1001 Albums Summary

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196
Albums Rated
3.23
Average Rating
18%
Complete
893 albums remaining

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2010
Favorite Decade
Folk
Favorite Genre
US
Top Origin
Balanced
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12
5-Star Albums
5
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Ys
Joanna Newsom
5 2.79 +2.21
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
5 3.07 +1.93
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
5 3.12 +1.88
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
5 3.27 +1.73
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
5 3.56 +1.44
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
5 3.62 +1.38
Dummy
Portishead
5 3.71 +1.29
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
4 2.73 +1.27
Grace
Jeff Buckley
5 3.75 +1.25
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
4 2.76 +1.24

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
1 3.21 -2.21
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
2 3.8 -1.8
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
1 2.74 -1.74
Movies
Holger Czukay
1 2.71 -1.71
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
1 2.68 -1.68
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
2 3.66 -1.66
Mothership Connection
Parliament
2 3.62 -1.62
1999
Prince
2 3.59 -1.59
Machine Head
Deep Purple
2 3.57 -1.57
Black Metal
Venom
1 2.47 -1.47

5-Star Albums (12)

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Popular Reviews

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

If this was slimmed down to it’s 12 to 15 best songs it would probably score four or five stars. Too much stuff in it that is just there for the sake of it.

I started listening to the lowest rated album on this whole project with some trepidation. Now, don't get me wrong, this isn't good. But... it wasn't boring, and it didn't outstay its welcome so It avoids a 1 star rating from me.

1-Star Albums (5)

All Ratings (196)

May 23 2025

An album about as substantial as the band’s name. May have been a good soundtrack, but boring as heck as a standalone musical experience.

May 24 2025

Some nice 60s psychedelia. I’ve heard of the band before but couldn’t name a song, but suspected that I’d recognise something from this album. Turns out I was right.

May 25 2025

Some legendary songs on this, but perhaps Michael Stipe’s maudlin angstiness hasn’t aged all that well.

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
May 28 2025

I love my blues rock as much as the next guy, but I think my will to live vanished when I saw the last track clocked into at over 20 minutes. I know this is an iconic band, but I was frankly bored listening to this.

McCartney by Paul McCartney
May 30 2025

Boring.

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jun 05 2025
Future Days by Can
Jun 06 2025

This album is like a Led Zeppelin outro extended to fill a full album. Bloated and unfocused. There’s an occasional glimmer. of an interesting idea, but they inevitably meander into more pointless noodling.

Groovin' by The Young Rascals
Jun 20 2025
Scott 2 by Scott Walker
Jun 29 2025
Movies by Holger Czukay
Jun 30 2025
69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields
Jul 11 2025

If this was slimmed down to it’s 12 to 15 best songs it would probably score four or five stars. Too much stuff in it that is just there for the sake of it.

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald
Jul 12 2025

Her voice is immaculate and and musicians are incredible, but you can have too much of a good thing.

Jul 13 2025

There are some classic Beatles numbers on this, but some of the filler just doesn’t hit, so I can’t give this the full 5/5.

Grace by Jeff Buckley
Jul 19 2025

No notes. Just an awesome album.

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Jul 26 2025
Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
Aug 06 2025
Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Aug 08 2025

Just fine. Inoffensive. Not so inoffensive to be offensively inoffensive.

25 by Adele
Aug 12 2025
Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Sep 01 2025
Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Sep 06 2025

I started listening to the lowest rated album on this whole project with some trepidation. Now, don't get me wrong, this isn't good. But... it wasn't boring, and it didn't outstay its welcome so It avoids a 1 star rating from me.

Boston by Boston
Sep 20 2025
1999 by Prince
Sep 27 2025
Want One by Rufus Wainwright
Sep 28 2025
Idlewild by Everything But The Girl
Oct 08 2025
Ys by Joanna Newsom
Nov 10 2025
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Nov 11 2025
Rocks by Aerosmith
Nov 20 2025
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Nov 22 2025
m b v by My Bloody Valentine
Jan 14 2026
Dummy by Portishead
Feb 01 2026
90 by 808 State
Mar 22 2026
Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Apr 13 2026

Balanced

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Other

Album origins are grouped into three buckets: US, UK, and everything else. “Other” means the artists you rate highest are from outside the US and UK.