Far more entertaining than I could've ever expected from the nearly hour-and-a-half Spanish pop rock album. I thought I was in for a beating, but this album's energy is balanced very well, with a lot of variation on what pop rock can be. Sure, it's never intensive or a challenging listen, but the vocals are nice, the instrumentation is solid, and it surely works as a cool insight into other cultures' takes on music eras I know all too well. Good add, user, don't let the naysayers get you down!

Hey, quick note 1001 Generator users. Remember when you'd all complain about how long some of the albums were? Why have I gotten five albums in a row that go over an hour? I know I have to attack Springsteen and Phish live at some point, isn't that long enough? Ten minute albums from here on out, okay? Thanks. In all seriousness, what a trip of an album. I don't know if that is necessarily a good thing, but man did the longer this album went on did I feel the joke of it all start to land more and more. It isn't the most melodic album, and I don't think I'd come back to a particular track if I could, but I respect this album enough sonically to boost it into the 3's area. Just... maybe ease some people in with Vision Creation Newsun first? Then again, that's not a ten minute album. Hmm... tricky.

Everything I read about this album made it sound worse than it is. It's an album that obviously loves Rage Against the Machine, but misses the nuances that make that band so special, which causes this to mostly boring. Lyrically it's blunt and of it's time, but I suppose it's still apt for now, at least. I understand wanting to put this here, but I feel like this album and its messages were exactly covered on the exact album it pays homage to, all sans Tom Morello guitar.

I think my favorite part of this album were all the oddities hidden within. I mean, obviously, as it is abstract hip hop but the combination of memorable and futuristic lyrics in an "Alien" sort of way, that meaning retro futurism, and beats that sound like no one could rap over them, yet Del pulls it off with flying colors, never leaving a moment to let the listener pause, as even the interludes are so intriguing with these light sprinkles of lore that only add to this plot that starts to become more and more opaque. This album ran so that so many other rappers could sprint alongside it. I have to give it 100x credit for that alone. I think some of the songs are noticeably lesser compared to others, and I could see that leading to "skips," but I was constantly entertained in some fashion, and look forward to diving into most of these songs even deeper.

Oddly unique and predictable at the same time? Listening to pretty much anything by Mr. Bungle will have you set for this record, but there are far worse things to take inspiration from, and this album does have enough of its own identity to keep it fresh. Nothing spectacular, but a good hint of something new to my palate. Palette? Pallet? Fuck off, English.

It's nice to get a sound completely absent from the main 1001 list, it really shows the benefits to user submission. Album was very pretty, and I loved the overall theme, it was always satisfying to come back to.

Always love me some Polvo, althought I'll admit I like their later on, more math rock-y stuff, but this is still a great addition.

I think my favorite part of this album were all the oddities hidden within. I mean, obviously, as it is abstract hip hop but the combination of memorable and futuristic lyrics in an "Alien" sort of way, that meaning retro futurism, and beats that sound like no one could rap over them, yet Del pulls it off with flying colors, never leaving a moment to let the listener pause, as even the interludes are so intriguing with these light sprinkles of lore that only add to this plot that starts to become more and more opaque. This album ran so that so many other rappers could sprint alongside it. I have to give it 100x credit for that alone. I think some of the songs are noticeably lesser compared to others, and I could see that leading to "skips," but I was constantly entertained in some fashion, and look forward to diving into most of these songs even deeper.

This is inoffensive, I guess? The length isn't as much of an issue as it seems, as plenty of albums on the generator extend past this album's length, so I'm used to it. The playing is also quality, dare I say GOOD at some moments, but the album as a whole just doesn't do much for me. I mean this in the nicest way possible, but the person who added this has to be a member of this band, right? Friends with them, at least? They obviously have a small following, but this feels too niché to be the album I just had to listen to at the end of the 1001 rainbow. I'm all for small acts getting represented, but this feels a bit suspicious, is all. Again, though, it's fine. Not as bad as some other reviews are treating it.

