My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Aphex Twin	5	3.21	+1.79
Amnesiac Radiohead	5	3.42	+1.58
All Directions The Temptations	5	3.45	+1.55
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	5	3.52	+1.48
Madman Across The Water Elton John	5	3.59	+1.41
1999 Prince	5	3.6	+1.4
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.62	+1.38
Boston Boston	5	3.71	+1.29
Dire Straits Dire Straits	5	3.72	+1.28
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	5	3.74	+1.26

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Real Life Magazine	1	3.05	-2.05
Doolittle Pixies	2	3.74	-1.74
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	2	3.73	-1.73
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	2	3.61	-1.61
Different Class Pulp	2	3.42	-1.42
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	2	3.32	-1.32
Stephen Stills Stephen Stills	2	3.18	-1.18

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Artist	Albums	Average
Prince	2	5
Dire Straits	2	5

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Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Exceptional sessions. Love Roach and how he holds a groove. No wonder it’s on the list.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Really good album. I think Odelay or even Midnite Vultures are better Beck albums, but this one certainly deserves a nod.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Great RHCP album, but again question the “Must Hear” necessity for this list.

The Doors

5/5

Near perfect art for me.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Excellent testament to the rise of hip hop.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Some good songs, but not great album in my opinion.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Just okay IMO.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

4/5

Excellent album. This album really lets you see the continual evolution of Beyoncé and her art.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Decent background filler. Nice start, second half not as good as first.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Old school rock. Great album.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Not a horrible album. Couple of bangers, but not traditionally my thing.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Great time capsule of a distinct moment in time.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

This defined the West Coast Sound.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

I love the grit and soul. This album is here to make you feel something.

Technique

New Order

3/5

Era defining sound. From the first techno synth moment you know what decade you are in.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Great album. This was the music that influenced the musicians that shaped my generation.

Boston

5/5

My jam. Great tip tip to tail album.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Great album. Full of soul and Dylan’s truth.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Tina was a great vocalist, wish that Capital would have highlighted a bit of her songwriting as well.

Tical

Method Man

3/5

Great for parties

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

It’s called Lady Soul for a reason.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Strong album.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

2/5

Good filler. Not my jam.

Stephen Stills

2/5

Decent. Name recognition maybe bumped this up for accolades IMO.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Okay.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

Really nice album. In Reverse was a standout track for me.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

One of the greats.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

Thought this was exceptional album from a great artist.

Faith

George Michael

4/5

Great vocal and lyricist.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

4/5

Excellent album. Great introduction into the music.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Good, not great.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Enjoy this album.

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

Nice soothing beats intermingled with occasional vocals.

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Not my Jam.

Doolittle

Pixies

2/5

Don’t love the Pixies.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Mellow listen.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Lots of memories with this one. Love the Police.

Real Life

Magazine

1/5

Not for me.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Hard to go wrong here.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

4/5

Nostalgia you nerds! Two stars for that alone.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Music with some gritty soul.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Denton’s own Sylvester Stewart b inning that funk.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Excellent solo effort by a former Beatle.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Just my speed.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

This is truly experience.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

One of the greats.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Enjoyable.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

My speed.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Atomizer

Big Black

3/5

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

I’m fan of music with a point. This album certainly has a highly political angle within a melodic package.

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

Man we listened to some real gloomy stuff. Great album.

1999

Prince

5/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

The Late Great Ray Charles.

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Not sure who made this list, but this shouldn’t be on it. Good album, not one that I couldnt have lived without.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

3/5

This has a great feel.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Nice background music.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Great album.

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

Good album. Probably couldn’t be made today.

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Excellent album. The soul is real on this one.

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

Long, but good.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Alright album.

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Love music with a message.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

I enjoy my blues, and if you are doing a live album Fillmore East is the place.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Holds up well, even after 20 years.

Electric

The Cult

3/5

Good old rock and roll.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

3/5

Average

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

4/5

Exceptional album. Soothing to the soul.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Some music just hits with the real nostalgia.

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3/5

Mellow and smooth.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Love some mellow instrumentals.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Take a walk on the wild side! Love this album.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Opus magnus of a generational talent

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

4/5

Outlaw Country is still the best Country.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Exceptional album.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

2/5

Noise.

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Nothing for me on this one.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Enjoyable album.

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

3/5

Good, even sober.

The Clash

3/5

Good album

Dire Straits

5/5

Exceptional

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Nice casual listen.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

Consistently inconsistent in his creative pursuit, Waits has a winner here.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Really nice listen.

Garbage

4/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

2/5

I like my jazz, but this was a miss for me.

Black Metal

Venom

3/5

Loved the music, lyrically not my thing.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

4/5

This is my kind of metal.

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

2/5

Different

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Love this album and the feelings it gives.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

You are either an Elton John fan, or you or not. I am!

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Decent listen:

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

Meh.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

I love the way this whole album makes me feel.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Foo Fighters

4/5

The music I spent my 20s with.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

I could see it growing on me.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

This was a known pleasure.