1001 Albums Summary

I thought I was going to line this more. Psycho Killer is phenomenal but most of the rest was just perfectly fine.

Still so good. Nothing but cuts.

Only got through the first track "Decepticon" and really loved it.

Bang a Gong... So good, didn't even realize it was a T. Rex song. Rest of the album was fine and good but didn't blow me away.

Not bad. Fun little live Blues record

I played it while feeding my baby a bottle. Not a good choice. First track was awesome.

REALLY dig this album. Will give this another spin for sure.

Just fine. More eclectic than I anticipated

Very fun record! I'm really enjoying this blast from the past.

Surprisingly good. I'm definitely now of the right age to really appreciate this record. Younger me would have hated this.

I don't always want to listen to Rush, but when I do I have a really good time.

So right. Smooth and choppy at the same time.

Fucking classic. Just a legendary album with many iconic tracks.

Exceedingly pleasant. Classic 60's folk. Nuff said.

Fine record. I didn't want to turn it off, so at least there's that.

Bonafide classic. Full of bangers.

Exceptionally weird. Exceptionally cool.

Good enough. Pleasant

I got into Blur way too late. I really dig this album!

This is my kind of album. Really digging it.

Just legendary. This album will make me go back and adjust other albums downward as they do not rise to the same level as this 5-star record.

Solid record. Fun to listen to.

Perfectly fine

First band on this app that I've seen live! Another perfectly fine album. I think I'm just more of a Kiss appreciator. Singles are pretty great, there rest doesn't do much for me.

Not bad. Probably won't listen again, but wouldn't be against it.

A little country twang in a couple songs there. Didn't know ol' Tommy had that in him, but I should have. Was really nice to listen to this record.

A step too far for me. Rod Stewart is fine I guess.

It's got the hits. Fun to listen to.

Solid crooning, I dig the pipes. Not as many memorable tunes on this record, but still a fun listen

Smooth peanut butter

Unassailable. Just legendary.

2nd album from a band I've seen live. This record still kicks after all these years. Just fun as fuck.

Still sounds great

Real smooth. Really enjoyed this listening experience.

Meh. Not my thing.

The Who is Gwhood. Get it?

I mean, come on. This is too easy. Cuh-lassic. Although some of these hits are definitely outdated and the Boys have admitted to as much as well.

Just fine garage rock. Neil's voice is magical

Fun listen, not bad

Phenomenal. Multiple listens in store for this one.

Great listen. Tons of fun.

Pretty great. Classic funk with a message.

Was just fine

I'm liking this album of mostly covers way more than the first Rod Stewart record I got here.

I will always enjoy listening to this record.

Jimi just makes me happy.

Fine listen, but not essential for my taste.

Classic. Always love to listen to Marley

Saw them live opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd. They were better than what Skynyrd has become.

Duh

Polly Jean is someone I need to spend a lot more time with. This is good!

Not bad. Like a mix of David Byrne's voice, David Bowie's weirdness, and a little sprinkle of 50's era Rock n Roll

Solid record.

This dude loves his synth

Yes please. So very pleasant and I believe wholly met Eno's goal of creating music equally interesting and ignorable.

Solid blues record. Fun listen.

Fantastic

I dig it. Spacerock is definitely for me.

I'm really digging this record. Very fun!

Just good ol' Bob. You get exactly what you paid for. Solid.

I'm digging this. Chill as fuck

Pretty chill. Some really good tunes on here.

I don't speak French so I have no clue what was being sung, but I could listen to this all the time

Meh. Didn't do it for me.

I mean, it is Bob Dylan but there's a lot of Bob Dylan on this list.

Totally fine Aerosmith record.

Classic. Good shit right here

Mesmerizing vocals, haunting.

This is my kind of weird. Such a cool record. So glad I finally took the time to listen to some Tom Waits.

Another perfectly pleasant album

I mean, it's not Rumours but it's still good.

Glad I finally listened to this. Not too shabby.

Really good. Thoroughly enjoyed.

Just an incredible record. A landmark album.

Just a classic record for me.

I'm finally able to appreciate classic country.

Interesting

More great jazz

I'm really enjoying the foreign language records chosen for this book. They're all pretty stellar (imagine that) and I probably would never have listened to them otherwise.

Really, really good. That voice. And as always, fuck heroin.

Exceedingly smooth. It's amazing how many of these songs I've heard before and how ingrained they've become in American society.

U2 is always going to be just fine for me. They're just fine.

This is fucking great. Smooth, funky, modern. We'll worth the inclusion on this list.

Not bad. Jane Says and The Mountain Song are still great.

If I wasn't but a child in the 80's, I'd like to think I would've been a Talking heads superfan. Just great music.