I suppose I respect this to some extent, and some of it works for me, but by the end I wanted off the trip.

Far more entertaining than I could've ever expected from the nearly hour-and-a-half Spanish pop rock album. I thought I was in for a beating, but this album's energy is balanced very well, with a lot of variation on what pop rock can be. Sure, it's never intensive or a challenging listen, but the vocals are nice, the instrumentation is solid, and it surely works as a cool insight into other cultures' takes on music eras I know all too well. Good add, user, don't let the naysayers get you down!

Love getting the genres missed on the main generator, and while this is technically a comp, it may as well count with how limited this band's discography is. Not a huge skate/ska punk fan, but with this many quick tracks some are bound to appeal.

I like the middle part, it's just wacky enough to stand out, but the rest of the album does feel like it's chasing other sounds, especially Stevie Wonder. Still, solid enough, and certainly better than I thought it'd be.

I understand including this, it's better than you'd expect, and you can find it in every record store and Goodwill in America, so it certainly left its mark. I just feel like this sort of album was done better with other acts on the original list, and something about Old Time Rock & Roll rubs me the wrong way, feels like Bob Seger is an old man yelling at a cloud, when he was barely thirty. Fine album. Still the Same doing A LOT of heavy lifting.

Oddly unique and predictable at the same time? Listening to pretty much anything by Mr. Bungle will have you set for this record, but there are far worse things to take inspiration from, and this album does have enough of its own identity to keep it fresh. Nothing spectacular, but a good hint of something new to my palate. Palette? Pallet? Fuck off, English.

Sorry person who added this, but this visually made me cringe up the moment the instrumentals started, and every time I started to ease into it a bit, it would do something to toss me right back into the Hellfire that is this album. The sound is that of an album that could be realistically played anywhere and nowhere at the same time. I could imagine hearing this blaring out of a stranger's car and not batting an eye and being concerned simultaneously. Post-hardcore just has so much great product in the world, I don't know why you'd try to drag it down with dated 2000s synths, and I say that as someone who added a 70s disco album. I could see the appeal, I guess, but if an acquaintance puts this on, I'm laughing at them, and they know they deserve it just a tiny bit.

My main takeaway here is I could of wish the main vocalist would chill it on the screeching more often. I don't mind a strained vocalist, but it just sounds uncomfortable here, and not in the good way. Plus, he has a pretty decent voice when he is singing sans strain. The album for me was in one ear and out the other otherwise. Metalcore isn't really my thing, but this album feels especially safe, and while that means this is more digestible than you'd expect, it's still a rough listen to get through. I mean I can at least admit this is better than whatever Killswitch Engage submitted for Guitar Hero III.

Hooked me very quickly, but unfortunately it didn't really stick for very long, as I realized a lot of the tracks follow the same general structure and sound. That, plus the length of the whole album led to me being ready for it to be over by the end, even if there wasn't any part I strictly disliked. It's very pretty, I give it a lot of credit, I just don't think I could sit through it all again.

I really like the guitar in this, its space-y, its fuzzy, and it has this other-wordly feel that can really put you in a certain mood. However, I get pulled out of all of that instantly by most of the singer's choices vocally, with it all sounding a bit too whiney at points, like he's about to break out into singing like one of those nasally mainstream emo voices, and it is a really unsatisfying listen because of this. Sometimes it works, like the biggest track, Stars, but otherwise I feel it just is a record with a lot of wasted potential, with a good atmosphere, but not enough holding it up with the other shoegaze, post-hardcore greats.

Knew Untrust Us from... uh... I actually don't know, but I was excited for the rest of the album, and I'd say it mostly delivered? I think by the end of the album a lot of the songs were coming off relatively meaningless and repetitive, but I'd say the front half of the album is good enough to make up for it. Just may need some more manic energy to thoroughly enjoy this one, but still, of course, very good.

Really like these kinds of monotone vocals, and I was actually kind of sad when he would go for something more akin to the Darkness of all things. The punkier stuff was way better than the rock heavy stuff, but the whole album was objectively just okay, but I personally quite enjoyed my time. Nice to have a shorter album, and there are some bangers on here.

