My 1001 Albums Journey

213

Albums Rated

Average Rating

20%

Complete

876 albums remaining

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1990

Favorite Decade

Britpop

Favorite Genre

Top Origin

Curator

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
Two Dancers Wild Beasts	5	2.74	+2.26
The Coral The Coral	5	3	+2
This Is Hardcore Pulp	5	3.14	+1.86
The La's The La's	5	3.14	+1.86
Screamadelica Primal Scream	5	3.17	+1.83
The Specials The Specials	5	3.3	+1.7
I Should Coco Supergrass	5	3.34	+1.66
Bossanova Pixies	5	3.38	+1.62
Parklife Blur	5	3.38	+1.62
Imagine John Lennon	5	3.45	+1.55

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul	1	3.46	-2.46
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	1	3.44	-2.44
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	1	3.38	-2.38
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	1	3.35	-2.35
Talking Timbuktu Ali Farka Touré	1	3.13	-2.13
Untitled (Black Is) SAULT	1	3.05	-2.05
Purple Rain Prince	2	4.02	-2.02
A Seat at the Table Solange	1	3.01	-2.01
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby	1	2.98	-1.98

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Arcade Fire	2	5
Beatles	2	5
Bob Marley & The Wailers	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Ali Farka Touré	2	1.5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
The Who	5, 2

5-Star Albums (25)

View Album Wall

Popular Reviews

The La's

The La's · 1 likes

5/5

Absolute belter of an album

Who's Next

The Who · 1 likes

5/5

I’ve never given The Who the time they clearly deserve. This is an excellent, brilliantly structured album.

LP1

FKA twigs · 1 likes

1/5

Annoying distorted crap

Purple Rain

Prince · 1 likes

2/5

Camp and overblown

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch · 1 likes

2/5

I guess they need to pander to the country music religious nut jobs and include something like this in the list

1-Star Albums (26)

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

All Ratings

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Few redeeming features here. Meaningless songs, uninteresting guitar. Finished the album with a flute FFS.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Thankfully not too much of his cheesy shit on this one

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

Superb. Still superb.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Superb. Still superb.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

1/5

Not for me this. The three famous ones are all decent but the rest is a load of rubbish.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Happy Dad memories

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

1/5

Absolute French art school nonsense

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Beatles rip off in places. Less cringe than some of their stuff but overall not too bad.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

CLOLassic

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

2/5

Too much trumpet

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

2/5

A challenging listen. Not terrible

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Still great

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

Decent drum n bass, not too heavy, listenable

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

1/5

Crap 80s soul

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

Classic 60s guitar wankery

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

No no no. NO

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Superb this. Only knew 2 songs but whole album very good

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Quite enjoyable, a little self indulgent in places

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Uninteresting prog

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

A classic but a little cheesier than I remembered

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Trying a bit hard with the folky sing alongs. Ok in places

A Seat at the Table

Solange

1/5

Awful bland soul

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Some weird rambling stories but generally very good

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

2/5

Over rated. Boring songs, very samey, annoying crowd interaction

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Wall of noise. Not very tuneful

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

Classic blues

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Nice!

The Specials

5/5

First listen to a full Specials album - outstanding. Great fun.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Trying so hard to recreate Beatles magic. Fails

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Average and samey

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

A real surprise. Very influential

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

Never heard of the band or any of these songs. Very average 60s guitar

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Knew more than I expected. Genre busting

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Probably a classic of the blues genre but not really my bag

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Would have liked to be there

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Still a bit annoying

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Some classics on here

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Some classics on here but album ruined by self indulgent no sense

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Overly weird for the sake of it. Ok when he sings like a norm

The Stooges

3/5

Great apart from the random 10 minute chanting track

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Much better than I expected

Black Sabbath

4/5

Didn’t know any of these songs, but very decent album

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Very very flamingo

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Never heard of this lot. Vocals a bit FNM. Guitars more hair metal

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Annoying vocals. Bit bland. A couple of tunes stand out though

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Very laid back and mellow, a little dull in places

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

2/5

First half repetitive trumpet. Second half repetitive miserable ballads

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

1/5

Repetitive chanting nonsense

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Not even in Beck’s top 1001 albums

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

Surprised this made the cut. Nothing memorable here

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Very non offensive

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Nice!

