1001 Albums Summary

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541
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1.5
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50%
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1970
Favorite Decade
Reggae
Favorite Genre
UK
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10
5-Star Albums
387
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
5 2.99 +2.01
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
5 3.16 +1.84
All Mod Cons
The Jam
5 3.24 +1.76
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
5 3.4 +1.6
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
5 3.41 +1.59
The Clash
The Clash
5 3.52 +1.48
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
5 3.63 +1.37
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
5 3.69 +1.31
American Idiot
Green Day
5 3.77 +1.23
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
4 2.84 +1.16

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
1 4.3 -3.3
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
1 4.13 -3.13
OK Computer
Radiohead
1 4.12 -3.12
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
1 4.08 -3.08
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
1 4.05 -3.05
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
1 4.04 -3.04
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
1 3.97 -2.97
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
1 3.94 -2.94
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
1 3.93 -2.93
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
1 3.93 -2.93

Artists

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
The Clash 2 5

Least Favorites

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 4 1
Steely Dan 4 1
Stevie Wonder 4 1
The Rolling Stones 5 1.4
Bob Dylan 3 1
Dexys Midnight Runners 3 1
Neil Young 3 1
Creedence Clearwater Revival 3 1
Jimi Hendrix 3 1
Beastie Boys 3 1
R.E.M. 3 1
Aerosmith 3 1
Radiohead 5 1.6
Talking Heads 3 1.33
Joni Mitchell 2 1
Elliott Smith 2 1
The Chemical Brothers 2 1
Fatboy Slim 2 1
Kanye West 2 1
Tim Buckley 2 1
LCD Soundsystem 2 1
Tom Waits 2 1
The Pogues 2 1
The Beta Band 2 1
Massive Attack 2 1
Leonard Cohen 2 1
Missy Elliott 2 1
Sly & The Family Stone 2 1
Public Image Ltd. 2 1
Supergrass 2 1
Kings of Leon 2 1
Traffic 2 1
Fiona Apple 2 1
Willie Nelson 2 1
My Bloody Valentine 2 1
Peter Gabriel 2 1
Miles Davis 2 1
TV On The Radio 2 1
Isaac Hayes 2 1
Funkadelic 2 1
Aretha Franklin 2 1
Pavement 2 1
King Crimson 2 1
The xx 2 1
Brian Eno 2 1
Yes 2 1
Echo And The Bunnymen 2 1
Nick Drake 2 1
Roxy Music 2 1
Goldfrapp 2 1
Ryan Adams 2 1
Deep Purple 2 1.5
Iron Maiden 2 1.5
The Byrds 2 1.5
Prince 2 1.5
Pink Floyd 2 1.5
Simon & Garfunkel 2 1.5
Led Zeppelin 3 2

Controversial

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ArtistRatings
Bruce Springsteen 1, 5, 5, 5, 1
Johnny Cash 4, 1
Bob Marley & The Wailers 3, 1, 4
Queen 1, 4, 2
Radiohead 1, 1, 1, 4, 1

5-Star Albums (10)

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Popular Reviews

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Lift music. If they were playing this in the lift, I'd take the stairs.

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Dull. How did we get from Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley to this dirge and still x Call it Rock'n'Roll?

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Awful country music

1-Star Albums (387)

All Ratings (541)

Blue by Joni Mitchell
Sep 09 2024
Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
Sep 10 2024

Dreary. Apart from Sympathy for yhe devil

Transformer by Lou Reed
Sep 12 2024

3 really good tracks. Vicious, A perfect day and Walk on th wild side.

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Sep 13 2024
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Sep 20 2024

Atlantic City is a brilliant track the rest 8s dreary dirge

Either Or by Elliott Smith
Sep 21 2024

Dreary

1984 by Van Halen
Sep 27 2024
Aja by Steely Dan
Oct 02 2024
Rio by Duran Duran
Oct 08 2024
Scott 4 by Scott Walker
Oct 09 2024
Remedy by Basement Jaxx
Oct 11 2024
3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Oct 13 2024
American Idiot by Green Day
Oct 14 2024

Hadn't listened to this for years and had forgotten what a good album it was.

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Oct 18 2024
Bad by Michael Jackson
Oct 23 2024
Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
Nov 08 2024

First two songs are amazing, the rest a bit ordinary.

Drunk by Thundercat
Nov 11 2024
En-Tact by The Shamen
Nov 25 2024
Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners
Nov 29 2024
Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
Dec 06 2024

Dreary and repetitive

Abraxas by Santana
Dec 09 2024

Dirge

Harvest by Neil Young
Dec 10 2024
Sex Packets by Digital Underground
Dec 12 2024

Dreadful

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott
Jan 17 2025

Can't give than one star.

