1001 Albums Summary

I've been a fan of Night wish for years, but this is far from their best workm

This album was a tough rate. I initially opened it on a Saturday morning, looking for a good listen. I got 10s in and realized it was nu-metal and shut it down. But, going back later, I really enjoyed the album. There was way more protest than I was expecting, a real Rage Against the Machine vibe. I could have used more RAtM and punk with less of the nu-metal sound, but overall, it's easily my favourite nu-metal album. I'll be recommending this one to friends.

Forgettable, but fine.

Forgettable, but fine.

This is alright for indie. I wouldn't turn it off.

This was a big album from my childhood, growing up on the East Coast of Canada. Great Big Sea were a staple of radio play here, so most of the tracks on this album are part of my core musical history. I don't actually like most of the music I was raised with, but this one still hits pretty hard. I've probably got a weird bias on this one, but I really enjoy it.

This album started on a high, but got grating really quickly. There are some hits early on, but this should have been an EP.

This was a wild ride, and I may have found a new band that I love. This is probably the most experimental rock album that I've ever heard, or at least the most experimental that actually hit the target. I loved this album and will be listening to it for a long time.

I'm conflicted on this one. The music was really good and I enjoy this genre, and Valerie is clearly a good singer, but I find her voice difficult to listen to, almost as if she's singing on a different genre than the music she is singing to. After the full album I was starting to get used to it, but I don't think I m going to want to seek this album out again or dove deeper into her work.

This was actually the best Björk album on the list. I would rather see this on one the main lost than all of the others. It's still not great, but Björk did have a major impact on music.

I've never heard anything quite like this before. Not something I'm really into, but it's legitimately good and I'm glad I listened to it.

This is like listening to pop radion in the 2010's. I don't think there is anything cohesive or impressive about this album. It's feels pointless to me.

Honestly, this was fine, but nothing inspiring. Nothing really stood out, but there were no big flaws either. Maybe this is great if you're immersed in Hip Hop, but for me, it's just fine.

This sounds like a cross between Beck and They Might Be Giants. I probably wouldn't listen to it again, but if someone was playing it, I'd have a pretty good time.

This was probably one of the best Indie Folk albums I've ever heard, but suffers from the same issue as the entire genre. It all sounds the same. This 4 is begrudging, it's really more of a 3.1 in a genre of 3s.

This brings back a lot of memories of the late 90s and early 2000s. Whish is weird because I've never heard any of this before. A solid outing and something I'll be listening to again.

This was a lot of fun, I'd happily go here again.

This is the best soundtrack style album I've heard on the list. It's a bit more fast paced and a bit harder than others, and has a distinct Mexican vibe. I liked it a lot.

This really sounded like a Spanish cover album of late 20th century English pop music. It was really weird to listen to and I don't think I liked it. But I guess I didn't hate it either.

This reminds me of the music kids in my high school were producing on Fruity Loops on Windows XP. Not terrible, but its best quality is still the run time being under 30 minutes. It would have been a 2 if it were longer.

Solid album, smooth and calm.

Man, these lads sound like Bowie from one of his darker periods. A really great outing and pleasant to hear music like this coming in modern times.

This one got pretty cloying pretty quickly. When I first heard TMBG I thought they were a comedy act that did a bit of music, I was surprised to find that they were a serious musical act. I'm still surprised when I realize this. Nothing on here was great, and to be honest neither is a lot of their older work. Every know and then they'll produce a hidden gem, but not on this album.

I hated this one right out of the gate. Old, twangy county is really not my jam. But is started to grow on me as it went. A few songs in and I started to appreciate the musicianship and style. A few more songs in and I actually started to like it. I'll almost certainly never listen to it again, and I'm not going to seek out anymore Guy Clarke music, but overall way better than I expected out of the gate. This is probably my favourite country album now. It probably deserves more, but I can't go any higher for an album I don't want it hear again.

I've probably listened to this album end to end dozens of times. It's great, but it's probably the worst of Pink Floyd's best period. Still solid, great concept, very thematic.

My initial impressions from the first track are that this is a pretty unique album, kind of a popy soft-rock but in an interesting way. Going through the rest of the album, it's still occupying a soft-rock/pop niche, but feels way less innovative. This feels like it would have had a lot of radio play if it were released 25-35 years earlier, and I guess if you're into that sort of sound, it's pretty good. But from my perspective, it's just a mid-range outing. Forgettable, but not in a bad way. Maybe like a Corey Hart revival band.

Indie grunge. Two genres that I guess aren't very far apart, but probaly should be. This album is very good at evoking sadness, but that is about it. I want to give it an extra star for the emotional hit. But I really don't like it, so 2 it is.

Brings back a lot of memories, and to be honest, it's better that I remember. Ozzy had always been sort of like a clown to me, probably because of his reality TV work. But man, this really hits hard. I love it.

So forgettable I barely remember listening to it yesterday. Just another indie record.

This album is terrible. The band is a mess, Iggy is drunk and the crowd is angry. Having read about it, I can see why you'd add this to the list, but even though I like Iggy and the Stooges, I'll never listen to it again.

Okay, I just don't understand country music. I don't know why people like it. I don't know what makes it good or bad, almost all of it sounds the same to me. I genuinely don't know how to rate this and at this point, I don't really care anymore. I hope there are few country albums left.

This is easily the best Talking Heads album I've ever listened to, but it's also still the cheesy new-wave pap that Talking Heads puts out. I imagine there is a nostalgia effect going on here for older listeners, but for me, it's just fine.

This feels like a pretty standard American singer-songwriter album, with nothing special on top. I imagine this has some more impact if you live in the USA, but for me, this is a pretty bland album. I wouldn't include it on the list, but as far as music goes, I guess it's fine.

So, my initial impression of this album was that it was just noise and screaming. After sitting with it a while, I think I was right, but I also think I liked it? I'll probably listen to it again, and I don't know why. I have no idea how to rate this, but it deserves to be here and it's probably the best listen out of the "terrible" albums on either list. Good pick.

This guy is the chicken nugget of music. Like, yeah, it's definitely music, and pretty much anyone will listen to it, but it's so bland and unadventurous. It lacks substance, depth and interest. It's pretty much fodder for the annoying guy at parties who always brings his ukulele. I would not include this on any list that I would compile. It is pretty chill, though.

