1001 Albums Summary

Cracker of a debut. Soul Kitchen for stand out track.

Solid album, some great instrumental work in the longer tracks, and some nice fret wanking on the closer. Highlight: second half of Orion, Welcome Home also a banger.

You can see why the Beatles are rated so highly. Good album. Great start but not quite so good towards the end. Highlight - Norwegian Wood

Beautiful album. It’s Pink Moon for the 90s.

If Thundercat was a middle aged white man. Excellent.

Bloody brilliant, boy’s got some pipes

First 5-star review. Brilliant. It starts of great and you’re waiting for the quality to take a dip but it just keeps on going, track after track, of awesomeness. Will definitely listen to again.

Some great stuff here but suffers with ‘GnR Use Your Illusion syndrome’. Could have been a 4star 45min banger but instead it’s a 2star 75min drag.

Good fun. Would listen again.

Really enjoyed this, never heard their stuff before. They’re like an 80s The National

Better than expected, some nice guitar work

Solid album by Blondie with some great tracks.

Good tunes. Enjoyed. Though the discordance between Without You and Coconut is rather jarring.

Another new one for me. Decent album with a few killer tracks

I enjoyed Meet me in the Morning but the rest kinda fell flat. Didn’t like them, didn’t dislike them, just mhe.

Not really feeling it. Enjoyed Pink Floyd’s Saucerful of Secrets more than this. Final track was okay.

Enjoyed this. Much prefer ‘rock Aerosmith’ to ‘ballad Aerosmith’. Rhythm section was tight. 3.5 stars.

I really enjoyed this album. Sure, the ‘space poetry’ is a bit naff and the music isn’t as tight as you’d get from a studio album but it’s a banger of a journey into stoner rock and some lovely bass work. Highlights: Lord of Light and Orgone Accumulator

A bit of a slog this one. Not bad but not inspiring either. Enjoyed the orchestral parts.

Quality NY&CH fare, Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand are great

Really enjoyed this, a great intro to Nina. Looking forward to more

Enjoyed this, promising opening and continued at the same level, would have been better if they dropped a bunch of the ‘talking tracks’ though. Black was a great track.

Standard Brit Pop fare; decent singles, a bunch of filler tracks, and couple of awesome album tracks (Death of a Party and Essex Dogs)

Enjoyed, especially Famous Blue Raincoat. 3.5 stars.

A new one for me, this. Never heard of them. Quite enjoyed it.

Solid album. 3.5 stars.

Brilliant album of nonstop awesomeness, until it stops; closing track is a bit average but the rest is excellent. That baseline on You Oughta Know is “chef’s kiss”

Another good suggestion from the 1001, 3.5 stars

Some great tracks but the rest of the album leaves much to be desired

Nice work by The Who, very much moved from Masters of Mod to Rock Gods here. 3.5 stars.

Loved it. A new one for me.

As good as any of the early offerings of the Beatles/Rolling Stones. 3.5 stars.

Can’t believe I’ve never heard this before. Proto-post-rock. Fantastic.

A pleasant listen and also features lyrics about the Holderness coastline. Though they are from Hull so I shouldn’t be too surprised about that.

Another solid metal entry to the 1001

Classic group, need to give this another listen

Brill. Can’t beat a bit of FNM.

Short and sweet and a nice delivery of classic Cash

Beautiful album

Not the best offering by The Smiths but still passable. As usual, great music skill from the band and a few songs with some great lyrics by Morrisey

Good fun. Will try out more Fugazi

Nice bit of early 90s grunge I must have missed on the day. Nothing ground breaking though

Solid offering from Roxy Music

Some great tracks here. Great fun.

Plenty of hits. Good stuff.

Okay I guess. Just a bit bland. Nothing bad but nothing good.

It’s a bit ‘churchy’ at times but still a great album. Highlights are Vincent, Empty Chairs, Gravestone.

Some classics here. Enjoyed. 3.5 stars.

Imagine, if you can, you stumble upon the missing works of Lewis Carol. Unfortunately despite being very LC they are a bit shit. You bump into your mate Cassandra who’s 12 year old son Travis has refurbished a 1st Generation Apple Mac. You give the works to Travis and he puts them to music using his ancient computer. That’s what this sounds like.

