1001 Albums Summary

feels a bit dated and repetitive, but each track is a classic in it's own right. Solid album

It was fun listening to the album for this project. I've heard many of the hits, but never listened to a NIN album front-to-back before. It's a classic. One point off for being a tad bit monotonous.

Surprisingly Mid. I was hyped to have an MJ album come up on this, but wasn't really into Bad.

Fantastic and fun album. Hadn't heard of this before today, so was super hyped when "Alright" came on, which of course is a massive hit everyone knows.

I swear this is the rote type of reggae funk I hear during every concert setbreak/pre-show. As someone who can't really focus on lyrics, this is fairly monotonous.

really fantastic from start to finish.

this is my personal list, so it's one star. I don't care about lyrics in music, and that's really all there is to Bob Dylan.

Classic. Hit after hit after hit

"This is Mr. New Vegas, and I feel something magic in the air tonight, and I'm not just talking about the gamma radiation.".

Hell Yeah, Brother

decent but pretty monotonous

pretty same-ish 90s alternative.

MEAT LOAF IS FUN

I honestly had to come back and edit this. I gave it a 5. and it's just not a 5. I got distracted by the band name and the cover art on a day I couldn't listen. It was a 5 when I was getting into music. It's a 3 now.

Really enjoyed this album, more so than I was expecting to! I went in thinking, "OK, The Boss is an American institution, but I never really jived with his big hits! Born in the USA (song) kind of sucks." Listening to one of his albums start to finish really helped understand the appeal. It's well paced, diverse, and carries an overall common vibe.

Flawless.

I enjoyed this album a lot! Classic tracks, well produced. Been getting a few soul records in a row this week, and I think Isaac Haye's Hot Buttered Soul is a better overall album, but Marvin is always great

Preemo and Guru perfectly compliment each other on this record, the beats are amazing and Guru just flows so smooth over them. Guru and Gang Starr as a whole are a very underrated force in rap, nothing but some of the cleanest beats and the cleanest rhymes you'll ever hear. Step in the Arena may not be their very best or most experimental album, but you can hear them finding their way as a group with something to say.

Hard to believe this came out in 1974. Seems ahead of its time are various points. "Falling in Love with Myself Again" is a very annoying song. This whole album just sounds like i'm in a haunted circus. Overall, this album clearly was an influence on many artists to come after, but I just think this is an incredibly obnoxious album.

Yeah, I'm into this one. You can hear the remnants of the early punk movement in the lyrics, while exploring psych and proto-80s electronic tones in the music. There also seems to be a big switch-up in theme/mood from the A-side to the B-side of the album. A band, that based on this album, some would consider underrated, deserving the popularity the Banshees or Gang of Four got. Perhaps they're perfectly rated. Good album.

it's great. Can't explain why, but it just clicked right from when the drums came in on breadcrumb trail. The lyrics are fantastic, the atmosphere is fantastic. Slow burn, melancholy. A whole song about Nosferatu? that deserves it's own star added to the album. Perhaps a star removed for being very "young-person" angsty?

Struggling with this one. This album came out right when I was starting to discover my own music in middle school. This reminds me of all-night WoW leveling sessions, or CS 1.6 Games with this in the background. Unfortunately, I'm not sure it's actually all that good of an album. The lyrics are really cringe, the angst is too manufactured. despite it being the soundtrack to a lot of my memories, I never latched on to this band, going more for System of a Down and other Nu-Metal bands that were less angsty.

I always thought James Taylor was just a soft-singing folk artist. Boy this album turned that opinion around. There really isn't a bad track on this thing. Love it.

It's fine. It's a good soul (or Proto-Soul?) album from 64. It has a lot of the "sameness" throughout the album as a lot of these early releases did. I enjoyed it quite a bit, but it didn't really grab me as much as Sam Cooke's live album, or Isaac Hayes' debut did. 2

The album is a scattered mess, so much so that their produced quit halfway through recording. And that's what makes this album a good one!

