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>>> the Beatles Fuck yes. This rules

This was homework

I'm Wayne's World, there is a joke about a band playing called The Shitty Beatles and that they live up to the name. I imagine that band is actually The Byrds

... better than the Beatles. Sorry, this came out at a very formative time for me. This album is a part of me and I'd rather listen to it than any Beatles album any day.

An absolute classic. Great start

The northwest grunge scene was never my thing but this has some pretty good stuff. It's 3½ stars but I can't bring myself to round up to 4.

Just not for me

There are some all time bangers on here. There's also a lot of just ok to not good songs. It's a 3.5 but that 8 and a half minute track of noise is making round down.

It's fine background music I guess

Incredible

Ray Charles is one of the all time greats. Why pick his album of, admittedly fantastic, covers of country songs?

Can't believe I'm just now finding out about this band

Great album cover

I mean, there are some bangers in here. There's also a fair amount of "we got high and thought this was funny"

I mean. This is one of the greatest albums of all time. Love it when I already have an album on vinyl.

Of course the longest album (almost 2 torterous hours) is also experimental unlistenable garbage. This is the soundtrack to Joker (2019)

It's fine

Great vibes

The songs you know you know for a reason. However, the rest of the songs just fade into the background. Now I don't know, I haven't studied music theory and evolution so maybe they are doing something groundbreaking and revolutionary but to me it just sounds like middle of the road pop music. It's fine, it's far from bad but it's also far from the religious experience people describe. They know what they're doing but it's fine. Truly, this only confirms to me that in the movie Yesterday, if someone started playing these songs and nobody had ever heard them before, he'd get some fans but by and large nobody would care.

As far as "experimental" music goes, this is almost listenable. I would even dare say there are a few riffs that are pretty good. That said, I can't in good conscience give this anything above 1 star.

Not his best album but damn good

I mean, come on! Not my favorite album of theirs but it's undeniable

This would be a 5 star album but now I'm fighting myself from giving it 3 because I'm tired of bands making albums with 10 minute long random noise tracks. You're not edgy or doing anything new and you're definitely not saying anything by making these. They are not creative, enjoyable, thought provoking and they're definitely not music.

All bangers

I loved this way more than I thought I would. Tempted to give it 5 but can't quite

It doesn't get much better than this

Love chill vibes music but this is so chill it's asleep.

I kind of loved this

I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would

I mean, I want to like this but it's just so uninteresting and kind of full of itself.

This is one of those albums I feel is a prank. I have heard a few radiohead songs and like them quite a bit. There's only 2 songs on this album and 1 is quite good. The rest feels like competent, though still uninteresting and frustrating, experimental music.

I enjoyed this way more than I thought

Stick with Crosy, Nash and sometimes Young.

During the first track I was worried that I wasn't going to like this much as Girl from Ipanema has become the basis of elevator music. Though quickly I got on this album's wavelength and this is very much the kind of record I want to put on then pour myself a glass of scotch and light a cigar. Fantastic.

I guess if by post-hardcore you mean heavily distorted guitars and zero energy, sure...

This was the first CD I ever bought and is in contention for the album I have listened to the most times in my life. It's not their best album but every song is possibly the best song on the album. One is one of the greatest songs of all time. Dyers Eve, Frayed Ends of Sanity, Blackened and Shortest Straw are simply some of the greatest metal/trash songs out there. Truly one of the best albums of all time.

Was kind of excited for this one as, despite my distaste of grunge, I've heard some mudhoney before and liked it, but this just didn't work for me.

An English, female lead punk band with a sax!? Don't know if a band has been more for me.

The best Paul McCartney album yet. Still don't think he deserves 6 albums, so far, on the list.

This album still rips

Why is post-punk as shit as punk is good? This sounds like some people were listening to The Talking Heads and decided "we should start a band kind of like them'" then they all got way too drunk and high to be able perform in any way. In their heads, they are killing it, but we the audience are suffering through their incoherent mishmash.

