Apr 01 2025
Come On Over
Shania Twain
Sometimes, I know it's pretty hard to define what "is worth it to be listened to before dying," but determining what is "at least worth it to be listened to without being bored" is pretty straightforward.
Despite 2 or 3 songs that are cliche but enjoyable, the rest is awful.
2
Apr 02 2025
Music For People In Trouble
Susanne Sundfør
I think I'm a person in trouble (always). After listening to this album, I'm in trouble but also sad and discouraged. Nice voice, though.
2
Apr 03 2025
The Evil One
Roky Erickson
It starts promising, although a bit "dad rock". It reaches its peak and then goes downhill to the most generic songs. At the end, some hidden gems appear for a good farewell. Too unstable to be honestly evaluated. It could be a good addition to the original list, since there is a lot of forgettable stuff there, but it will not add so much value to the already long list of classic rock they have.
3
Apr 04 2025
A1A
Jimmy Buffett
Is it still a bland country? Yes, but I can't say I didn't enjoy it a bit. It's not enough to be memorable, but I can see qualities on the album.
2
Apr 07 2025
Get Fucked
The Chats
I'm unsure if the original list was really missing something like that. It's enjoyable but totally forgettable.
3
Apr 08 2025
Re
Café Tacvba
I discovered Café Tacvba some time ago while listening to them at NPR Tiny Desk, and I've already enjoyed it a lot, but now, listening to their debut album, I'm officially a fan. Great album of an absolutely great band
5
Apr 09 2025
Sing To God
Cardiacs
I know that there is not exactly a rule for user's submitted albums, but I think they almost all follow the line of "this album is missing on the original 1001 list".
When I got this one, it was unavoidable to think: Right, another hidden British 90s rock album was precisely what was missing from a list with hundreds of them.🙄
However, my sarcasm was activated too soon since I enjoyed this album. They have the right amount of 90s energy combined with a pinch of experimentalism that makes it for me. Even after 1089 albums, most of them are British hidden stuff, and there is indeed more stuff to discover.
4
Apr 10 2025
Currents
Tame Impala
Despite two good songs, it's totally dispensable.
2
Apr 11 2025
The Monitor
Titus Andronicus
I cannot say I disliked this one, but you know, when you listen to something and immediately forget about it in the sequence? maybe I should try again another day.
3
Apr 14 2025
F♯ A♯ ∞
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
More than 1 hour of noise split into 3 songs with a silence of many minutes in the last one? The essence of what I wanted and didn't know how to ask!
5
Apr 15 2025
Human Racing
Nik Kershaw
I'm truly sorry, but it's way too 80s for me.
2
Apr 16 2025
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
It's very strange and hard to get, but I did understand really started to enjoy listening to it.
4
Apr 17 2025
The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings
Louis Armstrong
Although not exactly an album and for the sake of what it is as a collection, it's still crucial and nice to know about, even though it's not exactly pleasant to listen to due to the lack of consistency. It's a 3-star collection, but it deserves an extra star for its importance.
4
Apr 18 2025
Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy
This is the type of album I can rate even before finishing the listening session (for the good old punk, but also the repetitiveness). Good and essential ska punk album from 90s.
4
Apr 21 2025
Night Drive
Chromatics
This kind of album starts pretty annoying and pretentious, but since it stays with us for more than one hour, we ended up almost enjoying it. Almost.
2
Apr 22 2025
The Hazards of Love
The Decemberists
This one was impressive. When it started, I was not expecting to enjoy it so much, but it ended up being a pretty enjoyable experience. Excellent discovery to add to my favs.
4
Apr 23 2025
Pushin' Against a Stone
Valerie June
Huge potential, weak delivery
2
Apr 24 2025
Don't Say No
Billy Squier
This surely should be included in the original 1001 list. It sounds exactly like the stuff the authors' list love (and I liked it :-P).
3
Apr 25 2025
Sound Awake
Karnivool
I can admit that some songs really got me. This was very impressive for a band I had never heard of. However, again, the error of going too far. Although it has enormous potential, it starts to sound too generic after more than 1 hour of listening. Even with a great closing song, it still lay in the valley of the 3-stars
3
Apr 28 2025
Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Joe Cocker
I bet it was awesome to watch it live, but listening to the record is an ok album. It was good to know about Joe Cocker.
3
Apr 29 2025
Diary
Sunny Day Real Estate
The original list and the user's list until now were missing some good ol' 90s hardcore, even better when it's also the prototype of emo-core. The problem here is that it's far from the best produced then. It's a nice album, but it's forgettable despite some novelty.