....nahhhhh. I wanted to give this a fair shot since I have a soft spot for 90s alternative pop, but this is really a huge nothing-burger of an album. Unfortunately this is inoffensive background music, which I doubt is something Crow was going for. "All I wanna Do" is an absolute banger though. Love that track.

Ozzy Rules!!!!

"The State I'm In" is a great track and was rightfully ranked by pitchfork on their "best of the 90s" list. I enjoyed "Expectations" even more. Off to a great start! If You're Feeling Sinister seems to be the better album by this group, however.

It's as I thought. The Hits on this album, "Starlight", "Supermassive Black Hole", "Knights of Cydonia" are great tracks and invoke a feeling of nostalgia. The rest of the album is unremarkable, same-y tracks. Not bad at all, to be sure, but needless. This would have been a decent EP.

Gothy, post-punk. I can see why it's on a list like this, but wow it was not a fun listen.

yeah it's ZZ Top; what else do you want? La Grange!

The Singer sounds like a zesty Ozzy Osbourne. 20 tracks and 69 minutes (nice) all sound the same. Why is this album so long? Why does it sound so bad? What *Exactly* justifies it's placement in this list?

it's not bad but it sounds just like every late 80-s early-90s rap. It's honestly kind of crazy how old hip hop has aged; Like, it's not bad at all, it's just all sounds exactly the same regardless of who the artist is. Kind of crazy TBH. It is cool seeing a female artist breakout in the genre so early, though. The song featuring De La Soul was fun.

this is not a remarkable album at all.

i don't think any other indie album was as influential on the overall sound of the 2010s as this one, and I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing anymore.

It's a great album, for sure. I just don't really understand how it's in the top 5 of most lists.

Hey Chat GPT, compose an incredibly generic "punk record" using the same drumbeat on every song, and make sure to include every punk trope into the lyrics. Ok that all said, I feel like this album probably had a big influence on John Dwyer of the Oh Sees. "Jack on Fire" Sounds like a mid-album track you'd find on an Oh Sees album nowadays.

instant 1. Holy shit this is terrible. This came out one week after In Utero, just for a reference for how dated it sounded at release.

interesting....very interesting... probably won't ever listen to it again, but it wasn't really all that bad. Definitely can see the influence it had on punk going forward

This is just another Steely Dan Record.

Dark vibes, great lyrics

Wow this is so different than the more prolific PF albums. Barrett really provided a different vibe to the band, leaning more into classic psych. I have to say nothing really stood out, but it was fun to hear little themes in this album that would become the Pink Floyd sound.

Each track is put in a specific order: I Love you, I hate you, I love you, I hate you. Figure it out, girl!

BANGGGERRRRRRRRRR

Yet another album on this list that is perfectly fine, but I just don't understand what warrants this being included. It's a mid-90s coffee shop album. Not controversial, not particularly interesting, etc.

Pretty boring. Ages poorly compared to other 2005 rap albums, which was a particularly dry time in music.

The singer's vibrato is excessive and incredibly annoying. The album started off really bad in my opinion, but improved as it went along.

We love a good live blues album, and this is the best one.

Masterpiece for sure! I still prefer The Bends, but OK Computer is a 5 star album

It's just not good. Sorry Syd...

I think U2 is cringe and avoided their music. The hate may have stemmed from that album being forced on everyone’s iPhone/ipod. It may have stemmed from Bono being wildly obnoxious. Who knows. Anyways, I committed to Listening to this album, and I must say…it’s very good. Not as good as many album lists have them ranked. But good nonetheless.

Loved it. So goth, but also gave me vibes of shoegaze. Classic!

There were a few songs on this album that I felt had HEAVY Beatles influence. "Keep the Customer Satisfied" is a good example of that. Of course, it's borrowing heavily from Soul/Blues, but does so in the way the Beatles did. "Baby Driver" is even more obvious with the Beatles influence (and even Beach Boys with the "ba ba ba baa" adlib) with the chord progressions and vocal harmonies. Sounds like Paul could've covered this song perfectly. "Why Don't You Write Me" sounds like it would fit just fine on Sgt. Peppers. And that's totally fine! This is a really great album.

