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

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