1001 Albums Summary

My 90s crush on flat singers is still running strong. Juliana Hatfield all the way. Sorry Liz. I'm a Lemonhead.

Not my fav era of the Beatles but still holds some gems.

This album takes me back to a happy time. Youth is a beautiful thing

Great live. Great to live. Elvis!

BJA you've never been to my taste.some good moments to reminisce to, but the whole album....

This floor men's haberdashery...

Soaked in reverb, lost in time. Why does the name Deerhunter pique my interest so quickly? Let the mystery unfold slowly. Remove the mask Scooby doo, who is haunting this fair ground ride...

Lauded as the second best album by Led Zep, I was keen to listen to this one again. Strapped on my Senn HD600 and warmed up some tubes... Play... Urgh.... Switched out to some Beyer DT880s and the whole world changed. These are some quality tunes. If you ever want to talk headphones, wind me up and watch me go. If you ever want to talk riffs, I'm there just as hard. These tunes are built for lap slide. DADGAD FTW! Kashmir, oh my

Good song writing is good song writing. Post Punk, pre pop, whatever. Like the real thing, not a pain in the ass.

Oh Hank, calm TF down. Playing live in bands was fun but having a punk band on the card was always rubbish. Bass players always on the down stroke is fun though. I can live without this thanks

Mmm mmm mmm mmm. I'll crash test this one. Some quality deep vocals. 3 discs. 3 hours... Sounds like Beck in parts. And like a high school drama production in others. Interesting to say the least. The Book of Love has tender moments.

Oh Bob, you bore me a bit.

What a cracking rekid

So much better than inches of snow

Oh man, that bass clarinet! I still hold the belief that you need to be a vegan, lycra wearing cyclist, jazz drummer to fully appreciate this gear. But that bass clarinet!

Always mind the bollocks.

It took me a few songs before I realised what I was listening to. The stones with Rod and a slice of who, I didn't know this was a thing.

Found this one a bit hard to listen to

Interesting and old school.

Brit pop goes good and bad in my life. This ain't the right side of good.

Great production. Detailed songwriting

That crazy MF named Ice Cube...

Cracker

Easy listening.

Very Elvis.

As far as an outro to 2021 goes, it couldn't get better than this. I read the back story to the recording of this iconic album and doubled down on the gear. Plugged some hard to drive AKG702 headphones into my phone. This showed the flaws and fancy of the recording process like some kind of magic. The 4 track, the tape dubbing, the carry me in your pocket sound was just something special. My fave Bruce experience without a doubt.

Hectic then mellow, then hectic, then cool, but always mono.

I never really get into the who

What an opening track! Some pretty great storytelling too. Will listen to more stuff.

Elaine Benes would approve. Shhhhh this is my song. Some fantastic production on this one.

New album for me.

No really for me

Classic.

All the different styles. Santana, sting, the list could go on.

Latin hip swinging rhythm, calm horn section and some great congas.

The country vibe makes this a little less accessible to me. I pushed through to the more pop ending which was nice.

More Zep before some Zappa! K. Top rated album named three gets three.

I love you I'm not gonna crack!

What an interesting album. Almost too easy listening in parts. Quite a voice though. Now, next track - synth or acoustic?

So very British

I was a bit sceptical about more Tom Waits but this was great

House isn't my favourite genre of EDM, but Leftism has sat amongst my other CDs since the early 2000s. A real yardstick for others to be measured. At 2 hours it is an epic to boot.

The BIG. Word.

More Bruce.., Shit.. How about something different!

One of my favourite. This album really introduced me to the wonders of jazz.

I saw Cypress Hill at the Hordon... That was B-Real.

This is one band I always miss the bus on...

This is a feel good collection of tunes

I listened to some of this a few weeks ago... Crazy, I know.

I'm amazed that Lemmy managed 40 years of fame from one song.

I was excited by this album showing up in our selections. I never listen to Madonna, so this was a great prompt to do so. The title track and other 2 singles are amazing. Cherish is a favourite.

Pump

I'm a day behind with listening...

Incubus is the culmination of all the 90s scenes and sounds. These musos sure knew their sound and how to make them all. The attack distortion guitar mellowed by the beefy octaved bass, the flawless mic position on the little splash symbols, the way the nasal and palate driven voice never sounds strained or as loud as it could be. Music by numbers really.

I want to find this one on vinyl in mono. So analogue. Paul is dead.

That was cool. Some horn action was welcomed.

Fuzzy

Oh my ears. Back off the treble guvna. I kept turning this very bright mix of sounds down. #headphonelife

It's like the big payback all over again. Booya!

Great way to start the day.

It wasn't an EDM weekend

Thanks 1001 albums, I never would have listened to this and my son never would have been introduced to the f-bomb c-bomb combo without you.

He gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons They love a bit of him

It is one of those intimate secrets that you hold close to your heart, not saying it out loud because you don't fully realise it until it overwhelms you. Neil Finn is one of my favourite songwriters. What a way with words, what a master of melody, what an ability to capture life and time in a bottle.

Here is a confession, I have never before listened to Eminem by choice.

Stevie Wonder is always fun.

Donovan! I've heard the hype, I've heard the rumours, now I've heard the music.

In 1996 I was not hip enough, or whatever, to be on the same page as this. What a cracking assemblage of sonic wisdom. Mucho enjoyo.

Very Dimitri from Paris.

Dude was 15 years late to the party without a fresh idea. I bought a hip-hop t-shirt yesterday. It was not this.. We haven't had any Carpenters, Zappa, Farnham, Fu Manchu, Thelonious Monk, Queen, Something for Kate, Russian Circles, Tori, Bjork, Beastie Boys, RHCP, Ben Harper, Doors, Avalanches, America, Hendrix, RATM, Skrillex, Low, Sunn, Soundgarden, Leadbelly, Cat Stevens, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Metallica, A Tribe Called Quest, 10000 Maniacs, Lauren Hill...,. But this - m Kay.

I saw Hole, and Courtney Love's tits, twice on this tour. I didn't really want to see either..... The bass player was good.

Some sweet drums and vocals

What? No riders on the storm? Solid first album. It has sure made waves through time.

This album has a great Cuban cookbook in the liner notes... Good times come with black beans.

Oh Morrissey, you can complain with the best of them.

I thought this was peak 85, then a sax solo started..... Very enjoyable tunes

I and I enjoyed this one.

Classic

Less fuzzy than stoner rock. More buffalo than fried chicken.

NSFW but I did anyway. I liked it more and more as it progresses.

Wasn't that excited.

Wasn't an Anthrax kind of day.

That's some guitar twiddling.

Amy Winehouse sounds a bit different

Not the Flaming lips I know best, but very flaming lips.

Elvis. Yeah

There is just something about Creedence that feels special and pure and unique

I've never much liked this band, but it was OKAY.

Iggy, what a guy

I was introduced to cheap trick via the flame. This is cooler

Samba, not just a time signature on a Casio keyboard.

Will try second album be called Scott 8?

This sounds like the year it was released. Perhaps a Holden Gemini

I like Amy. This sounds drunker than the other one.

Oh Brian. You are larger than life.

This was a lot of fun.

One song I know and a lot of other stuff. Pretty chill. GM has a good voice.

Siamese twins and the caterpillar were highlights.

Paul Simon is amazing

I wasn't feeling it.

A 2020 album... Wow. Super enjoyable, a quieter new funk style that I really click with. Put it on next time you have a backyard BBQ party, people will love it.

A fair dinkum classic.

Eno ugh of the Eno.

I'm not entirely sure which time of day this album is best played at. It's got some well trodden tracks though.

More TW... Sandwich it with Frank and Eno for a predictable trio..

I have a dog named Bob. Not after Dylan, but worth noting. Solid song writing on this one.

That's a healthy 3 o'clock shadow.

Melodic and enjoyable. The Wally cover for the second track sure took some artistic licence. The Beatles references kept building like a figure 8.

I kept waiting for smoke on the water. Some pretty screamy singing and beefy guitar.

Rockin

I like the Happy Mondays. This was a little moody Tuesdays though

Firstly, I've never seen this angle of the album cover before. RATM was the craziest mosh I've even experienced, my feet were rarely under my body. Very fun. This album was one of the few guitar bands in rotation during high school for me. Tom Morello is a genius. A fun revisit, even if a bit cranky. It's election time people. Fists in the air!

Dancing with Mr Brownstone... Probs their best release.

Superb album for the morning of the night that went before it! Chill and thrill.

I used to think of Joy Division as a subclass of a wider organisation responsible for joy, thus increasing joy. Now I see that they are about dividing joy into smaller parts until far less joy remains. This album is heavy and sad and has a tale to tell. The live tracks at the end of the deluxe edition were a highlight.

Hey ho. This band's shirts are everywhere.

This was TU2 electric boogaloo.

Well that was some crystal-gripping gear. My kids felt like they were in space. I enjoyed the review "when I saw every track was call oxygen I knew it would be shit"

So smooth listening I'm surprised I even remember listening to it.

Jangling, twangling, churchy music. I don't listen to this kinda music much so it was nice to hear some lap steel guitar.

The replacements are a bit like that TV show with the young snotty boys looking for relationships in all the wrong ways, I think it was The Inbetweeners. Interesting at first

DKs were massive when I was at school. I was only ever a casual listener. This was sure no holiday in Vietnam.

I want to like it more than I do

The slippery down slope of a great band. At least it made them some greenbacks

I enjoy Goldfrapp. Was this album #2 this month?

I feel like I have become out of step with the daily album. I didn't even see this one...

