1001 Albums Summary

Delightful Americana via Sweden featuring some of the finest contemporaries we have to offer from the US catalog folk monsters

Dancey tunes that actually cover a lot of ground and keeps you interested

Always have to give it up for MF Doom

Kooky kraut-rock

I don’t know that I need anymore early 90s metal, thanks

As interesting as the location of the album’s namesake, Marvin’s is one of my all-time favorites.

While it’s very funny that according to Wikipedia this band is also known as God’s Pee, I found myself checking often how along I was on this or if it was even still playing. Which according to my rules is a two - not my thing but that’s okay

Breathy modern alternative/ indie is a lot of people’s jam but never has quite been mine. Nothing hurtful I’m just not that interested

Garbage rules

This seems like something that would’ve been on the main list. King Crimson prog but with some jazzy notes. Interesting

Wait this wasn’t one of the 1000?

First half loaded with bops, second half kind of but overall forgot how good this album was. US making a strong showing here in the user albums

These chill dudes again

Everyone’s first album in America sophomore year of college where we think we’ve started listening to really cool music for the first time

Back to the golden age of punk pop, babyyyyy. Bunch of solid high school hits here

Pretty cool garagey rock

I wanted to be upset because France but I didn’t mind having this on

Love me some Bad Religion

Really good mix, huge instrumentals. Nice vibe for some morning work

There is a whole world of breathy synth yacht rock ‘vibes’ music that I don’t know a lot about, thank you

Spanish rock accompanying some Spanish poetry - extremely badass.

Mix of synthy electronic sometimes with the modern whispy vocals and sometimes just grooves. Enjoyed it, could’ve been a little shorter for me

A late 70s / early 80s post punk / new wave album?? Was this added by our author??? It wasn’t these guys are Australian not UK. but sound-wise in the ballpark of the 1001 post punk album list

Swedish folk outside of Eurovision..nice

Rocky and rolly

This was awesome

Protomartyr is a very cool name for music that is fine

👏 I am here for the music not from the US or UK 👏

DESPITE the FRENCH there are some catchy moments in here that make an energetic morning listen

It sounds like they tried really hard - I’m proud of them

It certainly sounds like Phish live

If you liked Dave before you will like this, if you don’t like Dave you won’t like this

Delightful voice, chill tunes

What handsome man picked this one? Absolutely legendary

Oh yeah, The Postal Service

If I can’t stream it on Apple Music it’s a one them the rules

Groovy baby

Catchy little bops with sax?

It’s Zappa alright

Not my thing

Nothing wrong here just never pulled me in

Music from the future

Nothing stood out for me here but could be the listening environment of work

Okay I can get into some John Mayer now

I can get behind some Arctic Monkeys

This was interesting. Also short and sweet so thumbs up

I am a TOOLER

This was a fun collection of tunes

This is that good mood food jazz

I am always here for some Power Pop

Some very polite and nice sounding modern folk for shows on the CW

I like this user submitted list because now it’s stuff like this - some actual human’s fun favorite album. Catchy pop nothing wrong here

Make dub not war

A return to high school alternative radio

Groovy, baby

Nice and trippy great work

🤟

What a cool guy

Hmm okay

Those kooky 60s folks at it again

Love this one

The modern funk, fun

This flew past as the kooky trippy rock kids always do

The good alt-folk

I do not care for this and that’s o.k.

This album has and will always kick major ass

Dogrel is a cool name

The Avett Brothers were there for my indie folk phase and they should be for yours too

Electronic - it’s not for me

Hey man I get it. You did some drugs. You’ve listened to Springsteen. You don’t have to rub it in my face. I’m into the tunes but exhausted by the imagery

This is that chill alt R&B / ?? that doesn’t get me excited but also doesn’t get me upset so cool of you’re super into and okay if you don’t like it

This is pretty cool stuff but the most cool thing is that the founding members of the group were in a group previous with someone named Thirstin’ Howll III which is extremely badass

People think it was great to be a medieval king but in my head this what they had to sit and listen to

Are you P-Funk? Are you metal? Are you..why are you doing this to me?

