Great album. I know more songs on this than I thought I did.

Some great stuff and some meh.

Listened to on the RS500 - surprisingly good

Listened on RS 500.

On NME500. Nostalgic favourite.

Enjoyable

Enjoyable

Surprisingly good

Really enjoyed the combo of Metallica and Symphony. And I am not a Metallica fan in general.

On previous list.

On previous list. Awesome.

On other list. Great album.

Not sure why I haven’t heard them before. Good listen.

On another list. Awesome record.

This one surprised me. Really liked it.

70s rock isn’t really my thing. This didn’t change my mind.

Great album. I know more songs on this than I thought I did.

Not as good as I remember it from the time.

Interesting record

Really good album. Will explore more from them.

Never would have listened to this if it wasn’t on the list. Sometimes it’s really nice to listen to some great musicians like this even if it is way out of my usual style.

Enjoyable enough.

Wonderful. So many great tracks.

Worth the listen.

It’s the white album. Nothing more needs to be said.

Did know much of his stuff. This was worth the listen

Classic. But I find it draggy at times.

A good listen. Not exceptional.

Enjoyed more than o thought I would.

Worth a listen for sure.

Backing music hasn’t aged well, but brilliance comes through

Only partial record was on Spotify.

As I grow older I appreciate this work more and more.

Never listened to this solo material before. I enjoyed the album,

Ambient will never be a genre I listen to a lot of. I played this on the perfect day when in fit what I was doing and was a great backing track. Probably liked it more because of the timing, but I did really enjoy it.

Will never be my favourite music, but more too it than I would have thought.

Still not a deadhead, but worth a listen

Classic Zeppelin III. Not much more to say

Still not my thing

I think this is the first time I have listened to a full record of theirs. Very good.

Challenging but we’ll worth it.

Gotta love PJ Harvey.

This will always be one of my favourite records.

I found this more interesting than expected.

Never listened to Stephen stills record before. It was worth a listen but won’t be in a rush to listen to another.

I should listen to more from them.

Listened to this on a previous list and didn’t really stick with me. It’s time I really enjoyed it.

Interesting listen.

Classic R.E.M.

Not sure why I hadn’t even heard of this before. Hip hop not my thing but can see why this would make a list like this.

Worth a listen but won’t rush back to.

Struggle to fairly rate given how far out of genre this is.

This record continues to grow on me all these years later.

Not sure why this didn’t come across my radar before.

Great record

Hard driving.

This was a surprise for me. Enjoyed it quite a bit.

Still not my thing.

An amazing ride

Yup, that was really good

This is was a pleasant surprise. More interest than I would have thought.

I am sure this is a great album for its genre. Unfortunately, it’s a genre that i actively dislike.

As interesting as ever

I always struggle if I love or hate this one. This listen fell closer to love.

I don’t think I had heard any of this previously. Interesting

I forgot about this album. I think I appreciate it a lot more now that I have aged.

I know I am supposed to like Coldplay. But for some reason they just leave me cold. This listen didn’t change that.

I started listening to them with independent worm saloon and never explored the back catalogue. This was a great surprise.

I find ones like this hard to rank given the age. If this was the only record the Beatles did would it be on here? I don’t know.

Over the top, but that’s what makes it a great album.

Not a huge Fleetwood Mac fan, but this is a very good record

I enjoy listening to QOTSA records but they never wow me.

Enjoyable.

Brings back memories of parents record collection.

Never heard him prior to this. Interesting listen.

Lots of my favourite songs on this one

This is a band I had overlooked earlier in my music listening. I have really been enjoying recently.

While not my style there is a lot of interesting stuff on this record.

This one surprised me. I had no expectations. I love the cohesive nature of this record.

Queen is a band I’ve mostly heard on best of albums. Hadn’t heard this one before. I thought it was a exceptional album. A lot of interest throughout.

Loud.

A lot of passion in this

Classic recording. This stands the test of time.

Always enjoy this record

This is an interesting listen. Didn’t know them before listening. There was a lot o going on.

Great progression in sound from Kathleen Hanna

Excellent. While from its time still a great listen.

A few catchy tunes but then a lot of just there

This and Folklore both are without all the pop production elements. This makes them much more approachable.

This will never be my thing. But I appreciate it more all these years later.

This didn’t do it for me.

I haven’t listened to much of them in the past. This one hasn’t changed that.

