1001 Albums Summary

5 if it was shorter

First album I couldn't make it al the way through

Decent

Not listened to this in ages. Great

A couple of bangers but pretty dated

I didn't know they did ballads. Some good bits but overall an ordeal

Almost unbearable

Pretty good. Too much metal recently though

Big fan of this. Their best album

Like a bit of krautrock

20 minutes long. Worth listening to twice

Not for me Clive

Liked it. Not as good as Remain In Light

The only Floyd album I like. Still fairly proggy

Nothing special

Some nice bits but a bit flat over an album

A classic really

Actually pretty weak in hindsight. Some good tracks but it's so basic

Pretty much a perfect album

Very 90s. Ok but not sure why it's on this list

Probably my favourite band ever

Some nice bits but still too much PROG

Better than expected

Should have been left in the 80s. The cheesiest rock album i've ever heard

Not great songs. Fairly boring guitar

Forgot how heavy this sounded

Jangly. A whole one third are Dylan Covers though!

Overrated. Still 1 classic song

Ok, but they made better albums

Excellent

Quite liked it. Good bass

Track 2 great, the rest pretty good

Soft rock metallica. I prefer the heavy stuff

Hard to go higher when half the tracks are missing from spotify

Smooth. Only heard the title track before

Not very good

One of my all time favourites

Some decent tracks but very dated

Probably to 3 of Prince albums

Good pop songs. Never heard before

Some great bits but lots of cheesy 80s rap filler

Didn't mind it. Authentic at least

Pretty good. Liked the punk with sax

Scraped a 3. A bit too samey by the end

A few good songs but a lot more 80s cheese

Great. Never got round to listening to this before

Not listened to it for 10 years but still sounds good and raw

Classic overall album and sound but wouldn't say the songs are that strong individually

Ok. Like a weaker Jeff Buckley

Horrendous. Sax, cheesy bass, electric piano and congas

Very good. Loses a mark for the sax obviously

Ok. You can tell it came out halfway between cock rock and alternative

Really liked this, never listened to them before. Not heard much hardcore

Plenty of classic songs but other Bowie albums I like better

Nice enough for what it is

Love the Velvet Underground but prefer the noisy albums. Still some nice songs

Not heard this one before. More rock less dance than the later stuff

Better than I expected, only heard 1 of their albums before

Great album. Only 2 years after Run DMC but has aged much better I think

I do not understand the praise Joni Mitchell gets.

Love this album. Could still do with trimming down a bit

Not as bad as I was expecting considering it's reggae. Only knew 1 song

I still like the jangle and there's some good songs on here. Still very uneven. Hey Joe is terrible

This is a top tier Bowie album in my opinion

Ok as jazz goes. Pretty inoffensive but nothing bad about it

I try and like this album every few years. It's still a 1 even with the creeping familiarity.

I'm not sure it's a great album but lots of great songs. The circus one is still annoying

Alice should think himself lucky to get a 2. Could easily drop to a 1 with the West Side Story covers

I enjoyed this, good heavy production

Loved it. I knew Ginger Baker from Cream and his documentary but never listened to Fela Kuti before.

The best White Stripes album I think even without the guitar solos

What a load of shit

A masterpiece

Works really well as an album I think, everything flows together

Better than expected. Thought I didn't like Sleater Kinney but some good riffs

Not many great tunes but the whole sound of this album is incredible

Definitely an important and impressive album incorporating all the jazz but it still drags in places for me

It was alright. A couple of pretty good tracks

Hard to separate from the first Joy Division album

Thought I'd like this better but every song sounds so basic. I'd go1.5, 1 felt harsh

I hated this. I was expecting more bluesy versions, not that horrible big band stuff.

I liked the psychedelic bits. History the only song I knew

Hard to separate from the previous PJ Harvey album Dry. Probably even more raw

Very good this, I only knew 1 song before. Darker than Born in the USA and he has wisely toned down the sax

I had some slight interest in this being the Bee Gees pre falsetto and disco. That faded after 4 tracks, I couldn't stand any more

Pretty good to hear something other than the greatest hits. Don't like this version on No Woman No Cry

Gothy. Kind of interesting but sounded like shit production wise

I still really like it, got a good swagger about it and definitely their best album. B sides good too. Marked it down for the terrible lyrics in places and the numerous rip offs

Nothing makes me cringe more. Sung like it's the most important music ever made, with nothing to back it up. Having said that I actually like track 2

Pretty good, a nice feel to it all the way through. Very California sounding

It's just house music, but I do appreciate all the little details Basement Jaxx put in. 2.5 really, their 2nd album would get a full 3

I expected worse. Far less of the annoying stuff on the Opera album. A big drop off in the 2nd half however

Stands up pretty well i think

Pretty decent DnB album but hasn't aged especially well for an album called Timeless, it doesn't stand out at all now.

