My 1001 Albums Journey

139

Albums Rated

3.55

Average Rating

13%

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1990

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sister Sonic Youth	5	3.02	+1.98
Highly Evolved The Vines	5	3.03	+1.97
Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney	5	3.07	+1.93
Closer Joy Division	5	3.22	+1.78
Juju Siouxsie And The Banshees	5	3.33	+1.67
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	5	3.38	+1.62
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	5	3.4	+1.6
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	5	3.45	+1.55
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	5	3.45	+1.55
Imagine John Lennon	5	3.45	+1.55

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones	2	3.6	-1.6
Arrival ABBA	2	3.52	-1.52
The Modern Dance Pere Ubu	1	2.48	-1.48
Diamond Life Sade	2	3.45	-1.45
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson	2	3.43	-1.43
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	2	3.41	-1.41
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	1	2.38	-1.38
C'est Chic CHIC	2	3.34	-1.34
Private Dancer Tina Turner	2	3.29	-1.29
The Sensual World Kate Bush	2	3.18	-1.18

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	5
The Clash	2	5
Joy Division	2	5
Led Zeppelin	2	5
David Bowie	4	4.25

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
The Rolling Stones	5, 2

5-Star Albums (40)

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

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1-Star Albums (3)

All Ratings

Microshift

Hookworms

3/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Elvis Costello's style is pretty timeless- Pump it Up and Radio, Radio are the still the obvious top tracks.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

3/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

Long live OZZY!

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

2/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

#1 Record

Big Star

4/5

I've heard of Big Star, but never listened to the band. Great 70's rock groove. I had no idea they wrote "The Street" (Theme to "That 70's Show")

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

I know very little Miles Davis, and this sort of album is an interesting introduction. My favorite track (of the two on the album) is by far is the title track.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

5/5

Adele

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

Twisting the Night Away

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Who could possibly not like "El Paso"?

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

The Clash

5/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

2/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Timeless

Goldie

3/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

5/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

5/5

Van Halen

4/5

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Closer

Joy Division

5/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

White Ladder

David Gray

4/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Gris Gris

Dr. John

2/5

what heck did I just listen too?

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

Meh

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

1/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

5/5

Pretenders

3/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

5/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

One of the all time best grunge albums. RIP Layne

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

The La's

2/5

808 State

2/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

Violent Femmes

5/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

3/5

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

3/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Musically and lyrically, it's a great albium, and it's perfect for a mood that I likely will never be in.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

How can you not give this album a 5? Likely one of the best Pink Floyd albums out there.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

2/5

I didn't do this album justice and literally skimmed the tracks because I ran out of patience. I appreciate her sound, but you really need to be in that mood to enjoy it.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

pretty cliche "country rock"

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

2/5

Tina Turner embodies the Adult Contemporary category.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

I appreciate the 60's Motown vibe, but was always curious how long she could have held onto that schtick if she didn't literally drink herself to death. Guess she should've gone to rehab?

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

I've heard this album so many times in my life, but for 1001 I decided to go in with no bias. Still a 5.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

Fitting for the 1,0001 list.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

huh.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Listening to Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life is like signing up for a quick coffee date and realizing you’ve accidentally agreed to a 2-hour TED Talk on joy, heartbreak, and cosmic funk. It’s not an album—it’s a full-blown life seminar with a soundtrack so good you forget you’re being educated. Every track feels like Stevie personally broke into your soul, rearranged the furniture, and left a disco ball in the living room. The man plays more instruments than most people own socks, and somehow makes you feel guilty for not practicing piano harder in third grade. Favorite tracks are still the commericially known hits- Sir Duke, I Wish, Isn't She Lovely, and I had no idea Coolio sampled from Pastime Paradise

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Appetite for Destruction is the album that politely kicks down the door, drinks your last beer, and leaves you thanking it for the privilege. “Welcome to the Jungle” doesn’t so much welcome you as it shoves you into traffic with a grin, while “Paradise City” suggests paradise is mostly loud guitars and questionable life choices. Slash appears to have misplaced the memo about subtlety (thankfully), and Axl Rose delivers vocals that could file HR complaints in gentler genres.

Tom Tom Club

3/5

I was today years old when I realized there weren't two singers in Tom Tom Club. They sure love echo effects.

Solid Air

John Martyn

2/5

Solid Air drifts slow Warm voice, but songs fade away— Half-clouded sunrise.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

With gems like "Tiny Dancer" and "Levon" kicking off the album, I expected a juggernaut of an album. Unfortunately, while some other tracks were solid ("Madman, Razor Face"), I would have no reason to listen to side 2. 3 stars simply for Tiny Dancer.

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Another album that spent a lot of time in my Sony Discman in the early 90's. Through Eddie Vedder's barely understandable mumblings to Mike Mcready's amazing solo work, this album still rips.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

2/5

Joan Baez

3/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

2/5

I'd really like to say that this is the album that made me finally realize that I misunderstood the Rolling Stones and they truly are a creative force. But alas, I'm once again disappointed. Sure, it's a good album, but nothing stands out and I have yet to see the allure of this band.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

2/5

huh?

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Darlene Love will always be the Queen of Christmas.... despite the fact that her producer is a convicted murderer

Common

4/5

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

4/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

The Coral

3/5

The more I listen to this list, the more I think it was curated by one idiot.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

meh

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

lots to unpack here.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

A little too much Honky and not enough Tonk. I was suprised that "Act Naturally" was first sung by Buck vs Ring.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

A classic Stevie Wonder album although I prefer his high energy funk rather than the typical syrupy ballads. Favorite tracks are "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (yes I contradicted myself since I like this ballad), and "Superstition"

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

2/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

The xx

3/5

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

meh

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

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

David Bowie

5/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

"Oh hey, that's the theme song from the Exor...omg track 1 is 26 minutes long. It's a good effort, but not something I'd listen to again.

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

Funny how their 1958 self-titled album has so many better songs, and yet this one is on the list (and also apparently ranked higher on Billboard when it was released)

Metallica

5/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

I've heard the intro to Walk on By dozens of times, but don't think I ever heard the entire, lenghty track

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

5/5

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

2/5

light cheerful and utterly boring

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

Ahhhhh, it's time to relax, and you know what that means, a glass of wine, your favourite easy chair, and of course this compact disc playing and your home stereo. So go on, indulge yourself, that's right, kick off your shoes, put your feet up, lean back and just enjoy the melodies. After all, music soothes even the savage beasts.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

I've tried to get into the Dead many times, and they do have a few gems, but this album feels like a meandering stoner practice session

Traffic

2/5

fine music for focusing at work, but I've I had to sit and concentrate on this album only, I'd probably run out into traffic.

Gorillaz

5/5