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Jan 21 2025
Elephant by The White Stripes
Feb 11 2025
Stripped by Christina Aguilera
Mar 05 2025
Traffic by Traffic
Mar 13 2025

Late sixties was dreary

Tidal by Fiona Apple
Mar 18 2025
The Wall by Pink Floyd
Mar 19 2025

2 good tracks.

Vivid by Living Colour
Mar 20 2025

Dull

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
Mar 26 2025

Awful

Hunky Dory by David Bowie
Mar 28 2025

Features the best song Bowie ever wrote, Life on Mars and two other good tracks.

Stardust by Willie Nelson
Apr 01 2025

Dreadful

Electric by The Cult
Apr 13 2025

Disappointing

m b v by My Bloody Valentine
Apr 30 2025

Dreary

Rapture by Anita Baker
May 02 2025
Dookie by Green Day
May 05 2025
Casanova by The Divine Comedy
May 12 2025
Dub Housing by Pere Ubu
May 21 2025

Thank God that's over

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
May 31 2025
Queen II by Queen
Jun 10 2025

1 decent track

25 by Adele
Jun 12 2025
Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo
Jun 25 2025

Dreary

Scum by Napalm Death
Jun 27 2025

Rubbish

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
Jul 03 2025

Lift music. If they were playing this in the lift, I'd take the stairs.

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Jul 10 2025

Just nothing

Amnesiac by Radiohead
Jul 15 2025

Dreary.

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.
Jul 17 2025

Oh Johnny. What on earth was this? Haven't listened to this for 40 years and now I know why. Awful.

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Jul 24 2025

Meh

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
Jul 29 2025

Tedious, dreary, boring

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Jul 31 2025

Is this some sort of parody?

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Aug 01 2025

A couple of really good tracks but the rest is meh.

Murmur by R.E.M.
Aug 02 2025
Blue Lines by Massive Attack
Aug 16 2025

Dreary rubbish

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Aug 20 2025

Christmas. That was awful

Dirt by Alice In Chains
Aug 28 2025
Boston by Boston
Sep 02 2025
xx by The xx
Sep 08 2025
Smash by The Offspring
Sep 09 2025
Sep 10 2025

I listened to this a lot when it was first released. Haven't heard it much since. Most of it still holds up.

Kala by M.I.A.
Oct 01 2025

Awful

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Oct 04 2025

Awful country music

Roots by Sepultura
Oct 08 2025
Kid A by Radiohead
Oct 11 2025

Liked The bends but this was tedious

So by Peter Gabriel
Oct 18 2025

Awful

Tommy by The Who
Oct 20 2025
I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen
Oct 23 2025

Absolutely awful. I assumed he was a singer but he just talks to music. Weird.

Truth by Jeff Beck
Oct 26 2025
At Budokan by Cheap Trick
Oct 27 2025

Cheap Trick are rubbish

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
Oct 28 2025

WTF?

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal
Nov 04 2025

An album not to listen to before you die.

Trafalgar by Bee Gees
Nov 06 2025

I'm sure they'll get the hang of songwriting eventually but not here.

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen
Nov 10 2025

Dreary

Dust by Screaming Trees
Nov 11 2025

Awful

Third by Soft Machine
Nov 13 2025

Absolutely awful. If I could give a lower rating than one star, I would.

Permission to Land by The Darkness
Nov 14 2025

I was surprised how good this was. Really good guitar band.

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
Nov 15 2025

Middle of the road.

Street Signs by Ozomatli
Nov 18 2025

Very jolly but not very good

American Gothic by David Ackles
Nov 21 2025

Absolutely no reason to listen to this before you die. I don't like a lot of these albums but they have high download numbers. No-one listens to David Ackles.

With The Beatles by Beatles
Nov 24 2025

4 good songs and the rest is just filler.

Hms Fable by Shack
Nov 25 2025

Wishy washy soft rocky stuff

Bone Machine by Tom Waits
Nov 26 2025

Seriously, who listens to this bilge? Please 1001 album generator, send me some music next time.

Faith by George Michael
Nov 27 2025

Meh

The Healer by John Lee Hooker
Nov 28 2025

Tubeless and dreary.

90 by 808 State
Dec 01 2025

Rubbish

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Dec 10 2025

Meh

Pornography by The Cure
Dec 11 2025

The Cure have produced some good songs but none of them are on this album. Dreary.

Country Life by Roxy Music
Dec 17 2025

So many of the artists I like from my youth list Roxy Music as a great influence so I was interested to hear this one. It was just Meh.

Highway to Hell by AC/DC
Dec 23 2025

Not bad, added Night Prowler to my playlist.

