Wibbly wobbly, rhymy wimey. Felt like a 45 minute intro.

It takes an enormous amount of work, dedication, talent and drive to sound this utterly awful. I know it's meant to be a big loud noise, and people pour over the quality of certain guitar riffs/drumming pacing/bass scales, but I just don't care about any of it, because it's painful to listen to. Pretentious shit.

Thought this was going to be painful given it's 3 hours long but I absolutely adored every moment of it. Amazing.

Spooky/atmospheric/gothic/moody

Not my thing personally. I can see why it's so influential, but probably agree with the original Rolling Stone review - "The relentless profanity grows wearisome, the Bomb Squad beats lose steam, and Cube's attitudes toward women are simply despicable."

Daft but a lot of fun.

Very of its time. Decent listen but nothing that hits you.

This was really nice. Felt like I was sitting on a beanbag, a bit buzzed.

Another pleasant surprise - and more tracks you've heard than you think

I mean, it's an all time classic.

Listened to the original US tracklisting. Good slice of 60s psychedelia

Just the thing for an autumnal day

Very prog, OK if you like that sort of thing but really irritated me. It felt really smug.

Great to listen to on a hot sunny afternoon

Superb from start to finish.

Promising start. Moments of fun. But overall, I just find Roxy Music irritating - purely personal preference, can't quite put my finger on why.

Great turn-of-the-millenium rock album, reminds me of The National

Thought this was going to be painful given it's 3 hours long but I absolutely adored every moment of it. Amazing.

Awesome rowdy fun.

Pop perfection

Excellent, classic rock at its best.

Not quite as standout as Arab Strap but really enjoyed it. Some great moments on there.

Standout album, varied, uplifting, confident. Loved it.

An acerbic indie classic

Takes itself very seriously, after a couple of fun bangers at the front, drifts off into lounge-land quite quickly. I'm sure there's an audience out there that loves it, but I'm not it.

Hits even darker and harder than Doolittle. Really enjoyed that.

Really enjoyed this. Great melodies and very listenable.

Very good at what it does, just not for me

Very cool, very rude.

Spooky/atmospheric/gothic/moody

Way more funky than you'd expect, whips along at a great pace while staying laid back.

Touching, and charming. Soothing!

Cool Latino

Jangling guitars and cool 60s vibes.

You’ll know more than you expect from this, and it’s great fun!

80s, sultry, a little hard to take seriously personally

Accomplished brilliance.

Power pop!

Wibbly wobbly, rhymy wimey. Felt like a 45 minute intro.

It’s a samba party and everyone’s invited!

It’s a whoooooole lot of country.

If you were told to go and write a song that sounded like Echo and the Bunnymen then this is the first thing that would come into your head. You know what you're getting.

An indie classic

Captures what an incredible live blues musician BB King was. Great set.

Full on 90s angst. Perfect for slaying vampires to.

Ooh Pentangle is a bit cider and Cornish pasties isn’t it. That’s lovely.

Awful. Bob Dylan sounds like someone doing a bad impression of Bob Dylan.

All killer, no filler.

A great angry statement of a debut.

Not entirely as awful as I thought it would be, but a pretty painful funk.

Well that was delightful

Their first and best

Really great. Didn’t realise they’d been going for that long but just a great sound.

I'd give then ten stars if I could.

Glam, punk, camp, rock, great

Dodgy start but really settled into it.

If you like that sort of thing, it's probably great, but I don't.

Not entirely sure what to make of this, decent 60s stomper. There's a treat about 3/4 of the way through, if you happen to listen to Marc Riley's show on 6 Music.

A warm autumn's afternoon of a listen

Really enjoyed that.

Enjoyed the music, can't get on with Mark E Smith at all, he just seems a deeply unpleasant man. There's some good bits on there though.

Standard shouty punk. 21 tracks in half an hour makes it feel longer than it is.

More good punk - not many of the "big singles" on this one so a good discovery.

Went in with low expectations but this is a corker. Uplifting, confident, great sound.

So well crafted. They throw everything at this and it sticks. A perfect album.

Feels like I'm 15 again, loved this album then and listened the hell out of it, so it's great to hear again. Loads of musical layers, brilliant lyrics, it's a big noise. What a band.

Atmospheric as fuck

Absolute pish, hated every minute of it.

Takes you on a journey - builds and builds, crashes out, then you come out of the end on a euphoric note. Brilliant.

Not my thing personally. I can see why it's so influential, but probably agree with the original Rolling Stone review - "The relentless profanity grows wearisome, the Bomb Squad beats lose steam, and Cube's attitudes toward women are simply despicable."

