1001 Albums Summary

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Followed by a masterpiece

Seems a bit souless... One or 2 songs feel fun the others feel detached and uninteresting

A beautiful sounding album will go back and listen again and amybe learn some of the songs.

Interesting Album not something I crave to listen to repeatedly but I like how committed it is to a musical concept and trying to really tap into modern themes, embracing them in a way that feels simultaneously loving and ironic.

I doubt someone could make a record like this today it's very interesting to hear and feels a bit escapist and nostalgic, oddly current... which may be all of its strengths. I like some later works more but if I could do 3.5 I would

a beautiful album the instrumentation feels thin yet moving and complex. One I will want to listen to again.

Just awesome singing, production, the supporting music is so beautifully played. Love listening to the guitar and bass along with Aretha.

Great songs pretty much from start to finish, beautifully produced and despite feeling like it represents a specific time the best songs are also timeless.

A really nice follow up to Husker... I wish the production was crisper. Hart was a better songwriter...

at times an interesting jumble with fascinating instrumentation but lacks the drive of Siren which I prefer.

If I could give it 3.5 I would better than I remember. Horsin Around is really interesting wish the rest of the Album were similar.

No Exceptions, Prodigal Son and Street Fighting Man are wonderful the rest are not songs I feel compelled to revisit.

I wish its ambition was matched with equal musical innovation and exploration. A number of stand out songs are surrounded by filler songs that string along a loose uninteresting narrative.

If I could give 4.5 I would this is much more distinct and intriguing than his debut. His voice is a beautiful constant instrument throughout and he layers it on top of forays into hits at other genre. Rawness keeps it from being a crooner album.

I like much of the album but not something I will come back to listen too that much. I'm not down I had not noticed before and I really like that, the remaster sounds great too one of those If i could give 3.5 I would.

This album is a wild mess. really chaotic but musically fascinating. Rough and frightening and beautiful.

I have not listened to a SMiths album start to finish before. Alwassy like some individual songs, this is album is really nice Marr's web of guitar rhythm is very interesting and beautiful to hear.

this sounded both timeless and completely new when it came out. It had all the raw energy of the hard post punk that came before it but was also clean and meticulous in production. Seems like the bands in the 90's tried to constantly live up to it.

I like the expanse of the album I wish some songs took as much musical risk as others. Love when the landscape varies unexpectedly. Almost a 5 for me will re listen to it soon.

I love how timeless this feels, it swings between noodling to almost delving into pop ballads and seems wholly comfortable with itself. Foreshadows alot like Radio Head and Ledgendary Pink Dots yet feels outside of genre. Its a great album.

This is dense yet beautiful. I loved the first half especially when it gets overwhelming. So rich and intense. 4.5

I love some of the songs on here Hazy Shade of Winter is maybe one of my favorite S and G songs, some of the slower songs bog down a bit for me.

Am I Blue is wonderful as is Come Rain or Come Shine.

I would give this a high 3 as much as I love them and would love to see them live I don't feel a need to go back and listen to some of the tracks a second time.

A good one not my favorite SW album

I do love the almost bitter and wounded anthems and pedestrian portrayals of moving on despite everyday burdens and finding solace and joy in music. My hometown is heartbreakingly beautiful. I love when he says things like “there was nothin you could do” it’s a real concession to the sense of being lost and beaten down that is hard to see expressed in music now unless it is an almost comic portrayal of self obsessed misery.

A little musical swing would go a long way the moments where it crops up are briefly nice but it’s just not enough to engage me. Lyrically it’s so generic that the anthems of defiance are just as empty as the faceless voices of authority they criticize.

I do enjoy the musicianship on here the rock and roll based guitarwork on “when all good people” is something I really love more than I did when I was younger. It’s the lyrics that I just don’t really find interesting. Almost a 5

The quicker tempo pieces are what Like although I do really like the closer which may be the slowest song on the album. The sound when good is definitely unique and striking, other times I just find the depressing element too strong for me to want to hear those songs even all the way through that makes it hard for me to give it a 4.

I liked this album alot, it has an unusually dark criticism of commercialism and success. Some songs seem pretty standard or pulling from a music hall tradition but then diverge in interesting ways. I think the production is somewhat dry its a 4.75 for me

one of the first albums I bought that was not Southern Rock or Pop. Still sounds great I like the songs that are not radio friendly more than those that were, Artists Only, Warning Signs, Stay Hungry all great forcefull and strange. I saw them on SNL as a kid when the album came out and was amazed.

Fernando and Tigers don't make up for the rest of the album. I see why they made a musical using Abba music it all feels like mediocre music plucked from musicals and synthetically reproduced removing the sting of the lyrics.

Up through Hot for Teacher this is pretty solid, I still marvel at Panama for some stupid reason. Its kinda like every good VH song rolled into one. The later half is just forgettable clunckers that drop without any impact or richness.

I’m not a big fan of the themes, which feel very one dimensional and confined. I do appreciate the DIY feel of the album but the niche is too confining for me. I know this is groundbreaking but why not discover more instead of just expressing fascination with one theme.

This band reminds me of the southern rock version of Titus Andronicus. It’s just messy and an information over poetry approach to art…. And where is the piano…. It’s like a pretzel without salt. I love Skynyrd and while informative this feels overly played in its desire to convey southerness rather than letting it naturally flow out of the art they are making. I think you can be southern, artistic, critical and poetic… like Skynyrd…

This album is pretty spectacular some great musician ship, and re-interpretation of other songs. I do really like the Doobie brothers cover the summer breeze cover is the one low point. Will listen to some songs again because the guitar playing is very interesting.

I love the first side of this album. Cohen is funny beautiful serious rough polished all at once. I love confidence of his voice. The second side is not as engaging for me. I listened to this when it came out and remembered the first song but I appreciate it much more now. Late mid life creativity at its best.

The sun isn’t greater than the parts. Good talent and styles mix together and the results feel mixed. Best when they create space for some varied landscape in the songs but at times it feels over produced and lacking emotion beyond the wavering wail of Axl a few great songs and many that are lesser reflections of the good ones. Proof… love Buzz by Nirvana came on after the last song and I thought it was from appetite and thought oh wait a second this sounds interesting….

Is being beautiful good enough? The adoration of blues and addition soncially beautiful updates should make for a stunner of an album but I own this and never really listen to it. I plowed through it again for this project and it seems even more beautiful to me but emotionally just falls flat. I think because it is lyrically missing a connection to the present. I really love Sinister Kid now and will listent to that again but I do wish I had more love for this...

This is enjoyable and fun maybe a bit gimmicky but they seem all in. Not something I want to dig back into so it’s a high 3 for me.

This album surprised me, it has that raw post punk angularity but also hints at what is to come. Reverb over guitar bursts and Ian's beautiful crooning. It will all come together on the majestically cinematic Ocean Rain in a few years. But this is great it lags a little towards the end, but you can see all these interesting influences that other bands were not brave enough to explore. Its psychadelic at times and the landscape of songs vary internally. I have never really listened to much aside from Ocean Rain and I am not sure they get any better than this and Ocean Rain. Look forward to listening again.