I can hear like a lot of effort went into making it sound good but none of the songs do anything for me.

\I think this is when the songwriting and arrangements got more Pet Soundsy, you can hear the roots of it

Its interesting how un-metal this sounds compared to modern times. They were on to something with the heavier led zeppelin but nowhere near a classic album i think

I fully agree with the hype! Lyrics and songwriting miles ahead of anyone in the genre and a well put together album beginning to end

It sounds its age but still pretty good. Some definite bangers and good rhythms all the way through

A pretty unique album, nothing really sounds like it. Also the loudest thing I have ever heard live

I'd never heard this before. Slower than I was expecting but still right up my street

Not as good as the previous Ice Cube album but it still has a couple of my favourites on it

This one passed me by a bit. Obviously it's in french so I don't understand the lyrics but every other word was the title of the album

Humpty Dance is great. Pretty funny album but drags a bit by the end

I'm not a big fan of Sonic Youth but I think this album is very good, great guitars. Kool Thing especially

Actually pretty decent if you don't mind his voice. Not as good as the smiths but better than his other solo stuff I'd heard

Sounded exactly how I expected it to. By no means bad, just a decent blues rock album

My 2nd favourite Fall album out of the 10 or so I've heard. It probably just sounds like an old man rambling which to be fair it is

Belongs in the heroin space gospel genre. A long album but I think it fits the type of music

I thought Chicago sounded like Journey... It's much better than than that, I liked the rock and the horns and the weird stuff

Another good one, on a bit of a roll. I knew what they sounded like but never heard a whole album before, it was well put together

I liked this when it came out but there's not much to it. Nice enough for a watered down Radiohead

Not too bad for a country album, some pretty funny lines. Still not for me though

A lot like The Fall this one. The recording is absolute shit but some classic songs underneath it. Summer Babe and Desert my favourites

A bit of a mish mash. Definitely some good bits I liked but more prog than I'd like and the vocals got on my nerves

Maybe the best band to come out this millennium. Like a more funky Arcade Fire

I thought this would be more post-punky. Actually very 80s pop for a lot of it

I don't know much hardcore but I like Fugazi, this is my favourite of theirs

A pretty good rock album, I knew more songs than I realised. Still not sure about his voice

Perfect beginning to end. Amazing that the last song was from a live show

I like Take on Me but didn't fancy a whole album of it, but it was pretty decent. The title track was good

Better than the Crosby Stills and Nash album i'd heard before. Maybe because I like Neil Young. First half better than the second

1st track is amazing and the rest pretty good standard Nick Cave. I think I like him better when there's guitars

Really bad. The blandest thing I've ever heard, not an original note on the album

The best Britpop album. I think it stands up better than anything by Blur or Oasis from that era

very 90s, didn't do anything for me

Probably in my top 5 ever. Easily the best Beatles album, even with Yellow Submarine

I like Neil Young but never heard this one before. Guitars sound great as they always do but not his strongest songs

Listened to this a few times ages ago but I could only remember the first track. It's sort of post rock but often too jazzy for me

Not my favourite Hendrix album but even this one has some incredible playing. A bit uneven and disjointed though

Really didn't enjoy this much. Some rancid lyrics

A pretty decent rock album. As ever with The Who I like the music but dislike Roger Daltrey's singing

An easy 3. No weak tracks but no massive standouts either. Teenage Kicks not on the album proper

Absolute rubbish, I couldn't get through it. I don't know why this is on the list

I hadn't listened to this for years. It hasn't really dated as it was already pretty retro when it came out

I liked the 2 hits in the middle and the rest was ok for what it is. 2 Seems harsh but i'll never listen to it again

This sounds like what it is, a soundtrack for a film that doesn't exist. Some nice bits but fairly pointless

Really great. Some amazing riffs and no shit ballads

I hate U2. So dramatic with so little substance. 2 because i'm feeling generous

There are very few excellent albums from the punk era but this is one. Lots of variety even if it has a few too many tracks

I quite liked it, at least as live albums go it sounded fun to be there unlike Emerson Lake and Palmer

I'm fairly sure this is a joke? Some funny catchy songs but tired of it by the end

The album they made after is on of the best ever, you can hear the sound starting to come together here

I'd heard of Fela Kuti but never listened to his stuff. Sounds really cool I thought and not what I'd normally have on, might go back to it

It's decent but nothing special. The 2 albums they did after this were much better I thought

I thought they were one hit wonders but the rest of the album is very strong. Loved the strings and horns

I went in with low expectations. Not terrible but too close to Shania Twain for me.

