My 1001 Albums Journey

Albums Rated

3.42

Average Rating

Complete

1011 albums remaining

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1970s

Favorite Decade

Singer-songwriter

Favorite Genre

other

Top Origin

Wordsmith

Rater Style ?

5-Star Albums

1-Star Albums

Breakdown

By Genre

By Decade

By Origin

Albums

You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart	5	2.95	+2.05
#1 Record Big Star	5	3.26	+1.74
Homework Daft Punk	5	3.29	+1.71
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.43	+1.57
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	5	3.46	+1.54
Fear Of Music Talking Heads	5	3.47	+1.53
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.63	+1.37
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	5	3.74	+1.26
Faust IV Faust	4	2.78	+1.22

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton	1	3.12	-2.12
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	2	3.76	-1.76
Pearl Janis Joplin	2	3.73	-1.73
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	2	3.44	-1.44
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	2	3.41	-1.41
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	2	3.32	-1.32
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	2	3.29	-1.29
School's Out Alice Cooper	2	3.2	-1.2
The Wall Pink Floyd	3	4.14	-1.14
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin	3	4.1	-1.1

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (11)

View Album Wall

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

Popular Reviews

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

It’s like the most innovative novelty record .

1 likes

1-Star Albums (1)

All Ratings

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Riffs. For. Days. Docked a star for being rape.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Johnny Marr is just so amazing

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

It’s….. nice. I don’t mean to be dismissive or play into the trope that this band is boring, but I don’t think I’d ever put this on for a full listen again. Clocks is a banger though.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

This album really is one of the best things ever created. Books have been written about how many walls came down… east meets west, sunny pop meets deep inward reflection… on and on. And the fact that the most popular musicians in the world to streeeeeeach boundaries is so daring and inspiring. How lucky they had George Martin! 25 stars!!

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

One of my top five favorite albums ever. Stevie generally gets on my nerves but her songs here are lovely, as are Christine’s. The irony of spending millions on the record and having Mick as your drummer, but you decide it’s better to beat on a tissue box on the bathroom because it’s what’s needed is either a sign of mad genius or an after effect of massive drug use. Either way, I’m here for it!

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

First four songs are amazing. Then the hit. Then the enjoyment diminishes.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

3/5

This album sounds like what serious mental illness must feel like. Artistically pretty amazing. I admire it WAY more than I enjoy it. I might out it on once or twice more in the next few years, but I’d never grab it with any enthusiasm like a would a record by Fela, by X, by the English Beat, by Mingus, by Joni, etc etc etc. But I can totally see that this would be someone’s go to record! Five stars for artistry One star for enjoyment Three stars splits the difference.

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

It’s like the most innovative novelty record .

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

3/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Of it’s time.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

There are a few gems on this record, but it has more to do with the songwriting and the band more than the singer. The schtick is thick with this guy.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

2/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

2/5

Nope! Gave up after three tracks. Decided to try a Childish Gambino record in its place. Childish ***** Earsarehurtin Neuheadache ** Future Kid Rock rotation *

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Like the Thompson Twins, but less interesting. I never thought THAT was possible.

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Excellent!

Femi Kuti

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Any Zep record is a mixed bag for me. The lows and highs on this one cancel Each other out. ***

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

I liked this more than expected, but…. After the seventh song about accepting myself for who I am, I had my fill. Docked a star for being too long - curse of the cd age. I really prefer an album that’s five a side and all killer.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

More fun than I expected. Will revisit again!

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Five songs I like very much. The others are nice like Coldplay.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Critical stepping stone to the Beatles and others, but like a lot of pioneers from the 50s it’s now 70 years old. Very much of it’s time. Great song writing.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

The extended version of Papa Was a Rolling Stone is a marvel

Homework

Daft Punk

5/5

#1 Record

Big Star

5/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

Killing Joke

2/5

Feast of Wire

Calexico

4/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

5/5

This record was my “go to” for a really long time. After Remain In Light and the rest, this kind of got loft behind, like the singer in Almost Famous. Playing it again today was like hearing it gir the first time all over again. It REALLY holds up. Short and sweet, all killer no filler. Mind. Drugs. Heaven. Cmon! Five big stars!!!!

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

The singles are fine. The production is really dated. And the Talking Heads song is giving American Idol week 13 stunt cover vibes. Why is this on the list? It’s stunningly unremarkable…

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

This holds up remarkably well after 30+ years. And the Anthrax collab is amazing. Can’t Truss it By the Tome I Get to Phoenix Night train Bring the Noise ****

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

Nope. I haven’t been 12 in a long time.

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

Throwing Muses

3/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

2/5

Blur

3/5

Metallica

3/5

Riffs for days. It’s good, but not one I’d listen too all the way through.

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

5/5

It’s the Faces in all but name, and the Faces are aces. It’s easier to demote your opinion of a guy like Rod, given his later turns toward satin pants and cover albums for retirees, but he really was an amazing for a time.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

I’d give the instrumental version of this album 4 stars. I’d give it 5 stars if you shaved off five or six of these tunes. Too long and too creepy.

Sulk

The Associates

2/5

This is not Bowie’s fault.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

It’s like dessert. Fine for a few songs but gets sweet and samey real quick. Some good ones tho…

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Let me start off by saying that my parents small collection of albums in the 60s contained A LOT of S&G, so they’re heavily imprinted on my child mind…. (So is Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, but that’s a topic for my therapist). The good stuff here is amazing. The Dylan Spoof and the Silent Night thing less so. I applaud both their ambition and their brevity.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Near perfect

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Bootsy! Macro! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Holds up 60+ years on.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

1/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

2/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

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

David Bowie

5/5

Undeniable.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

2/5

Dated. Like worse than any Beatles solo record.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

When Bruce took the off-ramp from bombast to a leaner sound after Born to Tun, this team jumped on that highway and drove it to Broadway. Then they beat it to death. But this thing is special, unique, snd of sinking humor.

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

I’m allergic to concept albums (except Quadrophenia, which is awesome). This one has bright moments mixed with bloat. I’d never ever sit through this again, but I appreciate artists who swing big. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

4/5

Bert Jansch

3/5

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5