This is a pretty chill album, and it's nice to see some French Canadian representation on the list. Nothing that blows me away, but it is a nostalgic sound of my childhood.

I forgot everything about this album immediately after listening to it. I tried again, but I wandered out of the room without realizing. This is possibly the most boring album I've ever listened to. I didn't note anything I didn't like, it was just sort of ... there.

This one was hard to find, but I did end up finding it. I was hopeful that I'd get more of a King Crimson vibe out of this, but it was still solid. Feels like a weird include on the list though. There are better prog albums and there are more influential prog albums. If this were a prog list I could see it, but in a general list, probably not a top include. On the other hand, I love prog and would love to go through a prog list. So this one still gets a high rating and I'm going to keep my eye out for this one at the record shops.

This was a pleasant surprise! I listen to a lot of folk music from the UK and this is probably the happiest and most upbeat folk album I've heard.

I love Dolly Parton as a human; I do not love her as a musician. That being said, I do enjoy bluegrass over country, and this album was fine. I see why it wasn't included on the original list, though. Dolly has so much more impactful work.

So, I'm familiar with Neil Cicierega's weird mashup albums, and, honestly, this is the worst of them. I have no idea why you would put this on here. I DO think one of these belongs on the list. It was a cultural phenomenon in its time, and while weird (and maybe bad), there is some significance here. It's still not very good.

Okay, this has a lot of protest music on it, which I like, but it's really country-leaning, which I don't. Solid musicianship.

Punk always gives me the vibe that they are okay with some discord in the music, because of the power and the vibes. This feels intentionally discordant and technically proficient, which I don't think works. It mostly just comes off as blurred noise. I'm not dure if I get any of the post-punl/post-hardcore genres. Maybe this was better on a boombox in the 90s, but it's really not doing it for me.

I gave this one a couple of rounds. I didn't think much of it on the first go, but it ended really well. Not Now James, We're Busy and Wake Up, Time to Die are both absolute bangers. The rest of the album is kinda mid. Goign to stick with a 3 on this one, because the album as a whole didn't grab me, but there are some solid tracks on there.

I guess this was an album? Could have been elevator music. I don't remember anything about it.

It's got some solid gothy vibes, but more jn the 90s vampire flick goth rather than the 80s party goth that I prefer. I wouldn't listen to this again, but it was decent and probably deserved to be on the main lost as a cultural tough point.

I was surprised to find a Finnish Prog Folk band that I hadn't heard of on this list. I listen to a lot of Finnish, prog and folk music. Listening to this it sounded a LOT like Nightwish without the orchestration. Looking at the band, it turns out it's just Nightwish in a trenchcoat. But the more modern, overproduced Nightwish. Honestly, this one is a miss. I think it's better than the modern Nightwish offerings, but not by much. I listened to the band's entire catalogue and it was all pretty much the same. Really strong 13 year old edgelord vibes.

This felt like a very interesting addition; it was pretty different from other stuff on this list. But I've heard much better music in this style elsewhere. Maybe this was an interesting album lyrically, but I don't speak Norwegian.

I have no idea how someone could finish that list and add another generic Britpop album. It's got a really mass-produced quality to it, and as far as I can tell, no real musical or cultural influence. It was fine, I guess.

I had to do a lot of thinking on this one. I love this "album", but it probably doesn't belong on this list. The video version belongs on some kind of list that probably doesn't exist, but not here. Bo is closer to a stand-up comedian than he is to someone like Weird Al. It's a comedy album that happens to feature music. It's like a 3/4 on the comedy scale in current context, but an easy 5 in the context of it's release. But musically, Bo basically produces jingle-quality music, which suits the comedy really well, with the occasional solid banger. If it wasn't for the comedy, this would be a 2, so that's where I'm leaving it. As a "thing" easy 4 maybe a 5, as an "album" solid 2.

The singer on this album sings like he's having a stroke, but it kinda works? I don't think I've ever heard Portuguese music before, but it's a good language for this genre, sets a good tone. This doesn't quite hit any mood that I'm usually looking for when listening to music, so it's not going to make it into regular rotation. Which is a shame, because it's great.

This was bland, generic and inspiring. It all kind of blurred together into an electronic indie mush. The only real compliment I can give is that the drummer was off doing his own thing and fucking smashing it all the way through. I see that he later left the band, so good for him. Despite all that, this album really captured the mood of the era and I believe absolutely deserves to be on this list. Good pick, I'll never listen to it again.

This was fine, I guess. Feels dated and nothing really jumped out at me, good or bad.

This is exactly what it says on the tin. Hard Rock in the style of the late 70s to the early 90s. Feels like listening to the radio when I was a kid. It was a fun ride and really consistent throughout the album. I don't know what it brings to the list, but it was a good time.

BNL never really clicked with me, but growing up in Canada in the 90s they were all over the radio so it's all pretty familiar. Gets points for cultural impact, but overall not my kind of alt rock/pop.

This was a pretty standard Childish Gambino album. I'm not sure why someone picked this one, but maybe it stands out to them. I guess I don't have one I'd take over this, so it seems fine. Probably deserved more recognition on the main list, and it was pretty good. Good pick.

This feels like it was produced in a factory trying to extract pocket change from 13 year old edgelords. No thank you.

This was a bit flat and bland for my tastes. A consistent level of sound all the way through with no real definition between tracks. If you're into the one sound this record had, it probably pretty good. I won't listen again.

A lot of people say you either love TOOL or hate them. I've always been kind of indifferent. To me they feel like background music and only a few of their tracks pop. That being said, this is pretty good background music and the tracks that pop, pop well

So every track on this album was great, musically and lyrically. I'm all in. Unfortunately this was a double punk album, and it began to drag after a while. I feel like any punk album that even hits 40 minutes is pushing it. 70 is way too much. I like punk to hit fast and hard, then get the fuck out. Keep it to EPs and 30 minute albums so I can take a break in between. I'm definitely going to dive deeper into these guys, but this was just a bit too long. I don't know shit about the French punk scene, but I expect I'll know a lot more on the next few days. 5/5 pick, 4/5 album.

Is never really listened to emo before. It was the butt of a lot of jokes in my early adulthood, but I'd never really dived in. It was better than I was expecting, but not great. The musicianship was solid, and it was a really well put together album. It hit all the right highs and lows Ann was really well paced. But the music didn't do it for me at all. This is getting a 3, most for composition. The music itself is more of a 2.

