It's not an album you could put on any time, any day. But at the right time this is awesome. For me that was making breakfast on a Sunday morning and this had me bouncing around the kitchen.

Loved this album when I was given a copy on tape by my mate Ben in '97, still love it today. I know it may be a bit noisy for a lot of people, but the noise makes the quiet bits more powerful, and vice versa. It's why Bambi's mum gets shot.... emotional manipulation innit!

Another one I've not heard before. I was aware of Elliott Smith and friends loved his albums at the time. But I'd never got into him. Really liked some of the stuff on this album. At times his melodies are incredible.

I don't know Kanye West or Ye, or whatever his name is now, personally, but I've always thought he was a complete bell-end. But I put that aside in order to listen to this album. I actually really enjoyed the first 4 tracks I thought they were really interesting musically. And then it started to get a bit annoying. I still think he's a bell-end.

The first listen went by a little unnoticed. So I played it again. There were parts that got my attention but nothing that really grabbed me by the balls.

Brilliant, first time listening to the album in full. Raw, funky, bluesy. What a voice!

Amazing, not listened to this in a very long time. Forgot how brilliant U2 are, when they are just being brilliant. I was back in the car with my Dad listening to this on cassette during the drive to school.

Too much self indulgence and pomp at times for me.

I get why it's popular. It's very much of its time. Never going to be an album that sees heavy rotation with me.

Such an easy listen. Enjoyed this one.

I've never been the biggest Coldplay fan. I enjoyed this though. Some of the acoustic stuff I found a bit vanilla. But there are some good songs on here. When they get their groove on it's good.

This one feels like it's beginning to lay the foundations for Ray's ability to craft a great pop song with both wit and a cutting sense of social comment.

Really like this. Reminded me of Les Big Byrd.

Great album. Really enjoyed listening to this one again.

When this popped up this morning my initial reaction was "Oh God". I'm still scarred from having to endure Stars on repeat back in '91, when all I wanted to listen to was Jimi Hendrix. Anyway in the spirit of this adventure, I did listen to this album in full. It was alright.... I survived the experience. Will I listen to it again? Doubtful. But I can at least tick it off the list.

My fave Beatles albums are the later ones when they locked themselves in the studio and performed audio alchemy. But this is great. A lot of "love" songs but if you listen there is always a little twist or darker undertone. It wins stars just for the opening chord which distills down the entire emotion of that first song into one Draaaannnggggg.

A stone-cold classic. No more words needed.

I enjoyed this. Not come across Jane Weaver before. Definitely worth another listen I reckon. A steady 3* to start with but might well be a grower.

A good slab of 80s metal. Enjoyable, but not earth shattering

It makes a statement. Well produced, good songwriting. Will it still be on the list in 10 years time?

Good album. Some really good songs on this one.

Another one I've not heard before. I was aware of Elliott Smith and friends loved his albums at the time. But I'd never got into him. Really liked some of the stuff on this album. At times his melodies are incredible.

I found this to be a very accessible album. You don't need to be a Jazz aficionado to enjoy this. It's an easy listen.

Love this album as much today as I did when I bought it 20 years ago.

This album would never normally get picked up by my radar. When she gets her groove on it's good. But it's not really my bag.

I do love Prince, I mean the guy was a genius. But sometimes you feel that he never really embraced the notion that less can be more. "I could never take the place of your man" morphing into the Grateful Dead is sublime and "The Cross" almost becomes indie grunge. And that's after an hour of Synth laden pop. It feels like an album I need to listen to again, which says something.

When this came up it wasn't one that I expected to enjoy, just that it would be one to get through to tick off. But you know what, I enjoyed it. It's a really complex and varied album. The production is brilliant.

I expected to enjoy this more than I did. Maybe it's my frame of mind at this moment, or maybe it just doesn't quite stand up as the classic I anticipated.

Loved this album when I was given a copy on tape by my mate Ben in '97, still love it today. I know it may be a bit noisy for a lot of people, but the noise makes the quiet bits more powerful, and vice versa. It's why Bambi's mum gets shot.... emotional manipulation innit!

