1001 Albums Summary

I had this album on cassette tape. And a poster of The Police in my bedroom. Entirety of Side 1 held no memories and all the songs felt sped up & unmelodic. I think I probably didn’t play this side too much. Side 2 - Synchronicity II remember liking the Loch Ness Monster metaphor. Also “packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes” & “the pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache.” Every Breath You Take reminds me of summer science camp at WWU and my friend Karl. This song played in the dining hall one day. Pleasantly surprised to remember I liked singing along to King of Pain & still know the lyrics. Melody is repetitive but the lyrics were like a good poem with lots of imagery. “There’s a blue whale beached by the spring tide’s ebb/There’s a butterfly trapped in a spider’s web” Wrapped Around Your Finger - fave lyric is “I will turn your face to alabaster/when you find your servant is your master.”

Surprised to find myself tapping my feet! Enjoyed first song, second not as much, liked the third, and some others. Reminds me of the Ry Cooder album we had growing up. Perhaps good background music. I would listen to it again. I know nothing about jazz.

Meh.

Enjoyed this much more than I’d predicted! Hadn’t heard the whole album thru in forever…maybe never? Noticed guitar licks I hadn’t in college years.

Nothing to recommend it besides Sprawl II.

First song is the only great one; the rest is ok, I wouldn’t object to having it on in the background…

Liked first song - didn’t outright hate the rest, just seemed repetitive

Enjoyable! Hotel Yorba =😀👍. Fell in love with a girl - remember liking this but hadn’t heard it in years.

Uninteresting.

So much fun to re-listen!

Only mediocre.

Wow so fun!

One song was pretty, the rest weren’t.

Yeesh. Only liked the first two songs, Do it Again and Dirty Work, the rest is schmaltz. Reelin in the Years was the only other song I knew but it didn’t merit a like.

Made me want to scrape my face off

A little protest-y (and a bit lengthy) for my taste, but I did like about five of the 23 songs.

First song classic 80s hit, the rest too goth.

Yay!Was happy to hear this as it's from my childhood. I liked about 3 or 4 songs, esp when his voice is breathier like it is on The Point.

Too jazzy.

Too new-agey

Fun to have a re-listen. Probably wouldn't go on my list of top three Beatles albums.

Just okay; points for being okay enough that I wouldn’t object to being aware it was on in the background at a gathering.

Maybe I would’ve found this album more interesting if I’d heard it when it came out in the 90s. Sort of a Spin Doctors/James vibe, but not as catchy.

Didn’t really do much for me. 12 Bar was the one song I liked.

Ok I guess? Never really heard her stuff before, wasn’t blown away.

Sound & Vision - yay! Liked maybe one or two others, a chunk of it was instrumental though and I like Bowie’s voice of course, so I didn't find those as compelling.

A little Doors-y, a little Hendrix-y, too heavy & not bluesey enough for me. Also they were trying to be The Who on Mother's Lament.

Okay, I suppose. A Iittle all over the place. I still liked the 3 radio hits, though.

Not my cup of tea.

Overall I like the sound of it, though it's a somber vibe.

It's okay...I like some of the rhyming.

yeah no thanks

Some good guitar riffs, but verges on evil - slash - screamy.

Very dance-y! Like dance club style. Liked a couple songs but won't listen to it again in its entirety because a lot of the songs were too broken-record-y.

Liked it!

Pretty good

Awful.

Not a fan.

Sorta boring.

Very 90s, a la Oasis. Only liked the first hit song.

Basic reggae.

Amazingly I haven't ever listened to this album. "WELL SHE ISN'T!" from Planet Clair - lol.

First song good, mostly too grungy not melodically pleasing enough.

Fabulous!

OK as background music, but I don't need to listen to it again. The one song I liked sounded just like one of their other hits.

Very middling grunge.

I don't think it's that great.

Sorta Rickie-Lee-ish but a bit less interesting.

Cool album cover. Can't dig the music.

Pretty good, liked a couple songs, and the overall sound.

Didn't blow me away.

Uninteresting.

Very enjoyable.

One or two good not great songs. The rest didn't thrill me.

Woot!

I actually liked this as background or relaxation music.

OK not great.

Don't get why the songs are so short.

Really liked it, didn't think I would!

Not my fave Neil Young album.

Very cool and good.

No.

Pretty good for all instrumentals, + blues.

Completely uninteresting and I don’t get why it’s such a big deal.

Cool.

Ok Ozzy you get points for "Paranoid."

Couple of good songs, like Sweetheart of the Rodeo much better.

Sort of U2 but not good.

Excellent, and liked a few songs I'd never heard, to boot!

Little milquetoast-y. One song I hadn't heard before was good.

Just liked the title track.

surprisingly interesting but probably don't need to hear it again

Several great songs, and so different from their 80s stuff.

Nothing burger. But not awful.

Okay, I guess.

This is great background for Twin Peaks, but as a whole album, it's not for me.

Super yuck.

Besides Once in a Lifetime, I wasn’t much moved by the rest of it.

Mostly ecchhhh. Don’t care for the flute or the brassy parts, which is a lot of it.

Just weird & not very musical.

Pleasant.

Not bad!

Nothing special.