3
Apr 30 2025
We Rock Hard
Freestylers
Just another electronic album for the list. Maybe it's my fault since it's far from the type of music I enjoy listening to, but the only thing I liked here were the samples from old video games.
2
May 01 2025
McDonald and Giles
Ian McDonald
It's ok at its best. I enjoyed listening to it, but I can surely leave it behind without problems.
3
May 02 2025
Nuyorican Soul
Nuyorican Soul
I cannot say I love this kind of album, but it's always nice to discover the origins of my everyday "lo-fi girl study and chill" video, so I'll give it 4 stars.
4
May 05 2025
Please Don't Take Me Back
Martha
It's enjoyable and very 2000-esque, but nothing much more.
3
May 06 2025
Spanish Train And Other Stories
Chris de Burgh
I liked to listen to it, even though I didn't see anything truly remarkable.
3
May 07 2025
Lateralus
TOOL
It was a matter of time before TOOL appeared here. I have nothing against it, I even know some people who like it, and they (sometimes) are nice people.
3
May 08 2025
Mm..Food
MF DOOM
It's quite fun when I know that something on the list is highly influential everywhere in music. I can also somehow get it by listening to the album. However, when it reached the end, the only thing I can say still is: "mm..it's ok, nothing great, but fun".
3
May 09 2025
"Awaken, My Love!"
Childish Gambino
I liked almost everything I know that comes from Childish Gambino, so I for sure enjoyed it. However, despite the amazing variety and clever use of samples and instruments, this is not my favourite.
4
May 12 2025
Look Sharp!
Joe Jackson
The author(s) of the book probably followed the list using this site, and finally, they found album No. 1002. It was a nice listening session, but I finished it with the complete feeling that it's an album that should be on the original list, for the good and the bad.
3
May 13 2025
The Beautiful Letdown
Switchfoot
Pretty standard indie rock. It may be a good inclusion to the original list, but far from essential.
3
May 14 2025
Ruin
The Amazing Devil
Even not exactly the type of music I enjoy every day, it's finally a user suggestion that shows something different and enjoyable in discovering (different and newish, but with strong bolds on some kind of traditional music). This is the type of thing that the original list really sticks to achieving, but fails in a myriad of repetitive, hidden British sea of indie albums. If I need to listen to more British albums, I'd be glad for more of this.
5
May 15 2025
Go Farther In Lightness
Gang of Youths
It's not perfect and put me in a bad mood at the end, but overall, I liked it much more than I had expected. It was a nice discovery (at least for most of the songs)
4
May 16 2025
Set Yourself On Fire
Stars
It started with a nice set and quickly became just a standard indie rock with no soul. Then "He lied about death" comes to save the album, although I still think it's missing something. Good album, but nothing great.
3
May 19 2025
MOMENTUM
Calibro 35
I never thought about an album of samples (basically what it is). The concept is interesting, but the execution is not so enjoyable.
2
May 20 2025
Not Animal
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's
It's enjoyable, but I didn't find it anything special. I liked the songs with the Muse-like style more, but I'll hardly go to listen to more from the band.
3
May 21 2025
Home Sweet Home
Kano
I started to listen to it right now. Now listening to the 4th song, I already know how to rate it with enough confidence. This mix of "traditional" British hip-hop and electronic music is far from my preferences. I respect who picked it for a gap in the original list, but are you sure about it? I'll finish my listening session, but I bet my rating will not change.
2
May 22 2025
Pop
GAS
Thanks for the 1 hour of background music that helps a bit in concentration. I can give it an extra star for this.
2
May 23 2025
The Lonesome Crowded West
Modest Mouse
It's far from perfection, but I liked it. Nice discovery that I'll probably forget soon.
3
May 26 2025
Bleed American
Jimmy Eat World
If I had unlimited powers and someone asked me to create an album to represent my vision of 2000s rock, I'd not reach as good results as they did here for the good and bad sides of 2000s rock.
4
May 27 2025
Emotion
Carly Rae Jepsen
Target: 80s classic pop. Result: A bit of the time, kind of generic 2010s pop.
2
May 28 2025
In Between Dreams
Jack Johnson
This may be a strange thing, but this is an album that I don't like at all, but at the same time, I can enjoy listening to it the whole day. Hard to say why, but that is it.
3
May 29 2025
World Of Echo
Arthur Russell
I love the cello, and I'm the audience for cello versions of famous songs on YouTube. But no, just no!
