1001 Albums Summary

The Beach Boys' finest effort and one of the greatest albums of all time. 9.4/10 Best Tracks: "Wouldn't It Be Nice" "I'm Waiting for the Day" "Sloop John B" "God Only Knows"

Within the realms of mediocrity, but there are some gems on the album. 7.4/10 Best Track: "Bittersweet Symphony"

I've never been the biggest fan of Beck, but this is a decent album. 7.2/10

A very fine and soulful country album. 8.1/10

Maybe not my normal cup of tea, but a few solid tracks with some great energy. 7.8/10

Jazz is not something I normally listen to, so I tried to be objective, and it's a solid album and you can tell how revolutionary it was for its time. 7.0/10

Possibly Bob Dylan's best album before he went electric and a personal favorite of mine. 9.4/10 Best Tracks: "Blowin' in the Wind" "Girl from the North Country" "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" "Bob Dylan's Dream"

A really beautiful melodic folk album. 8.9/10 Best Tracks: "Pink Moon" "Place to Be"

Although I'm well acquainted with their hits I never really gave the Beastie Boys a proper listen, but this is a solid '80s rap album. 8.3/10 Best Tracks: "Fight For Your Right" "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"

Really nice, stylistic and artistic '80s synth-pop. 7.6/10

Shankar achieves the mission statement laid out on the album cover; blending Eastern and Western music with the use of his sitar. 7.6/10

A decent '80s pop rock album with some 2-tone influence. 7.5/10 Best Track: "Our House"

A decent Britpop album with some great melodramatic and meloncholy tunes. 8.0/10 Best Track: "Common People"

A fantastic live album that highlights Cooke's magnificent charisma and vocal command. 8.2/10

Less than halfway through the album I found myself waiting for it to be over. 5.8/10

A mildly decent pop album. 7.1/10

While I didn't enjoy the music I did think it had a great message and really enjoyed the vocal interludes. 6.3/10

A decent rap album, but nothing jumped out and grabbed me. 6.9/10

It is a tough tie between this and Exile on Main St. as to which is the best Stones album, but both are certainly two of the greatest albums of all time. 10/10 Best Tracks: "Brown Sugar" "Sway" "Wild Horses" "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" "Bitch" "I Got the Blues" "Dead Flowers" "Moonlight Mile"

I might not listen to it again, but it had some enjoyable moments. 7.1/10 Best Track: "Hey Ya!"

Elevator music. 6.8/10

Punk rock elevator music. 6.6/10

A mediocre classic rock album with two above average songs. 7.2/10

One of the highlight rock albums of the '60s. 9.0/10 Best Tracks: "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" "Michelle" "In My Life"

I didn't dislike it as much as I thought it would, but still not my taste. 6.3/10

Really not fond of this one. 5.9/10

Some songs were okay, but the experimental numbers were awful. 5.9/10

Although it lacks any stand-out tracks, this is a solid pre-disco Bee Gees album. 7.7/10

Maybe not my kind of music, but it does have its merits. 6.3/10

A decent post-punk album, but not as impressive as some of their other work I've heard. 7.8/10

The kind of rock music that I might not realized existed if it played in the background somewhere. 6.8/10

A very solid, albeit cheesy, classic rock album that is technically proficient with a noticeable amount of soul. 7.9/10

If you got rid of half the songs you might have a mediocre album. 6.4/10

Some fantastic swamp rock. 8.5/10 Best Tracks: "Green River" "Bad Moon Rising"

A solid blues-influenced punk album. 7.9/10

Revolutionary '80s pop music. 7.9/10 Best Track: "1999"

A decent melodic folk album. 7.1/10

Not my cup of tea. 6.2/10

Not bad, but mediocre. 6.9/10

A very decent upbeat punk album. 8.0/10

I enjoyed it much more than I expected to. 7.7/10

Very melodramatic, but a great post-punk album. 8.0/10

I imagine this is what it would sound like if Huey Lewis tried to do a metal album. 6.1/10

Not bad. 7.2/10

Not good with a few mediocre tracks at best. 6.4/10

A solid Talking Heads album, but lacks a real kickass track. 8.0/10

A beautiful and melodic folk album. 8.3/10

A semi-decent blues-rock album. 7.5/10

One of Tom Waits' best albums and the beginning of his foray into the avante garde. 8.7/10