This is a classic from my childhood growing up in Canada. Bobcaygeon just screams early summer nights hanging out with friends, or chilling in university after a hard semester. A+

I guess this isn't bad, but I just can't listen to music like this for a full album. It's boring at best. I don't really like any one song more than another. I could see enjoying one of these songs every now and then, but it's so milquetoast.

I've never really listened to Carly Rae Jepsen before. This album is not bad, I'm not a fan of this era of pop, but she does a decent job. The album flows well and doesn't get tired. The songs are all pretty forgettable, but they've got a nice 80's pop beat to them.

Honestly, probably the best album in this genre I've listened to, and easily the best Arctic Monkeys album. Hell, it would have actually been good if it was instrumental only.

This album is chill and reasonably complex, without being overwhelming. Probably not great for a dedicated listen, but works really well in the background with some friends.

I had high hopes for this, folk punk is a solid genre, it seems pretty leftist too. But in reality this was a bluegrass-punk album and that combo didn't land with me.

It took me 2 days to listen to this album and it felt endless the entire way through. I hope this album has some sort of special meaning to the person who added it to the list, because this is 2h+ of a mediocre performance from an artist who has considerably better work, already on the main list. You could just randomly cut tracks from this album and it would be improved, regardless of what you cut. It's getting a second star because I've heard worse. But this was a brutal listen and it's very close to one star for me. I'd probably leave the room if someone played this for me again.

Flops through a lot of 90's genres. Bob Mould has some pretty good range as a musician on this album, but his vocals are not great. Overall a forgettable listen. I don't think I'd add Bob Mould to this list or any other.

I've heard a bit of Mastodon before, and it was good but never something I've really loved. This album was surprisingly good, I've never heard anything from it, but I like it a lot. A good solid drone, and a lot of Ozzy baked in. Still not something I'd want to hear every day, but a good addition to the list and to my library.

Alright. I guess for teen pop. This was pretty solid. But it's also only a couple of years old. No way to tell if this has had any impact yet. Mid album, poor choice.

This a a really weird mashup of a bunch of genres. And the singer isn't doing the album any favours. This is a 2, but I'll bump it up a point for at least being an interesting time

I normally like hardcore, but something about this just didn't click with me.

Another solid album ruined by the vocalist. Vocals are an important instrument, and they generally shouldn't be discordant to the rest of the band.

I had high hopes from reading about his album, but it came off as a bit too ambient for my tastes. Still solid, but not a new favourite. Will listen again though.

This is the first item on the post-list that I'm giving a 1. I spent the whole time checking to see how long was left of the playtime and watching my wife get more and more annoyed. This is an overproduced pile of mediocrity and doesn't even come close to belong here.

This is probably the best Scottish indie album I've had on the list. That is a very low bar. However, this was actually enjoyable and there was a song or two that I actually enjoyed. I probably will never listen to Gerry Cinnamon again, but if you needed a Scottish indie album on the list it should probably be this one.

I've never understood the hype around this album. It's good, but it's never inspired me the way it does others. Solid jazz though.

This was fine. Ska has never been my thing, and always give me teenage boy vibes. But I guess some people like it.

This was solid and chill. Will definitely be listening again.

Solid, with a really consistent vibe throughout.nothing really jumped out at me though.

This was surprisingly solid and consistent all the way through. Like a mellow high in music form.

This was great, a bit more hip-hop than electronica.

I like my trip hop a bit more melodious than this. I found it a bit staccato in parts that brought me out of the flow.

This is the most 80's album I've ever heard. But nothing in there made me think anyone would ever need to listen to it.

This was surprisingly good for modern pop.

This was a good indie album. I'm not a fan of the genre, but something about the slow melodies and relaxing mood worked for me.

This was not a good album. Most of the songs were actively irritating to listen to. Post breakup sex is particularly obnoxious. There is so much bland indie music on the post-list, it makes me wonder how people who enjoy it got through the variety of interesting music on the main list.

There was another Eels album on the main list, and I hated it. I found every song grating and borderline unlistenable. This, on the other hand, was quite pleasant. Should have replaced the one on the main list. Will listen again.

I've never listened to Dave Matthews Band before, which was kind of a surprise. I had assumed I would recognize a song or two, or at least the style. I really enjoyed this. I heard a lot of Sting in this album, although with a looser production style that I think goes well with Dave Matthew's vocals. It was a bit too seeped in 90s alt cheese for me to give it 5 stars, but I will probably seek out more Dave Matthews in the future.

Middle of the road 90's album. Nothing special, nothing terrible. Forgettable, but not in a bad way.

Another forgettable pop entry. Japan has a lot better than this to offer.

I don't know what this is, but I regret listening to it. This will be my first 1 on the post-list. It feels weird, because I think this is exactly what the artist intended and it was well executed. But why would you want to do this? I like metal and I hate shoegaze, but I feel like this takes the worst of both worlds.

That was a lot of fun. Probably a bit too long of an album. Trimming it down 15 minutes or so probably would have been better.

This was great, I can see the relationship to reggae and jazz here, almost like a stepping stone between the two. I can see why this genre gets sample into reggae and dancehall. This is the only dub album I've ever listened to, so I have no idea how good or representative it is of the genre. But I liked it.

This is some pretty mediocre pop/rock. Could be from a local bar band that only plays on weekends. I'm really not sure what the appeal of Garbage is. I didn't get it in the 90's and I don't get it now.

This album is too new to really know if it is staying power or cultural impact. I would not include anything from the last 5 years, at a minimum. There were a couple of hits on here, the singles I assume, and they were good. The rest was musically kinda meh, and lyrically filled with a camp raunchiness, that I found lacking in authenticity. I don't see this making any serious impact, but parts of it were fun, and Pink Pony Club is a solid hit.

I don't really enjoy this era of alt rock, but this is probably the best example of it that I've heard. Like a better Alanis Morissette. Ani DiFranco has a lovely voice and it really compliments the style.

For me, this was a pretty mid pop/rock album. But looking at when it came from, and the underlying sound, I feel like it's a good add to the list.

I guess I listened to this album.

I think I loved this. I may come back and re-rate after a few more listens, but I'm going to err on the side of recklessness and go straight to a 5. It was a very cohesive album and gave me soft, Dream Theater like vibes. I'm going to dig deeper into this album, and deeper into Mansun. This was a good pick.

