My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	5	3.14	+1.86
Clube Da Esquina Milton Nascimento	5	3.14	+1.86
Songs Of Love And Hate Leonard Cohen	5	3.2	+1.8
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	3.38	+1.62
Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone	5	3.65	+1.35
Arise Sepultura	4	2.73	+1.27
Grace Jeff Buckley	5	3.74	+1.26
In Utero Nirvana	5	3.82	+1.18
The New Tango Astor Piazzolla	4	2.88	+1.12

Album	You	Global	Diff
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	1	3.66	-2.66
Tommy The Who	1	3.33	-2.33
Come Find Yourself Fun Lovin' Criminals	1	2.92	-1.92
Scream, Dracula, Scream Rocket From The Crypt	1	2.76	-1.76
Madman Across The Water Elton John	2	3.58	-1.58
Dirt Alice In Chains	2	3.46	-1.46
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	2	3.43	-1.43
The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd	3	4.43	-1.43
Tres Hombres ZZ Top	2	3.41	-1.41
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	2	3.37	-1.37

Artist	Albums	Average
Leonard Cohen	2	5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

2/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Too long. Of its time. But still good. Best song: John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

2/5

Disappointing. Feels like a pale imitation of the Texas blues greats. La Grange saves it from 1 star.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

1/5

Surprisingly joyless.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

1/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Sublime.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

1/5

Pointless.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Sing another song, Leonard.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Come on…

Femi Kuti

3/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Oh Stevie. Towering figure in music. I respect him far more than I enjoyed this sprawling record. Moments of genius but overall too saccharine for my palate. There’s a 45 minute clear 4* album in here, but (self imposed) rules are rules. Sorry.

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Good. Not great.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Woodface

Crowded House

2/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Has its moments, I guess.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Nice enough I guess.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Great band. Great onions. Good record.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Tommy

The Who

1/5

No.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Yeah. OK.

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Pretty, pretty good.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

5/5

New to me. Really glad to be introduced to it.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Some work better than others, but I enjoyed this and it merits 4 for the strength of the high points.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Very enjoyable.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

2/5

Passed me by at the time. Liked the dubby basslines and there were some nice moments but overall forgettable.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

Didn’t need this really.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

Obviously an important artist. Plenty of ambition and inventiveness here, and a lot darker than I expected. The chorus of Tiny Dancer is worth waiting 15 minutes for. But I’ve never really liked his singing.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

2/5

Could have done without it.

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

2/5

Insipid.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Started well, dropped off in quality for me. Giving it a narrow 4 because I like his work and I don’t know if other stuff will appear. I am not promising to be consistent in this approach. So there.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

I like this sort of thing. I liked this record. Proud Mary was my least favourite song. 4

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Some great writing here (as well as some garbage). I can hear the influence in rappers I like more. Also some really good production. But hasn’t aged that well for me.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Old, yes. But I’ll never get bored of this.

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

The Band

4/5