Not what I like, but it was consistent. 6.1/10

An alright '90s rock album. 7.5/10

Not abrasive, but a bit boring. 6.7/10

Not terrible but only when I tuned it out as background music. 6.3/10

Post-hardcore elevator music. 6.6/10

Not bad, just a bit boring. 6.7/10

Nice and pleasant album, but nothing immensely profound to me. 7.0/10

A solid '60s rock album. 8.0/10

A very solid and lyrically rich rap album. 8.0/10

Inoffensive, but just kind of boring. 6.8/10

A mediocre rock album, although with no definite faults. 7.0/10

Probably my least favorite Talking Heads album, but it's still alright. 7.6/10 Best Track: "Once in a Lifetime"

Shit and boring; at one point my phone alarm went off and I didn't even realize the music had changed. 5.7/10

A pretty decent rock album with some nice ballads. 8.0/10

Absolute utter fucking shite. I bet this rating is being generous but I will never re-listen to it in order to give it a 0. 1.8/10

One of the greatest Rolling Stones albums and one of the greatest albums of all time; a perfect showcase of the brilliance behind the Stones' blues and country influenced songwriting. 10/10 Best Tracks: "Rocks Off" "Casino Boogie" "Tumbling Dice" "Sweet Virginia" "Torn and Frayed" "Sweet Black Angel" "Loving Cup" "Happy" "Ventilator Blues" "Let It Loose" "All Down the Line" "Shine a Light" "Soul Survivor"

A little bit boring. 6.1/10

A really pleasant and wonderful little album. 8.0/10

A solid rap album with some great lyrics, although lacking a solid hook on some songs. 7.8/10

Just a mediocre rock album. 7.0/10

Craptastic. 1.7/10

Some solid post-punk music, but I'm not sure I could delve too far into their sound without growing a bit tired of it. 8.0/10 Best Tracks: "Broken Face" "Where Is My Mind?"

What I expected. 6.4/10

It was alright. 7.3/10

The progenitors of country-rock/cosmic American music create one of the greatest albums of all time and Gram Parsons cements himself as one of my favorite songwriters and arrangers. 9.7/10 Best Tracks: "Christine's Tune" "Sin City" "Dark End of the Street" "Wheels" "Hot Burrito #1" "Hot Burrito #2"

A mediocre to boring rap album. 6.4/10

Mediocre rock trying to do something special. 7.0/10

Not awful, but not what I like. 6.0/10

A great Bowie album, but unfortunately the genius of "Heroes" overshadows all other tracks. 8.2/10 Best Track: "Heroes"

A solid album with some interesting influences. 8.2/10

Wank. 3.4/10

The album has a really strong start, but gets really mediocre after the first three songs. 7.5/10

Intriguing but ultimately mediocre. 7.4/10

A lovely country album. 8.1/10

Sucks. 3.9/10

Decent rap music. 7.8/10

Not something I'd normally choose to listen to, but an alright first track and I can see how it was revolutionary. 7.1/10

Some solid 80s rock 'n' roll. 7.9/10

Alright 70s rock. 7.6/10

Some really solid psychedelic folk music. 8.0/10

Some fantastic Detroit garage rock and blues. 8.3/10 Best Track: "Seven Nation Army"

A decent space-rock live album. 7.9/10

Decent alternative brit-rock from the '90s. 7.4/10

Crappy elevator music. 5.9/10

A decent Elvis Costello album, but definitely not his best. 7.9/10

A fantastic album from the heyday of psychedelic rock. 8.6/10 Best Tracks: "Somebody to Love" "White Rabbit"

A solid hip-hop album with some banging tracks, but it peters off at the end. 8.0/10 Best Tracks "Sure Shot" "Sabotage"

Alright soft rock. 7.1/10

It starts off like a decent classic rock album, but ends like a mediocre one. 7.6/10

Certainly a solid Bowie album. 8.4/10 Best Tracks: "Young Americans" "Fame"

Below average prog rock. 6.9/10

One of the greatest post-punk albums of all time. 9.4/10 Best Tracks: "See No Evil" "Venus"

Some interesting fusion moments but still not my thing. 6.7/10

One of the greatest rock epics of all time. 10/10 Best Tracks: "Bat Out of Hell" "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" "Heaven Can Wait" "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" "For Crying Out Loud"

Some nice funky jazz. 8.2/10

Mildy decent psychedelic take on Americana. 8.0/10

Great music from the 1950s. 8.0/10

Some solid alternative rock. 8.4/10 Best Tracks: “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)” “The One I Love”

A blistering , red hot, rock and blues album with some killer memorable tracks. 9.6/10 Best Tracks: "Sixteen Saltines" "Love Interruption" "Hypocritical Kiss" "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boys" "I Guess I Should Go to Sleep"

Beautiful, melodic, dirty and sweet. 8.3/10 Best Track: "Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)"

A nice folksy songwriters’ album. 8.3/10 Best Track: “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”

Seriously soulful and heavy. 8.5/10

A decent and melodic pop album. 7.8/10

A solid psychedelically infused funk album. 8.9/10 Best Track: “Can You Get To That?”

