My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab	5	3.02	+1.98
#1 Record Big Star	5	3.26	+1.74
The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys	5	3.27	+1.73
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.31	+1.69
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5	3.32	+1.68
From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley	5	3.36	+1.64
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.36	+1.64
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	5	3.37	+1.63
The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks	5	3.4	+1.6
Odessey And Oracle The Zombies	5	3.42	+1.58

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
BEYONCÉ Beyoncé	1	2.86	-1.86
21 Adele	2	3.69	-1.69
Pink Moon Nick Drake	2	3.65	-1.65
Illmatic Nas	2	3.6	-1.6
Idlewild Everything But The Girl	1	2.58	-1.58
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	2	3.51	-1.51
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 George Michael	2	3.17	-1.17
Water From An Ancient Well Abdullah Ibrahim	2	3.04	-1.04

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Beach Boys	2	5
Beatles	2	5
Neil Young	2	5
Black Sabbath	2	5
The Rolling Stones	3	4.33
Beastie Boys	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (28)

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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

1/5

Inert and lifeless. I don't get it.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (2)

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Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

“Indian Sunset“ and “Tiny Dancerl were highlights, also the backing vocals on "All the Nasties".

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Ginger Baker’s drumming is just savage. Jack Bruce’s playing also grabs me throughout the whole album, The strongest tracks were the singles, of course. I started listening to the standard release and was disappointed by the hard panned stereo, so I switched over to the deluxe edition and was glad I did. It’s a much better mix.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

The Cars

5/5

Classic new wave-y power pop, with handclaps, harmonies, and hooks galore. And just great songwriting, to boot. I must’ve been skipping around when I last listened, because I don’t recall “I’m in Touch with Your World” which is mostly a bunch of cartoonish sound effects, kind of a waste of time time. I’m giving this album five stars nonetheless. Favorite Tracks: "My Best Friend's Girl", "Just What I Needed" I tried to choose one, but I am a sucker for handclaps in pop songs.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

3/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

"Buffalo Stance" is a classic, five-star song. "Manchild", "Kisses on the Wind", and "Heart" are also worth a listen, but the rest of the album is kind of dated filler.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

"Smooth Criminal" is possibly MJ's best song.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

One of my favorite albums. Great songs, production by Nick Lowe, and Bruce Thomas' bass lines are wonderfully melodic and buoyant.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

5/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

1/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

5/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

5/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

4/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Stardust showcases Willie's talent as a versatile and expressive vocalist, in spite of limited vocal range. The strongest tracks on this album are "All of Me", "Blue Skies", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - the more uptempo tracks in general.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

It's nice to revisit this album after some distance from it. "Nightswimming" is in my top 10 ever R.E.M. songs. "Find the River" is a great contribution from Mike Mills.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

4/5

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

3/5

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Common

3/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

2/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

4/5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

1/5

Inert and lifeless. I don't get it.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

The Libertines

3/5

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

2/5

Metallica

3/5

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Adele

2/5

While "I'll Be Waiting" seems like it might be out of place, it was quite welcome, the only track that didn't seem to be hammering me over the head with pangs of overwrought emotion. I was really looking forward to the Rick Rubin-produced tracks, but damn those are some LOUD drums.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Gorillaz

3/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

I was a pretty big fan of The Cure when this album was released, but for some reason it didn't click for me at the time. It's definitely darker and moodier than its predecessor, with fewer, but lengthier tracks. I did like the singles from the album, though. Revisiting the album as a whole for the first time in who knows how long reveals that it's definitely one of the strongest releases in their catalog.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

3/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

2/5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

I actually had to wait a few days after Brian Wilson's passing to listen to this album, even though I'd been hearing lots of Beach Boys tracks on the radio. I still remember listening to Pet Sounds for the first time about 30 years ago, and I am still moved by it today upon re-listen. While "God Only Knows" is deservedly the most acclaimed song on the album, I’ll name "You Still Believe in Me" as a less-talked about high point of the album. The arrangement is something special, the melody of "I wanna cry" gets me every time, and the backing harmonies are just heavenly.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5