1001 Albums Summary

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54
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3.3
Average Rating
5%
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1035 albums remaining

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1960
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Pop
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8
5-Star Albums
4
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
5 3.4 +1.6
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
5 3.41 +1.59
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
5 3.58 +1.42
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
4 2.79 +1.21
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
4 2.85 +1.15

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
evermore
Taylor Swift
1 3 -2
Signing Off
UB40
1 2.97 -1.97
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
1 2.79 -1.79
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
1 2.66 -1.66
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
2 3.62 -1.62
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
2 3.44 -1.44
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
2 3.38 -1.38
Urban Hymns
The Verve
2 3.37 -1.37
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
2 3.34 -1.34
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
2 3.27 -1.27

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Beatles 2 5

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Popular Reviews

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Reggae. By a French artist. Singing primarily in Spanish. Its very chill. Nice.

1-Star Albums (4)

All Ratings (54)

Sep 26 2024

By itself, an album that stands on the merits, of maybe 3-4 songs, most of which use the charm of the shoddier production quality to their advantage. The rest of the songs other than–'Killer Queen', 'Flick of the Wrist', 'In the Lap of the Gods', and 'Bring Back Leroy Brown'– leave much to be desired. For an album touted to be one amongst the 1001 albums to listen to before you die, it doesn't have much offer in terms of memorability, offering a few stand-outs, that wash over the rest.

Dire Straits by Dire Straits
Sep 27 2024

Down to the Waterline: Solid song to open the album. Perfect into to Knopfler's Guitar. 3/5 Water of Love: 2/5 Setting Me Up: 3/5 Six Blade Knife: It's a 3/5 Southbound Again: 3/5 Sultans of Swing: Classic. 5/5 In the Gallery: Funky-reggae fun! Mike Knopfler's Guitar. Gosh. 4/5 Wild West End: Sultans, but make it romantic. 5/5 Lions: 3/5

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
Sep 30 2024

3.5 for sure, but I can't rate it that. 4 seems too much and 3 too little, but 3 feels more right, so with 3 we go. Every song is good, it really is, but there isn't a special sauce to any of them. Compared to the other things that Supertramp has put out, all the songs hold their own, but are drowned by their other works. On their own the songs in CoTC are very, very, very good. With amazing instrumentation and compositions that make it an actual listening experience. 7/10 for sure, High B, lower A tier album.

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
Oct 01 2024

So good, so so good. What else is there to say? Not Stevie's best, that (imo) goes to Songs in the Key of Life, but you can really hear the sounds that inhabit that album being shaped here. Every song in Innervisions is good, some even catch your brain and hook themselves there. 9/10 Album.

evermore by Taylor Swift
Oct 02 2024

4 chord, 4 min songs, with no need of forethought. World class production, because well of course.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Oct 05 2024

metal.

Funeral by Arcade Fire
Oct 08 2024

Vampire weekend meets Fall Out Boy. Has a few stand out songs, and the rest exist and aren't an utter insult to the ears.

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon
Oct 10 2024

Essential early 2000's pop-rock. Same sonic space as Imagine Dragon's early works. Solid 7/10.

Blue by Joni Mitchell
Oct 11 2024

What taylor swift ought to be. Singer-songwriter music that sounds authentic clean and real. Joni Mitchell is the godmother of folk, and we love her.

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem
Oct 16 2024

Really is an LP, it kept on going for too long.

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans
Oct 17 2024

If The Beatles from the 'A Hard Day's Night' made a rock 'n' roll album. Throw in some modern production techniques and you have an album that's quite nice! 7/10.

Crazysexycool by TLC
Oct 18 2024

Easy 7.5 - 8 album. It funk, it flow it smooth. The type of music you'd listen to getting a manicure done, ladies gossiping on the side, you leaving the place extra fine, and yo fingers with a shine.

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
Oct 19 2024

Their debut album is what many bands' best album's sound like.

Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Oct 23 2024

Sexy bassline, but that ain't the baseline for an unforgettable album. Very interesting sonic ideas, great one time listen.

Queen II by Queen
Oct 24 2024

Easy 3.5. An amazing album top to bottom. Queen👍

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Oct 25 2024

6/10 fun listen.

In It For The Money by Supergrass
Oct 27 2024

Green Day, but make it british. Green Day's a late 80's band- isn't that wild?

The Specials by The Specials
Oct 30 2024

Ska Beatles, with punk tendencies.

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners
Nov 01 2024
Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Nov 03 2024

Like if Brian Eno's atmospheric albums had a love child with ELO. Very cool listen. Background music in the best way possible.

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Nov 04 2024

It was very 'eh' like mashed potatoes, if it sounded like the constant droning of a chainsaw.

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden
Nov 05 2024

Easy 4.5 metal as f**k.

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa
Nov 06 2024

Muddy disco type of thing. A fever dream I couldn't wait to get up from. The sort of thing your sleep paralysis demon would listen to on TV at 3AM in between infomercials and softcore porn on the History channel.

Clandestino by Manu Chao
Nov 07 2024

Reggae. By a French artist. Singing primarily in Spanish. Its very chill. Nice.

Murmur by R.E.M.
Nov 08 2024

Amazing debut album!

Urban Hymns by The Verve
Nov 09 2024

Aside from the first song, there really weren't any memorable songs. It was alright.

Abbey Road by Beatles
Nov 11 2024

It's Abbey f***ing Road.

1999 by Prince
Nov 12 2024
Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal
Nov 21 2024

West-African music is amazing. I love the almost meditative nature of the guitar and the percussion. I love it to bits.

OK by Talvin Singh
Nov 22 2024
Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
Nov 26 2024

Queen Aretha, we bow.

Fun House by The Stooges
Nov 27 2024

So heckin' heavy. The grit, so fun! 3.8/5 for sure.

White Light by Gene Clark
Nov 28 2024

If a George Harrison album and a John Lenon album had a very harmonica inclined child. 3.6/5

Who's Next by The Who
Nov 30 2024

Easy 3.9 or above, Baba O' Riley, Bargain and my tax evasion song, Going mobile.

The White Album by Beatles
Dec 17 2024

An experimental masterpiece. Revolution(no. 9)ary

Dookie by Green Day
Dec 30 2024
Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder
Jan 04 2025

Easy 5, easiest 5 I've ever given. The man, the myth, the Stevie Wonder.

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