1
May 30 2025
Zuckerzeit
Cluster
Was it supposed to be different from the original list or some kind of weird complement to it?
2
Jun 02 2025
Madvillainy
Madvillain
Even though it is not precisely one of my favorites of all time, I can recognize something important when I see it.
4
Jun 03 2025
Game of Fools
Koritni
Is it good? Yes
Is it essential? Probably not
My rate of 4 stars makes sense? No, I'm sure
4
Jun 04 2025
Ænima
TOOL
Indeed, there is a lack of metal albums on the original list, especially the kind of metal albums more eccentric like this one. When I got the second TOOL album on the user's list, I expected to fill this gap. It was done, but I was expecting so much more from a band with a significant number of followers and defenders that the failure to achieve my expectations made this album a bit worse for me than it probably truly is.
3
Jun 05 2025
Metallic K.O.
The Stooges
I really enjoy The Stooges (as it's possible to see in their 3 albums on the original list), but I can't stand this live version with such poor production. Maybe it has a historical value, and I bet it was awesome to be there during the recording, but I'll hardly listen to this record again.
2
Jun 06 2025
Animals
Pink Floyd
It's not the best of Pink Floyd to me, but it's an easy classic.
4
Jun 09 2025
Spilt Milk
Jellyfish
Never heard about them and enjoyed it a lot. I don't think it's something essential, but it's worth it a chance on the list
3
Jun 10 2025
Old No. 1
Guy Clark
Country right? Country for REAL. It makes things a bit tough for me to enjoy, but I'll assume that it is some kind of classic that was missing in the original list and save my 1-star for worse things.
2
Jun 11 2025
Once
Nightwish
Nightwish is not my favorite gothic metal band, but Once is one of their best, and the original list indeed misses a lot on metal subgenres, especially on my so-loved gothic side. Great addition, great band, great album
5
Jun 12 2025
Savage Sinusoid
Igorrr
This is far from something I would search by myself, even as a metal fan (or almost). However, I subscribe to this whole challenge for this kind of stuff.
5
Jun 13 2025
Blue Is The Colour
The Beautiful South
It's ok, almost good, but far from what I call essential
2
Jun 16 2025
Continuum
John Mayer
I have mixed feelings about John Mayer. Even though I am not a specialist in guitars or guitarists, I understand when I see people praising him for his talent, so why can I not see any of this talent in his songs? They are so generic and bland that I only remember him when I see someone else talking about him, like now on the list.
2
Jun 17 2025
Young Team
Mogwai
Well, they know how to play a guitar, right?
I enjoyed it, but much more as background music rather than something special.
3
Jun 18 2025
Live in San Francisco
Thee Oh Sees
To me, all live albums but 2 or 3 give me the same impression. Maybe it was fun to be there, but a record of the presentation made with poor production will almost always be a bad choice for a listening session.
2
Jun 19 2025
A Beginner's Mind
Sufjan Stevens
Quite boring. I enjoyed the one picked from the original list much more. Honestly, I'll not get what it's about Sufjan Stevens.
2
Jun 20 2025
The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
This is not a 5-star album, but my 15-year-old me will thank me. I thank you for picking this one to complement the original list.
5
Jun 23 2025
Peasant
Richard Dawson
Really? I can understand experimental stuff, but really?
1
Jun 24 2025
Don't Throw Stones
THE SPORTS
Mixed feelings about this one. At the same time, it's a nice cover band of successful classic rock, and they also released it in 1979, so they are (?) a classic rock band. I'll go on the easy and rate it neutrally. Nice songs, but I won't remember them for such a long time.
3
Jun 25 2025
Piledriver
Status Quo
It didn't start so well, looking like a copy of something good, but ended up being quite banging to me. Apparently, the band is still active following the River of Rock history. I'm unsure if the album caught me so much to start to follow them, but I'll sure go back to this album!
4
Jun 26 2025
Nurture
Porter Robinson
Although I learned to respect electronic musicians much more during the last 3 years, listening to new albums every day, it's still a style that I dislike too much. It needs to shine to catch me. Fortunately, this was the case here.
It's not an absolutely incredible album. Sometimes it still sounds like a mix of the background of an advertisement and a child playing with an electronic drum, but I found it interesting.
3
Jun 27 2025
Afraid Of Sunlight
Marillion
Modern-ish prog-rock is not something easy to evaluate. I guess I'll enjoy this one much more if I got it in the 90s or early 2000s. For today, I didn't dislike it totally, but I found it a bit hard to get to the end.