I'm giving this 3 stars because there are moments of real talent and possibility. Overall, though, it's mostly basic oompa loompa music.

Why is there more than 1 Dexys Midnight Runners albums on this list? You're picking 1001 essential albums from all of music around the world and you just have to include 2! Dexys Midnight Runners albums!? That said, this band is so much more than the one hit wonders we all know them as. Still... 2 albums on this list is insane.

How dare you call this any kind of rock. I truly hate twang

1001 essential albums of all time from around the globe. I'm 160 in. This is my 8TH! Beatles/Beatles adjacent album!? Why? WHY? I was already thinking they were overrated. This album is making me think they were straight trash. 1001 essential albums and 8, so far, are from the same 4 fucking people!? No. Just no. As for a review of this specific Beatles adjacent album: Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.

Mid

This album has music on it! Still, a few tracks keep it from being 4 stars but I really enjoyed a few tracks on this one

I see now why people say that not everyone listened to The Velvet Underground but everyone who listened to the velvet Underground started a band. Listening to this it's easy to think "these guys are successful? If this counts as music, I can do that!" Murder mystery keeps this from 4 stars and almost knocked it all the way down to 2.

I mean as far as "experimental indie" goes, this is at least music. But there's not much there. This is the kind of thing I don't mind having on in the background because it's pleasant enough but you don't need to pay attention to it.

I knew I was in trouble when I saw it was a live album with only 7 tracks but nearly an hour 20 in length....

Given how much I hate Paper Planes, I was surprised at how kinda good this was

Song 2 is an all timer but the rest of the album is ok

Nirvana is just never going to be for me. The best songs were covers

A masterpiece

Ok. So The Byrds are The Frey to The Beatles Coldplay. A band doing an extremely similar thing, yet somehow even more less interesting version, to an overrated band.

So there's stuff on here that I kind of like and would get 4 stars. 2 problems, it's still a genre in general I'm not big on and while I enjoy some of this, I enjoy it in small doses... over 2 hours and 40+ songs is the opposite of a small dose. I had to do something listening to this that I have yet to do on this 1001 album journey and something I didn't want to do; I took an intermission and listened to something I enjoy. I needed a break. 2 stars

AC/DC are the all time supreme heavy weight champions of "all killer, no filler" albums

Hey! This Radiohead album resembles music!!!

I haven't listened to this in 12+ years yet I still know every word.

All hail Debbie Harry

The early 2000s auto tune trend was rough

Yes

I liked this way more than I should

This was surprisingly goofy and fun

Every time I hear the name Massive Attack I think it's some kind of thrash metal band or something then I put it on and it's the most chill trip hop imaginable.

... his name in American Fiction makes more sense now

Mmf, wha? Did somebody slip me a tranquilizer? No? Oh, you just put on Coldplay. That makes sense. Best sleep I've had in a while.

I mean... it's one of the greatest albums of all time

It's a 2.5 but I'm rounding down

Even though this is the kind of hip hop that I tend to enjoy this album has no energy to it.

Eminem was never my guy but this album aged like milk

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I really tried to give this less than 5 stars but... I just enjoyed listening to this so much

I prefer his work in Crank

I can't deny, I spent years blindly hating on Swift. Over the last few years I've been trying to get rid of that mentality. In terms of her specifically, seeing the things going on at and around the eras tour is cool. This is the first time I've actually bothered to sit down and earnestly listen to her music. With all that said, I do think she's not for me, and that's ok. I will also say, this album is a ton of fun. That's ok too. Music can just be fun. Shake it Off is an undeniable banger. So while I don't see myself buying her albums any time soon, I will have fun whenever her music comes on.

This might have been a 5 star album if it wasn't for the interludes

I want to like the specials but they just don't get there for me

No

Rules

Fun through and through

I wanted to love this but it's just ok. Also, I can't believe I'm saying this, Nirvana's version was better.