Not bad. Some weird ass folk music. But not super memorable for me.

I adore Fast Car and I'm so glad I finally listened to this album. Phenomenal.

Very cool, very weird. Wish I could have this album back in college when more substances could be involved.

It's hard to separate the man from the musician, but this album is great despite being made by a shitty person.

Jazz is fun

This album is exceedingly mediocre, and the guy doesn't have the best or even memorable singing voice.

Just great. What a treat, what an artist.

Pretty fun. Need a half star here, this album is right at 2.5 for me.

Panama is one of the greatest rock songs ever written. Diamond Dave is magnetic and magnificent. Eddie just fucking rips and his guitar makes me unbelievably happy.

Solid live blues record. Fun. 2.5 stars for me if I could.

Fun listen. Not too many hits that I recognized and that's just fine. I have a feeling I'm going to like the late era Beatles more than the early stuff.

Great album, classic hip-hop

Classic. Joe Strummer's voice is electric.

Just phenomenal. Still so very good. R.I.P. Chris Cornell.

I'm finally in a place I can enjoy classic country. Still don't vibe much with the modern stuff but the oldies be singing goodie to me these days.

Pretty fun little record.

Legit classic. This record still hits hard as fuck.

I'm really digging a lot of the stuff on this list from the 50's. I could play this stuff all day in the house. Soothing, classic sounds can permeate these walls anytime.

Nice. Just exceedingly nice. The whole record put me in a good mood.

Really dope album

I'm surprised I didn't love this album. Just didn't resonate with me like I figured it would. Just felt old-timey and not in a good way

Frickin' dope. I am now a riot grrrl!

Rob Halford just fucking wails!

The first CD I ever owned. It brings me back to that specific moment in time, even after all these years. It's affirming to me that I have good enough taste for this record to be on this list.

Great, genius, legendary... But a bit played out. I couldn't help but let my fatigue affect my rating but I still know this is over if the best.

So calm and cool. Great to listen to when hanging out with my baby boy.

The weirdest artist in popular music. A true one-of-a-kind and someone we'll never see again. Just legendary.

Doesn't quite hold up to it's legendary status, as I had hoped for. The jams still sound great, the message is still on point, but I wasn't as enthused as I thought I would be.

Pretty solid, Bring the Noise is a great little time capsule to the beginning of rap/rock.

Greatest harmonies in pop history.

The definition of classic.

A true unicorn of a music group. Great record, so much fun, so weird and funky.

Solid debut. The Light is still a great song. Love the production.

Lush vocals, great musicianship. What more could you want?

Not too shabby, quite listenable.

I liked some of the songs, but there were some total turds on here. I prefer Donovan when feeling these vibes.

Fresh beats, tight rhymes. What more could you ask for?

It's fine, I guess. Doubt I'll listen again. I'm just not finding much remarkable about this. Maybe it was great at some point, but now it's merely just good, at best.

The title track is still so fucking good, and much of this record is pretty good. But it drags and by the end I'm tuning out.

Just a phenomenal talent and Ray shines on this release. True legend, true genius.

Really good Clapton

Yeah, not impressed. This is pretty vanilla. Not bad, but isn't floating my boat at all.

I'm happy to have listened to what's considered the first concept album, but this is some lesser 60's pop rock and this list is chock full of lots of the same. My burnout of more of the same from this era is definitely affecting my rating here.

I'm quickly becoming a huge Pixies fan. Just legendary tunes and so amazingly different than anything else out there.

Not too shabby. Although the guy's voice sounds like if I was singing, it's still a decent listen.

Pure magic. Such a treat. Mesmerizing.

Pretty weird, fairly entertaining, lots of synth, probably won't ever listen to it again (but I'm glad I did)

I've been waiting for this generator to give me more stuff like this. This is my groove, my era. I want to live inside the 90's and never leave. This album hits every level of alt-rock greatness and just demolishes.

A true legend, a phenomenal performance. The stars aligned perfectly to make this perfect album, a snapshot in time of an artist's career unlike any other.

Grand and pompous (in the best possible sense of the term). Fun to listen to but I don't see myself revisiting it.

Dope album of modern reggae. I was really groovin' on this one.

Not bad. Kinda like a proto-, poppies version of Thievery Corporation. Connected is still a banger!

Just really good electro-dancepop that is chock full of earworms and bangers. If I would consider the transcendent music videos, if give it another star.

Classic rock, classic tunes. More than a bit overplayed at this point, but there's a reason for that. I don't get all jazzed up like some for AC/DC but I get why they do.

Yes please. I love everything about Portishead, it's my kind of stuff.

Despite being a conspiracy theory dumbass, that record is still great.