Poor Keith, he was a firestarter. This was lesser known version of that band...

We want chilli Willi. There is something about the nasal twang that makes me feel like a kid.

They'll probably be in the Zen room.... The tabla is one of my favourite instruments. This was very enjoyable. Stop! Raga time!

I'm a huge ATCQ fan. Q-tip is a fave of mine. This was very midnight marauders in parts, so I kept waiting for Phife to bust a verse. I miss Phife dawg. When the album was done a Phife some came on. 🥴 Long story short, the sum of the parts is greater than the bits alone. I really like the Tribe, but this fell shy of the mark.

Earth Wing & Fire are a pretty classic band. This was alright

I wasn't expecting an instrumental album. A few more field recordings and found sounds and this would have been right up my alley. Still a good listen though.

Some of these songs sounded like some of Bob's other songs. If you like it you like it I guess. It made for a low key drive to work.

No the best Zep, but hey.

Wow, so 80s. These baselines would be at home on a cruise ship.

I lost interest in this one pretty quickly.

Interesting embryonic techno. A bit too banging in parts for me, but it had some good moments.

I imagined this album to be the transition from Licence to I'll to Check Your Head. Truth is, it is way more Ill than I remembered. Fun, but not quite the brilliance of the next release.

Rush. Bubbles favourite...

This takes me to another time where things were more simple.

This album was released when Norah was some old music dude's daughter. She is her own attraction now. Pretty easy on the ear. Never been a fave though

Not my favourite use of the female voice

It's amazing what a carefully constructed persona and a daddy with a record label can do. I liked the original version of Stoned at the nail salon.

Not as dark and gloomy as other New Order

P R A I S E, natural mayonnaise. This one has some classics.

Vibramaphone! Timbales! Reg Mombassa level Mambo!

I've never listened to JT before, talk about effortlessly smooth.

I was alone in my year at school as a casual REM fan. This one surprised me in the re-listen, it fit like a glove. I like it.

I have never before heard JK sound so much like Stevie Wonder. Sometimes it is how you listen that counts. Now, let's storm the White house!

Just OK, which was sad as I really wanted it to be special.

Piano, upright bass and drums, classic combo. This was a good easy listen. Now hand me my smoking jacket and slippers.

When I got to the songs that made the greatest hits, it was obvious they were actually their best songs.

I've loved this album since it came out. The slightly flat, pitchy vocals matched the 90s vibe for me. I'm just hoping that the 1001 trend of similar albums two days in a row brings some Juliana Hatfield. Swoon

Well that was some full blown wankery. Glad I didn't listen to Tarkus. Now let me pluck a harmonic on my way to Canterbury Fair...

That was pretty cool. A few genres mashed into one with some heavily Dylan influenced lyrics.

This was OK, but not something I'll revisit.

I found this all a bit same samey.

Two separate listening sessions confirmed I can only handle 3 songs before the vocals become grating.

Never been into Steely Dan, but this is their best work.

I had no idea what to expect with this. Turns out it was a low key Lauren Hill stylie R&B number sprouting from a bygone time in the 90s.

I was happy to see this pop up. I was sad to listen to it. This kind of amorphous storytelling doesn't do it for me. Enough about the wisteria...

This is different Midnight Runners. I wasn't expecting horns and bleated vocals. I enjoyed the last one much more.

I listened to this a lot during the early days of my first proper adult relationship. It took me back to some really lovely memories. Thank you MTV unplugged, this is a great recording.

Having just come down with COVID this was exactly the languid experience I was after.

This finished way stronger than it started. Barely holding my interest at first with some weird high frequency feedback thing going on. Settled into good rolling rhythms and finally some Sarah Neufeld fiddle, which I was searching for the whole time.

Saw this and thought, I'm not in the mood for this album. How wrong was I. Loved the drumming. Hearing the emergence of the trademark Zep sound mingled with some blues was great.

The stones just aren't my cup of tea. Some great moments here to try and convince me otherwise, but meh. I enjoyed reading about the making of this record though.

Sorry Pere, I couldn't tolerate this today.

Still a bit too much treble for this Rona ravaged headache zone of a brain I'm currently sporting.

Pretty enjoyable, good song writing with a few different styles. I grew a little tired of the vocals though.

Despite the Do I Wanna Know cover by Chvrches being one of my favourite songs ever, I've never really listened to much Artic Monkeys. I can see why this album was a breakthrough. Mucho awesome O.

Travis are like that band you see on Rage on a lazy Sunday morning and think, that's nice. A hybrid of the Innocence Mission and Radiohead, or something like that. Moments of Damon Albarn drift through the vocals. There is really a lot to like here

A novel flashback by the grandmaster. Who puts the hit so deep in a record?

This was a wonderful soundtrack to today.

Ergh my gawd, Morrissey actually writes some interesting lyrics. Fighting through the gladwrap of pretentiousness is hard, but a shadow of Everest or at least Mt Ainslie awaits.

