1001 Albums Summary

A bit boring, don't like the singer's voice

The recording is not very high quality. I'm sure this was influential because it sounds almost cliché at this point. Good music, but has been redone better in the following years

4*, Creative and soothing

Extremely listenable, goes down smooth even if sophisticated

Spacey, entrancing

Many of the tracks feel like the same song

5

More listenable than I thought.

Not unpleasant

I wanted to like it but it is repetitive, simplistic and irritating.

Inventive! Zen Archer is great

Off key

Very well crafted

English Jacques Brel? Maybe good to fall asleep

It's ok

Metal that feels solid to this non-metal fan

Solid

Indeed sounds influential, but that kind of music has been done better in later years

Very original; poignant and immediate; feels like you're in the room where they recorded. but I would likely tire of it

Quite original and personal

Good, easy to listen to

Super listenable

Better than I thought

tiresome, though it has some good ideas

uneven but some parts are outstanding

A few real bangers but a bit of filler too

Not my style

Actually like it better than IV

Completely outstanding. Creative integration of so many different musical ingredients! Must have inspired Beck Hansen

Every song superbly crafted, every note felt. There is a sense of full presence and musicianship I find hard to express.

Good production values

It's OK

good ideas but gets tedious

Solid work but did not inspire me as much as Being There

Genius

A couple bangers but that's kind of it

Good effort. That sound has since become cliché.

Some of these are deeply soulful

Original and sounds great!

muttering much, some good ideas

Very well done, I usually don't care for this style of music but it drew me in

A bit too experimental

bit of 80s nostalgia

Decent

meh

ok

A few bangers in there, not great recording quality

Couldn't finish it. Not for classical music lovers, and I suspect not for Metallica lovers either

Excellent stuff, well delivered

Original and energetic

Impressive feat of composition. Many songs sound like they could be turned into bangers if only they had more polish.

They're good

Bangers but high redundancy

Solid rap, but did not leave a strong impression. 3.5

OK

Original and good, similar to Cat Stevens and Van Morrisson

great songs, so-so execution

Quite enjoyable

Maybe it's just my era but this hit the spot

Poor man's Beatles. Just ok.

I know she's a legend but this was just ok for me

maybe if i were drunk in a dance club

Meticulously produced, everything sounds so good!!

Outstanding, creative, energetic

Bangers and saccharine

It sounds like it was recorded in little Johnny's basement and is repetitive but somehow they make it entrancing. Good stuff.

Insanely talented producer and creative musician.

Minimalistic and very European!

Very clean recording, perfecting the music of the previous decades. Quite enjoyable.

Excellent work. Raw ane effective. Uneven but great overall.

Solid work.

All very good + several bangers

Absolutely captivating

very raw, powerful; quality is uneven

The rapping is good but the music is often just one good loop repeated 176 times. It grew on me as I listened though - or I got hypnotized.

Hard to beat. This never gets old.

Marvelously efficient, glorious simplicity

Good but not my style

Incredible musicianship

Look At Where We Are is a banger, the rest is good

Carefully crafted, requires a quiet space for listening

Better played and better recorded than I expected.

Excellent, powerful, personal.

Very decent, almost too tight

Okay

It goes hard but the singer needs autotune.

Bangers and filler

Original, theatrical

Original and interesting, liked it better than Mr. Tambourine Man

Amazing, great energy, they are up there with the Ramones IMO

Goes hard

Competent but lacking that spark that the Ramones and the Dictators have

Moving

Solid one, they have the mojo

Inventive and pleasant

Quite amazing + nostalgia for me

Big man ting yeah... serious Big Shaq vibes

ok

Musically better than most rap albums. 3.51*

Great musicianship. Opening track is very accomplished

Such energy

Shades of cure

Good stuff but didn't stick that much with me

Very good but I liked Up the Bracket more

Very well put together

underwhelming

Some good stuff but feels too long, lost interest

Creative and brilliant

Better than I expected

Surprisingly great. Accomplished musicianship, simple and effective

Solid piece of work

Tight musicianship, not always inspired, the tracks are good but I don't like how it sounds 3.5

Wow

A bit too 80s but quite good

If substance abuse was a rock album. If you're looking for something primal, this is it.

