1001 Albums Summary

I can appreciate it for musicianship, but it's just not my thing

Honestly, not White Stripes best work. A lot of filler and songs with the same chord progressions.

I can hear the inspiration for a lot of rock and roll, but my god the harmonica guy needs to relax.

Just can't stand his vocals.

I love The Stranglers, like mix between Frank Zappa, Deep Purple and The Misfits

Banger after banger.

Meh

Wrote this one off as a teenage punk rocker. The drums were always a bit pedestrian, but the song writing is undeniably great.

Instant classic hardcore punk rock

Interesting that you can hear the cultural "roots" of Carribean music in this one, but it's not for me

I don't care if "yacht rock" gets a bad wrap. This is awesome.

One of the better 'proto-punk' albums out there

Good vocals, song writing is ok, but also super whinny. It's just so boring

Some bangers, but also a lot of psychedelic noise jamming.

As jazz goes, it's one of the better ones.

It's ok. Bit of a confused sound. Like they don't know if they want to be Brit-pop or psychedelic rock.

I think U2 popularity is due to them being very 'unabrassive' or different. Kind of a lowest common denominator thing. Sounds like something a white middle-class Dad would listen to to make himself feel 'hip' and 'with it'.

This album rocks way more than I remember.

You can definitely hear the Arctic Monkeys, but also Alex Turner coming off a bit pompous as always.

I don't give many ones but good Lord....

Banger after banger. Pretty much every song is a hit. Instant classic.

I mean, this is one of those albums that got me into punk and hugely influenced by political pov growing up in the post 9/11, "War on Terrorism" era. For a 15 song punk rock album, the songs show a pretty incredible variety.

Yeeeeeaa boiii. Classic

Surprised I've never heard of these guys. Pleasantly surprised with the post-punk sound.

I love The Beatles, but this definitely isn't their best work. A ton of bangers, but then a lot of songs that would have been better left on the cutting floor or in some 'extended cuts' album after they broke up.

Snoozefest 2023

It's definitely a unique blend of rockabilly, punk, blues and surf rock, but it does get a bit tiring after a while.

The album itself is pretty mediocre, but through all these samples and riffs, you can see the embryo of something great.

Pretty solid psychedelic rock

Very, very, very good. Zeppelin 2 is kind of where they came into their own and away from a blues rock cover band. This just further refining that sound.

I think this kid is gonna go places. His schtick is a little too silly, but the darkness in his lyrics may go places. Perhaps if his next album was a bit more raw, dark and from the heart and had less of the silly rhymes and sound effects, he might find himself a true Rap God.

Pretty good jammy, blues/jazz. It just always loses me eventually. This one failed around Messy Bessie.

Prog-rock that's a little too prog

Walk This Way is such a huge song for HipHop and Rock. Run DMC just has such a polished sound and as much as they rely heavily on turntables and drum machines, they also leverage a lot of traditional drums and guitar throughout the record. Legendary status.

Still not in my favourite punk albums, but there's no denying this is a ground breaking sound. We went from I Can See For Miles and Strawberry Fields to this in ten years which is absolutely WILD!

Kind of like an album of B sides. Nothing really spectacular, but also nothing absolutely terrible.

This album was one that changed my musical projection in life. First thing that made me realize that Punk-Rock doesn't just have to be 4 chords, 1-2 beat and yelling.

What a hidden gem, though I'm surprised 1001 didn't opt for one of their more commercially successful albums.

Not sure how this is labelled as "ground breaking post punk". Sounds like Johnny Rotten to do a Yoko Ono cover band.

But of a confused sound, kind of all over the place. But still a fun listen!

I mean, wow. I thought I was gonna hate this album after the first 30 seconds, but it is so chill. Great cooking music.

Some bangers, but overall nothing too mind blowing

Did I just become a fan of Def Leppard!? "Is anybody out therrrre!! Anybody therrrre!!"