Nice album, surprised it wasn’t BWTAS but maybe that will come later

Very nice, certainly not silent or quite but still very nice

Full of great bass lines. Was disappointed when the album finished so I put it on again.

Some great tracks here, even the ‘filler’ is pretty decent. 3.5 stars.

Some great tracks here

Great debut. NY State of Mind is the top track. Great bass and plinky piano/keyboard.

A surprise to be sure, but a pleasant one. Wasn’t expecting much from a Morrissey solo album but it wasn’t bad at all.

Just a bit boring. Opening and closing tracks were okay.

Surprising one here, never head of it. Well produced and some great tracks.

Surprisingly good for a pre-Bruce record. Enjoyed.

Another new one for me. Enjoyed this, some great guitar and bass work. Will listen to again.

Cracking title track. The rest is pretty damn good as well.

Enjoyed watching the detectives, otherwise was a bit bland. 2.5 stars.

A great album of standard Kate Bush, some of her classic weirdness, and probably three of the best tracks from her back catalogue.

Epic opener and some okay tracks on the second side

A bit of a lukewarm start but once it get is going it’s gold. Enjoyed the cover of grapevine.

I feel I need to give this another listen to. Feel’s like Sufjan’s ‘The Wall’ with repeated musical motifs and themes. 3.5 stars at first listen but I might rate it higher after a few listens.

The guy’s got great cadence with his rapping and some of the beats are good but it was a bit of a chore to get through. Plus can’t say I’m a fan of the glorification of violence and mysogeny

Wow. Didn’t know what to expect here but it wasn’t the awesomeness I was just exposed to. Happy to listen to again and explore the back catalogue.

Cooler than a poor bear in sunglasses. Great from start to finish. Inner City Blues, Right On, and Mercy Mercy Me are the highlights.

I must have a soft spot for anything vaguely Motown. Another great record.

Great eighties fun. Also, The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson is just a grimdark Antmusic.

Enjoyed ethereal ballad Beck more than some of the earlier stuff. Paper Tiger was great.

Not as great as some of his other albums that I have assumed are in the 1001 but still a worthwhile listen

Decent offering by Fleetwood Mac, some well known greats such as Sara and Tusk and a new one to me; the absolute banger which is Sisters of the Moon. 3.5 stars.

So there were plenty of songs related to sex but where were my songs about blood sugar, about magic? Nowhere, that’s where. Still, I could have lied, greetings song, and my lovely man are banging tracks

Run of the mill indie rock. Not bad by any stretch of the imagination and there were some good tracks in there but nothing that would make me come back for more.

Talented fellas. Nice enough listen. Nothing I’d come back for though.

Excellent stuff. A great listen from start to finish. Highlights include King Kunta, How Much a Dollar Cost, The Blacker the Berry. Don’t bother with the censored version on Spotify (I tried both out of interest) it makes it a jarring experience with all the gaps.

Nice enough album. Good for casual dinner parties, slow evening dancing, and folding laundry.

Nice….

There was some reasonable stuff here but I found most of it bland and repetitive. Not a patch on his stuff with Cream.

A little samey in theme and style but not bad

Enjoyed this one.

Entertaining though a bit of a novelty album. The cover of Satisfaction is gold.

Nice bit of 80’s soul

I feel like this an album you need to be in the right mood for. Thankfully I was at the time.

Good fun this one

Can’t say this one grabbed me. Seemed run of the mill stadium rock.

I went to school and it was bad I got a job and it was bad I lived my life and it was bad So I got in my car (which was bad) And drove away to start a new life hoping it wasn’t baaaaaad And it was bad

There’s a bunch of great tracts on here but the album has lots of filler to make up the time.

It’s Frank, isn’t it. Hard to hate on Frank.

Not a massive fan of CL’s vocals but still a pretty good album.

I’ve been through a few NY/CH albums and this is one of my faves. Worthwhile entry to the 1001

It’s a long one but a good one. 3.5 stars.

Banger of an opening track, I wish the rest of the album was up to the same standard. Still a good listen though.

