My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Greetings From L.A. Tim Buckley	5	2.84	+2.16
Out of Step Minor Threat	5	2.94	+2.06
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	5	2.97	+2.03
For Your Pleasure Roxy Music	5	2.98	+2.02
Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz	5	2.99	+2.01
Done By The Forces Of Nature Jungle Brothers	5	3.03	+1.97
Maxinquaye Tricky	5	3.05	+1.95
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	5	3.05	+1.95
Double Nickels On The Dime Minutemen	5	3.12	+1.88
Rid Of Me PJ Harvey	5	3.12	+1.88

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hejira Joni Mitchell	1	3.14	-2.14
Basket of Light Pentangle	1	2.76	-1.76
Orbital 2 Orbital	1	2.7	-1.7
Timeless Goldie	1	2.52	-1.52
Butterfly Mariah Carey	1	2.49	-1.49
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	2	3.4	-1.4
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	2	3.39	-1.39
Cupid & Psyche 85 Scritti Politti	1	2.39	-1.39
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	2	3.35	-1.35
The College Dropout Kanye West	2	3.31	-1.31

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	6	4.67
Led Zeppelin	3	5
Bob Dylan	3	4.67
PJ Harvey	3	4.67
Metallica	3	4.67
Elton John	2	5
The Police	2	5
Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	5
Pixies	2	5
Public Enemy	2	5
Black Sabbath	2	5
Beatles	2	5
The Doors	2	5
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	5
Radiohead	4	4.25
Leonard Cohen	3	4.33

Artist	Albums	Average
Joni Mitchell	2	1.5

Radiohead

4/5

Great album. “Paranoid Android” is a masterpiece. A few low spots, but overshadowed by stellar writing with many superb tracks.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

This album needed an editor. So many great songs. but a number that should have been B-sides. 1:20 minutes long.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Possibly the best Zeppelin album, and that’s saying a lot.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Funk gold. Such a superb, perfect album.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Perfection.

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

4/5

What a wonderful surprise this album was. This was the first in the project I had never listened to. Such a solid album.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

3/5

Gibby Haynes is awesome and a lot of the Surfers output is great. I get this, but it’s just too much noise to be really enjoyed.

Black Metal

Venom

3/5

This album is of course foundational for heavy metal music. It’s good, at times. Comical at others. But the horribly raw production is tough to bear. Even remastered, it still sounds pretty tough to listen to.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

Pure soul perfection.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

Solid album that helped establish AF as indie gold. I prefer their next two to this one, but still a great listen throughout.

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

Such run of the mill electronic music. Sounds like bad video game music. How is this on this list? Makes me question the value of this list.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

A classic, great album overall. But there are a few sleepy spots that do not rival the highlights.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

4/5

Certainly, there are highlights here, like the classic, irresistible Buffalo Gals or Double Dutch, but some of this is not perfect. Consistently fun though!

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

So many outstanding songs on this classic. So ahead of its time. I was raised on their greatest hits, so much of this is on my DNA.

Lost Souls

Doves

3/5

This album is fine. Not bad at all, but bookstore background Brit pop from the turn of the century. I wasn’t missing anything before finding this album on this list (for some reason).

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

On my 500th listen, this album is still as exceptional, perfect and important as it was back in 1991.

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

Simply a classic concert in an astonishing venue at the perfect time in history.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

A superb showcase of the many talents of Elton John. Maybe a bit longer than it needed to be, this album is still chock full of superb songs.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

This is their debut and it absolutely slays. What a momentous debut!

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

3/5

A little too twangy for me, but clearly Ely is an excellent musician. “Boxcar” is exceptional, but that was the clear highlight for me here.

Horses

Patti Smith

5/5

The grandmother of punk at the peak of her powers. There are many superb Patti Smith albums, but this one is just unstoppable (just like Easter).

Elvis Presley

5/5

What a debut! Such a great album. Not everything Presley did was superb, but this one is excellent in all the right ways.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Another amazing debut, with killer songs on repeat.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

After Iowa, I hadn’t bothered much with Slipknot, because while talented and composing badass tunes at times, it all seemed very monochromatic. The same applies here. Good, even great at times, but it all sounds alike, but worse when slowed down.

