1001 Albums Summary

Fantastic album, probably their best. Even though it is a large departure from their original sound, the music and lyrics combine to be something truly wonderful.

I feel like I should listen to this album while riding a horse or sipping whiskey on a porch overlooking a grand vista.

It was fine, i forgot it was on.

I've been shpongled

I wanted to like it but it felt like walking around in a modern art museum exhibit more than listening to an album.

a bit long but good music and great energy, something you can't usually feel through a live album.

surprisingly enjoyable

it was fine. I'd rather listen to Bruce Springsteen.

Music isn't bad, interesting post-rock/metal/prog. But the singing. I just can't get past that.

At its best, it's fine. But it is rarely at its best.

Look, I like GRiZ. "Good Will Prevail" is a great album, and GRiZ is a fun listen, but GRiZ is not a must listen. This was fine. Too many "WUB WUB"s for me, not enough saxophone but it was fine. I just think something else should have been on this list instead.

The singles are well known and good. The rest of the album is not as great, which is my overall issue with Queen.

I made two mistakes when listening to this record: 1) I was entirely sober and 2) I wasn't in a medieval monastery filled with candles. That's my bad.

3.5 hours? The submitters got jokes...

the Tom Tom Club said "Hey, them MTV kids now like industrial, electronica, and rock, we can do that!" and they did that. It's fun, a little stupid and silly, and probably unneeded. But I liked it.

Lots of energy and chaos. I enjoyed it.

As an English-speaker, I have no idea what is going on, but Portuguese is a very pretty language and the beats are nice.

"She" is a banger of a track. The rest was fine.

a lovely album

forgettable

if Hum made a Godspeed You! Black Emperor album

well, that was unpleasant.

it wasn't bad, just wasn't for me

if Rob Zombie, Trent Reznor, and Iggy Pop made a record together... unfortunately, the idea sounds better than the execution.

A pleasant surprise. My only knock against it is a lot of the songs sound very similar.

I suspect user-submitted albums come with an unspoken rule: if it's long, you better have a damned good reason. This one runs 111 minutes — long enough to qualify as its own list. It could have been trimmed to under 45 minutes, or released as an EP; instead it should probably never have been submitted. At best it would be a 3, but the runtime knocks it down to a 2.

Is this a 3 because there's nothing particularly bad about the album or a 2 because there's nothing particularly good about it? When the album ends are you happy because you listened to it or are you relieved it's over? I'm more in the latter camp. Nothing bad about the album, just dull and I don't expect I'd ever revisit it. 2.5/5