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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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5 | 2.58 | +2.42 |
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Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
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5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
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Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
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5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
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Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
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5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
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5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
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5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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Horses
Patti Smith
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5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
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5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
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5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Snivilisation
Orbital
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1 | 2.71 | -1.71 |
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Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
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1 | 2.53 | -1.53 |
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
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1 | 2.47 | -1.47 |
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
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2 | 3.45 | -1.45 |
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Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
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1 | 2.37 | -1.37 |
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
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2 | 3.32 | -1.32 |
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Low-Life
New Order
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2 | 3.3 | -1.3 |
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
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2 | 3.29 | -1.29 |
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A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
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2 | 3.24 | -1.24 |
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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
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1 | 2.22 | -1.22 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Beatles | 6 | 4.83 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4.8 |
| David Bowie | 8 | 4.5 |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 4.6 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 5 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 5 |
| Steely Dan | 3 | 4.67 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.67 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2 | 5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2 | 5 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 5 |
| Ray Charles | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
| Fela Kuti | 2 | 5 |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 4.25 |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 4.25 |
| The White Stripes | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Orbital | 2 | 1.5 |
5-Star Albums (113)
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
5/5
Easily one of the best singers of all time. Incredible range and ease of singing.
Favorite track: sanson ki mala pey
other picks: biba sada dil morr de, yeh jo, yaadan, ali maula
1 likes
4/5
Great find from the list. haven’t heard of them before. soul/funk/groovy/jazz - 13 min songs don’t feel as long.
Favorite track: city country city
other picks: cisco kid, four cornered room, world is a ghetto
1 likes
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
an experience indeed...
favorite track: purple haze
other picks: hey joe, the wind cries mary, fire, red house, foxey lady
1 likes
Beatles
5/5
When beatles started to become The Beatles.
Favorite track: Norwegian wood
other picks: in my life, drive my car, michelle, nowhere man
1 likes
1-Star Albums (9)
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Carole King
5/5
Favorite track: It's too late
Other picks: I feel the earth move, So far away, You make me feel like.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Favorite Track: American Girl
other picks: Luna (has a Pink Floyd feel), Breakdown
U2
4/5
Favorite Track: Drowning Man
other picks: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Like a Song
The Beach Boys
5/5
First five star album here! Feels like classical music which is complex with a high quality production.
Favorite track: God only knows
other picks: would'nt it be nice, you still believe in me, pet sounds
Bob Dylan
4/5
Favorite Track: It's alright ma, Mr.Tambourine Man
Other picks: Subterranean Homesick Blues, She Belongs to me, Outlaw Blues
Green Day
4/5
Favorite Track: Bouievard of broken dreams
Other picks: Wake me up when september ends, american idiot
Black Sabbath
5/5
Entire album of classics, spawning a new genre!
Favourite track: Ironman
Other picks: War pigs, Paranoid & Planet Caravan
Donovan
4/5
songs are like they are composed by Ilayaraaja :D
Favorite Track: Legend of a Girl Child Linda
other picks: sunshine superman, three king fishers (sitar), Bert's blues
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Favorite track: Maps
other pick: Man
Funkadelic
5/5
Fantastic sound in this album.
Favorite track: Maggot brain
other picks: Super stupid
The Only Ones
2/5
Favorite track: Breaking down
other pick: Language problem, Creature of Doom
Barry Adamson
3/5
a groovy background music album
Favorite track: something wicked this way comes, it's business as usual
The Young Rascals
2/5
Favorite tracks: Find somebody, It's love
Billy Joel
5/5
Favorite track: Vienna
other pick: She's always a woman
5 stars
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
Pleasantly surprised with this album. Jazzy cuban music.
Favorite track: Candela
other picks: Chan Chan, Pueblo Nuevo
William Orbit
4/5
Groovy EDM!
Favorite track: Into the paradise
Other picks: water from a vine leaf, gringatcho demento, the story of light
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Not worth the hype - 3 stars
Favorite track: Badlands, prove it all night
David Bowie
3/5
First album in recommendations for David Bowie, not one of his best works. But still a good album nonetheless.
Favorite track: Valentines Day
other picks: love is lost, set the world on fire
Dr. Dre
5/5
5 star album!
Favorite track: F**k Wit Dr.Dre
other picks: Nuthin' But a G thang, Lil Ghetto boy
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
alt-punk-indie-metal-rock?? I'll take it :-)
Favorite track: From Ritz to Rubble
other picks: Fake tales of San Francisco, when the sun goes down, perhaps vampires are a bit strong
Coldplay
4/5
Favorite track: Clocks
other picks: Daylight, scientist, god put a smile upon your face
Beatles
4/5
First Beatles album from the generator! Great album featuring young beatles.
Favorite tracks: All my loving, I wanna be your man
other picks: some great covers like Till there was you, roll over beethoven
Steely Dan
4/5
Fusion of a variety of genres pop/rock/jazz/r&b to produce a good sounding album.
Favourite tracks: East St.Louse Toodle-Oo, Pretzel Logic, Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Blur
3/5
Somes songs are very good, some songs ordinary..
Favorite track: Clover over dover
other picks: girls and boys, far out, this is a low
Prince
5/5
r&b, soul, rock, jazz, disco, pop - can find everything in this 5 star album of 80 minutes.
Favorite track: Sign o' the times
other picks:
Jazzy work in "the ballad of dorothy parker", I could never take the place of your man, Cross
The Libertines
2/5
Favorite track: The man who would be king
other picks: Can't stand me now, music when the light comes on
David Bowie
5/5
Very different soundscape for the time it got released, still fresh in 2024. 5 stars!
Favorite track: Warszawa
other picks: always crashing in the same car, sound and vision, be my wife
Stan Getz
5/5
Albums like these are why I enrolled in 1001albumsgenerator.com. Finding music that I haven't listened to before which are of the highest quality. 5 stars.
Favorite tracks: The Girl from Ipanema, Desafinado, Corcovado, O Grande Amor
Elliott Smith
4/5
Favorite track: Junk Bond Trader
other picks: Son of Sam, Happiness, Everything means nothing to me
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
5 star folk rock
Favorite track: Carry on
other picks: Dejavu, Woodstock, Country Girl, Almost cut my hair
Talking Heads
4/5
Favorite Track: Memories can't wait
other picks: I Zimbra, Life during wartime, Drugs
The National
3/5
Baritone singing from Matt Berninger is pretty good.
Favorite track: Terrible Love
Other picks: Little Faith, Bloodbuzz Ohio, Runaway
The Jam
4/5
Album that is inspired by Revolver.
Favorite track: Start! (Inspired by taxman)
other picks: set the house ablaze, that’s entertainment
Funkadelic
4/5
Not on spotify or apple music :\ Youtube ftw.
Favorite track: Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?
other picks: One Nation Under a Groove, Cholly
Yes
3/5
Favorite Track: Roundabout
other picks: cans and brahms, Long distance runaround, Mood for a day
Oasis
5/5
Not a boring moment in the album. 5 stars.
Favorite track: Live forever
other picks: Columbia, Supersonic, Slide Away, Married with children
Rod Stewart
3/5
Favorite track: Country Comfort
other picks: Gasoline Alley, Jo's lament, you're my girl
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
Didn't know about "emo" music as a genre before this.
The album started off well with two good songs and it kind off fell off from there.
Favorite track: Do you compute
other picks: here come the rome plows
Glossary:
emo - emotional hardcore
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Swamp Rock is fun. 5 stars.