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

4/5

The brilliant, but uneven solo debut is great at times! But always a solid listen, especially on a rainy day as I did this time around.

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Adele

3/5

Clearly, Adele is a talented singer and songwriter. And the second song here, Send My Love, is a banger, Adele just isn’t for me. I am clearly not the intended audience and would never seek this out without this project.

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Perfect. Every song.

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

5/5

How is it that this was a first listen to this album. Sure, I knew some of the songs, but what a superb piece of work!

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

5/5

The beginning of the Seattle scene and man does it cook. Love this band.

Diamond Life

Sade

5/5

Sade is a treasure and her debut is excellent evidence of what is to come in the ensuing decades

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Never realized how much Chris Martin sounds like (or aspired to sound like) Jeff Buckley. There are some really superb songs here.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

5/5

One of my 4 favorite PJ albums. What a treasure this woman is love all of this!

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Really solid throughout!

Street Life

The Crusaders

3/5

Love that opener, but it’s too repetitive. The rest of this is enjoyable, but not exceptional.

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

5/5

I just love this album. The Juliana Hatfield backing vocals, the hooks, all of it, start to finish. This is by far, the only great Lemonheads album.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

A classic, from start to finish!

War

U2

4/5

Before this band sucked and Bono’s ego ruined it all. Not great, but pretty solid.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

4/5

This would be a 3.5 for me. There are some real duds here, but the rest are excellent!

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Like most Zeppelin albums, this is perfection.

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

I had never listened to this album all the way through. The standout, Papa Was a Rolling Stone and a few others are well known and outstanding. But some of the R & B tracks were a bit sleepy.

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

Every song hits. Like every album by The Police.

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

It’s a mood. By no means bad, but very limiting by that very specific mood. Solid background.

New York Dolls

4/5

Super fun, classic glam.

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Bowie at the peak of his powers. And he had so many peaks!

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

A great time throughout. Hooks for days.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

5/5

The first few albums by Roxy Music are so outstanding. The his one included.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Really enjoyable, if a bit repetitive in tone.

The Cars

4/5

Hits, hooks and jangles.

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Bowie was the closest of what we get to a musical god. This album is great, but he has many better ones.

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

A couple of really great songs here. And then, a lot of disposable ones as well.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

A really awesome debut, with a few killer songs and a bunch of good songs.

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

What an unexpected surprise this one was. Really solid tracks, covering many genres. A natural progression from The Jam.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Love the hits. Leave the rest.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

Raw, goofy, but great.

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Love Neneh Cherry! But this album is spotty at best. Not the sound she would grow into, but would rapidly grow out of.

LP1

FKA twigs

3/5

Enjoyable, but not something I’d ever reach for. Liked some of this when it first came out.

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Prog gold!

Be

Common

4/5

More Common with Dilla beats!

Infected

The The

4/5

What a pleasant surprise this album was. Had never heard a single track and I was very impressed. More so with the second listen.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

Peak Allman’s doing what they do best, playing live!

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

There is also much to love about Nina Simone and this has some of her best, most classic tracks.

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

Is this an everybody gets a trophy kind of project? Seriously, how is this album on this list. It seems that there was an effort to include every genre, even if that genre generally sucks. This album objectively sucks.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

A compilation? Seriously, on this list? Sure, this is a solid compilation, but it’s not an album. This seriously throws into question the value of this project. Some of these songs don’t appear on any other album, but this was not an album intended for release as a cohesive project. Compilations should not be on this list.

Damaged

Black Flag

4/5

Classic, seminal punk where Henry Rollins learned to be Rollins.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Classic rock radio staples throughout! Solid tunes.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Solid first half, but the second half is pretty mediocre.

Achtung Baby

U2

3/5

There are a couple of great, now classic songs on here. But the reality is, U2’s best days came before this album and Bono is simply insufferable

Pretenders

4/5

A really exceptional debut! Somehow perfectly 1980.

