1001 Albums Summary

Tiny Dancer is obviously an amazing opener. The rest of the album sounds very same-y though, not a lot of variety. It's definitely not a bad album, but I wouldn't actively seek it out.

It didn't really stick in my mind. There's a couple of fun songs on it, and you can definitely hear the progenitors of punk and riot grrrl on this, but hearing it for the first time this year it doesn't sound that special.

I assume that this is a country classic, but even with the short running time, songs exclusively about love in such a schmaltzy way really isn't my cup of tea.

Sometimes it sounds like classic country, sometimes like mood music for a romantic comedy. At no time does it sound interesting to me.

While it feels more educational than for entertainment purposes, that doesn't diminish the fact that it is interesting and fun to listen to.

It's a solid-to-good grunge album to listen to, but some of the studio decisions kind of baffle me. Why is there an acoustic guitar only on the right channel on Broken Hands? Why is there a harmonica on Pokin' Around?

It's obviously beautiful, Serge's voice is very smooth and I like it musically. I'm just afraid I'm losing some of it because mon francais est tres mal.

You can never go wrong with some ABBA. Some of the songs here clearly aren't on any best-ofs for a reason - When I Kissed The Teacher aged very poorly - but overall it's a fun listen.

Very interesting and varied album, almost getting some Deerhoof-y vibes from some of the songs. First album in this run that I will actually actively come back to.

An amazing album containing some of Janelle Monáes all time great songs, let down only slightly by the run length.

Classic synth-pop album with some all-time great songs from the genre. The lead singers voice might get grating though on repeat listens.

Fun and replayable rock album, feels like the B side is overall stronger than the A side.

Amazing solos, smooth production Muddy Waters' iconic voice combine for a great blues album. (huehue hard again)

Very smooth, sounds more like background music to me though.

Unfortunately, the quality of songs varies massively after the opener, which deservedly became a hit.

One of the best debuts in the last 30 years. When the Sun Goes Down is one of the greatest riffs in indie rock.

I feel like there are some good songs here, but the production really stands in the way of them shining.

Great rock album, probably very good driving music. I wonder why Smoke on the Water is the riff that is most known from this album; there's better keyboard and guitar riffs on many of the other songs.

To me, the lyrics don't carry the album enough to justify keeping the songs in their demo form.

Obviously has some all time great songs on it; the interludes on an album that's barely half an hour seem kind of strange to me.

Amazing flow as an album, feels like a great DJ set.

Love the songwriting, his voice just isn't for me.

Some cuts could have been made, but an enjoyable listen overall.

Great fun to tap and sing along to; could have done with some cuts towards the end.

The A side and B side feel weirdly disconnected.

At first I thought "second ABBA album this month, basically no hits again...", but this is amazing.

An obvious all time classic, fuzzy and dreamy and weird and full of emotion.

Solid, fun to listen to classic rock.

If you listen to this expecting more like Where Is My Mind, you will be confused I assume. Sort of feels like with Radiohead and Creep, where "that one song" clearly doesn't represent the rest of the band's work.

Sounds more experimental than you would assume.

This album doesn't miss; not even mad about the massive runtime.

Considered turning it off during the first track; turned it off during the fourth.

What's with the weird animal comparisons?

I've never quite understood the incredible hype Pavement, and especially this album gets. It's a good, at points great indie record, but the whole Pitchforkian 10/10 Gold Soundz is the best song of the 90s vibe just doesn't make sense to me.

I feel like this album might have been better if there were no vocals on it at all.

Even though some of the lyrics obviously sound corny to today's ears, still a great listen.

Musically a bit too samey for me, even though the lyrical themes are interesting.

I'm not sure if it's the overly high expectations I had when I listened to this for the first time, but even on re-listening, it's not as perfect an album as the general opinion makes it out to be. It's still great, but it contains lulls and some unnecessary filler.

Sounded very middle of the road to me.

I see this album still being considered a classic in a couple of decades.

It's nice to listen to, but it doesn't really grab me; I think I just don't have the ear for jazz.

I feel like I would enjoy this more if there weren't sounds or vocal stylings in at least every second song that feel like they were put there with the express purpose of being annoying.

This is a good britpop album, it just feels like every single song is a minute longer than it needs to be.

Calling this album "Club Classics" feels like a bold move; I couldn't see myself enjoying most of these songs in a club context. Shoutout to African Dance though.

Interesting and fun in the beginning; didn't capture me enough to finish the album though.

Apparently reviews from the time found the first half too weird for its own good, which is sad, because I feel like the album might be even better if the second half was weirder.

This is very Eighties, but not in a good way for me. Shoutout to "I love you, you pay my rent" as a lyric though.

Punk is rarely my genre, and this didn't really pique my interest unfortunately.

It's a fun listen; the mixing feels very strange in a lot of the songs, everything is being panned all over the place.

It's a bit too chill to dance to, but still, a nice electronic album to have on in the background I guess.

I should like this since it's largely reggae (or at least reggae-adjacent), but it's not doing it for me.

Fun and interesting to listen to, even though I don't think I would actively seek it out outside of this project.

For the first time in this project, I was very positively surprised by an artist I had never heard of before. This is very intriguing to listen to, with its wild mix of different styles and his very unique voice.

I enjoy ska quite a lot, but these vocals are too grating for me to really get into this album.

It's great as an instrumental album, but listening to it actively doesn't appeal to me that much. Good background music though.

Weird, but in a good way. "I'm straight" is basically hey hey you you I don't like your boyfriend.

