1001 Albums Summary

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99
Albums Rated
2.95
Average Rating
9%
Complete
990 albums remaining

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1990
Favorite Decade
Hip-hop
Favorite Genre
US
Top Origin
Perfectionist
Rater Style ?
3
5-Star Albums
2
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
5 2.69 +2.31
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
4 2.31 +1.69
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
5 3.39 +1.61
Third
Soft Machine
4 2.45 +1.55
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
4 2.69 +1.31
Grace
Jeff Buckley
5 3.75 +1.25
Very
Pet Shop Boys
4 2.94 +1.06
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
4 2.97 +1.03

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
1 3.68 -2.68
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
1 3.24 -2.24
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
2 3.89 -1.89
Back In Black
AC/DC
2 3.83 -1.83
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
2 3.81 -1.81
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
2 3.72 -1.72
The Cars
The Cars
2 3.65 -1.65
Young Americans
David Bowie
2 3.62 -1.62
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
2 3.53 -1.53
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
2 3.5 -1.5

5-Star Albums (3)

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The Cars by The Cars

A bit too zany 70/80's for me

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Sometimes I felt like I was listening to Dracula but kind of enjoyed it.

Abbey Road by Beatles

Can't deny I found it pretty good. Octopus's Garden and Here Comes the Sun pushed it higher for me but several others I found ho-hum.

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

I'm in the middle of nowhere Near the end of the line But there's a border to somewhere waiting And there's a tankful of time Oh, give me just another moment To see the light of the day And take me to another land where I don't have to stay And I'm gonna need somebody to make me feel like you do And I will receive somebody with open arms, open eyes Open up the sky and let the planet that I love shine through

1-Star Albums (2)

All Ratings (99)

Purple Rain by Prince
Mar 12 2026

Lots of interesting sounds and life. Just not my jam though

Be by Common
Mar 16 2026

Good sounds in the songs but didn't go beyond that for me

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top
Mar 17 2026

I liked this more than their Eliminator album. The songs sounded more differenter from each other.

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
Mar 18 2026

This was a groovy little carpet ride

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
Mar 19 2026

Lot of these albums seem similar. Does the 1001 albums guy have 70's nostalgia? This was all 'meh' for me, except the epic outro in the last song, which bumped it from 2 to 2.49!

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield
Mar 20 2026

This is prob objectively a good album, just beyond my depth to truly appreciate

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
Mar 23 2026

This was pretty good. Though not what I expected; I thought Bowie would be um, weirder. I did like in the title track the part where he beat the hell out of out of the piano for like 2 minutes. That was cool.

Pearl by Janis Joplin
Mar 24 2026

Apparently I'm a Janis Joplin fan

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Mar 26 2026

Eh alright - 3

The Doors by The Doors
Mar 31 2026

Man, The Doors has such a unique sound (cue keyboard).

Ys by Joanna Newsom
Apr 01 2026

I don't know what this is but I'm giving it a 2. And I cannot explain it but feel if I listened to it 10 more times I'd give it a 5.

C'est Chic by CHIC
Apr 02 2026

Got dat discqo ball beat. I just ain't no huge disco fan.

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz
Apr 03 2026

If you play it at 1.5x speed it sounds like disco.

Tommy by The Who
Apr 07 2026

Did not enjoy it much, but nice to hear what The Who sound like.

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello
Apr 08 2026

Diff Elvis than the Costello I expected. Not mind-blowingly my great, but I actually enjoyed it.

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
Apr 09 2026

That journey was great and full of many adventures. Listened to twice in a row.

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
Apr 13 2026

Get it, Aretha.

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
Apr 14 2026

Same Dylan story: +++ for lyrics, --- for sound (sorry, Bob).

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Apr 17 2026

Not sure how this was super influential, esp in 1999, but I did like the earnest somewhat sad singing.

The Cars by The Cars
Apr 21 2026

A bit too zany 70/80's for me

Third by Soft Machine
Apr 23 2026

This was pretty friggin weird and cool. Gotta let it seep in.

Dear Science by TV On The Radio
Apr 24 2026

Strangely, this sounds like the sound of TV on the Radio.

