Another one where it is the height of insanity that this is NOT in any edition of the actual 1,001. This little bonus project has been a lot of fun for me because I spent 1,089 days bitching about most of the albums being forgettable Gen X bullshit, and then I've spent the last 2 weeks being like, "Yes, obvious masterpiece" and then I read the other reviews and see people complaining that it's forgettable Millennial bullshit. I guess we're all just a product of what we listened to when we turned 14.

Whatever sicko added this to the list needs to be found and studied. Bruce, a mediocre boomer who already has FIVE albums on the list when he barely deserves one. An OVER TWO HOUR LONG album that is LIVE? This is supposed to be a fun time, not an investigation of war crimes.

It's a good thing that they don't care what I think, because I think that they are kind of shitty

Damn this thing grooves.

I think Pop Punk is really THE genre of Millennials. It's something that Millennials invented that no other generation really likes. I remember in the early 2000s that my parents (and my friends' parents) were completely baffled by it. It appears that Gen Z is following in step, appraising it as a weird quirk of their parents' (or older siblings') era. But I fucking love it and they're all wrong.

GREAT start to day 1 of this new project. This scratches the Mumford and Sons/Edward Sharpe itch for me. I know some people hate stuff like this but it is 100% the exact thing I love.

I've been a Bran Van Stan for nearly 2 decades, man! I'm much more familiar with "Glee", but this is great too. I'll give it a bit of a ding for being over an hour, but this is still a piping hot platter. So far I think the User Albums are waaayyy better than like 500+ of the actual albums!

Hands down one of the best albums of all time. When this popped up I was a little confused. SURELY this was on the actual 1,001 list already? It HAD to be! If there was room for 273 mediocre post-punk albums by Scottish 1-hit-wonders, then there must be room for Madvillain?!? Oh well. Now it's here, thanks to another real one who put in the work.

A really fun time listening to ambient german beats! Somewhere between vaporwave and retro-german-techno-futurism. What a cool find!

It's a good thing that they don't care what I think, because I think that they are kind of shitty

I submitted this, so of course I think it's a 5 star worthy album. But, really, it's a 5 star worthy album. Tally Hall creates interesting melodies and lyrics that range from thought provoking to goofy. They're the greatest and most popular band that never were. I saw them in a high school gymnasium early in their career and thought "these guys are going to be huge!". Then they ALMOST WERE. They signed a major record deal. They were touring on Good Morning America and shit. They had a song featured on The OC right when the OC was absolutely the biggest thing on TV. They had a hit youtube show back before Youtube shows were really a thing. And then they imploded an they all went their separate ways. Ross went back to school. Rob created one of the biggest internet memes ever with "Actual Cannibal Shia Lebouf". They doing music for children's television now. I still think back to this album and what could have been. I think Gen Z has sort of discovered them and now they're a popular Tik Tok thing? Good for them!

A haunting, unique, cinematic journey from beginning to end. You're not going to pop it on at a party, but it'd be cool to drive around at night to! Most importantly I'm very happy to have been exposed to it, which is what this website is all about.

It makes sense that this person tours with Sufjan, because Angelo sounds like a not-quite-as-well-formed Sufjan. Enjoyable!

This is lots of good fun, but I'm not sure it's better than the Garbage album that's on the real list already!

A nice proggy time that doesn't hit the ear-grating heights of something like Yes

I mean, one of the totemic titans of post-80s rock. It hurts my brain, stomach, and heart that this album is turning 30 this year. I still remember going to Best Buy first thing in the morning to pick up the Deluxe Edition on its 10th anniversary! And that was 20 years ago! Every single track is an absolute classic. Weezer is a bit divisive nowadays. Most people are firmly in the "they still exist?" or "they suck now!" camp, with a few people in the "they are the greatest band this side of the Beatles" camp. I'm somewhere in the middle. They're nowhere near as good as they used to be, but they still produce bangers now and then. But this is a classic. This is required. It is a CRIME that this isn't actually on ANY edition of the official 1,001. A lot of people go to bat for Pinkerton being the "better" album, and on some days I think that's probably true, but I'm usually in the Blue camp. Hard to pick a favorite track but today I was feeling "Garage" and "The Sweater Song". Actually I think my favorite track is "Jamie" on the deluxe edition.

