1001 Albums Summary

Lively fun

Had this on in my headphones, meandering around town on a bike late at night after an eventful day. It was perfect.

Talented for a high school band

Sou d slime he is having more fun making the his music than I am listening to it

Enjoyably theatrical

Strong indie album

Great choice. Reminded me to practice my French too

Competent

Lots of energy. Bit over the top.

Beautiful, James Blake vibes

It's sunny outside, couldn't go lower than a 4

For country folk, which was statistically one of my least favourite genres in the book, this is decent. Give me a summers day and some greenery and my bike and I'll chill along to this nicely.

An interesting choice that I'm glad I listened to, even if it didn't set my world alight.

Train ride at sunset material. Thanks for the suggestion

Like a slightly more aggressive snow patrol. Was hoping it would be more emo, but I appreciated your choice none the less.

Bigger, brasher Arab Strap with any subtlety jettisoned. I love Arab Strap. Not this.

Each to their own

Wasn't looking forward to this as it would generally not be my thing from the sounds of it. However it knocked along quite nicely.

My player wouldn't let me hear the 3 improvisation tracks. Probably for the best. It was fun and around the right length without them.

Top choice. I hadn't listened before, but what a great selection of styles

Retro dance. Super

I always found echo Elly to be a more interesting version of garbage

Poppy pop. Poptastic selection

Interesting

Great selection, a real surprise banger. Just a tad too long.

This banged. Like, it really fucking banged. Far out, what a treat. 5/5. Admittedly, this is my submission. Is it perfect? No. Is it super in places? Yes. Did it introduce my young self to the wider world of grime that I still love today? Yes. One of the most important albums in forming my taste. I'm glad I listened to it before I died

Not too cheesy

Didn't read up of they were actually Spanish or not, but unlike the Spanish football team, this album only gets 3 stars

Kept me good company through a late night at work

Good in places, dragged in others. Still worth a listen.

Not as fun as the cover

The kind of music my wife loves

I once worked with a Bon Over fan who called my criticism that their music doesn't go anywhere "clichéd". It's right though, innit. Still, it was a different vibe and I appreciate your selection.

Bobbed along nicely. I prefer their more energetic tracks. Nice selection, I enjoyed the time listening to this.

I keep trying, but took still don't do anything for me

Didnt hate. Good solid early 90s punk

I thought they were more pop punk. This was a lovely album full of light reggae rock vibes

Really enjoyed his story telling, listened a few times since having this in the generator

American quirky, so comes across as a bit forced.

Hits way less now im a non teenager! But a nice bit of nostalgia, thanks for the selection.

An amazing amount of 5s for what is a fairly insufferable album. I don't mind a comedy album if it's done well. This is just shite.

Some of zappas more relatable work. +1 for making me think of the lost lake trails

Didn't age that well

Solid. I felt cool listening to it

Meeeh

I recognised the languid vibes and gravelly voice, but could place it till the last track (which is an excellent way to end an album)

Solid

Perfectly lovely

Hard. Varied. Great

Pish. Is it really talent if you don't use it to good effect. Just middle of the road jams. And 2 hours of it? I would have given 2*s, but 2 hours... Man...

Didn't really cause me to have any emotions

I was hoping for something more Scottish sounding

Dreary

Better than I expected

Nostalgic

Like progress never happened

Really up and down attitude wise. Peaked early with don't marry her. The liars bar song was fucking awful.

Fun

Lovely but a bit long

Enjoyed it. Some nice guitar hero and windows 95 nostalgia

Competent and sad

Wanted to love it, but some of it was just too avant garde for my little brain.

Didn't change my world, but was very competent

Enjoyed the one without the really fucking annoying vocals on it.

Pretty cool

Faaaaar toooooo looooong

Really cool, makes me want to go snowboarding

Pretty decent

Really cool. Loads of energy

Quite funny in places. He loves the word pussy.

Really quite dull. Someone said the Alex turner is like David Bowie but not as good, but a lot of this felt like a pulp cosplay but just lacking that pulp magic.

Vibes

Pretty good... For a live album

Fun and all over the place

Status Quo are less shit than I thought. Still though, they peaked with 'come on you reds'

Modern folk. Fantastic

All time number 1 classic

Decent, but not in their top 2

Meeeehusic

I'm saved

i find sampha works better as a feature. love his voice, but a whole album of it started to drag

Kinda cool

I don't know how someone would literally fuck off. But that is what I want whoever it is who added this to do.

Some nice soaring songs that got me hyped to get up an make the sandwich i've been desiring

Modern industrial chic. Very zoolander.

A little all over the place, had some highs, had some lows, definitely had length!

Fun

I can see why people would like it

Standard modern folk

Great. More Elvis Costello. Hell no.

Wasn't boring

It was ok

Didn't break any new ground for me

Uninspiring

Nah

Oh yeah. This is a great choice, thank you selecta

I felt they were a bit over hyped, and that his voice grates a bit after a while (it is very front and centre). But it was decent still

Loved the first half. The start of the second dragged a little, but it really ended with a bang. 4.5/5

Truly wonderful

Nice laid back fun

Funky little number

Glad I listened, might not listen again, but it was genuinely interesting. Nice pick

I enjoyed the readers wives review, which was the highlight of this album. This is more of a piss take choice than Rachel Stevens. In summary: No, Thank you.