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell
Apr 28 2026

Had some really interesting naturisticifical moments. But also lots of eh. Still neither of my two favorite songs of hers.

John Prine by John Prine
Apr 29 2026

Plum good listenin'.

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra
Apr 30 2026

Neat brass. Just kinda liked other, more low-key jazz stuff more.

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
May 01 2026

It's objectively better than a 2 but it all just sounded so much the same.

Aja by Steely Dan
May 04 2026

I liked the sounds of this band's groove du-wops more for some reason than others from this era.

Back In Black by AC/DC
May 05 2026

Their songs start so strong. Then the singing and other things happen. It's like a cheese grater that takes in a perfectly good block of cheese and outputs eel guts.

Grace by Jeff Buckley
May 06 2026

IMHO something a little otherworldly about him. I.e. Corpus Christi: may not be your jam, but such a good performance. There's a Jimmy Eat World song with lyrics, "A song for a heart so big, God wouldn't let it live". Dunno if I agree or not, but makes you think about people who die too young.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
May 07 2026

This seems like it wanted to stand out, but just could not to me. Nifty splash blam bonk bazoom older rock, but it never bounced itself out of the box where I tend to put this genre of music.

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon
May 08 2026

This grew on me as I listened. Not a lot but a little. Seemed pretty relaxing and original.

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park
May 11 2026

IMHO this was one of the best albums ever. Basically every song is great from start to end.

good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar
May 12 2026

Don't like this as much as -- I think -- some of his newer albums. But he has a pretty high floor for me. His music has unique feel and creativity.

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company
May 13 2026

I really like how much Janis Joplin gets after it.

Shaft by Isaac Hayes
May 15 2026

70's noir action movie background music. Oh, it actually is a movie soundtrack. Making this a 1 to protest its inclusion, or at least, the fact it was included but no Bill Conti Rocky soundtracks were also included.

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen
May 18 2026

Sometimes I felt like I was listening to Dracula but kind of enjoyed it.

Abbey Road by Beatles
May 19 2026

Can't deny I found it pretty good. Octopus's Garden and Here Comes the Sun pushed it higher for me but several others I found ho-hum.

Young Americans by David Bowie
May 20 2026

Ehhhhhh. After 2-3 albums I still don't quite understand Bowie's genre.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
May 21 2026

Sisters of Mercy was really interesting! The rest was a decent audiobook (stole that joke from someone else).

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain
May 22 2026

This is true to what it is.

Parallel Lines by Blondie
May 25 2026

This is just plain good-spirited music. She can sing and most of the songs make a good feel. Unfortunately though a song played at the end, and I thought "hey this is their best one yet" but it was actually a diff artist (Hole).

Synchronicity by The Police
May 26 2026

Sadly it seems I am not a The Police fan.

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt
May 28 2026

Math rock meets Buckethead and I'm 1700% here for it.

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters
Jun 02 2026

It was a-ight. I lack the depth to appreciate it more.

Joan Baez by Joan Baez
Jun 03 2026

So pure. Really nice singing.

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
Jun 04 2026

Tom Waits, what are you going on about? And why am I so intrigued the longer it goes on?

Movies by Holger Czukay
Jun 05 2026

Just slightly too high on the zwonko-meter.

We Are Family by Sister Sledge
Jun 08 2026

Classic. Pretty coo.

Jun 09 2026

(Pasted from my other group. ) Listened to this in isolation a long run. It was, a lot. Eminem is amazing but I felt the sicko skits in this one were kinda overdone. I found myself craving -- I think -- some of his later stuff that has deeper themes.

Jun 10 2026

This feels like the background music of the universe. Ever-permeating its pleasant good tunes into everyone's memories.

The Renaissance by Q-Tip
Jun 11 2026

This was al-right. I don't think they could have picked an album to make me more baffled about criteria for this list.

Graceland by Paul Simon
Jun 15 2026

This song really makes me want to take a vacation. Don't know what rating that translates to, thinking a good-hearted melodic 3.

