My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Strange Cargo III William Orbit	5	2.77	+2.23
The Sounds Of India Ravi Shankar	5	2.85	+2.15
Picture Book Simply Red	5	2.88	+2.12
Brown Sugar D'Angelo	5	2.92	+2.08
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch	5	3	+2
Vento De Maio Elis Regina	5	3.01	+1.99
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab	5	3.03	+1.97
Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies	5	3.03	+1.97
Untitled (Black Is) SAULT	5	3.05	+1.95
Vespertine Björk	5	3.17	+1.83

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ray Of Light Madonna	1	2.99	-1.99
For Your Pleasure Roxy Music	1	2.98	-1.98
Hot Fuss The Killers	2	3.74	-1.74
Slipknot Slipknot	1	2.67	-1.67
Timeless Goldie	1	2.53	-1.53
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	2	3.43	-1.43
Parklife Blur	2	3.38	-1.38
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	2	3.35	-1.35
Neon Bible Arcade Fire	2	3.35	-1.35
Dub Housing Pere Ubu	1	2.35	-1.35

Artist	Albums	Average
The Rolling Stones	4	4.75
Stevie Wonder	3	4.67
Beatles	3	4.67
Public Enemy	3	4.67
Nirvana	2	5
Johnny Cash	2	5
The Who	2	5
Amy Winehouse	2	5
Iron Maiden	2	5
Bruce Springsteen	3	4.33
Led Zeppelin	3	4.33

Artist	Ratings
PJ Harvey	2, 5

The Prodigy

3/5

This reminds me of a soundtrack for a movie like Blade; get repetitive with a driving beat. Listening to it on it's own is... Fine. Just a little boring. I'm sure these were bangers in the club, though. I can absolutely see some drunk AF guy finger blasting his high AF rando in the dance floor of Jive while Breathe plays in the background. Lesser known tracks>>>>Famous ones (minefields>breathe)

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

2/5

This reminds me of a soundtrack for a movie like Blade; get repetitive with a driving beat. Listening to it on it's own is... Fine. Just a little boring. I'm sure these were bangers in the club, though. I can absolutely see some drunk AF guy finger blasting his high AF rando in the dance floor of Jive while Breathe plays in the background. Lesser known tracks>>>>Famous ones (minefields>breathe)

2112

Rush

4/5

A good album. A little messy but solid. I think their later work is better.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

Great album. Even the overplayed singles are better in context. Not my favorite thing in the world but really good.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

Great jams. Driving without being dramatic.

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Not my favorite REM album. With the exception of The Wrong Child, I can't really groove with anything. It's not bad, just right down the middle. If you're a fan of the band, you probably will like this. If you're not, it's not going to convince you.

Bert Jansch

5/5

Amazing. Never even heard of the guy.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Surprisingly loved this!

Gorillaz

4/5

Not as great as I remember it. The top songs are amazing and it's not bad by any stretch, but there's a lot in here that's a little generic and repetitive. Still a good listen.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Excellent songs. Not quite my speed but lots of fun.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Not bad by any stretch, and it's clear how Clapton influenced numerous artists across multiple genres, but I found this album to be only ok.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

3/5

I get that people need to experiment and this wasn't terrible. But it really wasn't something I ever needed to listen to ever again.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Fine. Just fine.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

One of the best albums ever. When the "worst" song is an A- Neil Young song, you know it's something that will be discussed for decades.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

3/5

AI could have written this album. Good background music. Uninventive.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Not his best album but so so cool.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

Fantastic prog rock.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

The guy's a magician. Don't love every song but it's got soul.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Very enjoyable even though I'm not a huge David Bowie fan.

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

A ton of fun! And lots of variety.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

Not my speed.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

Unending guitar solos aside, this is a really good album.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Lot of fun listening to this album. I'd forgotten some of the tracks, and there were a couple surprises, too. Not the best album ever but I really liked it.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Does it deserve to be the top selling album of all time? No. But it's a lot of fun.