Fuck. Yes. I've been a fan of the Gambino since Werewolf Bar Mitzvah (spooky! scary!). My immediate thought is that this isn't as good as Awaken, My Love! or a lot of his earlier albums and EPs (I love Camp and the 2011 EP so much). But then I put it on and it's just so fucking good. Donald's career is always one to watch. He's one of those people that is just unbelievably good at everything he does, and I always wish he did MORE of that thing. I wish he did MORE stand-up, I wish he did MORE comedy acting, and I wish he did MORE rapping/music writing. But I'm glad for what we have.

Love Eels and have loved Eels ever since I heard Fresh Blood

Another one where it is the height of insanity that this is NOT in any edition of the actual 1,001. This little bonus project has been a lot of fun for me because I spent 1,089 days bitching about most of the albums being forgettable Gen X bullshit, and then I've spent the last 2 weeks being like, "Yes, obvious masterpiece" and then I read the other reviews and see people complaining that it's forgettable Millennial bullshit. I guess we're all just a product of what we listened to when we turned 14.

Everyone loves Blink. I don't think this is quite as good as some of their earlier efforts (I'm partial to Enema of the State), but once again I'm shocked to be reminded that here is another artist completely missing from any edition of the book whatsoever.

Not my first foray into the realm of the Lizard Wizard. Just a damn good damn for music nerds, perverts, and weirdos (which I am)

What if French music was gentle?

The reviewer that mentions Tony Hawk Pro Skater nailed this on the head. If you like that you'll like this. Pretty good!

The most bland of these bonus albums so far. Totally inoffensively fine.

What if Québécois music was soft and sexy

Cool Spanish music and poetry. Rocky and folky and full of feeling.

Vaporwave - the album! I had a good time.

Wow this was so dull and basic and vaguely 80s that I'm shocked this artist isn't on the real list 5+ times

Feels somewhere between like the Midsommar soundtrack and the Witcher soundtrack. I'm 100% here for it and would like a wench to bring me some ale. A little long and samey by the end. Shave off maybe 2 tracks and this is a 5 star slice of Scandi gold

Fun times with a garage goofball

All killer no filler.

More post punk. No thanks, I listened to three years of this mediocre forgettable stuff.

Hell yeah let’s go to the beach and listen to Amado and Mariam

In a bit of serendipity my friend introduced me to Stromae a few weeks ago. Cool Belgian party music

This was kind of nice. I'm not sure I have anything else to say about it.

Never listened to Phish before and now I've listened to over 2 hours of it. I liked it more than I expected. It sounded at times like Barenaked Ladies, a band that I like a lot that is nowhere on the real list (or, so far, on the user list). But I'm still not sure I "get" it.

His real fans call him Dave. Liked this a lot more than I thought I would! Not ready to buy one of those dancer stickers and put it on my Suburu, though.

Haunting and lovely. Would make for a good "walk in the woods in autumn" album.

Jimmy just mellows me out every time. Back half way stronger than the front half. Where's my margarita glass?

The Postal Service takes me to a very specific emotion at a very specific time in my life and for that I can never evaluate it fairly. If I try to peel back my psychological tendrils and peer at the thing with fresh ears I may say that it overstays its welcome and honestly sounds a bit silly with how mopey it is. But I was once silly for mopey I was.

Garbage can classic rock. Ai generated classic rock.

I gave the official EWF album on the official list 5 stars, but this is a better album. I want to travel back in time with Verdine White and make my past self give THAT album a lower rating because this one is so good. And then we'll all groove on.

This grew on me immensley throughout its runtime. It is the exact mix of sincerity and tongue-in-cheek that I love. The beats and grooves are genuine enough, though!

what an edgelord

I was immediately sort of turned off by this. I wanted the bass to be higher and I wanted the beat to "make sense". But the deeper I got into it, the more incredible the whole thing is. I have *never* heard anything even remotely like this. I somewhat recently stumbled upon the term "hyperpop" and I find it to be incredibly challenging. I don't know that I... like it. But hey it's something new! You gotta hand it to these kids, at least they are doing new/exciting/challenging.

This is all fine but I really, really struggle to conceptualize the person whose #1 album OF ALL TIME this is. It's like an album of theme songs to early1990s TV shows on MTV or something. I don't want to be mean. It's enjoyable for what it is! But this is a user submitted album which means someone was like "here's my shot to submit my #1 album of all time! Let me submit Kick by INXS", and I want to meet that person and ask them 15-20 questions.

What if The Killers and ELO formed a supergroup? This sounds SO 70s and also SO 80s and SO 2000s. Really a fun ride and a RARE instance of me wishing it was a longer album!

Very Pearl Jam-adjacent. Not bad!

