1001 Albums Summary

Pretty nice overall. Fuzztoned/emo/pop feel. Reminds me of Daft Punk Random Access Memories a little bit. Also Eels, Cage the Elephant, that sort of thing.

Already in collection, absolute masterpiece of proto-hiphop.

Honestly kind of meh. Given the staying power of the theme, and how much I enjoy a lot of Hayes' work, surprised that the balance of the album was just sorta background filler. Which I guess it was intended to be.

Wow. Musically amazing. Will have to give it a few more listens to get the story/message processed. Reminds me a lot of The Wall, but with a more positive vibe. After two listens, I discovered how little I know about The Who beyond the radio hits of the 70's. Amazing.

Kind of meh. Not a fan of emo.

Always solid.

Pretty good. Classic radio hits, some jazzy EZ listening sort of stuff.

Hmmm... kind of interesting, psychadelic and punky, not sure it's "great" but I'm not a major punk fan.

Always a trip to see things I thought of as "obscure" pop up here. I like the West African sound, but when more traditional, it tends to all run together. This album does a great job of marrying the structure and modality (?) with traditional western blues rock.

Coming as it did after my highschool pivot to metal, missed this on release. Pretty good overall, though the sexual stuff is over the top for an old man.

Awesome, some good hardrock classics. So much excellent music in the late sixties, it all kind of runs together.

Cool

Really neat. As with other 1970-ish classic rock albums, a hit or two, and then a lot of avant-garde things that are kind of all over the place. Great production. Listened 2x in a row.

Skeptical from the outset... here we go! ... nice enough, just not really my style.

Dunno. The late sixties pop/punk/psych doesn't really do it for me.

Well this one takes me back. Be interesting to listen to it now vs on release as a 11 year old... Fantastic, great time in music history, the synthpop and protorap combined with the guitar work. Just wow. Great.

Oh god, my 13 year old sister is back. Goddamn if this didn't age really well. Catchy, well produced (maybe over produced). The big top 40 hits hit the memberberries better than the lesser-known tracks. Still a pretty neat listen.

Interesting... this project has exposed me to a lot of bands I've never heard of. These guys are pretty good, not necessarily my jam, and some of the other albums I found better at first listen.

Neat! Easy listening, without being "easy listening". Jazzy with an afrobeat appeal. Watching the live show that came on next, this guy is quite a performer and guitarist.

Well! This seems like something I should already be familiar with. Interesting to say the least. Like early Black Sabbath meets Jethro Tull. Weird but cool.

Um, no.

FANTASTIC

Nothing necessary to say here...

Brilliant

Not bad, bluegrass\folk not really my jam. "This is the Sea" ,1985 album that youtube fed me next, I like better.

Probably an acquired taste? More "velvet" than "underground".

Hard to go wrong here.

Allegedly a masterpiece, listening to it in Falcon as we speak. Not quite sure what to make of it, almost seems to be trying too hard to be "a thing". Still working with it, but it's growing on me.

Rowdy!

Pretty good overall.

Well. This is certainly weird.

Hits are hits for sure, some of the loosey jazz stuff is a little loosey...

Meh

Well, getting a bad feeling just from the album title... But I like it just fine. A little speedy for first thing in the morning! Overall pretty good, though I like more melody or more aggro in my electronic music.

Youtube comments are hilarious.

No comments needed here.

Meh? Kind of all runs together, not a lot variety of key/etc. Vibrato's over the top.

Nice!

Moody shoegazy sort of Duran-Duran vibes. Good when the mood's right.

Legendary, well worth the listen. But production is kind of thin from a modern perspective.

Wow, legit covers a lot of ground. Red Hot Chili Peppers meets Prince. Damn.

um...

Oy. I like some weird stuff, but this is really pushing the limits.

Not really my bag, baby. Too much dream-, not enough -pop.

Second Prince album at ~20 into the 1001. Great record, hard to believe this is from 1982.

Cool album cover... I liked this record quite a bit.

Interesting. Kind of all over the place.

Wow, just amazing.

Much hair! Such hits! Fun listen. Crazy how redundant the lyrics are.

Wow, great record.

Had this on vinyl, read the lyrics over and over. Great record.

Meh? Kind of fun and jangly, but discordant and sort of redundant.

meh

Now I know who Donald Fagen is!

????

kinda bonkers, I like it. B52s-ish meets The Cardigans.

Great record, good times listening to this back in the day.

Eeeesh, I wanted to like it, but man a little Talking Heads goes a long way.

Well. Honestly, after Sympathy for the Devil, rest of the album was kind of a letdown.