The lows of this album were pretty low, Super Mario and static are not a great combo. The highs were pretty solid, though. I enjoy that the singer wasn't breathlessly wheezing at me for 45 minutes, like I expect with most indie vocalists. I probably will never listen again, but it seems to be culturally relevant, so I guess it's a good add.

This was a great album, probably the most approachable prog album I've ever heard. Seems like a great way to get into prog, I'm surprised these guys aren't a lot more famous. Perhaps they're bigger in the UK than they are over here in North America.

I like my punk music angrier and more raw than this. It was alright, but nothing I'd write home about.

This album has mad teenage boy energy and is a lot of fun. I'm not sure I'd put it near the best of anything, but I liked it.

I bet someone from the band, or one of their friends added this. It's a fine album for a local pop band, but doesn't really have a place on the list. All the best to the band, and I hope they do well. But if I remember this tomorrow, I'll be surprised. It's probably great if you have a personal connection to it. But I certainly don't.

This album is hard to rate. It's more or less built into my baseline understanding of music, given the amount of airplay Bob Seger got during my formative years. I find this album difficult to listen to. Not that I find it frustrating or bad, but because parts of this album were literally the background noise of my childhood. Actively listening is difficult because I tend to drift off. On the other hand, it's a genuinely good album, and really a perfect sound of the genre in that era. Definitely a big miss on the original list.

Surprisingly good indie.

This was good, but I've heard better collections from Louis Armstrong, and it's not a super cohesive album. I think stuff like this deserves to be on a list, but probably not this one.

Classic Hip, solid album. Not quite as good as the other one on the list though.

This was awful. A man drunkenly mumbling over what may have been a good electronic/ambient album. The vocals just obliterate whatever might have been good about this album. And it was way longer than it needed to be. Some people in the reviews seem to have liked it, but I honestly thought this was a troll album. I hope I never hear any of it again.

This was kinda ass, but I've heard worse.

I don't get Weezer, and this album didn't help. I guess the cover art was nice.

This was a super cool concept, a little to ambueant to go all the way, but I really enjoyed it.

It's like the taught every instrument played on the album to mumble. I've never heard music that sounds muted than this. It's not bad though, just kinda weird.

I don't know, this was fine I guess? It's got real 13 year old boy energy, and it's been a long time since I was a 13 year old boy. I Iiked this more than Freak on a Leash, and I think Korn probably deserves a place on the list, so this is a good pick. I didn't love it, but it's a great example of early nu metal and I'm glad to have listened to it.

I liked this one a lot, relaxing but still pretty up-beat.

This is probably as good as it gets for modern pop, but is too new to indicate any sort of cultural movement or staying power. Decent album, poor choice for the list.

This was rad! I don't have any context as to how it would fit into the list, but I enjoyed it.

I don't know, this was kinda middle of the road. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Don't know why you would add it to the list.

This is what this list is about. A unique album, well put together and expertly executed. Something I'd never have even known to look for without this list. An easy 5.

I don't get this. It sounds like it was recorded in a garage, by some guy who just learned to play music. Maybe something you could look fondly on in your past, but not really for other people. I guess the poetry is good.

Middling folk-rock. Doesn't feel like it has a place on the list.

I don't see what all the fuss is, this was fine.

I don't know if this is good, but I really enjoyed it. It's like an entire album of intros to Pink Floyd songs.

Normally I really like prog, but this just didn't work for me. It felt a lot like the music you would hear in a TV movie.

I liked it, but I don't see a place for it on the list.

This was a fun ride, not something I'd heard before.

There are better albums in this genre on the original list. This is mid at best and pretty bad at its worst.

This is a tough one. I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan, and I've loved this album for a long time. But not as much as the studio albums, like Dark Side of the Moon which was included on the main list and also entirely in the middle of this album. Good album, but not a must hear.

Fine, but bland.

This is like a modern take on film-noir style jazz. I love it.

This was pretty middle of the road for the era.

Parts of this were really good, but other tracks were clearly the artist doing some experimentation. This artist has a good box, they should look to explore more in there, rather than outside of it.

Pretty boring rock. Not sure why you'd include it in a list.

This one took me a while to get into. I love Blade Runner and I enjoyed the soundtrack during the film, but I'd never considered listening to it standalone. As a rule, I'm not really into soundtracks or film scores. I find they either loose something when separated from the film. That being said, after a few tracks, I really got into this one. It managed to capture the cyberpunk feel and hold it. I think this was a great addition and probably the best soundtrack on the list.

Better than I expected, but that bar is very low.

Forgettable

This was good, but I don't get the hype.

Really solid album, very folky which is a nice change in a rock opera. I liked it a lot, will listen again.

Solid death metal. If I had to introduce someone to death metal, I would give them this album. Solid release, great choice for the list.

How could you sit through 3 years of the original list and decide that THIS album needed to be heard? It's weak at its best and abysmal at its worst, and what impact has this had on the industry, culture or the genre. It's probably a 2 musically, but -1 for being such a poor fit on the list.

I enjoyed this a lot, it gave a distinctly European feel without the standard europop sound that pervades a lot of modern European music.

This was fun, but not particularly impactful.

This is some pretty solid dad-rock. I recognized most of these tracks without ever having heard of the artist. Nothin that I really loved, but it pretty clearly influenced a bunch of other artists. 3 star album, 5 star pick.

The Foo Fighters have never really done it for me, I'm not super into their hits and the rest of their work is pretty bland. Dave Grohl seems like a rad dude, but this just isn't for me. On the other hand, this is clearly an important work culturally and in the industry. It certainly should have been on the main list. From my point of view, poor album, great pick.

I enjoy this a lot, and I love that the album is released under the Creative Commons licence. I'll definitely be diving into this one again. I'd love to know why this was chosen. I'm not sure it's a "must listen" album, but on the other hand, I really respect a band putting their music in a CC licence. On the other, other hand, I'm not sure if a CC licence is enough for me to say something should be on the list. It's hugely important to society, but I don't think it makes an album a "must hear". On the other, other, other hand, there is a level of activism in adding an album just to get it out there and let people know what a CC licence is. I don't know at all ow to feel about this album as a "must listen before you die" candidate, but it's still a dan good album.