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes
Dec 24 2025

Not terrible

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Dec 29 2025
Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
Dec 31 2025

It's funny how even the greatest artists of all time have loads of filler in their albums. Some good tracks and some meh.

Forever Changes by Love
Jan 02 2026

Sounds like elevator music. I'd take the stairs.

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson
Jan 06 2026

Bland. Didn't she have a famous brother?

Blur by Blur
Jan 07 2026

Half a good album.

I See You by The xx
Jan 10 2026

Well, you can't believe Wikipedia. They describe this lot as a "Rock Band" they aren't. Not sure what they are but I never want to hear them again.

Smile by Brian Wilson
Jan 11 2026

Sounds like the Beach Boys but he forgot the tunes

Dare! by The Human League
Jan 14 2026

Average

1999 by Prince
Jan 15 2026

Meh apart from Little Red Corvette

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
Jan 16 2026

I hate jazz. It is the most boring genre in history.

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jan 17 2026

It was unusual when released but long and tuneless for the most part.

Picture Book by Simply Red
Jan 20 2026

Awful, dreary,whiny. Minus 5 stars

Achtung Baby by U2
Jan 22 2026

Like most U2 albums. Some good stuff in there and some weird stuff.

Jan 23 2026

Waterloo sunset is one of the best songs ever written. David Watts is OK. The rest is rubbish

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
Jan 27 2026

His most streamed song is a shit version of a classic by another band all his own stuff is rubbish.

Yeezus by Kanye West
Jan 28 2026

Awful. Minus 5 stars

Hysteria by Def Leppard
Jan 31 2026

Meh

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel
Feb 02 2026

Just when you think it can't get any worse.

Reign In Blood by Slayer
Feb 13 2026

Shouting and playing fast does not make music.

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
Feb 15 2026
Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods
Feb 19 2026

When people talk about how great the 60s were it isn't rubbish like this they're talking about.

Eagles by Eagles
Mar 29 2026

Awful.

#1 Record by Big Star
Mar 30 2026

Dreary 70s American dirge rock

Green by R.E.M.
Mar 31 2026

Meh!!

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Apr 12 2026

Dull. How did we get from Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley to this dirge and still x Call it Rock'n'Roll?

My Generation by The Who
Apr 15 2026

3 fine tracks and a ton of filler

Kenya by Machito
Apr 17 2026

No Thankyou.

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Apr 20 2026
GI by Germs
Apr 25 2026
Shadowland by k.d. lang
Apr 28 2026

Utter dirge. Tedious Country drivel.

Imagine by John Lennon
May 03 2026
Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson
May 08 2026

Some this is OK. A lot of filler. Siouxsie and the Banshees cover of Helter Skelter is better.

Groovin' by The Young Rascals
May 09 2026

Bland sixties pop apart from groovin

Shaft by Isaac Hayes
May 13 2026

Meh

May 14 2026

Lounge music and if this was playing in the lounge I'd move to a different lounge.

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
May 18 2026

A bit if a snore fest apart from immigrant song

Pump by Aerosmith
May 29 2026

Meh

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Jun 01 2026

No thanks

Autobahn by Kraftwerk
Jun 03 2026

Dreary, repetitive techno Europop.

Damaged by Black Flag
Jun 10 2026
War by U2
Jun 14 2026
Sincere by Mj Cole
Jun 17 2026

Awful. Leave it in the garage.

Nowhere by Ride
Jun 24 2026

They wish they were The Stone Roses. They aren't

Cloud Nine by The Temptations
Jun 25 2026

A band with the odd good track but a whole album's worth

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen
Jun 28 2026

Meh

Whatever by Aimee Mann
Jul 01 2026

Yeah. Whatever!!

Music by Madonna
Jul 05 2026

Meh

Sound Affects by The Jam
Jul 06 2026

Not their best work but a couple of good tracks

Goo by Sonic Youth
Jul 12 2026
Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jul 16 2026
Heroes by David Bowie
Jul 17 2026
Live! by Fela Kuti
Jul 23 2026

Why?

Rocks by Aerosmith
Jul 24 2026

More of this lot? Rubbish.

Violator by Depeche Mode
Aug 09 2026

Meh

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen
Aug 11 2026

He's become very meh in his old age

One World by John Martyn
Aug 12 2026

Dreary

Abbey Road by Beatles
Aug 18 2026

A lot of filler

Who's Next by The Who
Aug 19 2026

A couple of good tracks and I like the Who but a lot of filler.

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned
Aug 21 2026

This is the Damned's best album. Everybody should listen to this one.

Gold by Ryan Adams
Aug 26 2026

Awful

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73% of ratings are 1 or 5 stars. Only 9% are 3 stars.

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