Rubbish. Other than the first song which is obviously amazing

Some good songs and some bad ones. Not very memorable on first listen

Some of the jazzy bits were ok but then the horns and everything came back in. I hate all the big band stuff

A pretty good Sonic Youth album, noisy as expected

Despite not being at all original it's flawless without a wasted note on the whole thing

I've heard this before but it's never stuck. The songwriting is obviously good but the lo-fi sound doesn't grab me

It's pretty messy and doesn't fit together as an album that well but still so so much good stuff on there. Amazing they were knocking these out twice a year

Absolute garbage. Just such stupid music

Pretty average. Weaker than Ocean Rain

Still sounds really good. The singles got a bit overplayed but it all works together as an album

I consider this a bit of a modern classic but had to downgrade it to a 4, i'd forgotten how much it loses steam near the end. Still a great variety of sounds and layers

Hard to score. Not at all bad but sounds very dated obviously. Clearly good at what he did

Some of it gets a bit wanky, especially the backwards parts but it doesn't really detract from the high points

So bongo cover versions then. I could have done without hearing it but not too terrible

Absolute shit. Hated every second

Only ever heard 2 songs before. Some great playing but not much else stood out on the album

No idea why it's in the list. Not my thing but clearly an introductory album and not his best work

I'm sure it's a decent example of the genre but it just sounds like the background music in every bar in Cuba

A welcome great album after a run of shit ones. Teen Spirit is overplayed but still worth a 5 for the sound and the songs

Better than I remembered. I'd definitely heard 1 or 2 other albums by them that were piss weak

The 2 albums they made after this are incredible, never heard this one before. Amazing they gave up pop music and started doing this

Went from a 4, then a 3, then a 2 after 78 minutes of the same solos

A perfect straight ahead rock album for me. 3 guitars going at it for most of the songs

Thought it would be cheesy Ebenezer Goode stuff but it was ok for what it is. Probably better if you're full of class As

Really pretty dull, not much stood out. Expected it to be better

I never had them down as much of an album act but this is very strong. Lots of recognisable songs and the album tracks are decent too

Kind of interesting, almost a 3. It still sounded very 90s to me and too many rubbish tracks

I like Bjork but hadn't listened to this one before. The production is excellent like always but it didn't sound like there were enough good songs underneath it

Decent enough, no bad tracks but also nothing especially memorable to push it up to the next level

Not quite a 5 for me. Some amazing rock songs and even the lesser tracks have a great energy

Better than I thought. A good voice and standard country songs but all done pretty well

'm a fan of Tom Waits but not heard this one before. He's hilarious. No idea if it's really a live album or not but the crowd interaction ties it all together

This might be the prime spot for Iggy Pop. You can hear Bowie being the producer but still a bit of rawness left over from The Stooges

A great album. Love how all the samples blend together and every line is a punchline

It's not the cool opinion but I prefer the pop period REM to the indie period. Not my favourite of theirs

I wasn't looking forward to this but it isn't as cheesy as I expected. Probably amazing in it's day but now heard loads of the tracks on tv and ads etc

It was ok. But her voice always annoys me

Love the Pixies. It lost some of the rawness on this album but still some great tracks. Velouria one of my favourites of theirs

Not Paul Simon's best. Some real shit on here in fact

Only heard bits by John Grant before. It was interesting but think i'd like it better a 2nd time to catch all the lyrics

A classic Bowie album in my opinion, a lot like Low which is my favourite. Guitars sound amazing

I was surprised it didn't have any of the big hits but it still holds together well as an album. Better than I expected.

I really hate this. Why is it so long? Cleary they're capable musicians but the songwriting is stretched seriously thin. I don't hear what everyone else hears

Not listened to this for years but still sounds great to me. Kind of the mid point of old Radiohead and new, it's got the classic song structures but no guitar solos (unfortunately)

A genuine lost classic, they should have been huge. 1 perfect song after another. I particularly like the bit when you realise the girl in the first song is in prison

Hard to rate. Probably the best drum and bass album ever but it isn't a genre that suits albums. Brown Paper Bag is still amazing

I've heard this before, pretty decent. A great opening line

I think I like the idea of Kate Bush better than the actual music. It's all a bit over the top and got annoying in places

One of the best of the past few years, hard to believe it's Beyonce's sister. Cranes in the Sky probably my favourite

God this was bad. Some albums are boring, this one is just offensively shit. Couldn't make it past the first 3 tracks

I didn't think i'd like this as it's not my favourite style but it grew on me

I've only ever listened to Kind of Blue which is much more traditional. Loved how wild this one is, i'll go back to it

Didn't do much for me but was still interesting. Last track is like a bad 80s ballad but African