Damaged

Black Flag

4/5

Punk isn't my scene but this is a great album.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

The prototypal live rock and roll album.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

1/5

Utterly generic.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Fun.

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Not really my speed but not terrible.

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

4/5

Like Slurm, it's surprisingly addictive.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Back half is not as strong as the front, but when one of your "weaker" songs is the opening single that is one of the most iconic rock songs of all time, you've got a classic.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

4/5

Fun.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

I love Willie and some of these slap but it's not my favorite album.

21

Adele

3/5

All the songs about infidelity you can stand!

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Fine but very 80s.

Bad Company

4/5

Surprisingly rocking.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

A Boy Named Sue alone is worth five stars.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

Unexpectedly driving and amazing.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

2/5

Aggressively mediocre. All the non-singles sound the same.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

Fine.

Me Against The World

2Pac

4/5

Some of this aged like milk but the top hits are still great decades later.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

2/5

Surprisingly not as many bongos as you'd expect

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Killer classic Southern Rock.

Fragile

Yes

4/5

It's a steep drop-off after roundabout but this is a solid album.

Cypress Hill

4/5

A great album but over produced. Still a classic.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

4/5

A lot of fun. I'm not sure I love it but it's decent stuff.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Very meh.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

One of the best albums ever.

The Joshua Tree

U2

5/5

A little front heavy but still an excellent album.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

1/5

Not my speed.

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

4/5

Not a huge punk fan but this is a fun album.

Picture Book

Simply Red

5/5

Shocked how much I liked this album. 80s distilled.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

One of the greats.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Some really killer hits mixed with some filler, but when it slaps, it slaps.

Parklife

Blur

2/5

One or two good songs but mostly repetitive.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Some really good songs on this but not quite best album ever.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

Really enjoyed this.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

A fun album but not my favorite of theirs.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Grew on me

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Not his best album but still really good.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

The top song is one of my favorites of all time. The rest is ok.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

One of the best albums ever.

Live At Leeds

The Who

5/5

One of the best live rock albums ever.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

5/5

Like Slurm, it's surprisingly addictive.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

Middling techno but fine for background music.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Fun rock album.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Not their best album but a lot of fun.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

5/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

3/5

Fun background music.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

2/5

Eno does great stuff. This ain't it.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Never really been into NIN. This isn't my really thing but it's fine.

Be

Common

4/5

Some really good stuff mixed with meh.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

Decent. Short.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Not bad! I enjoyed some of this.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

Foundational rock and roll.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

A really fun album but not the Beatles at their peak.

Microshift

Hookworms

4/5

Decent and different.

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

4/5

No real amazing songs but very good all around.

Led Zeppelin

5/5

One of the greatest debut albums of all time.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Some good stuff but it all felt samey.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Didn't hate this. A few songs were choice.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

Not my speed.

Skylarking

XTC

2/5

Very 80s. Couple of great tracks at the end but mired in garbage.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Some really good stuff with some other stuff that hasn't aged as well.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Love big band but this is only 'good.'

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Fun album. Short.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

4/5

It's decent. I don't understand why people worship the ground she walks on but she's fine.

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

As vile as Courtney Love can be, this is a shockingly good album.

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

REM at ots REMest.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Decent but not my favorite RnB album.

Fred Neil

3/5

K-mart Johnny Cash, but there's some quality.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

My parents loved Steely Dan and played them a lot as a kid. I can't help but associate it with my childhood, although I readily admit that it isn't to everybody's tastes.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

I'm sure this is important but I just can't live it as more than background music.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Exceptional.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Love me some Radiohead.

Elvis Presley

5/5

Foundational rock n roll.

The Modern Lovers

3/5

If you told me this was a loving parody of this kind of album, made by the Hippos in the late 90s, I'd have never questioned it. Still, there are a couple songs on here that I like unironically.