This is some extremely hard rocking..and as you know..I am here for it. Great length for a live album also

Not my thing but thanks for being short

Hell yea

How did you get through the list and the first thing you thought was missing was a two hour Springsteen live album. I’m not doing this

A fun hard rocking romp to get the energy going on a Monday morning

Sometimes modern alt rock, sometimes Van Halen’s grandkids, sometimes Led Zeppelin’s great-grandkids, always fun

Some quick little singer songwriter action

Korn

Fun band name and album title, chill tunes

I had to listen to this at a fairly low volume as my son napped in the car which led to a lot of this sounding like Lin-Manuel Miranda fronting a prog rock band and I am agreeable to that

Kitschy pop with occasionally interesting lyrics. I had to check to see how close it was to done which by law goes from 3 to 2

This hits a lot of my favorite beats - kinda loose, not overproduced, rocky and not too serious with choruses you could find yourself humming without warning

TMBG continues to be on my list of bands I need to just sit down and absorb because very clearly I will love them

It’s Pink Floyd except I’m less interested. Interested in that alBUM cover though am I right

I’m not quite sure what this was but it was a little silly and I like that

I am always here for some pleasant post-BritPop groovy rock and roll

I know I just said in the review before this that I was here for the post-BritPop stuff but this one leans into the indie world far enough where it went on a little long for me..and I had to check time left. 3 -> 2

I can’t make heads or tails of this and did not finish

The album where CG ascended out of the known universe to better humanity

I am just SO bored by the breathy singer songwriter vibe and now I will have to work to convince my algorithm I don’t want to be served more of it

Entered a new level of dadness indoctrinating my son with the classic rock sounds of our hometown hero

Primus is f*ckin nuts and if they weren’t on the original list they totally should’ve been over the 900 derivative 1980s British post punk albums

I enjoyed this quite a bit and added a few songs to my playlist of similar soundscapes. Thanks

Lonely is the Night and the Stroke have been rotating for years, glad I now know there is a full album of badassery surrounding it to jam anytime

The B-52’s are wacky and o.k.

Spanish 80s rock is a yes

I had to stop start this a few times because of life and I never found myself energized to get back into this next chapter of 1001 post punk albums

I assume this means more to Millennials a few years older than me, Plans was my album

Are the members of Marillion on here or something? Knock it off

This was an interesting detour mix of things and a fun listen

I was not that interested and read on Wikipedia this guy is 1/2 the Moldy Peaches that had that song we all listened to once which made me slightly more interested

Some nice variety of samples in here but nothing moving the needle too far in either direction for me

Apple Music notes this album as touching every Latin genre under the sun, and while I can’t confirm the accuracy of that statement it does feel like it might be true. Each track had its own thing going on which kept the whole thing interesting and fun

Funky and souly and just alright with me

Music from a musical I hope I never have to watch

There are days I have the patience for early 90s sludge and today is not that day

I am “o.k.” With this

I’m not even sure what in the world is happening here but it was cool as hell

It’s Vampire Weekend!

Some good ass dub to come back to if I ever require some straight dub

Ugh..fusion? What kind of fusion is…. oh. OH. And this is live?? Finally something on the user submitted list that feels like it was something handed to me by a friend who said “this is good as hell”

The frontman describes Springsteen as one of his major influences, informing why I feel so supremely bored by what Wikipedia says is one of Australia’s 200 greatest artists

It’s fun to have some J-Pop on here, due to the length it all feels very similar and I had to look to see how much was left which as the rules state means a 2

I like Graham Parker, have some of these tracks floating through some playlists. Full album drags a liiiiitle and I 100 don’t need live immediately following the studio

I would really like to play some board games with large rulebooks to this album. Immediately

Oh hey this is great! Sorry for taking so long, Jon!