3
Jun 30 2025
A Black Mile To The Surface
Manchester Orchestra
To listen to a mix of Coldplay and Imagine Dragons, I prefer these 2 rather than Manchester Orchestra, but it's not an awful album, and it's nice to know a new band.
2
Jul 01 2025
Out Of Time
R.E.M.
The missing R.E.M. album on the original list. It's the best one for me
5
Jul 02 2025
Relatives in Descent
Protomartyr
Good enough for what it intends to be.
3
Jul 03 2025
Goat
The Jesus Lizard
I can see some qualities, but it is generally annoying and hard to finish.
2
Jul 04 2025
Watch Out!
Alexisonfire
It's far from my preferred hardcore albums, but it was a nice discovery, and indeed the original list misses a lot of hardcore.
4
Jul 07 2025
Live At Madison Square Garden
Vulfpeck
I truly believe that Vulfpeck is a great band, but a live album is really bad for identifying it. To me, live recordings (with a few exceptions) are much more for fans and greatest hits collections.
3
Jul 08 2025
From The Lions Mouth
The Sound
It's something that I usually enjoy, but this one didn't catch me.
3
Jul 09 2025
We Like It Here
Snarky Puppy
These guys can breathe now!!
It's not my favorite style, but I enjoyed it a lot, and I believe that the original list is full of many worse pieces of jazz, so this one deserves some credit.
5
Jul 10 2025
Script Of The Bridge
The Chameleons
I got it just after an album by "The Sound". This one is better, but I'm tired. In another day, I can try it again, but today I'm annoyed by 80s goth guys.
4
Jul 11 2025
Thunder And Consolation
New Model Army
This is the type of thing I would love to have discovered during my teenage years. Now, it's just fun and nothing more.
3
Jul 14 2025
Suzuki
Tosca
Good ambient music, but nothing to highlight.
3
Jul 15 2025
L'Heptade
Harmonium
It was hard to find it online for listening, but I enjoyed the pieces I got (songs from a remastered version of a re-release) a lot. It would be great to have all of it.
4
Jul 16 2025
AmarElo
Emicida
This is my pick for the challenge, so it's obvious a 5-star.
I chose this album because, while the original list offers a somewhat decent introduction to Brazilian music, it lacks recent releases and artists. That omission makes some sense given the list's UK/USA-centric lens, but it also leaves a huge gap. So I wanted to bring something from the 2020s to the table, especially for those who aren’t specialists in Brazilian music but want to know more about it.
Particularly, this is not my favorite Emicida's album (probably it is his debut "O Glorioso Retorno de Quem Nunca Esteve Aqui"). However, his most recent release "AmarElo" is quite interesting and appropriate to show the quality of Brazilian music, especially the hip-hop of the last 2 decades in the country.
At the same time that he does not leave the "classic" Brazilian hip-hop/rap in his songs, "AmarElo" brought some new layers to his work. Just looking at the feats and special participation and even ignoring the content, it's evident that it's respectful to the tradition of Brazilian music (songs with Zeca Pagodinho and Marcos Valle), without losing the wave of new talents (Pablo Vitar, MC Tha), also inviting internacional people that talks a lot with brazilian history (Papillon and Ibeye).
Looking at the lyrics, it's clear that he didn't lose his initial anger (almost essential to Brazilian hip-hop as an essential protest kind of song), but he also assumes a more mature way to look at things. There’s protest, yes, but there’s also hope, healing, and celebration.
I could go on about this album, but for the purposes of a list like 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, AmarElo offers an essential snapshot of modern Brazil (musically, politically, and emotionally). It deserves a place.
For those really interested in learn more, Emicida released a documentary-like movie on Netflix with the same name where he explains a lot about the process of creating the album ;-) .
5
Jul 17 2025
God Shuffled His Feet
Crash Test Dummies
Maybe it's my mood, but I found it quite annoying, repetitive, and irrelevant.
2
Jul 18 2025
City Of Evil
Avenged Sevenfold
Not on my favorite list, but I should give it a 5 due to the lack of more recent heavy metal on the original 1001 list. Especially more melodic stuff
5
Jul 21 2025
O
Damien Rice
Sorry, but no
1
Jul 22 2025
My Brain Hurts
Screeching Weasel
Any punk album with less than 30 minutes deserves 5 stars, even if nothing is great!
5
Jul 23 2025
St. Jude
Courteeners
Nothing new to see here. Young English rockers doing English rock in the early 2000s (the rockest moment to play rock). They did a good job.
