My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Porcupine Echo And The Bunnymen	5	3.08	+1.92
The Specials The Specials	5	3.3	+1.7
Achtung Baby U2	5	3.31	+1.69
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	5	3.38	+1.62
Garbage Garbage	5	3.38	+1.62
Amnesiac Radiohead	5	3.41	+1.59
Green R.E.M.	5	3.48	+1.52
GI Germs	4	2.54	+1.46
L.A. Woman The Doors	5	3.67	+1.33
Orbital 2 Orbital	4	2.7	+1.3

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fishscale Ghostface Killah	1	3.06	-2.06
Happy Trails Quicksilver Messenger Service	1	2.8	-1.8
Lam Toro Baaba Maal	1	2.72	-1.72
Back At The Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith	2	3.39	-1.39
From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley	2	3.36	-1.36
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	2	3.33	-1.33
Risque CHIC	2	3.27	-1.27
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	2	3.24	-1.24
The Wall Pink Floyd	3	4.14	-1.14
Under Construction Missy Elliott	2	3.14	-1.14

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	3	4.67

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

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L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

A favourite album for many years. classics with great interaction of the instruments.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Very laid back and funky

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Classic alternative rock album. I'm not always in the mood for the "mopey" lyrics but the bouncy jangly rock is always good to look at that.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

I love a couple of the songs and enjoy the funky vibe of the rest.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Eagles

3/5

California

American Music Club

3/5

I couldn't find this album on Apple Music, so I listened to the Essentials playlist. I band I had never heard of before that this suggestion has made me decide to listen to more to them.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

I was surprised how much I liked it, I was expecting heavier as Deep Purple are one of the British heavy metal stalwarts. Talented musicians, good solo's and rocking tunes.

Repeater

Fugazi

4/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

I never quite took to this album back in the day and while I liked it listening again now I'm still not a big fan. I like some of the other PiL stuff better. I think it is the music that interests me more now, since I listen to more dub these days. I agree its probably before its time, even the precursor for a lot of music that has followed.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

Not my thing at all. While I can appreciate the musical talent I'm not captured by the stories or the overall mood. This one on the list doesn't inspire me to investigate Scott Walker. I'd rather listen to David Silvian in this space......

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

An old favourite I almost didn’t listen too. Glad I did reminded me how much I love it!!

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

Classic Bowie with some of his best songs

Le Tigre

4/5

fun punky album that's still quite accessible

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Very much enjoyed this album, I'll be taking some time to check out her other albums.

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

1/5

some cool African drumming and melodies, nothing grabbed me as outstanding

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

This album didn’t capture me on my first listens like ok computer, this one (like Kid A) are more slow burns. I like them more and more as I listen to them.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

as rock and roll as it gets

McCartney

Paul McCartney

4/5

Sir Paul, one of the greatest song writers and musicians of all time!!! He demonstrates his skills across a wide range of instruments and delivers a couple of absolutely outstanding songs. If it had a few more stunners I'd give it a five, but he's set such a high standard even better than average falls behind his best......

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Among The Living

Anthrax

2/5

didn't do much for me

Metallica

4/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

Music ok, subject totally sus

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

4/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Opus Dei

Laibach

3/5

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Here’s where all the post punk really starts….. I like JuJu better, this is just them all learning to play. Shows some of the coming brilliance and many things that get copied later.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

2/5

too chaotic for me, not sure I'd even go to the trouble of taking acid to enjoy this. Credit for the musicianship but it does fell like a "look how well I can play everything" set rather than an album of songs. I'd rather listen to king gizzard & the lizard wizard for my eclectic prog rock experiences.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

2/5

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

The xx

4/5

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

5/5

Enjoyed this very much. I've listening to their more popular albums more, but think I missed how good this one is.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

The Specials

5/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

My favourite pink Floyd album

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Fantastic voice, great rhythms but not my thing

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

A couple of great stand out songs, the rest pretty meh

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

nothing startling to me first listen

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

A couple of classic songs, the rest meh

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Looking back now, many better grunge albums than this....

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Can certainly see how this influenced a lot after this.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Real Life

Magazine

4/5

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

4/5

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Jangly guitar melody pop. Pleasant enough just not stunning.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

4/5

Very Elvis Costello, no stand-out tracks to me but an album I'll be listening to more

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

I'd only heard the hits when this came out. I like the funky layering of bass, synths and guitars. More to it than I originally gave it credit for.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

1/5

not my cup of tea all all, better rap artists out there in my opinion

Orbital 2

Orbital

4/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Lighter and more lively than the subsequent Massive Attack albums. Groovy soulful beats, lovely voices on great rhythm and bass.

Achtung Baby

5/5

Lots of fantastic songs. I was just going to rate it from my many listens in the past but I decided to revisit it to be sure. Glad I did, as I listened to the deluxe version with many great extra tracks too. My favourite u2 album!

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

Back in the day, I loved an annual university showing of The Wall where we all rocked up, some completely out of their faculties. These days I prefer several other Pink Floyd albums over this one.......

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

Pleasant enough, very much like listening to the flaming lips, but of course this is where that sound really come from. Got me interested enough to check out some of their other albums.

Black Sabbath

4/5

Came through on the day after Ozzy”s death…… great album, the music and themes tie together well. This is heralded as one of the first heavy metal albums but I like it a lot better than most metal.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

probably need to listen in a focused way, maybe even with headphones to get fully try and appreciate it. Some nice melodies but I had it on while I was doing other things and it faded into the back ground 2 plays through.......

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

5/5

I’ve loved this album for years. Even though I hadn’t listened to it for a while, still a masterpiece in my mind.

Peter Gabriel

4/5

I love Peter Gabriel's early albums but prefer 2,3 & 4 (Scratch, Melt and Security) over this one. I like many of the songs but Car never quite hooked me like the others. Still some fantastic songs and great examples of his superb voice, song and lyric writing. I enjoyed revisiting this for today's listen and it's reminded me to listen to more PG all around.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

1/5

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

2/5

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

Great album, the live tour was fantastic! REM polished and rocking.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

4/5

Bangers around! A poppier britpop, certainly an Oasis/Stones Roses feel with some absolute classic songs. This made me watch the "Betterman" movie which I also enjoyed. I have been surprised by the level of sales and acclaim Robbie earned. I'll be exploring the other albums after this listen.

Germs

4/5

certainly punk circa 1979, more musical than some of the English bands sure but misses the mark on any sort of surging call to arms that those bands seem to have. Interesting enough I'll give it a few more listens.

Fred Neil

2/5

I can appreciate the variety of talent, but not my cup of tea.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

3/5

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

2/5

not my thing but I like it better than some other rap albums

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Garbage

5/5

lots of good songs on this one. I thrashed it to death when it first came out, delighted to be prompted to listen again. Took grunge and combined it with most punk synth. Reminded me of Curve....

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

4/5

Risque

CHIC

2/5

Funkiness aside, I agree with other listeners that found this repetitive. Pleasant enough, but I thought it all sounded a lot like good times. That is a great song I've probably just heard is a few hundred times too many. This was a radio staple during my upbringing.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

3/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

My favourite Beatles album! Great songs and masterful melodies.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

4/5

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I'll be back for a few more listens at least. Quiet for not really my thing but lovely melodies and pleasant enough. Better that watch rock at least.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

great rocking album!! Beers, bourbon and BBQ, yeehaa!

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5