Talking Heads is one of my favorite bands of all time, but I try to avoid their personal lives when it comes to their band because it really sours the reputation of all involved. They are certainly not the worst rock stars out there personality wise, but it can be rough. Luckily, their fantastic music and eccentric personalities always shined first and foremost. Not here, though. This album puts their inner turmoil front and center, making it known to the listener that David Byrne is NOT here, and they don't need him. But frankly, after listening to the whole, nearly hour long experience, it is pretty obvious that the group still needs their talker. There are slight bits of funk, but the whole album screams 90s identity crisis, and while some features make the band their own, looking at you Andy, others sound so off here you question how the connection even came to be. The whole album is needlessly angsty, and while there are some great moments (hi again, Andy) there is enough here to definitively say this isn't Talking Heads showing they don't need Byrne, but instead exactly showing why they had him in the first place. Without the context the album is okay, but with it this album is just a spiral of emotions in one mixed bag of a record. 2.5, rounding up to a 3 star.

This sure is.

I don't think I like Tool? Or at the very least, this album. Which is weird, because most of my life I've thought "yeah, Tool is good," but I've never listened to much outside of Schism, and I never really wanted to. But today marks a start into another controversial opinion of mine, because I find this album to be overly long, somewhat full of itself, and rarely kind of gross. I get what it's going for, and I can see the start of that more progressive metal sound leaking through, but this album shares more DNA with acts I couldn't care less about than anything interesting. I already know almost the rest of their discography is in the user albums, so that'll be fun, but maybe it'll make me see something in them as we go on. But this one is a bit of a stinker.

It truly is disturbing to me that this album has such a low average rating when it is the absolute pinnacle of death metal as a genre, with just enough hints of thrash and progressive metal to create a truly fantastic piece of musicianship, and while I'm sure vocally it is challenging at first for the unprepared, Chuck Schuldiner truly put his all into making each part of his performance on this album feel unwavering. It is one of THE metal albums, and to see that 2.7 is saddening, but I suppose vaguely expected from the group of people that have Metallica's black album a whole point above.

I bet this album would be really great performed in its entirety at a club or festival. Instead, it's just okay as an album, with a lot of great ideas, but suffers from the whole "early 2010s" of it all.

Hey, that was a good bit of blues rock! Was expecting boring and was pleasantly surprised by some interesting chord progressions and an overall more adventurous aesthetic than I'm used to with the genre. Neat!

This is a lot to take in, but at the same time I can ground this album a lot by saying All Things Must Pass has a rival in "last few songs really weren't needed on the main release, dudes." Rest of the album was okay, but the main 1001 had a better showcase for Krautrock. Just need someone to add Ege Bamyası, thanks.

This was, okay? It's not as good as the original, but it also isn't that different? It's a re-tread more than anything, making that 2.0 feel more like a stability update more than anything, and if there's one thing I think Garbage needs, it's variety, not stability. Still, Garbage is decent, and so is this album.

It is a shame how synthpop went from such a lively and lush genre in the disco era into the 80s new wave, to something rather stripped down in the 2000s. Obviously it works sometimes, and this album isn't bad, but I like my ice cold synthpop to be more meaningful than a simple long drive through the night. When things pick up, though, the album shows hints at something more that I really do like, and I'll give it credit for that.

I really want to like this album, I like what I've heard of them, and they seem like solid songwriters. But this album felt long and repetitive. I appreciated when the musicianship switched about halfway through, but nothing really stuck out, and the album seemed to drag on. I want to try more from this style of music, and I appreciate a modern rock opera, but this wasn't my cup of tea.

Has fantastic moments, great moments, and I'd even say it doesn't have bad moments. However, I would say it lacks a little bit of proper pacing, and with an album this long, that is pretty important. But, all the right beats are there, and this album's dire cry for help is as relatable as ever, and the fantastic blend of indie rock and alt-country, with a pinch of post-hardcore, leads to one of the best of the late 90s rock scene. It just needs some of the filler chopped off to make it one of the greatest of all time.