Pleasant entry from Rod and his mates. Some good stuff here.

Good one this. King of Pain and Wrapped Around Your Finger for the win.

My second bit of afrobeat in the 1001 and it’s another banger

A charming entry from the early Pink Floyd, some songs are unbridled nonsense but isn’t that part of the fun?

A banger of an album from Bowie, defo in his top three. Queen Bitch is the stand out ‘not greatest hits’ track

I only knew a few SP tracks prior to trying out this album. A pleasant surprise. Much enjoyments.

50% of this album is phenomenal, shame the quality dips down for the rest. 3.5 stars.

Top notch from start to finish. Easy 5 stars.

I remember buying this when it came out and despite it being full of great track was a little disappointed. Stands up well now and one of the better offerings by AF.

Crescent fresh

Great album, though a few tracks repeat if anything I think it adds to the charm.

Not a bad album and I did enjoy the instrumental parts but it just left me feeling unsatisfied

It’s been a very long time since I’ve listened to this one and on a re listen it is truly a beautiful piece of work; the transition between tracks, the eb and flow, it just works. Plus the base line in Money, the singing in Great Gig, and the guitar solo in Time are amongst the best of the best. Then you get the perfect finish with Brain Damage/Eclipse. Easy 5 stars.

Double albums can be a bit sprawling sometimes but this manages to maintain high quality all the way through.

It just kinda washed over me like a non-offensive and bland wave

I like Frank, but only in small doses. This album is a small dose and with some bosanova beats plus nice guitar.

Devo are the Danny De Vito to Talking Heads’ Arnold Schwarzenegger from the 1988 classic movie Twins

Another enjoyable album by Traffic

Yep, agreed. One of the better Beatles albums and although it has its lesser tracks it’s still a great experience from start to finish.

I enjoyed the 8min title track but a lot of the rest was just ‘too industrial’ and a bit of a chore.

Can’t say I’m a fan of Elvis but i also can’t deny that he’s got some talent

Good fun this one. 3.5 stars.

Bit of a mediocre start but then warms up to a great album. Spiders and War are the highlights. 3.5 stars.

Enjoyed this more than Celebrity Skin. The rawer sound seems to suit Hole better. 3.5 stars.

Brill. Nuff said.

Ugh, another CaW album. Thankfully this one was tolerable and even enjoyable in parts. Good onya, Dolly.

Brill. Really enjoyed this.

Very nice. 3.5 stars

Loved the trip-hop vibes of ‘winter’

This was great. Gonna give it another listen.

With the album title of Grievous Angel and songs such as In My Hour of Darkness and Return of the Grievous Angel I was expecting some Melodic Doom Metal or some Prog Rock. Perhaps I was thinking of the ‘other Parsons’ and his project. This was not it.

Enjoyed this one more than the previous entry I was offered by Frank. 3.5 stars.

All the gas bagging at the end of most tracks ruins the flow of what otherwise is a good album.

(audible sigh) I suppose it wasn’t that bad, and it was a shortish album making it less of a chore. 2.5 stars.

Good fun and a couple of cracking tracks near the end. 3.5 stars.

Shalimar! Shalimar! Shalimar! Surprisingly good fun.

202 Pacific and Sunrise are bangers. Otherwise half decent album.

Another great entry by The Cure. An earlier and more minimalist sound than Pornography or Disintegration but still fantastic.

Smooth as

What the hell was that? It was like listening to a depraved and shitty version of the Pet Shop Boys. Yes, ‘Tainted Love’ and ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’ are great tracks but the Diana Ross/Supremes cover was trash and if I can avoid listening to Sex Dwarf again in my life it will be a life well lived.

After their initial generic alternarock debut album (albeit with a few cracking tracks) Radiohead find their form with The Bends. A great listen from start to finish and full of many tracks that stand out on their own. Happy to listen to again and again.

A great entry into the Muse back catalogue. A bit more bombastic and Queen-esque than their prior work, I was a little disappointed when I heard this on its release expecting another album on the same level of Absolution. However, although ‘Soldier’s poem’ and ‘Hoodoo’ are a bit average the rest of the album is gold.