A very fun, quite different album. It made for a great family car trip

Thanks Devendra, I'd only ever really heard the 'come out a crab cake' song before this.

Ozzy has a pretty far out voice. Proper metal here for sure. Sure knew how to write a riff.

There was a big late 90s nouveau punk scene in Wollongong when I was in a band. They represent the antithesis if what my band did. Fast, treble, whining lyrics and that silly fast snare drum tonk. Anyhoo, this was good at what it tries to do. I feel BJ Armstrong was a real driving force behind the scene.

I loved this. I told a few people about it. By my metric, that's a 5. Will listen again.

I am most I'll and I'm rhyming and stealing. Nostalgia at its finest

Some high points. Some harsh moments. A ground breaking band for sure.

Never listened to Jerry and the band much, if ever, before. I was excited to hit the grateful dead train. This left me a little underwhelmed. Maybe I needed a tie-dyed shirt ..

Pretty low key for Iggy. It was alright but I'm not running back.

I did not get what I expected after looking at the cover. I was ready for funk and got weird roots rock. Anyway, it was OK

This 35 minute album achieved something I thought impossible, feeling what entering the event horizon of a black hole was like without leaving earth. Time slowed down, a lot. It felt like over an hour of boredom. So many things to dislike. Lyrics that I'm sure were meant to be profound missed the mark. Cliched twang of a country guitar, and that droning voice. No thanks.

That crooked mouth Speaks to me

Bad company, Hey, they weren't so bad.

Holy Holy, what a pretentious fuckwit. I don't care what colour your dick is, stop trying to degrade women with it, regardless of their colour. Flying crucifixes, how did this uninventive hack get such airplay and somehow convince people to buy his crappy shoes. Some good bass lines - but Jesus weeping - what kind of world do we live in when this misogynistic, self-worshiping tool gets critical acclaim and a bankroll. By Zeus's beard this made me angry. Really, really, sad angry.

Throwback to the sax solo.

I like this series of records. An interesting artist

I've always struggled with Tina

Lip syncing battles in the childhood bedroom of my mind are made of this. Solid gold.

One if my not so secret pleasures. I gotta be careful not to listen to this on the way to work or I'll be cussing all day.

I was introduced to the stranglers in a bizarre way. This was just as strange on a tropical coast setting.

An 80s and 70s sandwich. Wasn't as poetic as I'd hoped.

This had a bit of Beatles about it in parts. Better with headphones that in the car for sure.

Some tracks lean reggae, some lean towards punk, while many are pure ska. A nice little distraction from what I was doing.

I have tight feeling in my stomach. Tighter than the band..

This was like listening to a woke Sega master system. So much 8-bit, so much awareness. I felt it couldn't connect any more with the gay community and then Go West came on. Thoroughly enjoyable.

This is a really hard review for me to write. I might do it in three. Short Fuck 5 Honest Turned me off Radiohead for ages 3 Current I'm a gear guy. Headphones, amps etc are my thing. This album doesn't show you what your gear can do, it shows you what your gear is doing. It has as many layers as a vanilla slice. The contrabass wind, the epic mids and oh my that voice. I did drop and run from this for a decade or more, but I now hold it close. It matters not what I think, for Kid A is a eruption that will continue for longer than I will think about it. Thoroughly epic. 4

I love field recordings and ambient weird shit, but this was not my cuppa.

This didn't capture me at all. Maybe my head/mood just wasn't in it.

I'm still not sure what to think of this.

I started out thinking this wasn't the Stevie Wonder I know and then Living for the City came on. I think it is my favourite Wonder number. Higher Ground is also legendary. A truly wonderful listen.

I had no idea what to expect. The first track was pretty cool and the next few were interesting. I didn't get through the whole thing because of life. I may revisit to figure it all out.

I did a list of my top 10 albums of all time. This was not on it. What an oversight. Dummy has always taken me somewhere special. I think it always will.

I've always thought of Garbage as a band formed to write commercial hits rather than a band who write artistically. Well they managed their objective. Loads of hits on this. I appreciate their craft rather than their art or insight.

This was my first real listen to this record. I feel like it commanded more discussion than it warranted. It was music from the future, like the year 2000 or something. I bet it wrestled with the robots from the Flight of the Conchords song...

Perfect harmonies for a thoroughly rainy day.

I really enjoyed this. Will listen again. 😁

As you become older the world becomes more beautiful. I really enjoyed this album today.

One and One and One Make Three

I remember Alanis being a more proficient singer. This and being quite shouty, which was the accurate part.

This was a really exciting inclusion. I spent half my time blown away, half my time lamenting JJs early exit and half my time wanting more than was there. Now that is a lot of halves.

Another album I would not have considered listening to if it weren't for this list.

I really enjoyed the first half of this album. My attention wavered after this. Pretty good for one dude with a 4 track!