Just taken off of streaming, but I don't mind, I bought the album on Bandcamp the moment I found out, and you should, too. Support artists directly if you can! That being said, listening to that very version on Bandcamp, as the LP, vinyl version, while the original, is not exactly quite as accessible. Anyway, the album itself is mystifying. There are plenty of moments on this record that you could argue aren't even fully "music," but the overall tone of the album is such a foreboding, heavy feeling that feels like the world could rip itself apart at any moment, and when it all comes to a climax, you find yourself swept up in all the right emotions. It can be a long wait, and if you're impatient like me you may start to doubt the album, but it always pays off; just let it cook.

Hey, quick note 1001 Generator users. Remember when you'd all complain about how long some of the albums were? Why have I gotten five albums in a row that go over an hour? I know I have to attack Springsteen and Phish live at some point, isn't that long enough? Ten minute albums from here on out, okay? Thanks. In all seriousness, what a trip of an album. I don't know if that is necessarily a good thing, but man did the longer this album went on did I feel the joke of it all start to land more and more. It isn't the most melodic album, and I don't think I'd come back to a particular track if I could, but I respect this album enough sonically to boost it into the 3's area. Just... maybe ease some people in with Vision Creation Newsun first? Then again, that's not a ten minute album. Hmm... tricky.

Was kind of hoping for more here, but it was mostly just inoffensive? Lots of songs feeling like they were on the verge of a religious montage backing track, but there was softer moments I enjoyed a bit more. The whole album kind of just exists, though.

The Avett Brothers are such a strange band in my life. They are my parents' favorite band of all time. Have been for nearly two decades. That means when I was younger this album had just been released I heard each song probably literally 100s of times. You'd think that'd make me despise these songs, especially when my music taste doesn't match theirs all too exactly. Yet, call it some form of Stockholm Syndrome, but I don't hate, dislike, or even think any of these are boring. Too safe? Maybe... but I still liked this little trip down memory lane, and while they certainly have better albums, I think this album has charm, and far exceeds similar music from the era. The biggest crime this album commits is no "Pretty Girl from..." songs like the other albums had. Those were always the best.

Just regular ol' blues rock. Not offensive, not interesting. Found in every bargain bin record box in America.

Everything I read about this album made it sound worse than it is. It's an album that obviously loves Rage Against the Machine, but misses the nuances that make that band so special, which causes this to mostly boring. Lyrically it's blunt and of it's time, but I suppose it's still apt for now, at least. I understand wanting to put this here, but I feel like this album and its messages were exactly covered on the exact album it pays homage to, all sans Tom Morello guitar.

The children yearn for the days of 2000s Arctic Monkeys, but that is probably discrediting this album far too much. There's a lot of great and good stuff on here, just have to wait long pauses to get to it.

Hey, I think I talked to the person who added this on the Subreddit when they got done with the generator. Hi!!! Unfortunately, album wasn't really my cup on tea. Felt a little too on the nose for the kind of music here, and the vocals just flashed me into a Hot Topic in 2004. Instrumentally, it was solid but probably not enough so to lift this up. Liked the ideas, and I may like their debut more, who knows!

I respect the energy of this album, and I certainly appreciate it scratching that itch that a lot of power pop seems to miss for me. This is what Weezer should be up to now. It is constantly moving and shifting and as a whole album it is one solid art piece that I quite appreciate. Just hard to wrap my head around sometimes to give it too high of praise, but it is undoubtably good.

I was so, so, SO close to enjoying this in the same way I'd enjoy Fleet Foxes are even Sufjan Stevens, but instead it felt pretty middle of the road. Nice and brief, with some stand out moments, but nothing so incredible that I came to see why Bon Iver is nearly a household name.

No, no I am not.