Showing of her skills again as the queen of pop. Although there are some good tracks here and jumps into a few different générés it just a reasonable album and not on the same level as some of her other work.

Generic 90s rock. Not that that’s a bad thing. Enjoyed but can’t see me revisiting this album.

The opening track isn’t great but the quality jumps up from there to a decent 60s psychedelic rock album.

Good skills by Keithy-boy here

Solid sixties with some great Hammond organ. 3.5 stars.

Quality sixties, 3.5 stars

Pretty standard 60s rock. Am enjoyable but not outstanding album

Some great collaborations here. 3.5 stars.

Would definitely listen to again. Really enjoyed.

I bloody love this album. But only as an album. You can take a random track and listen to it in isolation and it can be a bit mediocre and make little sense in much the same way 3 mins of a movie or a random page from a book can mean little on their own. However, as a listen from start to finish, it’s a work of art and such a good listen. Worth a watch of the movie for context as well. Also VERY good live.

He’s, umm, a little but ‘churchy’ isn’t he? Decent voice though.

Never heard of this album or this man before. Really enjoyed this.

Good work here by the singing pugilist

If To Pimp a Butterfly is Kendrick’s Dark Side of the Moon then this is his Obscured by Clouds. Lots of themes and styles here that would be improved upon resulting in TPaB. Was initially disappointed by all the talking/skits early on but thankful they are few and far between.

Quite enjoyed this one. Another new album for me from the 1001. 3.5 stars.

Sounds okay on initial listening but very samey after a few songs. 2.5 stars.

Enjoyable, always like a bit of Jack White and his various projects.

Very generic 70s rock. Gets stale a bit quickly but not terrible. 2.5 stars.

He does write a good murder ballad. This is my first Nick Cave album and I’d be happy to check out more.

Lovely album. Very chill. Will defo listen to again. 3.5 stars.

Starts good and that second half is fire

It’s a bit all over the place but some great stuff here. Highlights are the back to back tracks - It’s Business as Usual, Miles, Dirty Barry

Write and Supercut were decent but this was otherwise a lacklustre and boring album

Not a fan of all that chatting and ‘non-music’ between tracks but otherwise some good stuff here. ‘The Shiznit’ and ‘Gs and Hustlas’ were the highlights.

It’s like the hidden second soundtrack to Disney’s The Princess and the Frog

Decent and enjoyable enough but nothing to write home about

Very pleasant. The original is very accessible but the >2hr extended version is a bit much.

He’s not bad but he’s no Little Richard

Life is what you make it slaps hard. The rest is very good.

Discount Robert Plant belts out a pretty decent album. 3.5 stars.

Played this to death back in the day. Still stands up now. Definitely an album of two halves as well.

Rifftastic classic rock. 3.5 stars.

Another new one for me. Good voice. Enjoyable album

Not my kind of jazz this one. A lot of the songs made me feel like I needed to go wee.

Fair to middling

Not a bad album this.

Prefer the follow up album, Only Built 5 Venezuelan Ocelot. Still good beats and rhymes but suffers from all the chit chat between tracks and a good bit of filler.

Banging base lines. Good fun.

Another new one for me. Easy four stars. Dirge is brilliant, the rest isn’t far behind.

Fairy Tale in New York is overrated drunken Christmas fodder but thankfully there’s lots of decent stuff here to make an enjoyable album.

A great album brought down by the casual mysogeny, being too long, and the presence of Nikki Minaj

Not as good as YBTPR but still a decent album

A good mix of psychedelia, whimsy, and melancholy

Not sure how anyone can not enjoy this. Eddie Hazel is a brilliant guitarist

Brill. This guy continues to show his chops as a solo artist just as he did in Genesis.

Another reasonable but not amazing album in the collection. Enjoyable but unlikely to revisit.

Another reasonable entry in the 1001

Has moments of greatness in an otherwise average album. Preferred the self titled album with Death of a Party/On Your Own etc.

It’s been on my ‘to listen’ list for a while and the 1001 finally gave me an excuse. Very much enjoyed. Earth Died Screaming, The Ocean Doesn’t Want Me, and Goin’ Out West were highlights.

