My 1001 Albums Journey

175

Albums Rated

3.48

Average Rating

16%

Complete

914 albums remaining

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1960

Favorite Decade

Blues

Favorite Genre

other

Top Origin

Balanced

Rater Style ?

5-Star Albums

1-Star Albums

Breakdown

By Genre

Top Styles

By Decade

By Origin

Albums

You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Let's Get Killed David Holmes	5	2.67	+2.33
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Aphex Twin	5	3.2	+1.8
The Specials The Specials	5	3.29	+1.71
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey	5	3.38	+1.62
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	5	3.39	+1.61
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.39	+1.61
Live! Fela Kuti	5	3.44	+1.56
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	5	3.45	+1.55
3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul	5	3.45	+1.55

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Youth And Young Manhood Kings of Leon	1	3.09	-2.09
Make Yourself Incubus	1	3.08	-2.08
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	2	3.98	-1.98
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	2	3.75	-1.75
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	2	3.62	-1.62
Young Americans David Bowie	2	3.62	-1.62
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	2	3.58	-1.58
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	2	3.55	-1.55
Arrival ABBA	2	3.53	-1.53
Moss Side Story Barry Adamson	1	2.52	-1.52

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
The Clash	2	5
Radiohead	2	5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Barry Adamson	4, 1

5-Star Albums (22)

View Album Wall

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Popular Reviews

Take Me Apart

Kelela · 1 likes

2/5

tough to get through

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths · 1 likes

4/5

I like the smiths but this is not their best

Automatic For The People

R.E.M. · 1 likes

4/5

Not their best but very good

1-Star Albums (3)

All Ratings

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

1/5

Interesting but not eventful. Was not a bad listen but no songs really moved me. Not sure I have much more to say.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Metallica

3/5

Decent but as expected metal

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Good on though I have heard it all before.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Decent but not memorable

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

2/5

not my fave sabbath

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Classic

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Decent but other outlast are better

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Better than I thought

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

Minutemen were better

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Good album

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Had not heard before. Pretty darn good

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Good stuff

Cypress Hill

3/5

Solid rap album. not sure it should be in the 1001

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Good but short

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Disappointing album from eno and bowie

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Loud noisy great!

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

Worse than I would have through. Mainly Unmemorable

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

Classic

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

2/5

Meh

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

Decent but not great

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Oddly poor

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

pretty good but less good than I remember

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

4/5

Interesting and new to me

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Decent

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

Did not move me one way or another

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

not sure I get the hype on this one

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Sexy time

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Pretty good

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Classic funk

Sister

Sonic Youth

3/5

Better than I remember but still some meh on it.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

decent

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Pretty good but kind of a one noter

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

I listened to this a lot when it came out. It's pretty good but I do not listen to it anymore

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

Never heard this before. Was pretty good.

Common

3/5

Solid

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Pretty great blues. Crowd is amazing

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

4/5

Interesting stuff

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Interesting music.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

One of their better ones

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

5/5

love this one

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

tough to get through

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Holds up quite well

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Some good songs but some dross on there too

Garbage

3/5

Pretty good but slightly dated

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

Very good jazz

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Classic

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

2/5

It horrible but did not strike me as interesting at all

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Good but short and known

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Pretty good. need to listen to it more to really know how good it is.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Not sure this is necessary listening but it is interesting

Gorillaz

3/5

It as good as I thought it would be. Clint Eastwood is a good song though.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Some good songs. Some not as good

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Better than I remember but there are parts that drive me buggy.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Great stuff

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Classic

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

5/5

I am partial to this great album

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

4/5

Pretty good stuff

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Claasic

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Good set but not insanely good.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

Some great songs but some dross too

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Amazing

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

Music is better than I remember. The lyrics can be cringe from time to time but it's much better than i thought it would be.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Really good album

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

better than I thought it would be

Hypnotised

The Undertones

2/5

Not bad but not sure if listen to again

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

Interesting songs in addition to the hits but not necessarily good.

Ctrl

SZA

4/5

Interesting and I liked it more than I thought I would

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Better than I thought but not great

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Classoc

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

not the stuff for me

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

4/5

Quite good and interesting

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Classic. Good aongs

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Pretty good but not great

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Better than I thought. May listen again

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Interesting but also kind of tuneless

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Little underwhelmed on this one

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

Fun pop rave ups.

1984

Van Halen

3/5

I’ve heard worse

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

3/5

I like some songs but seems uneven

The Clash

5/5

Amazing album

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Good album. Kind of long and there’s some filler but great stuff too

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

I was really surprised and liked this quite a bit. Almost 5 stars

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Pretty good album but not their best.

