My 1001 Albums Journey

181

Albums Rated

3.6

Average Rating

17%

Complete

908 albums remaining

Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1960

Favorite Decade

Blues

Favorite Genre

other

Top Origin

Enthusiast

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
Music Madonna	5	2.68	+2.32
Red Dirt Girl Emmylou Harris	5	2.87	+2.13
Stripped Christina Aguilera	5	2.88	+2.12
Ingenue k.d. lang	5	2.94	+2.06
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams	5	3	+2
Exile In Guyville Liz Phair	5	3.02	+1.98
Fuzzy Grant Lee Buffalo	5	3.02	+1.98
Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega	5	3.02	+1.98
Tuesday Night Music Club Sheryl Crow	5	3.06	+1.94
The Trinity Session Cowboy Junkies	5	3.08	+1.92

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	1	3.48	-2.48
Something Else By The Kinks The Kinks	1	3.25	-2.25
Forever Changes Love	1	3.22	-2.22
Drunk Thundercat	1	3.12	-2.12
Floodland Sisters Of Mercy	1	3.06	-2.06
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle Bill Callahan	1	3.02	-2.02
Killing Joke Killing Joke	1	2.99	-1.99
I See You The xx	1	2.98	-1.98
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	1	2.94	-1.94
Smokers Delight Nightmares On Wax	1	2.91	-1.91

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	4	5
John Lennon	2	5
Beatles	2	5
Pixies	2	5
The Allman Brothers Band	2	5
Marvin Gaye	2	5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Radiohead	2, 5

5-Star Albums (69)

View Album Wall

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Popular Reviews

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon · 1 likes

5/5

I have never listened to this one all the way through, I'm glad I finally did.

Forever Changes

Love · 1 likes

1/5

I really wanted to like this, but...yeah. No.

Ray Of Light

Madonna · 1 likes

4/5

Madonna almost always hits. This isn't my favorite, but still quite good.

1-Star Albums (20)

All Ratings

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

1/5

Didn't care for this at all.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Punk rock before punk rock was a thing. I liked this one very much!

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Interesting! I usually prefer lyrics that I can understand, maybe sing along to, but the instrumentation was so good that I kept listening to the end. I'm really glad I did!

I See You

The xx

1/5

This was not for me.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

5/5

I have never listened to this one all the way through, I'm glad I finally did.

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

I had heard of St. Etienne, but had never listened to her before. It's not something I would ordinarily choose, but I didn't mind having it on.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

I had never listened to this before, just knew the big hits. It was a decent listen.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

5/5

I have this album, I love Arcade Fire!

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

EXCELLENT!!!

Adele

4/5

Not my favorite by Adele, but still a solid album. When We Were Young is a stand out.

Crazysexycool

TLC

4/5

Blast from the past! I listened to TLC in college, but never any of their whole albums. This will shake up my algorithm nicely!

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

I didn't enjoy this one. I gave it 3 tracks before giving up. It just wasn't for me.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

North America Scum was a stand out for me, but I didn't really care for this album.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

Some of the songs were a little heavy for me, but most of this was really good. A solid grunge album, it's obvious that Nirvana admired them.

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

If someone tells you they don't like the Beatles, don't trust them. That person is not your friend.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

5/5

I love her voice! And I really liked this album.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Excellent!

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

I didn't get to listen to the whole album, but I liked what I heard in the first 3 songs and will definitely come back to it.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Hip hop isn't my favorite genre, but I have always appreciated the poetry of it. Kendrick Lamar is a master of his craft.

#1 Record

Big Star

5/5

LOVE THIS!!!

Solid Air

John Martyn

4/5

I liked most of this. I had never heard of him, I'm glad I got to hear this.

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

Come Out and Play is a fun song, but I just don't care for the Offspring.

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

4/5

Classic old school punk, can't go wrong

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

1/5

I tried, I gave it 4 songs before I gave up. I just didn't like it

Dirty

Sonic Youth

5/5

YES!!! Love this album, love Sonic Youth!

