1001 Albums Summary

One of the greatest albums of all time

Not my kind of think but strangely inoffensive

Excellent

I really don’t like rap or hip hop, and this album hasn’t changed my mind. Completely accept that this Is probably the pinnacle of the genre but for me it is largely unlistenable

Better than their recent offerings. Here the singer doesn't really try to sing, but makes up for that with energy

Quite like the Nico ones, they are usually nice and melodic and well sung. The Lou Reed ones less so, trying too hard to be edgy at the expense of musicality. Again I get how influential they are and how this sets the template for punk etc but not my kind of thing

it's always odd listening to a full Beatles album. There's always some absolute classics that you've known and loved for your entire life ; a few new ones that you've not heard and can be pretty good ; and then a complete load of filler / tosh - which is what you get when you release 2 albums a year I suppose. The White Album is no different - there's an incredible 12-track album in there somewhere, that would be an instant 5/5 if they'd applied some quality control / editing ; but this 30-track double album has just got too many tracks that have me reaching for the skip button

Suspect that this would come across well live as their concerts tend to be fairly chaotic; but on album it just sounds amateurish, Sub par indie landfill

Sounds impressively contemporary for an album that's nearly 45 years old. A bit more polished and easy on the ears than I maybe expected for a debut (given that I only really knew Psycho Killer) but that's no bad thing.

Not my kind of thing. Probably ground-breaking at the time, but just sounds like dated radio-friendly rock these days, which isn't something i'd listen to through choice

8 tracks, all largely indistinguishable to my ears. Quiet intro, suddenly excessively fast guitars, loud drums and shouting. Wasn't into this in 1986 as an impressionable 18 year old, and no change 37 years later

Always loved this album. Evan Dando has a great ear for melody, and the simple structures of the songs bely a depth that comes across after a few listens. Superb stuff

A few really good tracks, but a lot of the rest is just generic hip-hop / r&b to my ears

A bit too mellow but some really good tracks that stand out b the rest of it a bit more background, kind of washed over me rather than grabbing my attention

Really good album. More traditional blues and rock than their later chart friendly material but none the worse for that