On one hand, this album is clearly immensely influential to future rap albums. A lot of the lyrics have aged terribly, the beats are dated and monotonous. "It's a Man's World" is straight Cringe.

Loved it! Dreampop, ethereal. Great as background music, or active listening. It's versatile

A great album that had a massive influence on the rap game in the 90s. effortlessly sampling older works and endlessly sampled by modern hip hop artists, this album has everything. Perhaps, more than that, it features Lauryn Hill, who would just two years later put out one of the greatest albums of all time as a solo artist.

Never heard of Bad Brains before, but I'm glad I know them now! It's right up my alley of hardcore-adjacent music. It's a little aged, some bad moments, but I will be exploring this artist more.

This album got me back into listening to whole albums after years of spotify slop playlists. I had already been a fan of Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine, but Cocteau Twins introduced me to a whole different subset of shoegaze/dreampop music. An absolute classic.

an overrated album by one of the most overrated bands of the 20th century. "hey, our music is really terrible, lets all get in a plastic ball and blast confetti everywhere, maybe our idiot fans will forget how bad this actually is!" When your fans can only praise the band by talking about the concert experience, and that live experience isn't tied to the music itself, it's a bad sign.

The quintessential album for boys in the 90s. I was 9 when this came out and my best friend of the same age got this album. His parents didn't care what albums he got. I remember this album, Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, and Tupac being in his rotation. I remember "Role Model" really making me laugh as a kid. I knew even then that the lyrics were satirical. It was kind of a comedy album to me. Anyways, it's a good album. It would be great, but the lyrics, always goofy, have also aged a little poorly.

"Upon its initial release, Suicide was greeted with some favorable reception from the UK press, but was universally panned in the United States, where it failed to chart." Yea that's par for the course for this list, seems like. That said, this is an album that was a huge influence on many genres including Punk, New-Wave, noise, industrial.... It belongs on the list for sure. It's just not particularly entertaining!

So many hits! Was really surprised that I already knew just about every track on the album!

WTF?

Fun album!

lyrics far-too on the nose. Self-righteous drivel. early-2000s musical trends. Just all-around bad and forgettable.

I prefer boarding the Starship compared to the Airplane, but this is an all-time classic for sure!

Thundercat - Drunk perfect album for a chilly Sunday morning. love the meandering jazz along with random hilarious lines scattered throughout. It starts so strong, but does fall-off a bit as the record goes on. I Want to give it a 4, but it'll likely be a 3

I've heard the hits off this album many times. This was my first time listening to the whole thing. My first impression, of course, is that it's great. A classic for sure. My second thought is that just about every song is far too long. I'm not usually one to complain that songs are longer than the radio-friendly 3 minutes, but its just true that the riff that's being played at minute 7 is the same as minute 2 and therefore is not necessary.

Decent. Perhaps a bit overrated.

Why does he sing like that? Did the poor man suffer a stroke or something? This album did not have a friend in me.

recording feels....empty? hollow? the music is fine, but something about the mix is off. other than that, it's a decent debut!

so....Im not sure if this was intentional or not, but at 2:07 of "hand of man", there's an old-school Cellphone incoming call interference noise on the track. very subtle in the left channel. Given this came out in 2012, I bet this was a real call and wasn't picked up by the producer. Which is hilarious. I enjoyed the album overall, it's interesting. but good god does it DRAG on

Obviously a lot of all-timer singles on here, but other than that it's a run-of-the mill 60-s cali album

yeah.... This is a 5/5 easily. I wouldn't have said this a few years ago. My listening experience with the Beatles was from my Mom's record collection. For some reason, Sgt. Pepper's was the most damaged record, and I never spun it. I fell in love with Rubber Soul mostly, followed by Revolver. Now that I've heard a version uninterrupted by scratches and skips, I know now that it's their best album. I still love Rubber Soul, but let's be real. My biggest "ah-hah" moment today was listening to "Lovely Rita" WHAT IS THAT ENDING?! What a groove! I still want to say "Rubber Soul" is my favorite, but this album is objectively better.