John Mayer will always in my head be like "that guy my aunt listened to in the early 2000s" He's very fine and very safe and I struggle to think of anything negative to say about his music.

Channeling Bowie and T Rex really hard. Sounds like a fuzzy outer space lounge act. Just a Iittle too samey by the end to earn a full five from me

What if The Fratellis were from Norway?

Not my favorite Tool album by a long shot, but they are pretty undeniable. I'm enjoying Nu-metal more as I get older.

A mix of Thievery Corporation and Gotan Project and Motown and Buena Vista Social Club

King Louis don't stop. Glad to have learned the origin of the term "muggles" thanks to this album.

Some nice inoffensive pop music you could play for a grandmother or a sick dog.

I, too, went to college in the 2010s

What if Britney Spears was named Rachel Stevens? What would that be like?

Can always use more dub in my life

If you're too young to remember, this is what 2003 sounded like. I never realized it until now. But it sounded like Switchfoot.

Kind of like a more chill Jethro Tull. If you've ever listened to Jethro Tull and thought "these guys need to calm down" then Procol Harum is for you.

Wow this was great! I can tell Childish Gambino is a Tame Impala fan; I hear a lot of Because of the Internet here.

The superior 182 album. Way better than the official album on the list

Does not match the highs of Emily, but is still pretty great. Cool to see that his sound continued to evolve even after I stopped listening regularly.

A nice album mixing classical and modern sounds. I can tell this was originally conceived of as a soundtrack to something.

The Beatles sure made it look easier than it was, eh?

The ultra rare album where the closing track may be the best one?

Damn this thing grooves.

Do you like when Germans jam? I do

Pretty incredible. This is a very specific kind of music that I am 100% in the pocket for

Some immense talent on display here. Thanks for sharing!

This is what the 90s felt like

This sure was an album I listened to

Somehow I missed this one during my peak college late-2000s folk revival phase. I appreciate that this sound is very specific to a time and a place, and more then a decade past that musical moment it seems a bit silly and cliched. I can imagine younger listeners wondering what the collective folk hallucination was all about. That being said, I'm still 1000000% in the pocket for this style and I guess I'm that old increasingly irrelevant music guy. Thanks for sharing.

Has a sort of "Sigur Ros but happy" vibe. A good time!

I really really really enjoyed this. Reminds me a LOT of The Mountain Goats. Listened to it on a Friday, forgot to rate it, listened to it again on a Monday and liked it even more the second time.

This was fine and I think really is ideal for when you want music *on* but don't want to actually *listen* to it.

Delightfully weird and groovy. No track overstays its welcome.

Nice kinda folky jams

In 1993 a couple of Dutch guys heard a Red Hot Chili Peppers album and said, "This is the absolute pinnacle of man's artistic achievement. We must dedicate our lives in the pursuit of emulating this pure ecstasy. The angel Gabriel has spoken and it sounds like he's from Southern California"

Fun energetic punky concert. The kind of concert that justifies its existence from the raw energy that is not repeatable in a studio.

A very nice way to spend 20 minutes, and a great reminder not to judge an album by its cover.

I think Pop Punk is really THE genre of Millennials. It's something that Millennials invented that no other generation really likes. I remember in the early 2000s that my parents (and my friends' parents) were completely baffled by it. It appears that Gen Z is following in step, appraising it as a weird quirk of their parents' (or older siblings') era. But I fucking love it and they're all wrong.

Whatever sicko added this to the list needs to be found and studied. Bruce, a mediocre boomer who already has FIVE albums on the list when he barely deserves one. An OVER TWO HOUR LONG album that is LIVE? This is supposed to be a fun time, not an investigation of war crimes.

Wooooooow A band I have not thought about in probably 15 years. There was a minute where I was ALL in on City and Colour. Saw him perform at the Fox Theater in Detroit and he did a whole mini Alexisonfire set in the middle. It blew my mind! Thanks for the walk down memory lane. This album still absolutely rips.

Sounds just like anything else you can hear on the classic rock oldies station. Sounds a lot like Iron Maiden. Occasionally whiffs of Audioslave. I like those bands and this band sounds good. For 2009 it feels a bit derivative.

A lovely folkin' good time. Idaho is achingly beautiful.

What kind of a sick fuck adds a Korn album to the list when there's already one on here? This was perfectly fine but didn't need to be over an hour long.

A nice little homegrown album that sounds, among other things, a bit like Oasis and the Beach Boys, but then sounds entirely its own thing. Fuzzy without being ridiculous

A really fun throwback! This feels like it came too late for the first wave of great prog albums but a bit too early to initiate a new wave or a nostalgia. But completely out of context and all on its own in 2024, it's a fun time! Reminds me a lot of Genesis.