Not as good as My Aim is True so probably wouldn't listen again

She's got a good voice. I preferred the first half not sung in English

Pretty disappointing. I'd heard of the Yardbirds and expected it to be a bit more gritty. Not memorable at all

Decent, just not as good as Exodus. I was surprised I only knew 1 song

It's a 2 without Layla. Too long without enough good stuff. That song is amazing though

Never heard the album but knew quite a few songs. I thought it was great, even the album tracks were good

It doesn't seem as radical now for a guitar band to make this but still 20 years later there's nothing that sounds like it. National Anthem and Idioteque my favourites

I hated almost every second, all the medieval rubbish especially. A complete mess

I've never listened to this. A bit too 70s rock I think and McCartney clearly no longer cool by this point, but his songwriting shines through in places

I've already had this one near the beginning, not listening again. Well written but pretty dull standard songs on the whole

Really interesting weird hip hop, sounds like Deltron 3030. Can't believe i'd not heard of him

I knew this was Nick Cave's old band but didn't expect it sound like this. A lot like The Fall which is a good thing to me

The Big Boi album is the better of the 2 as it's more consistent, the other one is as messy as i remember. Hey Ya and a few others are brilliant but so many meandering annoying songs as well

Tempted to go 5 but I was sensible. Loved it as a kid and still stands up fairly well I think. It sounded like nothing else at the time. It's not easy to make dance music into an engaging album either

A lot like Dylan, in that his voice isn't great and sometimes the covers are better, but he writes amazing lyrics.

Always a pleasure hearing a new Tom Waits album. I liked it as always, it doesn't stand out especially against his other bluesy ones though

A classic rock album in my opinion even if it doesn't sound classic. This is their rawest most punk album and the vocals are more deranged than the later albums

Better than expected. Pretty standard rock sound but loads of great riffs

This was a welcome change, didn't expect to like any folk that is pre-Dylan but I enjoyed it

Pretty good hip hop album. Benefits from Timbaland producing everything so it sounds consistent. Quite a few bangers

Didn't like as much as I remember. Vocals sound great and interesting music, it just doesn't add up to much really. Stillness Is The Move is a great song though

Heard this before. I like him in small doses and on other people's albums, but I find his bass playing and stupid lyrics boring after a while

Feels too recent to have any perspective. A good comeback and has some great tracks, but too much filler to be up with their earlier albums

It's pretty much perfect at what it is, the whole thing sounds exactly right all the way through. Maybe not enough individual highlights for a 5

Don't think i've ever sat and listened to Muddy Waters properly. I like this sort of blues. Live album and it sounded like a good night

I usually like Brazilian music but this passed me by. I even put it on a 2nd time as only half the tracks are on Spotify, and I still didn't really notice it

An album of great bits, spread a bit too thinly. No doubt important in indie rock but just short of being great for me.

Listened to this twice as I didn't get much from it first time. I think it takes a while to sink in as it's so floaty and vague. The drums are far too 80s to score higher

Not bad, but it probably sounded better at the time before all the really shit r&b pop groups came after them

I just thought it was really shit all the way through basically

Not as good as I remember it. He's not a very good rapper at this point, but less of a cock than later on. It's got loads of great beats but far too many skits etc

A generous 2 as he was singing bossanova instead of his usual rubbish

Probably more influential than good these days. Clearly still working out how to make rap albums, quality varies a lot

I liked the Fela Kuti album better by his dad I think. This one was ok but got a bit repetitive

Not my favourite Bowie album, but the title track is amazing I think. I liked the albums after this that carried on with that style

I really didn't like this. Basically the ways she sings annoys me.

Maybe 2 is a bit harsh but too many sounded similar. A good energy to it and some obvious high points

I don't like a lot of folk music but this is probably my favourite outside of Dylan. A shame he topped himself

Really hard to rate. It's hard to find a fault with it but obviously it sounds different today to what it would have at the time

This was my favourite album when I was 8. I still think it's better than Thriller, plus it's when he started saying "Chamone" all the time

I remember this won the Mercury music prize and I liked it at the time but it's actually fairly boring compared to her louder stuff. kamikaze is still really good

It's Brit pop but has a few other interesting influences. Not enough good songs ultimately

A victim of the 80s production sound. Shit echoey drums

This was ok, similar type of country to Jonny Cash. Nice pedal steel. Probably won't ever go back to it though.

I think The Scientist is a great song, and I quite like Chris Martin's voice. Its a watered down Radiohead really though isn't it, with the same style but none of the substance

One of the best singers in rock music. Some really good songs as well but not the classic he might have been able to make if he'd stuck around

Very good, this was his only album I'd listened to before this challenge. A slower pace than most of his other stuff but at least there is no sax.