Seemed better in the 80s.

Great!

Too in-your-face crude for my taste.

Fairly good, but the 17 min song was not.

First song is great, meh to the rest.

Oh, whatever.

The 3 main songs are still good - the rest are only okay.

Can’t get past their origins as TV actors.

Very fun!

A couple songs I know & like, and the rest aren’t bad.

Super bad 80s music.

Fun!

Too corny.

No thanks.

Not really into it. But not terrible.

Thumbs down.

Tediously simplistic rhyming.

Too much organ synth.

Kinda okay & fun.

Not terrible

Could be good workout/running music.

Kinda warbly at times, kinda Bono at times, kinda kinda.

So far I like more modern hip hip better than the 70s-80s stuff. This one is okay.

Better than Metallica. Still bad.

Just medium ok grungy & too screamy & swear-y.

Oldie but goodie with lots of memories attached.

Pretty great!

Mishmash of uninterestingness.

Not super memorable.

Come Out and Play makes it a 3 not a 2.

Completely dumb.

Gang shootings, gun sounds, anger.

A solid 3 and I don't need to hear it again.

Ehh, kinda idk smarmy?

Really liked it!

Hurray! So good.

Enjoyable!

Interesting “between genres” vibes at first but then got too overly Hendrixian and metal.

Meh.

Pretty good - Devo, B-52s ish

Killer Queen yay, plus a couple others.

Great, but I will save my five star rating for Full Moon Fever.

Not as good as Ruben & the Jets.

Still great.

Great 👍

Nah.

Nice and good.

I don't get it

Liked it!

Not alt enough.

Still great!

Not bad.

Hadn't heard many of these songs.

Not bad for R&B.

Pretty okaty.

Hmmm... didn't mind it, but can't think of a reason to listen to it again.

Kinda didn't mind it.

Popular songs are still good. The rest is just ok.

Weird that I didn't hate it.

Tolerable.

Seems dated.

Just medium okay.

Yeah no.

Somewhat interesting.

Not obnoxious.

Voice reminds me of Debbie Harry.

Do not dislike.

Have listened, did listen,and will again listen.

So close to being a 5, but Side 2 is about 2 songs too long & songs are weaker except for Hysteria.

Never heard of them.

So fun!

Noise.

Forgot I knew all the words to Sweet Emotion.

2 hours? Triple LP? Come on.

Not that interesting.

Not at all good.

Better than I thought it would be.

Quite somber but otherwise acceptable.

Isn't anything.

Not my fave NL but still good.

Wasn't unimpressed.

Not as good as the other VU album.

Slightly better than okay.

Dark and lovely.

Ho ho ho.

Repetitive.

Interesting.

Like the art not the artist.

Love at first listen!

Decent pop. But only decent.

Not special.

Excellent, almost a five.

Wasn't on Spotify.

Awful!

Messy.

Title track stuck in my head all day.

Didn't listen yet (gasp!)

Not super neat.

Classic.

Nah.

Decent cardio music.

Yay!

Better than the other one (the triple LP)

Blech.

Not bad.

Mainly ok.

Better than okay.

Dumb.

Hmmm

Listenable.

Meh meh. Two mehs.

Solid 3.

Kinda interesting.

Old fave.

Liked it, mostly.

First listen all the way through.

O.k.

Ok

Nah.

Yuck.

Would listen again.

All songs are the same imo.

Grunge I don’t like.

Oh whatever.

Two hit wonder.

Five easy stars.

Good

Meh

Noisy

Not bad.

like

Not bad.

Not available on Spotify.

No

Nah

Listenable

Not great

Clunky.

Better than I expected.

Too grungy-noisy but a couple less noisy songs weren't bad.

Not at all likeable.

Don't get the accolades.

just filler

Don't like them.

yuck sound

Not a fan.

Dumb

Sorta fun

Mmm no.

Better than I expected!

Suck.

Growly in a bad way.

No. Fran sez no too.

Too many similar songs

Dad had this one

Not my jam.

Too Ozzy.

Only good song is the first one.

Golden Years and TVC15.

just dumb, playing the organ didn't help

Ok sure

Liked it didn't love it

Completely silly

I like Guero a lot better.

Not the Yes I like

Fun!

Kinda vibey but not amazing

Ok for what it is.

Thumbs up

Not bad

Middling.

Solid not amazing

Still great.

No on the yes album.

Awful.

Gross.

Maybe a couple songs were okay but otherwise kinda screamy

Interesting mood I guess

Can’t really tolerate it

Aside from the three hits, the rest of it basically sucked

Can’t not hear the stupidly raunchy lyrics

Ick

A mood, just not mine.

it’s not garbage

Too derivative

Okay

yep

Thumbs up

Nah

Ok

Good mood

good

Some less popular tracks were meh

?

Too much beeping and fuzzing

One decent song

ick

Not interested

Not my kind of music

Good

Still no

Purty dang good !

A Quick One While He’s Away - love

Cry to Me !

too percussive

One good song.

weird and interesting historically, not necessarily musically

Vocals remind me of Billie Eilish

noxious

So gross, and yesterday was Anthrax WTAF

can't even

not a huge soul fan I guess

sorry there are just no jazz cells in my entire brain