My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.34	+1.66
...And Justice For All Metallica	5	3.42	+1.58
Zombie Fela Kuti	5	3.46	+1.54
Blackstar David Bowie	5	3.48	+1.52
OK Talvin Singh	4	2.56	+1.44
Don't Stand Me Down Dexys Midnight Runners	4	2.6	+1.4
Palo Congo Sabu	4	2.7	+1.3
Kid A Radiohead	5	3.71	+1.29
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	5	3.74	+1.26
What's That Noise? Coldcut	4	2.77	+1.23

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
With The Beatles Beatles	2	3.65	-1.65
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	2	3.51	-1.51
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	2	3.5	-1.5

5-Star Albums (11)

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Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder · 1 likes

4/5

Essential to understanding the modern landscape of music

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Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Interesting incorporation of operatic styles in hard rock

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Some stone cold classics and otherwise solid blues rock

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Listened to this album dozens of times in college. Very good but may have aged a little weakly given some of the critiques in "One of Them" also the conscious vs party rap feels a little in tension. Still a worthy addition

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Very good but only a stepping stone to better works. Still several classic songs.

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Heartbreaking and still resonant today

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Essential to understanding the modern landscape of music

With The Beatles

Beatles

2/5

Feels dated and has lesser versions of songs

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

It's not my favorite Beatles record but still a Masterpiece

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Good but not my favorite Jay-Z record

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Better than o remembered

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Interesting but needs repeat listens

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Simple, classic bored white guy music

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Bombastic and lush but often a bit too ling

Roxy Music

3/5

Operatic and adventurous but it isn't really sticking with me

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

This felt like a dance album from the early 00s. I'm just sure I'd come back to it often

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Timeless

Goldie

3/5

Long but the length wasn't an issue but wasn't super enthralling either

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Fun jazzy R&B definitely worth listening to

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Not typically a fan of Jazz and it's derivations but this is a classic that should be heard by everyone.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

3/5

Solid grunge but not a classic

Caetano Veloso

3/5

Lush and smooth but it didn't really engage me

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

3/5

Solid, worth a revisit

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Classic and enjoyable decades later

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

4/5

Fun, aggressive electronica

Talvin Singh

4/5

Definitely worth a relisten

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Good

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Invigorating and shockingly modern feeling

Palo Congo

Sabu

4/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

Good but unmemorable

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

4/5

Solid and fun

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Very good, will revisit

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Good but dated

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Still great after some many years

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Good Dylan album

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Fairly standard but inoffensive

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Competent but dull

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Good but dated

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Good but missing something

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

4/5

Fun and unique, you can easily hear the influence on indie rock

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

3/5

Influential but cold

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

Only solid and probably shouldn't be on this list

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Achingly beautiful still

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Timeless, poignant but fun

Me Against The World

2Pac

4/5

Thoughtful and engaging showing a conflicted persona

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Seminal and still enthralling after all these years

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

Good but needs something

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

She has an incredible voice and while the music isn't for me it's still worth listening to.

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

Good but soft rock isn't my thing

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

2/5

Not sure the larger sound works with these country songs

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

Competent but inessential

Achtung Baby

4/5

Good but Joshua Tree is the better album

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

Kanye sucks as a human being but this is still good hip hop album

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

3/5

Alright but doubt I will revisit

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Very enjoyable

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

4/5

Excellent, made me really appreciate goth ro mck

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

Grim but greatly enjoyable

Django Django

4/5

Had a good time with this album

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

Fun and engaging

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Interesting and off beat but not too quirky

The Modern Lovers

3/5

If it weren't for the keys sounding like a Doors record, this album could be released today

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

Good but bland

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

After hearing Queen, this feels like a natural evolution. A fun and engaging listen.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Light and lovely

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

Okay but not memorable

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

Good but unexeceptional

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

I prefer the single versions of these songs but most are still great.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Good will revisit

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Immaculate but way too tied to Baby Boomer culture

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Good but wanted more

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

2/5

This is the wrong way to listen to the Gershwins and Ella. More than three hours of continuous listening makes it all blur together. It would be better enjoyed mixed with other pieces to break up the monotony.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

Good but not as essential as his work with Tribe Called Quest

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

3/5

OK blues rock

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Purposely cold and Immaculate. Still a classic

Dirty

Sonic Youth

4/5

Scuzzy punish, will revisit

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

B-tier prog rock

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

3/5

Mariah is a one of one talent vocally, but this isn't my style and P. Diddy ad libs are a jump scare in this day and age.

Boston

3/5

Started strong, then metered out. No need to revisit as when you think about listening to Boston, Boston starts playing

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Good but I couldn't tell it apart from other techno albums

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Started strong and then petered out

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Still a classic after hundreds of spins

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Good but not for me

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Okay but uninteresting

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

4/5

Fun and engaging

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Layla is great the rest is competent

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Not my favorite Nick Cave but I need to revisit

808 State

3/5

Good but indistinguishable

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Great, demands a relisten

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Repetitive and boring

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

4/5

Very enjoyable

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

Competent but inessiential

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Enjoyable should revisit

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

Good not my cup of tea but worth a relisten

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

I definitely want to revisit

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Good but there are better pixies records

Pretenders

4/5

Very enjoyable

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

Inoffensive

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

3/5

Good may revisit

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Good will revisit

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Classic, engaging every step of the way

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

4/5

Engaging

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Has some bright spots but not really engaging

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Good but not my favorite Who record

Scissor Sisters

4/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Engaging

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Still quite good

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Classic

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Better than I remember

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

Good

Tical

Method Man

4/5

Excellent

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Very good

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Have enjoyed this for years

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Good

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Fun

Ramones

3/5

Good

American Gothic

David Ackles

3/5

Good but not my cup of tea

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Engaging

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

Solid garage rock

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Solid.but not as hooky as I would have liked

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Fun

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Not feeling it

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Excellent

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Engaging

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

Solid

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

3/5

Good

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

Classic

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

2/5

Album is good but overlong and the singers semi-orgasmic wailing in the second-to-last song hurts it.