1001 Albums Summary

3.5

First 5 star, great listen

Ironically, "It Was A Pleasure Then" was absolute sufferance to listen to.

I've put off rating this for 150+ days, only for a 2.5

Lyrics are pretty weak for a rap album

Varying vibes throughout the album, some tracks with nice vocals and others more based on electronic rock which were quite nice

Fav tracks: Do what we can, All I wanna know, solidify. Deserves a 3

3.5, pretty solid funk

pretty childish and boring album, can't believe this is here and animals by Pink Floyd isn't

Probably very controversial

Great post punk album, insane piano solo on "uncertain smile", lyrics angsty as shit but great.

2.5, nothing too special.

Didn't hear that much of the different influences

should be 0 star neil, why aren't you on spotify

Pretty mellow album but nothing too special

Some very nice jazz/funk, especially the first 2 tracks

3.5

think Innervisions has more unique feel to it (and funkier)

Amazing album, jazzy and funky with catchy tracks 4.5

Abit lower than a 4, fell off abit in the later tracks I think

3.5, lyrics abit cheesy

Don’t really understand the hype, not my type of rock

Banger of a pop album, didn’t expect it

Good start with a sharp dropoff towards the mid/end of the album

First Ray Charles album, but was expecting more

3.5

3.5, good first track, slightly falls off imo

Almost every song is a banger, people that hate on the flute should check themselves

OOOO I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINEE

abit too disorganised, one second feels like metal, one second feels like the opposite

Don’t understand french. This really could be either a 4 or a 2

This is different. Bad different, all songs sound so similar with the synth and is just boring.

Great voice, great mellow album, can definitely hear the blues influence, especially in the first track (favourite).

Not their best work imo, 2.5

as my flatemate Brendan points out, the lyrics are cheesy but the instrumentals are too good

Pablo Picasso.. never got called an asshole

This is garbage, but i could be getting affected by my bad day at work

Not as good as the other one, hearing hello is like a time machine back to 2015.

This album is beautifully titled, as it encapsulates the fact that it makes me want to commit suicide

Just give me a good album pls

Maybe needs a second listen, but first impressions not great 2.5

blues influences can be heard, punk still not my genre though

thought it was 3.5ish, apparently it was influential tho

Amazing first side of the album, piano is extremely soothing, liked the drum and bass element to it, fit well with the vibe.

pretty trippy, pretty fuzzy, pretty good. 3.5

Abit heavy for me, but still a good album.

Only bangers

As electronica goes, I found this quite a chill album and a good listen. First and last track were my favourites. Give this a 7.5/10.

It's christmas eve, feeling generous.

Has a psychedelic vibe, pretty good. 3.5

Not the Christmas bangers I’m used to

Lots of slow love songs, but undeniably insane voice. Forget Her and Lover you Should’ve Come over are great. 3.5

As far as this new wave stuff goes, this is up there

Solid first half of the album, slight drop off but some ambient/nice tunes in the second half too

This is horrible, immense challenge trying to listen to this

There a reason this was album 185 for me, and it's currently day 476.. 2 hours+, spotify version "about 5 hours" is a true testament to my attention span... To me seemed like liquid d&b, actually quite soothing and calm beats for most of disc1. The second disc was more uninteresting, literally just some drums and some bass (I guess that's where the genre gets its catchy name). I don't see a situation where im like.. fuck it, put disc 3 of New Forms by Roni Size on.

Very strange, very experimental, it's a vibe. 7.5/10

idk why this album was included and not discovery or random access memories.

Brilliant

Felt abit of blues, country and some folk. Overall good variety solid album.

One of the songs has the lyric “depression will kill me”, this cured my depression as this album is now what will kill me

3.5, but closes in on 4

Not my genre, but now bad

Mixing of styles, heard some prog rock influences which were very enjoyable. The march of the black queen remains one of my favourite underrated Queen songs.

On track for a 4, then that horrific 17 min long track aumgn single handedly dragged it down.

An insult not only to music, but to mankind.

learn "blues man" riff

3.5

Psych rock and blues rock with Clapton on the guitar, it doens't get much better. Strangeeee brewww. Kill what's inside of youu.

How blues can you get? Not much more than this album

THE jazz album

I really don't understand why this is rated so highly

Some nice funk and soul. 8/10

Horrifically bad, sounds like a Slovenian exorcism, and an unsuccessful one.