Favorite track: Graveyard train
other picks: Born on the Bayou, Good golly miss molly, keep on chooglin
Eminem
5/5
5 stars for nostalgia...
Favorite track: real slim shady
other picks: stan, the way i am, i am back
Big Star
3/5
interesting soundscape, esp on kanga roo
Favorite track: Kanga Roo
other picks: Kizz me, holocaust, for you
Patti Smith
5/5
Classic! 5 stars
Favorite track: Birdland (jazzy number in a punk album)
other picks: Gloria, kimberly, land
Jeff Beck
4/5
I like the jeff beck part but not the rod stewart part :D
Favorite track: Blues Deluxe
other picks: Let me love you, Greensleeves, Beck's bolero
Daft Punk
3/5
Pretty slick beats, but still good for passive listening and not much suitable for active listening, esp an entire album.
Favorite track: Da Funk
other picks: around the world
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Favorite track: Billy Jack
other picks: When seasons change, So in love
Cocteau Twins
4/5
very new soundscape to listen to..
Favorite track: Cherry colored funk
other picks: heaven and Las Vegas, fotzepolitic, frou-frou
John Lee Hooker
4/5
Great blues album. Guy was in his 70s when he made this!
Favorite track: the healer
other picks: in the mood, baby lee, think twice before you go
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
the album is awful in a fun kind of way 😂
Favorite track: wail
other picks: skunk, fuck the shit up, can’t stop
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Favorite track: Car on a hill
other picks: court and spark, help me, down to you
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Favorite track: when you were mine
other picks: girls just want to have fun, time after time, all through the night, yeah yeah
SZA
3/5
Favorite track: Doves in the wind
other picks: supermodel, love galore, broken chords, 20 something
Bob Dylan
5/5
Easily one of the best dylan albums.
Favorite track: Tangled up in blue
other picks: simple twist of fate, your gonna make me lonesome, meet me in the morning, shelter from the storm
OutKast
4/5
sprawling album of 2 hrs with two distinct flavors from the two main artists.
Favorite track: Hey ya
other picks: Ghettomusik, the way you move, roses, my favorite things.
Fugees
5/5
5 star album! Groovy beats, catchy tunes, with fantastic production. I recently heard Lauren Hill from Miseducation, liked her here better than that one.
Favorite track: Ready or not
other picks: how many mics, killing me softly, fu gee la, cowboys, no women no cry
Santana
5/5
Fun album, can’t give anything less than 5 stars.
Favorite track: Oye como va
other picks: black magic woman, se a cabo (reminds me of mi2 theme), incident at neshabur and the jazzy samba pa ti
https://music.apple.com/us/station/the-abraxas-special-santana/ra.1532120202
(Miles Davis called Santana to offer complements to the album 😊)
Khaled
4/5
fun middle eastern viby album with poppy arabic fusion sounds.
Favorite track: trigue lycee
other picks: c est la nuit, aalach, trigue lycee, melha, el herba vine, el bab
Bee Gees
2/5
Poor man’s beatles imitation. Nothing new to offer.
“How can you mend a broken heart” is a standout in an otherwise ordinary album.
It’s rated low not because it sounds bad, but because it’s boring.
The Style Council
3/5
jazzy piano pop which is fun.
Favorite track: my ever changing moods
other picks: the whole point of no return, paris match, you’re the best thing
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
easy 5, no comments needed 😄
Bob Dylan
5/5
one of the best of dylan albums from his peak years, also regarded as the one that got him the nobel prize.
favorite track: i want you
other picks: visions of johanna, stuck inside a mobile, leopard-skin pill-box, just like a woman
The Young Gods
2/5
french rock meets nine inch nails.. i also hear a bit of rammstein sound in this.
favorite track: l’eau rouge
other picks: la fille de la mort, les enfants, l’amourir
Boston
5/5
peak basement rock.. or a single filler song. 5 ⭐️s
favorite track: foreplay/ long time
other picks: more than a feeling, hitch a ride
Genesis
3/5
liked the storytelling vibe overall, but felt that it is a tad too long. Also the flute and synthesizer use sounds great in this.
favorite track: fly on a windshield
other picks: lamb lies down, carpet crawlers, counting out time, anyway
The Rolling Stones
4/5
almost gave it a five just for “sympathy for the devil” but restrained myself. 😊
favorite track: sympathy for the devil
other picks: jigsaw puzzle, street fighting man, stray cat blues, salt of the earth.
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Stellar album. One of my favorite hip hop acts.
Favorite track: Bonita Applebum
other picks: push it along, footprints, can i kick it, rhythm
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
Great find from the list. Amazing.
Favorite track: i want to take you higher
other picks: everyday people, sex machine
M.I.A.
4/5
has a unique sound going for her.
Favorite track: Galang
other picks: pull up the people, amazon, 10 dollar(has tamil verses), hombre (tambura intro?)
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
not sure if this is a parody as in how they sang this or whether they were serious the whole time 😀
Favorite track: i am just looking
other picks: geno, tell me when my light turns, the teams that meet
Gorillaz
4/5
Great mix of talent in this record.
Favorite track: Clint Eastwood
other picks: 19-2000, Man Research, tomorrow comes today, rehash
ABBA
4/5
classic pop
Favorite track: Dancing Queen
other picks: knowing me, money money, arrival, fernando
The Sonics
2/5
Lots of shouting in the album 🤣
The cover of roll over beethoven was so bad that it single handedly got the rating down to 2.
Favorite track: have love will travel
other picks: psycho, money, strychnine
The Damned
2/5
Favorite track: looking at you
other picks: love song, i just can't be happy today
D'Angelo
3/5
90s chill r&b
Favorite track: brown sugar
other picks: lady, jonz in my bonz, shit, when we get by
Miles Davis
5/5
classic!
Favorite track: Moon dreams
other picks: move, Venus de milo, rocker, boplicity
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Started with a bang with Paint it black, but went downhill from there.
Favorite track: Paint it black
other picks: mothers little helper, little jane, flight 505
Jamiroquai
4/5
didn’t know acid jazz as a genre before this album.
Favorite track: Too young to die
other picks: emergency on planet earth, blow your mind, music of the mind, when you gonna learn
B.B. King
5/5
bb king, legend. Amazing solos and great singing in this live album.
Favorite track: How blue can you get
other picks: sweet little angel, it’s my own fault, you done lost good
Steely Dan
5/5
i love the rock.. i love the jazz.. 5 stars.
Favorite track: Aja
other picks: deacon blues, peg, home at last
Pixies
3/5
Has a few great songs, but a mid one seen as a whole.
Favorite track: All over the world
other picks: Valouria, Cecilia Ann, dig for fire, stormy weather
Jack White
3/5
Jack White was the lead man in White Stripes.
Favorite track: Love interruption
other picks: missing pieces, sixteen saltines, freedom at 21, i am shakin
Tracy Chapman
5/5
First time hearing Tracy Chapman, very unique voice. Songs didn’t age a bit. Fast car alone puts it on top for a 5.
Favorite track: Fast car
other picks: talking about a revolution, behind the wall(only voice with bo instrumentation), baby can i hold you, mountain of things.
Tricky
2/5
Fun album with songs ranging from electronic covers of popular songs to make-out tracks.
Favorite track: Black Steel
other picks: hell os round the corner, aftermath, overcome, brand new
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
album gives the 80s ilayaraaja disco vibes.