Hey! This Radiohead album is all music and real songs! Wow

I mean, there's no denying this is one of the greatest rock albums of all time

I feel every sketch making fun of synth pop bands is making fun of this band.

Once again... why is post punk as shit as punk is good

Music snobs can hate all they want. This album rules

Rules

Hell yes

Yawn

Started out interesting, then....

I will never understand albums/bands like this that seem to think music is a joke or something. The singer doesn't seem to care about any of it so he just maybe purposefully "sings" in the most low effort shitty way. If you don't care about your music, why should I?

No. Absolutely not. No.

Undeniable

Wow. This album is a blast.

I mean... the title says it all, I guess.

No, thank you

Simply one of the greatest albums of all time

Getting pretty tired of all these English "rock" bands that sound basically like this. For the 1001 albums you should listen to before you die, 500 of them are kinda the same album

Another Radiohead like experience. I see the album and get excited. "Oh, I've listened to plenty of this band, this will be fun to listen to a whole album." Then the listening experience: "ohhh... oh... this isn't so much music as ambient noise to play quietly in the background when you just need something to ignore. "

This man has way too many albums on this list. Especially for how uninteresting he is.

More uninteresting mid English pop rock.

Loved this

It's fine

I'm Wayne's World, there is a joke about a band playing called The Shitty Beatles and that they live up to the name. I imagine that band is actually The Byrds

A triumph

This was homework

Ended up loving this

Why is this on here. I like ub40 but why this album

I normally try to push politics aside when reviewing albums but... for just so many reasons... fuck kid rock. That said, I did relisten hoping to have some of the fun I had in middle and high school when this album was popular but... fuck this thing aged like eggnog in the sun in July.

Better than the Beatles

Way better than the Beatles. Starfish and coffee almost kicks this to 5 stars

Much better than the Beatles

On par with the Beatles

On par with the Beatles

Better than the Beatles

Better than the Beatles

Better than the Beatles

Much better than the Beatles

So much better than the Beatles

So insanely much better than the Beatles. Sympathy for the Devil alone is better than any song by the Beatles.

On par with the Beatles

Not as good as the Beatles

Not nearly as good as the Beatles

... better than the Beatles. Sorry, this came out at a very formative time for me. This album is a part of me and I'd rather listen to it than any Beatles album any day.

Not as good as the Beatles

So much better than the Beatles. Skin fucking rules.

Tiny bit better than the Beatles

Much worse than the Beatles.

On par with the Beatles

Henry Rollins barefoot stomps the Beatles

On par with the Beatles

On par with the Beatles

On par with the Beatles

On par with the Beatles

Better than the Beatles

Pantera is waaaaaaay better than the Beatles. Sorry. This is an incredible album start to finish.

Little better than the Beatles

On par with some of the Beatles.

Worse than the Beatles. Why is this on here

On par with the Beatles

Not as good as the Beatles

On par with the Beatles

Better and more innovative than the Beatles

Way worse than the Beatles. This is everything I hate about country

On par with the Beatles

Fight the power alone makes this album better than the Beatles

Another Beatles sound alike

Better than the Beatles

Better than the Beatles

Much better than the Beatles

Not as good as the Beatles

On par with the Beatles

On par with the Beatles

Better than the Beatles.

So much better than the Beatles

Basically the Beatles but a little less interesting

On par with the Beatles

Worse than the Beatles. I briefly got excited thinking this was a Fifth Dimension album. Then I saw it was the fucking birds. The absolute worst Beatles wannabe band.

Fiona Apple > The Beatles.

The Beatles = The Beatles Taxman and Eleanor Rigby are great songs. The rest are typical Beatles, straight down the middle. However. Yellow Submarine is the WORST. SONG. OF. ALL. TIME.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers > The Beatles

Tim Buckley < The Beatles

Cocteau Twins ≈ The Beatles

Nick Drake > The Beatles

Scott Walker < The Beatles

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< The Beatles I didn't like this album at all... but i can't deny it's at least interesting.

