Apr 01 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Currents
Tame Impala
Despite two good songs, it's totally dispensable.
2
Apr 14 2025
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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
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Human Racing
Nik Kershaw
I'm truly sorry, but it's way too 80s for me.
2
Apr 16 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Pushin' Against a Stone
Valerie June
Huge potential, weak delivery
2
Apr 24 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Please Don't Take Me Back
Martha
It's enjoyable and very 2000-esque, but nothing much more.
3
May 06 2025
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Emotion
Carly Rae Jepsen
Target: 80s classic pop. Result: A bit of the time, kind of generic 2010s pop.
2
May 28 2025
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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
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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
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Zuckerzeit
Cluster
Was it supposed to be different from the original list or some kind of weird complement to it?
2
Jun 02 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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