Elvis Costello bores me to tears, and the list creator's obsession with him is downright pathetic.

ehh. it's whatever. I don't hate it at all. I like Norah, actually. But it doesn't really belong on this list, does it? It's music for Starbucks, when Starbucks was still a thing that wasn't on every corner.

Been waiting for this one for a long time! What a way to start my week. I actually "discovered" this album through my favorite band Phish, who on some Halloweens would do a "musical Costume" for their second set of the show. in 1994 they did the white album. in 1996 they did Remain in Light. Some of the songs have remained in their rotation since, especially Crosseyed and Painless. Anyway, this is a 5/5 and David Byrne is a big-suit-wearing genius.

I don't hate it. I don't hate it. "Look, there's a new crack started, even the bricks have farted." lmao

i'm giving all Costello albums a 2 and hardly skimming through them as a protest of the list creator's obsession with this meaningless artist. Can't give it a 1 because then I'll have to see this clown's albums on my summary page for the next two years.

It's Good, It's Funky!

Ok so on one hand, the large contingency of british people on this website HATE this album. On the other hand, /r/Indieheads adores this album. I fall somewhere in the middle. It seems like it's really trying hard to be unique and weird, and it doesn't always work. It's not an unlistenable pile of crap, 1001. It's not amazing, reddit. 3/5

Eclectic mix of great tunes. Very chill

This is chaotic and awesome. When Is saw this was rated so low and was on the Global Stats list as one of the 1001's lowest, I was disappointed. But yet again, the sensitive and boring ears of the British majority on this site have missed out on a gem. Go listen to Supergrass, it'll be ok! This album has so many compelling themes, sick drum parts, and just an overall insane presence. Love it.

pretty lame, not going to lie. The first song was cool, but it devolved from there. Also the new album that's coming out here in late 2025 looks to have AI art. Lame!

David Byrne being his best self on this record!

Love Cat Stevens. I was introduced to most of his music by an ex gf who adored the movie "Harold and Maude". Father and Son is an all-timer.

This was NOT GOOD.

Really did not like this. I'm not a Blur hater by any means, but I thought this album would be much better given it's relatively widespread acclaim.

peak turn of the century/millennium pop R&B

tough to rate this one. I mean there are a few songs that are objectively iconic in terms of recognizing them, but it's still a U2 album from the tail-end of their career. It's safe, it's shallow, and pretty same-y.

oh dang this is a hard review. This album is objectively iconic. Pioneers in the punk scene. That said, this whole album lacks diversity. Each song sounds pretty much the same. I recognize this album influenced an entire genre, but I'm not sure we needed so many song doing the same thing.

The album art is more iconic than the music, but it's still good.

Going a bit against the grain here and ranking it lower than i did the "II" album. Really, my rankings for the Queen albums included on this site are: "A Night at the Opera" "II" "Sheer Heart Attack" But I also adore "The Game" and "The Works", so what do I know?

When Apple announced this album as their greatest of all time a few years ago, most critics were totally fine with that choice, despite the rest of the list being a joke. I'm not sure I agree that this is the best album of all time, and it's certainly not in my constant rotation, but it is a great album.

just so bleak.

What a horny, horny man.

pretty run-of-the-mill debut for a band in the 60s if we're being honest. just doesn't really hold up when you consider what the Stones and the Beatles were doing in 65.

One monumental track followed by lesser versions of pretty much the same. Its not bad at all, its just hard to get through the album when you know the best part is already over.

nahhhh.... this is definitely not my bag. That said... I can't help but wonder if John Martyn's music and singing style has influenced Cameron Winter of Geese fame. I'm hearing some similarities. Anyways, I can't rate this higher than a 2.

The Sensual World - Kate Bush wow! Never sat down and listened to Kate before. I REALLY like this album. lots of layered melodies, exotic themes, etc. Apparently "Hounds of Love" is even better. Looking forward to getting that one.

the first album on the list that I have on vinyl. Was awesome spinning a record for the 1001 project. This is a great album. Rehab was a smash hit, but I think it actually is a weaker part of the album. While it's well sung, and fun, it comes off as a throw-away tongue-in-cheek pop song. the rest of the album is flawless. "Tears Dry on their Own" also brings in the pop influence but does so more subtlety than "Rehab", and for that I think it's the best song on the album.

