My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Since I Left You The Avalanches	5	3.28	+1.72
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	5	3.35	+1.65
Black Metal Venom	4	2.47	+1.53
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.57	+1.43
Olympia 64 Jacques Brel	4	2.78	+1.22
Back In Black AC/DC	5	3.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Stankonia OutKast	1	3.55	-2.55
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.36	-2.36
Bluesbreakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	1	3.16	-2.16
Dust Screaming Trees	1	3.16	-2.16
Another Music In A Different Kitchen Buzzcocks	1	3.09	-2.09
Highly Evolved The Vines	1	3.03	-2.03
Da Capo Love	1	2.81	-1.81
Third/Sister Lovers Big Star	1	2.79	-1.79
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.68	-1.68
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	2	3.39	-1.39

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Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Difficult to rate. On the other hand it's incredibly played. The rhythm section is otherworldly in their groove and elevates every song. But the album also lacked that one song that takes you by surprise. It is rock solid rock and roll from start to finish and I might be weird holding that against it. This leaves me right between a 4 and a 5. Struggling. What pushes me to round it up, is the production. I never realized before that THIS is the sound of rock and roll for me. Massive guitars, natural and roomy drums, bass holding the low end down. It just works and has not aged a day. Might just be that I'm on a good mood today, but this will the first 5 I'll give out. Well deserved.

Stankonia

OutKast

1/5

Bloated and boring. Not my thing.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

3/5

I hope this was made as a joke, because it gets its stars purely because it made me laugh. Vocals drag this down and the sequencing of the tracks could be better. Really enjoyed some of the background instrumentation.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Smooth but lacked that one "aha" moment for me

2112

Rush

4/5

2112 overshadows the second half of the album.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Didn't fully click...yet

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

What an incredible journey through creatively crafted soundscapes. One of the best ambient records that I've heard in some time.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

2/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

Started slow but got better as it went along. Impressive as a show of musicianship, but the music itself left me rather cold.

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

1/5

Now I know where all the blues lawyers get their three licks from

Dust

Screaming Trees

1/5

Tuning should not be optional

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Just lovely.

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

Some good moments of ambience and angst, but the songs drag on with no development or interest.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Great first half, but then forgets to be interesting for the rest of it. Wish I could give a 3.5 stars.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

1/5

They didn't care while making it. I didn't care while listening to it. Fair play all around.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

I had no idea what to expect from a queen album with none of the big hits, but I was positively surprised. Favorite song: The march of the black queen

Highly Evolved

The Vines

1/5

Overproduced, under-performed, unoriginal.

Soul Mining

The The

2/5

vocals and lyrics pull this one down a notch, but otherwise enjoyable. Odd choice for the opening track.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

What a positive surprise. Band's on point and James Browns vocals characterful. The mix has surprising depth for a live recording from this era and for a moment I thought I had accidentally put on a remaster of some sort. I personally don't mind the loud audience noise like some seem to do. For me it adds to the vibe of the album, but I can definitely understand if others find it grating. On the negative side, "Lost Someone" drags as it takes a whole third of the album and moves directly on to "Please Please Please" that's way too close in tempo and vibe. Maybe one of the instrumental bridges could have been moved after "Lost Someone" to get the palate cleansed a little. Feels like the end of the set struggles to get the same energy from there that the first half had.

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

4/5

Torn between a 3 and a 4. On the other hand this band has some songs that I absolutely love, on the other, I didn't feel this as an album. I'll round up as the synth work is good and the vocals lovely.

Black Metal

Venom

4/5

I smiled all the way through the album.

B-52's

The B-52's

2/5

I didn't like it, but it was so weird I'd be willing to listen to it again. Not a fan of the male vocals.

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Overly long, but ok

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Oh just fuck off ...some nice songs and soundscapes

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

4/5

While the vocals are slightly middling the music makes up for it. This album is also excellently sequenced, it flows beautifully from start to finish.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Competent but the deeper meaning eluded me

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

I liked the cover art

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

2/5

Very difficult to rate as the genre as a whole is not my jam. The lack of musical development during most of the tracks gets boring to me and the albums runtime does not help. Reminds me of ps1/ps2 skateboarding games (positive) Beats are good though and I can see the vision but had to take a star off for Ragga Jam. Fav song: Caroline

Da Capo

Love

1/5

This is not the kind of list this should be on

Elvis Presley

3/5

Didn't really move me one way or another. Probably difficult to judge through a modern lens

S&M

Metallica

2/5

It took full 14 minutes before Lars started to annoy me, good for him. The absolute horrendous autotune/choppy editing on Hetfields vocals makes matters even worse and takes me fully out of the "live" experience. There are moments when I'm not sure if the band and the orchestra are playing the same song. Odd chordal choices. I am pleased that the orchestra is not buried in the mix like it too often is in "symphonic metal" and in some songs it works really well. The whole setlist could benefit from being cut in half. Most of the songs at their core are still solid (but occasionally bloated) and almost everyone in the band plays well, but I found the overall experience grating. Why ever listen to this and not an better Metallica album? Jasons backing vocals are great. 2.5/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Somewhere between 3 and a 4. Found some of the samples grating, but the overall groove was very enjoyable.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

Perfection of its genre. I would not change a thing. Proof that concept albums don't need to be 2:10:36 long wankfests.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

2/5

Not bad, but boring and forgettable

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Yet to reach its fullest potential

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

3/5

There were moments of greatness, but the album as a whole did not hit.

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Apparently I love Rush

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Didn't really move me one way or another, but was a pleasant morning listen

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

pleasant, but not that special.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

2/5

Beats were groovy and flow good, but the lyrics drag this down for me.

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

2/5

Would make an ok instrumental

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

2/5

Occationally got dangerously close to having an atmosphere. The title should be "Badly drawn out boy"

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

3/5

There's nothing wrong with this for what it is, but I could not for the life of me figure out why it is on the list.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Groovy, but some songs feel like mindless jams with no meaningful development. 3.5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

boring and juvenile.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

little one note, but enjoyable

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

Liked the latter half quite a bit

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

Very British, very punk. Not bad, but without the brit-bias this would not have made the list.

The Specials

3/5

Sounds like everyone is playing with gut problems and is afraid to fully let go, but that danger of someone shitting their pants is what this album desperately needs. Now I know there is probably a sca band out there that I like, but it needs to be less reserved than this.

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

So smooth it slides off my smooth brain

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Nostalgic so I probably won't be objective. The first half of the album is good, but the latter drags.

Tommy

The Who

2/5

I've been known to like the occasional musical, but this just isn't my thing. Bloated, out of tune and boring.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

It's aight

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

If this was more condensed and some of the lyrics changed this would be an easy five.

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

1/5

Not every brit punk record that you listened when you were fourteen deserves a spot on this list

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

Polished, but unremarkable.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

The vibe is there

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

I dislike the vocals, but musically there are a lot of good things here. Sadly it is yet another bloated double album and my religion forbids those from receiving a good scores.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Some great teenage angst

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

4/5

Charismatic and French. Cheered up my morning quite nicely.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Energetic and fun

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

2/5

I just can't get into 90's hiphop at all.