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

A solid album by a true American artist

Picture Book

Simply Red

4/5

I like this! I have only been familiar with their radio hits.

Elastica

4/5

I'm a sucker for angry women singing 90s alternative music.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

LOVED THIS! What a fun album to have on, made me feel like I was walking through the French Quarter!

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

3/5

Humpty Dance! There were a few tracks I liked, but I skipped a few too.

Garbage

4/5

Garbage is one of those bands I always thought about listening to, but never really did. I liked this.

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

YES! I love the Pixies and this album!

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

YES!!! The Stones are my all-time favorite!

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

Love it, been listening to this one since college!

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

2/5

I liked Movin' On Up, the rest of it was not for me.

Forever Changes

Love

1/5

I really wanted to like this, but...yeah. No.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

I liked a few tracks, but overall this one wasn't for me.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

Of course I love this one!

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

I got about halfway through it and gave up. I'm not much of a Radiohead fan.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

2/5

This was ok, I love Pretty in Pink.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

5/5

A classic by a classic

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

5/5

One of my all-time favorites! Liz is a queen.

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

This was ok. The sex songs are pretty juvenile

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Excellent!

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

Decent

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

This wasn't for me

Blood, Sweat & Tears

5/5

Wow! This was excellent!

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

2/5

Not for me

Drunk

Thundercat

1/5

Nope

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

This was ok. There are other PJ albums I like better

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Loved this!

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

This was ok

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

YES!

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Really good!

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

I had never listened to this before today.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

Decent, not my favorite from Neil.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

What a great album to listen to while cooking NYE dinner!

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

I liked this better now than the first time I listened to it.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

EXCELLENT!

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

This was better than I expected. I had very low expectations because Jamiroquai was kind of a joke among my friends. I almost didn't bother listening to it, but I'm glad I did. I heard shades of Stevie Wonder and early Michael Jackson.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

I loved this album in college, but hadn't listened to it in a long time. How many songs does Anthony need to sing about his dick? Ugh, it's just gross now.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Not my favorite Beach Boys album, but you can't deny how catchy their songs are

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

1/5

I like the Kinks. I do not like this album.

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

One of my favorites!

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

2/5

Didn't care for this one

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

I loved Pretty Hate Machine, I admire Trent Reznor. This is just not my kind of music.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

It was ok

Ray Of Light

Madonna

4/5

Madonna almost always hits. This isn't my favorite, but still quite good.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

1/5

No. I do not like Tom Waits.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

2/5

Meh, it was ok. Too much flute.

Killing Joke

1/5

Nope, didn't like this

I Against I

Bad Brains

2/5

This was ok, just a little too heavy for my liking. This has been a week full of stinkers.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Ah, redemption! Love me some Aretha!

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

I mean, yeah, it's good. But I'm a little over the extended jam session on Every. Single. Song. They all start to sound the same after a while.

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

Meh, this was ok.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

5/5

Love Lucinda!

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

What the fuck even was that?! No.

Germs

2/5

I appreciate punk music, I like some of it. I didn't care for this.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

I didn't get to listen to the whole album, but that's fine. I get the gist. It wasn't really for me.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Love Steely Dan, but had never listened to a full album before. This was great!

American Gothic

David Ackles

3/5

It was ok, some of it reminded me of musical theater a little bit.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

5/5

Good one. Courtney gets a lot of hate, but I have always liked Hole.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Excellent!

Gorillaz

2/5

I think I'm too old to be a Gorillaz fan. I liked few songs, but mostly I was just annoyed.

Headquarters

The Monkees

4/5

Awww, the Monkees! My childhood favorites, I really enjoyed this

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

I haven't listened to this album all the way through since high school. It hits different now. There's a reason he's The Boss.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

5/5

Love this

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5

Hadn't heard of this band, this was a decent album

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Loved this!

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

An Unplugged classic

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

5/5

This was great! I need to listen to more Sheryl Crowe

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Excellent!

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Love it

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

I listened to more than half of this, it's a pretty long album and I wasn't quite in the mood for over an hournof Irish alternative music. Pretty good, though.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

So good!