WAS THE SON OF A PREACHER MAN

Jeff beck guitar solo, songs written by bowie and mark knopfler. Pop bangers, enough for a 4/5

This is like modern art, it's garbage but somehow highly acclaimed. Would give it a generous 3/10, but some guitar legends such as Steve Vai and Frusciante highly praise this album. And apparently many listens are required, so I will give it a high rating and come back to it.

Insane pop album, 8.5/10

8.5/10

I fall asleep to this music, I also fall asleep to silence so it's not saying much. 2/10

7/10

Funky, catchy, great bass across the whole album

Poetic lyrics, smooth guitar.

Slightly better than ambient works 1/music for elevators.

Another insane album that is sadly not on spotify. Jazz, soul, R&B and the blues mixed together to create some great tunes. The bottle is the highlight of the album for me. 9/10

A good mixture of funk, pop and soul. The lyrics could be abit repetitive but doesn’t stop it from being a top album. 9/10

First time listening to Afrobeat properly. Great listen, good instrumentals with catchy melodies.

Edgy and nonsensical lyrically, boring and dull musically. The riff on "Mask" is kinda cool tho ngl.

Quite an average album imo, alot of repetition in both lyrics and musical patterns.

Some funky bass with catchy melodies. King of pop doesn’t disappoint

banjo is nice and gives it a good country vibe, but I feel like it's 2 hours of the same song played on repeat.

5/10, but admittedly I wasn't paying too much attention.

Beautiful vocals and amazing lyrics, best Bowie album on the list so far

7/10

7/10

Can hear the southern element to it, amazing blues sound. Combined with the improv parts of a live album makes for a great listen.

Mellow tunes, a nice voice with good instrumentals. Varied sounds so it's not boring. Great! 8.5/10

Got this guy as one of the first albums, this one is more soul compared to the last one. Pretty good.

Extremely average, generic-sounding country. Unsure between 1 or 2 stars.

Better than expected..

Very 90s rock/hard rock sound, I think the second part of the album is slightly weaker with too much repetition at times, but overall still an amazing album.

Mellow album with some nice vocals, good for a scary sunday and I would say original for the 60s. 7.5/10

Excellent on first listen, new and varied sounds. Great mix between hip/hop, rock, and electronic. Will definitely listen again

Overall amazing funk album, track 4 and 5 can be slightly improved I think but still as one of the best funk albums. Favourite tracks: one nation under a groove, who says a funk band can't play rock.

Beautiful voice, it has a Christmasy sound to it. If I pretend like it’s Christmas I give it a 4/5

To call this music is an insult not only to music, but to the human race and how far we've come as a species. (didn't even finish the album, had 3 tracks left).

No you girls is a banger

5.5/10 saved by the sax

Has some interesting music and blend with metal that I didn’t expect. Lyrically terrible though and abit too messy at times

Need to listen again, was in deep focus and feel like I missed out on a great rock album

One of the most highly-rated live jazz albums for good reason. Beautiful piano lines throughout, very different compared to the other jazz I listened to which seemed to have more buildups and releases throughout.

Better than the first album and has a strong start. Think it falls off abit and musically becomes not all that impressive. Trumpet/violin near the beginning was great though. 7/10

Perfect mix between rock and blues. Amazing sax on Your Latest Trick, really like the guitar work on One World. One of the greatest riffs of all time on Money for Nothing. Brothers in Arms and Why Worry are beautiful.

Early rock, quite geared towards love. Maybe Baby reminds me alot of the beatles

Quite similar sounding throughout, good bit of folk.

Abit of dance/house which is good for a change. Thought it’s a good album but nothing too exceptional. Fav tracks: deee-lite theme, power of love, try me on.. I’m very you

heavy metal that incorporates rap is interesting.

3.5/5

Extremely average country album imo

6/10

Probably alot more going on than I can appreciate (such as the unusual time signatures). Sounds more modern than I would've expected for a 50s album and overall amazing.

Lyrics is a bunch of non-sensical emo stuff, not much going on with the instrumental. Overall quite bad and I can't decide between 1 or 2 stars. 3/10

Wikipedia labels this as “folk jazz”? Finally found a genre that doesn’t rly go with jazz

He might hate Jews, but GADDAM he makes good music

As country albums come, this ones not bad. Relaxed vibe with some jazzy elements makes it much more original.