Standard toe tapping 80s fare

Jazzy soundscapes that are immediately identifiable as Herb

I really quite dig this, nice blend of genres, Dan Auerbach production. Dumped a few songs onto some playlists

Been a Hip fan for a while now and this album shows off why. Gord’s vocals, rocking hard without ever really rocking hard, the serene chiller tracks. Hell yea added to library

I feel like you’re trying too hard, Robyn Hitchcock

It’s jazz! And I always add any decent jazz album to a big playlist of jazz albums so technically I’ve added it to my collection which as you know means this gets five booms

Looking at the runtime I originally thought this would be too long but it ended up speeding by and I may borrow a few tracks to playlist up with adjacent tunes

I listened to some of his other albums and one or two tracks from this album off YouTube and some of the remix album and I think I would probably really like this. But I’ll never know unless I buy the cd. Shame. I will average knowns and unknowns into a 3

I am always in for an MF DOOM vehicle

We could’ve left this in 1984 where it was

God this one just wouldn’t end

These breakbeat albums always are so long but they go by fast. Nothing to dislike here or overly like for me

Extremely 1995 alternative rock radio kudos for not being a long album

Hail Satan

This was peaceful and nice

It’s hard to keep my attention for over an hour and this is another in that pile. Kept my blood pressure down though so that’s good. Somebody should check on this guy he has a lot of feelings

This is very interesting conceptually and has a cool sound to it because of that. Downside - too long. I had to check how much was left which as you know makes this a two and not a three

You know this went by and I didn’t notice. Pleasant voice pleasant tunes wasn’t too long amen

For some reason not available on Apple Music and if not readily available to me :(

Siri, please play 1994 Sub Pop radio

You know it’s going to be good when you can’t find a Wikipedia page for any of it

Lovely folky americanay indie at times but much much too long. Had to pause and didn’t feel the need to continue which under my personal Bylaws = 1

This is pretty interesting and I can’t think of a comparable. Mostly instrumental rock telling a story with great use of sudden dynamic shifts and long periods of groove. Keeps you with it

The lore around this album was more interesting to me than its contents. Snippets of electronic pop dancey tunes. Read the wiki

A lot of fun moments in this. Great energy. Goes pretty hard

Siri play indie

Solid country album hitting all the beats of this era. A good reminder that country was criminally underrepresented considering the amount of early 80s British post punk

Pretty chill grooves

Unless my browser is chacheing in a weird way this album was already on the user submitted list. What the heck

This album is the pinnacle of ska punk and one I would save from the collection if the house was on fire

This CD remains stuck in someone’s 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix in a player installed at a Circuit City with the cool LED faceplate missing. Aliens will find it one day to be immersed in the album that surrounds a pop punk millennial anthem. They’ll love it

I love that this has the best of all of the things happening in 90s alt rock while being its own thing. I wish that the album ended a little stronger, last couple of songs all felt like the concluding ballad which I got tired of

Whatever happened to you I’m so sorry

The rock and roll tour we took in London lined us up to take a picture of the smoke stacks on the cover. Neat. Pink Floyd at Pink Floyd’s finest

Had to pause this and I don’t think I’ll be going back. Droning chill alternative for alternative’s sake is what I feel like

Sing it Shania

I had no knowledge of this, weirdo fun and I’d love to see the musical

I started with the intention of hating this completely due to the recentness and popularness. It’s nice vibes that remind of Obama-era danceable pop. A Lady Gaga of the 2020s. Will I be angry if my wife puts it on again? Nah. Did this change music history? Nah. Will we be listening to this in 40 years Nah. Would I get down to this if it was the sophomore year of my undergraduate. Hell yeah

I 100% already listened to this and somehow it is here again which is okay because it rules

You can hear the 1992 in this, you can also hear the 2012 in it. Fairly musically interesting alt / hard rock / whatever you want to call it at times. Would’ve preferred a tighter 40 minute album though it goes on a little long por moi

I usually get upset when someone interrupts me while trying to listen to albums at work. I was okay this one got interrupted. Didn’t go back later. This is like clown prog? Not sure what’s happening

This was so extremely long whatever it was supposed to be. Calm down

Sincere serious indie is so boring to me. I’m sorry. It’s okay if this is your thing but it ain’t mine

I cannot do orchestral French whatever for this long. Maybe you can. Bon chance

Shuddering to think about a world where the 1001 album list was made by some late GenX American dude obsessed with early 90s alt and grunge instead of our British author obsessed with late 70s / early 80s post punk

This is a great mix of Foo Fighters / Punk Pop / breakdowns / and emotions that will tug at your stupid little Millenial heart. Just wish I could trim a little off the fat of this one and it’d be a solid five for me. Still will probably come back

Avicii made some bangers no doubt. Through a whole album things start to feel a little similar to me but if this is your thing hell yea

The is would be great to drive around Vice City to

Tight 35 minutes of fuzzy rock and roll. Saved to my library which is an auto 5 stars

Early 90s pop. It played, I listened, now it is done.

