My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur	5	3.13	+1.87
Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys	5	3.2	+1.8
The Next Day David Bowie	5	3.29	+1.71
Peter Gabriel 3 Peter Gabriel	5	3.29	+1.71
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.31	+1.69
xx The xx	5	3.35	+1.65
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	5	3.37	+1.63
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	5	3.37	+1.63
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	5	3.4	+1.6
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	5	3.42	+1.58

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.64	-2.64
Mothership Connection Parliament	1	3.61	-2.61
Illmatic Nas	1	3.6	-2.6
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1	3.51	-2.51
The Chronic Dr. Dre	1	3.31	-2.31
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	1	3.3	-2.3
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	1	3.3	-2.3
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	1	3.27	-2.27
Phrenology The Roots	1	3.24	-2.24
Chicago Transit Authority Chicago	1	3.2	-2.2

Artists

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	3	5
Radiohead	2	5

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
M.I.A.	2	1.5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Leonard Cohen	4, 1

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1-Star Albums (29)

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The xx

5/5

This has been a favourite of mine since it's release. I love the sparse nature of the album, and Romi's voice is a thing of beauty.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

It was ok. It's what I expected from Supertramp.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Meh, some good stuff here, but I'm not much of a Country fan and the slide guitars got me down.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Very cool, plenty of funk and soul.

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

This was one of the first albums I remember as a child. My mum and dad had the LP and I used to play it loads. I had forgotten most of the songs, but it wasn't as good as I remember it being.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

Meh. Not really a big fan on The Smiths, and this fight sound any different to any of their other music. Some catchy riffs, though.

Sister

Sonic Youth

3/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

1/5

Definitely not for me. Weird

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Good stuff

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

2/5

I See You

The xx

4/5

Great album, but just falls short of the original

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Really liked this. Never heard of it before.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

2/5

Never been much of a fan, and this was too long and monotonous.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

1/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Beautiful Freak

Eels

4/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

3/5

Boston

4/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

1/5

Arular

M.I.A.

2/5

The Coral

3/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

1/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

2/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

War

4/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

1/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

The Doors

4/5

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

5/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Not as good as I remember

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

2/5

1984

Van Halen

2/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

1/5

Marquee Moon

Television

2/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

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

David Bowie

5/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Scissor Sisters

4/5

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

2/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

5/5

Tom Tom Club

4/5

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

4/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

Foo Fighters

5/5

Illmatic

Nas

1/5

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

2/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

1/5

Pointless, repetitive noise

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Shadowland

k.d. lang

1/5

I hate slide guitars. The sound to me is like nails down a chalk board. Could only manage two tracks before giving up.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

2/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

3/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

3/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

2/5

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

4/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

4/5

I Against I

Bad Brains

1/5

Just noise. Ouch.

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

4/5

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

1/5

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

Blur

4/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

1/5

Bad 90s rap.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Not sure who the band are or who they're trying to be. It flips between beach boys, and Dylan, and Beatles, and Kinks. Odd one, but not terrible

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

1/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

4/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

1/5

Not my bag, baby

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

5/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Ananda Shankar

3/5

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2/5

The Stone Roses

2/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

2/5

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

4/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

4/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Woodface

Crowded House

4/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

4/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

1/5

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

1/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

Couldn't make it past the first track. Maybe it makes me a heathen, or less intellectual, but freeform experimental jazz just make by brain hurt and me ears bleed.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2/5

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

4/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

4/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

3/5

Odessa

Bee Gees

1/5

I don't like the Bee Gees at the best of time, but a whole hour in one go is a great big no.

Live!

Fela Kuti

2/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Surprisingly good. I still can't tell whether Mike D is a lyrical genius, or whether he's just shouting incoherent nonsense through a loud hailer, but musically really good.

Bert Jansch

3/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

5/5

I've surprised myself with how well I remember the lyrics to all these songs. Soundtrack to my early teen years, and absolutely brilliant

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

The album was undoubtedly ahead of its time, but it feels less like an album, and more a series of half-baked ideas yet to find it a purpose.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

1/5

Just no

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Kala

M.I.A.

1/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

2/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

3/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Loving the bluesy nature of this. A far cry from the title track, tbh I was wondering whether this was Alice Cooper at all at one point.