Brilliant, just brilliant. The opening line of the first song wins stars and that's before you even get into the totally in your face production, or the awesome collection of songs on here.

It was OK. Not really my taste and I don't think it stands the test of time in the same way as something like Appetite for Destruction, if you can even compare those two. Does it deserve to be in this list, probably, 1001 albums is a lot and it is definitely a prime example of music in a particular genre at a particular time. Is that genre and that time one that generated era defining works, probably but I don't think this album is one of them.

Some great stuff on this album. I found it a bit slow at times for my taste, but when he's channeling Dylan via the Allman Brothers it's awesome.

A much more reflective and personal album than Beck's preceeding ones. Deserves a second listen

2 Ryan Adams albums in 1 week! I think I preferred this one to Gold.

Never listened to Screaming trees before today. Not bad at all

Into the second song I wasn't sure I'd get through it. Not my bag at all really. I can't do all the vocal gymnastics. Yes I listened to it all. Don't imagine for one minute I'll listen to it again. God knows what it's done to my spotify algorithm.

It was OK. Like many albums it is very much of its time. I wasn't blown away.

Really enjoyable listen. Clasic slab of late 70's jazz infused funk.

It is a bit of a classic isn't it? There are some really great tunes on here and lyrically it's like Rock and Roll Alan Bennett

Never really listened to Joni Mitchell before, but she has an amazing voice! This is a really rich album.

I loved Adam Ant when I was young. But it was all about watching them perform the singles on Top of the Pops. not sure the album stands up.

Solid effort

Great

It's not an album you could put on any time, any day. But at the right time this is awesome. For me that was making breakfast on a Sunday morning and this had me bouncing around the kitchen.

Love it. Listening to this has made me at least 5% more cool than I was yesterday.

I mean it's Supertramp, you've got to love Supertramp. I prefer Breakfast in America but this is still good. I am being harsh with a 3* review, but for me it isn't quite a 4.

When you listen to this you realise how influential they have been. So many bands today, especially American indie bands, Sound like The Jesus and Mary Chain. Enjoyed this album.

I love The White Stripes. I'm slightly torn here. It's not my favourite of their albums but it's still brilliant. It's only 40 mins long but it's got 16 songs on it, you do the maths.

A great album

Great slab of 90's dance music

I was never on the Buckley bandwagon first time around. Some great songs on here, not the biggest fan of his voice. Definitely needs another listen.

This is what a live album should sound like. Every band should be made to listen to this and told "If you are going to play live, you are aspiring to reach this level.

Enjoyable. But very much of it's era

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this one when it popped up. But I really did. It was great..

Some good stuff on this

Really enjoyed this one. Great slab of hip hop

As a child of the 80's this took me right back. Rio was always a favourite Duran Duran song and it's also got Hungry like the Wolf what's not to love.

For me, this album built on everything they established with Beggars Banquet and cemented that Stones sound, they ditched the faux psychedelia and brought in more of that country swagger and shuffle, it's just sublime. The run of albums from Beggars to Exile is where they transcended.

It was OK. There are some good songs on here, but quite a few that I listened to and just thought ok that was a song, with an acoustic guitar and a flute. Sorry Jethro.

There's no denying she has an incredible voice, and this is an effortless listen. It's not to my personal taste but I absolutely appreciate the craft and orchestration.

This just blew the cobwebs right away

Enjoyable if you like drum and bass beats with poppy female vocals

It's a great album. I've always liked it. Some people don't like his voice, etc, etc.... but just listen to this album 2 or 3 times and you'll probably change your mind.

Not come across Common before. really enjoyed a lot of this album. Definitely worth another listen.

I don't know Kanye West or Ye, or whatever his name is now, personally, but I've always thought he was a complete bell-end. But I put that aside in order to listen to this album. I actually really enjoyed the first 4 tracks I thought they were really interesting musically. And then it started to get a bit annoying. I still think he's a bell-end.