I liked this one. The Jam have surprised me how consistent their albums have been

I remember the first time I heard this. When his voice comes in on the first song I'd not heard anything like it. Excellent

This sounds like the most expensive album I've ever heard. Hundreds of cowriters and producers involved and it stops it from being cohesive. Obviously she has a great voice but does nothing for me

Not clear why this is on the list. Not the big hits of born in the USA or the restraint of Nebraska. Springsteen by numbers. And it has sax

Actually a bit of a disappointment. Not a fan of the instrumentals generally. Prefer their other albums

Really good this. I always thought it was impressive how different they sound to Joy Division but never really gave them a chance as an album band

I think I've had my fill of country recently. It wasn't bad if you like that Dolly Parton story story telling style

Late 70s but sounds 80s. Hated this. The Velvet Underground cover was excruciating

I knew this was Jacques Le Cont, I hadn't realised he was American! Sounds very mid 2000s when I was into all this stuff. A good few bangers

Started pretty good, some nice tunes and basslines. Too similar by the end. Lovefool is a classic

I like Paul SImon's songwriting and the harmonies on some of their other stuff, but this is mostly shit. Fucking Scarborough Fair, fucking Silent Night.

Very 60s sounding. I don't think I've ever heard it but liked it a lot better than I expected. An amazing voice and some pretty strong songs

Not great, not too bad for a country album. The sad type of country. The Beatles cover was a welcome surprise

Hated it. I expected it to sound like the Eagles, which it did, who I hate the sound of. I even listened to it on a train journey which is the highest compliment you can pay an album.

One of my favourite albums from the 80s. It's got all the energy of punk but clearly some brilliant melodic songs underneath. They might have been huge in the 90s alternative scene

I thought I liked Bobby Womack but this didn't do much for me. Pretty standard soul

Hard to rate this one and separate it from my childhood. Not as good as Definitely Maybe which I gave a 4, but should really have been a 5.

Heard this before and really rate it, there's not many live albums I choose to listen to. Love his guitar sound

In not a 'Massive' fan of them on the whole and I think this album is really boring. The albums before and after it were miles better in my opinion

This was a nice surprise. I only knew Political Science of his songs and didn't expect this to be so good. I couldn't believe the lyrics in the first song. I listened to the whole thing twice in a row

I don't really like CCR and this didn't change my mind much, most of the songs are pretty average. Also interesting they're not actually southern but from California

Every double album automatically loses a star straight away. It's a shame as they were obviously very productive at the time and there's loads of great riffs and some very good songs. Just too long and a lot more whiny than Siamese Dream the shorter better album before this.

I like the band name. It's pretty basic music unfortunately and nothing special by today's standards

There aren't many classic dance albums that deserve to be on this list but this one definitely does. Da Funk especially is one of my favourite tracks. Too long to listen to in one go though

Punk doesn't often make for great albums but I liked this having not heard them before. Some decent tunes

The best rap album ever. No skits, no filler tracks, only 1 excellent guest verse. Every best sounds classic, Nas is on fire beginning to end. NY state of mind and the 2nd verse on memory lane especially are my favourites

I like Can and Kraftwerk and thought this would be a cross between the 2. It's really ambient though and I barely noticed it being on. Disappointing.

I don't like Depeche Mode. A generous 2 as some of the instrumental bits were interesting

Standard 60s psychedelic. Nothing memorable after the first 5 tracks, and then they hit a classic riff on the last track and spoil it by stretching it out for half the album.

Rumours I find too overplayed to enjoy so I thought I might like a FM album I hadn't heard before. Really boring unimaginative songs unfortunately

Decent, nothing more. I listened to it a fair bit when it came out though so probably bumps it up a star more than it deserves

I really liked this. Admittedly right up my street as it sounds like the Replacements but the songs were very strong and well put together

Probably a 4.5, a few tracks don't quite hit the mark but it's great nonetheless

A lot of funk but clearly the songwriting had a way to go before they made the big hits a few years later. Pretty mediocre

Ok for the most part, some bits dragged. No bangers like September to drag it up to a 3

Big party hip hop album, I really liked it and hadn't heard them before. Similar to De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest but more dancey

This was unintentionally hilarious, it's so Spinal Tap. I'm guessing this was the first in the genre? I actually like more modern black metal but this hasn't aged well. I especially found it funny that all the solos were standard rock and roll, clearly no one had taught them the evil sounding scales all metal bands use now

Just short of a 5 for me. Nightswimming is one of their best and its's very consistent throughout

Weird orchestral/industrial mix. Some interesting bits but obviously German singing on anything makes it too funny to take seriously

I liked this. There seemed like a lot more substance to the songs compared to the other previous Kate Bush album we had. Probably need to hear it a few times to really click