A lot more fun than I was expecting, a rip roaring party of an album.

It very much sounds like what would happen if you were in the biggest band in the world then thought you could give it a go yourself. It's a good enough album but doesn't hit like the Beatles.

All time classic. Got played so much it was in danger of being over-exposed but after a while away from it, it's just great.

Honestly not sure if I absolutely adore this or hate it. Can you have both at once?

Alright, very 80's American soul wallpaper.

Surprised me this one, a really lovely, soulful listen.

A hot slice of G-funk. Didn't expect to like this as much as I did but I got right into it.

This was alright. Bit musty.

Great fun, fast paced, cracking tunes.

There's a lot of good in here, but the relentlessness of idea after idea in song after song grates after a while. Should have probably been two albums with half the songs on each. The tunes are good though, with some real variety in the first half.

Kind of passed by in the background - decent enough to work to though.

A great album with a chaotic energy, but that sometimes drifts to being a little too chaotic.

That was really beautiful. Distinctive voice and equally impressive guitar playing.

A definitive Rolling Stones album. Went for the remaster rather than the delux version, which was far too long imo. Remaster sounds tight, and captures the era.

Beautiful album, you forget about how much music was like this around 2010, it was a really good time for music. Surfy/indie/laid-back. Music to sit in a warm field and listen to.

Energetic and fun, absolutely classic breakthrough album

That was a lot better than I remembered it being. Bit lounge-y but still enjoyed it a lot.

Didn’t mind it that much. Found my foot tapping a bit from time to time. Forgettable apart from love in an elevator though, which does go on 2 mins too long.

I liked half of this, but then it would go a little too far... I can see they were trying to push boundaries but it went from interesting ideas to just unpleasant listening. You can hear where this has influenced a lot of other acts though.

A short, sharp, burst of blues, soul, and rock and roll.

I'm fully confident that enough people like and buy enough Norah Jones albums that my opinion will make not one jot of difference, and neither it should, because she's clearly doing what she loves and has made an album she's really proud of. That said, I'd rather stick my head in a bucket of fireworks than go through this again.

Great album, flows from style to style effortlessly smoothly. It goes a touch hard core dance for me at parts which brings down the rating to 4 but it’s still excellent

Beautiful album. Sat listening on a soggy February day and it took me to a warm sunny summer's afternoon.

Quite liked it, bit wobbly in parts though. Can hear lots of other things like pavement/bright eyes/Elliot smith/Decemberists etc in there.

Beck was clearly Going Through Some Stuff when doing this record - it's much more low key and downbeat than some of his other offerings, but a great theme that he works well. Nigel Godrich's production shines, particularly on tracks like Round the Bend which sounds like Radiohead done by Nick Drake. Packs a powerful punch, if a bit gloomy. But a great one to have on if you want a wallow.

I've never been a big fan of White-Men-Do-Ska Madness, and this did little to challenge that, but wasn't as cringeworthy and grating as I normally find them. Our House is of course a standout classic. There are some definite moments when you wince, particularly at the "accents" used at the end of New Delhi, mirrored by the brownface on the cover... A product of its time, I suppose.

A hot chunk slice of 70's funk.

Nice background listen while getting on with work - when you see the tracklist and see 4 tracks, 40 mins, and the last track is half that runtime, you kind of have an expectation of what you're going to get, and you do get that, but I didn't find it as offputting as a lot of that kind of prog. Enjoyed it, would listen again.

I really enjoyed the first half. Punkier than I expected. You can tell it's an album that's designed to be played over two halves of vinyl. Brass in Pocket is still a bit cringe for me, but.

Quite hard to find, this one - but worth it, his voice is wonderful as ever here, bluesy, jazzy, soulful - with some strong things to say about the politics of the day. Makes you sit up and listen.

Absolutely storming from start to finish. I've not been an enormous fan of The Doors but this really nailed it. Well crafted, passionate, tuneful... absolute classic.

I remember this seemed a bit edgy and funny at the time but now I'm a bit older, the constant graphic descriptions of violence towards women seems A Bit Much. But I guess that’s the point. Great songwriting skill but it does become a bit of a grind by the end. Definitely preferred Marshall Mathers LP.

That was really weird. It felt like a sugared up kid distracted by a hundred different things. Every time you think you have a handle on whatever direction it’s taking, it goes somewhere more annoying. Then it just… stops.

