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Album	You	Global	Diff
Porcupine Echo And The Bunnymen	5	3.08	+1.92
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.33	+1.67
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	5	3.45	+1.55
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	5	3.46	+1.54
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.56	+1.44
Grace Jeff Buckley	5	3.73	+1.27
Harvest Neil Young	5	3.82	+1.18
Vanishing Point Primal Scream	4	2.82	+1.18
In Rainbows Radiohead	5	3.85	+1.15

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Night At The Opera Queen	1	3.96	-2.96
Crime Of The Century Supertramp	1	3.4	-2.4
The Predator Ice Cube	1	3.25	-2.25
The Wall Pink Floyd	2	4.14	-2.14
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	2	4.11	-2.11
Metallica Metallica	2	3.78	-1.78
Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes	1	2.72	-1.72
Bubble And Scrape Sebadoh	1	2.65	-1.65
Pictures At An Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1	2.64	-1.64
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	2	3.62	-1.62

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

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A Night At The Opera

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1/5

Pompous stadium rock

1-Star Albums (7)

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Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

Metallica

2/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

2/5

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

2/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

4/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

2/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

2/5

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

The Predator

Ice Cube

1/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Really enjoyed this album. Without You was one of my Mum's favourite songs, so a bit of a nostalgia fest.

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

I was slow to get to Massive Attack in the early 90s, but when I finally got there, the mash up of genres and collaborations wowed me. In many ways, a groundbreaking album, and arguably not their best.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

An album defined by one tune, a great tune at that

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

To paraphrase LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk is not Playing At My House - too much repetition

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

I knowledge this is a classic of the genre

Let It Be

The Replacements

3/5

Not too familiar with The Replacements. Reminded me of The Stray Cats. Liked it

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Lots of hip hop on 1001 so far. This felt like entry level, with a melodic background. Enjoyed it.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

This album just didn't grab me

Woodface

Crowded House

4/5

Rugby, wine, kiwifruit, Crowded House, some of the many things NZ has given the world. This is an excellent pop album.

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

Anthems

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

1/5

Not my thing, although I'll avoid the temptation to say it's a musical crime

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Jazz, Niiiice

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Some classic tunes

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

2/5

There's a limit to songs about loneliness, pine trees and broken hearts...

Foo Fighters

4/5

There aren't many great drummers who became great singer/songwriters, but Dave Grohl is one. This transition from the back of the stage with Nirvana to front stage with Foo Fighters is an impressive album. Some powerful songs.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

At the more melodic end of the hip hop spectrum

The Score

Fugees

3/5

I enjoyed this album, as much for the re-working of some familiar tunes as anything, and, like De La Soul, on the melodic end of the hip hop spectrum. But, now hoping for some 1001 variety

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

Some welcome grunge and a fantastic album to boot

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

2/5

The Bees is a new band for me. All a bit vanilla

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

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

I bet we'd all look good on the dance floor

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Probably REM at their best

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Played in the car while driving north yesterday. I enjoyed it, but Maggie not so sure!

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Should be dancing in a field listening to this, really enjoyed it.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

An album salvaged by one of the best pop songs ever written

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

All killer, no filler

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

I'm not sure I've listened to this entire album before. Thoroughly enjoyed it, what a magical voice she has

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Enjoyed the variety and funky sounds

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

My knowledge of Bob Dylan is, at best, patchy. I don't think I've listened to this album in its entirety until now, and what a great album it is. I like the rootsy folk sound and melodies. I read a couple of reviews which provided some context for the heartfelt, angry lyrics.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

A test of an album in the 1001 listening format for me is whether I'll make room to listen again. Kind of Blue falls into this category

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

NOISE

Iron Maiden

3/5

Good to hear Running Free again

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Fighting for the right to party

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

I enjoyed listening to the Everly Brothers and hadn't realised that they first recorded Love Hurts. But as Maggie commented, its a bit samey.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Didn't manage to listen to the whole album, but what I did hear, calm melodies and interesting lyrics

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

2/5

I didn't get all the way through this album. What I did hear was chaotic, and a bit proggy in places

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Great to hear this again, some dancing for new year's eve

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

4/5

The transition from The Jam at the time was tricky and some people reacted against Paul Weller and The Style Council. I wasn't one of them. Great album

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

Driven along by the Burundi beat, great to hear again. Oh to be a first year student

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Meandering prog

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

A great collection of their songs and covers. I didn't know until now that it was released the day JFK was assassinated

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Van the Man, master of Celtic Soul. Excellent album.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Quirky and listenable, although perhaps a relief that he didn't complete an album for all 50 States.

Truth

Jeff Beck

2/5

To quote Andy, leaves me a bit cold, but salvaged by Mr Stewart

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

One of Radiohead's best albums, although I cannot remember what I paid at the time.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

A sad yet uplifting album with some beautiful songs, orignals and covers. It is a stunning debut made all the more poignant because the second never came.

Solid Air

John Martyn

4/5

Thoroughly enjoyed Solid Air, perfect Sunday morning listening

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Enjoyed the stripped, rawness of this

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

The Kinks

2/5

Repetitive

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

4/5

Excellent album which demonstrates the versatility of PS

Van Halen

3/5

So short, I listened twice and completed my 48 year reappraisal. Great cover of You Really Got Me, and Runnin' With The Devil leads you in nicely. Apologies to Jess M from VIth Form for me not being more receptive at the time. It's not that far from punk rock after all.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

3/5

A reference point for many on their music journey, but not one of mine. That said, I enjoyed the trip back to the early 70s.

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

3/5

You can always rely on The Lemonheads

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

A curate's egg. Three great songs but I can leave the reminder

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

1/5

First time listening to this album, and the last

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Tom Petty was deemed an alternative, fresh sound in the mid 70s. These things are all relative

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

5/5

It remains a mystery to me that at the time, U2 became one of the biggest bands in the World and Echo and the Bunnymen didn't. Better songs, better musicians... Porcupine and War were released in the same month in 1983. Compare and contrast.

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Includes a couple of great Pulp songs but not a different class

The Modern Lovers

4/5

This album placed me in the inter-tidal music zone, ebbing and flowing between early 70s soft rock and mid/late 70s punk, thus between 2 and 4 stars. I finished on the latter.

Play

Moby

4/5

Taking electronica into the mainstream

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

I enjoyed an upbeat Joni Mitchell

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

3/5

I like John Grant in relatively small doses. The songs on Queen of Denmark are cathartic and I enjoyed listening

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

Harmless, innocuous, safe, forgettable but saved a bit by Yellow, the tune which launched them into the musical stratosphere

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

I rated Court and Spark as 4 star, so this has to be 5.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

1/5

Too many reminders of Snow Patrol in here

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

The Police past their best, but still a good album

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

My own personal Jesus. A moving and evocative collection of songs as he neared the end of his life. Close to perfection

A Night At The Opera

Queen

1/5

Pompous stadium rock

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

The album showcases the joy and sorrow of The Pogues. Poignant lyrics, beautiful songs, then party anthems. And Fairytale of New York takes this into 5 star territory for me.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Dreamy melodies evoking sun, sea and surf boards. But like The Beach Boys, it becomes a bit repetitive