The more uptempo the better. While ambitious thematically it does not feel as ambitious when the songs slow down.

A really fine album there are a couple of ones that don’t shine as much as the great ones. Sounds like Hendrix was trying to expand/explore and it’s mostly successful.

I love Brahms… I want other people to love his music. I guess if Ues is a gateway that’s ok but it makes no real sense on this album. Lyric again mean nothing to me here. I think you could cherry pick the good stuff here and combine it with other nice ones from the Yes Album and you would have a 5 star album.

Much better than I expected

Over an hour of great shuffle hard rock bordering on heavy metal but grounded in a way metal is not. Great musicians Lynott is a marvel. It’s a lot to take in but nearly every song is tight and interesting to listen too.

Such a strong and interesting album I used to have it on cassette and missed hearing it. I like how there are different voices and levels of seriousness waving through each song it makes each one a unique discovery as you listen.

the cynical viewpoint is not interesting because it is so simplistically expressed. The music is interesting in very short bursts but the vocals are aloof and robbed of richness they could have had if they were just straightforward recordings and not sped up. I can't say I will ever actively listen to this again because there is nothing of enduring interest to me. I like humor, criticism and experimentation but I am not interested in this desire to just reactively kick something in a slapped together fashion.

Punk rock at its most serviceable. I prefer the Undertones this feels very average sounding, I appreciate the focus yet it is not remarkable to me. the second half has some better songs I guess.

Interesting mixture of jazz and other music

Some of the Orchestration feels a little dated but overall its a nice mix of 1970's contemporary music and Brazilian music. best when its rawer and more direct, the thicker orchestration seems to dilute it a bt.

This is an incredible swan song... a couple tracks towards the end are not interesting "girl Loves me" is a low point but I think bowie went out on his own artistic terms and the result is challenging and beautiful. I give it 5 because it is something I would be happy to own even if I skip track. James Murphy should have sat it out and Bowie should have brought in one of the artists he apparently looked to for inspiration like Kendrick Lamar .

Most everything that is great on here I already like and the gaps between those are not as interesting as I hoped they feel a bit indulgent. I do like Hyacinth House and wil;l listen to that again. I think I like earlier albums more than this one.

There is not much to emotionally grab onto, the techno trip beats can be pummeling and when slower it’s not that interesting. OK is worth a second listen but I found this to be more like background music than something I want to listen to again.

What an amazing twist in Beck's journey. I have always thought his lyrics were his weak point and the creative musical structures carried things and here he strips everything down and it would interesting were it mediocre but he makes a beautifully realized album and doesn't rely on his strengths. Its a marvel. I bought this album on the day my daughter was due.. it had just come out... We played it on repeat when my wife was in labor at the hopsital so it will always bring up a slew of emotions for me.

I like when se pulls away from tradition but I think lyrically the songs are weak and her vocal gyrations are impressive but no strategically emotional and its like someone riffing to impress because they can and not because they have a specific goal for the song.

wonderfully racous blues gains steam as it moves through the set.

I often wonder if i am bniased to just songs I have already heard but I had nver heard the opener before and its an amazing uptempo strong song why have I never heard it? The album has 2 new songs I will listen to again and several that I know are good and respect.

I was hoping this was going to be something I liked but his voice is not as interesting as the lyrics and so I then hope musically it will hold me but the rhythms are flat and repetitive. A couple of songs are ok like Poor Lil Rich but I don't feel like I need to dig into this album again maybe other ones are better.

this opens up with alot of energy and feels fresh, starts to feel a bit dated as the second side creeps forward. The closer, Do your thing is enjoyable

Much more beautiful than i expected and I am no fan of David Crosby as a person. The sound quality and openness of the songs are pretty stunning, no real stand out pieces but I did think I would not like it and was definitely shocked at how good I thought it was.

interesting how this is somewhat similar to All Directions, the first half is more adventurous, but Heard it Through the Grapevine is not as impactful as other performers' versions. I think the second half is more standard Temptations and more solid than All Directions too tame second half. I will give it a low 4

Everything sounds nice and positive, Testify seems the most interesting to me, but overall it does not feel like it expands beyond a world it is comfortable occupying... that world has a beauty and a message that we all agree with.

There is a 5 star album in here. Many great songs including Sad Eyed Lady…. Just noticing the chord progression from it that Foxygen ripped off. But there are some songs I have zero attachment to. It’s one of 2 Dylan albums I owned and I still love what I like be on it even more.

Really nice songs on this debut album and Free Bird for better or worse... I prefer the live versions of many of these songs.

I think Frank benefits most from this collab and Jobim's art feelsdowngraded, I'll take Jobim without Sinatra. Makes me want to listen to Wave.

just stunningly beautiful across the entire album. Each song is precious and crafted with care they feel ancient and new at the same time.

Definitely under appreciated as a songwriter and guitarist. This album has some songs of exceptional beauty and his skill as a guitarist is revealed if you try to unpack the songs and play them yourself. I do not like how Elliots voice was smoothed out and lacks any rawness. I think it causes the songs to suffer a bit when trying to convey some of the complex emotions in his lyrics.

This is a solid musical statement I love how natural it sounds even though it is basically electronic dance pop.

I completely understand why Kraftwerk is important to the development of music, yet I really feel no need to relisten to this album. I tend to enjoy minimalism in orchestral music but find it difficult to enjoy in electronic music.

Absolutely beautiful sounding for a live jazz album. Gets better as it moves forward.

I enjoyed this more than For Your Pleasure. What an oddball assembly of musicians and ideas I like how strange yet confident it all is.

I was really surprised by this album, had not heard it before but I think it rips open sounding great. I much prefer it to Oasis at their height.. I must admit I ignored the lyrics but I think thats because the music was more interesting than I expected. the album felt like it lags about halfway through but some late songs are very nice... this hung somewhere between a 3 and 4 but I will say 4 because it definitely will go back and listen to several songs and may try to learn them.

I do love the first half of this album it feels like such a stretch and a brave personal vision. Much more of a ground level exploration of identity and personal viewpoint than Bowie or glam rock. It starts to fdade some as the album closes.

This album is an amazing artistic statement and as a debut that is impressive, I wish it were more flushed out across a larger band it feels like a single musical strand at times and while I want to go back and relisten I also feel like I want to because it is so well regarded but I am not as enthralled. Her guitar playing is great and the themes are are very powerful but I can’t remember one song that really felt unforgettable. What did I miss.

This is just a powerhouse of an album, last song is a terrible waste of time.

The sparser songs are better than some of the later ones. Overall I love the sound and the hidden complexities XX weave into even the simple sounding songs. I think lyrically this album gets weaker as it progresses. Not as stunning as their debut but still beautiful.

I was afraid this would be self Indulgent but it is surprisingly playful and quirky. I it could end up sounding like musical sausage… the vocals Come close but it is adventurous enough to allow for an almost mechanical sheen but still feels human. I think it uses pretty standard musical tropes but does not sound bored or tired. As close to a 5 As a 4 can get.

Some great songs on here but it also lacks some of the grit I like on the earlier albums. The songs feel almost too crafted.

The hits off here are great and but beyond them is not as interesting to me, so the album feels a but unbalanced to me.