British Beach Boys! Yay! Great album, fun listen and Time of the Season is still phenomenal!

I'm not hearing anything mind blowing on this first listen. Not doing it for me.

Not bad, but not as good as I was expecting considering all the accolades. I really enjoyed this but I know others like a lot more than I do.

Fantastic! Those pipes are legendary, can't wait for more Dusty.

Pretty good Stones record.

I'm really digging this classic country. I'm so glad records like this are included in this list. It's a refreshing break from the constant onslaught of 60's-era rock this list is littered with.

I question this record's inclusion on this list. I was not impressed. I guess for historical context it's here, but this was not a legendary listening experience for me.

Now this is why I'm here. Finding albums like this is what makes all this worthwhile. This guy's singing voice is so original and I Frickin' loved this listening experience.

Glad to have heard it, doubt I'll listen again.

Really solid electro goodness. Freaking weird in the best way.

Totally fine, bit I've "heard" this before. Every pop band from the 80's sounds the same to me and they're all not that great. Bonus point awarded for the great sax play.

Fun to listen to but another I won't again.

Just fine

Yes please! Such a great record. Just classic.

Pretty damn fun to listen to, but probably never again for me. I do really enjoy hearing these "proto-" and influential records of genres I'm unfamiliar that this list is littered with. This is one of the main reasons I'm here. Even if I'm giving it a lower rating, I'm still glad I heard this than yet another standard sounding 60's pop album this list is chock full of.

Phenomenal. Just great.

Phenomenal. These songs still ring true and clear all these years later.

Doesn't do it for me. The singles are still pretty good but Bittersweet Symphony has been so overplayed for me that I can't give it the justice it deserves. This me, this is just lesser Oasis and Blur.

Fine, I guess. But it's unremarkable to my ears.

Better than I thought it was going to be.

My kind of country

I do love me some Steely Dan, and this record's sound reminds me a lot of CSN&Y. Not as many hits as other Steely Dan albums though.

Sweet Emotion is still a classic banger, that intro and bass especially

Quite boring

First CD I ever bought with my own money and still one of the best records of my life. I wish I still like Green Day now as much as I did then, but I can still play this album and be transported back to then.

Very nice

One of the best metal records ever.

This record still bangs. Besides the great lyrical content I'm really digging the old school beats.

Some of the best metal ever. Glad to see this record included

Meh

Fine, I guess.

One of my favorite albums ever. For me, this is where electronic music began.

Hells yes, so good.

This album fucking rips!

Not surprisingly, this album also rips!

Just one of the best rock records ever. That's all.

So much better than I anticipated.

Tainted Love is one of the best cover songs ever, but the rest of this record just doesn't hold up for me. I'm pretty much all out on New Wave at this point.

Fan-fucking-tastic! I had heard a lot of these songs before but didn't know anything about them or the artists involved. What a phenomenal record, one I'll now be spinning the rest of my life.

Just some perfect chilled out funk. Loves me some Jamiroquai

Most of this record still holds up, but there just a couple duds in my ears. Sting's voice is still one of the greatest ever.

Super solid hard rock record. Dope listen.

Pretty nice and I love the harmonization.

Phenomenal 90's pop-rock.

Decent

So good, still to this day. I love the low-fi, stripped down production that you just don't hear anymore.

Just a great listen and an all-timer right here. The jams are pure gold and the lesser tracks aren't faster behind. Great record.

Phenomenal folk from the Canadian master.

I'm obliged to award this top-notch album record for both it's high quality and it's counter programming on this list dominated by 60's folk and pop-rock. A big part of that is because this reference is so light on music like this that only the best are able to be included. All that aside, this is wonderful music and from note one I had a smile on my face.

Such a great record. As someone like me who isn't well versed in many of the classics, it's a treat to hear some many of the original sounds that are so we'll sampled in today's music. Obviously Sly & Co. have had such an impactful effect on so many of my favorite artists.

Groundbreaking record. Just pure musical genius.

Trippy, fun little record.

Top notch record of pure genius

Beautiful songs and compositions, haunting in many ways

Really decent alt-rock record. I really enjoyed this.

Great soul record with an an time great title track.

One of my personal favorite record ever. This brings me back to the era of my life when music finally made sense and my love affair with music began. For all, those formative years of middle and high school mean so much when it comes to cementing what it means to be "good music" and I'm thankful for records like these to paint the the listing picture of my youth.

Legendary voice. Legendary woman.

Still holds up. Great fucking metal album. Slash is a guitar god and I finally got to see them all just a few days ago.

Very cool. Better than I expected.

Terrible album cover but I really dig this record. I spin it all the time. Top tier.

