy 60s rock, full of brilliant tracks, an incredible first record

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

never heard of this group before - nice 60s pop tunes, and where David Cassidy got "How Can I Be Sure" from.

Van Halen

5/5

magnificent late 70s hard rock Eddie VH was a great guitarist, Diamond Dave a great front man

Brothers

The Black Keys

2/5

never listened to them before - on this outing, will not again found it quite flat, nothing sharp about it

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

the original 6 tracks (less than 40 mins) are good, but the 2001 Deluxe has 33, including "Tommy" and is over 2 hours

Third

Soft Machine

3/5

double album of jazz rock from 1970 - one track per side - they don't make 'em like this anymore !

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

a great record, full of excellent tunes, REM at the height of their powers

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

standard Stripes LP, nothing really stands out.

The Slider

T. Rex

5/5

cracking glam-rock album from another star taken too soon

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Wow. Prototype punk/grunge, absolutely incredible. (had to get Sister Ray from a "best of" album, as it wasn't available on WLWH on Apple Music)

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

1/5

Nope, didn't like this at all, sounds like it was recorded underwater

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

2/5

plodding pub rock, very average

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

1/5

more hip-hop - it's just not my scene man

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

groovy 60s blues rock fronted by the fantastic Janis Joplin

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Great record when it came out, still great today. Dirty guitar to the fore !

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

One of my Top 5 albums of all-time. Glam-Rock genius from Bowie and the Spiders.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

60s psychedelic hippie music, jangly guitars, not bad listened to the Stereo LP Version, as Wikipedia says that was the band's preferred track order

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

another glam-rock classic from the Cosmic Dancer

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1/5

another hip-hop, another dislike

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

goth-punk-blues magnificence incredible live too

Django Django

4/5

new band to me - late 60s feel, really nice

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

cool 70s soul/funk

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

4/5

Ah, we're back in Peel Terrace, Stafford, tea & toast in student bedrooms

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

2/5

indie, grunge, sounds like it was recorded from another room, didn't make an impression

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Harlam 1963, great soul/RnB live record, like being in the club

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

decent indie/alt-rock, Skin sounding great

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

3/5

interesting folky-jazzy record

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

passable 70s country-rock, nothing outstanding

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

fabulous & funky

Fever Ray

3/5

bleepy-pop, fine but not outstanding

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

smooth blues-rock wit ha couple of hits

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

2/5

an important hip-hop album, but not my thing - extra star for Gin&Juice though

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

this nu-metal is not the kind of metal I like - too shouty and a lack of searing solos

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Cowboy songs from the late 50s, nice

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

classic blues album from the Stones

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

good, not great, new wave record, there are better Talking Heads albums

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

2/5

shouty, noisy riffs, but no tunes

System Of A Down

2/5

shouty & growly 90s metal - very tiring

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Britpop bangers

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

noisy shoegaze with buried vocals - not terrible

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

not quite The Smiths

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

a comeback album after several years, some great songs, some ok

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

groovy reggae, can't fault it

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

funky, not-quite Stevie Wonder

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

5/5

synth-tastic

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

I have this record - love it ! Saw them on the next tour (Black Rose) with Gary Moore there's a Super Deluxe album, with 7 other gigs from 76/77/78 !

Queens of the Stone Age

3/5

late 90s rock which didn't impress me

Paul Simon

4/5

nice, singer-songwriter tunes

Future Days

Can

4/5

nice German ambient electronic tunes

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

nice country-ish tunes from Ol'Shakey

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

shoegaze/space music, not bad, not great

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

great voice, not too sure about the songs

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

very interesting, great rhythms - would've been great to be there !

Da Capo

Love

4/5

this is SO 60s ! some good songs, and a long blues number to finish

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

never heard this drum & bass album, it's OK, but not something I'd come back to

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

5/5

fabulous voice, folk/americana/folktronica (whatever), I played this a lot when it came out

Metallica

5/5

magnificent metal - play it loud !

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

classic hard rock/blues from Purple mark II not every track is a banger

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

5/5

love Billy Bragg, great songs, great live

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