There are some enchanting songs on this, it get bogged down in the middle and the production by Dangermouse seems to fussy and over layered. Would it have sounded better more stripped down?

Great music and singing, I love the Gwen Davis song Where Does It Lead.

It’s either Enjoy (Jump ‘N Shout) or endure, and it’s mostly endure.

I just find this wallowing unlistenable. It’s the first album I cannot make it through. And I like stripped down songwriter focused music but this feels humorless and flat.

A really great album Southern Man feels like one of the most powerful songs ever recorded just perfection in sound and execution. Kinda wish the second half had another anchor but this is a great one.

I really loved this album. Was not expecting it to be as wild as it is. I would reach for this over Kraftwerk every time. Not as self consciously intellectual as Kraftwerk and much more fun.

This album is lightning in a bottle, I have always loved it. It taps so many areas that interest me and pulls them together in a way nobody else had done before, punk, country. Beat poetry, psychedelic and a touch of humor. All beautifully played. I do think It’s one of the greatest albums.

Very nice album to play at Christmas just skip the last song.

This album digs in after Summertime Blues and it feels like they are reaching something like Led Zep but it’s a bit more freewheeling. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

I was thinking this is a solid 3, musically proficient lyrically shallow filled with a old man boasting about exploits with young girls and cursory introspection that just results in juvenile clichés and very boring masculine declarations of victimhood. Then I heard Voodoo Medicine and thought these chumps could actually do something interesting if they tried. It’s a great romp more daring than GNR and it makes the rest of the album seem completely worthless. So I am going with a 2.

One song Remind Me was memorable and I would be happy to hear again by chance not choice. Beyond that they play a little but not enough to escape sounding like background music at Euro hotel.

IParts of the album sound awesome and others are difficult for me to enjoy because they seem to push for a violence or abuse of others that I have no empathy for musically the album is a fascinating mix of styles and it holds its own in that respect. Vocally it is at times amazing too.

A bit messy at the start but I do want to go back and listen again I had not heard them before and for a 90's band they sound interesting remind me of Archers of Loaf. Will give 4 because I hope some songs and other albums grow on me

Many albums on here really start to fall apart after the first few songs.... this one started out sounding like a laundry list of complaints set to generic music, but nearly halfway through it becomes something much more power ful musically and lyrically. I really loved the music and passion of the second half.

Maybe my Favorite Bowie album, it feels loose musically and beyond Golden Years you rarely hear the other songs so they remain fresh and exciting to hear. I like how he picks up elements of funk and electronic music integrates them and owns them. The cover art is great always loved it... will listen to this again soon.

Great sounding album I really liked Move Around which seems more of a stretch. I like the heavier momebnts and not as connected to times when it sounds like straight CSNY or bluegrass related. But over all very good and will listen again.

A few good songs Eight Miles High which has a great guitar solo... but the rest of the album is very midling and not that interesting to me

This is an odd album that I have heard songs from in isolation and it works much better as an album, was not surprised Springsteen loves it, seems like a huge inspiration for Nebraska, which I love... I do not love this as much but it makes sense and odd that it is not better known. The album gets better as it settles in and moves through its unique landscape.

Some good songs in this but in between them not as interesting to me.

A rare instance where an album sounds absolutely beautiful but feels empty at the same time. I like one song but the grandiosity seems like a veneer and the songs lack specifics or heartfelt emotion. They are like an emotional show not personally emotional. The production is first rate but I have no desire to listen to it again.

some good funky songs on here, it is an interesting foray into bitterness and other emotions not usually something you pair with funk but it works well in a number of songs. The album seems to indulge in this at times maybe a bit too much so the sense of on song playing off another does not happen, they just bleed into one another.

Initially sounds like an extension of Nirvana, the album takes on more variation as it progresses, however it still sounds like one layer of sound when it gets fast which is not something I want to listen to again, there are some songs I would welcome hearing again.

i was tossed this right after the Foo Fighter's first album. I had nvere listened to either and they are not really needing of comparison but... this album is much better than the Foo Fighters. It is exciting right away and slimps a bit into paint by numbers but still done very well and sounds great all the way through pretty good for Pop Prock.

A good dance album nice mix of influences and beats and variations. A high 3.

This album is just unlistenable for me, it feels souless and grating in ways that I cannot tolerate much more than a song or two and then I regret hearing the lyrics. I like Ministry, Laibach and Unwound but this is just nothing I would ever listen to again.

This album pretty much presents a relentless string of great music we may not need the drum solo in Moby Dick but it is a very small price to pay for everything that comes before it.

A very nice album I like some of the songs I had not heard before like Almost Cut My Hair and Everybody I love you. Some of the bigger hits I know are important I guess but I I also find them a bit irritating.

These are flat landscapes for Mariah to scat over. Good make out music maybe... but they feel barren and her gymnastics are not enough to engage me, when the prince cover is the one thing that feels like a tune the rest is problematic.

This album while not as varied as previous ones is extremely beautiful and emotionally rich. Only dips on the last song but everything before it is worth listening.

i really enjoyed this album o not typically a genre I listen to but the songs have very intricate and original arrangements I will liasten again. I tend to ignore the lyrics, I think th music is excellent.

Nice disco pop some good songs aside from the big hit.

Basically all iconic and gimmicky music. Not something I would choose to listen to but I guess the world would be different without it.

I had not listened to this album before, it’s not as ambitious as Blonde on Blonde but it’s a better, more concise work. I was surprised at how much I admired it.

For all it’s grandiosity, it’s still feels slight. I want Better lyrical content to match the ambition of the musical content. I understand these are short love songs, but I still feel like they deserve something more.

Very nice and suitable introduction to the music of India.

Why Tommy is considered a masterpiece is beyond me... this is a great warm sounding and forward sounding effort - rock opera without trying to sound like a broadway wanna be. It is both fun and critical I will definitely listen again.

A good Nick Cave Album not as fond of the duets and not something I want to wallow in…. Still prefer The Good Son album.

Not something I would go back to for pleasure. It was interesting and I appreciate the experimentation and funhouse quality of the music.

A great album one of those that I am glad I am doing this because I would not have listened to it otherwise. I like how aggressive it is.

This album is gorgeous from start to finish, George must have been just keeping great songs that he could not get on the group's albums stashed and ready to unload. Its a great revelation of talent that we only got glimpses of during the Beatles run, in someways nore forward looking than John and Paul's post Beatle output.

More expansive sounding than expected. Enjoyed it.

This is punishing not because it is just grating but its just an endless barrage of complaining without a range of emotion or sense of being connected with other people. Husker Du is so much more interesting and powerful than this.

First and last songs were good felt like coasting in the middle.

I owned this on cassette when it first came our and enjoyed but thought it was a little over the top, which it was when compared to Soul Mining. Upon listening again I find it to be very good start to finish. Each song is uniquely strong and it holds up well musically and thematically. I like hearing how Matt Johnson wraps different musical styles around his serious themes. The music is fun and varied, definitely of its era but transcends the period.

Its strange that I think this abum starts out perfect, its tight and clear and then it gets to scenes from what are considered the masterpieces Scenes from an Italian Restaurant and Vienna... and I am not as impressed, while these maybe grander in scope I like the hits on this album. I think the slower think pieces are not as fun or moving.