I over looked this at the time. A lot of interesting material on here.

Chic suffers from having been played as music over the soundsystem at Sears. You just can’t take it seriously.

I tried really hard to think the was amazing given what I read about it. In the end in was fine.

I need to get over my irrational dislike of Courtney Love as this is a good record.

Set the standard against which all unplugged albums are measured

Listened to this on the RS500. This was my second listen of the record. It is awesome.

Fantastic. The live spirit of the record shines through.

Surprised me. Expected a nothing album but the music and lyrical content along with the delivery nailed it.

Excellent from front to back

Excellent.

It was ok

Still not a huge Zappa fan, but it was a good record

Being in Portuguese I didn’t understand the lyrics. But if they are half was decent this is the best psychedelic rock record I’ve heard.

I need to listen to more of them.

First listened on the RS500. I know this is an all time classic for the style, but it doesn’t do much for me. I preferred the OS Mutants record I listened to not long before this.

Haven’t listened to his stuff before. Solid record. Also, Rod Stewart singing and not being schlocky was a treat.

My ear for this type of music is untrained. As a result I can’t tell if I am listening to a masterpiece or elevator music. I think it’s more towards the masterpiece side.

My second listen to this one (RS500). Appreciated it more on this go.

This is a great listen.

One of my favourites for years.

Classic U2

Decent

This one surprised me. Not sure why I had a view in my head that I hated this band. Turns out it’s actually very good

Great album. They get in and out of songs at a record speed but still manage to pack a punch.

Meh

Not my main genre, but I can appreciate this is a great album.

Listened to this on RS500 and didn’t get the fuss. The listen this go around I really appreciated it.

It was fine.

Great use of the orchestral sound

It’s appetite of destruction

This was an excellent album. Front to back great songs. A lot of power.

Listened on RS500. Left me cold.

Thrashy.

Very enjoyable listen

Fantastic. The love concert album done right.

Another example of re-listening to something that was on RS500 and appreciating it more the second time around

This was a great surprise. Odd and very interesting. Understandable that they show up in the lineage of industrial music.

Not sure why this is on the list to be honest. Seemed like it was filler.

Great

Good enough

Good. Note great.

I enjoyed it. A lot of interesting stuff happening.

I listened with an open mind and really enjoyed this.

A favourite of mine. Although some songs on the back half seem a bitter like filler.

All time great album.

It’s fine. Nothing grabs me on this one.

This is the best Deep Purple I’ve heard. Somehow much more interesting than the albums I’ve listened to.

Interesting at a lot of times. Other times it felt draggy. Also, a lot of the ones that were interesting likely wouldn’t be interesting on multiple listens.

This was a good listen nice blend of the Celtic in it.

Excellent

Very good songs and perfectly executed.

This one surprised me. Never heard of her before and not my genre, but it was very enjoyable. The continuity of the concept throughout was exceptional.

Great record

Was impressed by the depth and interest contained in this record.

Just too country for me. Couldn’t get past the music to get the lyrics.

Exceptional. Sucks you into another darker world and holds you there.

Will never totally be my thing.

Solid. Great orchestration.

I can see why it’s a classic of it’s genre

Wow. Powerful messaging delivered in a great package.

I was really surprised. Expected this to be cheesy 80s schlock and it wasn’t. Don’t get me wrong. It was 80s sounds, but not total cheese. I’m the right setting this is a really good listen.

Interesting record that is always worth a listem

Had no idea what to expect from this and found it enjoyable enough

Didn’t know this before listening on this journey. I really enjoy some of these early experimental records. Makes me wonder if I am missing something happening now or if the days of this type of experimenting are over.

Not enough from the era with female,pov

Excellent record

Meh

Very strong record. Especially given where he was career wise at that stage.

I prefer the other Kraftwerk stuff. Still very interesting.

Great example of a killer,first record.

It is so easy to forget that at some point Rod Stewart wasn’t awful.

Solid record. Too bad it’s looking like he’s a creep.

So glad this was on the list. Never would have sought it out otherwise. So much more than Come On Eileen

Never listed to a record by them before. Well worth the listen.

Excellent

It’s fine.

Doesn’t blow me away.

Good music. Good lyrics. Nice listen.

Did not listen to this at the time. I was missing out.

There is a reason this is on every list made ever.

Hadn’t heard them before. Obviously very skilled musicians.