It's Pink Floyd's The Wall. It's a 5. It's near the bottom of what will end up being all my 5's, but it is a 5.

That was so fun!

I really did not like this album. just so plain and lame.

Life's a Bitch and then you die.

Getting some Talking Heads vibes from this. Tom Tom Club focuses on the electric side of that vibe more. *looks up Tom Tom Club* - oh.. it's two members of the Talking Heads lol. Makes sense! Also, the album is too long.

I was raised as a Moody Blues fan since my mom was obsessed with them (im named after one of them afterall) - I swear "Epitaph" fits perfectly in "Days of Future Passed" and a lot of the rest of it sounds very Moodys too.

Started off kind of bad, got good, then got boring. It's fine.

I have a big respect for Zappa and the influence he had on some of my favorite artists. I still struggle to enjoy his music personally, but I feel like this album has the most relatable songs in Frank's entire discography.

Really wanted to listen to this and rate it highly since so many of the users on here are so blindly opposed to modern pop music. Unfortunately, unlike Lauryn Hill, or Taylor Swift, this album doesn't really say anything, or present anything musically interesting.

More same-y British punk from the 70s. Like I'm sorry, but this list has too many omissions for me to give this the benefit of the doubt. If the Clash are on this list, The Adverts don't need to be.

I love Elliott Smith. A while back, my dating profile had my most-listened to artists on there, and Elliott Smith was included. Multiple women asked if I was doing ok in life lmao.

boop beep beep boop, "oy what do you reckon this button will make the keyboard sound like" - The Album

ah yes, the only album Action Bronson has ever listened to. Real talk though, it's a good one.

The third song is a meme song and that threw me off. Peak late 90-s dance themes. It's fine.

the first Jazz album i ever bought on vinyl. It was a joy to put it on the turntable this morning, sit down with a coffee and do my 1001 album for the day. A Love Supreme... A Love Supreme... A Love Supreme...

This is terrible. How were they not completely embarrassed putting this out? It's not even 1-star horrible, it's just so lame and cringe.

This is the good stuff right here.

Liked it when I was younger. They're weird now though aren't they.

Seems that their most popular songs are the random mixes done after the original album came out.

Love it. My mom had the greatest hits CD in her car and we'd listen to it often. First time listening to a full album of theirs and some of the biggest hits are on this one. Good early-southern rock!

I've been blessed with CCR two days in a row. They're so great.

This is why we do this project! Loved this album! Definitely a few annoying bits that kept it from a 5, but im adding this album to my library

Probably my least favorite album of theirs, although with my favorite song "There, There"

It's Metallica and it's live. Good not great

This is the first early-punk album on this list that I actually enjoyed quite a bit. It has a bit of the “same-ness” that the other UK punk albums have but not as much and that’s the magic sauce.

Derivative slop. Autumn Shade was good though.

not really sure why the book author chose this Slipknot album to be included on this list. The Debut absolutely belongs; it was a great experiment in blending the Nu-Metal and industrial metal movements of the late 90s and early 2000s. This album, however isn't their best. You can really hear how Taylor's focus is torn between Slipknot and Stone Sour, creating a weird mix of emo singing on industrial riffs. 3.0 would have been better to include.

It's an iconic performance from the 90s. I'm not sure I can give it a 5, though, as I generally prefer the original album versions of each track.

much more accessible than I was anticipating. And kind of good?

it's fine..... perfect for happy hour at Chilis in 2006.

Compilations don't belong in this project. unfortunately it's a 2. The lowest rating I can give while avoiding seeing it on my summary page.

Really fun album

This album is featured in many of my middle school memories as I was just starting to get into music.

I really enjoyed the start to this album. It definitely falls off a bit in the middle. I liked how Talk Talk took that typical 80s synth pop sound and made it a broad soundscape.

