1001 Albums Summary

3.5/5. Funky and jazzy, electric guitar, flows between ambient and crashing whiny vocals

2/5. I get it, it's capital G great and is the provenance of most rock ballads. But it just sounds like all other rock ballads after it which makes for an uninteresting listen.

4/5 - soulful, rambling rock with a good drum and bass line.

4.5/5. Brainy, energetic 90s hip hop rap over jazz tracks. Play 'Oh Shit,' 'Soul Flower,' or 'Passin Me By' to seem hip at dinner parties. Delightfully explicit. 'Ya Mama' is a must listen.

Fun, creative lyrics that will always make you feel 19 again. Great weekend or car trip listen.

2.5/5. Uptempo punk rock with stringy electric guitar and epic vocals with lots of tension. You can imagine every band member with their eyes closed *feeling* all of their hooks + solos. I'd happily participate in this gothy moshpit if I find myself in 1981, but too stressful a listen otherwise.

4/5. Jammy electric guitar riffs and solos, with upbeat drum kicks and deep-voiced vocals. The first 25 minutes is just one long, rambling and waning guitar riff. Great background music for introspective, manly things.

3.5/5. Background dinner rock. Musical soft rock guitar and keyboard. Brit-rock whiny vocals. Not bad but not super interesting.

2/5. Stadium 90s pop rock is not my jam.

4/5. Jammy jazz-rock with lots of emotion and cacophonous solos from my different instruments. Great working music, but too wild for it to be universally liked.

I have always had a soft spot for Cheap Trick, one of my first concerts. An awesome live album to make you feel right in the arm-waving crowd with great pop rock anthems. The 8 min Need Your Love take has great riffs and the live I Want You to Want me can't get any more sing-along-able.

A little bluesy and mostly melancholy, there are some gems like Friday Night that are oldies playlist worthy.

4/5. Energetic, experimental and rebellious, strummy electric guitair and a strong bass line make for a good classic rock listen on the less expirimental tracks. Some are too expirimental (Gutter cat vs the jets) but some are fun and bluesy (Blue Turk). Fun for active listening but not great jam out music.

3.5. Rolling guitar and upbeat drums with haunting vocals.

Fun and boppy, with lyrics made for screaming 16 year old girls.

4/5. Grungy rock with lyrical streaks, another favorite classic.

4/5. Mellow with deep guitar and manly vibes, with some oldie rock bops. Listen while drinking scotch and playing a quiet game of pool.

Fun and eclectic, lots of classic rock singalongs with interludes of weird narration or groovy instrumentals.

Dramatic pop rock with some classic instruments and a story to tell. A fun listen but not captivating

5/5. Funky and Jazzy, rambles from awesome big band blues to more mellow, wandering piano solos. A new favorite. Big horns, jammy piano and lots of hi hats. Feels like Art Blakey with slightly more blues/rock influence.

Greenday predecessor, make it 1970s and Brit Rock. Cacophonous and complainy. 1/5

I mean, epic for powerlifting, gang fights and satanic rituals but not great anywhere with mixed company.

A new favorite. Atmospheric, serious but makes you want to be in the crowd to jam along. Folksy and Jazzy with experimental effects and smoky vocals

Pop with lightly rebellious experimental sounds and lyrics. I'm sure it was a bop back then.

An undisputed classic. 5/5 quality, 4/5 for music i want in my rotation

The perfect mix of kick-the-dirt punk and fun rock ballads

Such a ground breaker - the rock influence makes the disco very approachable for non-EDM fans. Hard not to bop along and feel like it's time to dance.

Deluxe edition is 6 hours of straight angst and sadness =, with highlights of 90s bops

Twangy and informal

Interesting and funky, but too many expirimental/talk tracks to make the album a fun listen. 'Sleep on the Left Side,' 'Good Shit' and 'Good to be Back on the Road Home' worth pulling into playlist

Garbled but above average pop-punk rock

I'm not the biggest R&B guy, but this record is crazy groovy and the vocals are epic and interesting in each track. 5/5

Swings from fun and pokey to smoky and romantic. Pair with a date at home. 4/5

3/5

groovy