3
Jul 24 2025
Cor-Crane Secret
Polvo
Not specifically to this album, but when I started this 1001 challenge, one of the reasons was to know new stuff with human curation, since I was tired of repeatedly listening to the same thing, and automatic recommendations always tried to fit my own musical taste. The list had problems, but I believe I achieved my goal.
After 80 albums on the users' list, I realize that most people probably had the same reason, since around 80% of the users' submissions sound so generic and uninspired.
This one is also meh...as expected.
2
Jul 25 2025
Chet
Chet Baker
Hard to evaluate, but I liked it
4
Jul 28 2025
Things We Lost In The Fire
Low
Despite 2 or 3 good songs that caught my attention, it's, in general, a quite boring album to me.
2
Jul 29 2025
L'autre...
Mylène Farmer
This is truly far from what I enjoy listening to, but it is a good work and it deserves an extra star for being somehow different from the "standard" of the 1001 list (on language, but also on style).
3
Jul 30 2025
Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
Not my thing, although I can recognize its importance and why some people enjoy it. Here, my rate is much more my fault than any other technical aspect or more elaborate argument.
2
Jul 31 2025
Being Funny In A Foreign Language
The 1975
Given the cover art and the Wikipedia page, I expected something different. My frustration keeps me from really enjoying it, even though I had some small foot moves on some songs.
2
Aug 01 2025
Up
Great Big Sea
This is my kind of folk!
4
Aug 04 2025
Nonagon Infinity
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Another day, and I was fooled again by the cover art. Good piece of music, but I'll not remember it for more than 2 days (the loop structure of the album successfully made me listen to it 1 time and a half)
3
Aug 05 2025
Shack-man
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Good for my mood today, but I guess I'll not stay with it for too many time.
3
Aug 06 2025
Englabörn
Jóhann Jóhannsson
I need to give it some credit
4
Aug 07 2025
Last Splash
The Breeders
Some days ago I watched a YouTube video about this album. The video was pretty cool. The album is ok.
3
Aug 08 2025
Yeti
Amon Düül II
Reading the Wiki: Another 70s psych rock? Realy? At least it's a German one and not another copy of the USA scene that floods the original 1001 list.
First song: Did you call it a production? Red flag.
After some time: I think these guys know what they are doing. I can enjoy more 30 minutes of it.
Before the improvisations at the end: Wow! I should check their other albums.
In summary, they should throw out the improvisations, but the album is quite good and does not look like a cheap copy of classical psychedelic rock or progressive stuff. It deserves a spot on the list, and I thank the user who picked this one.
4
Aug 11 2025
Phantom Power
The Tragically Hip
Meh...good add to the list, but far from great.
3
Aug 12 2025
The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess
Chappell Roan
It's hard to say if this will be culturally relevant in 3 or 30 years, but I can state that to me in 2025 it's is indeed relevant and it deserves a place on this type of list. However, it's not something I like to listen to myself, and it was not a joyful listening session. Despite some very popular songs that were in the (good) NPR Tiny Desk version, it's a bland album at best.
2
Aug 13 2025
Come And Get It
Rachel Stevens
I didn't get it, neither the album nor why it deserves to be here.
1
Aug 14 2025
A City Dressed In Dynamite
That Handsome Devil
I enjoyed it, it was a nice discovery, but it could be much shorter, since it becomes tiring very quickly.
3
Aug 15 2025
Recipe for Hate
Bad Religion
Not the best of its kind, but a clear gap on the original list. Great pick
4
Aug 18 2025
Millennium
Backstreet Boys
I'll take it with a pinch of irony, but indeed the 90s/2000s pop music owes something to Backstreet Boys and other boy bands like them, so it's a good pick for a list like 1001. As an album, it's as bland as expected, but I cannot say anymore that I never listened to one of their album fully.
PS: It's much better than the Justin Timberlake one that is on the official list, just for registry
2
Aug 19 2025
News at 11
Cat System Corp.
Honestly, I don't like the album much, but Vaporwave is something important in 2025, and I believe this album is representative and deserves a spot on the list, especially being something from 2016; it's impressive how ahead of its time it was.
4
Aug 20 2025
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Yo La Tengo
It has some style, but is too bland for another listening
2
Aug 21 2025
Y Ahora Qué?
Reincidentes
Spanish punk and chords? Take my 5
5
Aug 22 2025
No Balance Palace
Kashmir
Given the cover art and the short Wikipedia text, I was expecting something very different, with more experimentalism and innovation. I got something fairly simple, well done, but simple. The only song that gave me a pinch of what I was expecting was the last one ("No Balance Palace"). An album following the line of this last song will be much more impressive and enjoyable, but we have what we have, so it's a competent 3-star album.