Interesting. I preferred Easter.

An artists I previously only knew through best of albums. So much more in here.

Didn’t really listen to any of his stuff at the time. This is a very good record. Interesting songs and lyrics.

Very interesting work. Rare to see someone’s 7th record on here. Also had heard of the song recorded across a lake before but hadn’t heard it

Great energy great songs.

Classic.

Great record

I don’t get it.

Will never be favourite but I can see it being for others

Meh

The use of electronics makes this one stand out from others of the time.

The first album on the 1001 list. It’s a fitting start. Obviously a dated sound but the greatness comes through.

Listened to a similar record as couldn’t find this specific one. Didn’t realize how amazing it was. Definitely at the root of a lot of what I listen to to this day.

Only knew them from Graceland. This was a great listen.

Didn’t listen to Bowie until these,challenges and did get why people loved Bowie. Great record.

Great sound. Great lyrically. No criticism.

Generally great throughout

Enjoyable but not revolutionary for me.

One of the best live recordings out there

I love the ambient work on here

Very good. Dated, but good.

I do love this record.

Not just a soundtrack singer. Who knew?

Still,don’t get all the hype,on the band. Emjoyed it. But not revolutionary

Just too far from what I know how to assess.

Trying to think of it in context of its time but still comes up short

Elvis in fine form

Always like Bjork records when I put them on. I just don’t put them on often.

Super interesting record. I’ll listen to more.

It was fine. That is all.

Before Rod,Stewart was unlistenable.

So hard to rank these when they are so different from my usual listening. I enjoyed the sounds and feel

Public Enemy really was amazing in the golden era of rap.

I enjoyed that

It was fine.

Too much one noted for me.

Great rocker. Enjoy putting this on to rock out.

Sort of a nothing record for me.

Best thing about this record is it resulted in Camper Van Beethoven covering it.

Really nothing too grab onto in this one.

Always a fun listen.

Gotta love some Marley

Saw them live recently so started to listen more to their music in prep. Glad I did. I was more open to hearing this whole record. Songwriting and execution both very strong.

Classic 80s. Another band I know largely through best of records. Nice to her a full record.

I’m glad records like this exist.

Fun listen. Hard to judge something so old. It starts to go pretty far back on the chain of influences for artists.

An album so good he then did one at Sam Quentin

Enjoyed it while I listened to it. However, it has really stuck with me.

I enjoyed that. Having only heard the hits before the rest of the album was a good addition.

This is where you remember that they have great stuff beyond the singles.

This one was a hidden gem for me. Lots of interest in the variety of songs.

It,was,fine

Didn’t do much for me. I think I might have to give it another listen.

This one I have heard a few times. More depth than just the singles.

Fine

I have enjoyed listening to more than just the singles.

I do these long lists to hear new stuff. Everywhere once in awhile having an all time favourite is comforting.

Awesome album to listen to. Dino Jr is a favourite band of mine. No one sounds like them.

It was a good listen but didn’t hit me as hard as back to black

Angst filled classic.

One I struggle with. Does the myth exceed the quality?

Still stands the test of time.

Too many ballads

I enjoy the National. Just not 1001 albums enjoy it.

I always wondered what happened to the Longpigs. Now I know what one of them did.

Incubus didn’t do much for me at the time. Still doesn’t.

Did little for me.

Lots of great material. But some weaker points as well.

This is definitely the best I’ve heard from the byrds

Not my thing

Interesting as an artifact. Didn’t find it great to listen to.

I love husker du. Having said that this album is too long.

I was skeptical going in but this was very interesting and enjoyable

Supertramp I snt on my usual listening list. I pictured it as silly love ballads. Clearly I was wrong.

It’s Sgt. Pepper’s. Nothing more to be said.

Very good record.

CCR surprises me when I listen to full records. ,ugh better than expected.

I’ve always low key enjoyed New Order. This was a good listen.

This album is Sonic Youth’s on ramp to greatness

Interesting record. I can see why they are a classic rap act.

It’s fine.

It’s a shame I grew up with 80’s Stevie Wonder. 70’s Stevie Wonder was very talented.

Classic Christmas record

Just not my style. I’m sure it’s great for others.

Decent

I enjoyed this. Not perfect but a fern good listen.

Great record. Stones at their finest.

Still not a huge Metallica fan.

Not to compelling

Interesting records. Worth another listen.