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

A classic, my favorite Dylan album

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

5/5

I'm not a big fan of instrumental albums, I prefer lyrics. However, you can't deny that this is a fantastic album. I'm glad I stuck it out until the end.

White Denim

3/5

A little jammy for my liking, but still a solid album.

Arular

M.I.A.

4/5

She's so cool. This isn't usually what I like, but I liked it.

Skylarking

XTC

2/5

This was ok, not what I expected. The first half seemed like a concept album

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

Didn't get all the way through it, but I was liking what I heard. Will try to finish it up today.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

It's the Allman Brothers, 5 stars of course

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Love this one, Tracy is a queen

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Haven't gotten all the way through it yet, but I like it so far.

New York Dolls

5/5

Love it!

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

A 70s rock classic

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Yes, good stuff

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

I appreciate Eminem, but I don't care to listen to a whole album

The Grand Tour

George Jones

4/5

He has a beautiful voice. I don't love the ballads, but enjoyed this overall.

Close To You

Carpenters

2/5

This is cheesy 70s pop, her stunning voice is wasted on most of this music.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

Pretty much what I would expect from a Randy Newman album

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

Love this!

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

BB is the best!

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

1/5

Will try to get to it today

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Always love Bob

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

Had surgery recently, not listening to music while I cook. I'm falling behind.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

2/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

2/5

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

5/5

Will circle back to this one.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Right on!

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Perfection. I will always love this band

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

1/5

Didn't care for this, Didn't even finish it

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

2/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

2/5

Meh

Pretenders

5/5

Nice.

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

4/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

5/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Excellent

Elastica

3/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Never listened to a whole Queen album before

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Liked this a lot more than I thought I would

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

2/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Norwegian Wood is one of my all-time favorite Beatles songs

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

1/5

Not my thing

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Love it

LP1

FKA twigs

1/5

Nope.

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

4/5

Didn't get to finish it, but liked what I heard

Vivid

Living Colour

5/5

Excellent!

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Awesome!

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

Nice!

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

Good music, but not really my thing

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

I have never listened to a whole Pink Floyd album before. This was a good place to start.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Excellent

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5

This was a hit and miss for me

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Not bad

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

I get it, he's incredible. But 2 Fela albums in less than 2 weeks? Come on

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

Sigh...why? I'm getting repeat artists and that doesn't seem necessary.

Horses

Patti Smith

5/5

Patti is a queen

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

I had to listen to a playlist, Spotify didn't have this particular album.

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

I'm Gen X, of course I love this album

Suzanne Vega

5/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

Nope, not for me

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

There's a reason he's the King, that voice!

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

Born To Be With You

Dion

2/5

Kind of cheesy

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Meh. I don't worship at the altar of Billy Corgan. There are some decent songs on here, but Gish was their best work.

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

1/5

This was not what I was expecting. It sounded like a circus music concept album. No, thank you.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

5/5

Loves this!

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

I went into this one completely blind. I don't always live shoegazer music, but this was ok.

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

Taking me back to my college days

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Good stuff

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Love it

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

3/5

Hadn't heard of this band, didn't know what to expect, this was alright.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

Fun! Love these oldies albums!

Eagles

5/5

This album and I go way back, I've been listening to this for as long as I've been able to use a record player

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

I'd heard of this band, but hadn't ever heard them.

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

First Beck album I've listened all the way through. Always liked him, but never bothered before. This was good, obviously a divorce album

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

This was decent. You can tell she's Beyonce's sister, their voices sound similar. The interludes were kind of Lauryn Hill-ish.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Radiohead is hit and miss for me. This one is a hit.

Bummed

Happy Mondays

3/5

I had kind of forgotten about this band.

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

Such a fun band

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

Classics sung by a classic

Fun House

The Stooges

4/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

I admire his talent, but I didn't love this album.

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Saw them open for the Black Keys in 2013. It was...loud.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

1/5

I just don't care for instrumental music with no lyrics. I tune it out like it's background noise

Music

Madonna

5/5

She's a queen