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

4/5

Pretty good album and interesting

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

Some really nice songs but sort of one notey and not that interesting.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Not their best but it is very good

The Specials

5/5

Classic ska two tone

Django Django

2/5

Not sure I get this one

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

2/5

Not sure this is necessary to listen to but it’s ok

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Classic

Queen II

Queen

2/5

This is not the worst album I've ever heard but not sure why i had to listen to it. Much better Queen out there.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Top notch stuff though all the songs are not perfect

Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

Fun and quick but not necessarily memorable

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Decent stuff. Little better than expected

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

This is not his best.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Seminal Jazz Funk

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

2/5

I liked this more than I thought I would.

Faith

George Michael

2/5

I was a little shocked at the weakness on the non hit tracks

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

She's not my favorite but all of these songs were played too much back in the day. There's not a lot of filler on here which is good.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Van Halen

4/5

not a big metal fan but this has some great songs on it.

1999

Prince

4/5

Not a fan but it a good album. Esp the first half.

808 State

4/5

Better on the second listen. I had heard of them but never heard them before.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

Exceptional. One of my absolute favorites.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

This is a good album. not sure it should be in the 1001 but I enjoyed it.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

I feel like I should have liked this more. But I never made it there.

Future Days

Can

3/5

Mellower than i thought it would be solid.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

Great album

Scissor Sisters

3/5

not the worst I have heard. grew on my after a listening more than once. Wish there was some room for 3.5 v 3.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Good and sad

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

this is an amazing album. Still to this day,

Celebrity Skin

Hole

2/5

Not even their best

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

4/5

beautiful and souful. Will listen to this more.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Great album but some tracks are weaker

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Good songs are good. The others notsomuch.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Not sure there’s more to say in this one. Quite good if a little played out

Rage Against The Machine

2/5

They seem a little angry! I want to give them a hug.

Young Americans

David Bowie

2/5

It might have been great at the time but seems flat now.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

I like the smiths but this is not their best

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

Solid but not exceptional.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Has surprising depth

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Didn’t hear any hits on this one

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Wetter than I remember but not necessarily good.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

1/5

Not sure why this is interesting or unique. I had tough time with it.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

This is better than than hissing but I like sharper Joni.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

Amazing music. I’ve listened to this thousands of times and still love it.

Led Zeppelin

4/5

great album

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

I am sure it's good for those who love the genre.

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

Fairly new to Krautrock. This a really good.

The Band

4/5

This is a good album but not sure it’s their best

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Better in second listen but still lacking grooves.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

I liked it and get why it was on the list. Disco-y

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Classic. Amazing.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Groovy and generally good though I’ve heard the hits too much

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Good blues. Well produced.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Not his best but memorable.

Face to Face

The Kinks

4/5

This was really good although devoid of a lot of hits.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Good album and new to me

Maxinquaye

Tricky

3/5

Massive Attack was yesterday so that's a lot of trip hop but this interesting and good.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Good album but her stuff with Clifford is better

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

The album was interesting and had some nice grooves. But I kept wanting to hear hits that were not on this album.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

3/5

Her other stuff is betwr

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

4/5

Pretty good. Think other sy albums are more essential.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

Parklife

Blur

2/5

Not sure why this album is good

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

Delightful

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

2/5

The title track is great but the rest of the album is not as strong

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

4/5

Good solid funk

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

3/5

Solid three

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

I still really like this album though for Duane not Clapton.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Better than I remember. And less played out.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Great reggae album. Nice groove that sometimes lasts a sweet melody.

Make Yourself

Incubus

1/5

I could have been worse. I think.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

This is not the worst album in the world but I can't see why this need to be listened to before I die. There's piles of ska albums better than this.

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

This is quite the 3 star album for me. Some decent grooves and melodies. But nothing that stirs me to feeling all that much.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Better than I thought it would be. First song is quite funky.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

3/5

This was better than I remember. Not the biggest fan of Jazzy Joni but this pretty good.

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

3/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

2/5

One song and that song is really not all that necessary to me

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Not their best but very good

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

It's a seminal album and there's a ton of good songs on here but some are thinner than I remember. Still pretty great and definitely good to listen to before one dies.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

3/5

Better than I remember but still can feel one note-y.

Fred Neil

4/5

I really liked this.

Berlin

Lou Reed

4/5

I liked this more and more after one listen. Interesting album.

Cheap Thrills