My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Veckatimest Grizzly Bear	5	3.05	+1.95
Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron	5	3.26	+1.74
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.33	+1.67
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.43	+1.57
Aja Steely Dan	5	3.47	+1.53
Blackstar David Bowie	5	3.48	+1.52
Blackstar David Bowie	5	3.48	+1.52
Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones	5	3.61	+1.39
Station To Station David Bowie	5	3.69	+1.31
Raw Like Sushi Neneh Cherry	4	2.7	+1.3

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	4	4.75

B.B. King

4/5

I really enjoyed listening to this album. As someone who hasn't listened to a lot of Blues in the past, I felt like was a great introduction, and the fact that it's a live album really adds to the energy and brings even more life to the music.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

One of my all time favourites

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

21

Adele

3/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

4/5

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

4/5

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

4/5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

5/5

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

War

U2

4/5

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

4/5

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

4/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Solid Air

John Martyn

4/5

The La's

4/5

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

5/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

OK

Talvin Singh

3/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

4/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

4/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

4/5

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Ramones

4/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

4/5

One of the best punk albums - I find some punk albums can be fairly repetitive but this one kept things varied and interesting throughout. ‘Holiday in Cambodia’ is the obvious highlight, but ‘California Uber Alles’, ‘Let’s Lynch the Landlord’ and ‘Ill in the Head’ are also personal favourites.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

My impression of Muse as a second-rate Radiohead isn’t really dispelled by this album, Matt Bellamy is still putting on his best Thom Yorke impression throughout. They seem to be heading in more of a pop direction though. I liked the first half better, particularly the opener and ‘Supermassive Black Hole’, and ‘Soldier’s Poem’ works well as a quieter, more reflective track amidst all the bombast. But I found it started to drag a bit in the second half and a lot of the music felt quite generic.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Possibly my favourite Rolling Stones album. The musicianship and songwriting throughout is incredible and the album is bookended by two of their finest songs in 'Sympathy for the Devil' and 'Salt of the Earth'. I'm also a big fan of 'No Expectations' and 'Stray Cat Blues'.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

A good album, on balance I probably prefer What's the Story (Morning Glory) but there's plenty to enjoy here. 'Supersonic', 'Up In the Sky' and 'Married with Children' are my personal favourites.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

The Smiths' swan song sees them branching out musically, with strings and keyboards playing a more prominent role. It works well, not least because the record contains some of their strongest songs, although these are mostly front-loaded into the first half. 'I've Started Something I Couldn't Finish' and 'Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before' might well be the finest songs the band ever made. The second half is less strong, however, which is why I'm giving this a 4 rather than a 5.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

3/5

Went into this one blind as I was completely unfamiliar with Mike Ladd coming into this. I felt it was an interesting mix of hip hop and electronic music which worked well for the most part. The main highlights for me are ‘The Animist’ and ‘5000 Miles West of the Future’. I wasn’t immediately taken by it at first, but it grew on me the second time of listening. I suspect it might be one of those albums which rewards repeat listening, but at the moment I would give it a solid 3.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

An album I really enjoyed. The opening track is the standout for me, although I also enjoy ‘Jet’ and ‘Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five’ and have a soft spot for ‘Mamunia’. The references to earlier sections of the album on ‘Picasso’s Last Words’ gave the album a cyclical feel.

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

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