Some nice harmonies and decent songs. Annoying the album wasn't on Spotify so I had to put it on youtube where it didn't sound brilliant to me. Not especially memorable, I'm sure they've done better

This is probably the sweet spot for Metallica to me. Not as heavy as the earlier thrash stuff but before they started doing lame ballads

Not a big fan of the Who and the adverts are kind of an annoying concept. But I Can See For Miles is brilliant and I do like the cover

Is this his best solo album? It's pretty good but obviously not Smiths class. Suedehead and Sunday are excellent. Interesting I thought that Bengali in Platforms doesn't come across racist at all to me compared to what he's like these days

Not as bad as I was expecting as I hate Sting. I always like the drumming on Police songs

I thought it was so dull, not an original note on there. I looked up some reviews afterwards to work out why it's on the list and apparently everyone rates it but me! I warmed to it slightly by the end

Hard to rate as Spotify doesn't have the whole album but it sounded good. I like Blueberry Hill from 12 monkeys

I like Nick Drake a lot but this is actually my least favourite of his 3 albums

I was looking forward to this as I knew it was alt-country but had never got round to listening to it. It's actually a bit closer to pop. Up with people is very good but a lot of the album is a bit easy listening. I'm not sure about his falsetto either

I've heard this before and really rate it. Of all the neverending country/folk/rock albums on this list I think this is a level above most of them

I listened to this a few times when it came out and it didn't grab me. Some nice harmonies but it still doesn't do much for me

Liked this at the time and brought back a lot of memories but the beats are actually fairly weak in a lot of places. I think the 2nd album was a big improvement from memory.

Absolutely love this. Sounds like its from the future and ancient at the same time. It's incredible he was 14 making some of these tracks

Very very good. Some absolute bangers and lead to Weezer so a good thing in my opinion.

I really hated this. Everything on it is so over the top

A very good REM album, right in the sweet spot between indie and pop. 3 seems a bit harsh but it's definitely 1 below Automatic for the people

I listened to this when it came out but hadn't gone back to it, it's still pretty good. She's definitely one of the better RnB songwriters

Really weak I thought. I like some jammy psychedelic rock but this didn't go anywhere

I'd maybe only heard this once before, it never grabbed me like their others. Some great tracks but too much filler. I don't know why you'd choose to listen to this over LZ 1 to 4

I liked this. Proper balls out rock from the 90s alt years, surprised I hadn't heard it before

It starts so so well but there's some absolute shit near the end. I also hate Spotify adding on remixes and bonus tracks

Honestly one of my favourite ever albums. I always think of it as underrated so I was pleasantly surprised it made the list. It's a shame he never went back to this style with his later more experimental stuff

I enjoyed this a lot. The first half more than the second where it lost a bit pf momentum. Probably now my favourite jazz funk album

I had this when it came out and never realised it was a compilation so have marked it down 1. They're a bit of a one trick pony

I'd never heard this and I was glad it's Timbaland on production, he was starting to hit his stride here. Loads of good tracks

Another one I thought I'd hate but actually very listenable. It kept me interested with all the changes in language etc

The best Cure album I think, certainly of the ones I've heard. Probably too miserable for some but its a perfect execution of what they were going for

Love this, enough groove to hook you in, enough weird stuff to keep it interesting. One of the best drummers ever in my opinion. Only loses a mark as the last tracks are a bit too out there for me

Metal guru is pretty good but the glam metal doesn't do much for me. Electric Warrior we did first was better

Not what I expected, I wouldn't know it was Jeff's dad. Some cool bluesy funk sounds but average songs

I'd always avoided this as he's not one of my favourite in Wu tang, don't know why. It's got the gritty sound and the classic dense lyrics. Probably needs a few listens to really sink in but I liked it

I hadn't heard this for years. Vastly overrated at the time but it still sounds pretty good I think. The good bits are brilliant

Another good Elvis Costello album. No big stand out hits but it's pretty consistently good

I found this so boring. Absolutely nothing interesting in any of the songs. American Girl just about saved it from a 1

Thought i'd dislike it more but it was ok. Weird not hearing Bruce Dickinson's voice

I tried to listen without prejudice but it really was shit. Clearly he was trying to be taken seriously as an artist but there's no substance just pretension added to basic ballads

Wow really great, never heard of these guys. Punk albums that still sound decent are few and far between but this is like London Calling in that it has other stuff going on. The horns and acoustic bits worked really well

I struggle to separate it from the other Megadeth album we had earlier on, but the guitars still sounded really good

It's not every day you invent a genre, especially only a year after taking punk to the mainstream. I had to drop it down to a 3 as some of the more extreme tracks get on my nerves. Their 2nd album is the classic

Hard to rate. Never really clicked for me as a serious musical act. Dancing Queen is obviously amazing but there aren't enough good ones to make up for the horrible production

The Brazilian Beatles. I'd heard a few tracks before but not the whole album. It's properly psychedelic in a way not much English language rock is

It was ok. He always sounds decent, not many of his tracks really blow me away. I prefer BIG and the east coast style more

It's shit isn't it? People need to stop pretending it's good. The most rock overrated album ever

It's definitely shoegaze. Very Verve-y, but without as much swagger. I thought the vocals let it down a bit

I had higher hopes for this. It passed me by a bit as punky irish music only slightly more modern than The Pogues.