More playful than most electronic dance music but still a bit of slog to get through., I hope I get some Hot Chip in this 1001 albums because the electronic music so far is pretty boring.

I get it that this album is important in the way it was made and the craft involved but its not something I would listen to again.

I liked the first half, had a lot of forward Momentum and nicely arranged, second half with the story was not as interesting other than it felt like pre-prog and too cute.

the album is nice but hits a stride late with Ce Matin and everything after that is pretty good before that its a bit like noodling and rather vague lyrics.

the album is nice but hits a stride late with Ce Matin and everything after that is pretty good before that its a bit like noodling and rather vague lyrics.

I may change my mind at some point but despite this albums beauty I find it difficult to get through. Beautifully produced but ponderous in ways that make it hard for me to enjoy.

A very beautiful album Erykah Badu’s voice is wonderful traveling through the songs floating around exquisitely without being overtly showy.

I read some of the other listener reviews before listening and expected a bad dated sounding Album but found it to be very much the opposite. It sounds fresh and compelling. I really enjoyed it and will definitely listen again and listen to his other albums. His vocal style is more like a country crooner than a folk singer. I like his original of Everybody’s Talking too and I have long been a lover of Nilsson’s interpretation.

This album feels all over the map with some interesting results. I do like how it sounds just not as engaging and interesting as Yeezus and 808s for me.

Much better than Tommy, a good album I had never listened too before. Will listen again

tI enjoyed alot of this and I like it more than The Chronic. Lyrically it wavers a bit but I do like some humor mixed in when it is more clever than vulgar.

I respect what this album did to music birthing the punk scene. Listening closely I did enjoy the guitar playing in a way I was unable to enjoy when I was younger. I may go back and listen to a few songs but I really dont listen to them for enjoyment so I would give this a 4, but know it should be a 5.

Pleasant album I loved the two live numbers they had fun liveliness in contrast to the rest. It was nice sounding album

Wow... first time hearing this album it is a real journey that Lost One even had me in tears. Very honest and a full range of emotions are explored at times as emotionally raw as Elvis Costello. The music matches the stories told. This is an amazing fully realized concept album!

A strand of beautiful jazz improvisation I will listen again in the studio and/or at work.

I was shocked to learn this was a debut album. It’s unbelievably beautiful, and sounds so mature seems just as important as Bob Dylan and other folk artist from that time.

I found this was trying to be everything with the country sprinkled in, I guess thats not a bad idea but it just didn't mesh for me. The production was over the top trying very hard to capture a pop audience i could not make it through the whole thing

one of those albums that I know is "important" and I do like seeing them perform but I find the singing difficult to enjoy on an album. Would like to hear other albums and see if they are easier for me to enjoy repeated listens.

I kinda hate not giving this a 5. It generally deserves it mainly due to Harry’s singing, she is New Wave and Pop pushed together so she sounds beautiful and aggressively new wave at the same time. That gives the music an edge and the good songs are unforgettable. I still think there are some that are not great although musicianship is always very good.

I had never listened to Lucinda Williams other than hearing something on the radio. I love this album and the way she sings, its best when it feels loose and spontaneous. I will definitely listen to this again. Will also look at some live performances because i bet they are great.

Does Aerosmith get any better than this? Points towards Van Halen and much more musically adept than KISS. At this moment a great American heavy rock band. Seems all downhill from here.

This sounds like a great document nicely raucous at times. I prefer to listen to album versions maybe the very interesting concept for Cash outweighs the quality a little bit. Excellent moment in time captured.

Very enjoyable seems to bridge between folk rock and prog.

A far cry from the brilliant Low Life. The songs lack the mystery, emotion and sparseness that made previous albums so memorable. Here they are in territory that The Cure had a better handle on in 1989

I need to hear Some Girls again before I say this is my favorite Stones Album, but it probably is. It has a polished feel that sets it apart, but each song feels like a unique success. They stand apart and on their own some are gritty and vulgar others sweepingly beautiful. Warhol’s iconic design is icing on the cake.

This album starts with something interesting and then settles in to smooth jazz “on hold” music. Competent but lacking real flavor or drive.

Alot of this is like beautifully patterned wallpaper, but it still pretty much is just repeating patterned wallpaper.

Screwy to say the least, its not something I will go back to, I do like some of Syd's solo work so I thought I may appreaciate this more than I did. Spawned alot of indulgent music but tha doesn't make it bad either.

Just an amazing artistic achievement. All the innovation is in style, approach and expanding on how to play an electric guitar. All of this draped over traditional blues structures. With an older ear I now feel like the drumming of Mitchell is almost as insanely creative as Hendrix. Both fill every space available with chaotic perfection without overwhelming the songs. Even 3rd Stone is not that bad.

What I can’t get over is the voice which is dynamic but lacking in true emotion. It all feels like a costume or role play. The ideas could create music with emotion but this feels like an imitation of emotion.

Finally an electronic music album that explores tempo and texture. Each song tells a sonic story rather than pummeling you with repetative rythyms.

No denying this album has a surprising number of hits from Gabriel. He also carves out a space in pop music that feels distinctive unlike the pure motown derived pop of bandmate Phil not that the two should be compared but interesting how he changed his approach and found success later. What's missing is the intensity and strange beauty of earlier down tempo ballads and narrative based explorations. The slow songs here mostly fall flat and stand in contrast to the upbeat ones. Mercy Street seems much less engaging than Big Time. I prefer the earlier weirdness on the first 3 albums to this successful foray into pop.

I was surprised with how good this album is. the guitar work and music is fresh and interesting. A bit ramshackle but tight. I think the album feels a little like an adolescent looking to move to maturity fighting its way through. Almost a 5 for me.

I really love this album. The opener is great. I like that they are all in when it comes to making a very heavy album, but they do not create simple concrete chunks of music, the songs have a beautiful use of aggressive rhythm that still feels human enough to encourage me to bounce along. The crunch of guitars have a really nice punch as well. they also dabble in different styles of metal so the album is a bit of an adventure as well.

Bits and pieces of this album are pretty amazing, the others are more of an experiment that is not something you want to listen to more than once. There are other PIL albums I love like The Flowers of Romance, the 2nd album and Album. This is him cutting his teeth on a new found musical freedom and at times sounding like a prophet musically ( pointing towards Albini, Jesus Lizard… ) other times like a crazed prophet preaching that you want to avoid.

There are some songs I enjoy on here but alot of it lacks the edge of his earlier work. (which I prefer). It will be interesting to see if there are any later albums on the list and see what I think of them.

This is pretty nice frenetic yet refined New Wave pop. I was surprised at how live it sounded, nice rhythm guitar work. The admirable musicianship helps me push this to 4 stars.

After the first couple a songs this starts to wear really thin... its as if they want to be what the Strokes are but lack that genuine aloof swagger and intricate and accomplished musical precision that make the Strokes fun to appreciate on repeated listens.

I thought I would enjoy this more, the lush (for Neil Young) orchestration on some of the songs seem to take the bite out of them. The last song Words seems the best balance of grit and grandiose. Some key songs here keep this from being a middle of the road effort.

