This album has been failing to arouse the slightest emotion in me for 30 years now. Spectacularly dull.
Good one. Some cracking tracks in there. Unfortunately, most of the songs on the album were blocked on Spotify but what was there was enjoyable.
The epitome of 'if it ain't broke don't fix it'. Enjoy the same formula 11 times. Saving grace was the instrumental one. Loved that one
One of those albums that you'll always remember hearing for the first time. There's a standout song each time depending on your mood. Sometimes 'She's leaving home' hits hard or you're carried away by 'Within you without you'. Other times they leave you cold and the more lightweight tracks do the trick. Impeccable.
Quit before the end. It felt like being hammered over the head with the same song on repeat, and while there's sometimes something to tap your foot to (I was on a treadmill), there's a huge void at the center of the album where a better vocalist should be. Just embarrassing. Straining so hard to sound like Lou Reed, but no amount of distortion or effects could fix it. Always liked the album cover, though.
Sublime, although I prefer the live versions of Wish You Were Here and Shine on you Crazy Diamond. Not really sure why they mixed it like they did, but I guess they know what they were doing.
Mot quite my tempo
Nope. Felt weird listening to that at my age
Nope. I'm not listening to this trash.
Sublime
Never heard this one before. It's solid and efficient, but you find yourself waiting for a signature track that never comes. Odd that an album that performed so poorly commercially makes the 1001 list.
Overwhelming in places. Thoroughly Queened by the end.
Not really my cup of tea but the first time I've listened to all the lyrics on an album all the way through.
Beautiful. Instantly puts a smile on your face.
Just sounds like a lot of Nirvana in quick succession
Background music for your next #vanlife video on YouTube.
Oof. Not for me, Clive. Rotten rubbish. The point of no return was when I heard the phrase 'Four and twenty'. That would be 24. It might be 1969 but if you can put a man on the moon (allegedly), you should be able to get to grips with basic modern numeral conventions.
Loved it.
Just bad. Really can't stand his voice..
It's efficient, but so is Athletic Greens. I guess the idea was that if you hit a snare drum at the same tempo for long enough, an album will come out. Add on some weak out of tune vocals and you're in the top 1001 apparently.
Here for the dynamic rather than the clunking lyrics.
Had never heard of them but liked it. However, none of the tracks really rose above solid.
It's probably blasphemy but I was bored
Like listening to paint dry
Take a stick and smash it repeatedly on a metal garbage can. You've just nailed the recurring sound of Bad. It's bad. The songs are just weird and the producer appears to have just unboxed a new synthesiser. Every track, any moment of breathing space, is filled with a wacky sound effect or slice of novelty nonsense. I actually bought this in 1987 and thought I'd arrived as a serious cultural thought leader. Today, I'd like to apologise to that young man, 30 years too late.
Banger. Got plenty of time for this. Did not know she was British.
Not a bad track on there. At their pomp.
I feel like the arrival of Wikipedia really stole this band's thunder. Tried to listen to this one on a run but felt like I should be taking notes. I learnt a lot, but I came to rock.
Enjoyed the drumming and guitar but it didn't hook me.
Oof! Terrible. So out of tune that I couldn't be arsed to listen to the lyrics.
Pedestrian
Bland. I'm assuming it's more popular with the flag snagging community (American or Confederate).
An album I associate with people showing off their new CD player in the 80s. To be fair, the sound is great, but I remember this album being huge and now it just seems OK.
Nice surprise. In some places it's bursting with energy and personality. In others it's a kindergarten jam session with a mess of glockenspiel, whistles, triangles and maracas all at full volume.
Phenomenal. So good together as a band and great vocals. A point off for some duff tracks in the middle.
Nah. Lots of noise. No hits.
Those drums...
Nyquil for the ears.
Set this one up before a 30 minute treadmill dash, and once I hit Start there's no stopping. That's the rule. Reader, even David Goggins would have quit after 2 minutes here. Putting rocks in my shoes would have delivered a more pleasant experience. We get it. Radiohead despise the fans who loved Creep. This album is their self-indulgent two fingers to them. From the shitty drum machine to the banal lyrics, it's deliberately impossible to enjoy. I think you're supposed to admire it. I hated it.
Meh.
Hell yeah. Sound great as a band. Loved the drums and guitar. Songwriting not so strong, slipping into novelty on some tracks.
Quit halfway through track 2. Excruciating screeching. I defy anyone to finish this album without developing tinnitus.
Likable, but Foo Fighters have always felt like the free 30 day trial before signing up for full time rock music.
Massive. Quality from start to end yet still underrated as a band.
An essential component of the 'My first boyfriend' starter pack, along with said gentleman's high school hoodie, strawberry Juul, and tongue piercing. Surprisingly listenable though, if blindingly white and whimsy in places.
Like a warm, deep bath. But I wanted a cold shower. The band that Coldplay could have been.
Self-absorbed, tedious anti-music. Would rather listen to my washing machine, which squeaks. Loved Pyramid Song
Mostly fun. The influences really come through. The originality not so much.
I don't understand why they bothered to make this album. A bland band. Bad.
Look I'm not going to have a pop at Buddy Holly, but this doesn't really do anything for me.
Hit after hit after hit. ...
No thanks, I'll take the lobotomy instead.
Bursting with charisma and talent.
Woof. Another masterpiece. That's 3 five-star albums in a row, 1001 Albums Generator. Keep 'em coming.