Absolutely tremendous talent

I can see the craft that's gone into this - it's not something I'd normally listen to but I did really like it.

Pretty solid churned out 60's funk/groove. Doubt I'll be rushing back to it and tbh I can't really remember most of it. Bounced along OK at the time though.

Superb album. He's an amazing lyricist and musician, and just when you think you know what you're getting, you get so much more in the last third of the album.

I've always found Rod Stewart to be particularly difficult to like, but it works on this early, glam, stomper of an album. It nips along and doesn't outstay its welcome, but feels a bit meat-and-potatoes. It's kind of a steady plod from start to finish.

Wonderful, in turns traditional but modern for the time, acerbic commentary... brilliant.

A slice of 90s psychedelic indie, doesn't really have any standout bangers that grab you, but I'd happily put it on again while I'm working or cooking or something.

Cee-Lo is like a turtle on a fencepost. No-one really knows how he got there. One of those dudes that seemed to come out of nowhere, was everywhere for a couple of years, then immediately went to the "Hey remember when Iw as famous" circuit. (Until he cropped up on Masked Singer). I can't see that this album would have been made or got the number of guest stars on there if his rise hadn't been so meteoric. It's pretty over-produced but I guess it suits that. It goes on about 20 min too long, but it's got some nice beats. It feels like something you'd hear on a Saturday morning radio show (heavily edited of course).

A rip-roaring stomper of blues becoming rock n roll. The energy is off the charts. Keeping it that full-on gets a bit much at times, but the sheer exuberance punches through.

A perfect 90s album. Updated 60's sounds and feelings for a new time, with smart lyrics, and it's a lot of fun!

This would have been a great gig in the early 80s. The album itself is one speed: full pace, top gear. It's a short run time but more than enough to listen to. I'm left a little unsure about what just happened, but I quite like that.

I do like hearing these albums from artists that are now considered a bit cheesy, back before they were officially cheesy, and doing things just as they wanted to, without irony.

I can't believe how much I enjoyed this, firmly going on the guilty pleasure list.

That's a proper party album. Another artist I've grown to be a bigger fan of over time and appreciate what he's done.

A rowdy racket of an album, with musical ideas by the bucketful. Unfortunately, like some other albums on here, this means that it can feel an unfocussed slog, I'd have rather had 2 albums 40 mins long than one at 80, but a great listen for the music all the same.

Meat and potatoes heavy metal - the template for a lot of other metal from the late 80s/early 90s. Never really that into it me'self.

Beautiful soundscape of an album - ebbs and flows.

Not for me, but appreciate what he's doing here. It's all very soft-focussed 90's.

Utter pish from start to finish, couldn't bear it.

I can see why this is on the list, big rhumba album and I do like a lot of the sounds, but looked into the guy and he's a convicted child rapist, so fuck 'im.

Decent rock album. Pretty big, soaring songs. Still love Been Caught Stealing.

Loved this. Some of her best vocal performances, beautiful production.

Another heavy one, but enjoyed this more than I expected. Guilty pleasure. Sets up the scene for a lot of nu-metal/post-punk bands.

Absolutely triumphant - They really were the best of Britpop

This was my first album on the 1001 albums, before I joined a group so its come back around. It was 5* then, it's 5* now.

That's a whole lotta country. Enjoyed it though, quality songwriting throughout.

Interesting album this. Lots of really old influences, merged with what was really up to date trip-hop sounds, it crams a lot into its runtime.

The intro to this album is so iconically linked to smut in the media, that it's hard to disassociate that and take it seriously at least to start with. You can see why it was considered that way though, and after that opener, you know what you're getting throughout this. It's a sexy slice of soul, and although I'd listen to it again, I'm not sure I'd want to in the presence of company. This has a short runtime, which amused me more than it should have.

I do love the pet shop boys, but without the big standout singles, this does tend to merge into the background a little. There are a couple of bits that grab your interest, but it's not one I'll be rushing back to.

It takes an enormous amount of work, dedication, talent and drive to sound this utterly awful. I know it's meant to be a big loud noise, and people pour over the quality of certain guitar riffs/drumming pacing/bass scales, but I just don't care about any of it, because it's painful to listen to. Pretentious shit.

This is an all out celebration of who they are - loved it. The double bill of Bring the Noise and Don't Believe the Hype starts it out strong, and it keeps that level all the way through.

I'd never heard of this band before, but was pleasantly surprised - in turns grungy, rock, metal, melodic, noisy... I could really see myself finding more and more to like about this album if I give it a few more listens.