I had never listend to this but have always known it buy the cover and the one ubiquitous song. Its an excellent album, I prefer the more adventurous tracks over the basic blues. Bell Bottom Blues is great as is Layla even after hearing it for millionth time. I wonder why clapton shifted to a solo guitar centric career, here he crafts songs that transcend his bluesmaster approach with a sweep of emotion and musical beauty across instruments. When the guitar chimes in it is a great accent to the songs, not the sole focus. I still will not likely dig into this album as a whole again so it is as close to a 5 as a 4 can get...

Better than Chemical Bros… but still kinda mindless and repetitive at times. There is enough variation to keep punished boredom from setting in… it’s ok I guess.

An interesting (especially given its release date) collection of sonically diverse jazz/sound collages. I am surprised I had not heard of it before and I also thought it was a contemporary 2010’s work. Much more playful than Eno oddly beautiful.

Clocks is ok.. but the songs just roll out feeling like a 2000’s version of Journey. Vaguely meaningful, no bite I guess you can read the tea leaves and extract some emotional longing. In fact, the best Journey is better than this.

If you don’t like this album, you probably don’t truly like every kind of music or play a musical instrument. It is chaotic yet a marvel of precision. Beefheart’s other work is excellent too but this is a perfectly timeless time capsule of an exploration of what was/is musically possible. He outdoes Zappa because he is not elitist, he loves sound and poetry and this has an innocent humor that I love.

Nice sounding, however just because it is an early and unexpected forray into country sound, that does not make it extremly compelling. There are many other straight up country or cross over rock based country albums I would listen to rather than this... points for innovation I guess.

One of the earliest and greatest rock ‘n’ roll albums…. Where would we be without Little Richard. Not only was it influential, but risky and distinctive, a musical landmark.

When I was 10 years old this sounded kinda cool… now as I approach 60 this sounds plodding and mushy. The sound is inexcusably terrible. I guess Beth was a hit simply because it sounds like a unique voice. Hard to even rate a 3 but I guess it gets something for cultural significance.

Starts out with promise and starts to ease up about 3 songs in, so it rolls out rather middle of the road, good but not fun enough to warrant going back and running through more than a listen and a half.

In general, I don’t like this album much at all. It is down beat and musically uninteresting, I think with document you could literally hear them hitting a wall and I don’t think this is an interesting way through it. I almost want to give it 2 but Sweetness Follows, ignorland, man on the moon, and night swimming save it from being a disaster. This coming from someone who saw them 3 times live and I really do love some of their early work.

I feel like the album is a good mix of soulful, country grit, and showy orchestration. That reaches a peak at I’m moving on and the power of my love. Great bass playing by Cogbill throughout.

Wow, a beautiful suite of music that increasingly intensifies as it moves forward. Sounds live, crisp and thrilling. All musicians are given space to paint intricate parts. Floored by this album.

A couple good songs, nice wild yet masterful guitar work. Lyrically I like the themes, they carve a great space missing in Rock but it also seems lacking in poetry, almost the opposite of the guitars.

Sounds influential to standard Rock n Roll. some great songs especially Trust In Me which is noticiably wilder than the rest of the songs.

I am really tired of the number of boring white boy EDM albums on this list. This one while being more varied is somehow worse than other electronic vibe albums I’ve been tossed. It lacks a humanity and just pummels away… how do you make dance music boring and not fun.

The first half of this is a barn burner. Morrison is completely unleashed and is beautiful and frightening at the same time. Everyone sounds passionate. His vocal assault on side one is similar to Elvis Costello on Trust, that crazy naked emotion that is hard to pull off on a studio recording…. Then we have side two it feels deflated.

This album’s musical ideas, style and execution for me demonstrate a fully realized perfection. I always want to listen to it all the way through it is such a joy to listen to and admire. And to think a few years later I saw them live in what was one of the worst concerts zi have ever witnessed. Every album is worth listening to until heartbeat City.

A singular vision of complex and beautifully arranged songs, while often teeteingr on the edge of twee self indulgence, end up feeling like an immense artistic achievement. His hushed vocals could have been just that but he often adds a musicality to his lines imparting a richness that indie pop musicians usually don’t achieve. I think the album is startlingly varied and inventive. This helps keep it a joy to listen to even well into the album. The upbeat songs are so enjoyable I craved to hear them again.

This album sounds good and it’s consistent in quality throughout. It is Not something interests me but I appreciate an intensity and level of dedication to craft and theme.

A beautifully sophisticated album that is way ahead of its time.

Some great songs, feels more like a solid pop album which makes it slightly less interesting than earlier albums.

a nice collection of songs too bad they did not make it further into the 90's.

Pretty much a Masterpiece, a complex Exploration of musical, styles, textures and techniques. Bravely expansive without being just a tribute to or slavish exercise in style.

Would be good to dance to but sounds very average.

alot of this album is fascinating but there is alot to take in. This is expansive and I feel like a tighter album would have been better. one of the great albums of the 2000s

Who did Kings of Leon pay to get 2 albums on this list (praying there isn't a 3rd). Not as bad as the earlier album and first 2 tracks are pretty impressive. Down hill from there... but they seem to have improved the musical side of their work, the lyrics still are terrible.

While ambitious, this is also very immature and embarrasingly juvenile. I wish the humor were more incisive and clever.

This has always sounded like pure product to me. Ready for commercial consumption but not really for deep enjoyment. Sure its boogie based but it is not something you really shake or swing to... Yes iconic I guess but is it good music? We have to wait until the second to last song to hear one with some shuffle to it.

A friend from England recommended this album to me a few months ago and I did like it, it seems nearly as deep as Radiohead, and sadly not as well known across the Atlantic. Its definitly better than Coldplay lyrically and musically too. Not sure if they hold this up on later albums but this one is very good.

This album is a generous Whitman's sampler of great music. Prince Demonstrates a wide range of musical ideas for the most part upbeat and fun. There are better Prince albums out there but this one is a great compendium of what he found he could deliver. I bought the album when it came out and was puzzled by the sound and apparent aimlessness m, but upon re-listen it is bright and packed with fun. I wish the drums felt more “live” but that’s a minor problem.

A beautiful and sumptuous album that follows many musical threads and weaves them together masterfully. Areas rarely explored in Indie popular music. It feels cinematic and gritty at times. I can’t think of many other albums like it.

Amy was an incredibly talented gothic noir chanteuse. This album feels more truly her than Frank. The one problem I have is that she she often favors playing with lines in a way that robs them of emotion. I end up hearing a show of dexterity rather than shaping the feel of the song. Supremely talented yet not mature enough to hold back. Great album.

I enjoyed this a lot I felt the skits were well integrated into the music of the album. It had a strong musicality to it, and it was funny.

Relentlessly dreadful and uninteresting

this is a long time to listen to someone talk about themselves. It sounds better than the Slim Shady LP but its longer and full of false brags and posturing based on a sense of being unappreciated which just seems like a persona and not a reflection of his success. I just can't enjoy it when it is so sophmoric regardless of how clever it is.

