My 1001 Albums Journey

Contributor

686

Albums Rated

3.04

Average Rating

63%

Complete

403 albums remaining

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1970

Favorite Decade

Reggae

Favorite Genre

Other

Top Origin ?

Tough Crowd

Rater Style ?

5-Star Albums

1-Star Albums

Breakdown

By Genre

Top Styles

By Decade

By Origin

Albums

You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno	5	2.79	+2.21
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	5	2.94	+2.06
Kollaps Einstürzende Neubauten	4	1.95	+2.05
Larks' Tongues In Aspic King Crimson	5	2.99	+2.01
The Dreaming Kate Bush	5	2.99	+2.01
Ambient 1/Music For Airports Brian Eno	5	3.07	+1.93
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis	5	3.08	+1.92
Vespertine Björk	5	3.18	+1.82
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.2	+1.8
Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	5	3.22	+1.78

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pink Moon Nick Drake	1	3.65	-2.65
Illmatic Nas	1	3.61	-2.61
Funeral Arcade Fire	1	3.54	-2.54
Definitely Maybe Oasis	1	3.54	-2.54
Parachutes Coldplay	1	3.46	-2.46
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson	1	3.43	-2.43
Either Or Elliott Smith	1	3.4	-2.4
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.4	-2.4
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.35	-2.35
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	4	4.75
The White Stripes	3	4.67
Talking Heads	3	4.67
Simon & Garfunkel	2	5
King Crimson	2	5
Massive Attack	2	5
Nirvana	2	5
Kate Bush	2	5
Brian Eno	4	4.25
Beatles	6	4
Yes	3	4.33
Bob Marley & The Wailers	3	4.33
Beck	3	4.33
Jimi Hendrix	3	4.33
The Rolling Stones	5	4

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Kanye West	3	1
TV On The Radio	2	1
Leonard Cohen	4	1.75
Coldplay	2	1.5
Elliott Smith	2	1.5
Common	2	1.5
Arcade Fire	2	1.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	3	2
Echo And The Bunnymen	3	2

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5, 3, 2
Miles Davis	3, 5, 2

5-Star Albums (56)

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Popular Reviews

This is great! I love Spin̈al Tap!

4-Star Albums (139)

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1-Star Albums (32)

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All Ratings (686)

Classic, but not really my thing.

Man, that was a long-ass 37 minutes.

Not really my jam.

Could not get through even a couple songs. 0 stars.

Not my favorite PF album, but definitely a classic.

Yeah, I know this one because my sisters listened the shit out if this when I was a kid. Superior to "Blue" IMO. Won me over a little in spite of myself.

Less shitty than expected.

3.4988 stars. Can't bring myself to round up.

Just gross, but ⭐⭐because you can tell the producers and engineers worked really hard on it.

Not _quite_ as shitty as the other Morrissey album assigned to me in this list.

Let's just say this is not going in my "Stuff I didn't hate in 1001 albums" playlist.

"The Chain": the only good Fleetwood Mac song. 4 stars anyway.

Well, I was ready to give this 2 stars for a while 'cause there's some pretty execrable stuff on this 1001 list and thought maybe this was better. Nah.

Less annoying than Oasis, but only just.

The longer I listened to this the less I liked it.

Pretty good for novelty songs, but still, novelty songs.

I definitely understand why she's controversial. I'm not going to take sides. 3.

Such sexy! Waoh! Amaze! I can not handle the sexy.

70 seconds in... oh God, there's gonna be an hour of this? Still, better than Kanye West.

Yuk. But hey, cool optical illusion on the cover guys.

Bonus star awarded for the Buckaroo Banzai reference.

Huh, this monotony has been going on for a while. <checks playlist> Oh shit, there's another 25 minutes to go‽

Coming off a string of 1 star albums, I'm feeling generous to this today.

This is great! I love Spin̈al Tap!

I need a 1-10 scale. Better than a 3, not as good as a 4.

1 song in. It's kind of comical how much this is not for me.

I actually rather liked this, but had to deduct a star due to his lousy singing voice.

Didn't much care for disco back in the day, but now I find I can appreciate things I used to look down upon. I no longer look down upon disco, but still don't much care for it.

Weird, unsettling and ambiguous. Also pretty cool.

You'll be hearing from HR in the morning.

I'd go 4 on this, but deducting a full point for Bixler-Zavala's grating voice.