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

A wild album for sure. There’s so much going on, this is a Roxy Music album unlike any other.

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

I get avant-garde, and yes, music is everywhere in everything. But this isn’t pleasurable, listenable or desirable.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

This album has been in my collection since its release, in fairly regular rotation. And of course it’s seminal shoegaze. But I just don’t love it as much as many might.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

A gorgeous debut by one of the great singer-songwriters of Canada, and the world!

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

3/5

Not something I ever would have listened to, but it was more enjoyable than expected. Even with the dated misogyny.

The Rolling Stones

4/5

What a debut! While the cast majority are covers, this album shows the spark of what is to come.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Elegant, fun, and all around fantastic.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

This collaboration (and all the subsequent ones) are awesome!

S&M

Metallica

4/5

Metallica is awesome and most of their albums are great. And it isn’t that this one is bad. It just seems to me this would be better experienced live. Give me their studio albums anytime over this.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Country isn’t often my thing, but this is one of Willie’s best!

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

A little late in life to really appreciate REM, but they are amazing, as is this album!

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

5/5

Waits is the main and this is among his finest!

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

Classic rock gold. Great stuff with an outstanding cast of players!

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

Classic Coltrane! Superb.

Electric

The Cult

4/5

What an awesome, underrated band The Cult is. This album is pretty great, as so many of theirs are.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

All CCR is great CCR.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

A far cry from the ubiquitous pop jangles of their early years. Really good, beautiful music.

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Not their best for my money, but still outstanding!

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

There is some solid music here. But Morrissey is seriously insufferable.

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

4/5

Another album I’d never heard in its entirety that was an excellent surprise. What a solid, pleasurable album. Very Eno.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

5/5

Beautiful jazz by way of Brazil. Great in all the right ways.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

This is the Abbey Road of electronic (rock) music. This album is great!

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Classic live blues from one of the greats!

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

4/5

Such solid song craft by Mould and company. Awesome rock!

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

One of the greatest soundtracks of all time!

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Two classic masters together for a great set of tunes!

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Really fun and totally enjoyable, but very formulaic. Pop and post-punk grooves with superb bass!

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

One of Willie’s 3 best albums. Sure, it’s a covers album, but few people can consistently improve upon a cover song like Willie!

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

There are a couple of great songs here, but there are also a bunch of mediocre songs as well. Brandon Flowers appeal as a frontman and lyricist didn’t seem to age well.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

So many outstanding songs on one album!

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Van Morrison is a dick, but wow has he made some great music and this album is one of his best!

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Enjoyable in spots, a bit boring in others.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

One of the defining efforts of the coming sound of the 1990’s. This album, and later this band, changed my entire perception of what music could be.

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

4/5

Outstanding. Began amazingly ahead of his peers.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Not their best. There are amazing songs like Ogre Battle, but quite a few mediocre songs.

Virgin Suicides

Air

4/5

As good as background music gets.

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

Hit after spectacular hit!

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

4/5

Solid. Enjoyable.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Like most all Radiohead, this is exceptional!

Nowhere

Ride

2/5

Just not interested in this sound. It’s not bad, but it has little draw for me.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

4/5

Johnny Rotten is a dick, but this PIL debut is better than any of the Sex Pistols.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Perfection. So great!

Street Signs

Ozomatli

4/5

This was a new one to me. Solid album, especially the Charlie 2na tune!

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

Fun. Not bad at all. But limited in scope.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

5/5

The great Canadian poet; he’s got so many great albums, but this may be his peak.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

This album is a ton of fun. It’s all over the place in all the best ways.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

2/5

While there is lots of ability and experimentation here, it was not enjoyable at all.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

3/5

Good, but not nearly as good as some of Jah Wobble’s earlier output.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

One of the great classics of old school hip-hop! Can’t beat the Chuck D rhymes.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

The start of the short career of a huge talent! There are a few duds here beside many great tunes.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

1/5

She may be a great songwriter, but her voice and delivery is painful on most songs I’ve ever heard her do. Joni Mitchell is simply not for me.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

This is Kanye’s best album, but Kanye has simply ruined Kanye. While not one for cancel culture, Kanye is a clear exception. He’s the worst humans category, making his music dramatically less appealing. Fuck Kanye.