Favorite track: how can you expect to be taken seriously
other picks: this must be the place, october symphony
Radiohead
4/5
First radiohead album generated from the list.
Favorite track: You and whose army
other picks: pyramid song, i might be wrong, dollars and cents
Bill Evans Trio
5/5
will listen to anything from Bill Evans. piano, bass, drums - pure classic.
Favorite track: all of you
other picks: my man's gone now, solar, jade visions
The Cars
4/5
Favorite track: My best friend's girl
Other picks: good times roll, just what i needed, im in touch.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Fun album from start to finish. no boring moment in a 1hr 15min album.
Favorite track: breaking the girl
other picks: give it away, under the bridge, my lovely man
The Stooges
4/5
Given that I am not much of a punk fan, I didn't think I would like this as much as I did.
Favorite track: Gimme Danger
other picks: I need someday, pretty face, raw power
Fiona Apple
4/5
piano jazzy pop, music i like 😀
Favorite track: shadowboxer
other picks: criminal, slow like honey, never is a promise
Pretenders
3/5
great find from 1001, didn't know about Chrissie Hynde before this.
Favorite track: precious
other picks: tattooed love boys, mystery achievement, private life, brass in pocket
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
first three tracks come with a bang, but it all goes downhill from there.
Favorite track: Dumb Waiters
other picks: pretty in pink, I wanna sleep with you
2/5
Favorite track: White Girl
other picks: the once over twice, I'm coming over
AC/DC
5/5
Banger from start to finish sprinkled with some of the best songs of all time. Quintessential hard rock!
Favorite track: Back in Black
other picks: hells bells, you shook me all night, rock and roll ain't noise pollution
The Police
3/5
Favorite track: The bed's too big without you
other picks: message in a bottle, walking on the moon
Snoop Dogg
4/5
favorite track: who am i
other picks: gin and juice, ain’t no fun, gz and huzlas
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
songs range from ok to boring to corny to some which are legitimately good, but not worth 3hrs of listening for sure.
fav track: come back from sf
other picks: book of love, cactus where your heart, when my boy walks down the street
Barry Adamson
1/5
This is the second Barry Adamson album picked by the generator. I actually liked the first one Oedipus Schmoedepus. Moss Sode Story is disappointing. It’s more ranadom and boring than it is bad.
Hot Chip
3/5
indie-electro-pop? i like it. good find from 1001albums, haven’t heard of hot chips before.
Favorite track: these chains
other picks: look at where we are, flutes, let me be him
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Surprisingly good. First time hearing to this band.
Favrorite track: California Dreamin
other picks: straight shooter, spanish harlem, somebody groovy
David Bowie
5/5
First time hearing this album. There is always something new in a Bowie album and this one doesn’t disappoint.
Favorite track: Neukoln
other picks: beauty and the beast, heroes, sense of doubt
Iron Maiden
4/5
full on fun from beginning to end, no fillers.
Favorite track: transylvania
other picks: prowler, phantom
of the opera
Al Green
4/5
Classic soul!
Favorite track: Let’s stay together
other picks: so you’re leaving, i’ve never found a girl, how can you mend your heart.
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
Smooth and Cool!
Favorite track: Manenberg revisited
other picks: mandela, song for sathima, the wedding
The White Stripes
5/5
Best white stripes album.
Favorite track: We’re going to be friends
other picks: dead leaves, hotel yorba, fell in love with a girl, offend in every way, i can’t wait
Sade
5/5
jazzy pop.. smooth operator indeed. a few banger tracks on the album pushed it to 5 stars. Every instrumental interlude is interesting and fun.
Favorite track: Smooth Operator
other picks: your love is king, hang on to your love, cherry pie, sally
Elton John
5/5
Elton’s Classic Double Album.
Favorite track: Bennie and the jets
other picks: goodbye yellow brick road, i’ve seen that movie too, sweet painted lady, all the girls love alice
System Of A Down
5/5
brilliant debut album and anything from soad gets a 5 😂
Favorite track: sugar
other picks: know, spiders, war
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
wow, not just a 5 star album, but most songs in the album get 5 stars.
Favorite track: i heard it through the grapevine vine(cover)
other picks: ooby dooby(cover but still), traveling band, up around the bend, Looking out my back door
Sister Sledge
4/5
Start of the disco era
Favorite track: we are family
other picks: lost in music, he is the greatest dancer, thinking of you
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Favorite track: born to run
other picks: thunder road, backstreets, tenth avenue freeze out
The Pretty Things
2/5
Has some good songs, but a tad bit too long and gets all over the place.
Favorite track: S.F. Sorrow is born
other picks: private sorrow, baron saturday, death, journey
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Favorite track: Let love rule
other picks: Mr.Cab driver, my precious love, rosemary
Primal Scream
5/5
offbeat album with varied soundscape. Not a single boring moment.
Favorite track: loaded
other picks: moving on up, i am coming down, higher than the sun, don’t fight it feel it.
almost the entire album calls for re-listens.
David Bowie
5/5
start of his streak to produce quality music.
Favorite track: Life on mars
other picks: changes, oh you pretty things, queen bitch
Bob Dylan
4/5
Favorite track: Blowin in the wind
other picks: girl from the north country, hard rain's gonna fall, don't think twice
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Favorite track: O Children
other picks: messiah ward, abattoir blues, the lyre of orpheus
Joan Armatrading
4/5
didn’t know about her before this, a good find from 1001. funk, pop, soul, rock all rolled into one album.
Favorite track: love and affection
other picks: down to zero, join the boys, like fire
Isaac Hayes
4/5
long soul tracks with production far ahead of its time. i didn’t expect this to be from 1969.
Favorite track: hyperbolic..
other picks:walk on by, by the time i get to phoenix
Elvis Presley
3/5
definitely a top tier album, but a letdown considering earlier peak elvis.
Favorite track: suspicious minds
other picks: long black limousine, in ghetto, movin on
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
generic and monotonous
Favorite tracks: the shining hour, fuzzy
The Doors
4/5
Chill album from start to finish.
Favorite track: Waiting for the sun
other picks: you make me real, peace frog, Maggie M'Gill
Deep Purple
4/5
enjoyed the long instruments versions of their classics
Favorite track: Mule
other picks: smoke on the water, highway star, lazy
Beatles
5/5
no comments :D
T. Rex
3/5
First time hearing to this. Glam rock starting out..
Favorite track: Bang a gong
other picks: cosmic dancer, mambo sun
John Martyn
4/5
Great variety of groovy blues with good choice of instrumentation.
Favorite track: small hours
other picks: smiling stranger, big muff, couldn’t love you more, certain surprise
Cypress Hill
2/5
sounds generic hip-hop to me..
Favorite track: how i could just kill a man
other picks: stoned is the way of the walk
The Pharcyde
4/5
Fun album with good beats.
Favorite track: passin me by
other picks: oh shit, on the dl, ya mama
The Smiths
4/5
Favorite track: Stop me if you think you've heard this one before
other picks: a rush and a push, death of a disco dancer, girlfriend in a coma
Metallica
5/5
The Black Album!! been a while since i got a 5 star one recently
Favorite track: nothing else matters
other picks: Enter Sandman, sad but true, unforgiven, whereever i may roam
Digital Underground
3/5
fun funk
Favorite track: rhymin on the funk
other picks: humpty dance, underwater rimes, freaks of the industry
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Very good production for the 90s
Favorite track: day dreaming
other picks: kick push, intro
Van Halen
5/5
Favorite track: eruption
other picks: running with the devil, you really got me, ain't talking about love
Portishead
5/5
fantastic debut album. 5 stars just for glory box.