Pretty much what you’d expect from some early 80s punk.

Starts strong and doesn’t give up. A funktatsic four stars.

Much better than I was expecting from the duo. Would listen again.

This has been one of the few C&W albums that I’ve enjoyed. Well done Waylon.

You can’t deny the quality of their hit singles and this has a few of them PLAY YA YA DING DONG!!!

A fun listen. Obvious big fans of Queen’s ‘A Kind of Magic’.

A fantastic album. Really love the second side (after Big Man With a Gun) and Piggy is brill. Just misses out on five stars. Hopefully, The Fragile also features and I can hand out a five stars reward to NIN later

Am aware of and enjoy the works of The Boss but never listened to any of his albums beyond the obligatory ’Greatest Hits’. Very much enjoyed this. Would listen again

Wow. That second half (last four tracks) was awesome. Had to listen to the whole thing again immediately afterwards. An enjoyable experience.

The quicker paced songs (don’t ever think, zuton fever, long time coming) are fantastic but the more ballady type tracks are blandly inoffensive.

A fun album. Worth a listen.

Not bad this one. A few great tracks here.

1980s French industrial metal? What’s not to like?

More offerings from the 1001 I’ve not encountered before but heard off. Decent album.

Another great offering from Bowie, it’s no Aladdin Sane or Hunky Dory but still worth a listen. 3.5 stars.

Enjoyed the closing track but found a lot of the rest musically bland. Quite liked the novelty of the samurai story between tracks.

Enjoyable enough

A movie soundtrack in the 1001? You’re damn right. 3.5 stars.

Of course this album’s here. Great from start to finish. Easy five stars.

Brilliant. Enjoyed every minute of it.

Can’t say I’m a fan of Missy as an artist but Timbaland sets up some decent music and the guest appearances help add variety and interest to Missy’s mediocrity, ultimately resulting in a half decent album.

Decent from a musical point of view but vocal and lyrical content didn’t really do much for me.

When I saw it was well over an hour long I thought it would be a chore but was over before I knew it. Good work. 3.5 stars.

New one again for me. Not bad.

Great start, gets Luke warm later on but most of it is still quality.

Cracking album. Much fun. Bonus tracks on extended version are worth a listen as well.

Shit album artwork. Thankfully the album is pretty good. Title track is great. 3.5 stars.

Good skills from Dizzee here. 3.5 stars

Started off good and there’s some decent stuff on here but it’s a bit of a slog. Could have been a far better, shorter album but it’s padded out with mediocrity

Always thought this album was a bit of a disappointment after the masterpiece of Elephant. Still, not a bad bit of music.

Pretty generic C&W. 2.5 stars.

Expected Kings of Leon but not this album. However, on listening again it’s actually very good, great two opening and two closing tracks, good in the middle.

Every time I listen to this album is a good time. Each individual track is great in its own right but as a album it’s even better than the sum of its parts.

Tolerable but that’s about it

Great album, good bit of variety, nice instrument works. Good skills here from QotSA

Pleasant surprise of decent 90s metal mixed in with some Slint-esque ominous guitar work here and there. 3.5 stars.

Another decent entry by Arcade Fire. 3.5 stars.

Takes a couple of tracks to warm up. Quite enjoyed the second half.

A far better album than I remember it. Very different to The Holy Bible which I loved but still a great listen in its own right.

Pleasant guitar melodies and vocals. Very passable.

Ever wondered what it would have been like if Blood Sugar Sex Magic was by Dr Dre and Ice Cube rather than the Red Hot Chilli Peppers? Well now you know. 3.5 stars.

Great guitar sounds. A worthwhile listen. 3.5 stars.

Wow. That was a ride and a half. A well earned 3.5 stars.

Take my picture! Snap my picture! The Prodigy giving us lessons in photography from the mid 90s On a serious note this whole album is gold

The name made me think I was going to be listening to 50s C&W, the album art made me think it was going to be prog rock. In reality I was treated with funky Mark Knopfler. Noice.

