1001 Albums Summary

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52
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3.38
Average Rating
5%
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7
5-Star Albums
2
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Live!
Fela Kuti
5 3.44 +1.56
Bad
Michael Jackson
5 3.81 +1.19
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
4 2.84 +1.16
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
5 3.86 +1.14
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
5 3.89 +1.11
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
5 3.92 +1.08
The Doors
The Doors
5 3.93 +1.07

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
1 3.2 -2.2
The White Room
The KLF
1 2.78 -1.78
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
2 3.6 -1.6
Different Class
Pulp
2 3.42 -1.42
Either Or
Elliott Smith
2 3.4 -1.4
Pretenders
Pretenders
2 3.35 -1.35
Street Life
The Crusaders
2 3.09 -1.09
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
2 3.08 -1.08
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
2 3.05 -1.05

5-Star Albums (7)

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Popular Reviews

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

HELL YEAH BROTHER. First time listening straight through a Led Zeppelin album. They found a new fan in 2026

Urban Hymns by The Verve

It’s a high 3. Really easy and nice to listen to, but not much special besides a couple hits.

1-Star Albums (2)

All Ratings (52)

Either Or by Elliott Smith
May 19 2026

Just didn’t hit for me. All the songs blended together and sounded the same. Might be good background listening.

Purple Rain by Prince
May 21 2026

Inject this straight into my veins

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears
May 22 2026

Solid album with some great hits. First time listening to it all straight through!

Blue by Joni Mitchell
May 23 2026

It's good - A Case of You especially. I don't really think it's my style and the tone does get repetitive. But I appreciate the music!

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
May 25 2026

Weird but cool style. Makes me want to go to a dive bar real bad.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
May 26 2026

Overall a good album, with some highlights. Beyond their most popular hits here, I really liked XYU. As many have said, a little too long.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners
May 27 2026

I loved it, then I was annoyed, then it grew on me, then I was irritated, then it won me back. Love the brass and the horns and the whole vibe there — unfortunately most of the singing just isn’t for me. I think “Geno” was a standout. I had no idea this band was also responsible for “Come On Eileen” (which I also find pretty annoying) and I’m a little surprised I’ve never heard any other song on this album before. Interesting, would listen again.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body by Country Joe & The Fish
May 28 2026

Maybe it was the 80 degree weather, maybe it was driving with the windows down, but I thought this album rocked

Rocks by Aerosmith
May 29 2026

Besides a few good songs, it was just okay. Easy listening.

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
May 30 2026

Great background jazz. Isn't leaving a holy-cow impact, but it sounds excellent.

Bad by Michael Jackson
May 31 2026

A lot of albums have juice, but this one’s got the sauce

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
Jun 01 2026

First album I had to stop listening to. It feels like a 13 year old came up with a line they thought went really hard, and then decided to repeat it and repeat it for the chorus of each song (derogatory). GIRL WE GET IT! Unfortunately this didn’t land with me at all, and I turned on the album so much I knew I wasn’t going to get anything more out of it.

Fun House by The Stooges
Jun 04 2026

Makes me wanna slam my bedroom door real bad. 4 stars

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
Jun 05 2026

Surprised by how much I loved every song here. Back to Black and Rehab are great, but all these others really impressed. Wow!

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka
Jun 06 2026

It was all right! Nice chill background music almost, but nothing that really popped out at me.

Cross by Justice
Jun 07 2026

Shocked by how much I loved this. It had funk, it had stank, it was really fun to listen to. DANCE unlocked some core memories playing it on a dancing game on the Wii in the early 2010s. Great intro to this style of music

Different Class by Pulp
Jun 08 2026

Unfortunately I didn’t jam with this. There were some good moments, but 85% of the time I felt flat. Most of the lyrics were pretty odd. Felt like background music, but not in a good way.

Jun 09 2026

A little fun, but not my bag. Sometimes offputtingly crude. Makes me just want to listen to the Roots.