Quite listenable but not memorable

No one like sir Dylan

3.5 - pretty good but short of wonderful

Retro-futurist synth-pop. Successfully capturing the zeitgeist. 4

I really wanted to like this. 3.4

Very listenable

ok

Gotta love the energy

Sounds like a drug trip to new Orléans. Songs feel pretty bare and repetitive

A few bangers and the rest is pretty good. 3.6

Very tight, better than I expected

Not bad at all

Rod Stewart sings with Cream. Solid but not striking 3.3

Mid. Talking heads style

Insanely catchy rock n roll

The sound is original and the album is well put together. Refreshing

Sharp, tight, edgy, fresh, absolutely outstanding. It is clear why this is one of Rolling Stone's top punk albums of all time

3.8 mostly for originality

Astonishing. Even the lesser songs on this album are four stars.

Not outrageously inventive but well sung and well performed, 3.4

Sings great songs with soul

3.4, sometimes annoying sometimes enjoyable in about equal parts

Audacious sonic exploration 3.8

Good music but kinda boring. 3

It's OK but rather conventional

4.4 - a mix of nearly great and great songs.

None of the tracks really stood out for me

almost muzak, neither unpleasant nor memorable. smooth. 3

Funky, tight, sounds fresh 4.6

It’s ok, goes down smooth

What a singer. It sounds like she inhabits every word

Sounds a bit basic

Not memorable but competent

needed an editor 2.4

4.4 very good

The album holds you in the fullness of its sound. Brilliant, just a bit too long 4.3

Very full sound, original and pensive 3.7

Cool original hard to beat 4.6

Satisfying and compact

Genius. Reliable sends me elsewhere

Top-shelf rap. Well-crafted.

At times brilliant and at times irritating

Ok I'm beginning to get why some people love the Smiths.

Slick 4.2

This is very good music, not much more to say!

Decent but too repetitive for my taste

Sounded exactly i expected save for Earlybird

I can’t even I couldn’t stand more than 10min

3.3

Good effort 3.4

Solid and entertaining but not uniformly brilliant, 3.8

My, this band is very tight! 4.6

Forgettable muzak played impeccably, 3

Very strong, this is the female version of Bob Dylan / Velvet Underground 4.3

She sings real well, album is well produced with a lot of class 3.8

Meh 3

Made me a bit sleepy

Sounds contemporary and original, surprised me

Really good pop 4.4

Imaginative and great but sometimes too rich like a good cheesecake… hard to digest it all in one go. 4.2

Good old rock and roll!

Conjuring a Magnificent atmosphere

4.6 this stuff is quite unique

If Bob Dylan made a country album. Surprisingly good, not sure why, maybe my favourite in this genre

Alternately entertaining and tedious. Could have used more distortion!

3.7 Proud Mary carries it. Bootleg is good.

Seminal work 4.7

Good stuff. But "Be" by the same artist was more musically accomplished. This music is a bit repetitive. 3.4

Very well put together, sounds good!

Fucking legend of a songwriter

Strong music, but weak singing. If the singing were not offkey this often this could have been five stars!

Not memorable but Extremely listenable, gotta check out other work

Original and well crafted

Great in parts, not that pleasant to listen to 3.8

Mid

In a class of its own

Quite good and ahead of its time, too bad it isn't on Spotify 3.9

3.4 this would get at least 4 if the singing was better. Inventive and good music, impressive for 1983

3.9 like a prayer is a favourite

One of a kind, very creative, at times irritating though. 4.2

Well-titled, relaxing album, not super catchy but well put together. 3.6

Impressive work, George sure can compose!

Original, must have been groundbreaking at the time but pretty mid by now. 3 stars + .3 for A Forest - 3.3

Very listenable 90s album

Very sparse instrument-wise, original. there's something there but it's not for me

How do they do this

3.4 made me a bit bored

Not my thing

Couldn't finish. The cover art is quite representative of what to expect.

One of the best hip hop albums I've heard so far

great players, solid songs 3.8 - you need to be in the mood tho

Wonderfully emotional and beautiful, a revelation for me. five stars for five leaves

Brilliant and very tight

Original but not very interesting. Not grating though, good background music.

