1001 Albums Summary

Curious choice. Not the most influential QOTSA album but glad they made the list I guess?

Listened while driving in the car. Felt like one long track. Honestly the first time I’ve listened cover to cover. My score reflects the respect I have for Lemmy.

Not the happiest album out there.

The Queen is dead. Are they still angry?

Smooth.

Reminds me of BGM from video game menus and loading screens.

I really liked the first 3/4’s of this then someone let the air out of the baloon. Worthy of a 3/5

Deeper than the popular singles. Amsterdam is legit.

Loved it. More jazz please.

Zzzzzzzzzzz. I’m sure this is someone’s favourite album. Just not for me.

This was awesome. Loved the vibe of the album!

Some albums age gracefully over time. Shockingly this isn’t one of them. Truly awful.

Fantastic way to start a week.

Solid Radiohead album. Good tracks are good. The mid range I can take or leave.

Very impressed. Holds up well - really enjoyed listening to it walking the dog.

Not a real fan of this. But it’s miles better than that George Michael’s album that was on here the other day.

Apparently you can judge a book by its cover. My favourite part was the song that randomly played right after this album finished on Apple Music. Check out “Screamin’” by The Paul Butterfield Blue Band.

Jesus Christ….That’s Jason Bourne

He’s laying it on pretty thick. I kept imagining Chef from South Park singing vocals to some of the tracks. I wonder how many 26-27 yr olds were conceived to this album. Still miles better than George Michael’s.

I’ve taken Free Bird for granted for a very long time. What a track.

It’s alright.

E’Dir E’Ssba is a jam despite what the critics say.

Did Woody Guthrie get any song writing credit for this album?

Opening tracks are ok. Album just meanders after that. Nothing of real substance. Still better than George Michaels however.

Tito has set my soul afire with a slanderous mambo

I would have never listened to this album if not for this site. Really enjoyed. Incredible voice - shame it ended far too soon.

The mix for the fiddles was awful. Made some tracks unlistenable. 3 star for Fisherman’s Blues.

Charlie Brown’s teacher was really laying it down.

Not my favourite. Fairly pretentious.

Generic 80’s stuff…blah blah blah…..holy shit I know that song!

Not bad. Odd for it to be on a list such as this but I’m sure there’ll be worse. Like George Michaels for instance.

Had a good sound - appreciated the English version.

Didn't really captivate.

Solid album.

“This track sounds like a rip of Cat Stevens Father & Son”……sure enough Yusuf Islam has a writing credit - not because he was in the room but they ripped off his song and didn’t bother seeking permission. Album is unique but repetitive. 1 star for doing Cat dirty like that.

Im torn. Billy Bragg is insufferable but he had the idea & support from Woody Guthrie’s family to start this project. It also gave us Wilco’s California Stars, which is an all timer.

Not an album for a sunny day.

Great parts but was pretty disjointed as an album.

Sounded ahead of it’s time.

Ol’Mylo here won’t be destroying much Rock and Roll with this limp wristed effort.

Couldn’t make it through this one

Very cool. I never gave them much thought past Blister in the sun.

Very reminiscent of Sloan, which isn’t a bad thing.

Sounds like a Prestige Worldwide album

Plenty to unpack here. Speaking of packs - how many heaters did Tom rip through on this album?

Awesome

Fantastic. More Jazz please!

Great album. Still holds up

Meh

Fantastic

Equal parts gentile and aggressive. Muzzle has become my go to track from this album over the years.

What a f#cking start to the week.

Well produced. Studio band were tight. Not a big enough Bowie fan to get the references to his earlier work but I didn’t mind this over all.

Not a huge Bowie fan but I appreciate his work.

Could have done without this snooze fest.

Album starts great with I saw the light. A few other good tracks sprinkled but no where near enough to counter the the pretentious noises he made on the rest of the record.

Solid from start to finish.

Get this guy some Prozac.

Couple of decent tracks. Off key vocals get repetitive after a while.

Legendary.

Decent. Nothing ground breaking IMO. Vanilla is a good way to describe it.

60ish albums into the list and it feels like 1/2 have been REM or Bowie.

What kind of gravel is he chewing on for this one? Class A? Clear?

Some cool tracks. Bummer he’s a scientologist.

Great album. Loved the variety of sounds and the cub overall.

TIL that there’s a song called “Pastime Paradise”…. Nothing really jumped out aside from the popular tracks

Pretty groovy.

Life was simpler on the early 90’s.

Did nothing for me.

This sounds like British surfing music.

Near masterpiece

Oh look another REM album

Some high school classics. Sketches are gimmicky and don’t really age well.

Quirky album. Some great renditions of historically weak Metallica tracks from Load/Reload.

A solid ‘meh’

Pretty ground breaking for the early nineties.

Always have time for jack white

Few Nirvana songs age well in my opinion. In Utero is no different.

Love it

Not a fan.

3+ hours? no thanks.

4 for IV. Only fair.

Blah. Can’t even call this middle of the road Radiohead.

Decent

Really didn’t know what to expect but came away impressed

So far away is such a brilliantly subtle track.

Better than expected.

Smooth

Some great tracks. Some total noise.

So many awesome tracks. Has been in rotation for me since ‘06.