The Stooges

4/5

Good stuff. I knew of The Stooges, but never really explored any of their music. I had heard I Wanna Be Your Dog on the Lock Stock soundtrack, but the rest of the album rocks.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

I love it, I love it, I love it. This hit just right this morning, and is now a favourite. I'd heard "Do You Realize" on the radio and liked it, but in my opinion it's one of the weaker records on the album, despite it's popularity. This is now in my library.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

1/5

Got bored five tracks in and gave up. Getting serious bargain basement McCartney wannabe feelings from this . Sorry XTC, but not for me.

Guero

Beck

3/5

Much like a lot of Beck's albums, there are moments of real brilliance, but the rest of just doesn't chime with me as much as I hope and expect. I remember when this came out, and E-Pro was such an amazing track (and it still is) but I didn't take to the rest of the album. Today, I like it more than I did back then, and hopefully not as much as I will in another twenty years.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Meh

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Just awesome. It feels timeless, yet so of the moment. A masterpiece.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Prog rock. Great for a bit, but just too much after a while. I nearly finished the album, largely due to the fact some of the tracks were thankfully under a minute in length.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

This is the first time I've listened to this album start to finish. There are some definite R.E.M. vibes, as well as Velvet Underground, and Bowie going on here, and I really like it. The single "Help the Aged" is probably one of the weaker songs on the album, in my opinion. It make me wonder what the record company was thinking.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Yeah, it's alright. Some good, some bad, some ugly.

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Pretty forgettable. Not bad, but just didn't stay with me in any way.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Right up my street. Been a long time since I heard this, but has aged very well. Upbeat and great to work to :D

Pelican West

Haircut 100

1/5

Wow, a whole album of effectively the same song. Not good.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

I feel that I should like Billy Bragg more than I do. I don't know if it's his singing style, or the music he makes, but it never hits quite as well as I hope it will. Sorry Billy. This album in particular is good, I can't deny it, but just not great.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1/5

Nah. Neil Young's voice annoys me too much, it's also too country for me. Just a massive swing and a miss. I don't know what was so special about this album to make it into the 1001.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

Oh my god. I played this so much when it came out, and I can't believe I'd almost forgotten it existed. This album is so powerful, so raw, and always has me in tears.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Good craic. I've never heard this album before, and it's more varied than I thought it would be, given the singles which were released.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Not bad. 3/5. Some good, ageless music here. Some less so.

Elvis Presley

5/5

Amazing stuff. Good, honest rock and roll. What a way to enter the world of celebrity.

Phrenology

The Roots

1/5

Nope. Not for me. Also, if your album is in this list, but it's mostly collaborations with other artists, you'll get marked down. This was almost entirely collaborations, and was still shit.

Dire Straits

4/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Yeap, pretty good.

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Pretty good. Heart-shaped box is amazing.

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

Not bad music, but I can listen to Dylan's voice for too long, it annoys me. Not sure why this album made it on the list, it sounds like every other Dylan album.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Need to check it out again

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

No listening required. I know this album almost note for note.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

One of my favourites, and frequently played loudly in my house. Brilliant!

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Tracey Thorn has such an amazing voice, but this album just fell flat for me. Definitely of a time, and hasn't aged well, in my opinion.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

Urgh, hippie nonsense. I know Frank Zappa has done some great things, but this isn't one of them. It's clearly a blueprint for others to follow, but does nothing for me.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

3/5

The United States Of America

3/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

Whoa, hard no. I don't get the screamy thing, and this is full of screamy. The music isn't terrible, but together makes my ears bleed and my brain hurt.

Suicide

2/5

Huh, well, looking at the reviews they seem to range from absolute garbage to unrecognised genius. I sit in the middle. It was OK. I recognised one song from the album as it was used in a TV advert I think. I can hear that this was influenced by the like of The Doors, and I can tell that this influenced other future bands. Does that make this one of the top 1001 albums? Nah, not really. Everyone's heard of The Doors, I don't know many people who have heard of Suicide (well, not in this context, anyway).

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Nice! Haven't listened to this album from start to finish in ages. I real treat to be able to go back and revisit this. I used to listen to the Pumpkins a lot in my youth. Time to queue up some more!

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

2/5

I was kinda prepared to hate this, given my distaste for gangsta rap, but I actually enjoyed it more than I expected. Still not amazing, but not terrible

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

Nope. Still don't get the love for Kendrick Lamar