Some surprisingly decent soft rock, even if it does fall under the category of mass appeal. 8.8/10 Best Tracks: “The Chain” “You Make Loving Fun”

A beautiful folk-pop album without a clear hit track. 8.7/10

A beautiful sweet and sorrowful soul album. 9.1/10 Best Track: “Son of a Preacher Man”

Probably enjoyable if you like that kind of thing, but still not the worst pop album I ever heard. 6.9/10

I found it a bit underwhelming and homogenous, but not without its high points. 7.5/10

I was never terribly interested in the idea of a punk rock concept album, but this works for what it is. 8.9/10 Best Tracks: "Holiday" "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"

Fiery sonic madness captured on tape; raw, visceral and real. 10/10 Best Tracks: "She's Hit" "Dead Joe" "The Dim Locator" "Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)" "Several Sins" "Big-Jesus-Trash-Can" "Kiss Me Black" "6" Gold Blade" "Junkyard"

Funky and repetitive. 7.4/10

Majestic and beautiful. 9.7/10 Best Tracks: “Station to Station” “Golden Years” “Stay”

This is exactly what happens when an all-female punk band goes pop (and it's great). 8.9/10 Best Tracks: "Our Lips are Sealed" "How Much More" "We Got the Beat"

If you like mediocre hair metal then this is your thing. 7.0/10

It's not the worst thing I've ever heard, but it's nothing special either. 7.1/10

Cute little songs. 7.8/10

It’s like really good elevator music. 7.9/10

Electric and fierce, one of the finest rock albums ever written and a personal favorite of mine. 10/10 Best Tracks: "Rich" "Date with the Night" "Man" "Tick" "Black Tongue" "Pin" "Cold Light" "No No No" "Maps" "Y Control" "Modern Romance" "Poor Song"

Soulful and fun, but lacks a truly dynamite track. 7.9/10

It gives me the impression that California is somewhere between kinda shite and mediocre. 6.6/10

Easily my favourite jazz album of all time. 9.6/10 Best Tracks: “Blue Rondo à la Turk” “Take Five” “Three to Get Ready” “Kathy’s Waltz”

Ambient tones. 7.7/10

Some solid '90s punk with a creative use of instrumentation. 8.2/10

Pure heart and soul channelled through contemporary blues. 9.8/10 Best Tracks: "Move Over" "Cry Baby" "Half Moon" "My Baby" "Me and Bobby McGee"

It just went on a bit, didn't it? 5.3/10

Sorry Bjork, but the last half was unbearable. 4.7/10

Might as well be a greatest hits album. 9.7/10 Best Tracks: "Good Times Roll" "My Best Friend's Girl" "Just What I Needed" "You're All I've Got Tonight" "Bye Bye Love"

One of the most perfect live albums ever created; from start to finish it is full of energy, passion and beauty. 10/10 Best Tracks: "She Belongs to Me" "4th Time Around" "Visions of Johanna" "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" "Desolation Row" "Just Like a Woman" "Mr. Tambourine Man" "Tell Me, Momma" "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)" "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" "One Too Many Mornings" "Ballad of a Thin Man" "Like a Rolling Stone"

A solid album from Mr. Young and Crazy Horse. 8.8/10 Best Tracks: "Cinnamon Girl" "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"

A solid soul album. 8.8/10 Best Track: "Chain of Fools"

Raw and beautiful. 9.4/10 Best Tracks: "The Earth Died Screaming" "All Stripped Down" "Goin' Out West" "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" "That Feel"

One of the greatest rock albums ever made, full of blistering energy and intensity: raw power indeed. 10/10 Best Tracks: "Search and Destroy" "Gimme Danger" "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell" "Penetration" "Raw Power" "I Need Somebody" "Shake Appeal" "Death Trip"

Like really good elevator music. 7.6/10

Ambitious and boring. 6.5/10

One of the greatest live albums of all time; pure energy. 10/10 Best Tracks: "Ramblin' Rose" "Kick Out the Jams" "Come Together" "Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)" "Borderline" "Motor City Is Burning" "I Want You Right Now"

Decent general rock music. 8.0/10

Some decent new wave actually, but a couple of dud songs still there. 7.5/10

That's some good heavy dark rock 'n' roll. 8.2/10

A beautiful serene and visceral album that transcends the bounds of country music. 9.3/10 Best Tracks: "The Man Comes Around" "Hurt" "Bridge Over Troubled Water" "I Hung My Head" "Personal Jesus" "In My Life"