This was R.E.M. that I wasn't too familiar with, other than the two in the middle which are part of the fabric of time. The rest kinda spanned the life of the band.

Enough already with the Morrissey

Saw the Kinks and I was expecting fuzzy rock. The psychedelic harmonies that followed were pretty fun.

I actually liked the fatty song as a teen.

This was a nice change. A bit long, but fine nonetheless.

PIL have always fascinated me, but I've never really been hooked.

Such a slice of 80s magic. I've belted out these tunes many times before.

A really enjoyable Sunday morning soundtrack. This has a few well known hits and a bunch of well put together songs.

Way more Brit pop than I expected. Woo

I avoided this quite religiously when Adele was at the height of her powers. I now accept 21 as part of the musical landscape. With some crackers and a nice display of voice, it's pretty good. Set fire to the rain is a great song. Now, I wonder who would win the hypothetical karaoke battle between Adele and Amy Winehouse if they were only allowed to sing each other's tunes.

I am still thirsty

I love some noise rock. Low's Hey What way one of my favourite albums of 2021. If this is Lightning Bolt's most accessible album, I feel their fan base would be quite small. The tracks with some good bottom end fuzz and driving distortion laden bass lines were great. The grating high frequency barrage was a bit much at times. I wish I could give it a 2 1/2...

Maybe if they went for a third X it would have tipped the scales. Not a bad listen, but not headlining festival worthy.

This was just post my hip hop phase. I've never really liked the Nas era releases.

All the Morrissey lately has tainted this version of New Romantic songsmithery. The accent didn't help me overcome the apprehension. Some pretty nice falsetto and triceps in the cover art though...

Mild and understated. I was expecting big rock, wall of sound style for some reason. This was more shoulder pads and oversized suits than that. Totally focussed on the vocals, with a healthy side of electro drums and synth sauce. Very 1983.

Pretty generic music from the era. Not hard to listen to, but not that special.

I never really got the M&M thing

For an international powerhouse, who's third album stirred up so much hype, this has a lot of skipable tracks. Great voice but rudimentary song writing.

This wasn't on Spotify. I listened to a few other Gil Scott-Heron tracks instead.

Sea Change reminded me a lot of Nick Drake. Kinda love key for Beck.

Some iconic moments. Some lighter bits too.

Sounds a bit like what the Doors would have been if Lou Reed was their front man. I enjoy most of this.

Like a lightly flavoured mineral water or some vanilla ice cream with a slight sprinkle of Milo, this had a slight promise of something satisfying but ended up being rather generic.

I think a lot of Bowie was listened to before making this album.

This was rad. Tribal blues rock, yes please. I thoroughly enjoyed this when it came out and glad I was reminded of its awesomeness.

OK I guess

You know when you look at old fashion and think 'that is so 80s!' and then realise it is actually from the 90s? Well that doesn't happen here. You know it is 80s to the core. Poison Arrow holds a special place in my memories. I remember the film clip and a lot about my life at the time. The bass sound is really special in this recording. Viva ABC

Ya man, that's Hendrix.

There is so much music from the 70s I've never explored. This was pretty far out in parts

I think Kate Bush is OK. This was some of her less successful work though. I try not to get defensive when people compare her to Tori Amos, but it is just so hard not to. KB did some stuff first, but TA works on so many more levels.

Sounded like the seed to 90s Indy.

Neil Young writes great songs.

This is one of my favourite album covers ever. The VH tunes aren't really up to that standard

2012 Hottest 100, I thought Lost would be number one. It was beaten out by Thrift Shop (and 6 other songs). What a year?!? Dear Science by Seth Sentry was robbed too. That hoverboard line... If we could just edit out all the interludes this would be a cracking album.

This is JJ Cale Troubadour mixed with Jimi Hendrix Are you experienced, with a sprinkle of Sting at his most Police pinnacle summiting moments. Eric, what a muso.

In honour of Adidas, 3 stripes, 3 stars.

I remember these songs being cooler when I was younger.

I couldn't figure out if this was South American or African?? It was pretty raw

Love it, hate it, I don't mind at all. The messy nature of punk in this form always erks me.

I didn't much like the first third of this album. It became more enjoyable towards the back end of it though.

I don't mind a bit of Elvis Costello. This was just a background today though

What an iconic album.

The onset had me thinking metal, then I started to imagine these dudes as a hair band full of crew cut bankers. It was pretty Noiseworks with occasional screaming guitar squealing.

I was surprised that I enjoyed the first half of this. It then got a bit Mega and a bit deathy...

Standard Depeche mode

This was quite incoherent, I wasn't sure what they were going for. Some guitar and drum sections reminded me of the Supergrass album from last week though...

A few great songs. Otherwise an OK listen at best.

I enjoyed that Bob listening session more than I've ever liked his music before. This is a quality record. The harmonica at the end got a bit high pitched and grating, but the rest made up for it.