Lively and well put together. Great guitar. Album is nearly 50 years old but sounds fresh to my ears! 4.5

It's fine 3.4

Not as wonderful as I expected, still good 3.3

Entertaining but not quite great 3.33

3.4 original and well-crafted but didn't quite grab me

3.75 catchy and comforting

Solid and got his own style

Hard to make something as simple yet powerful

Not bad 3.3

Some strong pieces but scattered overall 3.1

Song 2 stands out but the rest doesn’t 2.8

Original and surprising. Bit of musical wizardry in this assemblage!

Magnificent.

Again very strong music. Unique sound, technically precise, sometimes heavy but not grating. 4.3

Good in their style, not quite my thing 3.3

Many brilliant pieces but some self-indulgence in the 2nd half. 4.33

Rock on! This is what Rod Stewart could have become with a good backing band! 4.1

Sounds stereotypical… probably because they defined the heavy metal sound. Wasn’t convinced at first but it grew on me 3.6

Solid alt-rock work, clearly influenced other bands 3.8

ok

Good compositions but the singing is irritating. Music festival music. 3.4

Original and pleasant 3.9

Solid. 4

Quite original and well put together but nothing really grabs me 3.4

Love the white stripes but some of this isn’t very good 3.3

Well-crafted and pleasant to listen to 3.6

Whoa

Jazz as an extreme sport. Often painful but never boring. Probably won't listen again. A good album to get the bar emptied. 2.3

Really good and funky with some surprises, as one might expect. 4

Not sure what to think of it. 3.3

One of the best in its category. Very effective. 4.51

Really good eighties sound. Had never heard of ABC but this was original and quite enjoyable. 4.1

Eclectic, quirky, meticulously produced, masterful, cohesive. Something hard to pull off! Loved it 4.7

Much more energy than talent 2.4

Brilliant in parts, a bit scattered 3.8

OK. Bit spare, almost spartan. 3

Predictable but nice to listen to. Doesn't overstay its welcome. 3.2

Creative, well-crafted, intemporal, some of it similar to Electric Light Orchestra. No bangers but overall love it 4

Soothing and vibrant, 4.0

Repetitive yet not boring. Original and inventive 4.3

Surprised I didn’t know this band! Solid 4

Impeccable composition, tasteful interpretation 4.51

Idiosyncratic and at times brilliant 3.9

Goes pretty hard 3.8

Go West is a banger but the rest is pretty bland 3.2

Solid offering, 4

Good stuff 3.7

A little unpolished, though the spontaneity has some upside. Several enjoyable tracks, some just feel unfinished 3.4

Creative, diverse and well-executed. Not boring at all! 4.5

If beige was an electronic music album. Bland as can be 2.4

Masterful 4.6

Packs a powerful punch 4.3

Elevator music, well crafted 3.2

One of a kind album with lyrics you can’t help but pay attention to 3.7

Very good work 4

Very competent but too detached 3.4

How did I not know about that band? They're pretty original. The recording feels quite off yet quite right at the same time. 3.75

Very so so 2.8

3.2 decent, no more

Mid excerpt Going Out of my Head 3.1

Passable elevator music 2.7

Quite outstanding 4.6

3.4 Not too bad but not memorable

Good stuff 3.8

Competent but not memorable 3.2

No stellar technique or virtuosity, quite simple musical collages, but ones that evoke powerful emotion. The extra tracks are better than I expected! This one does it for me 4.75

Quite pleasant to listen to 4

Damn close to a masterpiece. 4.75

3.8 goes pretty hard, a better recording would do justice to the quality of the compositions

Solid 3.7

Nothing sounds like the cure. A bit long but nice moody album 4

Drummer knows what he's doing, but it looks like the others are deliberately going for an amateurish sound. Sometimes nice and sometimes annoying. 2.8

Creative but some of it is experimental in a bad way 3.7

Great songs that don’t overstay their welcome. Musicianship. Mix of country folk blues and sometimes makes me think of Bill wurtz! 4.5

Good stuff, inventive and fun 4.2

Creative but grating, trying a bit too hard 3

What a difference a few albums makes - this is so much better than The Scream. Some nostalgia for me, a bit like a female version of Cure, 4

Confident and entertaining 3.9

Daring, ambitious, surprising and delightful. Up there with Bowie and Queen imho 4.85