Not Really sure what happened here.

Interesting. Deserves to be on this list to be exposed to different sounds.

Classic stones

Not my favourite byrds record

This is a great record. Even for the title track alone

Yes. It’s Dylan at his best which makes it pretty much perfect.

Not my style. But I can see why people like it.

Terrible recording quality really gets in the way of what I a, sure is a great record

Interesting but didn’t make me want more

Some of it interesting some of it filler

This is probably the best thrash metal album I’ve heard.

Tom Waits at his finest.

There is a reason he’s still worshipped today.

This album really does set the stage of the great brit pop records of the 90s

I do, like Bowie so much more that I have hit critical mass on record listening.

Very good listen.

Bruce in his finest form.

Excellent record. Elliott Smith left far too soon.

You can see how this is the root of much that came after it.

Not,my style of music but I can see the reason it’s on this list.

Strong album throughout not just the singles.

I need more kinks in my life

Good album from front to back

Good record

I need to pinpoint when he started to suck. It came after this record.

How do you rate something so far from what you listen to. Seemed good.

I appreciate Zeppelin more as I listen to more Zeppelin.

My first Yes record, not,bad.

Top form White Stripes

Not my thing as I don’t like Ozzy’s voice but I see why ranked.highly.

Metal.

Too glam for me to become daily listening but I enjoyed listening in full.

All round great recrod

Doesn’t let up for a moment. Usually when I find expanded and deluxe I stop at the original version of the record. This time I kept going.

I hadn’t heard this before. Nice example of where music was at that time.

Really liked the overall feel of this record.

Hadn’t heard of this artist before. Not inspired to listen to more.

Very solid for a record so late in one’s career. Usually by this point records are pretty bad.

Jello

It is just great.

Hard to rate given language and time period.

Wasn’t enough there for this to stand out for me.

Didn’t do a lot of me.

This was my second listen. First time didn’t really grab me. This time through it was more impactful. The working class hero version stood out.

Good,album. Never will be my favourite

I still remember a friend lending this to me in the mid 90s. Such perfection on track after track after track.

Another case of multiple listens matters.

Not my thing but a few classics on there. The rest seems solid if you like the type of music.

Set standard for rock operas.

Didn’t really find this interesting. Just kinda boring.

Didn’t really know this band but Spotify feeds them to me periodically. I enjoyed a full album.

Always surprises me that I enjoy this.

One of my all time favourites. To me the whole is so much more than the sum of its parts. A masterpiece of ups and downs that came to me in a sea of grunge.

The beginning of a great career. A pleasure to listen to every time.

It is great when a concept album works. And this one does. Lyrics from Woody Guthrie that did not have known music were given to Billy Bragg who brought along Wilco and set them to music. The result is an excellent record.

I’ve enjoyed Air on these lists. Don’t listen to it outside of this context.

Not bad for a supergroup

Didn’t do much for me.

Meh

This is one that I will need to listen to again. Have a feeling it’ll be better second time around.

One of the great things about this list is hearing bands in before they became schlocky 80s ballads. Prime example here. This was miles better than Red Red Wine. More interesting instrumentally and lyrically.

Reggae is a style that always surprises me when it shows on this list. Very good.

Excellent. First time hearing this. Struck me instantly.

I was about three years too old when Limp Bizkit hit the scene. It was the first music scene I didn’t enjoy. When this came up I thought hey it’s been 20 odd years let’s give it a go. I think the back half was better than the first. However that opening group of songs sounded juvenile. Third album rage I just wasn’t buying. They probably all rolled up to the recording studio in fancy cars and said ok guys time for us to complain about the world.

Enjoyed this

Art rock - meh

Another record wildly different from what I usually listen to. This one I found very enjoyable and put a smile of my face.

Neither here nor there on this one.

First, prog rock is not my thing. Having said that the opening 20+ minute composition - Tarikus- was excellent. However, the rest was inconsistent. You just don’t put the closing track - are you ready, Eddy? - on the same record as the opening track.

Good, not great

Wow, that is pure rock.

Wasn’t my fav.

Again these are hard to rate when not in a language i am familiar with and when it is so different in style. Was interesting to listen to.

Solid Neil.

Listened on NME 500. Not my fav.

Didn’t really grab me.

I had overlooked her when she first came out. In recent years I realize now what I was missing. Great music with enough challenge in there to make it interesting.