Very chill, great if you're in the right mood for it.

Largely boring.

Clearly a very influential album, some classic tracks, but it's a bit too samey for me to enjoy the full run length.

Started off great, then disappointed me in the second half.

Starts off great, but got more monotonous and boring to me as it went on.

This has big nostalgic vibes for me, since it was a large part of me growing up. Apart from a single skip, it's basically still perfect to me.

Weird and inventive, in a very fun way.

Proto-Beach House, so I should love it, but the vocals are very hard to discern most of the time.

Basically perfect. Listen on good headphones!

Very schmaltzy, and not musically interesting enough to make me come back to it.

Apart from a few songs, I've always found Metallica to be musically uninteresting, and it's the same here.

Very good, but sometimes a bit too abrasive and distortion-y, even for me.

Big moment in their discography obviously. Shame that the 2009 mixes that are available on Spotify are so weird.

Doesn't start off amazing, but gets better. Usually not a massive fan of her singing voice, but I enjoy a good deal of these songs. no body, no crime is excellent.

I feel like it overpromises and then underdelivers on the grooves.

The interludes that don't really add to the songs but are part of the tracks and thus basically unskippable keep this from being a 5 for me.

It's not a bad album by any stretch, but I enjoy Prodigy with vocals a lot more.

Probably the strangest album I've gotten in this list so far. Interesting in some parts, but just plain annoying in others.

Unsure how critics called this "cohesive" when it came out; to me it feels like multiple bands pushing songs of theirs into a playlist, sometimes during the same song. I enjoy a good few of these songs on their own, but as an album... I dunno.

This album is generally boring and mosty leaves me asking why Rod Stewart is singing Amazing Grace in a key where he has no chance hitting the high notes?

Moving the River is the standout track for me.

Only having listened to La Grange off this album before getting into it, the rest of it was disappointingly boring.

Pretty damn good even outside of the classics.

Most of the songs on here are obviously good to great, but the Beastie Boys style gets grating for me at album length.

Had to switch to the german version during The Model, just because it's too weird to hear it in english; but a classic album either way, far ahead of its time.

An incredible concept album; it drags on quite a bit though, especially after Comfortably Numb.

For as much as Kanye gets hyped up as this genius producer, this really doesn't sound great. The lyrics are largely awful too.

R&B just isn't quite my genre, although this is obviously very well produced.

Wonderful, very emotive vocals on top of diverse backing tracks; probably one of the best albums I hadn't heard off this list so far.

Similar to Licensed to Ill, the Beastie Boys vocals just get grating after a while. The production and sampling on this is great though, which is what prevented me from turning it off halfway through.

I'd never heard of this band before, pretty fun listen.

I really enjoyed the storytelling on this.

I listened to this on Friday, I'm rating it on Monday and I just had to scrub through quickly to remember anything about it, so I guess it's not the most memorable album. Musically pretty good though.

I really enjoy the storytelling on this, even though it gets mildy repetitive at times.

If the only somewhat memorable song on an album is done a lot better by other people later, I don't think this album should be on the list.

If I heard this before Yeezus, I would have hated that one even more, because this cements Kanye as being able to construct consistently amazing songs. Still not a fan of him as a vocalist or lyricist though, so it's a good thing this has loads of guest features on it. Also, the last three tracks could get cut and it would make the album better in my opinion.

I can see the appeal, but I don't think it will be more than background music for me.

Excellent storytelling, interesting features.

While it doesn't reach the heights of OK Computer, it's still a great indie rock record, and a clear sign of more greatness to come.

Nope

Some of these songs sound too static-y to me, and sometimes the abrasiveness feels over the top, but overall an amazing collection of songs.

To me, this sounds like they just made long versions of intros of songs, and then put those on an album. These songs never really get started, it's not a very interesting listen.

Excellent; one more album in the list of reasons why I started this project.

This is more like a 3.5, it's a fun listen, but not quite a great one.

The bass line on Barbarism Begins at Home slaps. Also fuck Morrissey.

An obvious classic, great production.

I was really bored and annoyed, but also very intrigued while listening to this. Interesting record.

Not sure if it's due to the remaster, but a lot of the vocals sound very disjointed, from each other and from the rest of the mix.

An obvious all time classic. I have to get some sort of physical copy of this though, since the remasters available on Spotify are truly awful.

The hooks are quite catchy, but it gets samey very fast.

I really enjoy this musically, but the vocals are so all over the place. The falsettos feel so disjointed most of the time.

This would have made a solid FIFA soundtrack; good for the few minutes it takes you to setup a match, but incredibly repetitive for any longer than that.

It's sad how relevant all of this still is 30 years after its release.

Fine songs, with very good harmonies. It's missing a certain something (or someone) though.

The "sounds like a live recording but isn't" thing is interesting, but as a piece of music it really isn't for me.

Yeah, no.

I can see and appreciate the concept, I just don't have any desire to listen to it.

Another one for the "weird but in a good way" category. Sampling the french national anthem? Sure, why not.

Meh. Also, fuck Morrissey.

Not bad, but very samey.

(Judging the original UK version here) I realize that this is somewhat early days of stereo recordings, but the panning is just awful to modern ears a lot of the time. That cymbal on High And Dry drives me insane. Large parts of this are also not that special songwriting-wise.

Initially I was somewhat irritated, but getting into it this is actually a pretty fun record.

Instrumental jazz just isn't my genre, even though I can appreciate the skill on display.

The horns are fun.

Weird, but in a good way. Did they really make a relia-bull joke in a song about a minotaur?