A wonderful union of old and new. Soulful yet haunting. I do think the 3rd album is even better but this was a step in a direction many seem to have tried to follow but Portishead feel like they transcend gimmicky genre aping.

Some great songs and a lot of filler that I feel no need to revisit. The last song Met Girl is particularly beautiful while other slower ones are forgettable. While I feel it is adventurous it’s no as though many big discoveries are made.

I found this to be well done and solid synth pop it’s not something I would go back and listen to again. It doesn’t lead anywhere for me.

Standard love songs filtered through the smooth phrasing of Sinatra hard to go wrong.

Good Rap album not something I would really dig into again, I guess I would like the songs to have a faster rhythm.

many of the songs sound like what you hear when the credits roll for any popular PG movie made between 1985-1991. I know it is a sound they innovated but I think in its pure form it was a dead end, but as used by some pop musicians it was influentual.

I was thinking this was not going to be a 5 for me but it ended up really fascinating to hear. Yes there are covers that are maybe not the best version of the song but the playing is on a level that goes beyond a pop band. Some of the rhythm guitar parts are marvelous and will be something I did back into to try to learn from. George’s song is in a place of maturity the rest of the band had not reached. They play with such abandon and skill, the singing is unvarnished yet beautiful. Already setting themselves apart from others.

I think this is an interesting album, it expands what post punk rock can be and is not following or constructing grunge which gives it a longer lasting appeal. Picking up pieces of Nick Cave, Big Black minus the humor... but I think Unwound explored this in a more interesting way. At least for me.

I love Jon Spencer, Seen him live 2x - This album is not his best, it is maybe his most interesting and closest to the tightly managed chaos of his live shows in its approach. I like it enough to give it 4 stars but I really think I would put it a notch below Extra Width, Orange and Meat and Bone all of which I really love. I hope one of those if not all are on this list too so I give it 3.

This is not a bad album and it is nearly very good. I think they are more inventive then Coldplay but also veer off into what feels like overboard fantasy and dramatics that lack emotional depth… so regardless of their wild musicality which I find interesting at the beginning of the album… they are still emotionally on level with Coldplay and not as accomplished and nuanced in their songwriting as Radiohead… who they clearly emulate. I don’t fault them for that it’s a good zone to play in… but imagine Thom Yorke leaves Radiohead and muse’s singer replaces him. They could perform great renditions of previous Radiohead material, but anything new would likely be very lacking if Thom’s replacement helped write the new songs. The last two songs in the album are just terrible too

This album felt like it came out of nowhere when I got it on original release. It is so minimal dark warm and beautiful all at once. Somewhat like Low Life it feels even more lush and haunting. It’s these contradictions that make it fascinating to me. I love this album.

I do like the sound of the album, it seems a bit more lightweight than the Stones but its playfulness is part of the appeal. Beck's playing seems forward looking and the wilder passages something American bands would point back to in the next decade.

I keep thinkining I should give this a 4 but the great songs are spectacular and the sound of the whole album is so rich and beautiful, like he and everyone involved were working on a different world than the rest of music. I could toss the Song for Warhol and you would have a slightly better 5 star album

This album has a great soundscape to it that is maybe a greater artistic achievement than previous Hendrix albums. I feel like I want to recognize its ambition but I also likely will not relisten to every track again if I were to go back. It is something I may play all the way through while working in the art studio.

I don't think criticizing them for sounding like Stevie Wonder is valid, many musical groups emulate others who came before them. I think this has a more funky sound that borrows from 70's mainstream funk and does it rather competently but it lacks a depth that makes me want to comeback I do like that later album with virtual insanity a bit more.

a few memorable songs and oddly has more character when the guy sings even if he is not as skilled. But despite being a key album of the era it is not something I would actively think about listening to again from start to finish.

The heavier sounding songs sound great, and its hard not to be amazed with Townsend's mastery of the guitar creating a melodic soundscape that requires such varied technique and adaptation live.

I love the range of emotions on this album, at turns hopeful in the face of war and sadness, vitrolic and conflicted. Lennon proves he is the philisphical one who would rather weave his mind through the music unlike Paul who is more fascinated with the music itself... A great post Beatles album.

I think this album is like an isolated triumph of pop based rock in a time when it stands as an anomaly. I wish there were more albums that had this lush fun edgy feel.

Evidence the the US northwest has always been grungecentric. I do love the feel of this album a true American garage version of the pop that was flowing freely everywhere. Raw, grating, celebratory and dark a great gem that more need to hear.

Nice sounding album would like to hear it again and see if it’s better than what I thought so based on my initial read, it’s a three

Nice sounding album would like to hear it again and see if it’s better than what I thought so based on my initial read, it’s a three

Listened to this many times one of my wife’s favorite albums uniquely beautiful and immediately accessible

A bit all over the place and adventurous sonically not my favorite Bowie album but worth a relisten soon.

This gets better as the albumn progresses and Lang more deeply tranforms into a chanteuse leveraging her lingering soft tone. I ended up liking the album much more than I thought.

Out of the gates this album has a feel and momentum that is exceptional especially for the time,it tightens back up rock and has a feel and purpose that feels like a pivot away from grunge. I think it starts to slack a bit on the second half and could have been helped by pulling a few songs out. Look forward to hearing white blod cells which my son says is better I hope it is on this list.

This was interesting as a rap based concept album but also cartoonish boucing between clever and sophmoric. Musically interesting use of vintage sounds but probably not going to listen again.

I know this is the proto punk minimalist precursor to later groups and its supposed to be revered because of that but it is not engrossing to mealthough the last 2 tracks are very interesting, what preceeds that feels a bit bland and intellectual.

I can't tell what this album is aiming at but it lacks focus and maturity. Not Beck and not interesting at times it shows fleeting musically interesting moments but then something feels off or wrong and it all falls apart.

Great album of his upbeat music.

Not really, my cup of tea, but it has a great sound and the heavier the better. When it slows down, it starts to border on comical in the second the last song is pure filler, but I won’t deny enjoying the fast loud parts.

As much as I like Praise You and some other early moments on this album it is still repetative and punishing at times. While the backbone of the sound feels more joyous and natural, it still lacks the variation or exploration that keeps me engaged.

The album starts out better than I remember but the songs start becoming chunky and a sameness sets in that is unlike their previous work. I don’t know how you follow a masterpiece like Doolittle where every second is brilliant.

Much better than I expected definitely will listen again. Starts out a bit of a mess and gets better as it moves along. Reminded me of Fiery Furnaces in its scattered yet rich approach and tapping of genre.

I used to own this album and I listened to it a bit. But I never really loved as much as I feel like I am supposed to…. Listening to it now it suffers a bit from 80’s production and could be more impactful stripped down with a raw sound.

This, flowers of Romance and Album are all great PIL albums. This may be the hardest to appreciate but I do like its self defining confidence. Maybe what the Pistols could have been conceptually, an attempt to reshape music in a way that pushed beyond what is considered marketable and pop yet still being sonically rich and wild in a way rock only attempts to be.

Joplin was a powerhouse and this album proves it would like to hear another come up on here to compare but love this one.