Track 1: Wasn't all _that_ offensive. Maybe I even give this a 2 Track 2: This is incredibly grating. Track 3: Somewhat offended by the 21 CSM sample. Track 4: Because this is an albums project, I pledge to listen to the entire thing anyway. Scout's honor. Track all the rest: Hang in there. You can take it. Made it. Now I have to go wash my ears out.

Still better than Kanye West

I do feel sorta bad giving this the same rating as Napalm Death...

Billy Corgan and the Infinite Album.

Better than most hip hop, but still not enough to earn a 3 from me.

One of my least favorite genres, and this has all the hallmarks of it. I can't hardly believe I'm giving this a 4.

Still better than Kanye West.

"I'm gonna chain you to the wall". What the‽ That's fucked up even for 1960.

Still better than Kanye West.

Still better than Kanye West. But just barely.

Still better than Kanye West.

5 stars because this is one of the few in this list I think actually meet the criteria.

Still better than Kanye West

Not _quite_ as offensive as the other Kanye albums, but still pretty offensive.

Exhausting!

3.5, but I'm feeling generous today, giving a bonus .1 and rounding for Frontier Psychiatrist.

Still better than Kanye West, if only just barely.

Going with 5 on this because while I understand how polarizing Björk is, this one deserves better than a 3.17 average.

Bowie's the kind of artist I should love but just don't.

Very much like the novelty songs you'd hear on Dr. Demento.

Someday, one of these hip hop albums will earn >2 stars from me. But it is not this day.

I was feeling pretty generous today, but still can't quite give this a 3. Melisma is just not for me.

I thought I might give this a 3 because I just gave Merle Haggard a 2, but nah. It's a tie.

I prefer Tom before he leaned so hard into the gravelly voice.

3, but a very very low 3.

I mostly find this annoying, but when I consider I gave Eminem a 2 a couple days ago I guess I can bump this to a 3.

Bad high school poetry set to milquetoast music.

I understand the hate for this one, and while there's certainly some low effort work here, there's lots that's way way worse in the 1001 list.

+1 Meets notability guidelines.

3+1 Meets notability guidelines.

Still better than Kanye West

4+1 Meets notability guidelines.

2.4+1 for meeting notability guidelines.

Feeling generous today. 3+1 for meeting notability guidelines.

3+1 for meeting notability guidelines.

Well, if you really *must* listen to country I guess this might be it. 1+1 for meeting notability guidelines.

Marginally better than Kanye West.

I truly understand if you don't like the Beatles and TBH they're not in heavy rotation in my playlists. But this is still an easy 5.

Must hear before you die? You've probably already heard it by the age of for. All criticisms are valid. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ anyway.

Still, better than Kanye West.

3+1 for meeting notability guidelines.

Must hear before you die? Well, this is another one you've probably already heard one million billion trillion times. The Boss at his most bombastic and kind of awful, really. Still, one bonus star for being some kind or other of a landmark album.

One thing this list is succeeding at is reducing my ability to tolerate middling quality British bands.

Da Funk is not enough to save this.

I'm not so sure you have to listen to more than one Johnny Cash at such and such a prison.

I'm starting to question the entire premise that there are 1001 albums I *must* hear. Still, this was better than Kanye West.

Not *quite* as sucky as Kanye West.

Somehow these people got to the end of recording this dreck and said, "Oh yeah; nailed it!"

Pretty monotonous. I expect I'd enjoy it more if it was 4am and the X was wearing off. Still, I'd rather listen to this than the recent string of 2 star albums I've endured.

I suspect this made the list on the strength of that inescapable, sort of cool music video back when MTV had music. A video does not make a great album.

This is a tough one for me to review * All the songs sound the same (but I don't listen to a lot of synth-pop) * There are moments of clever lyricism * TS is a formidable business person defending herself in a notoriously predatory industry * It's obvious from this why she is so popular * I didn't really like this album 2 + 1 for meeting notability guidelines

3 + 1 for meeting notability guidelines

I think this is not really their best work, but that closer is all time. 3 + 1 for meeting notability guidelines.

2 + 1

3 + 1 for meeting notability guidelines.

This was on Dr Dimento, wasn't it? I think I probably could have died without hearing sitar covers of the Rolling Stones.

This is not for me. It's pretty distinctive so I'll give it an extra ⭐because it might be for you.

I'm a KC fan, but this is not my favorite. It deserves some criticism, but it is worth a listen.

Did not like. Extra ⭐ for meeting notability guidelines.

Nostalgia hit after hit for this listener...