Favorite track: Glory box
other picks: sour times, it could be sweet, wandering star
Two 5 ⭐️s in a row after van halen 😀
U2
3/5
now i know where coldplay get their inspiration from..
Favorite track: one
other picks: even better than the real thing, mysterious ways, acrobat
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Haven't heard of them before, really fun rock/metal numbers..
Favorite track: Charlie big potato
other picks: we don't need who you think you are, secretly, cheap honesty
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
too many british punk rock albums in the list..
Favorite track: cutter
other picks: porcupine, never stop
Living Colour
2/5
Stock 80s rock..
Favorite track: cult of personality
other picks: glamour boys
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Favorite track: you haven't done anything
other picks: smile please, boogie on reggae woman, creepin
MGMT
4/5
Pretty good one with a lot of original sounds
Favorite track: Electric feel
other picks: time to pretend, the youth, kids
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Favorite track: son of a preacher man
other picks: just a little loving, don't forget about me, the windmills of your mind.
The Prodigy
2/5
Reminds me of the gaming soundtrack of need for speed racing
Favorite track: poison
other picks: voodoo people, no good
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Reggae ftw.
Favorite track: stir it up
other picks: concrete jungle, slave driver, no more trouble
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Each song sounds very different and the whole album seems fresh even after 40 years.
Favorite track: Games without frontiers
other picks: i don't remember, intruder, family snapshot
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Classic! Very vibey.
Favorite track: Superstition
other picks: you are the sunshine of my life, mabe your baby, you and i, i believe
k.d. lang
3/5
beautiful voice by the singer. All songs have a Christmas carol feel to it.
favorite track: black coffee
other picks: western stars, busy being blue
Napalm Death
1/5
The music was so bad that the one good thing going for them is how different this sounds than anything else on this list.
Ms. Dynamite
2/5
generic pop hip-hop
pick: dy na mi tee
The Temptations
3/5
Favorite track: Cloud nine
other picks: running child, running wild, i heard it through the grapevine (marvin cover)
Michael Jackson
5/5
peak mj, nuff said
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Favorite track: what's going on
other picks: what's happening brother, mercy mercy me, inner city blues
Beatles
5/5
Top 5 All Time album..
Favorite track: here there and everywhere
other picks: Eleanor Rigby, love you to, yellow submarine, tomorrow never knows
Orbital
2/5
Pretty good electronica album with varied soundscape, but has some bad songs that kill the flow. "Time becomes" was so bad that it knocked off a star :)
Favorite track: Planet of the shapes (has some Indian raga influence)
other picks: lush3-1, remind, halcyon
Depeche Mode
3/5
Favorite track: never let me down again
other picks: the things you said, strangelove, behind the wheel
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
lot of fun vibes, classic representation of this style of music.
Favorite track: Little child runnin' wild
other picks: pusher man, Freddie's dead, superfly
The Beta Band
2/5
very bland and generic british rock/electronica. “troubles” is a stand out among otherwise boring tracks.
Various Artists
3/5
Not sure if this was intended, but got this album generated right in time for the holidays :)
Picks: Sleigh ride, santa is coming to town, Christmas (Baby please come home)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Getting a good pick of 5s from the generator recently :)
John Lennon
4/5
Favorite track: Imagine
other picks: how do you sleep?, Jealous guy
ZZ Top
3/5
Favorite track: Sharp dressed man
other picks: gimme all your loving, legs
Beatles
5/5
When beatles started to become The Beatles.
Favorite track: Norwegian wood
other picks: in my life, drive my car, michelle, nowhere man
Bad Brains
3/5
Good find, haven't heard of bad brains before.
Favorite track: she's calling you
other picks: i against i , reignition
Michael Jackson
5/5
Arguably the #1 album of all time?
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Absolute blast of an album. Full on rage!!
Reminded me of the last scene in the matrix with Neo rocking the shades with “wake up” running in the background. Classic!
Favorite track: Killing in the name of
other picks: wake up, know your enemy, bombtrack
Radiohead
5/5
the generator is on a roll - got thriller, rubber soul, rage against the machine and this, all in one week :D
Favorite track: karma police
other picks: paranoid android, subterranean homesick alien, no surprises, the tourist
David Gray
3/5
the singer gives a bob dylan vibe..
Favorite track: babylon
other picks: this year's love, white ladder
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
was expecting Rammstein, but got school kids with stolen plumbing equipment
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Favorite track: Family affair
other picks: just like a baby, time, thank you for talking to me africa
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Favorite track: cover me
other picks: born in the usa, glory days
David Bowie
4/5
Favorite track: Lazarus
other picks: blackstar, a girl loves me, i can't give everything away
Alice Cooper
4/5
Album with a lot of variety..
Favorite track: Blue Turk
other picks: school's out, my stars, alma mater, public animal
Christina Aguilera
2/5
picks: fighter, beautiful, dirty
loving me 4 me sounds like a harris jeyaraj track 😀
Willie Nelson
4/5
wasn’t a big fan of country music before this.
favorite track: stardust
other picks: georgia on my mind, all of me, moonlight in vermont
Public Enemy
4/5
Favorite track: anti-n* machine
other picks: 911 is a joke, welcome to terrordome, who stole the soul, fight the power
Radiohead
5/5
midpoint between radiohead being a guitar rock band to avant-garde atmospheric stuff. perfection.
Favorite track: just
other picks: high and dry, fake plastic trees, black star
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
very edm like..
fav track: bright horses
other picks: waiting for you, sun forest, galleon ship
CHIC
4/5
very funky and groovy. “good times” indeed.
Favorite track: good times
other picks: my feet keep dancing, what about me, my forbidden lover
OutKast
4/5
lot of bangers in the album. lots of variety with funk, jazz, and even guitar solos.
Favorite track: ms.jackson
other picks: so fresh so clean, bob, gasoline dreams
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
an experience indeed...
favorite track: purple haze
other picks: hey joe, the wind cries mary, fire, red house, foxey lady
Lorde
3/5
Good album with atmospheric sounds
Favorite track: Green light
other picks: louvre, liability, supercut
5/5
has my fav beatle song…
fav track: a day in the life
other picks: LSD, within you without you, sgt peppers
Radiohead
5/5
Stellar album
favorite track: reckoner
other picks: 15 step, nude, jigsaw, videotape
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
guitar-rock band..
Favorite track: jenny
other picks: dig me out, turn it on, words and guitar
Paul Simon
4/5
this is Simon from Simon & Garfunkel. Great instrumental work in the album, has ilayaraaja vibes.
fav track: armistice day
other picks: duncan, run that body down, me and julio by the schoolyard
Sarah Vaughan
5/5
jazz classic from one of the greats. really liked the scat singing in "how high the moon"
Favorite track: How high the moon
Other picks: willow weeo for me, just one of those things, honeysuckle rose
Queen Latifah
2/5
picks: princess of the posse, ladies first
3/5
Album with the song used in the MI-2 soundtrack. Guilty pleasure, not genre bending or anything but fun nonetheless.
Favorite track: take a look around
Other picks: my way, living it up, boiler
Ghostface Killah
3/5
album by wu tang band member
Favorite track: Champ
other picks: 9 million bros, be easy, momma
Janis Joplin
4/5
Haven’t heard of this album or the artist before. This is what makes doing this project worth it.