Bootiful, as they say in South South East Iceland

got better as it went on

Nice! Jazz/I.S.S soundtrack vibes

I love the weeknd's production, but he is just so whiny.

Good, but could have done with editing down as it got a bit samey

Proper emo, a genre which was missing from the book. Good choice.

Here for the cover

Nicely done soul, brilliant voices.

Not bad, but too long for something that is not bad

Very much of its era. Trying too hard.

First 4 tracks were like the deep, less fun cuts from the Pro Evo 2010 soundtrack. Last 3 tracks were better, but they ruined that goodness by applauding themselves at the end of each track. Smug gits.

Ok

Brilliant. 4th of July the highlight of a beautiful but not wishy washy album

Not listed to much DOOM before, but this was great, will listen some more.

Their record company don't want me to listen to this, but I did hear side A of the album and it was decent.

Top

Not my thing, wouldn't listen again, but was really well done and slightly odd.

Doesn't have much going for it

Fun change of pace. Nice add to the list.

A style that very much stayed where it started, thankfully

Strong in general without being too exceptional anywhere

Got a bit boring

Nice slice of fun

Couldn't get into it

Didn't hate it, some lovely bass lines

Bit longer than I would have liked, but interesting

Decent storytelling, but it was all a bit meh. I think that might have been the point of it.

Enjoyed the album cover, but that was all. Tainted by being my least favourite genre.

Super!

Bit whiney. Like REM, who I also think are shit

Dinner party music

Droned on a bit. Dull songs that were long and felt even longer

Decent enough without being exceptional

Reading and working music done well. If I meditated, I think I'd like to meditate to this

It does have a bit of anti flow about it, but is stylish enough. Not background music, that's for sure.

I prefer screamo

It's a 4* album, but it has a Jews harp, and as a consistent applier of my own arbitrary rules, that means +1*

Interesting

Ruined my day

A nice slice of energy

Struggled to get into Jai Paul back in the day, even though I really wanted to! looking back there is some good stuff here

Expertly chilled

Made time go slower

Grew on me

Couldn't work out of the vocals were good or bad laconic, but they were deffo laconic.

Yeah that was decent, Greta fun

Solidly inoffensive with positively enjoyable flourishes

Not especially memorable

Mmm mmm was my Jan when I was 6, but this is proper dull

Whilst American indie rock is to the listener list as 1967-1970 rock is to the main list, this still felt like a decent addition, and was a much easier hour than I anticipated

Half an hour would have been enough, but it was interesting at least

Fun

I wonder if bands get to a point where they realise that their not really adding anything to their cannon. I guess they're still adding to their bank balance. Didn't need more pink Floyd on the list.

Enjoyed the cover and nurses whispering verses. It was overly long

It sounded more recent than 1992, but still didn't make my ears or brain happy

Panic at the disco if they were slightly less interesting

What a find. Great fun pop

Super choice

Listened to this but can't remember it

I think I get confused between the national and the 1975. Bit droney, not too bad though.

I remember when Biffy Clyro was all Radio 1 would talk about. I never really got it. They were more emo than I remember, and I see that as a good thing!

Too 80s

Dragged on

There is a great conspiracy about how he died in Oman involving a party, a young royal, and a wine bottle. That is not to make light of his death. This album had a couple of great pop songs and a lot of generic ones too.

Nah

Ok, bit of a time warp

Nicely done, even if I wasn't, and couldn't ever imagine being, in the mood for it.

You tube asked me if I was still listening. I wasn't.

Reet good

Bit dull

Absolute banger

Great fun album, full of energy

Wasn't looking forward to this having recently had a couple of overly long jam band live albums that were a chore to sit through, but this one was actually decent

Cool album

I can fuck off

Fun for a while, but I got a bit tired of it somewhere around the 180 minute mark

Beautifully done

Never heard any of this before, but it was nicely done

Some real bangers on here and interesting themes tackled too. The remix album is also good. There are a couple of tracks that bring it down from a 5, but this is good solid pop dance.

Good way to effectively sneak 2 albums into the list. Made me want to play Tony Hawks Skateboarding again!

2009, are you sure?

Joga 🫰🫰 Beautiful album

Fun, if a little repetative

It's ok. The user albums seem to lack a bit of variety

No thank you

That soft 2008 indie folk vibe that never did anything for me. Still doesn't.

Beautifully done and washed over me.

Heavy going

Trying way too hard. Metal should have an edge, this had none

Great album cover, pretty decent for something that is not usually my scene

I find that tool albums just trundle on, like a train that you don't want to be on and that has no destination. I've never got the hype and I still don't.

Awful recording quality, but it was a fascinating insight into early punk gigs

It appears that North American naval rock is still not my scene.

