My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard	5	2.86	+2.14
Pelican West Haircut 100	5	2.97	+2.03
For Your Pleasure Roxy Music	5	2.98	+2.02
Maxinquaye Tricky	5	3.04	+1.96
The Specials The Specials	5	3.3	+1.7
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	5	3.35	+1.65
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	5	3.37	+1.63
Odelay Beck	5	3.46	+1.54
On The Beach Neil Young	5	3.46	+1.54
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51

Album	You	Global	Diff
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	1	2.97	-1.97
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	2	3.73	-1.73
Tidal Fiona Apple	2	3.45	-1.45
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson	2	3.43	-1.43
25 Adele	2	3.37	-1.37
xx The xx	2	3.36	-1.36
Tommy The Who	2	3.33	-1.33
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	2	3.29	-1.29
Made In Japan Deep Purple	2	3.29	-1.29
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	1	2.29	-1.29

Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	3	4.33

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Knows it. Okay.

Odelay

Beck

5/5

Topper.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Maybe.

Play

Moby

3/5

Fine but can't be arsed.

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Straight up top end guitar rock.

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Very good monkey indeed.

Paris 1919

John Cale

3/5

Good, or at least alright.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Pretty good.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

#1 album of all time, very possibly.

25

Adele

2/5

Not as good as 21. Pretty bland.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

Wanky. Very wanky.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

4 x Very Good. High art rock.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Nice enough.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3/5

Alright country - not my jazz but maybe in repeat listens could be good.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

4/5

Good, and, more significantly, super influential.

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

3/5

Fine but only last song a stand out.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

5/5

A genre all of its own top pleasure.

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

Great beginning and end. Middle dip.

Traffic

4/5

Far out.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Some very good/excellent, some okay.

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

2/5

Pretty dull. Not my thing anyway.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Exquisite.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

4/5

Quite good. Might be a grower.

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

Unlistenably horrid.

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

A personal favourite, but not that good really. First track/s best.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

New to me prog rock. Pretty good as that kind of thing goes.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Rather good.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Great, with some musical interludes.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

Probably good but not my rap hip hop thing.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

2/5

Not my thing. Seems highly competent but not for me.

White Light

Gene Clark

2/5

Nice but not striking me as outstanding for tunes, innovation or vibes.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

I like it.

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Very very good, and of my times.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

3/5

Derivative, competent, if you like that sort of thing.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

New to me. Nice.

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Fitter, stronger, faster. Sublime.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

2/5

Pleasant but dull.

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

Pretty good.

Tommy

The Who

2/5

Didn't like it. Disturbing and also just lacking in good tunes.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

2/5

One good song. Otherwise Supergrass are much better version.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Unlistenable. Managed 2 or 3 songs. Abrassive.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

4/5

Pretty good.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

5/5

Brilliant. Absolute high end jingly jangly pop, start to finish. New fav.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

4/5

Great, and nice piece of it's moment.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Total classic for sure and rediscovered Tuesday Heartbreak.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

Outstanding on all levels. The perfect seamless transition giant leave album.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

Not my cuppa bland tea.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Pretty good - enjoyable and consistent.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

2/5

Not my bag. Perhaps a good example of its kind.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Magnificently soulful and societal.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

2/5

Bit wanky. Dangerously close to heavy jazz flute.

The Only Ones

4/5

Quite good. New wave with depth.

xx

The xx

2/5

Seemed okay, not sure if my thing.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

5/5

A legend. Nice to discover.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Good stuff. Probably more groundbreaking then than sounds now. Might get better with repeat listening, albeit accessible stuff anyway.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

A classic for sure.

The Specials

5/5

Two tone tastic. Groundbreaking.

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Solid. Bold. Fresh.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

5/5

Mood music max.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

2/5

Nice enough but lacking soul.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

Excellent discovery.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Artful, shimmering, graceful.

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

Quite dark.

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Maybe the best NY.

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Nice tabby.

The Libertines

4/5

Raw talent, before taking it too far.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

5/5

101 masses ready.

Future Days

Can

4/5

First song good. Need to listen more.

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