Some interesting points, and at times pretty unsettling, but a lot of boring noodling about without really going anywhere. Felt more of a chore than something to enjoy.

Really enjoyed this mixture of different styles, all with Latin roots. Great light and shade. Would listen again.

Much more varied and rich than you'd perhaps expect, given this was a few years before the "big hit". A fun indie bop.

It was OK (I bet no-one's done that joke before, and can't wait to go to the global reviews page to confirm this) I was a bit spaced out from the old 'rona when I listened to it so some of the trippier bits freaked my nut out a little, but it is certainly a lovely plinkly plonky trippy album.

I loved this. Lovely tunes, lovely singing, lovely music, lovely album. Lovely.

What a talent, what production, what songs, what heartfelt delivery - flawlessly done.

Another artist I'd heard a lot about but never sat down and listened to an album... And am glad I did, it has a lot of the atmospheric "ambient" sounds you'd expect, but I have to admit I thought it was going to be a lot more boring! Layered, doesn't outstay its welcome, a real pleasure to listen to.

I'm still not much of a jazz fan, but this is on the good side of it.

A curious one this - every time I listen closely, I start to dislike it, but playing it in the background it really loved it. Sounds out of its time. Came out in 1999 but sounds like it's from 20 years before... And sometimes further. The cover of Imagine is a bit weird - I don't think you can sincerely cover that song any more. But I enjoyed it. A 3, but a very solid one.

Sounds like drinking beers in the sun, smoking marlborough lights, cracking on with girls and feeling invincible... All the best bits of being in your late teens in the 90s. Rose tinted, yes, but the best memories are. It's not an unbiased rating, of course. But still.

I've not listened to much of this bit of Bowie and it’s long overdue. This is brilliant.

Really liked this, you can see why she's been so influential. Like a lot of these artists on 1001, the best stuff is the early stuff before they disappear up their own arses.

It's like the angriest most darkly produced folk you can get, I really love this album.

A grungy slice of rock - Didn't really know what to expect and in the first few seconds my heart sank, thinking I was going to get an incomprehensible shouty racket - but was quickly shown to be wrong. This has some great tones and musicality, and a soulful voice. Decent.

It’s a bit like an art installation rather than a bunch of songs, which makes sense - but I didn't expect this from the mentor of the Sex Pistols.

From the start this is wheezy, aimless, painful to listen to. Like an orchestra tuning up for half an hour, yet all seemingly out of key with each other. It's stuff like this that gives Jazz its terrible reputation. Moments of Track B and C almost have a tune but then seem to lose interest like a puppy with ADHD. It's not for me.

Great beats, really well mixed, laid back vocals - a really effortless listen, just one to enjoy!

This was a welcome surprise - I'd been meaning to listen to this album for years but never got round to it. I'm glad I finally did hear it though - that's a soulful slice of funk. At points it veers towards going too jazzy, but then it pulls it back. Any album that can include Kenny Loggins, Kendrick Lamar and Wiz Khalifa, and making it all sound like it should belong together has to be respected. One to listen to next to a pool on a hot day with a cold beer.

Another in the list of "Great early album by a band that went on to be a bit cringe" New-wave/punky short tunes that nip along without sacrificing musicality.

I'm listening to this on a Friday morning, the sun is shining. I made an effort to listen to it as a "new" album, and get past the feeling of being at a wedding or awful corporate away day, or another concert that Nile Rodgers has been wheeled out for (he just turns up to anything these days eh) and I really enjoyed it.

I remember absolutely hating this when it came out in 1997, I was a guitars-and-bucket-hats indie kid and this was just painful, particularly Brown Paper Bag which was *everywhere*. People were raving about this album and I just didn't get it. 25 years on, and my musical horizons have widened, and although I don't hate it quite as much, I don't really get the fuss. It seems to be the same beat all the way through with noodly moogs. I won't turn off Brown Paper Bag in disgust anymore these days, but I don't really want to listen to a whole album of it. Especially one that goes on for 78min.

It was both short and went on for too long - Like an EP stretched out into an album. An "Also ran" in the 1001 albums, there are some great funk-and-soul albums on this list but this isn't elite. It was fine.

I went on a proper journey with this album - hated the start of it but that was turned around with the absolute classic "This is the day" - and by the end of "Giant" I was singing along to it - I think I'll be revisiting this one for another go.

Sounds like a load of Disney movie credit songs. Too cheesy for me. Missing an "All I want for Christmas" banger. Still, she was an early crush of mine, so kudos for that, I guess?