Favorite track: Me and Bobby Mcgee
other picks: buried alive in blues, mercedes benz, cry baby
The Cure
3/5
trippy instrumental rock. “A forest” is a good number.
picks: a forest, play for today, at night
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
fantastic! not a single dull moment in a 1hr19min album. Bringing new sound blending jazz, funk, etc with interesting chord changes and sharp rap.
Favorite track: King kunta
other picks: these walls, alright, hood politics, how much a dollar cost.
Calexico
3/5
Cool album with some good songs and intrumentals - latin/mexican jazz rock
Favorite track: Quattro
other picks: sunken waltz, black heart, guero canelo, crumble
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
Favorite track: Love
other picks: flying high, death sound
Arcade Fire
3/5
Not on par with their other records, but still makes for a good listen
Favorite track: Neon Bible
other picks: black mirror, intervention (cool organ sounds), ocean of noise, no cars go
Pink Floyd
5/5
Pink Floyd in their peak.
Favorite track: Comfortably Numb
other picks: Another brick in the wall, hey you, youth lust
Devendra Banhart
2/5
Favorite track: sight to behold
other picks: this is the way, body breaks
not a fan of Rod’s singing
picks: that’s all you need, stay with me, debris
Incubus
2/5
album had two good songs and 10 boring ones
The good ones: Pardon me, Drive
Adele
4/5
Adele is probably the one with the least auto tune in this autotune heavy pop generation. This album has some very good piano ballads with powerful vocals.
Favorite track: hello
other picks: water under the bridge, i miss you, when we were young
Talking Heads
3/5
Favorite track: Take me to the river
other picks: Thank you for sending me an angel, artists only
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Some classic sinatra jazz, past his prime though.
Favorite track: the girl from ipanema
other picks: i concentrate on you, how insensitive, change partners
The Black Crowes
2/5
picks: hard to handle, she talks to angels
Milton Nascimento
5/5
Albums like this are what makes doing the 1001 project rewarding. Truly a hidden gem.
Favorite track: um girassol
other picks: tudo o que, o trem azul, cluba da esquina, um gosto de sol
Iggy Pop
4/5
energetic and vibey
Favorite track: the passenger
other picks: some weird sin, lust for life, turn blue
R.E.M.
4/5
Favorite track: pop song 89
other picks: stand, wrong child, orange crush, hair shirt
Britney Spears
3/5
Favorite track: you drive me crazy
other picks: baby one more time, i will be there
Teenage Fanclub
2/5
picks: star sign, concept, what you do to me
Black Sabbath
5/5
Favorite track: snowblond
other picks: supernaut, the straightener, laguna sunrise
Duran Duran
4/5
disco rock fun.
Favorite track: Rio
other picks: my own way, hungry like a wolf, new religion
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
not their best work, but still has some good songs.
Favorite track: Sara
other picks: over and over, storms, sisters of the moon, tusk
Aerosmith
4/5
Favorite track: walk this way
other picks: sweet emotion, uncle salty, round and round
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
One of the all time best albums and ny favorite hip hop album. Just fantastic.
Favorite track: Check the rhime
other picks: jazz we’ve got, excursions, buggin out
Girls Against Boys
2/5
“noise rock” is a genre now? 😊
picks: rockets are red, bullet proof cupid
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Favorite track: Ponte de lanca africano
other picks: taj mahal, xica de silva
Pixies
5/5
Great variety in songs. This album seems to have kicked off the 90s setting the flavor and taste of what’s to come.
Favorite track: here comes your man
other picks: hey, monkey gone to heaven, debaser
The Velvet Underground
2/5
I do like other albums from velvet underground l, but this one not so much. From the album’s description on apple music -
“Lou Reed says the album’s engineer was so put off by the 18-minute “Sister Ray” that he left to get coffee, complaining that no amount of money was worth listening to that crap.”
i can empathize with that engineer. 😀
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Musically the album is good. But the lead singer really ruins it with his bad voice.
Favorite track: hospital
other picks: roadrunner, pablo picasso, i wanna sleep in your arms
Fugazi
3/5
Fun album 💿
Favorite track: Merchandise
other picks: repeater, turnover, blueprint, two beats off
The Band
3/5
Vibey folk rock
Favorite track: the weight
other picks: tears of rage, chest fever, i shall be released
Iron Maiden
5/5
Hallowed be thy name pushed this to 5 stars for a 4 star album.
Favorite track: Hallowed be thy name
other picks: children of the damned, number of the beast
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
5/5
Easily one of the best singers of all time. Incredible range and ease of singing.
Favorite track: sanson ki mala pey
other picks: biba sada dil morr de, yeh jo, yaadan, ali maula
Arrested Development
4/5
very groovy
Favorite track: Mr.Wendal
other picks: U, Natural, Tennessee
Peter Tosh
2/5
picks: Legalize it, no sympathy
Kanye West
5/5
Lot of variety from blame game to all of the lights. Bunch of celeb collaborations and they all delivered.
Favorite track: all of the lights
other picks: blame game, power, so
appalled, runaway
Ray Charles
5/5
Can't put Ray Charles in one genre - he does jazz, gospel, rock, blues and blends them so well.
Favorite track: Don't let the sun catch you crying
other picks: it had to be you, deed i do, am i blue, come rain or come shine
Nirvana
5/5
no notes needed. 😊
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Didn't have too many expectations for this, but ended up liking it.
Favorite track: Michelangelo
other picks: Bang the drum slowly, tragedy
PJ Harvey
4/5
Very fresh and exhilarating. Great find from 1001 list.
Favorite track: rub till it bleeds
other picks: rid of me, man size sextet, 50ft queenie,
Kraftwerk
3/5
"The Robots" reminds me of Endhiran by AR Rahman.
Favorite track: the robots
other picks: space lab, models, man-machine
George Harrison
5/5
Very Beatlesque obviously and that alone get this 5
Favorite track: Isn't it a pity
other picks: my sweet lord, what is life, let it down, all things must pass
The Clash
3/5
not a big fan of punk, but liked them in London Calling better.
Favorite track: white riot
other picks: Janie jones, police and thieves
Roni Size
3/5
Drum/Bass electronica with jazz overtones.
Favorite track: brown paper bag
other picks: new forms, heroes, share the fall, jazz, morse code
Suede
4/5
On first impression when i got this, i was like not another brit punk rock. But surprised at how good they sounded.
Favorite track: Drowners
other picks: so young, animal nitrate, breakdown, next life
Beck
4/5
Has a folky/country vibe, but uses a lot of classical instruments with strings and woodwinds. Songs like sunday sun also seems to be inspired by indian ragas.
Favorite track: golden age
other picks: paper tiger, lonesome tears, lost cause, sunday sun
Charles Mingus
5/5
Sounded interesting the first time i heard, but didn’t fully get it per se. Hearing it again and again, the music is addicting. It kind of has the slow burn vibe that i get from composers like Rahman.
pick: Group Dancers
Destiny's Child
2/5
picks: survivor, independent woman, nasty girl
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
picks: albatross, memories, graveyard
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
Ended up being more cringe than a parody.
Keith Jarrett
5/5
human creativity at best.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Electric!!
The B-52's
3/5
Rock Lobster is a super fun song.