This was better than I expected, but not as good as I'd hoped. I can hear a lot in this album that inspired other artists that came after, and I think they really improved on the groundwork here. Good album choice, but it's not for me.

Punk as played by someone who doesn't understand punk? It was catchy enough but the energy was pretty flat.

Solid punk, no idea what makes this special for the list.

This was almost painfully boring. I can't say I liked anything on the album. I just kept looking a the clock to see how much longer I had left of this guy's auto-tuned narration of his drug use and blowjobs. I think this is the most boring album I've had on either list.

This started off really well and then kinda trickled off into mediocrity. No idea why you'd put this on a list.

Nothing special here, just radio filler.

90s French pop, started out strong but the B side was a bit weak. Not my favourite, but not bad. Don't know why you would include it though.

Solid and consistent throughout. Good album.

This is the first time in years I haven't finished an album, but when you get to the point where nothing could pull you out of a 1, there is no reason to continue. It sounds like AI generated music for a hallmark romance movie. This might not be the the album I dislike the most on this list, but it's certainly making a run for it.

Really solid REM choice. Maybe not their best album, but a really consistent album, end-to-end.

I do not like this album. I have nothing good to say about it. But I'm a little behind and I listened to Nurture by Porter Robinson today, so you get an extra point for being better than that trainwreck,

Emo punk is a weird combo, I don't hate it, but I don't like it either. Actually a pretty good add to the list, I'm happy I listened to this.

I love King Crimson, but this was a weird one. I don't really like new wave, but this was really good for new wave? Hard to rate this one.

I didn't like this, my wife did like this, and my cats didn't like this.

This was decent

A mediocre alt rock album, nothing worthy of note.

I don't even know what this was, but it fucking slapped!

This was a hidden gem! Loved this, it'll be on my "chilling on the back deck summer mix".

This starts out on a high note, and then plunges from there. This is not an album I will be listening to again.

This album was consistently soild, but I've heard better work from McCartney, and even the better work doesn't blow me away. Monkberry Moon Delight is a unique bright spot on this album. Better than most of the Beatles albums, but I've never understood the hype around McCartney.

Every time I see a post-something album on this list, I groan. If it's all bland, pointless mush.

This was fun, a little repetitive, but I enjoyed it. Not an album I feel like I needed to listen to though.

We've had other Lou Reed albums on here, this one specifically didn't blow me away. But it's still a Lou Reed album.

I enjoy brit hip hop, and this is a solid example.

All of the indie music sounds the same, why is there so much of it on here?

This was bad and discordant. I don't know why you would want to listen to this, let alone recommend it to anyone.

Solid, but not his best work.

My first impression was that these lads sound like a bored Nick Cave. My second impression was literally nothing. This is background music and it's fine.

Generic indie.

This MAYBE should be on the list because of the cultural impact. But it's not actually good as an album. Maybe if you're with a group watching the film or play, but as an album, it just not very good. Maybe pop this on the 1001 film list or something.

This was fine for R&B.

No more Mountain Goats for me please.

Better than I expected for indie pop, if I had to chose an indie pop album for this list, it would be this one.

Bland mush, but popular bland mush. I didn't like it, but John Mayer is a force in the music industry. 4/5 as a candidate for the list. 2/5 as an album.

This was awesome! This era of jazz already hits hard and this feels like a masterpiece.

I normally shy away from the alternative pop styles, and from lofi, but this was really solid. It had a good energy and was perfect on a rainy Saturday morning. Dutch vocals are always tough as a native English speaker. It has a similar cadence, but is unintelligible, but it still holds up.

Generic indie again

Weird and not great.

This was straight up bad in every way.

100% should have been on the original list. Tool is a cultural phenomenon with many devoted fans.

This is one of the most annoying albums to date. It started off rocky and plunged straight down hill from there. Do not recommend.

This was surprisingly good, more like experimental jazz with more experimental instrumentation that electronica.

Way more chill than Tom Petty's earlier albums. I enjoyed it all they way through.

I’d proline this more if I spoke Spanish, but it had really consistent energy throughout. I’d listen again.

This album sounds exactly like every other indie album on this list and I’m so tired of hearing it. Indie rock feels like an inversion of the early 20th century music industry. Instead of one person writing a song and a bunch of artists playing it in their own style, we get everyone writing their own songs and then trying their damnedest to make them sound like every other indie song on the market. This is music for people who don’t like music. A safe, non threatening song that they can listen to in infinite permutations. I give this album a 3, but the addition of it to the list is a 1.

This one was pretty mid. I don’t really have anything to say about it either way. I also don’t see what place it has on the list.

This was weird, but neither great nor poor.

This really wasn’t for me, but I guess it was also pretty different from what we saw on the main list. But, in the other hand, what even is it, and did I need to listen to it? I don’t know.

The second track on this album was really interesting and I got a bit excited for an indie album that went off the beaten path. But alas, this was the same slop over again.

Super dated and not particularly inspiring. I’m sure someone likes this, but it’s not a must hear.

Oh look, more generic indie. This, as all the rest, is fine. I don’t know why any of these are on the list.

More indie. Bland.

I’ve heard of this album and “Brat Summer” in the past. Honestly, I was expecting more. This feels like it was added to the list at the height of the fad and now is kind of overstated. I don’t think the Brat cultural phenomenon lasted long enough or had enough of an impact to make this list worthy. Maybe in a few years when we can see if it made a lasting stylistic impact. But right now, this feels like an unimportant flash in the pan.

This was fine, but I’ve heard much better from Coltrane. I’m not sure why Tou would include this album over others.

This was decent, but I got a lot of music recommendations afterwards in the same genre that were way better. Probably a miss in this one.

I'm a big Pink Floyd fan, but I'm not that into Waters' solo work. I though this was missing the Pink Floyd spark and failed to capture my interest. I may listen again, but I wouldn't call this a "must hear."

This gives off vibes of “I’m tired of making great music, how about something weird instead. I didn’t really enjoy it, but it was certainly unique.

Musically, this is fine. But it’s not an album.

Just because an album is unique, it doesn’t mean it’s a must here. I do not want to listen to every genre of music at once, and that is what is provided here. I will never listen to this again, and I’m disappointed that I had to listen to it once.

This was interesting, but overall not terribly impressive. I didn't mind it and would listen again, but I would not seek it out.