Breath of fresh air, this. Sounds like hot sunny London summer days. Really enjoyed it.

Not really for me. Went on too long, not much light and shade, felt pretty generic rap.

Struggled to know what to make of this one - Everything about it points to me liking it, but I just... don't. Sometimes you have to just accept you're not compatible, but I can't deny what an impact this album has had, there are some solid tracks on there. Maybe I've just heard Come on Eileen too many times.

What an album! Packed with bangers, opening with one of my favourite Prince tunes - Lets go Crazy - and racing through with high energy, none of when he sometimes sneaks towards cringe... which lets him get away with the finale. Loved it.

Went into this fully expecting to find it a real slog, but I really enjoyed it - I do like a concept album, and the exploration of isolation was done well. Definitely verges on self-indulgent at times, but it's a really interesting journey.

A spooky, atmospheric album that flows so well you have to listen to it in one go really - A couple of tracks can be listened to in isolation but really you want to put it on and listen from start to finish. Not my favourite Radiohead, bit more low key, but definitely something to appreciate.

Great fun, this one - some of the best sampling and mixing in any of the rap albums we've had - the lyrics are droll, delivered with bags of energy.

I don't know why I keep thinking of this as a "new" album, it's been out for 15 years! Also thought, for some reason, they were British. Maybe I'm thinking of Metronomy, or Alt-J who came out around the same time. One of the big sounds of the end of the 00's, like an updated talking heads. Great album, but overall not quite as good as Alt-J or Metronomy.

Mr Blue Sky is one of my all time favourite songs, and although the rest of the album doesn't land quite as strongly as that one tune, it's a great listen that they clearly put their all into.

Wow - that was a storming Motown album, far grittier and sharper than I expected. Hats off to them, that's a brilliant set of songs and amazingly delivered.

There are a fair few undisputed bangers on here. The opening 15 mins is relentless pop gold. The warbling gets a bit much after that, but they keep it interesting with actual melodies. All goes a bit "Disney Movie Credits" at the end. Like a lot of these, could have done with being 15 mins shorter.

"What are you playing for us tonight?" "Trumpet" This one is not for me.

This is an absolute riot - noisy, rocky, with some great moments of samples and beats, and finishing on a wild cover of Should I Stay Or Should I Go. I'll be going back to that one I bet.

Enjoyable psychedelic prog - at points sounded like the soundtrack to a Zelda game. The rest was big and noisy enough to sound like they were making an effort.

I've had quite an interesting run of funk/motown belters with a lot to say. This one whipped along fast enough, didn't grab me enough to want to come back to it though.

Mostly alright. He just makes me cringe, I can't get past that I'm afraid. Some decent stompers on there though, foot was tapping along.

I think I listened to this last week and forgot to rate it. Decent but loooong tracks. Kind of a latino jazz prog album. Didn't hate it though. Decent in the background.

20 tracks, 55 minutes, that's some value for money. Though on research it looks like the usual trick of an original album has been padded out with a whole bunch of other things - but in this case I don't mind,. Wonderful production. Sound of the 60s.

Expected a cheesy glam rock stomper, based on the ludicrous opening title track, but was really surprised to get an album of great blues/soul/funk with some really great tunes and a lot of riffs and sounds that wouldn't be out of place in the 60s or 90s. Drifts towards cheese at points but holds together excellently.

I listened to this a LOT in the early 2000s, it was one of my friends favourites - so I'm really familiar with it, it's lovely to hear it again. beautiful guitars, lovely wistful production and an unmistakable voice.

Oddly comforting, with a real stripped back folky feel. Typical dark Cohen songs to sit down and feel sad to.

Pleasantly surprised at quite a lot of this - Clearly finding their sound but I prefer a lot of the routes they went down on this album to some of the more tired stuff that they come out with later. A lot of this wouldn't sound out of place on a 90s album (and probably influenced a lot). Great energy and musicality. A couple of cringey bits, but you'll always get that with a band like this.

His voice is a bit of an acquired taste, which did make this album a little bit of a struggle at times - I know it's meant to be a deep soulful thing but it does border on the ridiculous at times. But these songs are undeniably great.

Loud and rowdy - good fun but gets self indulgent. This is a band making a noise for themselves, not for others. Could have done with a couple more tracks and getting into a bit more light and shade.

People really love this, but I can't get into it at all. I'm sure I'm missing something. I find The Who very hit and miss generally. Basically I quite like the tracks that have been on CSI franchises. So it's probably not for me.

Music for angsty teens in the 90s. A lot to like in this but some of the themes haven't dated well over the years.

