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Album	You	Global	Diff
New Boots And Panties Ian Dury	5	2.69	+2.31
Porcupine Echo And The Bunnymen	5	3.09	+1.91
Junkyard The Birthday Party	4	2.16	+1.84
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.33	+1.67
Juju Siouxsie And The Banshees	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	3.5	+1.5
Definitely Maybe Oasis	5	3.53	+1.47
So Peter Gabriel	5	3.53	+1.47

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	4.13	-2.13
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	2	4.1	-2.1
Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder	2	4.07	-2.07
The Man Who Travis	1	3.01	-2.01
Dookie Green Day	2	3.79	-1.79
Metallica Metallica	2	3.78	-1.78
Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes	1	2.72	-1.72

5-Star Albums (20)

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Popular Reviews

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen · 1 likes

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.

A Night At The Opera

Queen · 1 likes

1/5

Pompous stadium rock

Cloud Nine

The Temptations · 1 likes

4/5

Took me to cloud nine, a couple of stand-out classics

1-Star Albums (9)

All Ratings

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

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

Rocks

Aerosmith

2/5

I got to the end and enjoyed this album more than expected, up to a point. I can see the Led Zep comparison and the lineage to Nirvana. In short though, too screamy and repetitive

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

Old skool punk rock. Gary Gilmore's Eyes did not feature on the original. One of the memorable punk anthems.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

It's the picture of Rodney Marsh in the fireplace which firmly plants this in the 5 star category. A great debut album which I associate with the onset of parenthood. It sounds as good today.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

I should say so! Britpop at its finest and Alright is one of the iconic tunes of the genre.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

I broke my own rule and read some reviews before voting. The quote from Rolling Stone that "Tom Waits finds more beauty in the gutter than most people would find in the Garden of Eden" (or words to that effect) captures it.

Faith

George Michael

4/5

A great pop/crossover album. Took me back to the heady days of the late 80s. The eponymous Faith is probably my favourite track.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Sweet soul sound

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Melancholy songs which bring tears to the eyes

The Man Who

Travis

1/5

Didn't enjoy it first time and no better now. Not even saved by the Ealing connections

Dookie

Green Day

2/5

Not quite The Ramones

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

An ambitious album which works in places. XTC was an unusual band, responsible for some great songs.

John Prine

2/5

New to me and it will take a few more listens

Caetano Veloso

2/5

I really wanted to enjoy this album, but on first listen, it didn't fire. I will listen again.

Paul Simon

4/5

I'm in the camp that likes Paul Simon's ventures into different musical genres. Not quite Graceland, but great songs and songwriting nevertheless.

Soul Mining

The The

4/5

Soul Mining sits comfortably among the defining synth-pop albums of the early 1980s, think Dare, Vienna, Speak and Spell. The (reinvented) Human League, Ultravox and Depeche Mode became huge, The The didn't. The recognition of their influence has been retrospective. Uncertain Smile and This is the Day are pop classics.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

This has always been a favourite of Maggie's, indeed she owns a vinyl copy. So, this is a joint vote. There's some great songs, timeless classics. Songbird alone merits 5 stars.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

2/5

Not an album I recall listening to before, so probably needs another go (so much music, so little time). However it didn't really grab me and not salvaged by the Nirvana covers in the MTV session.

Mott

Mott The Hoople

4/5

Mick Ralphs passing in 2025 didn't make MC's final list in January. His influence is apparent here. An excellent album.

Orbital 2

Orbital

4/5

Large it. Throwing some great shapes.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Nice melodies which stand the test of time

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

4/5

Mozza remains a sharp lyricist despite his unfortunate mutterings post-Smiths. This is a great collection of songs.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

I'm awarding 3 stars for Nick Heyward et al. There's nothing too serious about this album, instead enjoyable jangly pop and lightweight jazz funk. Wear your favourite shirt and yellow jumper and have a fantastic day.

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3/5

Chvrches' albums never quite match their live performances IMO, although the synth-pop and loops make for enjoyable listening. Lauren Mayberry's lyrics often strike a sharp contrast to the upbeat sound.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

3/5

Accessible rap sticking it to.the man

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Not at their best but good nonetheless

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Another great album from that seminal year, 1977

Peter Gabriel

5/5

Peter Gabriel at his best, enhanced by numerous collaborations. A wonderful album.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Joyous dancing in a field music

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

5/5

Why does this album remind me of Paul?

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

Not a fan of Brian Wilson post Beach Boys. Sadly, a pale imitation

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

4/5

Jason Pierce always intrigues.

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

4/5

Working from memory, groundbreaking and inventive at the time

Quiet Life

Japan

4/5

Set aside the Roxy Music comparisons and enjoy this album in its own right. Great to hear again after such a long time.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

2/5

New to me. A pale imitation of The Who

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Fab Four at their best

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

I didn't know this album, so tried to listen with an open mind. That closed quite quickly. Some potentially interesting collaborations even though I've never really got the Divine Comedy, but didn't work for me.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Took me to cloud nine, a couple of stand-out classics

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

Others cite him as a key influence, but not me

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Classy lady

Led Zeppelin

4/5

MC and 1001 have encouraged me to challenge various musical prejudices, Led Zeppelin being one. It must have been an explosive debut album at the time.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

5/5

Juju is up there among the best punk / post-punk albums. John McGeoch's guitar shines through and is perhaps as characteristic of the band's sound as the voice of Siouxsie Sioux.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

2/5

I struggled with this album and didn't complete listening. It jumps around, it lost me

Ray Of Light

Madonna

4/5

A great collection of songs, far superior to the Like a Virgin era.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

The album that did temporarily mark their disintegration. The high, or perhaps low, point of the Cure. A classic

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

4/5

Chaotic, relentless, uncompromising- love it!

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

I've never felt more like singing the blues when City win and United lose...go Muddy

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Listened while in the car, so I was not givingthe music my full attention. What I heard was variable, a strong start which petered out. John Peel was a huge fan while at his most influential. But not really for me.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Some great songs on this album but a fair bit of filler too. It's a long album as a consequence and I found myself drifting into other thoughts.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

Obviously there's a Mozza fan lurking in the 1001 editorial team. Four albums, really? This lacks the bite of You Are The Quarry and mostly feels like a pale imitation of The Smiths. That said, there are a couple of stand-out tracks, Everyday is Like Sunday and Suedehead

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

2/5

I feel I should have enjoyed this more than I did, perhaps another listen is required. While guitar-driven, I enjoyed the funky, afrobeat components, but it all felt a bit jumbled. File under listen again.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

2/5

The last knockings of Brit Pop and it shows. This lacks the dynamism and excitement of what went before, and sounds a bit sad and rambling. Perhaps that was what was intended

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

My Led Zeppelin discovery continues apace. I like the contrast between the rocky first half of this album, which reinforces my preconceptions, and the folky, acoustic second half.