I'm glad Nick Cave made this music so he could chill later in his career. Music described as challenging is always a bit hit and miss. I think I'd need a few more listens to fully decide on this one. It does make me think my high school science teacher was a punk as fuck though.

I have quite a history with Thelonious Monk. Tickle them ivories and ebonies. 😁

Ive never been a stone's guy

Baroque folk 60s? Not generally in my wheelhouse.

Music in the form of Getty stock images. You could paste a lot of this into an advert or presentation without anyone noticing.

Firmly planted in the 90s. Quite enjoyable. I grew tired of the modulated space sound bleeps, but hey, they were hip at the time. This was a favourite album of a previous student, so I enjoyed remembering the music chats we had. Thanks 1001 albums.

Hawkins, what a name for a band.

This was a very quiet riot. I was expecting way more funk and bluster. Still an easy listen though.

Proto-James Brown meets fictional character Shy Baldwin. Huh, A Huh Huh, A Step Back!

Distil what makes music good and capture the essence of pop and rock in a bottle, this would be on the same shelf. Music of a bygone simpler time, but hugely influential on what came after.

This was a challenging 1001 listen for me. Treasure is without a doubt the pinnacle of my 1001 albums experience so far. It is something I will hold close for all time. It may have even wiggled its way into my top ten albums. So to park another Cocteau Twins review alongside it isn't really fair. Soaked in reverb, with a few more audible lyrics that I was expecting, Heaven or Las Vegas is a nice foray into the landscape that bridges the 80s and 90s. I can hear sections that influenced bands like Belly and other charming Indy acts. Is this the birth of shoegaze? It is lovely and easy, but not my favourite child.

Expecting bold tango, got quiet tinkle.

Yeah Nah Yeah. OK. OK.

Hints of Stevie Wonder, The Police, Sheena Easton and some surprising funky bass made this an unexpected listen.

Spotify only had 2 songs from this album. I liked the Latin funk. I didn't much like the rap though.

Better than the previous album. Some nice tunes

I'm not having much luck with Spotify recently. This wasn't there so I listened to some Joni live.

I wasn't much into this one. Perhaps another day..

I really like Elvis Costello more and more as time goes on.

I've never listened to an album by The B-52's. It was way less gimmick driven than I thought it would be. Some vocals verged on 90s grunge punk/grrrl power. I liked this one a lot.

I like goldfrapp. This is a good one too.

I think this is the album when Bowie said - Fuck, I can do anything, I can be anything. What an artist

I enjoyed this one today.

I dunno man, that was pretty nondescript and a tad on the dull side.

You can sure tell this is American from the get go. I've never been a ZZ listener, so was disappointed that they didn't live up to my mind's eye of the legend.

Felt quite Pink Floyd in parts. Certainly not what I was expecting.

Curtis! You got it going on!

Frank. More Frank. Very well - this means we must be closer to no more Frank in the 1001.

Thanks Neil. Some more solid work.

Yeah Nah Thanks. Cookie cutter electro isn't for me.

Eddie! I knew he was a no good kid.

I like the sound, the phrasing, the quirky bars, but the content could be updated a bit. I guess that's the price of listening to early 90s hip-hop. Yo mamma et.al. was a thing.

Old school MJ is always fun. He was quite an artist. This one was more filler than Thriller though.

What a Sunday Lego session soundtrack. Couldn't have picked anything more suitable. A real find and I will listen to this again. Thanks 1001! A little gem for the time invested.

This was unfamiliar REM for me. I like their later stuff more.

I was a bit disappointed by the cover and thought this would be boring. Never judge a rekid by its cover!

Britney's low register and then 'Britney' noises she makes in transition.... Oh baby baby, I love them. The sugar coated with saccharine, honey sandwich of this album is a bit much much though. Email my heart some soda pop 🥺

In a dream we are connected. If reincarnation was possible and time was all wobbly, I'd live my life in such a way that I could come back as the guitar sound on this album. Seeing Billy, wearing a Superman t-shirt, asking for hands in the air at an early 90s Big Day Out and seeing a magnificent wave of love is one of the highlights of my music life. That Corgan Big Muff overdriven rhythm, that Iha twiddling, does it get any beefier or any better? I'm not sure that is actually possible. I come back to this album often, sometimes after many moons, and it always gets better. This is 5 stars at its finest. Even without mentioning any songs actually on this brilliant record.

Very enjoyable listen. The vocals reminded me of Thom Yorke and David Bowie blended together. Great bass lines and a wide variety of tunes. Overall a pretty sweet album. I'm surprised such a low key album was produced at the height of the new romantic era. Well there you go. I actually just listened to this twice in a row.... Not many of the 1001 have this on the stats list!

Not no Parkay Not no margarin Strictly butter Strictly butter

This was a strange listen. I couldn't tell if this was derivative or ground breakingly original.