3
Aug 25 2025
Oceanic
ISIS
From the cover art plus Wikipedia, I was expecting something quite boring and pretentious, but indeed I found something quite fun and enjoyable. If not a masterpiece or something like that, it's a quite competent work for the purpose. Post-metal is something I should explore more.
4
Aug 26 2025
Fuzz
Chucklehead
Although I enjoyed it in general and they have a very nice energy, it reminds me too much of something like Jamiroquai, and only the resemblance to it makes me dislike it a bit.
3
Aug 27 2025
Chocolate & Cheese
Ween
quite boring and uninspiring.
2
Aug 28 2025
The Lioness
Songs: Ohia
The work is competent, but I've already seen so many people doing the same that it's tough to get something different from this record.
PS: I swear I yawned at least 1 time per song, but I probably should not blame the album for my sleepiness. Or should I?
2
Aug 29 2025
Blizzard Of Ozz
Ozzy Osbourne
How the original 1001 list can even be called a list with no solo Ozzy? This is a huge gap now solved by someone good enough to remember the prince of darkness.
5
Sep 01 2025
Gotcha! Gotcha! Gotcha!
Gotcha!
I think this is the first trip-hop (a music style that I discovered following the original list) that I really enjoyed. It's so energetic, but not in a dancing way. It's more like an energy transfer or something like that. A bit long, but an impressive album.
4
Sep 02 2025
Fine Line
Harry Styles
Much more a trend than a classic, it's not a bad album. I liked the upbeat on the initial songs and enjoyed the last songs less.
PS: "Watermelon sugar" should be part of another list like "1001 songs that you may try to do not to listen to before you die (and fail)"
3
Sep 03 2025
Daisies Of The Galaxy
Eels
I enjoyed the Eels' album selected for the original list much more, but this is also a good one. It's my comfort zone, no challenge, and also not much to say about.
3
Sep 04 2025
Maestro
Kaizers Orchestra
Totally unexpected, hardly understandable, and fully enjoyed!
4
Sep 05 2025
Year of the Cat
Al Stewart
Not bad, but after 1100 albums, it sounds quite generic. It's possible to be a pleasant generic singer-songwriter, but it deserves a 3-star rating at maximum.
3
Sep 08 2025
Dimanche à Bamako
Amadou & Mariam
I really love to discover some good albums from different countries and people. Even without full enjoyment (I found it a bit repetitive), it deserves my 5.
5
Sep 09 2025
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Various Artists
There is a lack of musical theatre on the original list. It's not something I'll listen to without watching the movie, but it was a nice addition. It deserves a spot on my personal list
4
Sep 10 2025
Stories
Avicii
Almost 1 hour and almost the same song. I learned to respect people from the electronic scene, but not this kind of album. Totally not for me.
1
Sep 11 2025
Squeezing Out Sparks
Graham Parker
I've never heard about. Nice album, even though a bit repetitive.
3
Sep 12 2025
After Hours
The Weeknd
I forgot how much I liked this album. Thank you for its inclusion on the extended list.
5
Sep 15 2025
Tomb
Angelo De Augustine
Ok at the beginning, but it becomes annoying very quickly. It was good to know the artist, but I'll hardly come back to listen to it again.
2
Sep 16 2025
Poesía Básica
Extrechinato y Tu
Spanish poetry with good music? It's a 5, even without understanding a single word.
5
Sep 17 2025
Under The Pink
Tori Amos
They should've picked this one instead of the sleepy "Little Earthquakes" for the original list.
4
Sep 18 2025
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Big Thief
There is nothing wrong with it, but it's quite sleepy, so it's hard to really listen to it up to the end, paying too much attention.
3
Sep 19 2025
Pop Art
Transvision Vamp
A bit repetitive, but it works and has a nice energy.
3
Sep 22 2025
Chocolate Synthesizer
Boredoms
One finished the original list and started to think: "From the most exotic albums on the list, which one was forgotten by the original authors? Can I go even further, and pick something even more strange?". Finally, they decided to propose this one to the list.
If an "evaluation" is possible, it should be: 😠😡😨😧😦😱😫😩😮😯😲😳😞😖
My rate? 5, 'cause "why not?", at least I was challenged somehow to reach the end of the album
5
Sep 23 2025
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
After giving a 5 to another Godspeed You! Black Emperor on the user list, here I go again!
