My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention	5	2.84	+2.16
Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers	5	3.16	+1.84
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	5	3.35	+1.65
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.35	+1.65
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	5	3.37	+1.63
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	5	3.38	+1.62
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	5	3.47	+1.53
Marquee Moon Television	5	3.5	+1.5
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.54	+1.46
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	5	3.56	+1.44

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tuesday Night Music Club Sheryl Crow	2	3.05	-1.05

Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	2	5

The Pogues

4/5

Pretty good. Not my thing, clear influence on Irish bands like Dropkick Murphy or Flogging Molly which I just associate with being a teen. Better with headphones, second listen surprised me by how much I enjoyed. Well done niche music.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

A clear classic, already listened a hundred times. Big themes and grand celestial theme/framing but somehow sticks the landing in like 42 minutes.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

A lot of fun, the slow 70s disco ballads are less my thing but still a great time.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

Gorillaz

3/5

Hifi beats to play Halo to

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

Genuinely thought this was a made up band from Peep Show so I was just picturing Jez at the keyboard the whole time.

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

5/5

Very charming and lovely

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

No

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

2/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Diminishing returns, particularly after Exit Planet Dust, but still enjoyed it.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

3/5

Not sure it's my thing and probably too long but honestly don't mind it. A little burnt out on 90s UK electronica after two Chemical Brothers albums in quick succession so maybe a little harsh.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Hard not to compare to At San Quentin as I just listened to that recently, definitely enjoy this much more. Hits the right balance of songs/banter with the audience. A prison-themed album recorded live in front of prisoners is already a great concept, the quality of the songs puts it over the top.

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

4/5

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

Extremely vivid flashback to being a sophomore in college. I thought I liked this album but halfway through I remembered I only really like Stillness Is The Move and how the guy says “bitte orca orca bitte.”

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

3/5

Seems like something you’d love in high school and be embarrassed about as an adult. It’s alright.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

A massive, undeniable hit that puts many of the albums that come after it on this list in context and a case could be made that it’s Radiohead’s third best album.

Ananda Shankar

3/5

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

OK

Talvin Singh

2/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

2/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Very very fun, you can really tell the band is enjoying itself.

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Listened to this album in college but had no memory of the second half, now that I’m forcing myself to it sure feels like a slog.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Rolled up my car windows at lightning speed when the second song’s lyrics hit.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

3/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

5/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Nothing but hits. We don’t respect Billy Joel enough.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

2/5

Always fun to read positive reviews of generally disliked albums that are just like “I guess SOME people can’t appreciate music that SUCKS” Interesting to hear a lot of these songs go from unlistenable to okay as the instrumentation coheres but there are diminishing returns.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

4/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

5/5

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5