Favorite track: Rock Lobster
other picks: 52 girls, hero worship
The White Stripes
5/5
Never a dull moment in the entire album of 51 minutes. This is peak rock of the 2000s.
Favorite track: Seven Nation Army
other picks: there’s no home for you here, the hardest button to button, ball and biscuit
Cat Stevens
4/5
Classic acoustic rock.
Favorite track: sad lisa
other picks: where do the children play, father and son, wild world
The Rolling Stones
5/5
five stars just for gimme shelter 😊
4/5
Great find from the list. haven’t heard of them before. soul/funk/groovy/jazz - 13 min songs don’t feel as long.
Favorite track: city country city
other picks: cisco kid, four cornered room, world is a ghetto
Burning Spear
2/5
picks: marcus garvey, slavery days
Orbital
1/5
boring is an understatement
The Fall
3/5
Favorite track: frightened
other picks: music scene, no xmas for john quays, industrial estate
Johnny Cash
5/5
Everything about this album works. the music, energy, live performance, lyrics tied to being in prison, etc.
Favorite track: Folsom Prison Blues
other picks: I still miss someone, cocaine blues, Jackson
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Favorite track: Exodus
other picks: turning your lights down low, jamming, waiting in vain
Buck Owens
3/5
Honky-took country album from the 60s, fun album. Didn’t expect to like this as much.
Favorite track: i’ve got a tiger by the tail
other picks: let the sad times roll, wham bham
Haircut 100
2/5
picks: lemon fire brigade, love plus one, fantastic day
Animal Collective
4/5
psychedelic electronica/pop
Favorite track: My Girls
other picks: also frightened, summertime clothes, no more runnin, brother sport
King Crimson
4/5
Such a vibey album, still sounds fresh after decades.
Favorite track: 21st century schizoid man
other picks: i talk to the wind, epitaph, the court of the crimson king
Solomon Burke
3/5
Favorite track: Cry to me
other picks: goodbye baby, if you need me, you're good for me
Nirvana
5/5
Last vestiges of the golden age of rock.
Favorite track: man who sold the world
other picks: about a girl, come as you are, on a plain, where did you sleep last night
Beatles
5/5
Beatles in the up and coming era.
Favorite track: Can't buy me love
other track: hard day’s night, if i fell, and i love her, things were said today
1/5
they are yet to cross the threshold that makes.l noise music.
Radiohead
5/5
Each album in the late era Radiohead takes us to a completely new soundscape. Kid A is just brilliant in this regard.
Favorite track: everything in its right place
other picks: kid a, national anthem, how to disappear completely, idioteque
ZZ Top
4/5
Fun album, 70s hard rock.
Favorite track: La Grange
other picks: sheik, waiting for the bus, jesus just left chicago
The Specials
2/5
not sure i get it 🤔
Genesis
2/5
Favorite track: firth of fifth
other picks: the cinema show, dancing with the moonlight knight
Stereo MC's
2/5
Favorite track: Connected
other picks: step it up, ground level, creation
N.W.A.
4/5
Favorite track: straight outta compton
other picks: gansta, f** the police, Compton's in the house
Fats Domino
5/5
One of the OG pioneers of rock, rock wouldn't be the same without Fats.
Favorite track: fat man's hop
other picks: blueberry hill, blue monday, so long
The Associates
2/5
picks: Party fears two, No
808 State
2/5
80s disco electronica
Favorite track: pacific 202
other picks: ancodia, state to state
Sonic Youth
3/5
Favorite track: kissability
other picks: the sprawl, silver rocket, teen age riot, hyperstation
Prince
4/5
Masterclass on funk pop
Favorite track: little red corvette
other picks: 1999, delirious, dmsr, international lover
Frank Zappa
4/5
Rock instrumentals that sound fresh even after all these years.
Favorite track: the gumbo variations
other picks: peaches en regalia, willie the pimp,
Thundercat
3/5
Great production, has some collabs with big name artists. Cool vibes overall.
Favorite track: them changes
other picks: a fan's mail, show you the way, walk on by, Tokyo
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Classic from the 60s, what’s not to like.
Favorite track: Down by the River
other picks: cinnamon girl, everybody knows, cowgirl in the sand
Booker T. & The MG's
5/5
So smooooth... Instrumentals with hammond organ + guitar, brilliant!
Favorite track: Green Onions
other tracks: mo onions, behave yourself, stranger on the shore
Rush
3/5
Prog rock with great intrumentals.
Favorite track: limelight
other picks: tom sawyer, yyz, witch hunt
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
The entire album is good, but would've given 5 stars just for freebird.
Favorite track: freebird
other picks: simple man, Tuesday's gone, I ain't the one
50 Cent
3/5
Favorite track: in da club
other picks: pimp, 21 questions, patiently waiting
The Dictators
3/5
Favorite track: i got you babe
other picks: the next big thing, master race rock, two tub man
The Beach Boys
4/5
Favorite track: Surf's up
other picks: student demonstration time, feel flows, til I die
The Who
3/5
Have only listened to popular singles by The Who before this. Like the concept of rock operas with a theme..
Favorite track: Pinball wizard
other picks: amazing journey, go to the mirror, sally simpson
David Bowie
4/5
engaging instrumentals, brilliant soundscape and always something new.
Favorite track: the jean genie
other picks: panic in detroit, time, lady grinning soul
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
Biggie, one of the OGs. If you are PC, skip this 😀
Favorite track: Gimme the loot
other picks: things done changed, juicy, big poppa, respect, one more chance
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Such a vibey album. Especially like the use of wind instruments in the album.
Favorite track: bottle
other picks: peace go until you (kendrick lamar has sampled this song), a very precious time, winter in america, your daddy loves you
MC Solaar
2/5
Hearing all the classic 90s tropes in this album and thst isn’t a bad thing.
Favorite track: bouge de la
other picks: matiere grasse, caroline, ragga jam
Judas Priest
3/5
Favorite track: Rage
other picks: breaking the law, rapid fire, living after midnight
Prince
5/5
Classic - interesting tidbit, i got this recommended on the 41st anniversary of the album.
Favorite track: when doves cry
other picks: lets go crazy, take me with u, the beautiful ones, purple rain
CHVRCHES
3/5
Favorite track: the mother we share
other picks: gun, lies, tether, recover
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Seems like two different albums. The first half is a new genre - romantic rock? And the second half is a standard one.
Favorite track: little red lights
other picks: i saw the light, it wouldn't have made any difference, hello it's me, some folks
Jethro Tull
4/5
Another classic from the 70s.
Favorite track: hymn 43
other picks: aqualung, mother goose, my god, locomotive breadth
Michael Jackson
5/5
Michael Jackson’s start to becoming the king of pop.
Favorite track: don’t stop till you get enough
other picks: rock with you, off the wall, she’s out of my life, I can’t help it
Bob Dylan
5/5
Electric!
Favorite track: like a rolling stone
other picks: ballad of a thin man, highway 61, just like tom
JAY Z
4/5
Fresh soundscape with good selection of samples on the album.
Favorite track: Song cry
other picks: renegade, u don’t know, izzo, girls girls girls, heart of the city
Fatboy Slim
5/5
5 ⭐️ for nostalgia than anything. Has some banger tracks.
Favorite track: rockefeller skank
other picks: right here right now, in heaven, gangster trippin, praise you
Queen
4/5
Favorite track: White Queen
other picks: nevermore, the march if the black queen, father and son
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Favorite track: rising hell
Other picks: walk this way, it's tricky, hit it run
Jurassic 5
4/5
Another gem from the list. Haven’t listened to the album before, enjoyed it a lot.