An album from my youth. Still holds a place in my heart and I think it’s the strongest pumpkins record.

I know a lot of people think this is a great album. I think it’s good but still does hit top rated for me.

Another band I overlooked. I need to hear more from them.

Some great stuff and some meh.

This did open jazz to lots of people. Great approachable record.

Great stuff

Better than I expected

Band was never on my radar before these lists. Great unique sound.

Didn’t know of Japan before this listen. Nothing really grabbed me.

Good record. I enjoy when I listen to Sufjan but never quite crosses to a 5 for me. Not sure why.

This album is fantastic all the way through. The fact that she isn’t still a top artist is a tragedy. Great body of song all the way through her career.

Better than I feared. Would have been better if it was half hour shorter

Late career work. Interesting interpretations of songs.

Hard to say much other than great listen.

Better than expected

Zeppelin has grown on me.

I lIke exploring non beach beach boys.

Solid throughout.

Honestly couldn’t have told you what they sounded like before listening. Not my favourite but worth a go.

Not an act I had heard of. Not sure how I missed them. Classic hip,hop.

I had never listed to this. Tiny dancer alone makes it a good record.

Didn’t do anything for me.

Know I know where Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken was inspired from.

So hard to rate these. I did enjoy.

I heard this once before on another list I listened through. I didn’t even remember listening to it before. This time it left a solid impression. I enjoyed this record.

Killers were a band that arrived while I was in university with no time/money to explore new bands. Listening to this record I definitely missed out.

I listened to this on my iPhone speakers. I feel that was a mistake. This should have been listened to on the full stereo.

Not as good as different class.

This is one I’m supposed to worship as a rock listener. To me it’s fine. Not crazy special.

I find when an album crosses an hour it’s usually too long. Clocking in at just over an hour this was no exception. I can’t point to what to cut but just not tight enough for me.

Enjoyed

What a cool concept witch excellent execution.

Enjoyable Elvis record. Not sure it’s 1001 worthy

I listened to this for the first time late last year. Once I got past Novocain it was actually really good. I’ve listened to a lot of Eels since then. Who new that behind that song there was great material.

I like all the songs but find them all to be too long.

The first three songs are ubiquitous. The rest were fine.

Not sure if I was t a faith no more fan that I wouldn’t be saying it’s of it’s time.

I listened to this on a previous list. Enjoyed it more this time through.

Great classic British record from the 90s. I always found suede to have a unique sound that sometimes perfectly hits the spot. Other times it just not the right thing to put on.

I thought this had a lot of interesting content.

Strong record

This one was hard to track down. It’s amazing how far this genre has come from the early days like this record.

I was hoping this was going to be one of those records that I put on and then asked myself why I hadn’t listened to it earlier. Unfortunately, it didn’t live up to it. It was fine.

Dark

One of the many albums on this list that I sit back and say “why didn’t I listen to this earlier”

Just didn’t do it for me

An all time favourite of mine. Never hit this level again and that’s ok.

Not my style of music.

Great all the way through.

I expected to not like this one. I was wrong. Great and varied sound. Really happy I gave this a proper listen.

Good album. Definitely captures the sound of a group of artists currently popular.

Concept that worked.

Spotify only had a shorter version of Gershwin songs. Great singer. Interesting song choices.

Good,album. But top 1001 I’m not sure.

Interesting enough. Challenging content

Another band I wasn’t really aware of. I’ve gotten more appreciation for the style of music through this project.

I should listen to more. Non traditional rock elements are seemless and interesting

I enjoy this but it’s not 1001 for me

Glad I gave this a chance again. She annoyed me so I stopped listening to her music. Still a good record. I preferred the previous one. This did have Malibu which is part of why I stopped listening originally. So mixed overall

I had listened to Mellow Gold a lot when it came out. Just have just been Becker out when this came along. Way better than I remembered it.

I don’t think there is enough substance here to land on 1001.

Classic Beatles.

Always worth sitting down with this one and playing it through some quality speakers. Phone speakers do not do this justice.

This was a great surprise. I saw it and thought yawn. Played it and really enjoyed.

The humpty dance! That alone makes it a 4. The rest is golden age of hip hop which confirms the four.

My daughter has made this a presence in my life. Solid songwriter. Even if I don’t always like the final product musically.

Didn’t really grab me.

Perfect blend of noise with enough hooks to get you through.