Nice album not as good as their first which I hope shows up on here.

great performances of music that I would not likely listen to outside of this list. I do think it feels very lively for a recording.

An incredible musical journey. The album extracted rock based music from the listless grunge based rock of the 90’d. The songs are shocking and beautiful to me. Emotionally raw, smart and musically sensual.

Certainly ambitious, but almost equally overdone and seemingly empty in its poetics. Ocean Rain is oddly more moving by using more specific imagery and narratives. This feels weighty and bombastic. I think deserves a listen or two but for me it seems to push its own importance to the fore and lacks playfulness that could help balance the gravity it exudes.

Thankful I got to hear this album and learn some about its history. A brave and beautiful work of art.

Great album

Odd that the slower songs that are hits are the highlights, when they try to inject some excitement it falls flat. The first two songs in particular are discouraging I almost gave up but the trio of slower hits are very good. The second half of the album seems lost and never finds the gravitas that works earlier in the album.

I love the diversity of this album and it may be the only album featuring Lenny Kravitz that I can listen to. Its variety is impressive and also makes it a little hard to latch onto as well.

This is hard to rate because it is not as concise and solid as OK Computer, the Bends or even In Rainbows, but I still find it fascinating. It sprawls and draws inspiration and influence from what came before. I think Yorke sounds raw and panicked and it works well. It may be my personal favorite a great album to listen to while making art.

I like the playful approach of this album, not sure that there are any tracks that stand out to me, better than most electronic dance.

I know this is supposed to be a masterpiece but outside of the more upbeat songs I don't find this to be something I crave to listen to again. It is constantly pitched to me on streaming platforms in the past and I skip after a few seconds. great musicians involved but just seems maybe too smart for me.

This feels both familiar and so completely personal. Uses a synth pop sensibility to achieve something deeper and more complex than pop usually delivers. I really love this album.

A great return for Bowie. He is unrestrained by commercial influences.

An album unlike any other new wave album . The guitar work is beautiful yet aggressive cutting into the songs like a jagged knife. The themes of middle class bourgeois excess and power are smart, funny any as jagged as the guitars.

I have listened to this a couple times I find it interesting but not entralling. I do like its unique lyricism and free feeling musicality. Seems of its time but not commercially constrained

The peaks on this album are so high that it makes the other material seem much weaker. I adore about half of the album.

I lack the patience for this, while competent and has a nice sound it is not something I feel compelled to listen to again and have trouble finishing it on the first listen

Its nice and an interesting rebirth of material, I just am not a big fan of the Beach Boys and find this to not be as good as Pet Sounds and I don't see myself wanting to listen to it again.

A wonderful Whitman’s sampler of hard core punk.

Not a huge Elvis listener but I do like this album I especially like Trying to Get You which has some really intricate guitar work and I Got a Woman is great too.

I like some of this better than Blue. Second song was really good.

Industrial that I love because it is not just a single approach, references are pulled from older cabaret music and expressionist art. I have seen them live back in the early 90's and they were fabulous. The Kurt Wiel album is also very good.

what a great consistent sound and vision. The album has gotten better over time, I initially was not in love with its overt pop sound but it has such an simple approach with excellent guitar work I came around and now find it amazing in its beauty.

Better than the Holy Bible, more overtly popish, but the songs still sounnd like cinderblocks to me I wish they gave a bit more space to their sound .

this is just an endurance test for me, all thrash no humor or variation not something I need to revist.

A wonderful work that expands artistic pop exploring the ordinary in an extraordinary way. The music is complex but still infectous. Love it.

The risk and ambition of this is admirable but the result is not enthralling for me as album shifts to ambient orientalism.

I like every song Dorothy Moskowitz sings on, the other songs feel gimmicky even if the techniques and approach is edgy it just feels sophomoric. But som of Dorothy’s songs are worth the listen.

I am a bit torn on this I do like 2 songs and I like the craziness of the album more than how it really sounds... I don't see myself digging back into it much...

This is an excellent album, but I like The first one more. Walk this Way has not aged well.

About 3/4 of this album has some music that must be heard. A couple songs are not on the same level but this is a must know album glad I listened to and will listen to it again.

Beautiful Nick Cave album still like the fuller sound of the Good Son,.

This is a fitting lead up to the more refined Ocean Rain, if you prefer a rawer sound you may find is superior. I still like the focus of the next album a little better but this is damn nearly as good. First time listening to it and love it.

Heard the Album many times a great one

Overly Drummed, overly long, overly serious and overly dark.

a great album bridging american garage rock and Psychadelic Rock, I like some of that later work more but found this very interesting and will relisten to some tracks.

Lyrically stronger than it is musically. I feel like the backing music is just canned music with a vibe based on a specific genre rather than being crafted to match the work put into the lyrics. Production is nice but I want more musically.

Rock without the posturing. It is a nice evolutionary look at how American punk and new wave began. The first side is spectacular the second side is more interesting as a look back to how Richman started.

Weller proves himself a competent soul pop performer. The songs are good and his voice is almost rough enough. I think were it not Weller would this album be of signifigance? Its good but not remarkable.

A great sounding jazz album a minimal sound but very beautiful.

I just am not fond of the Beach Boys, sure they broke ground here with the elaborate orchestration but the music does not move me. I do love Sloop John B and God Only Knows. But I guess I like music with swing or some drama to it if it is orchestral.

this wall of beautiful fuzz felt so unusual when I heard it back when it came out. Some songs stand out more than others I do not go back to it as often as I used to but nice to hear again.

Sounds beautiful but in the end its boring.

Some great covers here that became classics for him, other parts of the album feel a bit generic and not as riveting.

Powerful songs on this album has a great sound that is deceptively sparse which I think gives it a more universal feel given the time it was released.

Good jazz I do like the pieces that have more of a non traditional sound like Maesha

A sprawling album I prefer the tighter Sticky Fingers. Admittedly impressive but not something I would revisit aside from some specific songs.

Another great one by Public Enemy, a sound collage that is amazing to experience in addition to the lyrics. Great album to make art or work to.

I was impressed by this the more I listened. It’s not really a musical style I like but it is well done and unlike music that followed in its playfulness musically. Lyrically it is complex and pretty raw.

This sounds a bit like a rock opera I do like the focus on class and that struggle for status and looking for something to make the struggle worthwhile. Will listen again

An album that is generous and fun, covers alot of ground with lyrical invention not as much in music so I latch onto the tracks I like.

I love Lamar's voice and his contemplative approach to story telling. There is a pursuit of realism that sets him apart and then he really cares about the musicality of his art and that makes it really rewarding to listen to.

Good soul with Greens meaty vocals stand out on the more uptempo songs

Great funk grooves nothing else like Parliament, hoping there is some more on this list because I like some of the earlier albums more.

Wow I never would have listened to this and am so glad I did. Beautiful sounding album and I love her voice.

I do unashamedly love this album. It has a great energy to it and they get a bad rap for their later work, however there is some good music on the first 7 albums and it ends there. I loved them as a young teen and think this album holds up well.

This is a generous 3, makes me realize how much I like Katylied, Can't Buy and Countdown. Here they largely overcomplicate some basic generes and suck the fun out of them.