An Absolute classic. Joni Mitchell is an icon and and influence on just about every folk singer that came after.

Over the years, I've come to the realization that The Doors are wildly overrated and Jim Morrison was a try-hard.

Strange. Not terrible, but just kind of weird vibe.

Gosh, I really wanted this to be a solid 4-star album for me. It's right up my alley in terms of what I tend to listen to now. The album started off very strongly, and fell apart by the end.

Hell Yeah, Brother. The soundtrack to day drinking in the middle of the week before a long drive home

pretty middling 90s stuff. Nothing really stuck out to me outside of the well-known songs. someone else here said it really well. It sounds like the music a fake band in a movie would make.

Jealous Guy is a great song, and a good look at the underbelly of this guy

really underwhelming. I thought I was a big Neil Young fan, but I guess he's just a put out a TON of music and the stuff that isn't on Harvest or a greatest hits compilation is really bad.

The soundtrack to Expedition 33 if Ubisoft produced it.

there's so much I can say about this type of music, but I'm going to be respectful and just stick to the flaws of this specific album. Lorde does that dumb-as-hell "cursive" vocal thing that detracts from the album. She should be in a speech class, not a studio. And of course, here's Jack Antonoff to produce the most hollow, meaningfulness pile of whatever this is.

Likely the best solo project from a former Beatle. I saw the runtime of the album and thought it'd be a slog full of filler, but pretty much every track was great.

It's fine. I much prefer the new wave of bluegrass. This take on Bluegrass is to by-the-book, goofy, and safe. Listen to Billy Strings, Kitchen Dwellers, and Greensky Bluegrass if you want a modern, good take on American Bluegrass music.

double live album....seriously?

It's a good album, one that was part of the soundtrack of my childhood. I will say it is a bit overrated, and not their best album.

im so tired of listening to this shit

The Jazz combo backing was an excellent touch. A lovely goodbye album from a music icon.

its pretty run-of-the mill 90s "hard-er" rock. Outside of the big singles, It kind of gets lost in decade of monumental releases

oh wow the dipshit creator of this list couldn't resist stuffing Elvis Crapstello and the Divine comedy into yet. another. album.

interesting!

Saw Fishbone in 2022 at a free park concert in Denver. An event that attracts really young kids and is treated as a family event. They were not ready for Fishbone lmao. hell, I wasn't either.

meh. Inoffensive. Not bad, not good.

it's like the Arctic Monkeys, but not as good!

classic

Surpirsingly mid. not very enjoyable, but I also listened to it on the bumpiest flight of my life, so who knows.

wooooahhhh ohh oh ohh ohhhhh ohhhh

it's a pretty decent album. Easy to put on and let play. Flows really well. It's just not particularly remarkable to me. I think some of the 4s and 5s are really leaning on the artist rather than the album.

started good, got bad, got good again, got horrible, got decent at the end.

Classic 50s R&R

Surprisingly good.

The very best of the Early-Beatles era.

I prefer John Prine over any other folk artist of that era

Not as good as the other entry from Belle & Sebastian.

Pretty decent; It's no OK Computer or The Bends, but it's also not garbage.

Pulp is a less-talented, sex-pest version of David Bowie.

pretty fun

meh.

A Pleasant surprise, and a new band to dive into! "Don't" RIPS

Was really excited when I saw "Brimful of Asha" on the tracklist. Then I realized I only like the Fatboy Slim version and this original sounds like a xanned-out version.

D&B British trash

waste of time. Same as 1000 other crooner albums of the era, BUT THIS ONE IS IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, SO COOL, PUT IT ON THE LIST.

This album doesn't really go anywhere.

I hate singers who sing strangely to stand out. Or perhaps there's something wrong with her?

Rod Stewart is in this band? interesting. It was a fine album. It seems that the Robinson brothers of The Black Crowes had to get some inspiration from this group, especially from "Miss Judy's Farm"

I've always thought this album was a bit too long, but it's overall really quite good. The last four/five tracks are like a fall of a cliff though, absolutely should've been cut.

