1001 Albums Summary

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113
Albums Rated
2.56
Average Rating
10%
Complete
976 albums remaining

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1970
Favorite Decade
Pop
Favorite Genre
Other
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11
5-Star Albums
20
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Achtung Baby
U2
5 3.3 +1.7
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
5 3.39 +1.61
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
5 3.65 +1.35
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
5 3.67 +1.33
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 3.76 +1.24
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
5 3.79 +1.21
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
5 3.8 +1.2
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
5 3.86 +1.14

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
1 3.97 -2.97
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
1 3.45 -2.45
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
1 3.33 -2.33
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
1 3.26 -2.26
The Predator
Ice Cube
1 3.25 -2.25
Me Against The World
2Pac
1 3.25 -2.25
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
1 3.18 -2.18
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
1 3.1 -2.1
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
2 4.05 -2.05
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
1 3.05 -2.05

5-Star Albums (11)

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Popular Reviews

Nevermind by Nirvana

Smells like a straight 5

1-Star Albums (20)

All Ratings (113)

The Cars by The Cars
Apr 18 2026

Lighthearted but a bit lightweight

B-52's by The B-52's
Apr 20 2026

Weird and wacky and a little bit a tacky

S&M by Metallica
Apr 23 2026

Strings and metal don’t mix

Infected by The The
Apr 24 2026

Not infectious.

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor
Apr 25 2026

Groovy samba. The first track is a classic.

Gold by Ryan Adams
Apr 26 2026

Unexceptional in every way

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading
Apr 29 2026

Glimpses of something special

London Calling by The Clash
Apr 30 2026

All 3 stars are for London Calling

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka
May 02 2026

Compelling vocals, harmonies, uncluttered instrumentation. One to re-visit

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
May 04 2026

Proof that western music is just better

Paranoid by Black Sabbath
May 05 2026

Angry and noisy

Pink Moon by Nick Drake
May 06 2026

Pleasantly sleep inducing

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder
May 07 2026

What’s not to like?

Imagine by John Lennon
May 09 2026

Pretty ordinary

Abraxas by Santana
May 11 2026

Cool elevator music

The Real Thing by Faith No More
May 14 2026

Noisy soft metal rap with shit vocals

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings
May 15 2026

If Paul McCartney hadn’t been a Beatle, you would be forgiven for asking what the fuss was about.

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers
May 19 2026

Natty my kinda ting

Stripped by Christina Aguilera
May 22 2026

One for the sistahs

Van Halen by Van Halen
May 25 2026

Teenage thrashing

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D
May 27 2026

Not Even Rubbish. Donut

25 by Adele
May 29 2026

Hello aside, nothing to see here

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
May 30 2026

Angry stuff. NIB stood out

Timeless by Goldie
Jun 04 2026

Time wasted

The Grand Tour by George Jones
Jun 05 2026

I’ll never be old enough for this

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
Jun 10 2026

No need for a second

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company
Jun 14 2026

Janis Joplin is overrated

One World by John Martyn
Jun 17 2026

Big muff isn’t my thing

Nevermind by Nirvana
Jun 18 2026

Smells like a straight 5

Lost Souls by Doves
Jun 19 2026

Nice soundscape but no hooks

Sea Change by Beck
Jun 20 2026

Apart from Lost Cause, it’s, err, a lost cause

Horses by Patti Smith
Jun 30 2026

Horse shit

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
Jul 02 2026

Yawn

The Stranger by Billy Joel
Jul 04 2026

A poor man’s Elton

New Forms by Roni Size
Jul 10 2026

Bad form

90 by 808 State
Jul 13 2026

Requires drugs

Achtung Baby by U2
Jul 17 2026

A very rare successful revinvention

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
Jul 19 2026

A bit sad

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jul 21 2026

Bayou brilliance

Triangle by The Beau Brummels
Jul 24 2026

Like Dylan without the poetry

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl
Jul 26 2026

Forgettable 90s house chillout

Ramones by Ramones
Jul 27 2026

The T shirts are cool

Truth by Jeff Beck
Aug 05 2026

If you don’t sing it doesn’t count

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev
Aug 06 2026

On the fine line between dreamy and sleep-inducing

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Aug 07 2026

Inversely proportional to Morrissey’s twattery

Critic

Average rating: 2.56 (0.77 below global average).

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.