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

4/5

Good stuff.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

A few great songs mixed with a ton of filler.

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

The Kinks

4/5

Really fun album. Not exactly my speed but lots of great music.

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

4/5

Great album that I'd never heard of.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Love this album.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

4/5

Surprisingly fun up front but it loses a lot of steam in the back half.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Hell yes

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Each song is enjoyable but listening to them back to back makes them feel samey. Still a rocking album.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

A great album. I don't worship at the altar of Carole King like some, but this is undeniably killer.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

3/5

Not quite my thing but there was some good stuff here.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Some really good songs on here. Not my favorite of Mitchell's but still really really good.

I Against I

Bad Brains

2/5

Couldn't really get into this.

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

No one single song stood out but it was all great.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

I know this is foundational but it was only good background music for me.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

Inarguably one of the best debut albums of all time.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Amazing.

High Violet

The National

3/5

Fine

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Not a huge Oasis fan but there's some good stuff here.

Foo Fighters

4/5

I always thought of Foo Fighters as Nirvana-Lite, but I now realize they're their own version of Lite beer.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Queens of the Stone Age

4/5

A lot less harsh than I expected.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

2/5

There's an album for everyone. This just ain't mine.

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

Fun but a little judgey.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Great album and ending with God Save the Queen is such a boss move.

Slipknot

1/5

No.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Very very top heavy but those are some killer beats.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

I never got the hype for this album.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Some great funk mixed a with a lot of meh.

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

I'll never be a huge Beck fan but this was a decent album.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

Fun and lots of different styles.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

4/5

I liked this album! I wouldn't ever listen to any one song but as a end it has a great vibe.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

I'll never really love this genre but this was good.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

An amazing album but I have to dock a star for the length.

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Great album filled with hits.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

All over the place but fun.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

A little same-y, but still excellent.

Van Halen

5/5

When the first song on your debut album is legendary, you know you're in for a good time.

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

"No we're not getting Bob Dylan at the store! We have Bob Dylan at home."

4/5

Surprisingly good album

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

Meh.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

A couple great songs mixed with... Well, mix.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

2/5

A lot of hits on this but I still don't love it.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Some good stuff but fairly generic 80s pop.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

4/5

Short, explosive, and fun.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

An excellent album that's way, way too long.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

3/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Smashing

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Great album, awful people.

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

No thanks.

Garbage

4/5

Surprisingly not garbage.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Foundational and fun

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Great album but but my favorite of the Stones

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

One of my parents favorites, and I can understand why. Killer tunes and great fun.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

3/5

1977

Ash

4/5

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Iron Maiden

5/5

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

2/5

Not bad just... Not my thing.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

5/5

I was hooked

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Some truly exceptional songs and some filler.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

4/5

Surprisingly good

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

4/5

Double length docks a point but it's otherwise a fantastic album.

The Cars

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Loses a lot of steam but still decent

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

4/5

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Fleet Foxes

2/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

5/5

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

5/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Not his best but his weakest is still superlative

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

Fantastic foundational album.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

1/5

Not for me

Violent Femmes

4/5

Great first song. Some other good stuff too.

So

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Being There

Wilco

3/5

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

3/5

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

5/5

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

5/5

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

One of the best albums ever.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

The Doors

4/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

5/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Some fun songs but they're mocked by George Carlin for a reason.

The Clash

5/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

5/5

A surprise smash

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

The Message alone is worth four stars.

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

5/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

2/5

Not bad but hell. This broke the streak.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

The Band

3/5

GI

Germs

3/5

So Much For The City

The Thrills

3/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Hypnotised

The Undertones

4/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

5/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

Paul Simon

3/5

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

5/5

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

5/5

Roots

Sepultura

3/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Vespertine

Björk

5/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Traffic

3/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

5/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

The Undertones

4/5

Femi Kuti

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Dire Straits

4/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

My Generation

The Who

5/5

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

4/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

5/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

4/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

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