It's got two huge 80's anthems on it. Does the rest of the album stand up? For me, not quite.

This was my first listen to this album it needs another one I think. It was ok, nothing on here made me go WOW on first play.

There are other Hip Hop albums that have been recommended as part of the list that have inspired me more. But this had some good stuff on it.

Can't really make up my mind on this one. At times it feels like ridiculous theatrical warbling nonsense and then at others there's a lilt and bounce that is quite infectious.

Such a great listen. Great voice

This is Bruce distilled into the simplest purest form. Definitely deserves another listen

Love Dookie

Another good listen.

Not really my bag.

Loved it. Nothing to worry about, explosions can sometimes be a good thing!

It's a bit good. For many the GOAT when it comes to live albums. Defo a contender! I mean it created a £250,000 cardigan FFS.

I've not listened to Joy Division much in the past. Really enjoyed this.

Some great songs on here but also some ropey stuff. Especially when it tries to be a bit proggy.

I bought this album many years ago thinking if I listened to Eno being ambient it would somehow make me edgy or at least I'd be able to sound like a bit of a muso snob. The whole point of this is that it challenges what we consider to be "an album" or the points where music/sound/art collide. Maybe I actually need to listen to this in an airport rather than sat at my dining table on a monday morning working from home. Or maybe I just don't really like ambient music.

Afro jazz-funk, NICE!

It's not an "easy" listen, but it's good. I love The Velvet Underground especially when they get their drone on. I also love that this is like The Stooges play The Velvets, you can see how this inspired sooooo many artists

It's all things british distilled onto 1 album

I wouldn't say this was Neil's best. Still has some great tracks on it

A classic

Good listen

Not as good as some of the other hip hop albums that have come up on this list so far

It's OK. There's a couple of really good tracks but I did get a bit bored as it went on.

Great. I never listened to PJ Harvey back in the day. Wish I had now, this was really good.

Solid slab of soul

It's not one I would put on with great frequency. I could quite happily sit in a pub and drink Guiness, while this played. But then again I could quite happily sit in a pub drinking guiness while most of the albums on this list played.

I'm slightly torn with this one. It has some absolute classics on it, no question. But also a few that made me go meh. I feel slightly bad saying that.

Good but not great

You either want killer songs or to be taken on some kind of journey. Don't really feel I got either with this. It just felt like an exercise in studio production

It's a great album. We all know what came next, and I'm not going to judge this on that. So it gets 5 from me on it's own merit.

Great

Loved this. I was a kid when The Smiths were on Top of The Pops, and Morrissey was swinging about his gladioli. I didn't really get it then. Now I absolutely fucking get it.

I'm not a fan really. This was absolutely everywhere back when, and if something isn't quite your bag, but it's in your face at every corner you end up really disliking it. I did listen to the whole album partly as I'm committed to 1001 albums... and partly as therapy for the damage inflicted by Babylon every time I walked into a shop in 1999.

Wow. What an amazing voice. It felt like I was listening to a soap opera, but a good one. So much drama and emotion. I don't speak Portuguese so it might have been a drama about trapped wind or tumble dryers for all I know, but I don't think it was. When it came up this morning I thought "oh no this will be bossa boring", but I actually loved it.

I mean, it's Little Richard. He practically invented Rock 'n' Roll. And when he sings "Tutti Frutti oh rootie" you just can't stop yourself from replying Ooooooh!

Hard to believe this is 40 years old!

This is the band at the height of their powers. Taking on Oasis in the 90's and probably winning on a few fronts.

Started strong, I was really enjoying the album, but it started to lose me, maybe it's my attention span this morning. Where's my ritalin?

One of the worst album covers ever it has to be said. This definitely feels like Marvin was trying to stick it to the corporate guys and put out an album that contained absolutely zero potential chart hits. It was OK to listen to in the background.

