1001 Albums Summary

Listening statistics & highlights

Albums Rated

2.46

Average Rating

Complete

1063 albums remaining

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1970s

Favorite Decade

Rock

Favorite Genre

Top Origin

Critic

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
Larks' Tongues In Aspic King Crimson	5	3	+2
Double Nickels On The Dime Minutemen	5	3.12	+1.88
Paris 1919 John Cale	4	2.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	3.7	-2.7
1999 Prince	1	3.6	-2.6
Play Moby	1	3.47	-2.47
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	1	3.39	-2.39
Fragile Yes	1	3.31	-2.31
Like A Prayer Madonna	1	3.23	-2.23
In Our Heads Hot Chip	1	3.11	-2.11
Immigrés Youssou N'Dour	1	3.08	-2.08
Ctrl SZA	1	2.91	-1.91
Our Aim Is To Satisfy Red Snapper	1	2.74	-1.74

5-Star Albums (2)

View Album Wall

Popular Reviews

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

5/5

Outstanding. Musicianship, lyrics, range of tempos and volume. Perfect.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (10)

All Ratings

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

1/5

I am surprised by how thin the songwriting is. Like they thought of 1 idea quickly and just recorded it. The lyrics are banal. The guitar work is feeble considering the hype and the vocals are barely in key. I am mystified by this albums inclusion in the list.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

1/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

The production and the arrangement is the standout. The whole album works much better on the up tempo tracks.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Pretty close to a masterpiece. The progenitor of so much that came after. And still sounds good. The rap style is the only thing that has dated but it is my preferred style anyway.

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

I can’t quibble as it is band doing what they want to do and I like the commitment. Not their best album and for no real reason I can pinpoint, I would happily never listen to it again. It’s not bad, and while I can see no reason why it’s not my thing, after all it has all the right components, it’s just not my thing.

1999

Prince

1/5

This was awful. Production is like a parody. The lyrics at idiotic, and the song seem half written. For all the love he gets, Prince seems like the most overrated artist in history. I was genuinely looking forward to this one and have come away bitterly disappointed.

The Visitors

ABBA

2/5

I don’t say this because of the musical that’s been constructed around their songs, but this album sounds like the soundtrack album from the musical. It sounds like Andrew. Lloyd Webber. I neither hate nor love it, it’s just Music for another purpose. It sounds like Benny Sitting in his piano smashing out tunes on the plus side. I have a new appreciation for how good the singers in ABBA were.

Fragile

Yes

1/5

Fucking tedious

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

Kinda boring. Was hoping for some garage rock. Strumy acoustic stuff.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

5/5

I had expected them to be more hardcore. Brilliant band. Fantastic guitar tone. So many songs. So many ideas. So much variety. I had never heard this before other than the song used for Jackass. This is a masterpiece.

Play

Moby

1/5

The only good thing about this are the field recordings. Moby’s “additions” sound like AI has been asked to harmonise them. This is embarrassing.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Although I know almost all the songs, I had never actually listened to this album. Really strong stones record. Probably peak era. Catchy and swaggering.

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

1/5

Couldn’t even get through a song without skipping. World music sucks balls. He has an amazing voice though.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Good lyrics. I enjoyed the very diatonic songwriting more than I thought I would.

Ctrl

SZA

1/5

There is nothing here for me. The affected delivery is awful.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

3/5

It was fine. Didn’t hold my attention though.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

1/5

No. I lived through this second rate shit. I don’t have to listen to a single second.

Paris 1919

John Cale

4/5

Really enjoyed it. Surprised how straight it is. He has a very fine voice. I was worried it was a bit one paced but Macbeth fixed that.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

1/5

Utter dross. It sounds like a couple of guys found GarageBand for the first time.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

Had a decent bluesy groove. I think people like the doors more if they think Jim Morrison is a spunk. They deserve credit for being early but this sounds like a million bands.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

1/5

Awful bland shite

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

3/5

God rock n roll

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

5/5

Outstanding. Musicianship, lyrics, range of tempos and volume. Perfect.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

I loved it. Surprisingly good recording of his outstanding voice.

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

I feel this meant a lot of things to some people at the time. It is like oasis, a band I don’t care too much for, without any swagger. Really quite dull. But inoffensive.

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5

Solid prog album. Good melodies. Sometimes it was a bit too polyphonic spree of notes but overall I enjoyed it.