So Apple has two essential albums they did write-ups for, plus almost 10 other Eno albums available, but this one is missing. must be shit. Typical for this list. "Screw all the good albums this artist did and critics wrote about, Listen to this pile of shit because I'm somehow a better critic who doesn't totally just jam my list full of Elvis Costello and British garbage!"

ehh... I still don't know why he's world-renowned, but Im not going to tear this album apart.

Fun Album. Afropop from the 60s, 70s, and 80s is great

Love this album! Janis is a crazy person, but we love her for it

Rubber Soul is better. I said it!

I find it interesting that I got this "AfterMath" a day after I got The Beatles' Revolver. Both albums came at pivotal times for the groups, and were a change of direction in sound. Revolver is an all-timer. AfterMath is not.

Hell Yeah, Brother. This album is like the soundtrack of a bustling, busy city in the 90s

Rod Stewart. Again. 60s Brit Rock. Again.

It's aged a bit for sure and online communities have made the prospect of liking The Doors a bit cringe, but this is an historic album.

Oasis is so much better.

For one reason or another, I've avoided artists such as Fiona Apple. I remember when Fetch the Boltcutters came out and my friends were largely so hyped for it. I couldn't care less and didn't get it. Now I sort of do. This album would create a life-long fan of an artist, regardless of what they put out after.

The Band name promised me something fun. I got meaningless 60s western cosplay. I'm going to go listen to the Viagra Boys to make up for this slight.

In the past week I've been subjected to three separate projects featuring Jeff Beck and/or Rod Stewart. Faces, Jeff Beck Group, and now Yardbirds. And it all sounds pretty much the same.

I want to unironically fist-fight the creator of this list. I did not REDEEEEEEM this album.

This is an interesting one for me. I remember first discovering Arcade Fire during the 2011 Grammy Awards. I was a Sophomore in college, watching from my bedroom with my girlfriend at the time. I had just gotten heavy into jam band music and thought indie music was boring. She was watching for Lady Gaga. I remember they performed with BMX bikers that had cameras on their helmets. The song was fun but didn't really do anything for me. Then they ended up winning AOTY and since the show was running short, AF performed again, sparking controversy that the whole thing was scripted. Anyways, this album kept popping up for me and I would keep skipping by it, even as I got into Indie properly. I'm not sure when or why, but this album has aged immaculately for me. That first half of the album brings up very specific memories in my life, and the rest of the songs are really good. Better than "Funeral"? Maybe, maybe not. We'll see.

Mezzanine is one of my favorite Triphop albums. The fact that Blue lines is pretty universally considered their best is wild. This album is ok.

I don't particularly like Bob's music, and kind of roll my eyes at the fact SEVEN albums of his are on this list. That said, I actually generally enjoyed this one? The electric beginning was fun.

FINALLY. LETS GOOOO

whatever

I've got Soul but im not a soldier" is the dumbest line in music history. "I've got mail but im not a mailman" "I've got ham but im not a hamster." that said, the singles are iconic.

Really great album I didn't know about before!

Went in excited for some 80s pop, but left pretty underwhelmed honestly.

gimmick.

4th-best Radiohead album

Meaningless. music of zero consequence.

Pure fucking Garbage.

yet another album that exposes the weird and puritanical user base on this site. If you use this site long enough, you'll already know that the folks that were here in 2021-2023 were a bizzare group of people with terrible takes, but when it comes to rap, folks here are STILL throwing 1s and 2s at objective classic albums. Wonder why. This album is a cornerstone of the west-coast rap of the early 90s that arguably took over the entire game.

I mean.... yeah it's probably Metallica's best album, but I found it lacking in a few ways. It definitely popularized thrash and pioneered a lot of themes so I'm scoring it highly, but I think there is better music from far-lesser known bands. Savatage put out some really great albums before their guitarist sadly passed away in the early 90s (his bro was in the band too and they became Tran-Siberian Orchestra)

dang; At the Chime of a City Clock has a nice groove to it. This may not be his best, but it's far better than most of the shit on here.

pretty standard Beach Boys. Pet Sounds was recorded a few months after this came out, so it definitely seems that this was an afterthought, or an obligation to a label.