Essential listening
Good vibes
Jesus. That's 30 seconds of my life I won't get back. Just sounds like some old drunk guy. Utter shite.
Not my temple.
Liked some of it. Really didn't like a lot of it.
It's ok
Surprisingly good. Great songwriting in places and really elevated by the production. Good, Lorde.
Dull. Could do with more Bad Seeds and less pretentious pub crooner.
I've never been embarrassed for an album before. Hackneyed, trite and as forgettable as The Smiths were quotable.
Cracking stuff. Makes me want to start a school band. But I'm over 50 so best not.
Efficient, but it's stuck on the chords they can play and notes they can reach. So when it needs to go up a gear, it just gets louder and longer.
Songs to strum around the campfire. And their best one is a cover.
30+ years on I can still picture the first time I heard this magical album. Love at first listen.
Pretty good. Atmospheric. Another one for listening to in your van conversion overlooking a canyon.
Gold. I thought I was heterosexual when I started this journey, but two Dusty Springfield albums and an Elton John later and the algorithm appears to have spoken. Another five star listen.
Neanderthal here. No idea why this album, or Bowie for that matter, is treated with such reverence. The music isn't that great and the voice is strained and sometimes all over the place.
Ok. Solid craft.
Surprised how many of these I recognised. Good overall but limited vocals start to grate towards the end.
Good vibes
Nope. Just can't get along with those vocals. Bad karaoke.
Immediate skip. Hate their music. Loathe everything they stand for.
How did I miss this? It's a great listen.
It's OK. Not their best
Quire good. Sounds much more modern than 1973
Somewhat niche.
Nope
Pretty groovy, baby. Bit like The Doors
Really good. Love his style, even if it's the same on every track.
Surprising number of good tracks beyond the one everyone knows
Vile nonce pop
Like the voice but these are musical doodles. There's better stuff from her.
I feel nothing
Love their sound
Better than I expected. Always assumed they were a novelty group.
Good. Started well but I couldn't finish. Got a bit whiny.
Wow. Astonishingly bland. But I guess little sis would not be ignored.
It's OK. Hard not to feel like you're waiting outside a Phuket jetski rental.
Classic Madge
Respect is due.
Sure. Fine
Some good ones
Well done but I'd settle for never listening to any of these ever again.
Just loathe Morrissey
Trying way too hard to be zany and avant garde
Don't know what people like about such a dull band with such poor vocals. And Rick Rubin seems to produce an awful amount of shite for a so-called genius.
Not bad. Bit bonkers
How have I never heard this? Loved it
Just not a fan of the overcooked vocals and incessant aaaaaaaaaaah backing vocals.
Ok
Good
Find it very lightweight
Stop trying to make depeche modè happen.
It's like someone singing in the shower with a guitar
It's just noise. Not good noise.
Pedestrian
Oh. It's another Pixies recommendation. Yep. It's still like listening to construction work.
Fine. It's just so hard to tell if you like jazz or not.
Sounds like a high school band but worse.
"Sorry. All our agents are busy. Please stay on the line and..."
Passable but derivative
Not really my thang
Gave it a minute before quitting. I'm sure it got better, but not 100%
Groovy
Wish I was alive when this came out just to see the look on people's faces.
Mundane
Korrupt FM bangers
3rd album from The Pixies on this list, so another chance to savour that godawful singing and groundbreaking blandness. Can't wait to skip the next one.
Ok but strong whiff of hipster
Not my jam. Too much going on
Surprisingly bad
Ok
Best bit was a few bars of Jay Z
Didn't sound good to this man's ears
I really don't like the sound they make
The Spice Boys at their finest. Like listening to the cider swiggers outside the bus station.
Good lyrics but delivered identically in every track
Not available on Spotify
Nothing great but all of it good
They sure can pump out the hits
The sound of every early 2000s London coffee shop. Inoffensive. Wonder where he is now. I'm assuming he makes kimchi or something.
I want to like this, having heard for so long about his genius. But I can't understand what he's saying apart from something about balls and dick. When Dr Dre pops up it's a huge relief. Without any memorable beats or samples, it ends up feeling like spoken word. My biggest problem is that to me Gen X English ears, he just sounds like Frank Spencer.
Woof. I was expecting noise and I got a phenomenal band. Don't like the singing but no other vocals would work.
I've just never really got David Bowie. It all seems so contrived.
Leaves me cold
Solid. Makes me want to grow a big moustache
Neil Young doesn't want anyone listening to his music and I'm happy yet again to oblige
Second album recommended from Mudhoney who are still garbage.
Simon and Garfunkel in sleeping pills
Good
Bad
No great singles but one great album.
Surprisingly good
Not really a fan but appreciate the ambition
This is a band that clearly finds itself fascinating but it bored me.
Grew on me. Weird how no one talks about REM any more
A bizarre mix of styles but a lot of fun.
Painful to listen to and not interesting at any point.
The Rolling Stones are like the British Museum. A national treasure, but everything is stolen. I despise the ultra establishment figure Jagger has become, and the fact he sings like a goat. Richards is famous for not being dead. But who doesn't love Charlie Watts?
This guy must have won a competition to make the 1001 list. I thought it was comedy.
My life is a mess right now so this couldn't have come at a better time. Noise to drown out my screams.
Annoyed me from the first bar.
Ridiculous talent. I don't love every track, but this is one of those albums that any great musician would be jealous of.
One to watch
Another shite suggestion from this soon to be abandoned list.