1001 Albums Summary

Classic rock. Does exactly what it says on the tin.

Alternative music ahead of its time

Weird. Like really weird.

It’s great. I mean, it’s got The Chain. But how often am I going to listen to it?

Live country rock. Am I missing something?

Sounds like she’s in her dressing gown. Like that time I saw her live.

Novocaine for the soul.

Woo-hoo!

Best Okinawa-inspired tabla record I’ve ever listened to!

Drugs & Rock n Roll. Not so sure about the Sex.

Above average 80s hard(ish) rock

Around the World, Around the World!

Best Algerian cover of Imagine I’ve ever heard

The guy can sing. But not as much as he can whine.

I tried - but it’s not really my thing

¡Vamos a jugar por la playa!

Inoffensive 80s pop-rock

A couple of decent songs doesn’t make a great album.

Made me feel like I was a cowboy

A classic single away from a higher mark

Self-indulgent shite

Sounds like something out of Austin Powers

We’re the red and blue army…

Alternative country-inspired guitar

A bit ‘raw’ in places, but that just adds to its charm

Surprisingly decent downtempo R&B

A couple of reasonable singles doesn’t make a great album

A bit ‘of its time’, but still pretty catchy in places

Generic 80s rock

Gangsta rap - pretty much what I expected

Sounds exactly like I’d expect a Bob Dylan album to sound

Sounds like the 80s, nothing special

5 for weirdness, 3 overall

Jazz club…nice!

Doesn’t sound very modern to me

It’s not their best, even Helen thinks it has filler tracks!

Great for listening to on a holiday balcony. Probably wouldn’t have scored it so high otherwise.

More classic rock, not as good as II. Still gets a slightly generous 3, rather than a harsh 2.

Doesn’t have their best singles, but scrapes a 3

Entertaining enough

Decent enough R&B-pop

Funk soul brother

Sounds like a ZZ Top album

Not as good as I hoped, despite Every Breath You Take

Like being in the hippy fields at Glasto

Eclectic guitar rock

Everywhere you go… you could probably listen to this album

Sounds like Pearl Jam!

Inoffensive bossa nova

Inoffensive folk guitar

Laid-back indie pop

Glam rock. Get it On is a good pop song, but not convinced by the album overall.

RESPECT to this album

New Order, but without the classics

I was planning to give this a 4. Until I listened to it again. And again.

A half-decent covers album, but no more than that

Good, but not her best

Been spending most of my life… thinking Gangsta’s Paradise was an original

She’s got a great voice, but it’s not really my thing.

I think he was drunk when he wrote it. And playing Mortal Kombat.

A bit of nostalgia bias here

Why don’t you come on over… and listen to this album

You can’t trust people … But this is actually a half-decent album

Generic. Not even generic anything, just generic.

Jesus apparently hates a lot of things. But probably not this album.

I think I’m missing something

Everything is… broken

This Town Ain’t Big Enough… is the only reason worth listening

We are the Robots!

The question isn’t whether it’s a 5, it’s are there any better albums out there?

Maybe not the greatest day I’ve ever known, but up there

Experimental, but worth a listen

Inoffensive, but that’s about it

If I was in a Wild Wood, I’d listen to it

Do-do do-do doo do-do doo doo

Scrapes a 3 with Papa Was A Rolling Stone tipping the balance

Scrapes a 4, mainly for nostalgia

Helen thinks I’m being generous with a 2

Alright. Doubt I’ll ever listen to it again.

It’s easy to forget how good U2 actually were at one point

Am I missing something?

Oxygene 4 literally

A bonus point for White Winter Hymnal

Sounds like I’d expect a 1960 live album to sound

Classic Brit Pop

Sounds like Orbital to me!

Punk got better

Doing so much damage

Jazz club

Special. So special.

It’s got Sound and Vision, but he’s done better

Somewhat offensive English!

Metal guru! I always wondered what they were saying!

If that’s their most accessible album, I hate to think what the others sound like!

Street Life!

Whimsical

Decent 90s indie

Kate Bush without the catchy numbers

A solid 2 for its whimsical nature

I want to be a hippy… Well, actually, I don’t if it means listening to that

They are NOT the Kings of Rock n Roll

It’s great. But not quite at The Bends/ OK Computer levels

Generic indie

Maybe not their best, but still good enough for a 4

Classic indie

Great singles, but too much filler for a 5

Generic 90s indie

Straight Up!

Generic.

Sounds like a folk album

Above-average background piano jazz

It’s not quite Different Class

The cool shoeshine

For now and ever

The big wheel keeps on turning…

Sympathy for the devil if he has to listen to the filler

The Who?!

American Girl is worth waiting for and adds a point.

Folky nonsense

Seems a cheery fellow

A bonus point for the Grapevine cover

A bonus point for That’ll be the Day

Old school heavy rock

I like Goldfrapp - but I think they’ve done better

Call the Police!

A spoonful weighs a ton

Classic indie disco