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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faust IV | 5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
| Leftism | 5 | 2.9 | +2.1 |
| Coles Corner | 5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
| Youth And Young Manhood | 5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
| Everything Must Go | 5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
| Talking Timbuktu | 5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
| ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down | 5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
| Dust | 5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
| Loveless | 5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
| If You're Feeling Sinister | 5 | 3.18 | +1.82 |
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Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kid A | 1 | 3.71 | -2.71 |
| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | 1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
| good kid, m.A.A.d city | 1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
| To Pimp A Butterfly | 1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
| Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | 1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
| Stankonia | 1 | 3.55 | -2.55 |
| Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | 1 | 3.45 | -2.45 |
| Hybrid Theory | 1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
| Music for the Masses | 1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
| The Downward Spiral | 1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 4 | 5 | 4.14 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| The Smiths | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 4.2 | 3.75 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
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Artists with 2+ albums and low weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slipknot | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| OutKast | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Missy Elliott | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Kate Bush | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| The Mothers Of Invention | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Eminem | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Frank Sinatra | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Björk | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Prince | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
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Marilyn Manson
1/5
Is there a list of 1001 albums to avoid listening to before you die? Just asking, you know, for a friend.
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1-Star Albums (67)
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Pixies
4/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
The Smiths
5/5
The Band
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Fred Neil
3/5
Motörhead
4/5
Neu!
3/5
Adele
4/5
JAY Z
1/5
LL Cool J
1/5
Blondie
3/5
1/5
Richard Thompson
2/5
The Fall
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Cream
3/5
The Go-Betweens
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
The Cult
3/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
Jungle Brothers
1/5
1/5
Just awful
Portishead
3/5
Yes
2/5
Boards of Canada
1/5
Gil Scott-Heron
2/5
John Coltrane
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
David Bowie
2/5
Frank Black
3/5
Jurassic 5
3/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Lorde
2/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Pentangle
2/5
Ozomatli
2/5
The Monks
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Love
2/5
Sinead O'Connor
2/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Metallica
3/5
Hüsker Dü
2/5
Iron Maiden
2/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
John Martyn
3/5
The The
2/5
Elis Regina
2/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Dire Straits
5/5
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
The The
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Oasis
5/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2/5
Bad Brains
2/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Blur
2/5
Neil Young
2/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Big Star
3/5
Donald Fagen
2/5
R.E.M.
2/5
Gang Of Four
2/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Digital Underground
1/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Dr. Dre
1/5
Korn
1/5
Subject to a few exceptions, I tend to not like shouting vocals being shouted/screamed. That, coupled with the samey-ness of the album meant I found it extremely boring (not to mention offensive in some places - you all know to what I am referring although I'm sure some people would just try and pass it off as "banter" between friends).
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
GZA
2/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Haircut 100
3/5
B.B. King
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Randy Newman
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Mekons
2/5
Slipknot
1/5
The Smiths
5/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Turbonegro
2/5
2/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Radiohead
1/5
Caetano Veloso
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Black Sabbath
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Beatles
5/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
Eagles
2/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
The Clash
4/5
Mike Oldfield
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
2/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Supertramp
4/5
Madness
3/5
Alice In Chains
2/5
3/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
The Associates
2/5
Pearl Jam
3/5
Thundercat
1/5
Joanna Newsom
1/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
Circle Jerks
2/5
Sebadoh
3/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Tom Tom Club
2/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
New Order
4/5
Metallica
2/5
T. Rex
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Gorillaz
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Yes
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
The Who
2/5
I can only assume this is on the list because it is a concept album and it is by The Who. Personally, I don't think those criteria alone are sufficient qualifications for it making the list. This is unusual to the point of making it inaccessible for me. Sure, there are glimpses of The Who's talent here and there but, overall, this is well below average.
Mudhoney
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
4/5
New Order
2/5
Leftfield
5/5
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
1/5
Rush
2/5
Björk
2/5
The Crusaders
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
The Darkness
3/5
The United States Of America
1/5
5/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Prince
2/5
Morrissey
2/5
Gene Clark
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
ABBA
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
The Stooges
3/5
Linkin Park
1/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Wilco
2/5
Depeche Mode
1/5
Belle & Sebastian
5/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Laura Nyro
2/5
OutKast
1/5
Björk
2/5
Paul Simon
5/5
Barry Adamson
1/5
Radiohead
3/5
Prince
2/5
Kings of Leon
5/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
The Doors
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Beatles
5/5
UB40
1/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Weather Report
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
Radiohead
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Travis
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
2/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
I fully appreciate that Bob Dylan is a marmite artist, but what can I say other than I love marmite.
Genesis
2/5
Wild Beasts
4/5
Jack White
2/5
3/5
Little Simz
1/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
Madonna
2/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Sade
3/5
Doves
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
This gets an extra star because there are a few good tracks on here. However, the filler between these good tracks is pretty weak.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Supergrass
5/5
10cc
2/5
Queen
4/5
I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did. Don't get me wrong, I like the Queen stuff I have heard, but I don't think I had ever listened to an actual Queen album before that wasn't a "greatest hits" compilation.
Doves
4/5
The War On Drugs
5/5
I’m a big TWOD fan and I think this, along with the album A Deeper Understanding, is their best work. The close out track “In Reverse” is a perfect end to a truly fantastic album and, while I would (and do) listen to it in isolation sometimes, it always hits harder when listened to as part of a whole album start to finish listen.
Willie Nelson
2/5
Musically, this is fine. However, I’m not sure why it makes the 1001 list and I can’t imagine ever listening to it again.