Couldn’t find the full album but I really enjoyed the tracks available in Canada.

Can leave this more than I can take it.

Father and son is all timer for me.

This album took up most of the 64MB my RCA Lyra MP3 player had to offer back in the summer of 2003 when I was working for my local town council mowing municipal properties. It got me through some long days, well until the AA batteries gave out.

They should have went back to the spice rack for some more flavour for this one. Pretty bland.

Oh look - more Bowie.

Didn’t love but didn’t mind having it on. A solid 3

Not sure what this is doing on the list.

4 seems about right.

Wish.com Bjork. Possibly the worst album I’ve ever heard.

Not my jam

That’s a no for me, boss.

Can’t go wrong with Sgt. Pepper now can you?

Pretty ahead of it’s time for 1971.

God Damn.

Didn’t know those songs were his. Cool.

Clint Eastwood. C’mon.

This guy should have stuck to playing the guitar and left the singing to someone else.

Basically a greatest hits album. Ramble Tamble has become a newer favourite. Fogarty’s vocals on Long As I Can See the Light. Wow.

Great album. Chuck D. is a force.

Oh Christ this guy again.

Hits carried this. B sides sounded similar. Sturdy 3

Still wrapping my head around this. Lots to unpack. Not all of it good.

Mix was off but it’s early 60’s but can live with it. His band were killer. Awesome performance by the hardest working man in showbiz.

Hits still hold up. I’m glad Interludes have gone the way of the dodo.

The bass was out for a walk during The Old Mans Back again. Pretty much the highlight for me on this.

Pretty solid “meh”. Back half of the album grew on me a bit. Don’t think it warrants a second play through to find out.

Probably warrants a second play through. Has the feel of an album that grows on you over time. Animal Zoo & Morning Will Come were the standout tracks IMO.

Decent album but not great for me. Would listen again.

Garbage.

Billy Bragg. Auto 1 star.

It’s ok as background noise when you’re trying work but I need someone to explain why it’s on this 1001 list.

Not my favourite Chemical Brothers album but far from the worst thing this list has thrown at me so far.

I get the significance it’s just that the Beatles aren’t my jam.

Good but very repetitive

Oh look another 80s British band.

I would not be mad if this played in the waiting room of my dentist office

Worth it and more.

Great hits. B sides are ok - not as strong as previous albums.

Strippers worldwide owe Def Leppard points for all the cash they’ve made while working to Pour Some Sugar

Love the early sound from Wilco. Touches multiple genres. A can’t miss album.

We may as well rename this the “26 David Bowie and 975 other albums….” project.

+1 for not being a Bowie album.

Love me some J5. Let’s hope it’s a start of an awesome 1001 week.

I don’t like or hate this.

Meh

Album takes off after The Weight. 4 stars.

Maybe a definite pass? Luke warm fan and their best stuff is on later albums.

They best keep moving on.

Another to file under “what is this doing here?”

Big cup of meh.

This may be their commercial breakout but man their earlier albums were the dankest, most bluesy sounds going.

What the fuck is this?

This gets a 3 simply for the jazz flute on “Freedom Rider”

Another I could do without

One of the few suggestions to date that I’ve played a second time. Fantastic album.

She’s been touted as your favourite musicians favourite musician. Can see the appeal. Should 3.5

Apparently the working title for this album was originally “Secondhand Smoke & Tinnitis” It doesn’t get much heavier or louder than this.

Should I expect to see Treble Charger on this list?

Trash.

It’s ok.

I liked this more than I thought I would. Expedited Joplin’s voice to turn into nails on a chalkboard but it wasn’t the case. 3.5/5

I didn’t mind it. Would probably like it more if I grew up in that era.

Brutal.

Cinnamon Girl as as opening track. What a way to introduce yourself as an act.

More than that in my yard right now.

No gimmicks or filler. 4/5

Such a weird album. 3.5 just for Solsbury Hill.

Great album. Opening 4 tracks are fire as the kids say.

Give me more stuff like this please.

A band, album and song with the same name? Sign me up.

The 60’s & 70’s were a hell of a time to be a horn player. Some fluff here but overall a great album. 4/5

Not bad. Some funk is better than none. 3/5

At least I’ve heard of this Brit group before.

Definitely don’t make them like this anymore

Just noise. Not a fan.

Decent.

Solid

Standard fare from Neil. 3.5/5

Another disappointment. 2/5

1/5 for making me scour the internet to find this pile of sh!t.

A Columbia House staple.

What a racket

Meh

Amazing Franz Ferdinand recorded this album before his death. The audio quality is astounding for something so old!

“Nick Cave presents: all of his albums plus a few more you need to hear before you die”

Blah

Add Hurt to the list of songs where the cover is better than the original.

Unique

Not my jam

Definitely not the sound I was expecting. 3/5

Bass riff on the opening track was cool. Pretty middle of the road after that

Great album. Still holds up today.

Another garbage album

Traumatic memories of my youth spent driving to family vacations with the Eagles, Dan Hill and Trooper as the soundtrack.

I don’t look back angrily at this

RIP ODB

About as safe as old milk

Immediately picked up on their influence of At the Drive-In. Definitely surprised and impressed.