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= The Beatles I usually like the Kinks but this one is uninteresting

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The Beatles Don't need to relisten by will. I own this on multiple formats including vinyl. This album means so much to me and was probably the biggest shift in my music taste growing up. I was lucky enough to go to S&M² in SF. Incredible. All the music snobs and Beatles fans who don't like this can shove it. Give me this album a thousand times over any Beatles album.

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= The Beatles It's interesting, I'll give it that

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I'm not a big swift fan but this was pleasant. I like her higher energy stuff more

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= The Beatles This band wants to be the Beatles so bad

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> The Beatles I was unsure of this album at the start but I ended up vibing so hard with this

= The Beatles. If there's one thing this list loves as much as the Beatles and bands that wish they were the Beatles from the 60s and 70s, it's mid as hell British electronic duos from the late 90s and early 00s

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> the Beatles Really enjoyed this one

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≠ the Beatles Some of this is really interesting and great but a lot of this is elevator music.

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> the Beatles Not even much of a pink Floyd fan but this album is great

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= The Beatles There's a great 45 minute album in here

= the Beatles Relaxing

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> The Beatles Dig this more then expected

> the Beatles There was a time when I couldn't stand Jack White. His voice bothered me for some reason. This is the first time I've listened to anything he's done in at least a decade, other than his bond theme which I still say is bad, but something changed. This hit. It's great

>>> the Beatles Fuck yes. This rules

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>The Beatles Good vibes

> The Beatles I mean... come on

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> the Beatles This rules

< the Beatles The first track would make a nice instrumental piece. The rest feels like a prank.

> The Beatles Not his best outing but still petty good

>The Beatles Really enjoyed this

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> the Beatles This kinda rules

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< the Beatles I will never understand the genre of music "what if I/we just fuck around in my basement and call it music and release it as an album as a goof." Like this, the residents and Radiohead

> The Beatles Björk rules

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< the Beatles I like the butthole surfers... Just not this album

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Is the Beatles. Perfectly middle of the road background ignorable music

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> the Beatles Can I Kick It? Is an all timer

> the Beatles Also, apparently French electronic duos >>> English electronic duos.

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Sometimes I have a real issue with this list. It's bad enough that it has every album ever made by a Beatle as well as at least one album by every mid as fuck English band trying to be the Beatles and a few American ones, but it's got multiple albums by "bands" like Can. Is Weezer on the list? No but we got 3 albums by one hit wonder Dexys Midnight Runners. Any Blink 182? No, but we got multiple albums by an "experimental" band that is virtually unlistenable. Any Sevendust? Drowning Pool? Hell, any Selena? No, but we've got so many Byrds albums you'll want to run head first into a wall. By the way, I'm not against these bands having albums on the list. I think the point of the list should be to show the breadth of music. But I TRULY believe every band should only be allowed ONE album. Metallica is my favorite band of all time, but it should be Master of Puppets, the end. Beatles, it should be the white album and nothing more. Maybe, MAYBE, some bands that truly changed their sound can have more than one like Fleetwood Mac or something. But this is insane.

< the Beatles Part of the Wikipedia about this album is that Geoff Barrow became uninterested in music... And I think that describes this album.

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= The Beatles I was prepared for so much worse given the name but this was fine. Typical 60s rock

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> the Beatles Was previously unaware of this album. It's great

> The Beatles Surprisingly good

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> the Beatles Scandal noted and separating the art from the artist, this music was a big part of my life in middle and high school. There are some all timers on here but I acknowledge quite a few uninteresting songs.

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= the Beatles I like Springsteen but the albums on this list so far are his least interesting in my opinion

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The Beatles Simply one of the greatest albums of all time.