Favorite track: if you only knew
other picks: break, a day at the races, thin line, hey
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Favorites: hey hey my my, my my hey hey
other picks: thrasher, sail away
Traffic
3/5
Rock music with wind instruments? Sign me up 😂
Favorite track: feeling alright?
Other picks: who knows what tomorrow may bring, 40000 headman, means to an end
TV On The Radio
3/5
Offbeat dreamy electronica with acappella, drones, etc
Favorite track: Staring at the sun
other picks: dreams, king eternal, ambulance, wear you out
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
goofy, but not in a fun way
picks: the beat, pump it up
Frank Ocean
4/5
very new soundscape for the time, but it's been beaten to death in pop now.
Favorite track: thinking about you|
other picks: super rich kids, sweet life, pyramids, lost
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Part of the holy trinity - the three classics from stones
Favorite track: can’t you hear me knocking
other picks: brown sugar, wild horses, i got the blues, dead flowers
Primal Scream
3/5
Liked Screamadelica much better
picks: burning wheel, get duffy, star, trainspotting
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Favorite track: Jane Says
Other picks: mountain song, summertime rolls, ocean size
Jeff Buckley
5/5
Complete album with catchy tunes and skillful instrumentation with wide range. Another 5 star 1001 album find.
Favorite track: Last goodbye
other picks: grace, lilac wine, hallelujah, lover
5/5
Certified Classic!
Favorite track: Ziggy Stardust
other picks: moonage daydream, it ain’t easy, suffragette city
Aerosmith
2/5
picks: janie’s got a gun, what it takes
Black Sabbath
5/5
Birth of heavy metal! Distinctive sound, still feels fresh...
Favorite track: Black Sabbath
other picks: Wizard, Wasp/NIB, wicked world
Os Mutantes
3/5
has sgt pepper vibes with the piccolo trumpets, etc. They do overdo the trumpets though :)
Favorite track: Le premier bonheur du jour
picks: bat macumba, a minha, panis et circenses
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Acoutic Classic! Some songs have a terrific bass line - Judy Blue Eyes and Long Time Gone.
Favorite track: Helplessly Hoping
other picks: guinnevere, wooden ships
Louis Prima
5/5
Haven't heard of this before 1001, reason why I do this.
Favorite track: Nothing's too good for my baby
other picks: just a gigolo, jump, buona sera
The Black Keys
5/5
Nostalgia from the 2010s
Favorite track: tighten up
other picks: howling for you, everlasting light, she's long gone, sinister kid
The Who
4/5
Favorite track: my generation
other picks: the kids are alright, the ox, i don't mind
Marvin Gaye
4/5
people still lift the melodic feel and the progression from this album
Favorite track: Let's get it on
other picks: come get to this, distant lover, just to keep you satisfied
Frank Black
2/5
not bad, but mediocre
picks: headache, abstract pain
the picks sum up the album lol
Elvis Costello
2/5
picks: this is hell, sulky girl
Slint
3/5
Has a very unique sound - ethereal rock?
Favorite track: Washers
other picks: breadcrumb trail, good morning captain, nosferatu
The War On Drugs
3/5
Ambient electronic rock
Favorite track: red eyes
other picks: under the pressure, an ocean between the waves, disappearing
The Smiths
5/5
brilliant both in terms of music and satire in lyrics, songs like frankly, mr.shankley are so funny
Favorite track: there is a light that never goes out
other picks: the queen is dead, bigmouth strikes again, i know it’s over, the boy with the thorn
Kanye West
4/5
lot of variety in soundscape and the type of songs
Favorite track: slow jamz
other picks: all falls down, spaceship, jesus walks, through the wire
Chicago
4/5
Great instrumental album with brass and guitars.
Favorite track: Beginnings
other picks: does anybody know, listen, i'm a man, poem 58
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
picks: yes, this is yesterday
The Prodigy
3/5
Standard, this kind of music is what you think of when electronica is mentioned.
Favorite track: Smack my bitch up
other picks: breathe, narayan, firestarter
The Strokes
5/5
Guitar classic from the 2000s
Favorite track: last nite
other picks: the modern age, someday, hard to explain, barely legal
Astrud Gilberto
4/5
great find. Samba Jazz with good singing.
Favorite track: beach samba
other picks: stay, misty roses, oba oba, my foolish heart
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
haven't heard of the artist, haven't heard of the album. 2 hrs of quality rock music. This is what the list is for. :-)
Favorite track: bullet with butterfly wings
other picks: tonight tonight, zero, love, thirty three, 1979
Killing Joke
2/5
picks: wardance, the wait
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Pop Rock with disco synth. bring it on!
Favorite track: heads will roll
other picks: zero, skeletons, dull life, dragon queen
Meat Loaf
2/5
picks: bat out of hell, paradise by the dashboard light
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Another good album from Joni Mitchell with acoustic folk with occasional jazz. Better than court and spark, but would come after Blue.
Favorite track: Strange boy
other picks: Coyote, Amelia, Blue Motel Room, Black Crow
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
Liked the vibrato until it got a bit tiring.
Favorite track: fistful of love
other picks: hope there’s someone, baby guhl
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Vibey album with jazzy pop sounds.
Favorite track: Mr Magic
other picks: F me pumps, in my bed, what of it about men
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Good variety of songs.
Favorite track: Tightrope
other picks: cold war, dance or die, locked inside
Nick Drake
4/5
Very musical with pleasant acoustic string sounds, piano and trumpet/sax. Soundscape is so modern that I was surprised to learn that it was from 1971.
Favorite track: one of these things first
other picks: Introduction, At the chime of a city clock, Northern Sky
Boards of Canada
2/5
picks: roygbiv, pete standing alone
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Quality guitar rock with strong female vocals. Great find from the list.
Favorite track: Spellbound
other picks: arabian knights, monitor, sin in my heart, voodoo dolly
KISS
2/5
picks: shout it out loud, beth
Harry Nilsson
4/5
The singer tries to emulate both Lennon and McCartney a bit. Classic tracks from the 70s.
Favorite track: Early in the morning
other picks: Gotta get up, Without you, coconut, junp into the fire
Metallica
4/5
Like that we used to have 6 or 7 or 9 minute songs.
Favorite track: One
other picks: blackened, harvester of sorrow
Madness
2/5
picks: our house, house of fun
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
hmm... why??
The Fall
4/5
Vibey album with some fun songs. Usually not a big fan of punk rock, but this one was good.
Favorite track: LA
other picks: paintwork, barmy, spoilt victorian child
The Offspring
3/5
Alternative punk
Favourite track: Come out and play
other picks: self esteem, gotta get away, genocide
The White Stripes
3/5
Album is good, but doesn't quiet have a few standout tracks that you come back to.
Favorite track: the denial twist
other picks: blue orchid, my doorbell, little ghost
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
ambient electronica
pick: oxygene pt 4
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Jazzy album from Joni Mitchell, a bit different than her other work.
Favorite track: the hissing of summer lawns
other picks: harry's house, jungle line, edith and the kingpin
The The
3/5
Favorite track: This is the day
other picks: I've been waiting for tomorrow, uncertain smile, giant
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Very good find from the list. Didn't know anything about the album or the artist. Album has a very good soundscape and sounds "new" .