That was brilliant fun. A whole load of honkey and a big bunch of tonkey. Mates with Johnny Cash, apparently, and you can hear that. Cracking production.

I distinctly remember disliking this at the time, but I have no idea what was wrong with me, it's a masterpiece. Epic soundscape, full of emotion, builds through the whole thing. What a fool I was to have missed out on this for so long!

Really enjoyed this, a new wave classic. I was in a sort of new wave band in the 90s and I should have been trying to sound more like this rather than just make everything as loud as possible. Now I can see why it wasn't good, cos I wasn't trying to be this.

One of those albums that you hear the songs and go "Oh it's THEM!" - lovely spooky soundscapes that are so much more than scene setters for TV dramas. I'll be giving this another listen in late autumn, for sure.

I just can't get over the idea of hearing Jools Holland announcing "Erykah Badu" before sitting down to do some boogie woogie piano over some of these tracks. They're perfectly good, but does go on a bit and drifts a little too far towards the jazz-funk for me. Bit indulgent, but I'm happy they're having a nice time.

A beautiful, haunting album - you can hear everything that's been poured into it and it's heartbreaking.

That was a surprisingly rocky and fun album, which takes itself just the right amount of seriously - not as glam and hammed up as the live act seemed to be. Enjoyed that.

I'm sure a lot of people will like it, but I hate it. Absolute pish.

Loved that - a cracking rock album with lots of fun diversions, all tied up in 30 mins.

Nothing outstanding, nothing upsetting. This was very much an album I listened to.

That's an interesting, curious oddity of an album. I'd quite like to be 20 years younger and listen to it live in a sweaty club in Leeds while drinking cider.

I enjoyed every weird spacial moment of that. Iconic.

Just one dude and his piano, but sounds outstanding. Really enjoyed this. Great to have on while concentrating.

I do love hearing these albums where you can feel the clear difference between the two sides of the vinyl. I've said this before about Bowie, that in my youth I just didn't "get" him, but I'm glad I'm making up for lost time now. The first half of this is all out classic stomping Bowie. Then you get a taste of weird soundscape Bowie, before wrapping it up with a cracking track that brings them both together. That's great.

Good bit of folky-rock. Smells like hay bales and cider and cigarettes.

It’s just a lovely album of lovely songs. I didn’t give them enough love back in the day, but have grown into them!

I've always loved the Zep and they were a huge influence on my guitar playing growing up. Bluesy, stompy, noodly guitars, that's good. The noodling gets self indulgent - which was great for learning bluesy scales as a kid but less great to listen to outside of that.

That's just lovely - On a busy morning, this made everything that bit easier. Love the album version of Everyday People, which I don't know if I've heard before. And of COURSE Mr Wendal!

It was outstanding then, it’s outstanding now. I wouldn’t skip a second of it!

That's a great performance - captured so well - and great musicianship

Gamechanging - a band who did not give a fuck about calling out what they saw at a time when people were begging for change. But they do still care about making the noise, turning it out. One of those times when you're glad they did just one album because that would have diluted this.

Another album I reckoned was "quite new" but is actually 15 years old - Good album though, Kind of French electro house synthy.

Great set of tunes, punky/spikey music, great lyrics. This was Costello at his peak.

This one won me over as it went - Show Biz Kids was a real standout (including a sample that was used in the 90s that I never realised)

Another solid outing from Kendrick

Very daft but a fun listen.

Had it on in the background but it didn't grab me, not as standout as "Let's get it on" and not a patch on "What's going on"

It was fine. Bit droney. Iggy sounded rougher as the album went on. Also he was a bit noncey at the time so points deducted for that. Apart from a couple of outstanding songs I've never really gotten on with Iggy.

That was alright. Felt like I was in an episode of This is Us quite a lot.

Much better than I expected - I often find their stuff a bit cringey but in context it's cracking.

Incredible talent - was really taken by this. Both influenced by a lot and clearly a huge influence on a lot of other people. Loved it.

Iconic banger after banger.

If "Autumn in the North of England" was an album, this would be it. Spooky atmostpheric rock, great vocals.

Stunned to hear this came out in 1993, and I don't think I've ever heard it - it's way ahead of it's time, I'd guessed it was from the mid 2000s, though in retrospect that's probably from the resurgence of this sound then. Anyway, this is full of light and shade, heartfelt lyrics, and an assured voice.

Better on his own than in The Stooges, which I had yesterday - he really just wants to be David Bowie here, and I mean who wouldn't, but imitation pales. Also as always, points knocked off for noncery.