Started with some great bluesy, funky samba. But towards the end it felt a bit samey

I am actually starting to love the Fall, just a little bit

There's no doubt that there are a few great tracks on this album. But there are also a good few that just don't do it for me.

Solid

I preferred this one to "If I should fall..." still not totally my bag but some blood stirring tunes and great lyrics

Great beats

The first listen went by a little unnoticed. So I played it again. There were parts that got my attention but nothing that really grabbed me by the balls.

Probably his best solo album

I imagine that those Berkeley students lost their shit completely when this landed in 68, with its trippy weirdness and electro wobbling. It does feel really dated. I'm glad I've listened to it but it isn't something I'd come back to in a hurry.

Not my favourite Jane's Addiction album. It is good

Love it

Hard to make up my mind about this one. I don't like the local delivery but I do like some of the riffs. Death/Thrash metal isn't really my bag, but it did have some parts I enjoyed. Does it stand up for inclusion on this list, hmmm dunno

Nothing earth-shattering for me here.

Changes, Life on Mars, Queen Bitch..... it's got bangers. And the rest of it is not that shabby either.

Never listened to this in its entirety before. I should have done. It's brilliant.

Really enjoyed this. It definitely follows on from Deja Vu. It has great melodic elements

It's a really good album. The second PJ Harvey album I've been served by this list and I've really enjoyed both.

This took me back. It's a tape we played in the car all the time

Love a bit of Spiritualized

Not really my cup of tea to be honest.

It always slightly surprises me how much I like CCR

I actually enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would.

It's Ray Charles doing the crooner thing with an orchestra, not Ray Charles Shakin a tail feather in the Blues Brothers. It's good but requires the right setting.

Not my bag

My induction to The Birthday Party. Slightly terrified but a little energised.

Listening to this I can hear how much it is influenced by bands like Led Zeppelin but also how much it has influenced everything related to rock and hair that came after.

Enjoyed this one a lot.

Not listened before, but really enjoyed this. Possibly my new favourite Sonic Youth album

I didn't find this that accessible. My dad was an ELP fan and switched me on to things like Hoedown, but I felt this was lacking a groove for me.

Great

Enjoyed it, did make me want to check out more of their stuff

I found myself trying to find reasons to mark this down. But it's hard. She writes great songs, her lyrics are really good and her voice is brilliant.

Some great songs. Very very nearly a 4 from me

For me, it's one of the greatest albums ever recorded. This record has held a special place in my collection and my heart since I was given a copy on cassette in '97 (by my mate Ben, again!). The fact that people moan about Radiohead being whingers etc, etc, yawn, yawn, just makes me love them more. If my wife whinged like this I'd happily listen to her doing it all day long. Exit Music for Film will probably be played as my coffin trundles through those little red velvet curtains.

If this is your thing you'll love it. It's not really mine but I did enjoy big parts of it. More from a nostalgia perspective I think.

Definitely some great tracks on here. My listening was a bit fragmented over the day which probably didn't help. I think there's probably a right frame of mind needed for experimental techno, or maybe not, perhaps that's the point. Wilmot is a brilliant track!

Never quite managed to get into this, I wanted it to either get rockier or proggier, but it just seemed to sit somewhere down the middle.

I feel like this passed without incident. Maybe it's my fault for just having it on whilst doing something else. I actually get the feeling that I'd really like NIN if I gave them some time.

I enjoyed it in a pop country-rock sort of way. But for me, it's only a 3 star

I don't think I was expecting to enjoy this as much as I did

Dunno. It didn't really do it for me. I just found it a bit odd.

It didn't blow my mind but it was OK

I've not listened to the White Album in full for a long time. I know some people think that there are too many "novelty" songs post Sgt Pepper. But this feels like the Beatles issuing a challenge. "Give us a style and a subject and we'll write a song about it and not just any song but a fucking good one, go on we dare you. We're that good."

His vocal style is probably not everybody's cup of tea. But there's some really great stuff on here.