I didn't think much of it, it sounds so dated now just putting Indian bits in for the sake of it

I never really think of this as much of an album, just a load of songs with Jimi Hendrix playing guitar on, but there's so much good stuff. The drummer is amazing, and no one has ever made a guitar sound like Hendrix

Thought i'd hate this but it's decent. The constant rhythm track was pretty cool but by the end I found it a bit repetitive and predictable to go higher than a 3

My favourite of theirs is Alligator but this has lots of their best songs on. The production especially stands out to me as being the best fit for his voice and lyrics they've had

I'd like to go higher than a 2 but it's novelty ska really isn't it? A whole album was a bit much

I didn't get all that much from this, Black Hole Sun by far my favourite that has a different sound from their heavier stuff. To be fair there's only a handful of grunge bands I like

I wanted to go 1.5. Not an outright 1 as there's clearly some craft to the songwriting, but large parts of it were like an Andrew Lloyd Webber album

Not my favourite Bowie album at all. Probably only a 3 because it's Bowie, i preferred the periods before and after

It's pretty amazing they went away for 10 yeats and came back with this. Much more adventurous than their 2 90s albums, there's nothing that really sounds like it

4 for the album, minus 1 for the sax. Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to play that solo in the middle of the title track?

I liked this for a jazz album. Was cool it was live and didn't get boring like some

Horrible shit hurt my ears

Far too wsnky for me but clearly there's s lot going on to save it from a 1

Really good, I didn't know he was still releasing music this late.

It was so far removed to most stuff I listen to I was finding it fairly interesting. And then they did the Imagine cover. Fuck me

I didn't think I liked rush but this was enjoyable. Some decent songs well played

The best Tom Waits album. The point when he transitioned from smoky ballads which he was still very good at to weird stuff. The guitar line on the first song alone is incredible

This didn't make much impression on me. Far too much flute is my main thought

Never heard of these but I normally find this sort of stuff holds up well today. Decent but not a classic or snything

I expect a lot of people don't like 80s synth Cohen but I actually think it gives his music a bit more identity beyond his voice. Some of his best lyrics on this album

Better than I remember, it's a really strong album. At the time it just felt like a step down from their perfect debut. Little did I know have far they would slide after this point

Nice enough, hard to go higher than a 2. Is that the audience or him shouting out during the playing? If so he's really enjoying himself

A very generous 3 based on the beginning and end of the album being excellent. The less said about the middle portion the better. A real shit sandwich

I didn't really notice any songs other than the title track but they were all pretty good but a bit samey. Hard to dislike overall

As usual her voice is a massive barrier for me. Avoids a 1 as the 2nd track with the synth was unexpectedly good

I mostly like their first 3 albums but this is a fair load of wank

I don;' really like Fleetwood Mac but you can't really fault this. An impressive amount of classic songs on one album

I know he played bass in PiL and naturally the basslines are the best thing about it. I thought it started off ok but got a bit repetitive with the generic world music

This was a very nice surprise, never heard of them but I listened to it twice in a row. Sounded a lot like DInosaur Jr. All the songs are the same structure but it doesn't matter when the tunes are this good

I made the mistake of trying to listen to this on a sunny day. Had to try again in the evening. Being old definitely suits him but there weren't quite enough musical ideas or great lyrics to sustain the whole thing

Some good songs, some shit formulaic ones. A bit like all their albums for me? Definitely one of the better ones but not something I ever go back to

It's ok. A few songs that I already knew and liked but a bit middle of the road and hasn't got anything to push it up a place

I've heard this a few times and never got into it, which is a shame as I like Lou Reed. Downbeat and doesn't really hold my attention

I can't say enough good things about it. Not a single piece of original music on it yet it's completely unique. Possibly the best hip-hop album ever despite not featuring any rapping

Opening and closing songs are obviously amazing but the middle feels very standard fare Stones. I would always just choose to listen to Sticky Fingers instead

Pretty good catchy songs with a nice sound. Nothing bad to drag it down but nothing exceptional to move it up to 4

Never heard this before but thought it was great. Constantly interesting sound without getting distracting from the songs

This was a weird one. 60s psychedelic but with early electronic bits! Some of it is gimmicky but also some really cool stuff

4 might be a bit much but I can't think of a better pop album for a long time. Good tunes, good production, decent lyrics

It wasn't bad, just a bit too smooth sounding for me. Very backgroundy

She's a good rapper and there's some decent beats on this. I never think she sounds convincing though when she's bragging about how great she is, it doesn't seem to suit her

I really hated a lot of this, it's saved from a 1 by Mr Blue Sky.

