1001 Albums Summary

Very chill jazz!

A classic rock groove. Very easy listening.

Vaguely aggressive and aggressively white.

Clearly a masterpiece but busy and hard to get into

Heavy but with surprisingly uplifing female vocals.

Driving punk rhythms, deeply grating vocals.

A classic. Variously ebullient and haunting.

Hard-hitting

Easy listening, occasionally lounging rock.

Classic rock that rocks

Garage rock through a dial-up modem.

Raucous Brit punk rock and roll.

Alternatingly grating, smooth, and sinister.

Rocky. Bluesy. Groovy. Has "Wild Horses" on it.

Groovy, easy listening jazz.

Chill, occasionally morose guitar and piano music. A little Cat Stevens-y.

Big beats, occasional rock, poorly aged skits.

A funky rocky jam session.

Folksy guitar-and-vocals covers of classic folk songs.

Classic shredding metal.

Sometimes loungey, sometimes folky singer songwriting. Very easy listening.

Occasionally relaxing, occasionally sinister, always deeply baritone.

It's Sir Elton! It's got Tiny Dancer! Pretty dang good.

Soulful, some real classics on it, but a little samey by my tastes.

Stone cold classic.

Jammy, sleepy, lazy-day-in-the-sun music.

A bit Beatles-y, a bit punky, and features Under my Thumb. Very solid.

Some fun old school piano rock. A little campy, but not super memorable.

Pretty great 70s piano rock. Some absolute classics on here.

Frankly uncomfortable. Sting should be embarrassed by his fake Jamaican accent.

Just a classic.

Halfway between REM and The White Album. Definitely worth a re-listen.

Funky R&B journey, including such classics as Summer Breeze. Extremely listenable.

Nice enough but slightly forgettable singer-songwriting.

Absolute classic blues grooves. So many tracks that you didn't know you knew, but you knew.

Extremely listenable, ear wormy jazz.

Brooding, occasionally driving, occasionally dirgey.

Fine but forgettable mid-2000s rock.

Charming midcentury bluegrass.

Incredible voice. Some absolute classics. Hello still whips.

A variety of different beats and samples, but ultimately pretty forgettable.

Extremely groovy.

Latin grooves with lots of vibes but a little repetitive.

Some stone cold classics and general jamming throughout.

Guitar-driven African earworms.

Easy listening but slightly forgettable tropical music.

Early 90s grungey industrial -- not really my jam.

Scathing piano-driven R&B

Interesting pop concept album with some trippy moments like backwards audio, but not super compelling.

Classic Dylan -- driving, stripped back, groovy.

Disco-tinged aughties indie. Not bad but kind of forgettable.

Extremely listenable ambient electronica.

I mean... c'mon.

Improvised solo jazz piano. Lord have patience, I couldn't finish this one.

Bratty, grating 90s girl-rock at its finest.

Bob Dylan meets Simon & Garfunkel meets The Beatles. Plus it has Season of the Witch on there. Pretty great.

Okay 60s singer-songwriter stuff.

Both noodley and heavily produced. Probably quite nice but didn't grab me strongly.

Chill disco-tinged 80s rock. A little Pulp, a little classic Bowie.

Opens with Right Here, Right Now which is worth a star itself. The rest is kind of obnoxious beat-driven electronic music.

Chill, airy alt rock.

Groovy laid-back 60s-style rock and roll, but from 2001!

70s hair metal. Halfway between The Stones and GnR, both in style and time period.

Inoffensive honky tonk country.

Decent 80s girl punk.

Some excellent beats and some lyrics that not aged well at all.

None of Bowie's super hits, but a very listenable, dark, groovy album

80s German industrial experimental noise punk. Lots of banging on scrap metal. Somehow an hour long.

Excellent beats and rhythms in this Wu-Tang solo outing.

It still slaps embarrassingly hard.

Upbeat. Funky. Surprisingly electronic. Extremely, occasionally upsettingly, horny.

Damn this is great. Grungey, growly, choral... very cool.

Alright album that mixes New York folk rock, cabaret, and glam. A couple of memorable tracks like Perfect Day, but not all that memorable.

Better than 1999. Groovy in that obnoxious 80s falsetto pop way that I don't particularly care for. Still unpleasantly horny at times.

Ska-tinged pop punk. The Crazy Taxi soundtrack. They have a lot to answer for in the sound of early 2000s pop punk.

Classic late-80s shredding. Has "One". Pretty dang good album.

Rollicking, warbling, bluegrass-tinged folk

Moody, glitchy, wailing. VIBES

Aching, yearning, rocking. Not the greatest Boss record but pretty damn great nonetheless.

Rollicking, funky, rocking. I still don't love the Stones, but you can't argue with Sympathy for the Devil and Street Fighting Man.

Some very nice performances of Christmas songs, but not much more

Excellent mid-century country-rock & roll.

Interesting but occasionally grating low-fi electronic.

Dad used to play this one a lot, so pure nostalgia... "folktronica" that sounds a little Crowded House-y.