1001 Albums Summary

Two good songs and then bluuuurgh

Jeff still fresh

Some surprisingly interesting moments early on but the rest of it kinda washed over me

Aside from a moment of questionable banter, this is a good time! Would listen again

So close to a 5 but the last few songs kinda lost me

Interesting in places but not really vibing with the vocal sampling thing here, especially in the first few tracks

Like it was written by 12 year olds, and with nothing musically interesting enough to make up for that

Solidly mediocre

Always love Benny and the Jets and, hell, even the title track, but for me this pretty much fizzles out after that

Some of the lyrics in here made me want to give this less but I gotta admit it's a solid listen

Awful

More dull than I remember The Who being... one of these stars is probably only because of Baba O'Riley

Listened to about a minute from another room and that was plenty. Absolutely not my jam

But I think Albie gives it a 4 🕺

You know what, I'm into it

Probably only gets a 3 because of my very specific Almost Famous nostalgia

YES

For a hot second this was a 3 because I really like Child in Time but unfortunately everything else is a massive bore

Title track very good, everything else less interesting

Feels harsh but I'm never going to touch this again

A classic and a Good Time

Pleasant but dull

Let's just pretend I wasn't enthusiastically dancing to "welfare mothers make better lovers" with my son. That aside, this was a good listen! Albie seal of approval

Probably more of a 4.5, but I enjoyed every song (and so did Albie)

I don't think this is my kind of jazz... feels like the soundtrack to an 80s Disney caper

I put this on in the car and Albie instantly fell asleep and I think I agree with that assessment

Quite torn between a 2 and a 3 here. Couple of good songs but the rest very meh

Bit yawny

Was actually quite enjoying the first few tracks but then it just all got quite boring beyond that

Listened from the other room and that was already too much. Blergh

Oh no I hate this too (sorry Chris)

Kinda lost me at "king of the bongo" but I thought this was overall quite enjoyable

Dull

More of a 2.5 but rounding up because nostalgia

Started off a 4 but ended up more of a 3.5

S'fine

Admittedly didn't get very far into this. The Slim Shady violence shtick wasn't funny then and it's unlistenable now

Bit dull innit

I quite liked a few of these tracks but the overall effect was a bit... dreary?

Imagine just make me think of Gal Gadot now but this is a really solid album

A couple of standouts here but the rest is a bit dull. Foo Fighters dull is quite listenable though

Definitely not for me either

Probably a 3.5 but I thought it just never quite reached the heights of the first track

I didn't hate it but it seemed kinda all over the place and some of it was really grating

I don't hate all of it

I actually kinda liked this! Hectic, sometimes a bit grating, but sometimes great

Stop it with the Bruce now

This was fine I guess, but with a rubbish closing song. I found it hard to pay any attention to this while it was on

Much more interesting than I expected

Probably more of a 3.5, but I really enjoyed this

I don't think I hated this as much as everyone else but it's definitely a one and done

Probably a 2.5 - real conflicted on this one. Wasn't vibing on first listen but picked up a lot more on second. A couple of these songs I really liked. And of course there's **that** song. RIP

Probably a 2.5 but I doubt I'll listen again

1.5 but rounding down for "I think the funky days are here again"

Oh, THOSE tubular bells

This kind of thing wasn't really my jam back in the day but I enjoyed this one more than I expected to

This takes me back to pretending to discover Pink Floyd for the first time as a teenager after actually first hearing them through my parents

All Sinatra is Christmas vibes

Prob a 3.5. Background music, but the very good kind

Fun, and the live aspect is actually beneficial for once. Also toddler approved

A classic, but not 100% bangers

3.5 I reckon

Ewww

Would've been a 5 easy back in the day, but it's still very good even if some of that is nostalgia. This is the glory days of KOL back when you couldn't understand anything they said

Prob a 2.5. I found myself vibing with this more than expected (especially I Can't Stand the Rain) but I'm not about to throw on some Tina anytime soon

Easy

Used to love that first song back when I was a yoof, but I found the rest of the album a bit too murky and unmemorable

Prob this is somewhere between 2 and 3 but overall it's interesting enough to make me generous

Couple of boring songs in the middle there but the rest elevates it. Ditto on the funeral sads front though