Interesting but I'm unlikely to return to it.

This was what I imagined Brian Eno music was like before actually hearing it. A bit left of centre to say the least. Kooky.

Some great vocals. Simple yet effective song writing. It kind of faded into background music at times though.

Kinda like an old school movie soundtrack. I'm a fan of vintage things, this was nice.

I need more time to take this in.

This is the Lorde album that passed me by. It isn't Pure Heroine that's for sure.

The Rolling stones are USAs answer to the British band the Beatles and the Canadian band Queen. I'm no music expert, but this is good roll and rock.

Tori Amos was on Take 5 and I was delighted to see her first selection was Eleanor Rigby. It is pretty much my favourite Beatles track. I switched between a few different 'remastered' editions while listening to this. There is a big difference between some of them. Hit up the 2022 version if you want bass forward mixing. I've got to play more Beatles to my kids, STAT! Here, There And Everywhere and I Want To Tell You are totally underrated songs. Some real magic moments in this one.

Muse were the first band I saw pull off the stadium rock show with complete authority. Such a massive sound from a 3 piece and as a non-fan at the time, they really impressed. This album was pretty cool, but I'm still not a Muse guy.

It's tricky to rock a rhyme. Well a beat and baseline at least. Kinda nostalgic.

I love Kim Deal. Pixies have some great stuff and we're real genre creating artists. The guitar sound often leaves me feeling quite prickly and fatigued though.

This started super strong. I liked the first few tracks a lot. Then it went a bit off the rails. Fewer songs, all with with more oomph would have been better.

I like grime. I like hip hop. This was neither and a bit shit though.

That crooked mouth, speak to me. Polly Jean, you are a wonder of this world. "PJ Harvey is a music icon because she is a truly original artist who has made a lasting impact on the world of music" (trying a little AI in the comments)

Bam! 1992 in your face!

Pantera have always made me cringe. Don't get me wrong, I like some metal, but this is just a bit shit.

This is peak Black Sabbath.

This was a nice change. Today was a great day for me and I enjoyed listening to this in a few parts throughout the day. I need to listen to more Suzanne Vega, she has a pretty rad voice.

That was classic cool

This was a bit wishy-washy, cool, but wishy-washy.

I can see how U2 were the biggest band in the world for a bit. This is some impressive song writing and polished sound engineering. If they didn't push their tripe onto every IPhone in the world that one time, and Bono was a bit less Bono, I'm sure I'd like them a bit more. I might just go and quietly listen to The Joshua Tree.

Being a Stoner Rock and Desert Blues fan, QOTSA should have featured more strongly in my music rotation. They are a neat band, with some great tracks, but never really hold my attention.

I'm sure there are 1001 albums better than this. It was all strained and whining.

Tom Petty hit a bit like an electric Dylan. I can see why he is a Wilbury

I was looking forward to this as I had a vague recollection of the band, but it came across as quite contrived and annoying. I hope the next skunk band is better.

This was very chilled compared to recent albums. Totally standard

These rockers made some 3 minute songs go for 5 or 6 minutes. Pour some corn syrup on them. Baby!

Meandering but listenable. I liked a review that likened this album to a list penguin.

I like Nick Drake, but it isn't party music

This is the type of music I like to listen to, but my kids ask 'is this jazz!', followed by 'can we listen to anything else'.

This was great. Will listen again.

This was OK but I only made it half way through.

I've listened to a lot of ambient and chill music today. This was alright.

I have spent some time with other Pink Floyd albums, this one not so much. Syd Barrett was a tortured soul but I don't really see the brilliance. Listening with IEMs today and the weird stereo flip-flops were terrible in parts. Psychedelic - yes, enjoyable - I'm not convinced.

Them youngsters go alright. Nice driving tunes

This was an amusing listen. I've generally stayed away from Metallica due to prejudices developed in early high school. I've moved on from this mindset though. I listened to this with an open mind and honest interest. I found myself loving some riffs and large parts of songs; then the guitar twiddling and shallow lyrics would hit my funny bone and I'd laugh out loud. Thanks 1001. I'm glad I've ticked this off the list.

Woah! This album just kept going and going and going.

A great album cover. Simple and to the point, just like the rekid!

Super folky. Quite fun. Fiddle me sideways

I thought I'd know more tracks on this one. It was alright but nothing to keep me coming back.

I like 90s hip-hop that isn't all gangsta. Funnily this was all Gang Star. Some scratching got a bit extra, but a nice trip down memory lane.

My first real listen to Randy Newman. I kept waiting for Buzz and Woody to pop out... He has one of the easiest voices ever and I'll likely check out some other works.

There was a whole lot of loving going on (and on). Add this to the 'you couldn't find 1001 albums better than this?' list.

This is Led Zep at their mightiest. Cracking album.

The boom bip, a boom bip. This is where it all began. It is part of my fabric. Five Solid Stars Now sit back, relax, listen to some hip-hop.