5
Sep 24 2025
Songs Of A Lost World
The Cure
It is nice to listen to some new The Cure, but it's also a bit of "I've seen all this before". They are great (even though I kind of disliked a bit of some of their album on the official list), but with greatness came also some level of repetitiveness that is hard to skip.
3
Sep 25 2025
Cold Fact
Rodríguez
His life history and the documentary are much more interesting than this album, but it's enjoyable to listen to, and I believe it deserves a spot on the extended list.
3
Sep 26 2025
Whipped Cream & Other Delights
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
I must rate this with a 4, since I've probably listened to the music of this album much more than almost any song in my life, even though I never heard about Herb Alpert and his band. Impossible to listen to it without noticing the pervasive cultural heritage of its songs (also, it's pleasant to listen to a soft jazz sometimes)
4
Sep 29 2025
Only Death is Real
Stray From The Path
This is something the list really needs more!
5
Sep 30 2025
Hall of the Mountain King
Savatage
Although I really enjoy metal, especially its more melodic variations, this album didn't resonate with me much, and I found it quite repetitive. It deserves an extra star from me, as I always enjoy metal versions of so-called "classical music" and they did it well enough for me.
3
Oct 01 2025
Silent Alarm
Bloc Party
Nice, but it gave strong feelings of "I've already listened to it before".
3
Oct 02 2025
Come On Come On
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Just another day with another meaningless (to me) country album. Not annoying, and the song "Not much to ask" was interesting.
2
Oct 03 2025
Deep Down Happy
Sports Team
The first song was amazing, but the album was just not very efficient in keeping the quality. Probably, I won't revisit it soon. 2.5
3
Oct 06 2025
Yellow & Green
Baroness
Despite the low quality of the production, a good heavy metal album always deserves a listening session.
4
Oct 07 2025
Carrie & Lowell
Sufjan Stevens
It's done! I tried ( 3 times, thanks to the original list plus this one), but Sufjan Stevens is not for me. I understand who likes it, but I'd skip almost every song on this album if I weren't motivated to listen to all the albums on the list fully.
2
Oct 08 2025
The Fame
Lady Gaga
Hard to say it isn't important for music history and its qualities are quite clear, both on the catchy singles and on the lesser-known songs. To me, it's still not a classic, but it's a fair inclusion on the list.
4
Oct 09 2025
The Impossible Kid
Aesop Rock
It's hard to sound "new" in well-consolidated styles, and although I didn't enjoy everything on the album, I believe it deserves a spot since they tried to sound somewhat different.
3
Oct 10 2025
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Tally Hall
I like the variety of styles in the same album, even with a clear case of jack of trades, master of none result. I'll give it an extra star for the beat boxing. I believe it is the first (clearly identified) in the whole list.
3
Oct 13 2025
A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
The 1975
It's a fairly good album, but honestly, after 1226 albums, I believe I'm becoming a bit picky with my stars. It need much more to be impressed now
3
Oct 14 2025
Moffou
Salif Keita
I had never heard of it before, the Wikipedia page is useless, and I didn't understand most of the lyrics. Still, after so many albums on the original list and users' list, I'll always praise a good suggestion that takes me out of my comfort zone. For sure, a Malian singer has reached the point to deserve my careful listening and stars!
4
Oct 15 2025
Les deux doigts dans la prise
Les sheriff
I don't know why they are so angry, but French punk is something I didn't know I was waiting for to listen to.
4
Oct 16 2025
Cleopatra
The Lumineers
Again? Oh no, it's not the same album I listened to for almost 100 times on the original list every time the Wikipedia page started "it's a American/UK indie band", it's a new one.
Honestely, it's not a bad album and I'm sure whose picked it for the user list love the album, but to me it's quite hard to find real pleasure listening to something so similar to anything on radios around 2010s, not because it's annoying or nor well produced, but just because it hugely lacks novelty so hard that is impossible to really enjoy the album fully.
3
Oct 17 2025
The Lion's Roar
First Aid Kit
It's a bit sleepy, but it's also enjoyable. I don't know why, but it sounds exactly as I expect for a Swedish band (I personally know just a handful of swedish people)
3
Oct 20 2025
Before These Crowded Streets
Dave Matthews Band
I always had the impression that Dave Matthews Band was more of a joke (extensively mentioned in many sitcoms, btw), and maybe for this reason, I never gave it a try.
Now that I have finished the album, I understand why people think about this band as a type of joke, due to the maximalism (and maybe magalomaniac) style of the songs; however, I cannot say that I disliked it. It's the opposite, I enjoyed most of my listening session of the album, even though I found it far from being perfect, and also the songs are too long.