I appreciate that Vulfpeck can be Sega video game music or Funkadelic or Marvin Gaye or their own mix of all of those things. I’m sure this was a great show but for a me listening experience this was too long

I really enjoyed this and have saved for future listening which means a 5 from this author

5 songs..*squinting* 56 minutes? I had to pause this and felt no need to come back. I appreciate this project opening us to all types of music but avant garde metal..maybe we don’t have to listen to this before we die

I built a child’s twin bed frame in the time it took to listen to this which is okay because it was a jam band helping me phase out of existence

If you’re like me and are trying to place the voice - it’s the guy from Bomb the Music Industry! (!) This is a fun rocker all the way through and has reminded me I like BtMI and should travel through their and Jeff here’s catalogue

This is nice in a proto-John Mayer kind of way at points but a lot of it made me want to check how much was left. Which by this author’s rules becomes a two star

Absolutely solid punk album that I never would’ve run into if not for this wonderful place of people sharing tunes. This is what it’s all about …looking at you, user who submitted that Chappell Roan album

This would be a great album to pull out around Halloween. Fits in with some Cramps and Misfits and such. Fun

I thought this might be an album by important Detroit punk band ‘Death’ but it is in fact a very long metal album that I did not finish DNF = 1

The Cure have had a ton of albums of great tunes since 1979, I’m not sure if the one they dropped in 2024 needs to be the one I hear before I die. Maybe 1001 to hear from 2024. No complaints. It’s still the Cure.

I thought Brat summer was supposed to save our society but that turned out not to be true. Now I know why

I was going to dismiss this immediately based on length but I like Joe Cocker. We ran through this during evening playtime with my son and it ruled. Plenty of great covers and his solo work in his rock & soul style.

Have always loved Sparkys Dream, rest of this album is great too. Think I need to go back again and listen and may be a five for me. Weird this is 1995 rock and not 2015 indie rock

Absolutely legendary American ska punk record . Sounds like shit. Kids can barely play their instruments. Dropped 27 bangers. How was this not on the original list?

Les too long

This played and I listened and then it was over

I started and stopped this so many times Apple Music tried to give me Karnivool radio. Never got into it never finished. High brow metal

The big note about this album on Wikipedia is the theme for the Daily Show was Keith ally written for this album but cut so

When I was in music school there was a couple who loved theater and always wore Nightwish merch. That all makes sense now

Ya gotta give it up for TOOL. Cool stuff, fun time signatures, great use of dynamics. Maynard is a madman. Whole albums are a little exhausting to me though

1 hour and 27 minutes of post - rock There is a time and a place, make sure when you listen it is yours

Saw this labeled as having ‘connected art pop to electronic dance music’ which sure okay

Alcohaulin Ass is the greatest song title of all time

Wait there were late 70s early 80s UK New Wave albums that are actually fun and engaging but our original author didn’t include them in the 200-300 bad ones that were on the list? Weird!

The first line of the Apple Music album review ponders about this being Springsteen-Ian which is an instant turn off. Fortunately either it isn’t overt enough or I wasn’t paying close enough attention to be annoyed by that. Alt / Indie that’s trying a little too hard but not so much that you can’t listen all the way through and feel just fine about it

I like Fun House. I like the importance the Stooges hold in the history of Michigan and global music. I like the story surrounding the show(s). I don’t like any of it enough for a bootleg live album

I’m pretty sure this broke my AirPods

There is some of this that is fun Spoon-like late 90s early 00s indie and other parts that are..not that. Overall a little too long for this reviewer

Love the world indie vibes, groovy positive listen

There is the whole period of early 90s alt music trying to climb out of grunge sludge and into something poppier and the user submitted list is building the largest collection known to man

I dig this rock and roll

Peaceful shoegaze to help you disassociate from whatever is on your monitor this morning

You know it’s gonna be fine when the synopsis begins with ‘though largely ignored upon its 1999 release’

Late 00s Alt Rock Radio that goes hard the whole way through

Hey f you - I love Jack Johnson

I wish that an autocrat law-ignoring regime would do something cool for once. Like making everyone take some time each day to remember that CAKE kicks ass

Badass

This is a very cool concept but is mostly just record hiss

This played and I listened!

Traditional modern popular music

🇨🇦

Let’s put this on and play a long and complicated board game

The dang French at it again

It’s jazz!

I always kind of liked the Hip but sitting down with these last two albums from the user submitted list I’m all in, baby

Was this really not on the original list? Or is it so good they let us have it twice?

Love some TOOL here and there but man sometimes the albums just feel like they are 10,000 days long

Some fun little diddies

This is someone’s friend’s band but it’s fun in a modern pop rock punk kinda way

Absolutely loaded front half representative of a whole genre and place and time, and a second half to get loaded and make whoopie to

Please don’t tell my friend Anthony that I think this just fine

A classic Boards of Canada listen, delightful

I’ve never really cared about Bon Iver and I continue to not do so

Beep boop wubba

People really like the 1975 and that’s okay

I mean yeah, of course

I enjoyed a good rockin time

Woof these guys are sure mad about something

This was nice and put me onto some Mike Mogis, Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk kick for the rest of the day

A delightful spacey Death Cab for Cutie

1992 pop rock that will play while you listen

This played and I listened

‘Shimmy’ came to me through Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 and that kicked off a long and wonderful relationship for me with SOAD. Toxicity represents all that makes them great. Where is my scratched up CD copy?

Greatest live album of all time? Yeah probably

Sufjan is on my list with Springsteen and Radiohead where every one of their albums is going to end up on this list and I don’t quite care about any of them. Breathy chamber folk doesn’t do it for me, congrats if it does it for you

Pretty straight forward punk

You know it’s going to be good when the Wikipedia page simply exists to give the album title and track listing

This played and I listened

Some fun beeps and boops and some fever dreams

I can get down with this good country

This was a lot of the same for me, chill track with some voice here in there saying something about something

This is a fun ride. Hardcore at times, electronicish at others? Keeps you on your toes

Brazilian hip-hop that fairly interesting at times even without understanding the language, other times less interesting

Apple Music liner notes begins with ‘Spirit of Eden is one of the most powerful and singular experiences in modern music’ My liner notes ‘It was fine’

This played and I listened

Boring 90s alternative in the submitted list is becoming the early 80s post punk of the original list

This was some chill hip-hop that played while I listened

I am good with like one TOOL song mixed into a playlist, I do not need 1.5 hours of consistent TOOL. Every TOOL album is not a must hear before you die. TOOL

Falsetto folk isn’t my thing and maybe it deserved one entry into the overall list but I don’t think we needed six or whatever

If you like the 1975 that’s good for you

Inventing a new rating for this one - the 3+. Anything wrong here? Nope! Anything that moving to me here? Nope! Blues rock straight forward that played and I had a good time but probably no inkling to need to return

70s Prog / Kraut Rock with lyrics in Latin - interesting concept, sounds like you’d think that would sound. I’d gladly put on this vinyl on, get inebriated, and go to church. Good add to the collection.

Modern alternative pop punk hangover with some cool synths

It came from Abbey Road

Why wasn't this on the original list?

Okay who is friends with Spose

How was this not on the original list

I couldn’t remember if I had played this album and so I pulled it up again and I’m pretty sure I listened to it. So that’s the memorable factor for me

This is a great site because a user thought this album was incredible enough to suggest it should be listened to before death And Apple Music can suggest this artist is entering their ‘Imperial phase’ on this album And then I can listen to it and go “it was okay”

Ween is nuts, gotta love it

An American punk classic

This was a fun mix of rock and rock-adjacent genres, kept me going through despite being above an hour in length. That’s a good sign

Oh hey I like this very much

Singer songwriter has big feelings and lets you know about them

The not-requested return of UK post punk to the list leans into the Cure and Joy Division and eventually goes too long for this reviewer

Relaxing electronic

Yo La is fun

Never heard of Beyoncè thank you for sharing

Jazz - it’s jazz!

This is my favorite flavor of hip hop, tons of samples and DJ work, linguistic gymnastics, and a little bit silly feeling. Good stuff

You have to look up ‘Owen Pallett’ and then you have to get it off the deluxe edition so you don’t have to have some bs extra songs and by the time you get there it’s fine

Vangelis is a badass

Not available on streaming and searching for it gives you weird asmr results no stars

‘Avant Groove’ is the very cool way their sound is described in their wiki page. Love it

Oh 2008, take us back

“While indie rock suffers no shortage of dramatic, orchestral pop..” Ok I’m out

I accidentally had this set on repeat album and so I listened to it about 1.5 times which means 1) I couldn’t really tell the tracks apart and 2) That’s okay because I didn’t mind listening to it

I listen to a podcast where the host made his own theme song using AI and this is what it sounds like

I was enjoying this for a while but there isn’t much I want to listen to for 1hr 22 minutes

A toe tapping blend of r&b / soul / pop with Motown and New Orleans running all through it. Good times

This is a nice pop album that I listened to

This is extremely cool on paper, hip hop Opera of future space dudes having rap battles to save the universe. Didn’t get me so much on execution and also a little looong

[Eddie Vedder voice]

Broke my rule of auto-one starring anything I can’t stream on Apple Music because the concept was cool and it was available on Bandcamp. I think I’m going to be a mallsoft guy now

I love AJJ

This ‘post-metal’ album is likely over an hour only because the musicians often forgot where they were and just kept looping whatever they were doing until one of them remembered to move on

I’m a music nerd but not that this much of a music nerd

Pop punk perfection

This one of those would be great to put the vinyl on and have some beers with boys 70s rock albums

Fun rock y alternativo!

This played while I listened!

It’s the hip hop that plays while you listen

I said this on the last Dream Theater album someone posted and I’ll say it again - there were some weird kids in my music program that wore Dream Theater merch everyday and this checks out. It’s kinda fun though

This is a message on behalf of 1001 album users - the thing missing from the original 1001 list was not 1001 of your friend Gary’s post metal band’s albums

This is something unique enough it could have found a place on the og 1001 list. ‘Kawaii Metal’ is something you never knew you needed

Absolute shoutout to the legend who found this album of the music they played at KMarts

I’ve never been that into of Montreal and I continue to be that way

Every Weird Al album should be on here

Because great Ozzy album or because he just passed? Doesn’t matter it kicks ass

This is rocky music that plays while you listen

A very long album of heavy alternative I did not find that inspiring

I couldn’t find this on Apple Music so auto-disqualified

Music nerd jazz + electronic collab to play early morning with coffee or late night with a wine and enjoy for the #vibes

This is a fine modern pop album

Rolling Stone Argentina says this is the 12th best Argentinian rock album of all time but for me with a list of one, it’s the best

I somehow got about 14 and 1/2 minutes into ‘mindtrain’ before I had to give up. Come on

Living Colour is badass

“The Aussie rockers go prog on their 26th studio album” is the album description equivalent of the Grandpa Simpson walking in and immediately straight out of the restaurant meme

I love The Hip and you should too

Hell yeah

I mean yeah I guess

This is nice

Alt rock you listen to with a closed fist

A bunch of Barenaked classics

The kind of Metal that I don’t need in my life and very quickly had to move on from

Yeah I mean idk, sounds like Fall Out Boy

At first I was like ugh more nonsense metal but then this turned out to be a kind of funny hardcore punk album and it was great

This is just fine rock and or roll

Some delightful and apparently legendary folk from across the pond. If you are a non-UK listener check out the wiki page for this one to read about a bunch of folks you’ve never heard of saying they love this album

Are we just going to put every BABYMETAL album on here now?

Early 90s grunge etc

Uhm yeah, hip hop / rap

Vampire Weekend is a neat idea on paper but is always just indie rock that plays and I listen in execution

I too have listened to Eno’s music for Airports

Portuguese Alt Rock radio

It’s cool that all countries have goofy okay hip hop

What in the world here is a fun one. 1978 Electronic

Dance! For over an hour!

Early punk doing early punk things

Wait this wasn’t on the original list?

This sounds like famed country singer Dolly Parton

It’s Built to Spill!

Bunch of granny music and silly love songs

Hurry up, it’s that one song from those TikTok’s and others! Feels like this could’ve been on the list as a representation of the modern electro beep boop music but we still got here

I listened to a couple of albums today and do not even remember what this one was so it must have just played while I listened

Forgot about the Rodríguez story. Tunes are interesting although the story probably more so. Thank you for inventing the Black Keys, Rodríguez

Listened to this but cannot remember anything about the next day Alt rock

This alt rock album played while I listened

I’m sure there is a parallel universe version of me that is like YEAH WEEN! Lots of styles spanning the album, pretty kooky. This universe me just isn’t in the mood. At least today

Normally electronic music just sounds electronic and I lose the music, this one has a lot of points where I recognize the music. Cool addition to the list

F U still love this record

Harmonica 90s rock

TIL about Filk? This is super fun and the kind of stuff I like to see pop up on the list

Finally the album with Pitchfork’s 2014 song of the year!!!! Neat synth-led pop

One of the reviews was “sometimes rock, sometimes punk, sometimes just noise” which “reminded them of Radiohead” which to me is uhh yea sure

This music felt very specifically like music that would be playing at the outdoor shop / lounge area at the Secrets resort we have visited twice in Mexico. Which pleases me. Don’t know if that helps you as a review

This is my sort of lane, good musicianship without taking the whole thing too seriously. Folksy Americana by someone it world clearly be fun to have a beer with. Listened originally as a Friday wrapping up the work day, then put back on to cook Saturday morning breakfast and was great for both

This is a genius pick and easy 5

If you listened to that one Paramore song like a 1000 times when it was always on the radio you probably have a guess as to what a full album sounds like and you’re right. Fun little pop punk / alt rock drive into the office this morning

Apple Music said this was electronic and maybe it was? Very DUTCH that’s for certain

I’m in my alt country era so hell yeah

2 discs for 2 hours and 1 minutes uhm did not finish

This played while I listened

This goes pretty hard for 1966. The more interesting part is reading on Wikipedia about the Dutch Rock boom of the mid-1960s (Nederbeat!) and its predecessor Indorock

Prog folk is what the worst folks at the renaissance fair are listening to on their way home and that’s nice for them. I’m not sure I personally need 1hr 11 minutes of it

Some chill electronic that played while I listened

Perfect west coast ska / reggae / pop-punk album. Legendary 90s stuff. So many hits

Sounds like Chuck Berry! Was there Chuck on the OG list? Should’ve been

The French Frank Sinatra is an interesting listen thanks for sharing I guess

Good blues! More good, Wikipedia-ing this guy led me to a blues supergroup he was in with Stephen Stills. Badass

This played while I listened. Occasionally it sounded like the Strokes but less good

This is ‘electronic’ music that played while I listened

Sounds like indie rock band Glass Animals

This is bonkers

It’s that cool hip hop

Ughh this is sooo indie rock

Apple Music said this was ‘alternative’ but I found it to be laid back slowly evolving jazz. Wikipedia described it as DARK JAZZ which is extremely badass. Good listen better genre

This alt / indie rock played while I listened

These guys are angry about something

I too love The Rolling Stones

I think I’m supposed to like this extra because Detroit but idk

Beeep beeeep booop

Metric has been and remains to me “pretty okay” indie / alt

Apple Music told me this is the sound that defined late 90s early 00s Australian rock and I guess, sure

Apple Music told me this is the best of Australian rock of

Blackalicious remains extremely badass

‘Apocalyptic folk’ sounds like it should be crazy cool but it’s kind of giving Decemberists Hazard s of Love if they had lost their way

This sounds exactly like you think it’s going to

This is definitely a great live album. Kind of long though

Identifying Beyoncé - it’s Beyoncé!

This was uh..something. Finished but. Hm

Somebody recommended Turnstile to me a while back I think. Good energy, musically interesting. Hard rock +

Beep boop doo Dee doo gotta love Depeche Mode synth time

Very much a snapshot of its time

A soundtrack 500x better than its movie

I had to take my AirPods off during listening to this to talk to someone and didn’t really feel like going back to finish

I listened to this but do not remember which is not a good sign

The first guys to realize you could make those dj noises. One of the early hip-hop greats. Should’ve been on the OG list

Remember when that one song was an indie pop classic for a few months? I do

I was unaware of this super-bassist and his interesting life. Cool jazz great bass

This has loud guitars in it sometimes

Groovy, baby

Pop punk band with a good synth player who then got into playing harder. Also see ‘I See Stars’

You know I think I can be a fan of Billy Strings. This record is too long though so not a 5 for me

I really quite enjoyed this album. Great guitar work. Lovely songs

I love Neil Young!

What a moment this was in the Covid-era. Bo has always been a real one but this piece of art masterfully touched so much of our terrible beautiful world. And Bezos I just goes so hard

I really liked this and will need to revisit. Canadian Indie Rock so rooted in all things good to my ears

Let this be a lesson for everyone who drops the absolute latest Sabrina Carpenter album or the people insisting every Bon Iver album ends up on here. Ethiopian Saxophonist backed by a Dutch Post-Punk band. This is the shit we’re here for

That wonderful kind of crust punk where everything sounds kind of bad and the singer is complaining about something

It was about halfway through that I realized ‘oh they really like Springsteen’ and understood why I was so meh

Apple Music said it was metal but okay idk

This played while I listened

Wikipedia has a quote describing their sound as ‘rabbit hole music and celestial metal’ which is perfect

Weird this wasn’t on the original list. You know what Tom Petty sounds like

Woah hey I like Warren Z

I cannot describe for you the differences between most of the tracks here. Modern alt rock radio. Some of it is fun don’t get me wrong

Spanish Chapell Roan did an album about saints or nuns or something? This just came out, chill

Identifying Muse : Yep it’s Muse!

This is a wonderful intersection of a joke but the joke is also good

Early Wilco is alt country George Harrison and when I reconciled that in my heart the world was a better place

This album was good when Hide and Seek blew up because of SNL and it is still good now

This style of folky Americana just isn’t my thing. Whispy emotional Greys Anatomy stuff

Cmon

The internet really wants me to think of Porcupine Tree as a prog rock band and there’s certainly one track with a lot of synths and a flute jamming out. Much of the rest feels Beatles-descendent indie rock and one like Rage Against the Machine cover band sound? All and all was pretty interesting to my ear at the end

Accidentally listened to this on this day without knowing it was the album. All time classic

Ryan Adams is hell

Dreary 80s synth pop that is hitting the bullies eye for the goth industrial people but largely I think this is here because of the OHHH YEAAAH song so we go ‘oh..oh yeah’

Not on Apple Music or Spotify which as you know means auto one star sorry!!!!!!

Musical descriptors that do not motivate me “breakup album” “falling out of love and stepping into her power” “chamber pop” “baroque pop”

If you had given me one 40 minute album and not a three hour compilation I think we find ourselves in a different position. Usually not finishing auto equals a one but I still listened for a good while and was enjoying so it gets a plus one

At some point we will have listened to every hip hop album ever made which sounds exactly this. Which is fine

Post Brit-pop with unlimited guitar tones

This is fine, it played and I listened

F the h8rs love me some Less Than Jake

I’ll be honest I didn’t Lady Gaga had like 30 other albums after the first one. So cool I guess

The Apple Music summary for the album basically says this is spooky Mormon indie rock and, yeah

I didn’t know Dan did 1001 albums. Congrats buddy on finishing

Queen!

You can like Vampire Weekend a lot and that’s fine for you

A fun collection of new wave power Pop and Proclaimers style ballads

This played and I listened

Yesterday was not a good day to hit me metal nonsense

Not available on Apple Music or Spotify 👎🏻

If you’re in the mood for four ten-minute long folk songs here ya go!

I have always loved MMJ, Z Gets a lot of love but I’ve always been more of an Evil Urges man. Either way killer album

At first I was like ugh mid-90s rock but it grew on me in a fun bridge between grunge and power pop

Apple Music said ‘electronic’ and maybe? It played and I listened

Apparently very important ‘trip hop’ and so I will agree