< the Beatles I'm a defender of Nick cave but this album was pretty uninteresting to me

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= the Beatles Radiohead up there for most overrated bands of all time. Every time I get a Radiohead album I get excited to listen and hear what everyone else does but I always end up disappointed. This album is at least music. That said, I got excited when the first song was pretty good but then the next track started that sounded like hotel lobby music and that continued for the next 40 minutes... It's fine. It's ignorable. It's the definition of 2.5 middle of the road passable music.

= the Beatles This is different. Most of this list is bands from the 60s and into the 70s trying to be the Beatles, here's a guy in 2000 trying desperately to be the Beatles. Much like the Beatles, some of it is enjoyable

>>>>>>>>>> the Beatles A perfect album

= to the Beatles Trying hard to be the Beatles

< the Beatles Why does this album sound like it should be performed at a circus?

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= the Beatles This might be the second most over rated band in history.

>> the Beatles I only in recent years came across Sparks. Been loving the journey as they are so very much my vibe. This is the best album I've heard by them yet.

< The Beatles Keep driving, away from me. Why are the least interesting albums also the longest?

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<<<<<<The Beatles Fuck this guy. I try to leave politics and scandal out of my reviews but Nazis will not be tolerated.

= The Beatles Kinda post modern Talking Heads

>>>>> the Beatles Such a shame this is getting rated so low. It's so much better than half this damn list. Sorry the lyrics aren't as brilliant as "We all live in a yellow submarine A yellow submarine A yellow submarine"

< the Beatles Last album I got was a punk album by a band I had never heard of. It was incredible but it was pretty low rated because... It was punk, I think. This album, also by a band I had never heard of before, is higher rated than that album yet is.. bad. It continues the trend of post punk being as shit as every other kind of punk is good. Holy shit. Just got to the Goldfinger cover... Fuck this band

=The Beatles This is far and away the best "post punk" album on this list.

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< the Beatles Why is English electronic music so bad and why is this album on here at all

< The Beatles Ugh, 2 shit English electronic albums in a row, neither of which should be on the list.

=The Beatles I mean it's fine but... why

< the Beatles I'm not rewarding this British boring completely unnecessary bullshit with kind ratings anymore. Albums like this prove that the people who put this list together worked decently hard for about 30 minutes coming up with albums from around the world that are unique and worth listening to and then for the rest of the 786 albums put their favorite British band albums that they remember from their childhood.

<The Beatles The Mars Volta opened for SoaD once when I went to see them live... tmv was the most uninteresting and frustrating live performance I've ever had to suffer through

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< The Beatles Calling this rock is a fucking stretch. Track 1 is abysmal. The rest has something going for it but... not enough

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< the Beatles "British electronic" is a music phrase I've learned to fear as much as "experimental"

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= the Beatles Hey, instead of someone trying to be the Beatles it's someone trying to be the rolling Stones

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<< the Beatles Hey, what if that cheesy and cliche music in 60s movies, ummm.... Sucked and had no charm?

> the Beatles I don't know why I thought Dusty Springfield was someone/something else but this was pretty good

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Beatles Ok. Lets have this conversation. I'm sure it's no coincidence I'm getting this album the day that Ozzy died but in general I've been steeping myself in Black Sabbath the last month or so. I want to put to rest that The Beatles are the greatest/most influential band of all time. I've never agreed with that but listening to more Sabbath lately has truly proven it to me. The Beatles created/influenced the boy band and mid tier pop. Black Sabbath created and influenced dozens of sub genres of rock and metal including, I dare say, they created the very genre of heavy metal. All while having not just one, but at least two of the greatest vocalists to EVER do it. As well as some of the most talented musicians ever to be in the band including the extremely iconic original lineup. Now, I'm not saying Black Sabbath is the greatest band of all time but I do think they deserve to be in the conversation more than the band the wrote We All Live in a Yellow Submarine. This band, this album in particular, are incredible masterpieces the likes of which we'll probably never see again. All praise the prince of fucking darkness.

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