Soul Mining by The The
Jun 10 2026

Wasn’t underwhelming or overwhelming, just whelming, good background music to put on. Last track may have been the best

Highly Evolved by The Vines
Jun 11 2026

It’s a high 4 for me - loved the sound and style. Can’t believe I’ve never heard them before!

Microshift by Hookworms
Jun 12 2026

Never heard of Hookworms, but this was another album that I enjoyed. “Boxing Day” was especially fun. This isn’t 100% my jam but I couldn’t help being sold on it.

Urban Hymns by The Verve
Jun 13 2026

It’s a high 3. Really easy and nice to listen to, but not much special besides a couple hits.

Live! by Fela Kuti
Jun 14 2026

So here’s the thing: this fucking rocks

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen
Jun 15 2026

Songs of note: porcupine, in bluer skies it’s aggressively fine

Doolittle by Pixies
Jun 16 2026

Neither great nor terrible. Good rock. Didn’t know they did “Here Comes Your Man,” but all the other songs were easy to listen to. Solid music for driving.

The Doors by The Doors
Jun 17 2026

Waffled between 4 and 5 stars but man at the end of the day it’s just really that good. First time listening to a Doors album all the way through and was surprised how much every song hit. The ratio of songs to classics is insane

Headquarters by The Monkees
Jun 18 2026

Fine, but it got tiresome real quick. After the first few, which I really liked, I found the style and tone mostly repetitive, but it made me realize I want more oldies!

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
Jun 19 2026

Admittedly, I’ve never heard most of these songs before. I might have known 1 or 2 songs by the Rolling Stones off the top of my head. So I expected a good album and got an incredible one. The ratio of tracks to bangers, so far on my journey, is beat only by Michael Jackson and Prince. I knew the Rolling Stones were classic… and now I know why. I’m shocked by the low average score!

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
Jun 20 2026

HELL YEAH BROTHER. First time listening straight through a Led Zeppelin album. They found a new fan in 2026

Achtung Baby by U2
Jun 21 2026

It’s okay. Listened to maybe half - partly just a busy day, partly I couldn’t make myself listen. There were a couple that were good, but the music didn’t make me feel anything.

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow
Jun 22 2026

Some fun background music. I actually love albums like this, where I can’t tell where one song ends and one begins. It was fun to work out to. But at the end of the day, there weren’t any tracks to latch on to. A fun time in the headphones.

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.
Jun 23 2026

So much fun! I knew of Run DMC but not what their style was like. Very enjoyable to listen all the way through, even if the style got a teensy bit repetitive. Feels like a shame giving it only a 4, but feels right. The first 4 tracks of this album are an incredible listen.

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix
Jun 24 2026

Tbh I didn’t get very far in this, for lack of interest. After listening to the first half, it just didn’t grab me.

Suede by Suede
Jun 25 2026

Not bad by any means, but having listened to it a day ago, it’s underwhelming and forgettable. Can’t remember what it sounded like!

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
Jun 27 2026

Tbh I enjoyed this. No one song really stuck out to me, but it was a fun inoffensive listen that I would go back to one day.

Garbage by Garbage
Jun 28 2026

You know what, this slapped. Can’t believe they’re not in the zeitgeist more. 4.5 stars

Street Life by The Crusaders
Jun 29 2026

Hard to beat the elevator music allegations. Doesn’t mean it was a waste though

Pretenders by Pretenders
Jul 05 2026

Maybe a little fun at first, but got boring and repetitive.

The Cars by The Cars
Jul 06 2026

So I’ve heard every song on this album before, but I’ve never heard of The Cars. Which is insane, because every song here is so good??

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
Jul 07 2026

It was fine! Maybe two songs I really enjoyed, the rest were okay. I like Bowie, and I get how cool this was in the 70s, but I can’t see putting most of these in my regular rotation.

Aug 08 2026

Listened to AM a few months ago and honestly didn’t care for it, didn’t get the Arctic Monkeys hype. But this was fab! Honestly deserves a second listen I think.

Kenza by Khaled
Aug 09 2026

You know what, I don’t think the cover of Imagine was that bad

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