My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	5	3.34	+1.66
My Generation The Who	5	3.43	+1.57
Surfer Rosa Pixies	5	3.5	+1.5
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.62	+1.38
Warehouse: Songs And Stories Hüsker Dü	4	2.86	+1.14
The New Tango Astor Piazzolla	4	2.88	+1.12
Kick Out The Jams (Live) MC5	4	2.91	+1.09
Paris 1919 John Cale	4	2.95	+1.05

Album	You	Global	Diff
...And Justice For All Metallica	1	3.43	-2.43
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	2	4.3	-2.3
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	2	3.96	-1.96
Exodus Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.94	-1.94
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John	2	3.93	-1.93
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	2	3.91	-1.91
Brothers The Black Keys	2	3.58	-1.58
More Songs About Buildings And Food Talking Heads	2	3.42	-1.42
Nevermind Nirvana	3	4.37	-1.37
British Steel Judas Priest	2	3.3	-1.3

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Two inordinately long tracks on an otherwise short album. It's an OK listen, but distinctly what I'd expect to get from a random CCR recommendation. Is "My Baby Left Me" just "That's Alright Mama"?

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

2/5

I didn't need 11 minutes of slide guitar. I can't think of a single song on this album that didn't go on for at least 2 minutes too long. It's a good metaphor for the rest of the album.

My Generation

The Who

5/5

This is the easiest listening Who album I've come across yet.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

It's a lot better than the major Bowie hits that get played.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

As middle of the road as rock music comes.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

It's the most intelligent pop album of the decade and still demonstrates merit in 2025, but at the same time, it's mired in early 2000 production and musical convention somewhat. It's hard to deny that Winehouse was a brilliant artist though.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Iconic? Maybe. Painfully generic in 2025? Absolutely.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

4/5

This was probably an incredible gig.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

So often albums fail to properly capture and evoke the spirit of the era in which they were recorded. Not the case here.

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

A crime that this album is best known for its incredibly cliche title track, honestly.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

2/5

This sounds like the mid-90s.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

The Stooges

3/5

The longest 34-minute album I've ever heard. Some tempo would really have changed things up.

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

I always knew I'd grown out of grunge when I was about 15. Hearing the so-called 'cerebral' Nirvana album, I am now totally sure of this.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Microshift

Hookworms

2/5

Ironically, it lacked hooks.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

2/5

Meh.

Tommy

The Who

3/5

I want to say something about this album, but I have no idea what. It was better than my rating, but I also found it suffered from the overindulgences of 70s rock operas in general, despite being 4+ stars musically.

The Band

4/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

4/5

I sometimes struggle to rate albums based on an objective scale of how good they are vs. how much I like them. I don't particularly care for this album, but I also can't deny the craftsmanship.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Caetano Veloso

3/5

Debut

Björk

4/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

The Wildest!