My 1001 Albums Journey

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3.44

Average Rating

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1970

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Scum Napalm Death	5	2.08	+2.92
Atomizer Big Black	5	2.74	+2.26
Hms Fable Shack	5	2.76	+2.24
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts The Adverts	5	2.96	+2.04
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) Loretta Lynn	5	2.97	+2.03
Wild Gift X	5	3	+2
The Libertines The Libertines	5	3	+2
The Man Who Travis	5	3.01	+1.99
Traffic Traffic	5	3.07	+1.93
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Badly Drawn Boy	5	3.11	+1.89

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Thriller Michael Jackson	1	4.23	-3.23
In Rainbows Radiohead	1	3.86	-2.86
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	1	3.83	-2.83
21 Adele	1	3.69	-2.69
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.64	-2.64
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	1	3.59	-2.59
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	1	3.53	-2.53
Gorillaz Gorillaz	1	3.53	-2.53
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	1	3.51	-2.51
Tidal Fiona Apple	1	3.46	-2.46

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	7	5
Beatles	3	5
Pink Floyd	2	5
Nick Drake	2	5
Oasis	2	5
Talking Heads	2	5

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Kanye West	2	1
Taylor Swift	2	1
Radiohead	3	1.67
Michael Jackson	2	1.5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Randy Newman	4, 1

5-Star Albums (53)

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Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Popular Reviews

Wild Gift

X · 3 likes

5/5

Excellent! The blend of male and female vox works really well.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake · 1 likes

5/5

I adore this album. Solumn, simplistic, introspective and beautiful.

Tidal

Fiona Apple · 1 likes

1/5

How has this been reviewed so highly?! It's one of the most drab records I've ever heard. The songs were all excessively long, and sleep inducingly dull. I consider myself to have a very broad music taste but this was near unlistenable for me.

1-Star Albums (25)

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

5/5

Excellent! Has left me wondering why I've never listened to Tom Petty before!

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Sail Away

Randy Newman

4/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Wild Gift

5/5

Excellent! The blend of male and female vox works really well.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

1/5

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

5/5

Scum

Napalm Death

5/5

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

5/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

This album started as a 1 star, then upped to a 4 star, now I'm giving it the full 5! My mistake was thinking Pink Floyd would be an easy band, they're not, with so much to unpack first listen can feel like a right chore but I urge anyone rating this low to try it again and again. I'm on my 4th listen and its gets better every time. It doesn't top Wish You Were Here or The Wall for me but I can absolutely see why its so well loved. I'm well and truly down a Pink Floyd rabbit hole and loving it!

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

I adore this album. Solumn, simplistic, introspective and beautiful.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

Faith

George Michael

2/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Adele

1/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

The Score

Fugees

2/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

Didnt do it for me - bit nonsensical in a fade into background noise kinda way.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

1/5

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

3/5

Debut

Björk

4/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

2/5

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

4/5

Damaged

Black Flag

4/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

2/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

The United States Of America

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Scissor Sisters

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

3/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

2/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

2/5

Protection

Massive Attack

2/5

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

The Libertines

5/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

1/5

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

1/5

The Stone Roses

4/5

Blur

2/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

1989

Taylor Swift

1/5

I refuse to listen to this woman. Worst thing to happen to music.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

1/5

Repeater

Fugazi

4/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

1/5

The Yes Album

Yes

5/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Its good, quite whimsical but definitely not my fave Beach Boysm

Berlin

Lou Reed

4/5

Ramones

4/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

California

American Music Club

3/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Hms Fable

Shack

5/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

4/5

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

The Bends

Radiohead

2/5

Gorillaz

1/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

1/5

I try not to give up on albums but this one is basically unlistenable. Update: I did infact make it through, and hated every second!

Ray Of Light

Madonna

1/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

1/5

I'm not sure what other people are hearing that I'm not, didn't enjoy this at all.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

The Joshua Tree

4/5

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

3/5

Why are so many people hating on this! Its pretty good! Not worthy of a majority 1 ⭐️ reviews! Bluesy, noisy, adlibbed-ish, nice grooves, quirky and fun! The lyrics go between the absurd and the obscene! While not my new favourite bad, I enjoyed it!

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Born To Be With You

Dion

2/5

His voice is nice enough but gosh its a bit drab and depressing. Wiki made it sound so good too!