It's great

It rocks and it's funky and it's jazzy. It's great

When this started I didn't think I would get through 1hr20mins of it. Rai is not a style of music that I particularly enjoy. If all 15 songs had sounded like the first then I would have definitely struggled. Luckily there was enough variation. The version of Imagine didn't work.

This is the one where they completely and utterly stretched out their enormous wings. After 5 albums in 4 years they had a little rest and then came back with this! It's got Kashmir on it for fucks sake!!

I didn't feel his vocal style sat so well with the music. Some great instrumentation and I really enjoyed a lot of this album. Just the voice...

It's a slab of 80's soul. Right up there with the very best slabs of 80's soul.

I think it deserves another listen. It was on and I listened, but I didn't pay it enough attention.

It was OK, but it didn't do it. I thought the production was all over the place tbh

I didn't enjoy this as much as I hoped I might. All felt quite samey. I often am disappointed that psychedelic is often just code for "a bit shit". "The music doesn't have to be good because it psychadelic man!"

Definitely one that deserves another listen

It was OK. not totally my bag

Love it, an absolutely brilliant album. So many great songs. Never mind whether or not they should teach sex education in primary schools they should teach the kids this.

Is it one of the best debut albums of all time? It's up there.

Not my fave band from the era and this album didn't persuade me otherwise

Struggled a bit with this one tbh

Enjoyed this a lot. Love the future-proofing that Prince deployed with 1999. Not sure Busted will do so well with Year 3000

It's nearly a 4* but just not quite

Apart from the obvious hits I didn't really enjoy this.

For me, it's not their very best. Still very good

Banging

Solid. Deserves more listens. Definitely more of a 3.5

At times you can really hear the green shoots of what was to come. Some classic stones tracks on this.

It's very good. There's no doubt that Nick McCabe's guitar sounds so good on this.

I just find his songs a bit boring.

I honestly enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Definitely better than the other The The album I had on the list

I think I'll have to go for the full 5 on this one. It is a bit of a masterpiece

I prefer Raw power but this is still great

Love the Foo Fighters.

So cool

It's genius. The songwriting, the musicianship, the production.

It's 70's rock so should absolutely float my boat, but I just found it a little bit too hard work

I feel bad, but I just can't quite get into Eno mode. I so want to, but I just can't get the key to work in the door.

A lot of fun

Certainly didn't hate it. Although the monologues at the beginning and end felt completely unnecessary to me.

So good. Hasn't dated in the way you might imagine

It's briliant. I found myself trying to justify not giving it 5*. But I couldn't so I did.

A true blues pioneer

Oh 1001 you desperately want me to start getting into Brian Eno, don't you? This is getting closer.

I know for many Tommy is the Who's magnum opus. But for me I want the power. Pete attacking the guitar, Keith treating everything as if he's the frontman, Roger preening and John holding it all together

You definitely need to be in the right mood for Fela. You could probably say the same about most music. This is good, and I will listen to more of Fela Kuti's music, I promise

It's definitely short and to the point!

Sorry America, I just found this one a bit boring

I just love it

Really enjoyed this

Really good, enjoyed this a lot

It was OK Not really my thing

Stands up better than some of the other 80's albums that have come up so far on the list

Needs a second listen but I didn't find it that accessible on the first listen

Can't say it blew me away

Not the easiest listen. But it's moody and at times funky

Hmmm, I struggled a bit with this. I just didn't feel that it stands up after 50 years

Banging

This is brilliant. Loved it.

As I listened a lot of the songs were familiar, I don't know where I heard this before but I feel like it must have been one that my dad played in the car.

Only OK I'd say

Have not listened to this in full for a very long time. Brought back a lot of memories.

Didn't blow me away but enjyable enough

I just found this one a bit too slow

It's good but I do find it tails off a bit in the second half

Not come across these guys before. I enjoyed it. I would definitely listen again.

Amazing

Really enjoyed this one and not just because it's got Peaches on it

Really like this album

He is quite good at the rapping.

One to play on the road trip from California to Texas, you would probably still be listening to it on the return leg as well! It's long but not unenjoyable.