Can hear the country/blues influence. Some timeless tunes in there and a great lesson: you can’t always get what you want

Amazing piano parts mixed in with hard rock for a unique sound

The lyrical component can be improved, but 5 for the revolutionary guitar by Eddie

Fav tracks: Grounds for divorce and an audience with the pope. 7/10

Very strong album with some catchy tunes, great sax lines, vocals quite unique with some entertaining lyrics.

Get an Indie vibe from this album, last track has a great groove, had potential to be even better. 3.5 but ill round it up

3.5

horrific nonsense whispering and overall just strange music.

3/5 for me, but worth a second listen since it's being seen as one of the greatest/most influential albums of all time..

Nice bit of harmonica, the lyrics are questionable. Perhaps most on the grooviest tune under my thumb

Recongised Chain of fools from a bakermat remix and instantly knew this would be a banger. This is what I think of when I think of Soul.

Powerful vocals, poetic lyrics. Though the style is repetitive throughout. Probably deserves a second listen.

vintage psychedelic rock. Songs about bikes and scarecrows, but also instrumental bangers like interstellar overdrive. Would say deserves a 5 but I leave it a 4 as it's not very accessible. Probably 5 on shrooms tho.

Super repetitive lyrics, though it's quite a nice intro to neo soul.

Extremely average blues/country licks, nothing special about the vocals either.

Unique sound, feels like indie with some underlying funk. Fav tracks: Time to get away and All my friends

Have heard verter jazz, thought the last copule of tracks had room for more creativity but overall a good album

Early rock from the 60s, yet I think has a more advanced sound to it.

Actively listened to this one, great concept album with quite unique/otherworldly themes. I like the inclusion of the more "traditional" rock and roll sounding tracks like suffragatte city and rock n roll suicide. Mellower tracks like soul love are add good variety. Starman and Moondage daydream are absolute bangers.

Usually not a fan of mood changes between first/second half of the album but this one goes from more intense indie rock to mellow/instrumental in quite a nice way. Favourite track: An Ocean Between the Waves

Nice mellow piano

Second part of the album fell slightly flat for me

Vocals are abit average to me - repetitive and not that interesting of a range going on. Nice horns etc throughout

3.5

Relaxing album, doesn’t overdo it on the synth, quite mellow and interesting. 3.5/5

2.5

Beautiful composition throughout the album, has a feel of orchestral music yet with pop/rock/blues influences. Amazing pianowork and I didn’t know you can leave your hat on was initially recorded by him.

Beautiful vocals - missed most of the lyrics and definitely a second listen required. Great mix of electronic/folk in the first half of the album, then dropping down to just simple guitar and vocals.

Never heard prog metal before, feel like this is a good mix between that and prog rock. First track extremely varied, very cool

Surprisingly different from what the name suggests. Though it is quite heavy on the emo vibe/lyrics

Pretty solid alternative/indie style rock, some country influences in the guitar playing in the first side of the album (i.e. in wild wood). Lyrids abit meaningless.

Very unique, a few covers but both interestingly done. Love the bongos and how they made it sound very funky

Quite relaxing raegge, really liked the bass work in there.

Good scope between the songs. Other than that, nothing too special

Musica cubana at its best. Never heard this kind of music, great blend between the jazzier and more instrumental pieces (buena vista social club, pueblo nuevo), bolero, and Cuban dance music. Amazing

I went to take a piss and the album was over.

Not even sure what genre this was, some okay songs in there but overall sounds like a mesh of one very similar song.

Just all about sex, but I guess it’s quite groovy

Lots of catchy tunes but not my favorite Beatles album. Songs follow quite childlike lyrics and melodies, which works though would like abit more variety

Lots of songs about heroin, but this still gets a perfect score from me. Perfect blend between blues, rock and abit of country (though not as much as some other albums). Timeless tunes like brown sugar, can’t you hear me knocking

Couple of interesting tracks (wilmot, tow truck)

beautiful voice, gets 3/5 cause lacks abit of variety in style (and girl from Ipanema is not on this one).

Nile Rodgers really shines through, can especially hear it in "thinking of you".