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

The Black Keys have two prefect albums and this is one of them.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Solid funk and soul.

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

It’s very good, it’s fun. But a little dull.

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Excellent, era defining pop. So many huge hits, but many of the non-hits are the best tracks!

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

Hadn’t heard this. Solid throughout!

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

The almighty Black Sabbath and what I think is their best album (that’s saying A LOT!).

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

A bit boring. All the ingredients are there, just can’t bring myself to like how it’s all assembled.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Perfection. One of the greatest and most original albums of all time.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

5/5

It’s strange to me that a 21 minute EP would be on this list, but this is seminal hardcore that would go on to birth all this MacKaye.

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

Dumb and fun, but that’s the extent of it.

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Surprisingly diverse and fun. Some really solid tunes.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

2/5

It’s somebody’s thing, but not mine. Their version of In the Pines was solid though.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

There are some great songs, and many hits here. And they are great. But the others are duds. 3.5 if allowed.

Mott

Mott The Hoople

4/5

Love this Bowie/T Rex adjacent sound!

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Awesome and classic. Brings me back to HS.

Stephen Stills

4/5

Great album that’s a perfect representation of the era.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

This would be a 3.5. Love Karen O and crew and there are a few 5 star songs here, but also a few mediocre ones.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Another excellent Radiohead album (3rd so far). Superb band.

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

4/5

The epitome of the post-punk era. Solid fun, despite the fact that Johnny Rotten is a prick.

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

2/5

Boring.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

There are some amazing tracks here. That first track has been heavily sampled. Fun, different, enjoyable.

xx

The xx

5/5

Beautiful. One of the defining albums of its era.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

Definitely has some very good tunes. But clearly the wind-down of Big Star.

New Wave

The Auteurs

2/5

Lesser Suede. Not interesting at all.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

One of the most iconic live albums ever.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Sufjan’s best, although a few of the more recent albums have been close to rivaling this indie masterpiece.

Ramones

5/5

First many Ramones albums are just perfect.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

Sounds like Oasis, but less annoying.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Excellent work by a man with a very spotty record.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

The White Room

The KLF

3/5

Annoying. Not enjoyable at all.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

Perfection.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

3/5

Definitely enjoyed. Solid album.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Classic grooves!

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

5/5

Tim Buckley was amazing and this is his best album.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Fun stuff. Really grooving.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

2/5

Seriously, why is this in this list?!

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Gotta love The Who!

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Oasis makes fine music, but the Gallagher brothers are seriously insufferable.

Blur

4/5

Solid.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

Still with Morrisey?

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

So good for every reason. A perfect album.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Truly and excellent album.

All Mod Cons

The Jam

4/5

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Can’t beat the VU!

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Wonderful blues.

Os Mutantes

4/5

Trippy!

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

5/5

So fucking good.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

Easily Elton John’s best album, IMNSHO.

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Really solid late era Bowie!

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Two great songs and many good ones.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

Meh

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

A wonderful album.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Not terrible, but not for me.

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

Very enjoyable!

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

Fun times in ‘69.

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

So much power!

The Man Who

Travis

2/5

Very uninteresting

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Awesome.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Great period for the Stones.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

4/5

Classic hip-hop.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

One of the defining albums of the ‘60’s.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Wacky.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Stevie is a treasure, but this is too uneven for me.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

2/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Yet another great era fur Dylan.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

Talent for sure, but just too repetitive to be enjoyable

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

Solid album!

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

A wild ride!

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Good, but not their peak.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Big, commercial hits that rock.

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

Great guest spots!

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

3/5

Totally new to me and it was enjoyable at times.

Garbage

4/5

An awesome debut from Shirley and Butch!

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Love me some early Iggy!

