1001 Albums Summary

Incredibly ahead of its time and groundbreaking for the metal genre. Never overstays its dark, dark welcome. The Black Sabbath legend begins.

The big hits everybody knows are great and some of the best early 80s pop-rock there is. The other songs, there's a reason they never hit the charts.

Muddy Waters reinvigorates his legendary career with a great blues album released near the end of his life. This is the definitive style you think of when you hear the word "blues". Love the gritty raw sound here.

Middle of the road dad rock. Eh.

One of Bowie's best. Some absolute banger classics here - Life on Mars? and Oh, You Pretty Things particularly go hard. Bowie knows how to keep you captivated for a whole album's length, too - there wasn't a single point that felt like a slog to get through.

Released at the turn of the 1990s and incredibly influential towards the foundation of modern rap, the Tribe's most recognized album also feels incredibly dated and most songs feel repetitive and drag on a little.

Weird, overly long experimental shit from the 70s. For real, the ending track is nearly 20 minutes long. Probably would have worked better if I were high. Not my thing.