Quality reggae, 3.5 stars

It’s no Lost Souls but still a banger of an album with some great tracks

In isolation there are some great tracks here but as an album it’s a bit of a one trick pony and not exploring anything new earning it a very middle of the road 2.5 stars.

Not bad at all. 3.5 stars

Great 90s magic 3.5 stars

Pretty cool stuff from Miles again. Enjoyed the more experimental/progressive nature of this one. 3.5 stars.

Pretty standard punk/rock offering

A joy from start to finish

Decent solo offering from George. This is Life is great

Far from outstanding but not bad

Having just listened to Abbey Road for the first time I can finally realise why it often tops charts such as this. Unfortunately the first half of the album is track after track of musical perfection marred by Paul’s whimsical murder ditty sat in the middle like a smear of shit on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Still, great album.

A must listen, Duran Duran at their finest. Bassist John Taylor is on fire from start to finish.

Part of Pink Floyd’s holy quadrangle of sequential 70s genius. ‘Welcome to the machine’ and ‘have a cigar’ would be great offerings in almost any album but almost feel like filler compared to the title track and the epic two parter of ‘shine on you crazy diamond’ that starts and finishes the album. Possibly one of the greatest albums of the 70s or even all time.

I only knew of Sandy Denny from her duet with Robert Plant in Led Zep VI. Here I hear her with the rest of her crew and it’s a pretty good listen. 3.5 stars.

Oasis’s debut is a cracker of an album and unfortunately the rest of their discography would never reach the heights of this masterpiece. Great listen from start to finish.

Decent enough effort by Johnny Marr and his crew.

A few great tracks here

Most albums by The Doors are worth a listen and this one a little more so. Can’t say I care much for Land Ho! But beyond that it’s track after track of greatness with Peace Frog/Blue Sunday being the highlight.

Quality album, need to delve a bit more into Björk if this is representative of her work

Solid 80s thrash

Great work by one of the best in the soul business

Decent listen, preferred the ‘banana record’

Good fun. Shades of 80s Bowie amongst others

Halfway between a British Bruce Springsteen and a Country and Western singer. Not bad if you like that kind of thing I suppose.

For many albums in the 1001 I get half way through and either get board, wondering when it will finish, or I start to get into it and enjoy it to the end. Thankfully this was one of the latter. 3.5 stars.

It’s a double album but thankfully it’s a good one

Fela Kuti AND Ginger Baker. What’s not to love?

Pretty standard 1001 entry here, reasonable album with a few good tracks. Enjoyed the closer.

There is no Slade, Wizzard, or Mud but it’s still probably the best Christmas compilation I’ve come across

Good fun 80s rock. 3.5 stars.

Dark and moody and probs not everyone’s cup of tea. However, still a brilliant little album.

Popped this one into Spotify and took a look at the track listing/album length as I often do and was surprised to see the album title is pulling no punches and clocks in at just under 3 hours in length. Suspected I’de give it an hour then jack it in but it’s actually pretty good and I listened to the whole thing.

Another great one by the Thin White Duke

Decent enough album, nothing special, nothing bad

Solid work from the Godfather of Bitpop. 3.5 stars.

Yes the title track is one of the most ‘overplayed’ classic rock tracks and I still probably hear it once a week but it’s still awesome and the rest of the album is great too.

I only really know KF Lang’d ‘Constant Craving’ so this was different from my expectations. Not bad, but different.

No false advertising here, I does indeed contain some Club Classics.

Decent entry to the 1001 by Bowie. 3.5 stars.

Another decent entry by Sandy and the team

Classic classic rock. 3.5 stars.

Cat/Yousif and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull have got a similar vocal quality that I just love. Great songs here too.

Great fun listening to tracks and picking out the samples. Got a shock when the opening drum fill from Moby Dick kicked in (it’s my phone’s ringtone).

This is where the 90s began. Worth a listen. 3.5 stars.

Madge had a bit of a damp squib with this one. A couple of good tracts but most of it feels like it has no soul and the less said about her cover of American Pie the better. She’s made far far better albums than this one.

Nice kinda ethereal melancholy

What a banger! 4.5 stars

Absolutely solid all the way through. Not a bad track on the album.