Wow, awesome. Did not expect to like this at all.

meh

Wow, it's like that Weird Al Palindrome song. Over and over and over. Don't hate it, but the reedy goofy voice kinda grates after a while.

Holy shit, like *that* Dion. Damn nice record, good folksy vibe with great production. Your Own Back Yard is pretty topical...

Pretty good, some big hits here. Kind of a typical self-reprising in here too, which is alternately endearing and boring. Also, Paul sure is in love with his voice.

Super cool, has that proto-muzak world music vibe I dig on.

Not sure what to make of this, Laryn's vocal style and the heavy overlayered production haven't aged well.

Let's see where this goes!! Fun, great fuzz tone acid rock vibes along with everything else.

Pretty good, it's Elton John after all.

As topical now as ever. Not a super big fan of the vocals, drone/resonate a bit.

I liked it! A little monochrome, but I suppose that's part and parcel of the genre and the period in history.

Not much to say about this one. Just 100% gold.

Whoa, this was pretty cool. Dreamy, spacey, nice harmonies.

Didn't age terribly well...

Well yeah, it's a masterpiece

Pretty funky, janky, new-wavy, but somebody is trying a little too hard to be Stevie Nicks.

Liked it better than expected, a lot of variety here.

This is one creepy-ass album cover. Great record, lots of fun noisy punk/jangle.

Interesting. Kind of all over the place. There's some things I dig (middle eastern westernized pop) and things I don't (western pop).

Nice record by a nice guy.

Fun jangly rock, not terribly impactful, but a good record.

Holy shit this is amazing. Rammstein + Borat + Art of Noise. Seven stars at least. Might be my new favorite band.

The kind of thing I'd be stoked to hear in a bar somewhere...

Meh, a little jangly noisy discordant for my tastes

Well, at least I know what the words to the chorus are. No idea where I heard this (didn't listen to the radio much/at all in 1998) but... been a while. ...no idea how I recognize just about every song on this. Strong Sheryl Crow vibes, pretty good sound.

Nice

RIP

Interesting, Pink Floyd meets CCR.

Nice record. Don't know why I'm not a fan of her, this is good stuff. Maybe too much caterwauling?

Hell yeah

This was really cool. Progressive, bouncy, a lot of fun.

Meh, just not my thing. Kind of moody, atonal, like it wants to be shoegaze but doesn't groove.

Nice production to this one. Gospel and funk undertones. Dig it.

Well, this was interesting. Didn't hate it, renaissance faire vibes for sure. Lyrical structure was certainly entertaining, sort of spoken-word runon sentences.

This is weird. I like it.

Liked it better than I expected, but then again didn't expect much. Good energy, but not a lot of variety to the music.

This is about as 70's as it gets. Lots to enjoy.

Vocals are not my jam, just too much drone on the same note.

I get it, he's the man, still don't like his voice.

Brilliant.

decent enough record, overshadowed by his legacy.

I like the pretenders, just not sure I'm crazy about this album. More punk than new wave.

Fantastic. Reminds me of the importance of listening to an album in order (instead of randomized or a track at at time).

This was fun. Vibrato kind of over the top, but as Grandpa Simpson would say "that was the style at the time".

Well, I guess I have to like this.

Meh

Yep. Not as good as King of Rock, but still a solid album from rap royalty.

Some is quite catchy, but some is kind of noisy and obnoxious.

Not really my thing, but that's my fault, not theirs. Too punky for rock, too mild for hardcore... dunno. Hard to classify.

Some bangers, some famous guests, some frightening violence. Missed this on release. Bet it made for a lot of pissed-off parents.

This is pretty nifty. Not sure 1,001 albums material, but I do dig it a lot.

Not what I was expecting based on the album cover. Not really my jam, but liked it fine.

Didn't hate it, kind of moody and croony and backgroundy. Cheryl Crow sleepwalking...

Cringe and "oh god I hate Bob Dylan" just from the album cover. Clever lyrics, good musicality and flow, just have a hard time with his voice.

Solid!

Nice. Soul and funk with some strong disco tendencies.

Fun! Has that weird proto-psychadelic vibe like early Creedence and other late-sixties stuff. 4*

Hell yeah.

Liked this WAY better than I would have guessed. Lot of stylistic variation. Voice is a little annoying a whole album at a time though.

Well, I can tell I quit listening to hiphop around this time. Not bad, just not my jam. Kind of messy.

meh, not bad, just kind of background and boring

Fun!

what a buncha bogans

Awesome, what a lovely voice.

Interesting. Not bad, not necessarily memorable. Definitely sounds and feels like 1974.

Dig it

boring and just boring and boring some more.