1001 Albums Summary

Moby Dick

Psych-pop for the soul

This is right up my street. The modern lovers bridge the gap between experiential 60s rock and 80s punk. This is a good piece of rock history.

This is one of my favourite albums of all time. This is just before The Beatles started redefining music with every subsequent release and you can hear the experimental ideas bubbling under the surface. Love it. It is a bit bad that John Lennon says he's going to kill that girl, but it was the 60's.

I had always heard about Nick Drake but never listened to any of his stuff. I really liked the atmosphere on this album. Drake's voice and guitar playing were amazing. I want to listen to this again and pay attention to the lyrics. Very cool.

Aside from Mr blue sky I hadn't heard any of the tracks here before. There were some really good ones and some forgettable ones. This was very much a collection of songs rather than a cohesive album.

Nice atmosphere and good vocals.

Very nice sounds but I don't think I'd listen again

This is far too long. Prog rock is not really my thing and a double album is more than I can handle. I also find the sketches and parts where it becomes like a musical incredibly cringey. The musicianship saves this a star and there are a few stone-cold classic tracks. But I would never listen to this in one sitting ever again.

I enjoy the smiths but only half of the songs here are worth listening to for a non-fan. The title track is Morrisey at his most preachy. This is easily the weakest Smiths album.

This is a seminal album for any jazz fan. The addition of electric instruments to a more traditional jazz set-up creates a really unique sound and it was pretty revolutionary at the time. The songs feel exciting and alive because they were largely improvised in the studio. Shoutout to the album art, which really captures the feel of the music.

Some good and funky tunes here. Africano was my personal favourite. I like how Earth, Wind and Fire are an absolute melting pot of soul, jazz, funk and a bunch of other genres.

I find this underwhelming. There's a lot going on but for me, it just doesn't click. The wacky song titles made them seem like a novelty band.

This is perfectly passable. 'Tokyo storm warning' and 'blue chair' both have a good bounce to them. For some inexplicable reason I can imagine listening to this on the megabus from Liverpool to London.

What is there to say? It's good old school rock and roll. All the songs are short, sweet and swinging. Fats was one of the many black artists who paved the way for Elvis and everyone thereafter.

Very summery music. I really enjoy the vocals and the bossa nova vibe. It's easy listening in the best way.

Surprisingly enjoyed this. I liked the mish mash of genres in the samples, you can tell that they have a wide range of influences. When I got to 'all the time in the world' I thought it sounded like a velvet underground song but it turned out to be a Louis Armstrong cover, very odd. The lyrics are mostly crap and the whiff of novelty hangs over a few of the songs which loses this a few stars.

Sexy.

Crunchy distorted guitars and crazy vocals. I love this. Will listen again. The cure cover is amazing and hilarious.

This feels completely unique, which is one of the best qualities an album can have. The range of influences is so wide there's bits of pop, electronica and jazz. Some of the tracks are avant-garde ballards and some sound like house tracks written by poncey art students. All the different elements are all linked by Björk's really distinctive voice, which provides a nice consistency to the album. I can see some people turned off by her vocals but once I got used to them I found them very enjoyable. I will listen to this again.

I read somewhere once that Leonard Cohen was essentially a poet and the music was just a way of releasing his poems. This albums fits with that theory. It's very lyrically dense and musically pared back. It was a decent listen, but not really my kind of thing.

These guys just seem like a footnote in punk rock history and not a particularly exciting one.

A very charming old school pop record. Schmilsson.

I'm not a steely fan. I found this incredibly bland and uninspiring.

This was pretty good. Feels like pop for edgier than average teens.

Pleasant but forgettable. Unlike other supergroups these three don't seem different enough to provide an interesting contrast.

How did she get a record deal, does she have a famous sister or something? I joke, but I don't find this good or memorable. Solange has a nice voice and the production is decent, but it's so one-note and no songs jump out. I get that the album is offering important social critcritique but because the music is so uninspiring the message doesn't hit home for me.

There was some really cool production and some songs I would listen to again. Some of it is a bit too heavy for my taste.

Decent hip hop, not much else to say.

I don't get why this is here

What an album, there isn't a bad song on it. I can tell why this is such a touchstone for the genre. It has a primal quality that it's heavier predecessors struggle to capture.

This is the Monkees at their most Beatle inspired. It's fine enough but nothing remarkable.

Beep boop

I kept asking for them to play 'free bird' and then they did.

This was a nice listen. Like something your quirky cousins would play while you have lunch at their place.

The first half was fun but it became all doom and gloom in the second half and not the fun kind of doom and gloom.

I liked the dark lyrics and it rollicking by in just half an hour. Outlaw country baby.

This made me wish I was simply dead. Shite.

Mark E Smith is a legend. I like the mix of classic Fall sounds and dance music. The sneering lyrics and dark atmosphere were amazing.

This a true classic album. Some of its shock has been lost over the years, but it's still a fun and chaotic listen.