Favorite track: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Other picks: Fight Test, It's Summertime, Do You Realize?
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Symphonic pop rock, what's not to love??
Favorite track: mr. blue sky
other picks: turn to stone, sweet talkin' woman, starlight, standin' in the rain
Roxy Music
3/5
Another fun 70s rock album
Favorite track: rework/remodel
other picks: if there is something, chance meeting, sea breezes
Randy Newman
3/5
Same person who scored for Toy Story :)
Favorite track: last night i had a dream
other picks: sail away, lonely at the top, god's song
John Grant
5/5
Modern indie folk rock. First time hearing of the artist and the album. Pleasantly surprised by the quality and the work.
Favorite track: where dreams go to die
other picks: marz, outer space, queen of denmark
Lauryn Hill
5/5
one of the easy ones to rate 🙂
Fleet Foxes
5/5
Everything about the album is fantastic. Modern folk rock with cool soundscape and beautiful harmonies. Even the album cover is refreshing :-)
Favorite track: blue ridge mountains
other picks: white winter hymnal, ragged wood, tiger mountain peasant song, he doesn’t know why, meadowlands
Soft Machine
2/5
pick: slightly all the time
Yes
3/5
Classic rock with some songs that run upto 10 mins.
Favorite track: starship troopers
other picks: yours is no disgrace, I've seen all good people, clap
Steely Dan
5/5
Classic debut from Steely Dan.
Favorite track: Reelin in the years
other picks: do it again, dirty work
Common
4/5
Another great find from the list. Fun hiphop with good production chops
Favorite track: Testify
other picks: corner, faithful, go, they say
Fela Kuti
5/5
Cool jazz funk with afro beats. Just terrific!
Favorite track: Let’s start
Other picks: ye ye de smell, drum solo, egbe me
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
80s country blues
picks: I sang dixie, I got you, streets of Bakersfield
Happy Mondays
2/5
Not that the album is bad, it indeed has some good songs. But feels very generic.
picks: Kinky Afro, god's cop, step on
De La Soul
5/5
fun vibey album, didn't know this was from the 80s, sounds very modern.
Favorite track: Eye know
other picks: magic number, me myself and i, say no go, buddy
Ray Charles
5/5
a "fusion" album that covers traditional country songs with blues. Fantastic album to get you in the winter/holiday mood.
Favorite track: I can't stop loving you
other picks: you don't know me, worried mind, your cheating heart
The Killers
4/5
The first half of the album is stellar.
Favorite track: mr.brightside
other picks: somebody told me, all things i’ve done, jenny was a friend of mine,
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Didn't expect to enjoy this as much as i did. Fun album.
Favorite track: identity
other picks: warrior in woolworths, i am a poseur, germfree adolescence
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Respect alone would make this album 5 stars, ranked as one of the top songs of all time.
Favorite track: respect
other picks: drown in my own tears, i never loved a man, change is gonna come
Otis Redding
5/5
Classic soul with fantastic original and cover songs.
Favorite track: rock me baby
other picks: I've been loving you, my girl, respect, satisfaction
Nina Simone
5/5
Third classic jazz/soul album in a row after aretha franklin and otis redding :)
Favorite track: four women
other picks: lilac wine, wild is the wind, black is the color of my true love’s hair
SAULT
3/5
Didn’t expect the album to be as good as it was.
Favorite track: wildfires
other picks: hard life, don’t shoot guns down, sorry ain’t enough, monsters
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
Not sure why this album is in this list.
Sepultura
2/5
brazilian metal punk, hmm, not my cup of tea
picks: arise, dead embryonic cells
Muddy Waters
5/5
Certified classic. Guys a legend.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
90s nostalgia
Favorite track: Californication
other picks: otherside, road trippin, the velvet glove, scar tissue
Laura Nyro
3/5
60s pop with real instrument and no autotune :) Like the abrubt change in rhythm in many songs.
picks: stoned soul picnic, eli's comin, luckie, woman's blues
Willie Nelson
4/5
good ol willie nelson
Favorite track: Red headed stranger
other picks: blue eyes crying in the rain, I couldn't believe it was true, bandera
The Boo Radleys
2/5
picks: upon 9th and fairchild, lazarus
Fela Kuti
5/5
Afro jazz. Just fantastic, probably the best from Fela Kuti.
Favorite track: all tracks in the album really
Foo Fighters
4/5
First foo fighters album, transforming nirvana's front man to a frontman in the band. Nearly all songs in this album are performed and recorded by Dave Grohl.
picks: this is a call, big me, i'll stick around, easy target, floaty
Arcade Fire
5/5
5 star album for me. Takes me to a particular mood everytime.
Favorite track: Suburbs
other picks: rococo, empty room, sprawl ii, half light
Hugh Masekela
5/5
Fantastic jazz album, nice find from the 1001 list. Like the varied instrumentation in this with piano, brass, and african jazz rhythms in the percussion section.
Favorite track: part of a whole
other picks: the big apple, unhome, blues for huey, nomali
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Works really well for a movie
picks: Theme from Shaft, Do your thing
David Bowie
5/5
Classic David Bowie album that excites from beginning to end, no boring moment.
Favorite track: stay
other picks: golden years, word on a wing, station to station
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Great variety of songs in this album and Janis rocks.
Favorite track: Ball and Chain
other picks: summertime, I need a man to love, piece of my heart, turtle blues
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
picks: do it clean, rescue
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Good variety of songs with different flavors.
Favorite track: once around the block
other picks: another pearl, disillusion, magic in the air, shining
Massive Attack
4/5
Album has a clean and fresh sound, unique to the electronic genre. Also Unfinished Sympathy is a 5 star track.
Favorite track: Unfinished Sympathy
other picks: Safe from harm, be thankful, five man army
New Order
2/5
picks: Love vigilantes, the perfect kiss
CHIC
4/5
Favorite track: I want your love
other picks: le freak, savoir faire, funny bone
Morrissey
3/5
Favorite track Seasock, yet still docked
other picks: Glamorous glue, we hate it, tomorrow
Screaming Trees
3/5
Favorite track: All I know
other picks: Halo of ashes, dying days, sworn and broken
1/5
Started out hating it at the beginning, but got used to all the cacophony that it got a bit interesting at the end. Probably most liked 1 star album :-)
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Great recommendation from the list, haven't heard of the artist/album before. Atmospheric production, great variety of songs, stellar album!
Favorite track: hero
other picks: you ain't the problem, piano joint, solid ground
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Classic!
Favorite track: protect ya neck
other picks: CREAM, can it be all so simple, wu-tang clan ain't nuthin
Aphex Twin
2/5
Good music, but not anything special about it.
picks: xtal, heliosphan
The Smiths
3/5
Favorite track: The headmaster ritual
other picks: barbarism begins at home, nowhere fast
The xx
2/5
Electronic pop from the 2010s
Favorite track: on hold
other picks: say something, a violent noise, i dare you
The Pogues
4/5
Celtic/Irish folk rock/jazz. Fun album.
Favorite track: fairytale of new york
other picks: If i should fall from grace with god, worms, bottle of smoke
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Scottish indie rock.
Favorite track: Take me out
other picks: the dark of the matinee, this fire, michael
Nitin Sawhney
5/5
Fusion of Indian Ragas/Jazz/Electronic/Pop, well executed. Another good find from the list.
Favorite track: Homelands
other picks: Immigrant, Tides, Broken Skin