Love this. It's not perfect but has a lot of bangers and there was nothing that sounded like it at the time

A hard one to rate. I bet it sounded incredible at the time to most of the world who'd never heard this before, but obviously doesn't have the same effect now. Still a great voice

I liked this at the time and it still has a fairly distinctive sound and some good songs, but hard to push higher than a 3 in the grand scheme of things

I hate Rod Stewart but admit he has a good voice. It's wasted on all these bland low effort songs

This is my favourite Dylan album. Brilliant lyrics all over the place, a rock sound and it works together beginning to end

This is a 2 all day long, same as Celebrity Skin. Like that album there's a few decent standouts but it's really nothing special

I'm more convinced than ever this is the emperor's new clothes. Unnecessarily proggy to the point it distracts from the songs, and the lyrics read like the ramblings of a drunk horse

I don't like Billy Joel as a rule but there's clearly some well written songs on here. There's also some awful cheesy shite that even in the 70s he should have known better

Nobody's favourite Beatles album, but their first 'proper' one where they started trying out new stuff no one else was doing. The Lennon songs especially are exceptional. Still a 5

Ladies Love Cool James. Other than the title track there's a lot of rubbish and he's a lame rapper.

I've heard this before and still think it's really bland. Production is nice, his voice is nice, but there aren't enough memorable bits

One of the only good double albums in my opinion. Short songs as well so they could have made 4 decent albums out of the ideas they had. Not their fault they inspired the red hot chilli peppers

Weirder than I expected, almost a 3 because I've never heard anything like it before, sort of voodoo blues. Still a bit of a mess

A real pile of shit start to finish. All the bad bits of prog represented, nonsense lyrics and wanky music

A 5 all day. Not my favourite Beatles album but an incredible achievement. A Day in the Life is one of the best songs ever recorded

I thought it was miles better than LL Cool J recently. Still sounds very 80s rap but some of the beats were good and she's a better rapper than I realised

Whenever we get a jazz album I put it off for a few days. It doesn't feel like a classic album at all, I'll never listen to it again, but still a 3. She's got an amazing voice

I knew the name but never listened to this band. I put it on twice, right up my street. Guitars are so messy I could have played on it

I thought this might be good but fucking hell it's annoying. Like a nu-metal Queen. I didn't make it all the way through

Thank god we got this after System of a Down, maybe my favourite metal album. 28 mins, proper thrash, with classic riffs. Some of the best drums on anything

It's largely horrible like I expected, but competent enough not to be a 1

I liked this, I thought it would be more straight ahead punk and there's a lot more sounds to it

More jazzy than countdown to ecstasy, combined with the worst bits of the 80s. Sounds like something the guy from American Psycho would like

Why is this on the list? Loses a mark straight away for being a double album. But wait! This one is a concept album about the wizard of Oz, and is written by Elton John! Who seriously doesn't know Elton and needs to hear this shit

It's just a load of covers right? Obviously a great voice and some really good versions but still hard to go higher in the ratings

Really surprised I liked this, I put it on twice. I heard it a fair bit 15 years ago and hated her mooing voice, it's grown on me a fair bit, nice songs

This one I've probably downgraded over time. Drums and guitars still sound awesome but the lyrics and vocals are very very teenage

I've never heard this past the first minute or so that's in the exorcist. I had no idea it got so annoying

Title track is amazing, the rest has the same sound but none of the songs have much more to them. It ends up repetitive

Hard to go above a 3, but I feel like I get it now. Just the sound of the synths alone must have been incredible back then, but as well as that they already had an understanding of how to put this sort of music together as a whole

I really didn't find it that engaging. Perhaps it sounded more exciting at the time, but most of the songs didn't carry much weight. I preferred My Aim Is True

've never been able to get on with this album. Some definite classic Marvin in there, but Save the Children is so massively lame it drags the whole thing down

Never heard of these but it's really good and catchy. It sounds an awful lot like the Violent Femmes which is a big positive

When the Seinfeld bass started I feared the worst. The production throughout makes it sound a bit dated but there are some very strong songs in there.

A hard one to rate. It doesn't have the genius songwriting and production of their later albums, so the handful of great songs on it aren't enough to make me want to go back and listen to it today.