Pleasantly surprised. Never thought I would be very into a "pop/soul" album, but the song writing is top notch.

Growing up, I had heard of Grime, but never really listened to it. This style is definitely out there, heavy and "grimy", but I don't think I could listen to more than 30 minutes of it.

Pretty cool. Noticed that there was a brief melody in "Stem" (used elsewhere in the album) that was sample by Canadian rap group "Swollen Members on their track Fuel Injected.

I don't really hear anything super ground breaking. It just sounds like a run of the mill 90's hip-hop/R&B album. Nothing really jumped out as really good, but also nothing terrible either.

Nothing spectacular, but nothing horrible. I do love me some yacht rock though. Rikki Don't Lose That Number is such a good mix of rock and smooth jazz.

Movin on Up and Loaded both simultaneously sound like Freedom '90 by Micheal Bolton. Bolton came out a year before this, so not saying stolen, but come on. If that's the "best" or what people listen to this album for, it doesn't bode well for the remainder which in my opinion blows.

I like psychedelic rock, but this is too psychedelic. Just kind of sounds like the band members playing different tunes, as if in sound check before a show while the drum attempts to keep a rhythm in all the chaos. Not for me.

Great album, but my one gripe with TWS (and this is probably just Jack's writing) is that they will take the same chord progression and re-use it on 3 or 4 tracks. A little bit of creativity to write different songs with the same music, but ultimately they aren't different enough. Better than Get Behind Me Satan, but still no White Blood Cells.

Don't even need to listen to it because I listen to this masterpiece every week or so. An instant classic, legendary style and flow, Bobby Digital with some grimy innovative production. Something that had never been seen before.

I just can't stand the over vibrato in her voice

the vocals are great, the instrumentation is pretty solid as well, if not a little pedestrian. Can't help just feel this air of coffee house slam poetry which I hate.

Aerosmith's last great album before falling into relative obscurity until Run DMC pulled them out of the ashes in '86.

While not Ye's best work, it is up there. Definitely a classic for the Millenials.

Would be a good album to put on for an early morning walk through a trail on the river's edge.

Hate to say it, but Dion should have just stuck with his doo-op, greaser rock songs. This is like a worse version of Van Morrison.

I gotta be honest, I had no idea Bee Gees did anything non-disco and let's just say thank god they found disco. This is like a bad mix of The Who and The Beatles.

I love the Allman Brothers, but boy do I hate rambling jam bands. And I get it, even their studio albums get a little "jammy", but god damn I need some structure through 60 minutes of music.

I love it, but 47 minutes of this is a bit much. The mandolin in country is such an interesting sound. Mixing that classic Irish Gaelic sound with American country for reason sounds perfectly Appalachian.

I don't get the hype

Not trying to take anything away from Courtney's musician ability, but there's no denying Kurt's influence on Courtney's song writing. This and Celebrity Skin are SOO much better than Pretty on the Inside.

King of bland. Not overwhelming or underwhelming, just whelmed. Definitely sounds like they are were trying to be in that 90's PNW grunge sound with a little Janes Addiction in there. But ultimately it feels like it's lacking a soul or something to make it special.

Just boring. Nothing of any substance other a few tracks I could see being sample by rappers. More like Elevator Classics than Club Classics.

It's a masterpiece that is not for everyone. People often complain about the "tuning" at the 7 minute mark, but I see that more as a little sound break by a literal stream after being punched in the face with "Overature" and "Temples of Syrinx". The "tuning" then turns into a calming meditative song that builds until we are taken on another rollercoaster of rock. One of the first vinyl records I bought and it's still one of my favourites.

I'm always blown away by the keyboards and bass of YES.

I was always a Bon Scott man. Brian Johnson era AC/DC is great, but they lost a bit of that heavy, almost thrash metal, grit after Bon Scott. This is up there as AC/DC's best, short of High Voltage and Dirty Deeds.

Yawn. Boring middle of the road folk-rock.