It's ok. I Can See for Miles is very good. 3.2

Won't listen again. Competent but uninteresting 2.2

Son of a preacher man is a banger, the rest is pretty good 3.8

Sunny 3.6

Mostly boring 2.4

She's got it 4.1

Original and masterful 4.6

Surprisingly good. A better recording would have helped but this is solid 3.8

Couldn’t really get into it 3

Strong! Angry! Flav lightens it a bit, fortunately 4.2

They play the right notes but where's the soul? 3.2

Decent, nothing more 3.2

A few bangers, rest is decent 3.8

Very strong, 4

Bold and enjoyable 4.6

Exotic and relaxing 3.7

Really old skoool, Walk this way is a banger 3.8

Creative and original, maybe too unpolished for my tastes. A few great ones. 3.7

Varied and entertaining 3.9

Conventional, competent, catchy 3.65

Love Her Madly and Riders are great; the rest is OK 3.4

Lively and well put together , excellent bass 4.6

Incredible 4.8

A bit bubblegum but quite entertaining, especially the 3-4 bangers 3.8

Experimental and pleasant, songs do not overstay their welcome 4.2

Competent but uninspired 3.3

Uneven but some tracks are great 3.6

Eclectic but ultra kitschy, often grating 2.4

Effortless artistry. Everybody knows. 4

Great singer but not my thing, 3

Pretty great 4

Too much cocaine 3.3

Original but repetitive and not very good. I imagine this was influential on alt-rock and grunge but the successors thankfully did better 2.8

Really good, almost Beatles-level 4.6

Delightfully weird, up a similar alley to Bjork but I think I enjoy it more, 4

Sophisticated yet accessible, great 4.6

Competent but basic except for American Girl 3.3

Very effective punk rock with moments of greatness and sometimes cheeky 4.25

It's fine 3.4

Old skoolest of the old Skool. Mind numbingly primitive - both the tapping and the “music”. Clearly they had a discount on those handclaps 2.4

They're trying really hard, and there is originality here, but it lacks the je ne sais quoi that sparks joy. 3.3

They’re great at what they do! 4

Pretty spaced out, good for sleeping 3

Pretty much blown away. The most energetic, effective punk I’ve seen, 4.85

Quite good 4

Really good, I barely knew them but they are really in between Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Metallica. All great songs, none memorable though. Good study background music I would guess! 4.1

Original and high-quality, Lovefool is awesome! 4

3.3, Hotel California saves it

Jane's Addiction meets Soundgarden, not bad, quite listenable actually but not memorable either, 3.2

Uneven but the bangers are banging 4

Competent, at times soulful but mid 3.2

Classic and outstanding at times 4.2

So powerful, so alive, so good 4.8

Very nineties. Not a bad song in there, but lacks a little oomph. Singer is maybe too laid back. Still quite listenable. 3.4

Underwhelming, 3.15

For the love of music! 4

Refreshing! 3.9

A mighty fine jazz album. Both very creative and listenable. 4.65

Gets a good groove on 3.7

Forgettable and often tedious dad rock 2.7

Not bad at all! Two classics (Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion) and the rest is solid 3.6

Outstanding musicianship 4.6

Best metal album I’ve heard so far. These guys know their stuff, they’re tight, they go very hard! 4.3

Pioneering work but has been improved upon since. 3.3

Outstanding artistry! A joy to listen to. Why did no one tell me about The Jam? 4.6

Kind of easy listening, doesn't hurt the ears but not memorable either. 3.2

Pretty classic U2, well-produced, I enjoyed this. Stuck in a Moment is a banger. 4

Very groovy , love that bass 3.75

Unevenly brilliant; some tracks are meandering, some others instill a deeply felt atmosphere. 3.85

Powerful voice, good songs across a variety of genres. Like. 4

Didn’t grab me but has flashes of brilliance 3.4

Inventive, tight and joyful jazz album 4.3

Well made but didn't really grab me. 3.2

Unevenly brilliant; sound feels too full in parts. 4

In the pines, in the pines… 3

Lacklustre stylistic exercise but Bohemian rhapsody single-handedly saves it 3.3

Flows really well, a solid offering. Only missing memorable hooks. 4.2