Wow this was horrible. The quirky lyrics do not make up for the terrible, cheesy 80s lounge act music.

Has a real lively energy and a DIY sensibility. I like the variety of vocal performances. Fairly typical of its time. Almost anticipates some of the folk revival sounds of the late 2000s/early 2010s without quite sounding folky. Infectious little melodies and some good sing-along hooks.

They Might Be Giants is one of my all time favorite bands. I highly considered submitting one of theirs myself. I'm not sure that this is my favorite of their albums. It's not even my favorite of the 2010s (I think I have to go Glean or Nanobots). But it's a great album that is highly accessible. I think that if you hear this and like it then you'll have a pretty good idea of what their deal is. If you don't like this album then you're probably not going to enjoy, like, Fingertips or their Dunkin Donuts ad campaigns or any of their other ephemera that I've obsessively listened to over the years. I think Can't Keep Johnny Down, Canajoharie, and When Will You Die are some of their all time best tracks. I revisit them often.

I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan but I definitely lean toward David Gilmour and the whole ambient direction that they go in in the 80s (and beyond!). This album sounds like a rejected version of the wall. The bum on the cover is quite nice.

Not bad. Sort of a silly Nine Inch Nails. Better than their awful band name would indicate! I kind of truly dug it by the end.

Has a strong Fratellis vibe. Great Indie British late 2000s sound.

At times sounds like The Architecture in Helsinki. Enjoyable, if not extremely similar to a ton of albums on the user submitted list (I guess we're all a similar demographic, eh?)

Fun, frantic, intense, and feels *new*. The list definitely needs something like this on it.

Just one of the best from one of the best. Redbone felt like such a revelation when it came out, and still hits very hard. Unlike the rest of his albums, and yet totally of a chord with all of it.

Still have a soft spot of Michigan (and Illinoise) but this is probably the pinnacle of Sufjan's whole deal, so I'm glad someone submitted this. I hope he's doing better. He had a rough 2023.

Seger is the answer to the age-old question: What if Bruce Springsteen wasn't lame and didn't suck?

Sort of goofy industrial faux-rage bass noodly fun time. I can see how someone could get WAY into this, and I could even imagine a world where I got WAY into this, but I don't think I'm in that world right now.

A southern bluesy country outfit. I like classic country a lot, and I'm sure that there is still great country being produced, but it feels like there is a lot of subpar stuff to slog through to find the gems. So I like when someone submits something like this! Thanks for finding it so I didn't have to. It sounds a bit like CCR or Lynyrd Skynyrd at times, and then other times just sounds like some classic country. I don't think I'm going to rush out and buy the album, or add it to my active listening playlists, but I'm glad to know that it exists. Next time someone tells me that there's no good country music anymore, I'll point them to Marcus King Band.

Never quite registered how many of these songs I had heard over the years. A classic rock power house! If you had asked me this morning "who is billy squier" I would have said "no idea".

Sounds exactly like every other B-52's album. Which is to say that it's enjoyable if not unremarkable.

Smooth and shiny rock album with an easy listening voice. I would probably give this a 3 as it didn't completely blow me away, but gets a boost from me because: A) I always appreciate music from countries/cultures not well-represented on the list B) I literally just got off a plane from Spain today so this feels like serendipity.

Ah yes just what this list needs, more post-punk. It's totally fine. As usual with albums I don't really care for, I find a song I really like and go "NOW it's picking up!", and then I switch over to Spotify and see that the album in question has ended and that Spotify has just started a new, better album from a better artist.

A super soft album from some super soft boys

Wikipedia tells me that this is a "Modern prog rock band" Yep. They are.

Very Cake-adjacent. Not bad!

Wow this sucks. He's trying sooooo hard to be edgy and clever and it comes off as very cringy.

Bog standard British hip hop. The kind that you don't turn off, but I cannot imagine someone paying money to go to a concert.

I fuckin love all user-submitted Mexican albums. Love my neighbors to the south and their kickin' smooth grooves.

I really cannot stand Lady Marmalade, and the rest of these tracks are fine.

I hear a lot of early Flaming Lips in here. It’s good!

A fine little rocker. Slides into rockabilly at times (in a good way). Vocals not strong but they don't need to be. Sounds like 1991.