Nowhere by Ride
Jun 17 2026

Awesome background noise rock dream. I liked this.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jun 18 2026

I find them eh alright. They sort of weird me out. But dang, they are different and I respect that. Also there's the feeling this gives me of Beavis and Butthead music videos.

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
Jun 19 2026

Silky cool and meh

Tidal by Fiona Apple
Jun 22 2026

Hoped to give this more but nothing really gripped me until it auto-played a Jeff Buckley song after it ended. : (

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys
Jun 23 2026

I thought I'd sorta like Beastie Boys but I ended up sorta really, really liking it. Did not expect a Buddhist bent to it.

Very by Pet Shop Boys
Jun 24 2026

Man, this band is really neat. It's like tasty, spiced tea for my soul. Something about "Different Point of View": very sad, but riveting.

I Should Coco by Supergrass
Jun 25 2026

Maybe I should coco but it was only so so

Paris 1919 by John Cale
Jun 26 2026

A sort of wistful travel folk music thing. 3 for its ability to escape any genre typecast I know.

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Jun 29 2026

Good but not sensational. Enjoyed but not love. For me, it rocked but did not gggrrrrrrrRRRRRRRWRWAAAAAACK!

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
Jul 01 2026

This Zed Leppelin was alright

Groovin' by The Young Rascals
Jul 02 2026

Without consciously remembering the name of this album, I was about to give a one-word review: "Groovin'".

Play by Moby
Jul 03 2026

Groovy background music throughout the day.

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
Jul 06 2026

Groovy, unique sound. I can see why they're sort of iconic. 'Meh' for me. (Pasted from my other group.)

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf
Jul 07 2026

I'm in the middle of nowhere Near the end of the line But there's a border to somewhere waiting And there's a tankful of time Oh, give me just another moment To see the light of the day And take me to another land where I don't have to stay And I'm gonna need somebody to make me feel like you do And I will receive somebody with open arms, open eyes Open up the sky and let the planet that I love shine through

Debut by Björk
Jul 09 2026

A bit too zwonky for me. :( (Review copied from my other group.)

Trio by Dolly Parton
Jul 10 2026

I wanted badly to like this more.

Jul 13 2026

This was enjoyable. I get the sense there is more to the song lyrics if I spent time with them. It's dark, but I really liked 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me'.

Frank by Amy Winehouse
Jul 14 2026

3, but in the most non-average-3 way. I like her, but other songs not on this album more. *shakes fist*

Blunderbuss by Jack White
Jul 15 2026

What genre is this? I want to give this a 2, a 4, and a 3. Should I do 2.34? 4.32? 3.42? Math.trunc(3.42) feels right.

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
Jul 16 2026

This was pretty great. It especially cranked up toward the end (Momma, Three Bricks...). I might be favoring hip hop unfairly cuz it's so different from the malaise induced by 1972 rock albums. But I'm a adult and i can dew what I want. 4 or 5.

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Jul 17 2026

"Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "God Only Knows". I am growing mad respect for this band. I get the impression they were totally unique and mad songs from their own inspiration and creativity.

Remain In Light by Talking Heads
Aug 06 2026

Man, what the hell. (Copied from my other group.)

Timeless by Goldie
Aug 07 2026

1 for my taste but 2 cuz it's not awfully performed or anything.

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
Aug 10 2026

I want to not get bored with Led Zeppelin. But I get bored with Led Zeppelin.

Guero by Beck
Aug 11 2026

Beck is cool and different. But only 3-level cool and different for me personally.

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Aug 12 2026

In a concert in the bayou among alligators. It did really transport me. Not much my style but for the immersion I give it a 3.

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
Aug 13 2026

It's not immensely the highest highs or lowest lows, but I generally like all his stuff. And a song or two on here (i.e. Shakwdown on 9th) I really liked.

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Aug 14 2026

These guys are a rootin' tootin' good time, never offend me, and always entertain me.

Perfectionist

Only 3% of albums received 5 stars. Average rating: 2.95.

Other

Album origins are grouped into three buckets: US, UK, and everything else. “Other” means the artists you rate highest are from outside the US and UK.