Absolutely bonkers. You know what you're getting. Pretty good fun though. Edges into taking itself too seriously at points, but a lark apart from that.

Oh! Randy Newman! The Toy Story guy! This will be a lighthearted romp through stories of friendship! [30 minutes later] Gosh. Well. I didn't expect that. Absolutely vicious lyrics.

I've heard this album a hundred times, but have no hesitation about putting it on again for this. Absolutely phenomenal. Where would he have gone, musically? We'll never know - we were robbed.

Well, it's a classic isn't it. Hadn't heard the slurs in there before though which takes the shine off. They don't sing that live anymore, I bet. And it's a bit Levi 501s bootcut.

Outstanding album. Full of youthful energy, timeless. Still sounds perfect more than 25 years on. I remember the sleevenotes from this having a photo of Tim in a bath, pouring a bottle of vodka into his face and thinking that was the most rock and roll image, and being so happy that kind of slightly intimidating excess was still a thing.

Everyone knows this one, hasn't aged a bit!

White Men Play Blues That's it. Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom duh-duh-duuuuuuh

It's called Jazz Samba. This album contains Jazz Samba. That's it.

A fun psychedelic thumping rocker of an album

It's a big old rock and roll racket that lots of people like, I don't hate it but it's not in my all time top albums.

Enjoyed that a lot - Some really nice beats in there and heartfelt lyrics. A bit one-note but a good laid-back album to put on.

I liked _bits_ of this. But then there was some stuff that veered a little too far into the free form jazz that I just can't be doing with. For most of the journey though it was a decent enough wander.

This sounds so Christmassy, and really shows his talent at taking songs and turning them into soulful classics. Probably a little over-done by the end but you can't deny that there's not a duff track on there.

Passed by in the background - pretty standard 60's stuff.

Me before I listen to Tom Petty: "Urgh, not Tom Petty, that's a bit cringe isn't it?" Me after I listen to Tom Petty: "Why am I always so mean about Tom Petty, that's cracking!" Sorry Tom.

You know exactly what you're getting here. It's Elvis through and through.

I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to - some really nice light and shade.

That's a whole lot of rootin and a whole lot of tootin, son. Now lets get you some liquor and a nice hooker.

I'm not a massive Springsteen fan. I know he's a legend and all that but he's never really done it for me. This was a nice enough listen. Born to Run is a cracker of course, but it does go on too long. All of them outstay their welcome really. Cut them down to 3 mins and you're onto something, Brucey.

OK Computer is my all time favourite album - when this came out it was seen as "The weird one" but listening to it again all these years later it really isn't all that difficult to listen to. I really enjoyed this and the time away from it has given it some room to stand on its own for me.

Nice atmospheric, electronic, latin sounds.

I've tried to like these in the past but I just can't get on with them. Overindulgent noodling about, and JayKay just annoys me. Marks for clear musical talent, but it's not for me.

Hello. It is Christmas time and I am sitting here by my TV. I've been watching it very much lately because I'm on holiday. You shouldn't let poets lie to you.

This one starts out really strong and promising, goes a bit morbidy-weird in the middle, then goes just too stupid towards the end.

Everyone knows every song on here, I enjoyed it in the context of 1001 but wouldn't rush back as I'm fairly sure the big songs will keep popping up till the end of time anyway. Always been a bit too cheesy for me, but I respect what they're doing.

Very pleasing - and excellent lyrics.

Some really lovely stuff on here, from early on in his time, an album I definitely wouldn't have heard if it wasn't for this.

Over this whole experiment, Iggy crops up probably more than any other individual lead singer (so far anyway). This is one of the better outings, feels pretty together. Bit weird hearing the tone of his voice vary from bass to treble, but all just about works. Also as always, points knocked off for noncery, which is particularly noticeable in this one.

I don't really like Bob Dylan. But I really liked this.

This was fine. I struggle with The Kinks, personally, they seem to be finding "an idea" in each song then they play "The idea" then that's sort of... it. Every song fizzled out for me. But some of the ideas in there were really nice.

I adore this album, everything about it is just utterly gorgeous.

An absolute riot from start to finish.

A modern rock opera without the cringe, probably their best and most cohesive work. Angrily reflecting the hypocritical American rhetoric of the time. A masterpiece.

Nice soundscape, quite pink floyd-y but nice and snappy, liked how it built up over the course of the album. You can hear the Kraftwerk in there too. Great friday morning listen.