Smooth as hell. A good listen

I've never had an album go from 1 star to 5 stars so quickly. I was OUT for most of the first track, and then the second tracked began and it all clicked for me. It's so weird that its Frenchness is apparent from the beginning. Only someone living with a strong social safety net is able to be this weird

I was the perfect age when this came out to devour it voraciously. Still love VW and their sort of preppy 80s beach vibe.

Inject this shit directly into my veins. I was about 11 years old when my cool music uncle introduced me to dub and I have never been the same since.

Purely awesome jazzy riffs with funky grooves and slappy synths. I can see how a lot of people wouldn't like this, but it was basically exactly my shit. Reminds me a lot of a lyric-free Vulfpeck

Starts out pretty good, hits a transcendent level around Achilles Come Down, and then sort of outstays its welcome by being too long of an album. Overall a great time!

A nice, if overly repetitive album. Hikaru has a nice voice and this album sounds kind of like a Sonic Video game

A nice little new wave album that would totally fit in on the proper official list. Nothing to hate here but I found very little to love. Album opened strong but I was ready for it to be done in the end.

Totally in the pocket for this kind of prog rock passion project. We used to have TRUE NERDS in this country!

One of my all time favorites from one of my all time favorites. Honestly it's probably like my 3rd or 4th favorite Boingo album but it's pure spooky fire from top to bottom. I'll give a relisten in October like I always do :)

Let's go to the mall!! Sounds like roller skating.

Had the album hanging on my dorm room wall in college. I liked that it was simultaneously sort of risque while also being kitschy and retro. I also convinced myself that I loved the album. Looking back... it's just sort of a nice novelty album, isn't it? There's nothing to dislike here. Nothing! But it's just so light and airy and there doesn't feel like any substance at all. Sort of... like... whipped cream.

Wow just a delightful mix of Blues, R&B, gospel, and Bluegrass. Utterly unique and utterly American.

I'm from Michigan, which is a lot like Canada but with more guns and less affordable healthcare. Canada is so close to me that I grew up listening to the CBC on the radio. So, I'm very familiar with the Tragically Hip! However, I think this is my first full album listen. I don't quite get how these guys transcended to become full on Canadian royalty/icons/institutions, but it's a great album with lots of energy! I've been listening to them all week, so there's something to it for sure.

This is one of the worst things I've ever heard. When he shuts up for ten goddamn seconds, the music is pretty nice. But he never. ever. ever. shuts up.

Never heard of this fellow but he can blow a mean trumpet.

Alanis Morissette coded early 90s angry white girl singer songwriter jams. I liked it a lot! Napoleon has been stuck in my head for a few days. I cannot in conscience give 5 stars to an album with the abomination of "Amazing Grace" on it.

I *think* this technically violates the rules of the user-submitted list because it is impossible to find on spotify and also impossible to find in a single easy to find playlist on Youtube.com. But I'm not complaining because this entire thing is wonderful. West African Jazz is my absolute shit. Go off Salif

Never going to say anything negative about MFD

Downside is more new wave bullshit Upside on a few tracks is that it *nearly* touches Oingo Boingo in new wave fun. Needs more horns! The lyrics are *very* "I'm 14 and this is deep"

Listened to part of this during the day and I found it boring and forgettable low-key jam band nonsense. Listened to it at night in my car while driving around and the volume was up and it was awesome and groovy low-key jam band nonsense. Balances out to a 3 I think

fun 90s brit club music sounds like a ps1 racing game

A very good if not generic accounting of the alternative rock scene in the mid-90s. I can't say any of this really defies expectations or impressed upon me very strongly. But, I first *discovered* music in the mid-90s, and so this is all very nostalgic for me, even if the album itself is new. Don't love don't hate, is what I'm saying.

One of the best albums from one of my favorite outfits ever. One of my more memorable concert experiences. Even chatted with John after the show. I think I'd have gone with Sunset Tree, but this is still perfection.

Haunting groovy wonderful

A classic I've loved ever since I heard Delicate on an episode of Lost in 2004. I revisit this every few years.

Chill, occasionally odd, moods. Very sparse. Was good for carving a pumpkin to!

Nice 90s vibe female singer songwriter album. Never really breaks beyond that for me, but I enjoyed my time.

like taking a warm sonic bath

Kind of a predecessor to Pop Punk. Bridging the early 90s gap of styles. Not incredible but enjoyable.

Wow! Fun and occasionally epic

Nice chill folky tunes with occasionally exciting beats. A flute shows up sometimes. I liked this so much.

Good jam band vibes that sometimes go REAL HARD. A great time.