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

4/5

Forever Changes

Love

5/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

Easy enough to listen to and I really like James' voice however, I found some tracks got lost into background noise. Would listen again but probably wouldn't buy on vinyl!

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

1/5

Not for me, I'm not keen on roots rock at the best of time and this record just hasn't aged well. I definitely feel some albums on this list are here for the influence they had on the wider genre rather than how good they are in their own right. This might have sounded great in 1973 but in 2026 its a dated bore and the excessive use of the N word in the first track is just cringe inducing.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

1/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Very surprised by how much I like this as I'm not keen on reggae but I love the mellow tones, his voice is fantastic. I found myself getting really lost in the vibes.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Just classic Britpop!

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

I must admit I didnt listen but I know bits of Kendrick's music and its just not for me - crass and vulgar. No way I was going to put myself through over an hour of this! Don't like hip hop beyond conscious artists like Kae Tempest who actually have something to say that I want to hear!

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Undertones

5/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

I definitely don't love it, but I dont absolutely hate it. One listen is plenty though.

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

I guess it was probably influential within its genre but its a hard no from me. Nevermind "Timeless" it just felt endless!

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

1/5

I just dont like Coldplay!

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

5/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Not sure how a bloke who never penned one word or note of his own music can be on this list. It was okay in parts, the last tracks rock n roll bits were quite fun but ruined by all the random interludes. Overall just feels like every rock cliché rolled into one album. 2 stars cos I did find myself bopping along a few times.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3/5

This was a challenge! I don't particularly like soul at the best of times so to be thrown into an hour and 45 minutes of mid tempo soul was a little overbearing. I didnt hate it but I did think most of the songs could have been half the length they were.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Not for me, never particularly like the RHCP and this went on for far too long and ended upnfeeling like background noise not the focus of my attention. 2 cos I Under the Bridge is a cool tune.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

1/5

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

1/5

How is this rated so highly! Can people not hear how bad his voice is! Did not listen, will not listen - over an hour of his voice would likely make my ears fall off!

The Next Day

David Bowie

5/5

The Cars

4/5

Tailed off a bit in the middle but overall very good with some definite bangers!

Atomizer

Big Black

5/5

Wow! This is fab! Yup, as the negative reviews say it is "just noise" gloriously erratic, angular, reverb drenched, make your ears bleed abrasive noise but thats the point! Its not an easy listen and nor is it meant to be! This is fight music, wind your soul up and ignite a fire you didnt know you had. Loved it.

evermore

Taylor Swift

1/5

Absolutely not, I refuse to listen to this woman. Worst thing to ever happen to music.

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

2/5

Didnt offend me, but didnt set my world on fire either. 2.5/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

Not the easiest listen, very artistic and creative, lots of texture mixing experimental jazz and rock it was never going to be an album for the casual listener but for fans of Bowie's work its sublime, a wonderfully, uneasy, parting gift for his fans.

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

4/5

Great example of ambient, chill out, down tempo electronica.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Its a decent album from the Britpop era but I'll always be Team Gallagher!

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

The other tracks on the album didnt live up to the expectation set by Come on Eileen. Not bad but left me a bit disappointed.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Woodface

Crowded House

5/5

I always forget just how much I like Crowded House.

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

3/5

Its not as awful as its global rating suggests, it just hasnt aged very well - sounds super dated and not in a nostalgic way, a bit too 80s cheese.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

It was okay, not the easiest album. Cant get on with modern prog always feels too erratic. Didn't make me want to turn if off but I'll also never listen again.

Cross

Justice

1/5

No for me, just churning, obnoxious noise. Far better examples of influential electronica out there.

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Its pleasant enough and easy to listen to but I'm struggling to see what's influencial enough about it to see it included on this list.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

I absolutely adore Fats!

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

4/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

3/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

3/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

2 rap albums in 2 day, my poor ears! That said while not to my taste I like Public Enemy significantly more than NWA. As least these lot have something to say more than just swearing.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

1/5

Its alright, but rap/hip-hop just isnt for me however much of a classic it is. The constant use of slurs got really tedious, really quick.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

I enjoyed this far more than I expected. Its a surprisingly easy listen given its a foreign language album and I usually put most of my value in the lyrics. That said I know I'll never listen again. Was nice to try something out of my comfort zone.

The Man Who

Travis

5/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

It's Dave, of course its ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2112

Rush

5/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd