1001 Albums Summary

The music is pretty boring and his voice is so grating. Not as bad as it could have been but not great.

I already knew I liked this album beforehand. Everybody Wants to Rule the World & Head Over Heels are classics. Honestly both Shout and Mothers Talk are a bit boring compared to the rest of them. Production is insanely clean as well.

Hilarious Morrissey voice cracks throughout. The music sounds like it’s about halfway between the Beatles and the Cure. No song stood out as super good and I didn’t really like Frankly, Mr. Shankly or Vicar in a Tutu bc they just sounded kinda creepy. Morrissey’s voice is also pretty bad but I think the songwriting and the interesting vocal melodies tend to play to his voice and make it more manageable. Upon further listening it’s actually pretty good.

What a disturbing album cover. Production is very good but it's hard to listen to mostly ambient orchestral type music for over an hour. Also I don't really like how Icelandic sounds vocally compared to other languages that I'm more used to. It’s alright but I probably won’t revisit this album often.

This is a classic album that becomes more fun to listen to the more times you hear it. From coked-out RZA on one of the strangest posse cuts ever to "Yeezy reupholstered my pussy" to a four-minute vocoder solo, MBDTF is a hip-hop tour de force. The quirks and bumps along the way only serve to further the image of a beautiful and twisted modern fantasy, and it's not likely that we will ever get an album that sounds and feels like this again.

Big fan of this compared to “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” actually. Not that that album is bad, but it just never lived up to the hype for me. The lyrics are pretty direct & simple, especially compared to the more obscure Gil-Scott Heron and Eugene McDaniels stuff, but I think it fits with the live jam quality that the music has. And I guess that makes sense considering that Sly & the Family Stone was the band that made the mold for most soul music that followed. Ultimately, this is really good.

Sometimes I like metal. This is not one of those times. There's just so much screaming and there's such a huge focus on percussion that I really can't pick out much musicality throughout. And I can't stop imagining the lead singer just screaming at concerts in his silly clown mask. Like what? Anyways, not good.

Sounds alright. I like the popular songs off this album and the rest are mostly forgettable.

I like it a lot. First half is a bit of a snooze fest even though I like the songs (don't leave me hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh). Once it gets to Just and the following higher-energy stuff, the album really picks up steam. This'll probably make it into my winter rotation of albums but isn't quite a 5 imo.

Absolute bangers, all the way through. Probably my second favorite EWF album behind I Am, but obviously still amazing.

No. Just no. This almost makes me wish I gave Slipknot a 2 so this could inhabit it's own tier of awful.

I feel like I can understand the influence/importance of this album in terms of shaping the perception of sampling in modern music, but that doesn’t mean that I enjoy it very much. It’s not bad and I can almost get into some of the songs but I feel like there is a significant lack of payoff compared to more traditional song structures. Maybe I’m not enough of a genius to understand this or maybe I’ll appreciate it when I’m older. For now, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Honestly pretty good considering I’m not a big reggae fan. The songs kinda blend together annoyingly and his accent isn’t my favorite but I can tell the album is about important stuff and it’s short enough so as to not get boring. This also prompted me to look up Marcus Garvey, who was a very odd person.

Alright but I really liked “I Never Asked to be Your Mountain” and the songwriting throughout was cool, so I’m bumping it up to a 4.

Sounds good. Production reminds me of Pyramids throughout a lot of the album which is, of course, great.

I kinda like it. I fell asleep for about 20 minutes of the middle of the album but what I heard sounded good and I’d rather be asleep than listening to Korn. Will have to listen to this again when I am less tired.

Just trucks fuckin trucks. Sounds alright and some of the songs are fun but I can't see myself listening to this very often. Also sometimes sex jokes get old, which is an opinion Aerosmith apparently disagrees with.

It was alright. I liked the songs with Thom Yorke and I thought the songwriting was pretty compelling, but her voice was frustrating at a lot of points. Worth another listen at some point but generally just some okay alt-rock.

Haha I love the Cocteau Twins! This album is good but not as good as Heaven or Las Vegas.

His voice freaks me out from time to time but overall interesting to hear a Leonard Cohen album with modern production standards and strong backing vocals. Some of the songs kinda reminded me of The Division Bell purely because of how the backup singers sounded but pretty good overall.

Not as bad as I thought but not very good. It was interesting hearing Willie Nelson cover songs I’m familiar with but his voice is so bad that I feel like I should just listen to other versions of those songs.

Not very good. Her voice is somewhat annoying and the songs are just kinda sad. But not in a good sad way, in a way that makes me pity this woman, and to an extent all women who lived in America in the 60s. The instrumentals were mostly just boring too but nothing was offensive so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I've listened to this album probably around 20 times since I first heard it and I'm no closer to understanding what they're saying now. It just sounds so cool and I always feel totally immersed in a wave of guitar chords and ethereal vocals. 5/5

Hilarious album cover and groovy beats. A full album got to be a bit much and some of the music is painfully 90s but that doesn't stop this from being a jam.

I really like the first song and there are some great moments throughout. I got kinda tired of David Byrne over the course of an entire album but the upbeat and zany songs were generally fun to listen to. 2021 really is the year I actually listen to Talking Heads.

Still Leonard Cohen, still good. I like his voice more here but the production quality is obviously lower. He's got some strange lyrics too but that's just Leonard Cohen.

Amazing album, one of my personal favorites this past year. Each song is a banger even though they can get a little corny.

I really don't like this. This woman sucks at singing and the music is just awful-sounding.

It’s good

Some good songs and some meh songs but nothing bad. Like Jefferson Airplane’s album but more interesting to me.

Good songs but the last one is just kinda boring. Still groovy.

Liked it more than I thought I would. The way he interacts with the crowd makes the music more fun and it was a good listen overall.

Probably gotta have a few more listens before I can fully appreciate this. As is, I think she had some interesting musical and lyrical ideas but didn’t really deliver a knockout punch on either front, so it just ended up sounding awkward and a little anticlimactic.

Not good. I hate the songs that talk about sex because I know from Hurt that he knows how to write songs, he just chooses to be shitty.

This album was strange but right up my alley. Groovy beats, wild synths, and dreamy vocals all contributed to my enjoyment of this. There was no single song that I loved but also no song that I disliked, so that's a good sign.

The music was pretty good but I think the mixing made the drums and vocals too loud. Also his voice & songwriting were pretty annoying and I generally just got bored during some of the longer songs.

I like it a lot but it’s not something I could listen to all the time.

Sounds cool but nothing really special on this.

It’s just mediocre imo.

Just boring. I like the sitar in a few songs but the medieval folky story songs are so hard to listen to.

Masterpiece.

Good music to put me to sleep. Fiddle music makes me uncomfortable slightly but mostly this was just alright.

It's The Monkees. It's fun but kinda boring 60s music.

Masterpiece.

Pretty corny and pretty 80s which means I like it.

Fun and theatrical and West Side Story??? Also was confused for a while because I confused Alice Cooper with Alice in Chains before I looked it up lol

Pretty strange and not super memorable.

Just a little boring. Sounds nice though

So short but I really like the energy and the piano!

Seems like the Smiths but more 90s so I'll give it the same score I did the Smiths.

Just good rock.

Feels like the Strokes but British. Pretty good!

Long, boring, and corny. America did not need this album post-9/11, I don't care what anyone says.

Some of it sounds somewhat cool but some of it sounds really bad. I wish there was like rapping over some of the beats (like the world’s famous song) because that would have probably evened it out a bit more.

I liked it a decent amount, but nothing was super memorable. 7

Hilariously over the top and ridiculous keyboard work throughout. The idea of a mecha-armadillo named Tarkus is just amazing. 9

Some decent songs bookended by fantastic songs. I think if the middle section wasn’t all dragging blues or if Monkey Man wasn’t a song I’d rank it higher. 8

Walking in Your Footsteps and Mother are both pretty horrible, there are some classics, and some meh stuff. Overall probably averages out to a 6

Boring but not unpleasant. Was kinda disappointed by the We’ll Meet Again cover but alas. 6

The more I listen to it, the more I like it. Vocals end up being charming and not too harsh to listen to, while her songwriting and musical vision are strong. I'd say 8 right now but it may bump up even more if I listen to more Bjork.

Pretty boring and some of the songs were flat-out bad. But it's mostly just generic rock-y music. 5

Good but Common’s delivery is corny and some of the beats sound a little canned. Still a classic and well-produced rap album. 8

Hilarious and dramatic while still sounding good. 8

I thought I might kinda like this at first but then it just dragged on and on. Lands somewhere around a 5

Actually really enjoyable, I like how her voice floats over the music effortlessly. 8

Gross album cover and middling alt-rock. At least it's slightly better than the other PJ Harvey in my opinion... 6

Maps is classic rock band and the rest was somewhat entertaining but not great. 7

I think I always confused Elvis Costello with Buddy Holly. Anyways, I liked this a lot, the first track is hype and the album is short, energetic, and fun. 8

It's alright but hard to care about a reggae album for more than 4 minutes. 7

Tried to be very experimental but mostly came off as bland and overstayed its welcome. 6

I was feeling alright about this one but even the 2ish minute long songs felt like they lasted so long. Even though I generally liked the music it was just a slog. 6

Depressive self-indulgence; less fun than the album name suggests. Music is still awesome. 8

I like the way the music sounds in general but over an hour was far too long for this album. Tusk is also severely underrated as far as FM songs go. 7

Still Elvis Costello, still pretty good. I think I liked it a tad less than the other one but not very significantly. 8

I think it's hard to rate jazz on the same scale as popular music but it's really good. 9 I guess

I like the way it sounds but it wasn’t interesting enough to hold my attention super well. 7

This files into the boring but good-sounding music category, which I guess is about a 7.

Again, it was good but songs were long and the album didn’t really feel like it needed to be an album. 7

Good ol' rock and roll. 8

Compelling enough for me to want to listen to again, and I love the samples/beats throughout. 8

I love this album. 10

A little disappointed that this wasn't funkier. 7

Music ended up pretty good but his voice was quite bad. Overall 6ish

Meg White's drumming ruins about 1/2 of the songs. I think maybe if there was bass it could fill in some of the low-end gaps that the percussion leaves, but since there isn't I didn't like it (despite a heroic effort by Jack White). Honestly the album could have been an 8 or 9 but she bumps it down to like a 5.

I thought the first and third songs were pretty hype but everything else was boring at best. 6

What did you expect? 10

Megadeth... who cares? 5

Pretty fun! 8

It’s like hard rock except everyone sucks at their instrument so they try to lay down grooves that just suck. 4

There is no reason for some of these songs to be so long. 5

Super long but ultimately pretty good background music. 7

Not bad but I'm kinda pissed because this took a spot on the list away from so many albums that are much better than this. It's not even like this is revolutionary or different in one way or another, it just sounds like every other generic British alt-rock/pop/sadboi album in the 80s-90s and I'm starting to get sick of how many of these are on the list. 5

The music was interesting but it was too long, too loud, and too intense. Almost couldn't make it through. 3

It’s got classics but a lot of it is mediocre or annoying. 8

I had never wondered what The Beach Boys did between Pet Sounds and Kokomo and yet here is this album. It’s a bit heavy-handed and strange but I like Disney Girls and it’s short. 7

Very long (+dumb skits) but nostalgic for me. Production has also held up well over the years. 8

I like the sound a lot, it got repetitive but it was good for walking around and probably for other background music. I’ll toss it a 7.5

Like listening to paint dry. 4

I thought I might like this more than I did. Some of the songs were just kinda background despite being pretty good R&B in other places. 7

Not unpleasant and I recognized some songs, but it wasn't good or anything. 6

Just so long. I think if each song was like a minute or two and there were more different beats it would be interesting. I still like some of the songs though, so 6.

It sounds nice and Green Onions is classic but it’s mostly background. 7

Pretty good for being slow and British. I think the production and lyrics are good and it's a bit more musical than other British stuff so yay. 8

I enjoyed the slightly slower pace of this album because I think he stood out more as a songwriter and the music varied more between songs. Another 8

Really cool and definitely worth coming back to for another listen. 9

Honestly loved it. Songwriting was great and the overall sound was so raw and emotional, though it ran probably 5-10 minutes too long. I’ll give it a strong 9

Maybe my second favorite Beatles album. 10

Loved it. Probably going into my regular album rotation for the next couple months if not longer. 10

It's just hard to listen to for an hour. 4

It was less bad than I was expecting. A lot of the songs were somewhat groovy and I liked some of the messages in the songs. Still, it was over an hour of reggae so I’ll toss it a 6

I liked this a lot. The beats and production are so good and the rapping is decently hype. The back half got kinda weird and slow but it is what it is. 8

Just kinda boring and obnoxious. Since it’s old it didn’t have enough musical experimentation to be really bad but it also didn’t have any interesting flair. 5

Harder to get into than the other Miles Davis though I am somewhat aware of the intense musical stuff that’s going on. 8

Nothing bad but just boring. 6

Very long and a tough listen because of its subject matter, but I love the sound and the emotion. 9

Not nearly as good as his other albums on the list. 6

Quite good and definitely grew on me as I listened to more but there weren’t too many special moments on the album. 8

First song and last song are pretty good. The rest are just alright 60s semi-psychedelic rock tunes. 7

This album has a combination of some of my most hated musical aspects. The canned synths sound horrible, the vocals are shrill and confusingly distorted, her accent is disgusting, the tunes are annoying, and the maximalist production makes sure that everything I hate comes to the forefront. Borderline unlistenable and certainly headache-inducing. 2

It's fine. Doesn't overstay it's welcome but I probably won't listen to it again. 6

Decent music but kinda slow-paced. 7

Pretty boring, fine background music. 6

Some decent tracks but probably not anything I’ll come back to. I think something that I’ll nitpick about several 60s albums on this list that are in the rock/folk/psychedelia area have production that sounds fuzzy (mostly on the guitars and vocals) and that decreases my overall enjoyment of them. 7

I like it a lot, I just don't know how often I'll come back to a 1.5 hour Bob Dylan album. 8

Short and sweet. 8

Entertaining, though surprisingly not very memorable aside from Tainted Love and Sex Dwarf… 7

Kinda boring, interesting electronic sounds but nothing that stood out. 6

Sounds lovely. 9

Good storytelling and immaculate beats. Gets a bit long by the end. 9

Enjoyed the covers and the sound was alright but it slowed down a lot in the back half. 6

Some interesting stuff but it has the same production hiccups as many albums from around this time. Also, I hate the harpsichord and the last song was highly unnecessary (my left ear really experienced that drum solo). 6

Somehow I had heard Georgia before and that song is weirdly endearing. However, most of the album (especially the more experimental parts) was borderline unlistenable. 4

Pretty good R&B but a little slow and boring in parts. 7

One of the few albums on this list that I’ve felt compelled to listen to twice in a row. A great disco album altogether, though it could benefit from slightly more experimentation or variation. 9

No track could match the energy of the opening song, and it instead got into headache territory through the middle. I can see why this band is important and why they would have been fun live in New York in the 70s, but the album is just meh. 6

I think 30ish minutes of Liz Phair would have been a solid album. Generally, the production style and music is compelling, but it just didn’t hold up for almost a full hour without getting pretty boring and samey. 6

Aggressively mediocre. There’s also something about this and other new wave that feels… claustrophobic? Not sure how else to put it. 5

Fine electronic album. My listening experience was decent because I was doing something while this album was on but even still it got somewhat annoying at times, especially with how long it is. 5

Musically compelling, though some songs are slow and his vocals get tiring in certain places. 8

I wanted to like this. The production is good and the concept is there but it’s way too long. The beats don’t stay fresh over the course of 5-6 minute songs and Common’s delivery is hard to listen to. 5

Very interesting, but many songs don’t really hold up for their full lengths. The sound and production are amazing though. Overall, around a 7

One of those albums that is probably on the list because of its most popular song. Maggie May is classic and some others are alright but it got kinda boring by the last 3 songs. 7

Brass in Pocket good. Others meh. Vocalist is better than other Britpop. 6

Fantastic production, great songwriting, and lovely vocals. A bit guitar-centric for my liking and the back half was more forgettable, but altogether good. 8

Not what I expected but not anything special. My favorite parts were the guitar solos, and sometimes the lyrics were funny but I think the vocals and instrumentals were pretty rudimentary throughout. 6

Better than most other punk I've listened to. I think Courtney Love's vocals are quite good and the album is short enough not to overstay its welcome, but it definitely didn't stick in the same way other albums on this list have. 7

Damn, we really got this the day after the Courtney Love album. Anyways, Nirvana is ok. 7

Interesting sounds but there weren’t many climactic or exciting moments to make the 5-6 minute songs more interesting. 7

So damn boring. 5

Some cool stuff but somewhat low-key for my taste right now. I’ll optimistically give it an 8 because I’ll probably listen to it a few more times.

Impressive vocals, clean production, and interesting instrumentals made for a surprisingly enjoyable album. It was long and had some slow burns but overall quite good. 8

If we were rating purely ambient albums I think this would probably be a pretty good one. However, I spent most of the runtime wishing I was listening to almost anything else. The sound itself wasn’t unpleasant so it lands somewhere around a 4.

I actually liked a lot of the sounds on this album, but I think it could have been edited down by at least 10 minutes. Production quality was surprising with the guitars but inconsistent with vocals, and I generally think the vocals were more grating than they needed to be. 7

Crazy guitar solo followed by some funky classics. Some songs don't quite stick the landing, but otherwise it's great. 9

Musically uninspired, sonically one-dimensional, lyrically heavy-handed. 5

A fun listen but not something I'll return to very often. 7

Masterpiece. 10

Quite liked some of the musical ideas, enough that I'll probably go back for another listen. 8

Nothing can live up to Highway Star. It's mostly just 30 minutes of boring rock after a jam and a half. 6

Has the grandiose story of all rock operas along with all the quirks in production and music that tends to follow with it. There were certainly compelling musical moments on this album but overall the production was too inconsistent and the vocals were too dubious to keep me from wanting to return to this. 7

Listening to this entire album felt like having a panic attack in the back row of an international flight. 2

Really good, slightly too long. 8

Interesting sounds but pretty repetitive. I’m glad it was short. 7

I liked the R&B style beats but some of this was extremely corny and grating. 6

This is one of the albums I’ve heard, with some of the songs I’ve ever listened to. 5

Some cool sounds but kinda slow and not something I plan to go back to often. 7

Funky but inconsistent. 8

Consistent quality throughout, though it’s mostly just moody alternative rock. I think if I cared more about the lyrics or if there were more musical highs I would like this album better. 7

Fuckin A, dude. 4

Pretty cliche. 5

Interesting idea for an album but the music just didn’t sit well with me. 5

Pretty good, I like the beats but it was long and had a bunch of boring skits. 8

Funky but honestly kinda boring. Still gonna give it an 8 just based on the sound.

Life’s too short to not appreciate great albums. 10

Honestly great guitar and bass work throughout, which combine with the high energy of most of the tracks to make for probably the best punk album I’ve heard. Still, it’s punk. The vocals and lyrics are pretty bad in spots and if it was any longer I’d probably have a headache. 8

A lot of it sounded cool and sad but I lost interest in most of the sound just over halfway through. 7

This was a lot. Stomach-churning at times. I guess that was probably the intended effect and I honestly enjoyed parts of it. 6

Pretty boring. I see where they're coming from with the old psychedelia feel but the production just ends up getting in the way. 5

It’s damn good. 10

I got bored and his vocal performance was not my favorite. 5

This album is like a perfect winter day. 10

Some good songwriting but his voice and the pacing really bog the album down. 7

It sounds like every other singer-songwriter album. 7

Why? 5

I think I'll rate these separately because they're so different. Speakerboxxx was a little boring tbh. I like the overall sound but it's a long time to spend listening to songs that are pretty samey and multiple interludes. Also kinda pissed that the album starts with an Intro but ends with a Postlude (why not intro/outro or prelude/postlude??). The Love Below was more up my alley, even though it was really long. A lot of the lyrics and interludes were dumb but I liked the music a lot more. 7 for Speakerboxx, 9 for Love Below, 8 overall I guess

Dreadful vocal performance. I mean, it’s just completely uninspired. Every song that starts out interesting is utterly destroyed the second his voice comes in. 3

I feel like most metal music falls into the trap of inflated self-importance purely because it's metal, so my problem with most metal albums are that the artists are so complacent that they forget to make interesting music. This album definitely feels like that in parts, but at least there are some redeeming musical qualities throughout. Epic is still a classic too. 6

Sure is loud. 6

It was slow and that'll probably keep me from listening to it too often but I really enjoyed the music. 8

Probably one of the few instances where Bowie’s voice made something worse. The instrumentals were all so good but the timbre of his voice is so nasal and thin that it just doesn’t fit over the funky/soulful beats. Still great though. 9

I liked 1969 alright but it was pretty boring overall. 6

I don't know how to feel about Tom Waits these days. 6

I’m not into the cowboy aesthetic. 4

Back half was weird but it was jazzy and poppy enough to be enjoyable for a lot of it. 8

The more I listen to Dylan the more he grows on me. Also this is just so ahead of its time. 10

There are a couple of classics on this but also some really mediocre songs. 8

So boring and generally rough vocals throughout. 4

I still like their style but this one was less jazzy and the beast were more samey. 6

Musically uninteresting but mostly inoffensive. His voice is rough in spots too. 5

Really good but some songs were definitely less interesting than others. 9

When I saw the genre as electronic pop I was excited for a pre-hyper pop album but instead I was just bored for almost an hour. It’s well-produced and is very atmospheric but it feels so ambient to me. Vocals land somewhere between Björk and Lorde which makes it a shame that there were no moments on the album that highlighted the obvious technical skill. 5

In classic Eminem fashion, this album would be way better if the 3-4 worst songs and the skits didn't exist. My Fault, Cum on Everybody, and '97 Bonnie and Clyde stand out as stinkers, and the production throughout the album is very tinny on the vocals and high end of the beats. However, my nostalgia goggles keep me from being too critical. 7

Really good modern folk music. There wasn't anything flashy enough for me to be wowed or return to this album often but it's just very solid. 8

Life-changing. 10

Crazy stuff on this album, especially impressive that the horns sound almost too good to be real. Also wasn’t expecting that guitar track. 9

Boring but listenable. 6

It's really boring and seems to be the origin point for so many terrible cliches but at least it's short? 4

Steely Dan. 10

There are some interesting sounds on here, pretty similar to the The Cure album we had earlier. My main gripes are that it's slow and that the song I Want You Now exists. 7

Weird psychedelia that manages to stay fresh for the whole album, though isn't exactly polished. 7

Really funky and interesting, my main issue is that each song is really long and it’s a little samey. 8

It has some weird lyrics and follows a lot of musical clichés but it sounds nice. 8

Great beats and cold lyrics. You have to be in a certain mood to listen to this and there is a significant amount of filler between tracks but it's still great. 9

It's pretty good, I just wouldn't listen to it often. Beats are great but end up a little too similar in many songs. 8

Pretty horrible. Heavy handed lyrics and awful vocals with boring music make for a near hour-long slog. 3

It's a lot of fun! 8

It was loud but I enjoyed the eclectic rock sound over a lot of other grunge I’ve heard. 7

Decent metal, slightly too long for what it is. 7

Despite being iconic, it's kinda renfaire for my taste. Songwriting is strong but the vocal harmonies don't always sound good to me. Much like Wu-Tang, I would have to be in a specific mood to really want to listen to this, except it's probably the direct opposite mood. 8

This is a great live album, and I would love to have it on the background as I do something else. Listening to it purely to listen to it wasn't that rewarding though. 8/10

I didn’t love everything, and the vocals were especially rough at points, but some of the rhythms spoke to me on what I can only describe as a primal level. 7/10

Decent punk. The energy in the first half was really good but it dragged a little by the end. 7/10

I never realized that this band was so Scottish. Pretty quality 2000s alt-rock but nothing earth-shaking. 7

I like the beats, and would listen to it again. 8/10

They tried to make it interesting but I think where this album and so many like it fall short is a lack of energy. All of the songs are sort of slow and have lilting vocals that just put me to sleep. 6/10

I feel like the Fiona Apple album we listened to earlier was a peek into what PJ Harvey should have been going for instead of whatever the hell this is. Also why does she talk about dicks so much?? 4

Sounds like music that would be in a Tony Hawk game. Not always a fan of the vocals but there are some classics on here. 7

I liked the live jazz club feel, though it was really long. 7/10

Lots of these songs sound like sorting algorithms. Generally boring, droning, and hard to get through. 4

Lots of groovy stuff going on here, but there are some production issues on the wind instruments that make parts of some songs tinny and hard to listen to. Still, the free form rock flow of this album makes it a fun listen. 8

Their original songs are quite good. Unfortunately there are only three of them on the album. 6/10

Fun to listen to but the last couple songs got slow. Also there are some production issues that are a product of time. 7/10

I mean, it’s good, but Simon and Garfunkel just aren’t up my alley. I think it had something to do with the timbre of their vocals or the instrumentation of their songs. 8/10

Pretty interesting but really a bit much for me. 6/10

I liked it but it was pretty long. 8/10

Just boring country. Her voice is decent though. 5/10

Really long and weirdly experimental in a way that didn’t pan out super well in my opinion. Maybe another listen would help do it justice but I don’t wanna sit through this album again. 4/10

Generally boring but inoffensive. 5/10

Enjoyable enough punk but I won’t listen to it again. 6/10

Pretty alright glam rock. 6/10

Dylan's voice and songwriting set him apart from the dozens of other albums from around this era on this list. The album lacks punch in some places but is good throughout its runtime. 8/10

One of the things that irks me the most about Britpop is the abundance of 4-5 minute-long songs that seem to go nowhere. Also, Oasis overuses the word "maybe". Maybe if it wasn't in the album title and also the word they said the most in two of their most popular songs it wouldn't bother me as much. Ultimately, this was meh. 5/10

You can tell so easily that this is a New Orleans album, which I think is really cool. However, I didn't love it much past that sort of atmospheric novelty. 7/10

I liked it a lot. 9/10

Really great album. Slightly long but the beats, lyrics, vocals, and hooks are all so good. 9/10

There were some good songs but the back half got a little sing-songy to me. 7/10

Last song was unnecessarily long and I didn’t enjoy the Tom Waits growl that Dylan used in some songs, but it was decent. 8/10

This album really makes you feel like modern life is rubbish. Vocals sound like dog water and the album was just long enough to give me a headache. 4/10

So dreamy. 9/10

The one song with electric guitar in it sounded amazing and I was really disappointed that Cohen didn't experiment further with that sound, instead opting for a fucking jaw harp in every song. 6

Boring. 5/10

It’s beautiful. 9/10

It’s so damn 80s. 5/10

A bit long with the skits but there are just so many classics on this album. 10/10

This album has some weird tracks on it and runs a bit long, but it’s Prince. You gotta love it. 9/10

There are some really interesting electronic soundscapes on this album, which I was not expecting going in. Still, it was a bit low energy for my taste and many of the songs were just alright. 7/10

It's got a solid sound. 8/10

Pretty uncool to make a bunch of songs about loving your best friend's wife. They sound decent though! 8/10

Got annoying quickly. 4/10

Annoying but in a more endearing way. 5/10

Short and sweet live album. Honestly wish there was a little more. 8/10

It's well-produced and all the songs sound nice, it just isn't really my style for casual listening. 7/10

It's decent, though not super appealing to me. 7/10

Some of these songs sound quite ahead of their time, especially Autopsy. Otherwise, it's just kinda slow folk music. 7/10

I want to like this but there’s not enough variation in tempo throughout the album. I could listen to maybe one of these songs at a time but a whole album is just boring, no matter how well the beats are constructed. 5/10

They hadn’t quite found their sound yet on this album. Still a great performance from David Byrne with some classic songs. 8/10

One of my most-listened albums ever. I don’t go back to it super often anymore, but every time I do it’s like a breath of fresh air. 10/10

Bad but fun. 6/10

I like the well-known songs but the rest is kinda boring. 7/10

This didn't sound like anything special to me. 6/10

Beautiful but so long. 9/10

I don't like her voice. The songwriting is generic and heavy-handed. The music is extremely overproduced. In short, it sucks. 3/10

Decent grunge, especially the last song. 7/10

Enjoyable enough. 7/10

I quite liked this, and would have liked it even more if it had ended after La Grange. 8/10

I feel like they pulled a lot of punches despite having some compelling ideas. 7/10

This would have been one of the most insane single albums ever if it was edited down more. It's a really good double album and even the less memorable songs were good, but I can't give it a perfect score. 9/10

I like it but you can tell that it’s an album for a movie. I guess it’s just too background at times. 8/10

It was at least a little exciting. Still don't love electronic music though. 5/10

So funky. 9/10

Second side was slightly disappointing but the song 2112 earns a high score on its own. 9/10

Great, I just wish this was on Spotify so I could listen to it regularly. 9/10

Very solid album, and of course I love Free Bird. 8/10

Super chill, would listen to on a night drive. 8/10

It wasn’t all that. 6/10

I liked parts of it. 7/10

Lennon needed the rest of the Beatles. 7/10

Reading up on this album made it a more compelling story, but I still didn't care much for the sound outside of the more experimental tracks. 6/10

It's a British psychedelic rock album. I like Bike and Interstellar Overdrive a lot and most of the other songs are decent. 8/10

Super cool sound. 8/10

Pretty enjoyable. 8/10

No misses. 10/10

A lot of the songs were interesting but the vocals bothered me and it wasn’t my vibe. Still a decent album. 7/10

A really fun listen, if a little one-note. 8/10

Odd but interesting orchestral type music. Mostly confused about the impact of this album. 7/10

Lots of hits. 8/10

An awful slog. The only things I liked were some guitar moments. 2/10

One of the worse Beatles albums. 8/10

Entirely unremarkable but fairly listenable. 6/10

It just sounds nice. 9/10

Classic for a reason. 9/10

Some of this has aged great, some has aged poorly. Minus a rating for being so long too. 6/10

Very fun, would listen to again. 8/10

Sounds good but it’s pretty ambient. 6/10

The music had its moments but even in trying to be satirical this came across as corny in a lot of moments. A fun one-time listen. 6/10

I enjoyed the instrumentation but didn’t really care for the lyrics and vocals. 7/10

Too consistently low tempo for my taste. And I’m not a big fan of the reggae influences. Excellent production. 6/10

I mean yeah it’s great but it’s missing some wow factor for me. 9/10

Good vibes. 9/10

Elvis’s voice just rubs me in the wrong way, which is a shame because the production is so clean and the band sounds so good. 7/10

Got just about everything right. I’ll be coming back to this. 10/10

Probably not the best album of all time but there’s something to be said about universal acclaim. It’s damn good. 10/10

I like corny-ish prog rock. 8/10

Pretty good except the Coconut song makes me want to never hear again. 7/10

Pretty samey but thrash metal is up there as one of my preferred metal subgenres. 7/10

Some of the stuff on the back half of the album really surprised me. A lot of it probably went over my head. 7/10

Really sing-songy at points and quite 80s. Lyrics are pretty good but I didn’t like much else. 5/10

Smooth production but pretty damn boring. 5/10

At its best it’s clever and jazzy, at its worst it’s whiny and repetitive. Overall a decent listen. 7/10

Very interesting but quite long and only a few songs that I really enjoyed. 7/10

Didn’t really think of this as country which I guess goes to show that what I dislike most about the genre are the vocals. Fun but not too engaging listen. 7/10

I liked this a lot less than I was expecting. 5/10

I wonder if at any point recording this album they realized they should make more bangers instead of random minute-long instrumentals. 8/10

Would be so much better if Bragg never opened his dumb British mouth. 4/10

Sounds good, if sometimes overproduced. 8/10

The penultimate song was my favorite. Overall, very white bread. 6/10

Solid alt rock, if a little long for an album. I like that the songs are all pretty short and I could get more into this if I was like 10-15 years older than I am. 7/10

Would put on in the background during a dinner party. 8/10

It’s got some good songs, but I probably won’t listen to it more. 7/10

Very chill but faded into the background really easily. Could listen to this while working on stuff but probably not on its own. 7/10

I like the saxophone but not much else. I understand where they’re coming from with the chaos and distorted vocals but it wasn’t for me. 3/10

Pretty generic compared to later queen. 7/10

Honestly Motion Picture Soundtrack bumps it up like a full point for me. Just an absolutely beautiful send-off to an already solid album. 9/10

Just kinda fine. 6/10

Doesn’t feel like it pushes many boundaries. Pretty solid production and lyrics but very forgettable beats. 7/10

Middle of the road. But it’s like an old country dirt road. 6/10

This rock is hard. 8/10

Cool but minus points for being really long and not super engaging. 7/10

Not good. 4/10

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuper campy. 5/10

Really interesting production techniques and composition, but a weak middle and some mixing issues keeps it from being astounding. 8/10

I really can't figure out what it is about REM that keeps rubbing me the wrong way. I liked parts of it I guess. 6/10

This opened the floodgates for so much Christmas music by popular musicians, which isn't a good thing. Annoying to listen to as an album, even on Christmas. 4/10

British critic bait. If only life in London wasn’t so shite. 4/10

It may be my least favorite of the golden age Dan albums, but it’s still a 10 for me every time I listen to it.

Glad I don't ever have to listen to this again. 3/10

Really enjoyable. 9/10

High energy but I can't get past the vocals. 6/10

Cool beats but each song was far too long. 6/10

Damn this would've been one of the best albums ever if they only kept the best 10 or so songs. Oh well. 8/10

A fun listen. 8/10

Feels really outdated. Also I don’t need to hear that every song is a Missy Elliot exclusive. 5/10

Just utterly pathetic. Dog water shit trash fucking ugly Nick Cave making me irrationally angry on a Tuesday afternoon. Still somehow doesn’t deserve a one because Korn was that bad. 2/10

It's usual Leonard Cohen. 8/10

Some cool beats on here. 7/10

I can understand the importance of this album but the beats were so screechy and the vocals were so shouty. 5/10

It was alright. 6/10

Toes the line between delightful and annoying expertly. I wish a few of the other songs had the same chaos as Rock Lobster. Still, it's an album I'd listen to again. 8/10

Sounds amazing. 10/10

The soft timbre of the vocals gave the whole album a more personal feel. 7/10

I could dig a couple songs I guess. 5/10

Really good Dylan. Can't believe he was in his early 20s. 9/10

The singles are three of the best pop songs from the 2000s. The rest is pretty alright. 8/10

I don’t care for the vocals and it was generally slow paced for me. I enjoyed most of the vibes of the songs though and it’s maybe worth a revisit in a different setting. 6/10

From a historical perspective, I understand why this album is on the list and I appreciate its influences on experimental music. From a listening perspective it's awful. First half is alright while the second half goes completely off the rails, including an amazing impression of the Tasmanian devil, the ambient sound of an industrial freezer, and a couple of those infinitely rising tones. 3/10

Fun to listen to. 8/10

Pretty solid folk tunes. 7/10

Decently entertaining French pop. 7/10

I wouldn’t mind listening to a couple of these songs in one sitting, but the fact that the album is like 2 hours of music that all sounds about the same to me made my experience pretty negative. It’s frustrating too because there was some damn fine banjo and fiddle work on here. 3/10

Listenable rock n roll. 7/10

Surprisingly funky. Main gripes are the vocals are slightly annoying and the lyrics have nothing. 8/10

Sounded fine. Definitely wouldn’t complain if it was on but wouldn’t seek it out to listen to. 6/10

Great production and nice sound but generally pretty down tempo. 7/10

Very bad. 2/10

Perfect album if you think On the Run is the best Pink Floyd song. 3/10

Very solid Costello album, not quite up there with My Aim is True but still tons of funny lyrics and catchy tunes. 8/10

Love love love love her voice. 9/10

Two total classics and some really enjoyable other songs. 9/10

Woof. 3/10