My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned Liars	5	2.12	+2.88
Fromohio fIREHOSE	5	2.88	+2.12
Rip It Up Orange Juice	5	2.9	+2.1
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) Simple Minds	5	2.96	+2.04
This Is Hardcore Pulp	5	3.14	+1.86
Closer Joy Division	5	3.22	+1.78
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	3.38	+1.62
Blue Lines Massive Attack	5	3.39	+1.61
Oar Alexander 'Skip' Spence	4	2.46	+1.54
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	5	3.55	+1.45

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Cars The Cars	1	3.66	-2.66
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	1	3.52	-2.52
War U2	1	3.47	-2.47
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	1	3.43	-2.43
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	1	3.37	-2.37
Hot Rats Frank Zappa	1	3.35	-2.35
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	1	3.3	-2.3
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	1	3.28	-2.28
Kenya Machito	1	3.27	-2.27
1989 Taylor Swift	1	3.26	-2.26

Artist	Albums	Average
Nirvana	2	5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

One of the most beautiful albums ever recorded - can be played back-to-back without fatigue.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Excellent. Timeless

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

From the era when records belonged to artists and not crap marketing departments. A genius album with a title that would be marketing dept rejected and a cover that has to be one of the best to ever keep the dust of a record.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

1/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

A fabulous concept albume further enhanced by the astounding artwork by Barry Godber. The artwork was universally adopted and must have sold many copies of the album by those mesmerised by its power.

The Cars

1/5

I didn’t buy it when it was released as I didn’t like it. I now played it 10 times back to back as it’s highly regarded just in case I was wrong. But I wasn’t. It’s rubbish. I like the sleeve though. Ron Coro – art direction Johnny Lee – design. Elliot Gilbert – photography

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

1/5

This is awful. I would have to be off my face to enjoy this

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

1/5

For posh people who don’t like music but think they do

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

1/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

5/5

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

5/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

5/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

2/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

Tommy

The Who

2/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

Scum

Napalm Death

2/5

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

5/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

1989

Taylor Swift

1/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

4/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

1/5

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

1/5

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

5/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

1999

Prince

3/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

2/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

2/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

1/5

Kenya

Machito

1/5

Music is ok in a 1950's vibe. The sleeve is not so nice featuring Primitive Masks from Carlebach Galleries NewYork photographed by Lester Kraus and an average type layout. Standard b/w reverse layout by a printer. Roulette 1958 pressing has good, graphic, generic labels.

Closer

Joy Division

5/5

Great music wrapped in an excellent cover designed by Peter Saville and Martyn Atkins. Front layout is well considered with a fine border and some delicate type. The reverse and inner bag have been laid out with care. Factory records allowed the band's name to appear on the reverse and just the album title on the front. Very intelligent and mature attitude towards design from the record company, whilst not towing the major record company folklore about a record not selling unless the band's name was big and at the top of the sleeve. The photograph of the Appiani family tomb in Genoa's Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno was taken by Bernard Pierre Wolff in 1978. The tomb is a large work created & sculpted by Demetrio Paernio in 1910. Various versions printed on different card grades could have been on purpose, but more likely the printer's lack of consistency. Still, the overall package is lovely and enjoying the sleeve is part of enjoying the music.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

2/5

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Feast of Wire