Wasn’t expecting much as the opening track kicked in, thought it would just be a bunch of sitar cover versions. However, the original tracks are pretty good; Sagar (The Ocean) is pretty epic.

Fantastic mix of musical styles and some great sampling going on here

Some of his songs felt like he was running out of ideas for lyrics but musically it was pretty good

It’s no Bobe Machine but it’s still good

Expected a couple of Led Zep albums here, already had IV, not seen II yet. Surprised to see this one though I know it’s a goodie. Gave it a listen again and it’s solid. Track after track of greatness. If life is too short just check out The Rover and Ten Years Gone. If you don’t even enjoy them then there is a good possibility that you might be dead.

The opening and closing tracks are just rubbish but the rest is very passable. Track 2 is the highlight

Decent album, some funky base lines and good guitar.

Brill. Such great energy and emotion.

Decent enough, liked the one that sampled The Who

Another fantastic offering from Bowie, there is a little lull half way through but apart from that it’s pure gold

Some great moments here

Hard to quantify but I quite enjoyed this. Reminded me a bit of some of the gloomier work by The Jam. 3.5 stars.

An enjoyable trip back to the 90s

For those of you who love this album it is not as good as you think it is. For those of you who haven’t heard it, it’s far better than you’d think it would be.

Great little album, 3.5 stars

Great opening track. Overall decent album.

A rather pleasant album. 3.5 stars

Radiohead were robbed when this won the ‘Best Album’ in the 1998 Brit Awards over OK Computer. Still, it is a good album, 3.5 stars.

From a pure musical point of view this is a great album but Beth Gibbon’s vocals elevate it to another level

Every teenage boy’s favorite rock opera. Still a fantastic album. 4.5 stars.

I recall when this came out, despite some great singles, I was a bit disappointed with it compared to BSSM. However, on listening to them both again now this is the more complete album AND the best tracks surpass the best tracks of BSSM.

If you look at Brian on Spotify the top track is this lovely ambient minimalist piece. If you pop this album on the contrast is quite stark. The first half of the album wouldn’t have surprised me if he started singing about Magical Trevor or Badgers. The we get to Julie With (which is brilliant) and from then on it all makes sense.

Imagine if the Isley Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, 10cc, Modest Mouse, Belle and Sebastian, and Curtis Mayfield had a musical orgy… Fly or Die is probably as close as you are going to get to that

Decent album. One of the better nu metal offerings of the day

There’s some good stuff here but a lot of rubbish as well

Second Zappa offering in a row. Wanted to like it but it’s a bit of a hot mess. Has its good moments but not enough to put it in the good books I’m afraid.

Not bad. He works better in the confines of a group though…

I always stand by the notion that Oasis’s debut album was their greatest offering but after listening to this for the first time in more than 20 years although I still stand by my earlier principles I cannot deny that this is an absolute cracker of an album.

Great performance with a good medley to boot. Extended versions also worth a listen

This was not the first album by Queen that I expected to show up here. Still, was a good listen. 3.5 stars.

Enjoyed this, certainly inspired me to check out their back catalogue. 3.5 stars.

A few great tracks here on what is overall an okay album

Yep, another decent entry that I enjoyed but probably will never listen to again.

Some brilliant stuff here but like with many double/long albums suffers from ‘Use Your Illusion syndrome’. Could have been a shorter 5 star album but instead is a 3.5 star long album.

Good fun thrash metal

Better than the last entry I listen to by Wilco with some good tracks but still pretty run of the mill

Very good

The original issue is pretty good. The double album reissue drags on a bit.

Nice sound. Doesn’t seem to go anywhere though

Easy listening potato monkey

Great album. A mix of stuff that (musically) could have been from their first album, could have come from Led Zep IV, or could have come from either of Radiohead’s Pablo Honey or Hail to the Thief.

Chill-Goldfrapp before they became Party-Goldfrapp. I enjoy them both. This a great album.

There’s something magical about Nick Drake. Suitable for any mood. The closing track Saturday Sun is amazing.

Not as good as Exodus but still a worthwhile listen

Musically nice

Was all like, ‘who the hell is Donald Fagen’ then the first track plays and I’m all like. Okay, I’ve heard this before.