Pleasantly surprised. Love the latin rock and in your face salsa vibes. Reminds me of Cat Empire here and there.

Every once in a while I come across an album on here where it feels like it's just a personal favourite of the author. This is some very boring, middle of the road, white bread music. Something nonabrasive my mother would have listened to.

As much as this is firmly Psychedelic Rock, you can hear the foundations for the whole Metal genre with songs like Sunshine of Your Love and World of Pain. An instant classic and hugely influential in the Rock world.

First time I've listened to T Rex past Bang a Gong and 20th Century Boy. Pleasantly surprised at how easy this album is to listen to. A mix of chill, psachadelic tunes with the occasional fusion of funk. Almost like a more striped down David Bowie.

I never fully appreciated Sonic Youth, but they definitely left an impression. They sound like the bridge from post-punk/new wave of the 80's to the Grunge era of Alt Rock.

I'm not a Metal connoisseur, but I do appreciate it every once in a while. While I've never heard of Sepultura, I do have a new favourite metal band. Their lyrics are a little cheesy and uninspired, but I'm going to chalk that up to a band whose first language isn't English writing lyrics in English.

Really isn't much bad to say about this album. It's hard, it's raw, the production is top notch. I hope someone still has the FBI warning letter they got.

So groovy, but super chill at the same time

I'll be honest, I kind of wrote this album off as I saw it as a sell out record of such. All of a sudden the band I loved because they had such a raw stripped down sound, was the overproduced pop band. No longer did they stick to one guitar, one drum set like they did in past records, but used session musicians to offer a fuller sound!? Gross. Now revisiting it, I don't know why I had such a negative view of this album (and El Camino). The music is still fantastic, even though it has a *gasp* bass guitar. They were definitely at the forefront of this stoner rock, blues, psychedelic revival we see these days.

I'll be honest, I'm not a huge fan of this one. There are some fantastic songs (Shadowplay, Disorder, Interzone), but there is a lot of dud/fillers.

Pick a lane guys. It's not bad, but not great either. And a 1 hour album to boot. What is with the author of this book just randomly adding these obscure 90s rock-ish waffles of albums to the 1001 book?

it's ok. Definitely not Iggy's best work. Weird how Bowie took inspiration from Iggy, but then this album is very obviously inspired by Bowie.

it's ok. Good for a chill rainy day. I personally love the cover of Ironman.

I'm more of a Bon Scott AC/DC guy, but this album still rules. Banger after banger.

I get why it's a big deal and the music is cool and complex, but it also all sounds sooo similar and just not my thing.

Would be a 3 ⭐️, but it gets an "influential" bump. Lyrics are lazy and get tiring after an hour of listening.

4 guys got on stage and just played their own shit for half an hour. If anxiety had a musical sound, it would be this. I'll give it a 1 star bump because of the technical musicianship of the band members and the undeniable influence he had.

Some really iconic writing, but then 2/3s feels like B side filler.

I made it a whopping 5:02 into this album before I pulled the plug

"Honey, we have Rammstein at home".... Rammstein at home:

Slight "influential bump" to 2 stars, but my god do I not get Bob Dylan.

Bruce is a 2 star at the best of times. I just don't get the formulaic, Americana of it all. It's like Taylor Swift for 40+ white men. But now make it ONLY acoustic. Yea, nah. America can keep it.

I was ready to shit on this, calling it like a parody of the likes of The Zombies...then I realized it was released in 1966. In the timeline of Psychedelic Rock, that's pretty early. Also "Seven and Seven Is" had some MC5 vibes long before they had made their mark.

Shout out to their cover of "Werewolves in London"....oh wait, it appears to be their own song with the lyric "they all sounded the same". Oh, the irony.

I was really excited to hear a side of Metallica I never have. My god, what a confusing mess. This might prove that it is possible to have too much instrumentation in music.

I just can't stand his voice and harmonica 90% of the time