TV On The Radio
2/5
Kanye West
3/5
Went in thinking this had one star written all over it. If my rating took account of my view of the artist as a person, it would be. However, taking the album on its own, there really are some great tracks.
808 State
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Kate Bush
1/5
Eminem
1/5
Dirty Projectors
1/5
David Bowie
2/5
David Bowie
2/5
Heroes is a 5 star track. But one good track does not an album make.
Ali Farka Touré
5/5
Loved it.
Big Black
2/5
The Byrds
2/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
2/5
King Crimson
4/5
Marilyn Manson
1/5
Is there a list of 1001 albums to avoid listening to before you die? Just asking, you know, for a friend.
Elvis Presley
2/5
Björk
2/5
Ray Charles
3/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
1/5
Miles Davis
3/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
The Mars Volta
2/5
Shack
4/5
Michael Jackson
2/5
AC/DC
3/5
Talvin Singh
1/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
The Doors
4/5
The Dandy Warhols
5/5
Skepta
2/5
Eagles
2/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Slipknot
1/5
Shouting and screaming over noise. No thanks.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Cure
3/5
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Prince
2/5
Def Leppard
3/5
The Auteurs
4/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Soft Cell
1/5
Arrested Development
2/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
N.E.R.D
1/5
Silver Jews
2/5
Bad Company
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Adele
2/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
The Doors
5/5
Pavement
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Nightmares On Wax
2/5
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
Queen Latifah
1/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
CHIC
2/5
Elastica
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Talking Heads
2/5
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Pantera
1/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Fugees
2/5
Sabu
2/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Big Star
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
The Who
3/5
The Dictators
3/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Hookworms
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
Green Day
4/5
Roxy Music
2/5
The Zutons
4/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
The Police
2/5
Joan Baez
2/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Safe as Milk is great; this is awful. However, I do respect the willingness to produce something so inaccessible that even a lot of your own fans rubbish it. 1 star for the listening experience; 5 stars for not giving a rats ass and producing it anyway.
The Strokes
5/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Beck
4/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
1/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
D'Angelo
1/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
4/5
Frank Ocean
1/5
George Michael
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Crowded House
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
The Temptations
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
1/5
Stereolab
2/5
Buzzcocks
2/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
3/5
David Gray
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Q-Tip
2/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
OutKast
1/5
M.I.A.
1/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Why?
Joy Division
2/5
Judas Priest
3/5
Ice Cube
1/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
The Who
2/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Billie Holiday
2/5
Hole
3/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
MGMT
3/5
FKA twigs
2/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Aphex Twin
3/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Great first half, but pretty average second half (other than Praise You).
N.W.A.
2/5
No doubt this album has been massively influential. But, do I like it? No, not really, other than Express Yourself (which is great and drags this up a whole star on its own).
Pulp
2/5
Deep Purple
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
Louis Prima
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
4/5
Serge Gainsbourg
1/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Eric Clapton
2/5
The Jam
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Santana
4/5
Animal Collective
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Hot Chip
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Scissor Sisters
3/5
Suicide
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
5/5
Ministry
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Lauryn Hill
1/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Tangerine Dream
2/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
Black Flag
2/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
5/5
Billy Joel
4/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Pixies
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Jam
3/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Erykah Badu
3/5
Beth Orton
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Queen
3/5
The xx
4/5
TLC
1/5
U2
1/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Pavement
2/5
Raekwon
1/5
XTC
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Missy Elliott
1/5
When one review indicated "Bangers a-plenty", I had high hopes. What a shame that "Bangers" seems to be a reference to the people engaging in sex acts that Missy "sings" about, rather than the quality of those tracks.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
If you "get it" then, genuinely, I think that's great. I don't, and found it inaccessible, pretentious and not at all enjoyable to listen to.
The Stranglers
3/5
The Sonics
4/5
Eurythmics
3/5
CHIC
4/5
MC Solaar
1/5
The Pogues
2/5
The Who
4/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
The Style Council
2/5
Simple Minds
3/5
The Stone Roses
5/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Eminem
2/5
Syd Barrett
2/5
Richard Hawley
5/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
The Libertines
4/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
The Modern Lovers
1/5
The Sugarcubes
2/5
Janet Jackson
1/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Review based on the music only!
Can
3/5
Faust
5/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Slint
2/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Mj Cole
1/5
Electronica? If the vocals were samples and were deployed sparingly, I could accept that classification. In my view this is not electronica and it gives it a bad name. If you want to listen to some good examples of this genre there are plenty. The Propellerheads’ one album decksdrumsandrockandroll, for example.
Fever Ray
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Meat Loaf
3/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Love
4/5
Metallica
2/5
Dagmar Krause
2/5
5 stars for being weird. Unfortunately, that is not the measure for rating the albums here. That said, I don't regret listening to it; I just won't listen to it ever again.
The Cars
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
King Crimson
2/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Merle Haggard
4/5
Donovan
2/5
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Missy Elliott
1/5
Elbow
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Young Gods
2/5
Elton John
4/5
Christine and the Queens
1/5
The Stooges
5/5
SAULT
2/5
The xx
2/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Kanye West
1/5
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Afrika Bambaataa
1/5
Ice T
1/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Massive Attack
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
The Coral
4/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Derek & The Dominos
5/5
For the music only. If I were rating Clapton as a human it would be a negative score.
Screaming Trees
5/5
Scritti Politti
1/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
The Slits
2/5
Van Halen
2/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
4/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
Beyoncé
2/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
System Of A Down
2/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Rush
4/5
The Shamen
3/5
T. Rex
4/5
SZA
1/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Malcolm McLaren
1/5
Method Man
1/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Nirvana
5/5