Slightly underwhelming besides the 2 classics in this album.

3.5, didn’t like the last track but leading up to it with quite good. Very distinctive sound but still would prefer an older album of theirs

Bit too much in some points for me, and in multiple cases prefer the mtv unplugged version. Despite the poeticism of the lyrics (i.e. in rape me, milk it), this gets a 3.

Knopfler's guitar blends perfectly with the vocals, classic blues rock album and such a strong debut album. Arguably one of the best guitar solos on sultans of swing but this album is much more than that.

Nice bit of funk but nothing too unique about it, fav track: under the broadwalk

Very jazzy voice as can be heard from the first few tracks, though I think it's utilised much less in later tracks.

Close to a 5/5, though the second half of the album is missing just abit of Frusciante magic for me.

Masterfully made prog rock/acid rock tracks with range of impressive instrumentals, including an organ solo on "Death Don't Have No Mercy". 'feedback' the weakest track imo but still earns a 5/5 for me.

3.5, political themes are quite nicely involved. Liked the guitar work on the penultimate track.

Felt more country and progressively got a more blues feel. Steel lap guitar and harmonica solos were my highlight

Tbf, Arabic “imagine” is kind of a vibe. 2.5

3.5

not my favourite bowie album so I give it a 3 but Bren the music connoisseur gives it a 5 so.. who knows. Definitely more art rock/avant compared to the other bowie albums I've listened to. Worth another listen

One of the worst things I’ve listen to, I can get behind some grime but this is horrific. Boring lyrically and musically, even the production is bad it just sounds horrible. Mind opening how bad this is.

One that deserves a second listen, upon first it didn’t seem too impressive. May have missed on the ska influences as it just felt more 60s/70s rock and roll

3.5, where it’s at and sissyneck are very strong tracks but think some other ones try for abit of an experimental rock and don’t get it exactly right.

500th album I rate - Lots of playing around with the rhythm, I feel like some erratic slightly off tempo bits add some blues/chaotic feel to the album. Pianowork is great throughout, second half of the album is very very good. Second listen deserved.

Like the mix between jazz/pop, lots of harmonising that worked well throughout the album, liked the work on the keyboard to make the dreamy tone.

Bored slightly by the first track, extremely relaxing pianowork nonetheless. Enjoyed the second track much more, range of instruments and sounds making it a classic prog rock album. Almost everything composed and played by a 19 year old makes this a 4/5 for m

abit too much trip pop for me in the last 5 tracks, before those a couple of pretty good tracks (Girl VII, Spring, Carnt sleep)

Beautiful voice, used it quite uniquely for a blend between pop and jazz. Deserves a second listen since it had lots of layers and varied instruments.

disco/dance bangers, great basslines and funky guitar by nile rodgers.

Finally listened to it more than 2 years after.. september 2025, pretty solid album, I like the deeper notes of his voice 3.5

second track is one of my favourite jazz tunes, slightly dragged down by the last half of the album but is still a great listen.

3.5, some good tracks albeit very 60s/love song theme to it. (Randy scouse git, no time, for petes sake)

Perfect album

IMO better than the other flaming lips album on here.

Lots of groovy/sampled tunes, another listen is needed as I didn't pay too much attention but has potential to be a 4/5. 3.5 rating upon first listen.

On day 748, I finally get to this album. It's not bad.. I would listen to it again, though to me there's no track that largely stands out. Abit different from the usual britpop, it has a more dreamy element to it, definitely less pop. 3.5

Great album, has slow/emotional songs as well as more fast paced, pop songs. 3.75 for me

Close to a 5 for the originality and uniqueness of the tunes, highlighted in Latin Simone, Sound check, Client Eastwood (both versions). etc.

Singer's voice and style remind me slightly of Nick Cave, though this album is really quite boring both in terms of instrumentals and lyrics. Not much variety in the vocals either, each songs feels like the same song. 1.5

Androgynous - unsatisfied are great tracks. Quite like the raw sound in a couple other tracks as well, imagine it would sound great live. 3.5

Starting to get a pattern with Neil Young albums: they're all pretty good, with some very good tracks in there. But overall nothing that's super unique/outstanding to me. Favourite track: Southern man

Amazing mix between electronic music and art rock. Easy to get lost in the music listening to this album, 4.5.