I've seen this band's album covers, but I knew nothing about them otherwise. It was fun, though! I love the energy Australians seem to bring to punk, and the guitar playing was nesrly sludge metal at points, which I quite enjoyed. Just wish it was less repetitive and a tiny bit more melodic at points, but this is punk we're talking about, so that seems unfair of an ask, huh?

I'll give you this, I wouldn't have blinked twice were this on the main list.

Devastating.

That sure was Earth, Wind & Fire.

I may not be able to understand most of the album, but I am a sucker for when hip hop is paired with a genre you don't see too often and MPB is a great pairing. Just wish it kept that pairing the whole time and I think this would be something truly special.

Suprisingly solid for a two hour, Bruce Springsteen live album. That is to say, a two star.

Kind of just incredibly plain. It never feels like it's going for anything, and when it does "pick up" it still is far behind the competition. I suppose it feels a couple years ahead sound wise, but still far too safe, and therefore, boring.

Some of you are acting like this is naptime-worthy, but compared to the likes of Belle & Sebastian, Nick Drake, etc, etc, this is metal. Pretty nice, I like a lot of parts of this, I just think some of the tracks got too long for the contents within. I can jam with a long track, but not these, for some reason. Still, pleasant enough.

Kind of funny considering their first album in twenty-six years just released a couple weeks ago. Cardiacs certainly has some good songs, some of them are on this very album, but man if they are not too much for me. After a while of their music my eyes start glazing over and I just get bored. Talented musically, and always creative, but only sometimes my cup of tea.

Shockingly pleasant and perfectly epic in its execution and production. Just a couple more tracks like the opener to replace the less exciting stuff and this could truly be an all time great, but it's still very good and explains why I see it in every record store in America.

Weener

This is one of the only times I think I've ever said "this isn't what I expected" and meant it negatively. The album cover screams 90s, but the genres and general vibes told me this may be something fun to dive in to, despite its length. However, after the first few tracks the rock influences started to wear on me, just being cheesy, and by the end, despite a couple tracks almost grabbing me, I was ready to be done with the singer's frankly annoying voice and the general repetitiveness of the whole project, despite the small variations between tracks. Maybe if it was a shorter album I would be nicer, but I come away from this just feeling like I wasted my time, but maybe I should've expected that would happen the whole time.

Very pleasant slice of 80s pop, although I can't shake the feeling the whole album is overly... familiar? You'll catch samples of other song's melodies, and just the general tones of a lot of these tracks feel like already established big artists. Now, I'm not saying they copied those artists, the chances of that are unlikely, but it makes it so this album doesn't really have its own identity, y'know? It's 80s pop rock, and that could've been a lot worse than this was, so I'll take this experience away as a net positive.

I'm so happy that this album makes so many people out there happy and uplifted. I've been familiar with Robinson's work for a bit now, and I remember liking it, so I was hopeful for this album, but... this kinda not good? I mean, instrumentation can be solid at times, but the whole thing comes off like Owl City but louder and more daring, and starting from Owl City and working your way up only gets you so far. This isn't an album I can really hate on, I just actively disliked listening to parts of it, and too many of those parts (because the album should have ended three different times) makes the whole experience sour. I think this album is something really special for lots of folks, but I'm not one of them.

I only know Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) by name because of the soundtrack for the movie Her, which he did with Arcade Fire. Because of that, I was worried this would sound like Arcade Fire, a band I don't really get the hype for. However, this is really simple but pleasant chamber pop, and has some really fantastic pop tunes near the end to keep the energy going throughout. I think if that variation was more consistently woven into this album this could be really great, but it is still very good nonetheless.

Pleasant with bits that are pretty good, but too long winded and a bit meandering at points.

Always found this album disappointing compared to Awaken, My Love, but it still has its moments and charm. I suppose it's not really fair to compare them, any way.

Proto-Twenty One Pilots (Derogatory and complimentary)

Probably deserves to be something I listened to before I died, but I still don't really care...

Very Gen X, very R.E.M. inspired, but there are certainly worse things to be. Just fails to have its own identity. Like, at all.