It's not a difficult listen, but it's also not Pet Sounds.

Slightly conflicted with this one. Not really what I would usually listen to but I quite liked it

It's OK. They are very good at playing Bob Dylan songs. But where would they be without them??

Really enjoyed this. Never particularly listed to Nick Cave before

Struggled to get into this

It's OK. Certainly not a difficult listen

I've never been able to really get into Iron Maiden and this one didn't unlock anything for me, sorry.

Not really for me, found it all a bit slow and boring.

I found this one a bit too samey

Loved it.

Not my bag. Struggled to get into this

Have always loved this. Watched the film countless times on video. Recommend that to anybody

Really enjoyed this

Not heard John Grant before. Enjoyed this. He's definitely borrowed a bit from Pink Floyd, sorry I mean "been inspired by".

It was OK, but I wasn't really feeling it

He's the king of the effortlessly cool guitar riff

Enjoyed it. I know Roadrunner but not listened to the other stuff until today

I enjoyed this one a lot more than Aja

Love it, probably my fave Flaming Lips album

Easily the best Experience album

Not my bag. The two albums I had before this were absolute bangers so only fair I get this to even things out.

Very refreshing

Didn't feel it was particularly ground breaking but it had some good somgs

I liked this one, some really interesting stuff.

I didn't enjoy this one as much as Unhalfbricking

I've said it before, but I do love a bit of CCR

Better than I thought it was

Some good tracks but not one from that era that I would have on heavy rotation

It is a very good Blues Album. A few questionable lyrics even for then maybe.

Not my Hip Hop cup of tea, a couple of really good tracks, but on the whole I zoned out a bit

After a while I did tire of this one a bit. There's no disputing that she has a style that is entirely her own

I enjoyed this more than Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Actually really enjoyed this one

Some elements of this are really great and then at other times it just idles along

It's a great album. You have to look past the title track and just fall into and enjoy songs like This is a low and To the end

It's fabulous

This one had too much dugger-dun-dun, dugger-dun-dun, for my liking.

FUnky and extremely well produced

I actually enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would

Really enjoyed this one, although it didn't blow me away

The folky stuff is OK but there's only so much I can cope with in one sitting

This is a really good album. Some excellent songs on here

It definitely deserves a place on the list

I can definitely feel the energy I feel like it's the inspiration for many lo fi recordings in terms of the quality of the mix. I can hear MC5, The Stooges, The Black Keys

Some of this I enjoyed but I'm just not a huge fan of The Byrds sound

She has an incredible voice. Her pitch seems to be effortlessly perfect.

It's OK but I've never been a huge fan of songs about dead bodies and dead, babies, or dead anything really.

I've tried really hard to justify why I wouldn't give this 5*. But I don't think I can. It is genuinely a brilliant album. Listening to the whole thing in full for the first time, after seeing it sitting in my Dad's record collection since I was 2, I think I've been converted.

Parts of this I thought were great, other parts meh

This is really good

Actually quite enjoyed this, even if it is considered something of a curiosity. Certainly more listenable than other 60's curiosities that have been included on this list so far.

It is a breathtakinglsy good live album. Duane Allman is a legend.

Not really my bag. OK in places

Really good album. Enjoyed this a lot

There's some interesting tracks on this. Not really my bag though

I understand when John said there are too many of Paul's Granny songs on here. It's still a brilliant album. Very hard for me to justify not giving it 5*

I enjoyed this. It takes a bit of stamina but there's some awesome riffs on this

Fucking loved it.

Such a great collection of songs

Sorry. I'm sure that the Incredible String Band thought they were creating something beautiful and groundbreaking. But this is fucking horrible.

It's not a challenging listen by any stretch, I enjoyed it.

Never been the biggest Elvis fine. It was OK

He get's his slinky groove on so effortlessly

Definitely need to be in the right frame of mind for this one. I really enjoyed the live stuff at the end of the extended version.

I found this hard work TBH. Not really my bag