Only one song on Spotify. Interesting song thought.

Blues of this variety isn't really my thing. Happy to have listened to this one though. Super glad that it picked up a bit after the first song, which was quite mumbled.

As camp as a Year 7 getting to know you bonding retreat. I just wonder why it needed to be rereleased as a 99 minute monster. I couldn't get through the whole thing.

I blinked and it was over. Rather low key for Miles.

Couldn't quite pin this one down. Is it rock, is it Blues, is it full of covers? It all amounted to a forgettable experience.

I don't listen to big band offerings generally, so this was a nice foray away from the norm. I did enjoy the quiet numbers a bit more than the swinging big ones though. Thanks Ray, that was a bit new.

Chill as it gets.

The subtle pop songs were was rescued this French dance number from the brink of a two. Slightly better than the other faux french electro we had recently.

My favourite review of this was 'if you have a headache and would like to worsen it, this album is perfect for you'

Two noisy albums in a row. I sometimes wonder if these albums are picked without a real listen and like ...

I'm not a big Queen fan, so this was new to me. They were all pretty solid from the get-go.

This was really cool.

Marcus Garvey hey. Thanks 1001 for another introduction. It was a nice foil to the hottest 100, which way pretty modern vanilla.

This was OK background music but it didn't hold my attention

This is one of my favourite Bowie albums. So many great songs. Quicksand may even be my favourite Bowie track. Now, let's remember the awesome Flight of the Conchords song. This is Bowie back to Bowie. I read you loud and clear man.

I once had a dishwasher that sounded like the first track on this album. Lost at Birth - like so many oppressed people. This album hit me during my early teens and opened up a world of empathy and compassion for people who had been subjugated for generations. So with fond memories and painful realisations ebbing and flowing I relive real world experiences when I listen to this album. It was a decade before I realised the implications of these themes on my own shores. Terminator X on the cross fader and Chuck D on the inhale is a thing to behold. Time for some cold lamping.

Oh Lordy Lou, you were a powerful influence over the music scene and I'm thankful for that. I just don't dine enthusiastically on your offerings.

This has a large chunk of Jimi's best tracks on it. Pretty special record. I just wish the master recordings were better quality, I reckon we miss a lot of the finer detail around the Hendrix revolutionary guitar style due to ham fisted recording.

I don't get steely dan

I remember hiding this album in my bedroom when I was a kid if about 5. Perhaps I enjoyed the baps as much as my dad... Parents though this was hilarious. Discovering Bryan Ferry was the lead in this band was news to me. I've never really investigated the art rock of Roxy Music before. Refreshing and new for the first listen through. When the mood strikes me, I will return.

I was underwhelmed with this.

Carn fidy, do you even buy what you're pedaling?

One cracking song and a bit of filler.

I was hopeful after the first track of lounge beasts. It took a turn for cranky wordsmithing after that and I wasn't as keen.

This album was the pinnacle of popular when I was a kid. It has a few classics, but some of the rest is a bit ho-hum if I'm honest. Not the track after track of radio playlist gold I was expecting.

I am amazed that people still glorify this buffoon. Wonder if he was so hard because he was like Araldite?

I read a Rolling Stone magazine interview with Sean Lennon and almost every answer was Dr Octagon. It weirded me out. I avoided the work of the Dr because of this. For starters, the DJ work on the album is off-tap. Q-Bert is a legend, but this is insane. Scatology and rectum references aside, this is some well crafted stuff. I enjoyed the Ultramagnetic MC's back in the day, I enjoyed this today.

An album that allowed millions to fall in love with Billy Joel. I've never noticed how much Billy's voice sounds like Rufus Wainwright before. Well I guess Rufus sounds like Billy.

I just listened to this and can't really remember any of it. Perhaps it was as memorable as David's name....

The longer this went on, the less I liked it.

A bit less shouting and a bit less lacking in the hair metal promise would have been nice.

I'm parking everything and just rating the songs. One of the greatest albums of all time. It has sold more copies than anything else. It was a massive part of my childhood. Outstanding.

This had a lot of cool bits. Many McCartney like bits along the way.

Started out as a rad folk Blues album and then went on to be a rad North African Blues album. Loves it

I found the bassy distortion tracks enjoyable but the overpowering treble really killed some tracks

This is a self indulgent production.

I never did much like Korn. This affirmed that notion.

I listened to this one twice, and I'm glad I did. Probably the most recognised and celebrated album cover for a group of seldom celebrated songs. I appreciated this the second time through. Some great production and some heartfelt content. On the cusp of post punk and ready to shape something new, Joy Division we're finding a place and have etched a spot in music history. I'll never really love this, but others who lived it the first time were there for something special. The tapestry of music-time is wonderful.

Middle of the road

Mylo is a low GI snack. The title wasn't really indicative of the content.