Croony-Bossa-Nova-ba-va-va-ba-baaaaa

Not an album of bangers/big songs she's famous for, so a really interesting listen.

First Clapton thing I think I've heard that I've gone "Ohhh I do quite like that actually"

A big old glam rock stomper - Think you need to be in the right mood for it, I can see why it's good but I shouldn't have put it on for a Monday morning listen!

Cracking early nineties slice of grunge

Another Dylan album comes up - at least this one starts with the one song I usually quite like by Dylan, unfortunately after that it all sounds like the stuff I can't be doing with, like it's a parody of what someone recons Dylan sounds like. Why would you want to hear a song just by a dude with a tambourine? And why would you then write a song about that, and make it go on for 5 and a half minutes, I just don't get it. There are a couple of points later on that manage to skew this but overall it's not for me.

This is outstanding - it's got everything I want from a classic album. Light and shade, great noisy guitars, songs that go on the right length of time... Cracking.

This album makes no sense. 10 songs, 36 minutes, but 9 of them are the opening track. You forget just how long the song American Pie goes on, god forgive anyone who picks it as a karaoke song as it takes half the night. There's absolutely no surprises here because everyone knows the song, and the rest of the album goes in the same vein. I'd quite like to listen to an album of tracks that are more like the ones you haven't heard before as I think it'd probably be better.

What an absolute racket. I'm certain a lot of people will really love this but it's too much for me.

A lovely soothing soulful album. Drifts into the jazzy indulgence from time to time but it all works.

A more laid back offering from them, if such a thing were even possible. All the things I loved about the other album I had on the list (Low End Theory) are in this too, so I'm happy. Hope there's more on this list as I'd happily listen to another half a dozen of these.

Usual fun from ELP, breezes along in it's noodly way. Finishes on a surprisingly straight-up rock and roll number which was great fun. Leave on a high and leave 'em wanting more.

A fun live album by Cash, not his best, but a great warm performance

An album of lesser known songs, which I really enjoyed - Classic New Order sound but really interestingly layered and on the edge of losing control, but just keeping the wheels on the road all the way through.

Interestingly I got this album straight after a New Order album, praise be the 1001 Gods. The template for new wave, you can almost feel the cold walls in the room this would have been recorded in, filled with smoke and an old rug stopping the drumkit slipping around. This sounds like what all the early bands I was in wanted to sound like, but of course couldn't because we weren't actually Joy Division. It's one of those albums that everyone knows the cover from it cos it's been on a million t-shirts but I'd have struggled to name most of these songs as being the tracklist. Anyway, I loved it.

Jaysis the MOUTH on him. Did NOT expect what it did 2/3rds of the way through. You can see why this is a classic, really well done. As so often with the rap albums on this list though - goes on a bit. But does take you on a journey.

A nice half an hour of psychedelic noodling. Sounds like they took the tab at the start and after 15 mins it kicked in. They mostly nip out for a cup of tea at about 25 mins before coming back in and finishing the job in the last 5.

An easy 5 this, not a duff moment in the whole thing.

I feel like I might have heard a lot of these songs too many times and this album didn't grab me in the way The Suburbs did, but you can't deny that it's a good album.

Obviously Tainted Love is outstanding, it's not alone on this album of great electro 80s anthems.

Honky and tonky. Stood out to me as much as the band name did. Which is to say: Not much. That is definitely "An album" by "The Band".

Another solid rap album.

Quite a nice psychedelic folky 60s album.

You can't not have a massive grin on your face after this album. The very definition of soul.

Aussie glam grungy stomper.

All the hits! A rootin tootin hootenanny.

One of my all time fave blues albums this, absolute stomper from start to finish

An earlier one therefore with minimal weirdness and not quite as epic as the later ones, but still some really interesting moves on there.

Pretty steady solid 80's album. Couple of standouts, particularly of course Reward, but the rest is basically other versions of that song. Classic "acoustic track at the end" is a nice way to round it off.

He's a bit of a dodgy dude but he can write a tune

Bit of a mixed bag this one. Lots of the same Beatles influences you hear being picked up in the 90's. An americana version of a UK 60s sound - of which there's a lot out there.

He's gone off the rails lately but you can't deny this album absolutely slaps. Really didn't expect to enjoy this much at all but have to hand it to him, it's a masterpiece.

No "big singles" on this one but a decent dive into some classic Stevie. Not something that really grabbed me.

Heard this at the start of lockdown, and it blew me away. Ultimately led me to thinking about what other albums I'd missed and started on the 1001.