I enjoy an ambient album every now and then, but this was pretty boring. It does capture the mood of being in a German forest on psychedelics, and maybe it would be good to listen to in that state. But, unaltered, it’s pretty boring and repetitive.

This was not great, and the production was terrible. The first half of the album was simultaneously too loud and inaudible. Reading the Wikipedia entry, this guy is pretty interesting, so I guess this wasn’t added as a troll album. I will not listen to this again.

I don’t think this has held up well with time, but it was an enjoyable experience.

I’ve heard parts of this before, but as a whole I really liked it. Much more cohesive than the other Gorillaz album on the list.

I imagine if you’re a Daft Punk fan this album is probably meaningful to you in some way, but as a casual Daft Punk enjoyer, this is not their best work. It takes a lot for a live album or a double album to really impact me in the list, and I don’t think this lives up to it. It’s still a solid album, but I would not have included it.

Alright, there is a lot of British EDM on here, and little of it is really that great. This is also not great. But it is distinct and inter compared to the rest that is out there, so I see why you’d add it to the list. Mediocre album, but maybe still a good add.

The other reviews are correct. The back half of this album is a lot better than the front half. But I do not like the back half, and the front half is terrible. This feels like it might be an American cultural thing, and I guess that is important. I struggle with how I feel about this as a choice. From my travels I see that Buffett is a cultural icon in the USA, and that has some relevance. On the other hand, I don't see that he had an outsized impact on music and I'm not sure that it fits on this list. I'm giving this a 2, because the back half is tolerable background music; but if I wanted this vibe I could listen to some Yacht Rock, a genre that I have more respect for after listening to this alternative. I could picture myself at a Florida (in an imaginary world where the USA hadn't completely gone off the rails) beach bar with the back half of this playing in the background and not hating it. I'm going to go listen to some Eagles now.

There area couple of big hits on this album that are pretty solid for for this era of Metal, but man does the filler drag on. I did not love this album in 2005, and today I really don't like it. It felt like it might be genre defining at the time, and was pretty mainstream for a metal release, but it came in just after the Napster era when the industry started to fragment and didn't manage to A7X itself into the more mainstream consciousness in the long term. I imagine this album means a lot to a lot of people, I know I still have friends who are die-hard A7X fans because of it. I'd call this an okay pick for the list, but a weak album overall.

I like my punk a bit more on the hardcore side than this, but it was a fun romp. Bonus points for theming, both musical ant lyrically. Will listen again.

Initial thoughts: Released in the last few months, triple album by the guy from Wilco. Already I'm dreading this. It's not old enough to have developed any musical relevance or generally to pull in any cultural relevance that isn't just a fad. The cover is actually quite good though. I feel like I know what this album is going to feel (depressing and moody) like from the cover alone. Upon Listening: Well, this is certainly better than any Wilco album I've listened to. I feel like this album has captured the mood of "pleasant boredom" and not in a derogatory way. It seems like the artist was trying to fight back against the creeping distress of modern times, but I'm not feeling the resistance to oppression that I would associate with that mood. Perhaps Jeff just doesn't understand the political milieu that we live in and is failing to attribute the source of his distress in the appropriate direction. Also, you include a track called "This is How it Ends" and put it three tracks before the end of the album? Big miss. From my predictions: This album is indeed too long, and probably could have been released as a 30 minute EP of highlights rather than a triple. I don't feel any cultural or musical relevance to this album, at best it may got down as the source of some of Jeff's better singles. I was wrong about the themes from the cover, yes it's moody, but I wouldn't call more than a couple of songs depressing, and those blend in well with a more mid-toned feeling. Overall, I still think the cover is a good fit, and a great piece of art. I'd probably give it a 4/5 if this was the 1001 album covers you must see before you die. Overall: I really want to give this a 3, there is a good theme throughout the album and there are a lot of decent songs on here. But, it overstayed it's welcome by the B side and I was checking to see how many tracks I had left after the first 30 minutes. Highlights: Theme and cover art Lowlights: too long and most of the tracks were forgettable

I don’t like emo. I came into this list never really having heard it before and my opinion was pretty quickly solidified after a few albums. That being said, about halfway through this album I found myself kind of enjoying it. Then the b-side hit, and I was drowned in toneless screaming. You almost had me Hotelier.

This is what I came here for. This is unique, interesting and clearly had an outsized influence on the music industry. I really enjoy the twist on folk music, usually shorter songs with simplified lyrics and themes. Where this is just 4 long, complex (okay, complex for folk) tracks. You can see the bridges built between Blues, English Folk and Rock music coming together in this album. I loved everything about this. 5/5 album, 5/5 pick.

I’m not sure if this was the right Weird Al album for the list. On the one hand, it kinda kicked off the professional parody artist genre, but on the other hand it’s probably the worst of Weird Al’s albums. Too many burp and fart jokes, not enough witty criticism of musical genres and themes. Overall, I guess this is what I’m here for. Weak album, but very strong pick. After listening and thinking it over for the night, this is a big miss from the original list. So top quality pick from the submitter. But this is this list of albums you should hear before you die, not the best albums ever released. I will also never listen to this album again, so a 3 it is.

Omitting Chuck Berry from the original list is wild. So 5/5 pick. Also a solid album. Chuck Berry is one of the greatest paedophiles of rock history.

This album sounds like a Nintendo having a meltdown. Top it off by being a band run by an abuser and his victim, with the victim begging people to leave the band behind. This is a bad album and a bad pick.

This is something that could only have reached the popularity it did at the time that it did. A comedic alt-rock act that really takes the They Might Be Giants concept and takes a couple of steps toward the comedy side, but without embracing the over-the-top comedy style of someone like Weird Al. A lot of the comedy here revolves around just being weird, which doesn't seem funny anymore in 2026. This also could have been a lot shorter. A 30 minute album if this would have been interesting, but this is really overstaying its welcome. There are a lot of tracks that could’ve just been dropped. There are also several songs that just devolve into beeps and boops and honestly sound like errors in the audio track.

I'm having a tough time with this one. Straight off, I liked it, it was a positive listening experience. It's definitely not a 5, I wouldn't go out of my way to sit and listen to this album for a focused listening session. But I would happily put it on in the background while I'm chilling with friends or doing the dishes. Normally, I reserve a 4 for albums that I am excited for and would listen to many times again. And while I would happily listen to this many times again. I'm not excited about it. After sleeping on it, I feel like I’ve been stingy with scores on the post-list, so this one gets a 4.