Zombie

Fela Kuti

2/5

Surprised this was controversial. Just afrobeat jazz

Purple Rain

Prince

2/5

Camp and overblown

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Didn’t recognise much of this but very decent

War

3/5

Definitely U2 at their most credible

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

2/5

One of the weaker jazz albums on here. Quirky vocals, derivative music

Debut

Björk

2/5

Yeah still as annoying as I remember

The Band

3/5

A bit bland and generic

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Classic

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Would be best album of all time if Yellow Submarine wasn’t on there

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

1/5

Very disappointing. Just ambient noise in places

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

80s tastic

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

4/5

Don’t know any of these songs but really like it. Can see where Gang of Youths got their inspiration

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

A mixed bag. Would listen again (and need to)

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

2/5

Good guitarist but the funk puns are beyond tiring

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

5/5

Superb, their best output by a long way

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

1/5

Rubbish

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

Absolute filth

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

His voice grates on me across a full album. Also some of the tunes way too whimsy. Having said that, have to recognise him as a pioneer of the style and there are a couple of amazing tracks on this one

Cut

The Slits

3/5

Patchy. In no way a classic. Bad singer

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

5/5

One of my favourites. Works together seamlessly, part seedy part uplifting.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Classic blues

Palo Congo

Sabu

1/5

Awful tuneless nonsense

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

1/5

Not good. Generic slimy RnB

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Really great, much more mature sound than earlier stuff, lots of classics on here

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

All good

LP1

FKA twigs

1/5

Annoying distorted crap

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

A bit bland by their standards

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

This is more highly thought of than it should be purely down to timing

Rapture

Anita Baker

2/5

Dull generic soul/pop

Pyromania

Def Leppard

3/5

Hair

The Joshua Tree

3/5

Some classic big hit pop singles. And some less classic filler

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Decent. Voice can get a bit annoying

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

Never heard of band or album. Quite good in a very early 90s way

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

I’m sure it was innovative at the time but just sounds a bit repetitive to me - the same heavy guitar riff and drums for an hour

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

80s classic. A bit weird outside of the well known ones

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Great mix of rock, blues and country

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

First time I’ve heard this - unsure how/why because it’s right up my street

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Very good! Had no idea they were a credible rock band, I assumed it was parody

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

Brilliant

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

A classic, albeit with a couple of weak ones which stop it being a 5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Amazing, created a whole genre

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

Random collection of noises and some shouty rap

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

Jazz. Didn’t strike me as particularly special or groundbreaking

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

A bit weirder than I remember

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

Some sort of classical/prog crossover. Bit weird. Not sure why the crowd goes so bananas

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

Difficult listen in many ways but still genius

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Less high profile than Beach Boys but a very similar sound. Very catchy in places

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

Not really my thing but gets a 3 for being the original thrashy punk album that has been copied thousands of times through four decades

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

I guess they need to pander to the country music religious nut jobs and include something like this in the list

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

1/5

Actually painful to listen to. The worst kind of R&B/soul. Awful

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

1/5

Pandering to the country music weirdos

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

5/5

So pleased this on here. An under rated gem

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

1/5

I don’t get it. African chanting, he doesn’t have a good voice and there is no musical ability demonstrated. A real slog

1984

Van Halen

2/5

Unsure how this made the cut. Fine but hardly ground breaking

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Quite enjoyable though does get a bit repetitive

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

A bit unnecessary in places but some moments of genius

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Never heard of them but quite like it. Shades of Jurassic 5 and FLC

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

David Bowie

4/5

Good listen. He’s less of a weirdo on full albums than I expected

Kenza

Khaled

1/5

Background music in a Middle Eastern restaurant. Rubbish.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

Boooooooooooring. But inoffensive

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Solid 70s guitar.

Parklife

Blur

5/5

Think the 90s might be taking the lead

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

Less well known and less obvious than some of their others. A great listen

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

One trick ponies. Every song sounds the same. Disappointing

The La's

5/5

Absolute belter of an album

The Clash

5/5

One of at least 3 five star albums by The Clash

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Way too many sax solos and overblown gospel choruses. Not one of his best

Ctrl

SZA

1/5

Knowing this shit headlined Glasto makes me very sad

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

A couple of odd tracks but generally pretty good

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

Decent 80s electro

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Fine, nothing really stands out but quite pleasant

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

Almost a 5/5 but nothing else on here is as amazing as the killing moon

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Very good, worthy of a place on the list although it’s not a 5 star in my eyes

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

Cheesy naff disco. Not for me

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

2/5

Never seen the appeal. Annoying voice, bland pop tunes

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

4/5

Decent late stage Britpop

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Bit of a mixed bag. Some pop naff in there. Sledge Hammer holds the whole thing up

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Lovely. Just lovely.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Decent, less batshit than I expected. Psycho Killer easily the standout

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Pleasant 70s soul. Summer breeze obvs a fine tune

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

1967! Wow. A good listen. Had no idea this was nearly 60 years old

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

Perfectly pleasant. A must-listen? Absolutely not.