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

1/5

Nope

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

3/5

Indie goodness

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

So many great tunes!!!

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Perfection

Risque

CHIC

2/5

A couple hits, many duds.

The Band

5/5

Perfection of the highest order

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

Seminal Wire

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

4/5

Classic Metal

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Classic, but repetitive

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

Perfect album

Technique

New Order

2/5

Not for me

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

Solid, underrated punk rock

Van Halen

5/5

The first of many great VH albums!

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

A couple duds, but overall, packed with classic jams.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Great, classic metal 🤘🏽

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

Foundational hip-hop.

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Great album

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Genius is the correct word.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

Serious highs and lows.

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

Love a lot of 80’s synth music, but this is just bad.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

What a treasure PJ is!

John Prine

4/5

Prine classic!

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Superb!

Palo Congo

Sabu

3/5

Very enjoyable.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

4/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Fucking Pink Floyd!

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

3/5

Good fun!

Yeezus

Kanye West

2/5

Kanye had some great songs. But fuck Kanye.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

5/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

Fuck Kanye and all fascist enablers.

American Pie

Don McLean

2/5

One good song and even that song is overly sappy, nostalgic and pandering.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

Enjoyable!

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Exceptionally good.

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

3/5

Definitely enjoyable. Tori Amos owes her some royalty checks.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

2/5

Mid.

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

3/5

Strong 3.5. Unique, super fun album.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

The best!

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

Fun, standard Kinks

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Better than it should be.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

The last perfect Metallica album!

Konnichiwa

Skepta

2/5

Moments of good, but just not for me.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

4/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

A masterpiece!

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Surprisingly enjoyable! Would be a solid 3.5.

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Good but hollow. Has nothing to say.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Talented yes, enjoyable, sure. But this band really does nothing for me.

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3/5

Aight.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

1/5

Ugh

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Aptly named

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Really awesome!

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

3/5

Love Bjork. Super fun album.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

There are some amazing songs on here. And some mediocre ones.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

5/5

One of the defining albums of the 90’s.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

A perfect album.

D

White Denim

3/5

Aight.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Classic

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

2/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

An excellent album with some 5 star songs!

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Some real gems…and a few sleepers.

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Fine.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Classic

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

Never loved this album as much as I should have.

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

David Bowie

5/5

Perfection!

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

2/5

It’s fine.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

4/5

Damon Albarn can do no wrong.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

The beginning of an era.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Damon Albarn

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Come on, who doesn’t love this album?!

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Super fun!

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Excellent!

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

Love all things Bill Callahan.

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

5/5

The middle of the great PJ Harvey trilogy of albums!

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Great moments.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Dull

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

3/5

Moments of greatness. But again, why is a compilation in this list!?

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

A great winter album.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

Simply superb!

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Jack White never fails.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

4/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Some solid jams.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Bad Company

3/5

Classic rock mediocrity.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Some solid jams.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

Rocking’!

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

A perfect final album.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Really dislike Joni Mitchell.

So

Peter Gabriel

4/5

So good!

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4/5

Epic jams!

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Jack White never fails.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Enjoyable

Moby Grape

3/5

Enjoyable

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

Classic Mr. Mojo

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Super solid tunes.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

3/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

4/5

Metallica

5/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

2/5

Background music at best.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

Meh

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

3/5

This was fine. Nothing I would ever reach for though.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

Never really understood the hype on this album.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

4/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5

Paris 1919

John Cale

3/5

The Modern Lovers

5/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

5/5

Repeater

Fugazi

5/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

2/5

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

4/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

2/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

3/5

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

4/5

1999

Prince

4/5

Paul Simon

4/5

California

American Music Club

3/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

4/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

2/5

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

3/5

One World

John Martyn

3/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Slipknot

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

3/5

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

4/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

4/5

Tapestry

Carole King

3/5

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

3/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Eagles

3/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

3/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

5/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

3/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Spiderland

Slint

3/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

2/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

5/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

2/5

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Medúlla

Björk

2/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

3/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

4/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

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