Classic! I wouldn't say it's underrated since it's well-regarded. Perhaps under-appreciated?

One of the best live albums ever recorded. Being able to hear the interplay between Cash and the prison audience is half the appeal!

This is an album that pretty much perfectly encapsulates the changing times of the western world- Fully recovered from WWII, exiting the peak of the civil rights movement, and men on the moon, entering into a decade of promise with glitz and glamor. Picture a big-ass boxy 60s car cruising down the Vegas strip or sunset boulevard, without a care in the world

Listening on a good pair of headphones, the mix is all over the place. It's especially bad on May This Be Love. Apparently this was done on purpose? that's a shame. This is a 5-star album that gets brought down to 4 due to 1960s audio engineering choices.

Working Class Hero is a Bob Dylan ripoff 100%. "Mother" is annoying as hell. This is Lennon being a super edgy teenager thanks to his insane partner. the other solo album he has on this list at least made sense. this is kinda ass.

the dream of the 90s is alive in this album

4.5- this was so close to being a 5 for me.

yeah man, idk. I guess you had to be there.

Trying to track this thing down, I noticed this artist just pumps this shit out constantly. Worse, he now uses AI for his albums, which is insane, given this album cover's beauty.

whatever.

yo yo yo im here to say, that this album is just ok.

A lot of prolific bands do this. They have a short, amazing discography, then show up randomly 10-15 years later with a new album, which is never as near as good as the first few. "Dummy" was a masterpiece. this album is not.

This is music for NPCs and coworkers who are trying to find an edgy streak

ah yes. the era of bad digital patches/samples, and Big Boi making an unwelcome appearance. Don't get me wrong, outkast is great, but the whole thing of him showing up for 10 seconds of lyrics for a check got old quick. Other than that, the album is pretty decent, actually.

Pretty good! I will say though, there are two genuinely horrible songs that tarnish this album. Most albums have a stinker, but "United" and "Red White & Blue" are absolute ass.

it's fine. If this was put out by some random Britpop group or a random person in the 80s, this would easily be sub-3. But it's Prince so reviewers have inflated the rating.

the Singles are inconic. Listening back 23 years later, it's kind of not that great. It had it's moment.

bad, meaningless music. But it's from Great Britain, so naturally the author had to include it.

"yo yo yo im here to say, I fuck women and beat them everyday!"

classic. Their best album. but man I hate interludes. always just so wildly lame.

Oh wow the bass lines on this record are really fantastic.

The Album is bad, but the opening track is the intro song to Vikings, so i'll give it a pass. time for a new rewatch!

It's up there with Nevermind for best grunge album. It's certainly "grungier" than Nirvana and it's done well.

Surprisingly enjoyed this. When I see a 90s album from a pioneering electronic artist, I am prepared to be let down. This time it actually resembled dance music and was fun

This is who did Spinning Wheel? No shit? I used to play that song in Middle School "Jazz" band. Also, this is a good choice for the list. It won album of the year in 1970 and has seemingly been completely forgotten about in music discourse.

Love Black Sabbath, but this is just not as great as it's made out to be.

it's like an old-school less-interesting version of Courtney Barnett.

it doesn't really do anything for the modern ear, but it definitely served as inspiration to artists emerging in the late 60s and early 70s. Paul Simon being one.

Good album I'd never heard of before. Unfortunately the final few tracks brought it down from a potential 4 to a 3

Love to see that this album is slowly gaining points now that we're 2 or 3 years removed from this site being overrun with Brit Wankers during COVID who heaped praise on derivative dogshit like Blur and boring Proto-EDM like Kraftwerk while shitting on this because the frontman is a bit of a douche. I wont sit here and say it's a 5, or even LB's best album, but it had broad appeal at the height of nu-metal music and for that it has value.

fart

wow.... this is really an album I was looking forward to because so many tastemakers and critics have this thing on their walls. it's.....fine at best and annoying at worst. this is definitely one of those albums people have collectively pretended is good to appear unique.

This might be the dumbest thing I've ever listened to.