Enjoyable but not peak Madness, maybe we’ll see another entry here…

Never hear of, really enjoyed, 3.5 stars.

Another decent album from a band I’d not hear off before the 1001

Yep. Another good one. 3.5 stars.

The big problem with this album is it kicks off with the single greatest track in the entire U2 back catalogue and steadily goes down hill from there. It’s still a cracking album and although the second half pales next to the first half it’s a very worthy entry to the 1001

Wasn’t keen on all the warbling in some of the songs but an otherwise decent album. Jenny was a great track.

Started off okay but quickly went down hill. Not a long album but still a bit of a chore

Enjoyed this, not as melancholy as I was hoping for.

Ian Gillan’s wordsmithery never probes the depths of the human condition but it doesn’t really matter, he can still hold a tune. This is a Ritch(ie Blackmore) album of solid classic rock at a good (Ian) Paice and (Jon) Lord are there some good moments. The (Roger) Glove(r)s are off as it hits you with some fantastic Deep Purple hits and even the filler tracks are solid. Though I would urge you to check out the version of Pictures of Home from the Live with the London Symphony Orchestra album.

A few classics, some typical Stones, some bluesy numbers

Pretty decent radio friendly princess pop. Blank Space is great.

A few decent tracks here but significantly diluted by a bunch of unfinished dross.

Ah. Here we are. This is the melancholy I was looking for but didn’t find in that last Elliot Smith offering. 3.5 stars.

A blast from the past and a bit of fun

Been a while since I heard this one. It suffers from being between Led Zep II (their best album) and Led Zep IV (the one with Stairway to Heaven on it). Still, despite the comparisons to its flanking albums it is a fantastic composition through and through and deserves its five stars.

I can certainly see this not being to everyone’s taste but it’s still a pretty impressive piece of work

Enjoyable enough

Yeah, it’s good. Not sure it’s as good as people make it out to be though. 3.5 stars.

Quite enjoyed the sound here. 3.5 stars.

I can’t listen to George without thinking about that sketch in Dead Ringers or Star Stories or whatever it was without remembering that scene where Boy George goes up to George Michael and says, “I put it to you, George Michael that you are a gay” and George is all like “nuh uh, no way, I like girls and everything”. And then my mind wanders to the sketch from the same show about Catherine Zeta Jones and when she met Mick Hucknal who is portrayed as this scary goblin like creature, “I’m Mick Huckkkk-naaaaal”

Always enjoy a bit of Bowie. A decent 3.5 stars, this one.

Aware of Lou Reed but never listened to any of his albums until now. This was great

Enjoyable enough

This was pretty awesome

No Aja but still pretty good 3.5 stars

Certainly still has that Beach Boys sound

Smooth

Quite enjoyable, 3.5 stars

There’s actually some good stuff here and the NGDB obviously have talent as musicians. However it’s got a good song to mediocre song (or worse) ratio like Use Your Illusion and has as much senseless chatter between songs as a 90s hip hop album. And it’s over two hours long.

Pixar’s fave wordsmith is at it again

Cracking first half and the second half ain’t no slouch.

A typical entry to the 1001. It’s good. I enjoyed it. But I can’t see myself ever listening to it again.

Solid hip-hop

Irish Blood, English Heart elevates an otherwise passable album to a worthy listen. 3.5 stars.

This is one of those, “who the hell is this?” albums when I saw it and then, “oh, I know this!” when listening. Enjoyed. 3.5 stars.

Surprisingly enjoyable for a 60s group I’d never heard of

Yeah, gotta confess I quite liked this one.

For an album just over two hours long (yes I know it’s a double) this managed to maintain the quality and interest throughout. Looking forward to giving it another go.

Love the industrial sound but it does wax an wane in quality, still it’s a worthy listen. 3.5 stars.

Great opener. Good album. 3.5 stars

Couple of great tracks here

Yep. Another decent album by Adele

Some great stuff here, I think I need to listen again to appreciate it though

A single Ramones song is phenomenal, a whole album gets a bit monotonous

Some good stuff here, 3.5 stars