There were a couple of songs on here that might too out at the 3, but this was mostly stupid and musically boring.

This should have been on the main list. Solid, consistent, and culturally relevant.

I'm rating this one late, despite giving it 2 listens on the first day. I didn't love this group, the music was okay, but there really wasn't much in it for me. The Lead vocalist however, damn she's good! She has a voice that I could listen to all day, but the genre they've chosen to sing in doesn't really hit.

Wow. I don't even know what to say about this album. It feels like a definite miss from the original list. Some of the most interesting instrumentation I've ever heard. I loved it and I will be listening again.

This is too new to be on the list. This is pretty generic pop, and I'm not sure what it brings to the list. It is good generic pop though, so I guess that's something. Overall, fairly forgettable, but decent. Okay album, but I don't see what it brings to the list.

Man, this was a good time. I got hints of Mike Ladd's Welcome to the Afterfuture and Digital Underground's Sex Packets. I'm not into the genre enough to know if it had any impact, but I hope it did.

My first thought is that this sounds exactly like I'd expect early 90's alt-rock/pop to sound like. It doesn't sound to me like these guys were doing anything groundbreaking, and we've seen this style come out earlier and better by someone like Blind Melon. Coming back the next day, I have no recollection of this album. Nothing really stuck. So I guess it's a 3 according to my notes, but I think this is a weak pick.

Let me caveat this review: I love Ghost, they're one of my favourite bands, I listen to them several times every week. A live album has to be something pretty special to make it onto this list. This is not a special album. This is 90 minutes of a very specific subgenre that doesn't look to escape it's own bounds. If I wanted to put a Ghost album on this list, and I'm not sure that I do, I wouldn't suggest a 90 minute concert video soundtrack. I do not think this album would be particularly enjoyable to a new listener of Ghost and maybe not even a casual fan. As a Ghost fan, I'd rather just listen to a pair of studio albums rather than this. I don't think it's a particularly interesting live album. I usually like to deduct a point for a bad pick, but I can't bring myself to give a 2 to this album, so I guess it will live in the "I won't listen again, but it was fine" category of 3.

This was surprisingly good, definitely had the notes of North American pop from the early 90’s, but with enough distinction to keep it interesting. Definitely a miss from the original list.

This one blew me away. I was expecting something like the awful Deafheaven album Sunbather, but there was no discord on this one. Everything flowed and it was just generally a lovely experience. I've listened to if 5 times now, and it gets better every time.

I could have sworn there was another Oingo Boingo album on this list, but I can’t find it. Either way, this was good, fun, and relevant. Good album, great pick.

I did not like this. I liked parts of songs, and I think that’s worse.

This was definitely better than the other B-52's album on the list; I'd have put this one on there rather than that one. Overall though, pretty mid.

This is pretty generic R&B. Nothing stood out at all, other than the cover looks like it was taken at a Walmart photo shop.

First Impressions: From the cover alone, I'm pretty sure I'm going to hate this. Post listening: I didn't hate this as much as I expected. I still didn't like it, but it wasn't complete garbage. I will avoid these guys in the future.

Nothing wrong here, just kinda bland.

This was some weird k-pop adjacent blandness

This was good for a game soundtrack, especially considering the era in which it was written. That being said, I think it takes a lot to make an album a "must hear" and that bar is a lot higher for a soundtrack. This album did not make that bar, and while it wasn't bad by any means, there was nothing here to make it special. Everything about this screams a 1 to me, but I'm going to bump it up to a 2 because, while nothing on this album wowed me, there was also nothing on it I disliked.

I guess this was fine? I didn’t hear or read anything that would bring it to the table though.

I could happily have gone my entire life without listening to this, another generic, mid 00's indie album.

I was willing to give this a chance, but it really overstayed it's welcome. Could have been a decent EP if they'd trimmed a few tracks. I don't know much about Emo though, so this may be a great example of the genre, I just couldn't get into it.

This was a lot of fun, and just the right length.

Sold, but not groundbreaking or anything.

This really didn’t click for me. From the album art and description I thought I’d be into it, but there were several points where the sounds became irritating or borderline panic inducing.

This was not for me.

This was fine, and I’m sure means something to Argentinians, but I didn’t get much out of it.

Solid

I promised myself I'd leave a review of every album on the post-list, but man it's getting tough to find interesting points in all of the wishy-washy indie/indie-folk albums. This was like eating a bowl of white rice; it hit all the spots that it needed to, it was good, but it certainly wasn't exciting or interesting.

I didn’t have much of an opinion while listening to, but I felt unexpectedly relieved when it was over. This was to difficult of a listen for a genre that doesn’t lean into a deep active listening session.

This is some pretty atrocious alt-rock. It sounds like the kind of music a teenage boy who has never talked to a girl thinks that girls like. I do not like this at all.

This might be the only triple that I give a positive review to. The album was solid and consistent end to end. Beautiful and interesting. Also Canadian so I’m all for it.

I have listened to a fair bit of Primus in my youth. This is probably more “serious” than their hits have been. I think it is an interesting window into an interesting band that I have mixed feelings about. Good add, good album.

Surprisingly good for an indie record.

I don't know, I enjoyed this, but as more of a guilty pleasure than anything. It reminded me of the power metal I liked as a teenager. There were a few songs on here that I liked, but as an album it didn't really pull together for me.

I was pretty hyped for this, but it came out mostly as a bland nu-metal album, rather than a cool fusion album. Last track was decent, saved it from being a 1.

This was awesome. I loved the cadence and flow on this one. A lot of people don’t like spoken word, but this one really connects.

Songs: Ohia continues to be fine and I continue to not understand the hype.

This wis fine.

This was really good for the genre.

I promised myself that I would add a comment for every album on this list, but the pile of generic indie/indie-adjacent rock is so large that I've run out of words. This is a fine album, I listened to it, and then it was over. I wouldn't mind hearing it again, I would never seek it out.

I got nothing from this.

Mid.

I mean, this is pretty good for an unfinished demo tape. But it's still an unfinished demo tape. I feel like if the artist went on to do great things or trailblaze a genre, this would be really interesting.