Most enjoyable

Cool, but wouldn't listen again

Average user age must be around 48 for the user album list to be so full of this kind of stuff.

Forgot how much I enjoy this album, great pick

The best example I've heard so far of this kind of music

I did enjoy it to begin with l, but some of the song lengths were a bit self indulgent

So that's where snow patrol came from!

Very different. Pretty cool

Decent music to spend a night removing artex to.

Floaty frenchness, enjoyed it

Bland

Energetic fun

Hadnt heard this before. Fantastic not too soppy r&b. ROYL is a banger.

Great pick. I only remembered one track, but it was overall good fun, even the covers were decent.

I keep trying, and failing, to find The Tragically Hop albums at all enjoyable.

Lovely little number

Oh. More tool. Probably the best one on the list so far

Best Fontaine's DC album to date, they lowered the vocals in the mix to make it more balanced

Wasn't looking forward to it as I was a bit 70s rocked out by this point, but it was very nicely done

I've got a soft spot for Newfies, and it was cool to hear their traditional songs. The ballady ones were a bit shit though

I couldn't manage all the ballads at the end sadly. I really tried, I promise. 2 classic pop tracks, and then so much awfulness.

Not bad

Lovely stuff

Quite nice and more accessible than his more recent work.

Nice selection, really interesting album

This was a cool listen. I'm going to listen again whilst cruising around my city on my bike, I think it will up the vibes further.

Bit soft, bit dull

Wow. What a choice. I would have loved to have been there with that mix and the inevitably fantastic light show.

Nice bit of screamo to accompany my lunch

Nice choice, thoroughly enjoyed it

Yeah, decent, if not spectacular

It was the depressing kind of sadness, not the more uplifting kind. Droned on a bit.

Mixed bag quality wise

Didn't do anything new or exceptional

Wait, what... This wasn't on the original list. Wild. Vocally outstanding. Instrumentally outstanding. Vibes on point, etc. 3rd easiest 5 stars that I've given.

More talking heads Super. Washed out 80s pop. I don't get what people love about it so much.

Great energy, good fun indie album

Didn't hate it, but it didn't especially stand out

Beautifully sad

Ok, but not very exciting

Oooh, another Canadian snowboard season classic. Had an absolute blast listening to this one whilst riding my bike round the city Great selection, thank you.

Naah

Not bad

Made me work faster

Textbook portishead

Love this vibes, hints of Jill Scott, but different

Decent, even if my Portuguese is rusty. Much better than the other Brazilian rap album I know by o'rappa

Like a slightly updated snow patrol. Ok.

Absolute shite. A dull as country can be.

Cheerful

Some high points, and a lot of average pop

Some real hits in there, but not enough cheer to push me above 3 stars tonight

You absolute cunt. More tool. Surely there can't be any more? Over hyped drearyness

Big fun of the cover. It was pretty fun to listen to too

Got it to it as it went along

Decent dance music

Best live gig I ever saw was enter Shikari opening for jay z and linkin park. Absolutely phenomenal. I love synthy screamy rock, and I love this.

Angry flutes are a thing. Who knew?

A very long, very variable (quality wise) album

Decent enough

Very safe

Suffers from washed out 80s production

Pretty much lived up to it's cover and name

Very variable

Ok enough for 1 listen

Modern country that I could have done wothout

Excellent from the 2nd track on. Beautiful album artwork

Got a bit droney

Incredibly chill

I listened a lot to this whilst building a mountain bike trail up a mountain in the middle east. Loved it at the time so much that I nicknamed my Scouse mistress that I had at the time Beyonce (I then named the trail after her) Time has slowed my love for it (and the mistress), but it still has highs such as hold up and forward. I also remembered that I deleted sandcastles off my copy of the album. Never did like ballady Beyonce.

Smooth and brief, excellent selection

A few absolute pop classics

I'll file this under interesting, but not to be listened to again

High quality emotional music

Fuck mash ups, fuck this choice, fuck this album. Also, 2014? Surely not? Must have been like 2008 for it to be of its time?

Hadn't heard of them before, but I'm going to explore more of their music as this was super

Good honest fun

Nice, a very relaxing listen

Inoffensive

Nice enough slice of early 2000s, ft the rapper from gorillas?

I enjoyed this, for all it's depressingness

Better than Tommy at least

I just found out that Tool haven't made the most boring and unsatisfying albums ever... ISIS did.

It's got a vibe

Something different for a Friday afternoon

Has things to say, says them well

Overwrought

I can't help but enjoy some of it

I love Ozzy's voice, but this wasn't the best vehicle for it

Struggled to get into it, metal (is this really metal?) has to be exceptional for me to get into it, and this lyrical style put me off too.

Absolutely beautiful

Actually really enjoyed quite a few of these

Plus a star for opening with a banger from one of my favourite snowboard film's soundtrack.

A bit long, but forgiven as it has 2 songs from the travis rice "higher" snowboard film soundtrack - when outro came on, all I could think about was Travis dropping out of a helicopter onto a crazy Alaskan spine in 1080p glorious slowmo

Expertly done sea folk

Very smooth