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Absolute classic, never gets tried

Justified

Justin Timberlake

1/5

Pop garbage

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Pretty average by his very high standards

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

2/5

Better than the usual wannabe gangster shit from Wu-Tang but having said that I’m never going to play this again.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

Pretty generic guitar wibbling. No standouts on this album

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

1/5

Awful lounge easy listening jazz rubbish

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Reasonably pleasant if forgettable

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

4/5

Better than I remember. Should have got into this more at the time

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Should have include Chocolate Salty Balls on this one

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Hard to categorise this. A bit folky a bit rocky a bit bluesy. Nicely different

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

No idea how this band passed me by at the time. It is fairly forgettable I guess so maybe they just disappeared from my memory

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Some classics on here. Goes a bit experimental and almost improv sounding with the beastie boys rip offs

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

1/5

The way to get on this list is clearly to be wildly eclectic and a little batshit

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Very good, a little experimental at the end but enjoyed the listen

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

Not unpleasant. Bit samey

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Prefer the Futureheads

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

2/5

Really repetitive and simple reggae. Bob Marley this is not.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Definitely at the cheesier end of the beach boys spectrum.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

I’ve never given The Who the time they clearly deserve. This is an excellent, brilliantly structured album.

The Coral

5/5

Unfairly lumped in with landfill indie. This is a great album

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

2/5

Predictable and basic country music for idiots

2112

Rush

2/5

Lyrics written by a small child. Sounds like a parody of wigout guitar music. Almost spinal tap in places

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Absolute classic, not a bad song on here.

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

Don’t like the singers voice. Weird musical mix of country and punk. Different

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

The two singles still brilliant but let down by the rest of the album

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

A bit overplayed but no denying it’s a classic

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

One of a kind. Very original and never been copied.

Stephen Stills

4/5

Never heard any of this before but really rate it. Great guitar as well as the obvious songwriting and singing talent

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Decent in places but generally a bit bizarre and experimental for me

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

Don’t get the hype. Fine easy listening fare

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Never heard any of this before but very good and clearly very influential as I could hear lots of others bands in this.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Probably their finest moment

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

Slightly tedious jazz

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

1/5

Boring trippy ambient nonsense

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Never heard any of these before but solid album

Chris

Christine and the Queens

1/5

Bland predictable French pop

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Maybe it’s just too overplayed but this felt very repetitive

Os Mutantes

4/5

Bizarre, so bizarre. But enjoyable throughout and discovering a Minha Menina is the highlight of this whole exercise

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Every song was either Barry Norman or The Naked Gun. Pleasant

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

Always have been a one-trick parody band.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

I guess it’s more positive than gangster shit. Catchy in places, downright cringey in others

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

Red alert is still a tune but the rest of the album is largely random noises

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Quirky and very strange in places, like a lot of this list! Decent but I do prefer their later stuff

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Pretty basic soul

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

1/5

Wow, worse than I ever imagined. A real slog to get through this cheesy overblown nonsense

The Who Sell Out

The Who

2/5

Trying to be funny/clever but it’s just annoying. No decent tunes on this one either to make up for it

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Never played this in full before - yet overly familiar. Very good

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Certainly more of an acquired taste than their other albums but still a classic

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

Hated this at the time. It’s better with hindsight but still a bit annoying, the concept is shit and so is her voice.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

1/5

Intense death metal. Won’t be listening again

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

Nearly gave it a 4 because of “Oh Yoko” but I’m feeling generous as he got shot

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

2/5

Pretty bland generic punk

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Classic blues. Decent listen but can’t believe it blows anyone away

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Better than expectations, enjoyed this

I Should Coco

Supergrass

5/5

Love it. Entertaining, silly, and musically brilliant in places

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

Good housey dance

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Need to be in the right mood for this. Which I was. Perfect Boxing Day morning music

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Have loved this album for over 30 years now

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

4/5

Enjoyed this a surprising amount. Makes sense he went into act as all of this feels very performative, but entertaining if you don’t take it seriously. Enjoyed the hardcore crossover and am now listening to Body Count

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Didn’t enjoy as much as Pretzel Logic. The only one I recognised was because it was sampled by De La Soul!

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

2/5

This is forgettable I ended up playing it twice to come up with a review. Still can’t remember anything about it. So bland.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

2/5

Definitely “out there”. Psychedelic stuff. Flat out weird in places

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

His voice still grates but have to admit the quality of this album. Paradise City waaaaay too overplayed but there were better tracks on here I’ve not heard before.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

2/5

Instrumental 70s soundtrack stuff

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

This lot have passed me by, never heard of them, but really like. The first Aussie punks apparently

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

1/5

Classical. Real mix of instruments but not my bag at all, very boring and a slog to get through

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

2/5

Assume this is so hyped because it was controversial. Musically it’s very samey, they manage to rip off themselves three times on one album. Tiresome.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Classic old school R&B/soul with elements of late 60s wigout guitar

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Decent background music, nothing groundbreaking

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

2/5

No idea how this made the cut. It’s fairly predictable pop