Mr. Blue Sky is still a lot of fun but most of the rest of this album just didn't resonate much with me. I was surprised as I was expecting to be way more into it than it turned out to be.

Not my jam

Bottom of the list fire me

Stone cold classic

Just a transcendent hip-hop record that still feels groundbreaking 25 years later.

Stone cold classic

Decent 80's pop with tons of early hip-hop influences. Fun little trip.back.in time for me with this one.

I'm really glad I finally took the time to listen to this record. That voice and everything behind it is so hauntingly beautiful.

The title track is still phenomenal, but the rest of this record doesn't do much for me.

First album I couldn't finish. It's crap. There's no flow, nothing rhymes, it's not as clever as everyone says it is. It's just talking with music in the background. I mean, he rhymes money with hurry and this shit has a 91 on Metacritic? The hell is going on with this?

Not really my style, but a perfectly fine record

Novocaine For the Soul is a fantastic 90's alt-rock for me, but I wanted to be blown away by the rest of this album and didn't quite get there.

Friggin' great record!

Really digging this alternative gem

Great Beach Boys record. I've really come to appreciate them at this stage in my life and recognize them for their innovation and talent now where I loathed them growing up.

Unassailably incredible. One of the greatest records ever with the sales to back it up.

I mean, was there any other choice and 5 stars? Still probably the greatest pop record ever.

Just a great record. Haunting in the best possible way.

A lot darker than one was anticipating.

Not my jam, but not bad.

Great record with bonafide all-time great singles.

I liked it a lot more than I thought I would and it was a more varied record than I anticipated.

Phenomenal record. I just wish the man himself was as quality a person as this music is.

Much better than I would ever give them credit for. The hits are hits for a reason.

I had never heard of this band before and I am really digging this record. I'm surprised I'm connecting with it so much as I usually don't with this kind of rock but it's a great indie/alt album.

Weirdly I couldn't stream the first 3 songs of this album on Spotify, but the last ones were dope especially If You Think You're Lonely Now.

Just fine but not memorable enough for this list.

Legendary landmark. The beginning of my love for this type of music.

Just a legendary swan song from a true icon.

This album gets 4/5 just got Bohemian Rhapsody alone. The rest of the record easily takes it over the top.

Better than I thought it was going to be. I really enjoyed it and gotta give it another spin.

Such a great, diverse, funky record. One of my faves from my fave Scientologist.

Legendary. G-Funk 4 Lyfe.

That voice

I'm surprised I've never heard of Mike Ladd before, but this album is right up my alley. Very Swayze!

This is why I'm really enjoying the experience of going through this list. I never expected anything like this from the Bee Gees. I'm so grateful to have discovered this side of a group that I previously had only a singular vision of. Very cool.

Way better than I thought it was going to be. I was very surprised to see this one pop up as I never gave a 2nd thought to this band past Scooby Snacks. But this was a pretty diverse sounding record with lots of smooth grooves and jazz inflections.

Very weird, and very good. The detours this album takes are exhilarating and there's not much like music anywhere but within these tracks.

This album is a lot of fun

Much better than I was expecting. Quite enjoyable.

Legendary. Just impeccable and hits the door every listen.

I'm digging the classic country selections and this one is just phenomenal.

A good listen, but this is just a budget version of everything Jack White does

My personal musical tastes were forged in the fires of the late nineties and the furnace of Nu-Metal. While there is much of the genre and scene from that era that I cannot atone, I will forever be in debt for the spark this album and others from then ignited in my soul. Despite some abhorrent, deeply misogynistic and homophobic tracks on this record that were juvenile then and appalling now, this is a bonafide 5 stars from me. It all starts for me with the iconic album cover and artwork from Todd McFarlane. Profound, thought-provoking, and even a little cheesy I just love the mood that it sets for the music within. Being of the CD age, I remember that this album started on track 13 after a minute of silence (something lost as we've transitioned to streaming). As It's On finally kicks in, the ride begins with all the hallmarks of the Korn sound from the chugging dual guitars, to Fieldy's one-of-a-kind bass, to Johnathan Davis' singular voice. Freak on a Leash, Got the Life, Dead Bodies Everywhere and so much more defined the music of my life at that point and they still hit the same today. This was peak cameo/collaboration in rock and metal music and the featuring tracks on this record are sus, for sure (although Earache My Eye is ridiculously fun and an inspired inclusion on this record, if you ask me). While I have grown and so has my musical palette, I don't listen to this as often as I once did. And while I don't listen to it much these days, I enjoy every moment of the experience when I do. High school is a strange time for all of us and I'm glad I had this album there with me then.

Astbury can surely wait and this is a fun record to listen to. Some good jams, but that cover of Born To Be Wild was ill-advised, to say the least.