This is a joke, right? A lot of folks in the comments seem to be new to the filk genre, but I've been listing to filk recordings for a long time. This is NOT a good example of the genre. As a mostly amateur genre, there is a lot of low skill / low production quality work out there. This is probably better production that you'll usually see, but it's pretty bland and uninteresting. If you didn't like this but you enjoy folk or Science Fiction & Fantasy, take a peek at Leslie Fish or Julia Ecklar. If you did like like this, good on ya, there is something for everyone out there.

I guess this was fine.

Fine, whatever.

This album was really popular when I was in university; you could hear it every day somewhere in the dorms. I enjoyed it then, but listening to it today, it doesn't really hold up. A bit to tame and a bit to bland. All that being said, it was sort of a culmination of a bit of a cultural movement and I think it had a huge impact on the industry. I'm giving it a 3/5 for enjoyment, but it's easily a 5/5 choice for the list. Great pick.

I enjoyed this, both for the music and for the lyrical content.

I like Daft Punk, and there are some bangers on this album, but I don't see what it adds that the other albums on the is didn't already add. There are better Daft Punk albums on the list already. Good album, but not the best pick.

This album was incredible! I could hear the origins of the soundtracks to some of my favourite Japanese media in this. I really enjoy the Japanese take on jazz and I think this is a great example of the clean and bright sounds you only get from Japanese jazz artists.

So, I enjoyed this album and I'm rating it based on that. However, we have 2 other John Martyn albums on the original list. I don't think this really adds anything we were missing to the experience, even though it's at least on par with the better of the two on the original list and much better than the other. 4/5 album, 1/5 pick.

I’m not convinced TMBG deserve to be on this list, but this was a lot better than the other album I’ve reviewed here. I actually really enjoyed this album, but it’s more of a guilty pleasure and a nostalgia thing than a quality marker. I guess this is getting a good rating, but I’m still not sure it belongs here.

I didn't like this, I can't put my finger on why, but I just found it unpleasant.

This was a pain in the ass to listen to, all of the hits are unavailable on streaming platforms. That said, this was awesome.

This sounds a lot like folk metal, without the metal. It really feels like folk approached from a space outside traditional folk music. I think it was a really fresh take. I can't say I loved it but it was one of the most interesting albums I've heard in a while. 3/5 album, 5/5 pick.

This was pretty bland. I’m not opposed to listening again, but it’s not something I’d seek out.

Yeah, this was a great jam. I’ll be listening again.

This was an album that I listened to.

Solid album, started out weak but ended solid. I’m not sure what it adds to the list, but it was an enjoyable experience.

American white girl whines about ex boyfriends. Mid at best.

I vaguely remember when this came out and it was a huge cultural phenomenon. It was the first album that I ever owned. My cousin gave it to me after I had listened to it dozens of times. It doesn't really live up to my recollections, but it was still solid.

Solid Reggae album, and not enough Reggae on the original list. Good pick.

This is better than the BoC album on the original list, but they don't hand out medals for the least bad thing. I don't understand the love for this band, I will not listen to anything on this album again and I'm sorry that I listened to it once.

If this was a list for Jimmy Eat World fans this might be a good selection, but it really just sounds like a band that hasn't found their niche yet. This album sounds pretty generic and doesn't really stand out for the era. It's also way too long. You could have cut half of this out without losing anything and gained some momentum over the whole album.

I think this is the weirdest review I've left so far on this list. I really enjoyed most of the songs on this album. There were some solid influences from folks like Bowie, Zappa, Knopfler and I think I've heard influences from these guys in a lot of other music. There were some corny tracks on here too, but even those were pretty good for cheese. However, I did not like this ALBUM. It was really disjointed and seemed to change genres or style dramatically every couple of tracks. I'd listen to most of these songs again, but this album came off more like a random streaming mix than a cohesive whole. Good music, but we're rating albums here and I think this failed at the concept of an album.

This sounded like the soundtrack to a Pizza Hut commercial where a 13 year old boy is losing his shit because he got an extra mozzarella stick in his basket.

Bland radio country.

This was so forgettable that I forgot I was listening to it.

Big miss on the orginal list. Every track is solid and the album is cohesive throughout.

Phenomenal

This felt like a very poor outing until it rolled into some of King Creosote’s other work. I guess this is as good as it gets. I did not like this and wish I hadn’t listened to it.

This would have been decent but the vocals were quite jarring.

I had to crank the volume at the beginning to try it make out what mumble-guy was singing. Then when it got loud and abrasive my cats started screaming and ran out of the room. They’re still mad at me. Thanks for that. One star.

I did not know I needed Hungarina jazz rock in my life. This was a phenomenal album!

Big miss from the original list.

Probably the best TOOL album on the list so far, but also probably not the most TOOL of TOOL albums. The Pot hits really hard. Will listen again.

I don't know about this one. I heard the influence of a bunch of artists that I love, but I really didn't enjoy this at all.

Prime grocery store music. I’d happily buy bananas to this.

This isn't for me, but I see why it was popular when it was released, it really feels of it's time.

If this was split into 2 albums there would be one really good blusegrass/folk album and one of the most insipid country albums I've ever heard.

This is a deeply interesting mix of indie, emo, & punk. It really manages to seamlessly blend those genres into a cohesive and consistent experience. A really great effort, definitely a good list pick due to the uniqueness of the sound. On the other hand, I didn't enjoy it at all. This is not a sound I want to listen to. 4/5 pick, 2/5 album. I guess it gets a 3.

I've listened to "Achilles Come Down" in the past and I love it, but the rest of this album was new to me. I really enjoyed this, especially the density of the sound. Musically I don't think there is anything here that merits inclusion on the list, but I think it has a really interesting mixing, the way the sound comes together feels unique in the genre. Great pick!

This was solid, but I don't think brings much to the list.

The music and arrangement on this album is great, solid modern dream pop. The singing gets a little cloying by the end of the album. Also, this album hasn’t been out long enough to really be a contender for the list.

This was surprisingly good for Einstürzende Neubauten. I would take this over the album on the original list every day.

This is a very boring electronica album. I don't see what it adds to the list and I wouldn't even recommend it to my electronica-oriented friends.

It's like this was written for me. I hear Tthe Wall era Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, and Sleep in here and it comes together so well. I don't know if you need to hear it before you die, but it really worked for me.