Really more of a 3.5 but rounded up cause the hits are still really good

So good, every song is a winner

It was a 2 and then a 3 and then very much back to a 2 again

A bit all over the place, but way more interesting than Steely Dan

Prob a 2.5, but I was bored more often than I was not

It's OK, but the singer sounds like a little goblin man and I can't get past it

It's OK? But I'm not super into the vocalist

Just so not my jam it's unlistenable

See also: the Metallica one

This is so good! Lauryn Hill is amazing

Also not my jam

Probably a 1.5 but I'm feeling unchained l uncharitable. I don't understand Costello's fame

3.5, actually

Some of this is kinda interesting but overall impression is boring. 2.5

Feels like an inferior version of other similar things

I don't hate this as much as the other one

Not my thing but still kinda fun

Heck yeah

Some fun moments, but overall like a less interesting Devendra Banhart. 3/3.5

Very listenable but just a wee bit dull

3.5 I think - started off strong but by the end I was a bit bored

Maybe it's more of a 4.5 but it hit just right

I heard some from the other room and have no desire to seek out the rest

Rating this on the strength of the track listing alone

I reckon David Palmer should do all the vocals

2.5 - not bad, just really bloody boring

3.5

3.5 but I probably won't revisit

Generally speaking, this is not my thing, but for Dolly I guess I make an exception

Enjoyed this more than I expected to, maybe somewhere between a 3 and 3.5?

Some of my absolute faves in here, but sprinkled with some just alright ones

And you're lucky you got that

Love this album, fave Bowie

Better than the last one, but only by a little

Absolutely smashed this as a young'un, and it's still solid

Yawn

Rounding up for nostalgia, I still love this

No

Tuneless vocalists often work for me, but not in this case! Dreary

Not unenjoyable, but honestly they just feel like a bunch of hacks making pale imitations of far better artists. Toddler's review: "Turn it off. Music all gone now"

Deranged, unlistenable, but I respect the weird

I thought it was neat while listening but I will never think of it again

Didn't mind the music, hated the vocal styling. Felt like a weak facsimile of other better singers

If not for the orchestra I would've turned this off immediately, so +1 for that! Stop trying to make me like Metallica please

4.5 I reckon

Prob a 3.5 - not their best but still a decent listen

Some of these songs I really liked but whyyy so many dumb interludes?!

Outside of the two everyone knows, this is dead boring

Confession: I think Nick Drake is pretty but dull

Didn't expect this to be so crooner-y? Not for me

I mean, yeah

Wanted to like this more than I did

Nope

Just couldn't really stick this one out

Cool layered vibey vibes with a few sublime moments. Very surprised this is from the 70s - could easily be now

This feels harsh but I just couldn't. I don't think I would've been into this even during my "punk phase"

TOO STRESSED

Wow these guys really suffered from the "too many bands with similar names" problem

In hindsight, this was not appropriate Sunday night mending a sweater on the couch music

Possibly even a 3.5? Enjoyed this more than I expected to

This is bad even for the supermarket playlist

I can't give that voice not a 4

Yep, I still love this

Loved some of this, enjoyed just about all of it - an unexpectedly good time

3.5 - very into the first track but I found everything after that surprisingly dull/forgettable

I was never a huge Strokes fan but this album is solid and I can't separate the nostalgia feelings of that sound

I had fun

Awful

Started strong, became very meh

3.5

3.5 - 3.75 for the obvious highlights

Probably more of a 3.5, but this makes me want to get drunk and run around

Enough with the Byrds already

3.5. Points for rhyming Encino with "why are you so mean-o"

3.5? Lovely, but so hypnotic I'd only recommend for the commute home (no driving)

I was into the first few songs and then... not so much

Not bad, but for me the vocals are really on the border between listenable and insufferably whiny

Totally unmemorable

Ew

This is...not what I was expecting

I don't really understand why most background stuff like this makes it on here, and I don't know how to rate it. Felt like I was in an 80s fantasy video game

Entirely too much croon for me

3.5, upgrading cause I still have a soft spot for The Warmth. Early 2000s me would be horrified by this rating - I was obsessed with this album back in the day, but the shine has really worn off now. The bigger radio hits are unlistenable

Not a fan

S'fine

3.5 - not at all my usual jam, but I enjoyed this

Blergh

Really liked the first song but the rest was not for me