This album is filled with many good tracks, including some fours into other musical styles however, the album feels over stuffed, and some of those explorations are not as fruitful or interesting.

An ambitious work, it is not as beautiful as some later albums but looking back at this you can see how this points to those works.

while I can't deny the talents of Sabu, the recording is largely dedicated to long flat examples of some rythyms that dont change and have little or no orchestration so the appeal is very limited. I did find the second to last and last songs to be better because they involved more orchestration.

my favorite Zeppelin Album. Such a wonderfully varied musical landscape.

I think this album had a wonderfully unique sound. I am not typically interested in music that is based on vocal layers but I do like thier compositions.

Great Diverse Album the variety reminds me of seeing Funkadelic live each song differing from the previous won and descending into wonderfully adept and fun jam sessions.

Like almost every album by Morrissey. There are 2 to 3 good songs on it and that’s about it.

I feel like this has not aged as well as Off the Wall and Thriller. Some good songs but a lot of it lacks the feeling of earlier albums.

Somewhere inbetween The Beach Boys and David Bowie, more tolerable for me than The Beach Boys but it meanders and seems overblown so it never reaches the self awareness and immediate power of Bowie. Appeal is drowned by ambition despite some good songs.

I do like a few songs but it feels self indulgent. I don’t see myself going back to it anytime in the future.

What a great album, he redefined gritty yet refined pop. so many excellent songs on the album. Everything sounds tight. You get some hints of the coming sophistication his following efforts will contain.

While heavier than Pink I am not sure how it is really different than Pink. Much of the album has a polish that works against its rage. I liked one song but will not listen to the album again.

Some really good songs on here and Planet Rock is such a fun element of my musical youth.

Packed with great music. I still find the guitar solos amazing. A brilliant muscular ball of energy from start to finish.

These interpretations are all done Really well, but not the content I want from Willie. Guitar sounds nice and clean but not sure I will listen again hoping there is another album on this list.

Trenchent and thematically Sophmoric in its doom infused drama, hearing this right after Back In Black makes it sound like an emotionless brick. Not impressed.

Now this seems like the gentrification of early hip hop but it is not terrible... Buffalo girls still sounds a good as when I first hear it in 82. However the rest of the album is mildly interesting at best.

An amazing debut, Hynde is a bad ass who pushes an unvarnished female view in your face and sounds both beautiful and tough at the same time. Tattooed Love Boys, Precious and Mystery Achievement are perfection. The Wait is one of my favorite Songs by anyone, her guitar playing is great on there too. Not sure how she can sing and play that Rythym at the same time. I've watced vids of her playing it live and am astounded...

Ok pop music the second album appears to have more of a theme to it but my interest overall had waned to the point that it felt annoying and a indulgent ask of my patience.

Green Onions, the first track, is great and the rest is very good but feels a bit like the foundation of a house. Like the bones of some great music if only there were more elements in play. Great band but will listen to some other efforts next time.

The first few songs felt like cookie cutter hip hop but the album gets much better as it moves forward and feels more relaxed. I ended up liking it more than I thought I would.

The first half of this is stellar, the crunchy rock pop is great and balanced with melodic Sound and Vision. The second electronic side for me has always been a bore. I know it is supposed to be a huge achievement but it is not something I really have ever wanted to listen to more than once.

I love Tina Turner and this has some nice songs on it, that have not aged well. Better Be Good to ME still sounds great but some of the covers just feel like she is vamping rather than exuding emotion.

This album is packed with great songs that also have that unique Devo sound. Robotic, energetic yet still sounding hand crafted. I don't know that they made a better album than this. Remains a standout.

There is something annoying about the lyrics on this album. Some songs are memorable but the bad ones are terrible.

A great pop album even if the last couple songs are not perfect

I do love this album the only other album that is nearly as good is Fair Warning. Every song has a rushed overblown energy that works because they are trying to prove themselves.

The kind of Brit Pop I like striving for fun over perfection. Need to listen to this a few more times because it seems to slowly unveil itself.

Great Reggae album glad to have it pop up on the list so I could listen to it.

Great Album, Still think Maggot Brain is better but still a great orchestration of music.

Less than half baked jam session exploiting the 60's "Love" theme and riffing off the Bo Diddley song that is infinitely superior to anything on this mess, no need to ever listen again.

American Girl is a knockout, the rest of the album seems like a search for a sound. Even Breakdown sounds a bit like Steely Dan.... variety is not a bad thing but the overall blandness is something Petty needed to escape from to become a bigger musicial star.

While there are some songs on here that I find nice in their sweep of sound and simple emotions (Tonight, 1979). It does not hold up through the rest of the album, the bulk of which feels like sonic and lyrical wallpaper. Lots of trite emotions that could use some prosaic specificity to balance things out.

The second half of the album is very good. I knew this had a lot of praise ad at 3 songs in I wondered why. But then by the next song everything started to come together. The strange sonic landscapes better matched the the songs and I became interested.

Hearing this after the dreadful Quicksilver Messenger Service album restored my faith in Psychadelic Rock. I have always liked Slick's voice much of the album is good and surprisingly focused for the genre.

More of a cultural artifact than a stunning musical performance.

Great collection of pop

There was one song I liked I won’t listen to this ever again. Better than most electronics but not enough for me to take notice of anything.

I don’t believe you need a hook to make good songs, but this album certainly may make you crave one… these reverb pieces go in circles and leave me felling like I have listened to nothing.

Definitely the album the brought house to mainstream. Groove is a great song the rest is pretty good but not nearly as good as the one hit.

Rap that’s pretty good but is not musically distinctive.

The album sounds good but I find the genre of music to be a bit boring. I did enjoy the title track.

This sounds like what someone who thinks they are an Alpha Male listens to when they feel emotionally vulnerable. I do like a few songs and everything sounds well done. The appeal wanes over time. All Thesr Things That I’ve Done is great but nearly ruined by its overuse in corporate PowerPoints I endured in the twenty Teens.

Exciting Album I need to spend some more time with it.

At first listening to this was as interesting as eating vanilla ice cream, then realized it's pretty damn good vanilla ice cream.

This is a difficult one to rate. Much more adventerous than other pop music at the time, it was my favorite Beatles album as a youth... but now I think it starts to drop off on the second side. Paul's bass playing throughout is marvelous but I feel like with the execption of a couple songs the last half is weak.

Has some powerful and brave songs mixed with some more broadly appealing ones. A good view of Simone’s range and complexity.

One of the better synth pop albums of the 1980s

There is one good album in here and one very mediocre album. Born to Run is an unlikely excellent cover.

Very nice last Bon Scott album. The great thing is AC DC sound only like themselves and nobody else really sounds like them.

An intriguing choice of songs that at times works well, however it also sounds like Cash is literally phoning it in, his voice often sounds disconnected from the music too forward rather than melded to the songs. I think that is unfortunate and surprising given that Rick Rubin produced it. His voice admittedly is like a gilded lump of coal but it should not completely overshadow the music.

Some great songs towards the end of the album. I do like the sparseness of the music it feels very natural. The songwriting did not engage until the album was almost over.

Glam Anthems galore.

I like 2 songs on here the rest is indulgent crap.