3
Oct 21 2025
Que c'est triste Venise
Charles Aznavour
Not a personal preference due to the outdated style that does not convince me anymore in 2025, but it is indeed an essential album not included in the original list.
3
Oct 22 2025
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett
You know when you listen to something and immediately forget about it, even before the end of the album? This was the case here. I know that I listened to it, but I honestly don't know what I thought about it. It was probably good; I'll assume this since someone picked it to complement the original list, so I'll go with this belief. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
3
Oct 23 2025
O Monstro Precisa De Amigos
Ornatos Violeta
It's not something I would call a perfect pop rock album, but I truly enjoyed the mix of styles and references. Also, a Portuguese rock album deserves a spot on the list given the lack of Portuguese albums on the original list (There is none if I remember well). Nice inclusion.
5
Oct 24 2025
Get To Heaven
Everything Everything
After listening to more than 1200 albums, when the Wikipedia entry reads "[album name] is the [nth] studio album by [British/UK-based] band [band name]." I start my listening session with a pintch of salt (🙄). The original 1001 list has already covered most of the noteworthy ones (actually often going too far). However, this album gave me something to think about, particularly in its opening tracks. While it's a little longer than it needs to be, I finished my listening with a bittersweet feeling, it might have been even better if it had ended earlier. Still, it’s a solid 3-star album. Maybe the UK has more surprises in store for me after all.
3
Oct 27 2025
One Time for All Time
65daysofstatic
This totally gave me some Toe feelings (which I really like), and I'm amazed by them. I usually don't like instrumental music primarily based on electric guitars (which is why I typically dislike shoegaze), however, this one is pretty impressive. Easy 5-star album (or should I say 65 stars?)
5
Oct 28 2025
Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire
This is the type of thing I enjoyed a lot, but nowadays sounds a bit outdated. Still gold, but not enough for a 5-star rating.
4
Oct 29 2025
Norther
Ex-Easter Island Head
I began this listening session with an appreciation for the courage to include a recent album in the list of "essentials." I believe that a certain amount of time is necessary to truly define an album as a must-listen.
However, after finishing it, I can understand why this album might deserve a spot on the list?
Although I'm not particularly into electronic and ambient music, I found that this album captures the spirit of the early years of this decade. I might be feeling overly optimistic today, and the mood may influence my perception of the music, but I am giving it a 4-star rating.
4
Oct 30 2025
Afrociberdelia
Chico Science
Now we're talking. I'm ashamed to give all my other 5-star ratings before this album on the users' list. This is truly missing in the original list.
5
Oct 31 2025
A Deeper Understanding
The War On Drugs
I disliked the one included on the original list, so I had nothing to like about this one.
Indeed, I found it quite boring and pretentious, as expected. At least they attended my (low) expectations
2
Nov 03 2025
Contra
Vampire Weekend
Maybe I was expecting too much from it, but it's not bad at all. A lot of clichés from standard indie rock, but not as much to be annoying.
3
Nov 04 2025
Speak & Spell
Depeche Mode
They are good, okay, but do we really need another one? I don't think so
3
Nov 05 2025
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
It was only a matter of time before someone on the users' list shared an example of some virtuosity in an instrument (the bass in this case). I feel compelled to please it, as it’s quite different from my usual preferences, and it's one of the enjoyable aspects of being part of this list. However, I must admit that I didn't particularly like it.
3
Nov 06 2025
First Utterance
Comus
Everything has its fans, am I right? Listen to this, I enjoyed the vibe, and I only thought how crazy the 70s were to build material for this kind of progressive folk stuff.
3
Nov 07 2025
Is Ellipsis
Psyche Origami
It's really hard to sound original these days, and I believe they achieved a good level of originality as far as I can see. It's not exactly hip-hop, nor is it pure electronic music, but it's enjoyable overall.
3
Nov 10 2025
Kick
INXS
Wow, talk about a mixed bag of feelings! It’s like this album screams 80s cliché, yet I can’t help but vibe with it!
I mean, who knew I’d stumble upon a long list of songs I’ve heard somewhere in the ether? It’s like musical déjà vu! I guess I’ve been a secret fan of this band all along, just lurking in the background like a guilty pleasure! Where’s my time machine now?
4
Nov 11 2025
Save Rock And Roll
Fall Out Boy
Hum...they didn't save the rock and roll, but it's a nice album. I believe late emo-ish albums are indeed a lack on the original 1001 list, but I prefer others from Fall Out Boy.
3