1001 Albums Summary

meh. dated. lyrics are pretty whiny, but good production value and music. Change your mind is good.

Golden Years is on this one. Not dated, but sounds very 70's. Bass forward, longer songs around 5-10 minutes each. Beautiful music and voice. David Bowie used the persona: Thin White Duke for this album. He also did a ton of coke during this period.

verrry sensible rock and roll. commercially sexy, clearly staying safe. whole album sounds uninteresting and the same. similar to other commercial schlock from early 2000s: maroon 5, coldplay, killers, john mayer. ugh not my cup o' tea.

I guess this was important to "trip-hop?" Listened to remastered version on tidal. meh.

fuck yeah

Pedo

good stuff You can hear its influence. esp RHCP Song called Toadies - did they get their name here? Jackass theme song "Corona"?? Don't look now - cool live song

Saw the documentary on this when it came out (~2004). I mean it's Brian Wilson. What do you say?

duhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduh bangbangbank roarAAAAARRRRRRroarROOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR

meh. not a big "wings" fan. Here're the neat things I learned on wikipedia: they recorded part of this in Lagos, Nigeria. Paul wanted to record it somewhere exotic. He got held up at knifepoint. Lost a bunch of demos and lyrics. Went back to England. Two dudes quit the band before he left for Lagos, so Paul filled in their parts.

Totally not what I expected. Way more melodic (is that the right term? I dunno). And not super heavy or thrash. I guess this is a good album to see the transition from regular old rock to heavy metal? Band complained about production values. I listened to 2015 remaster. It's not bad but kinda flat.

Alright album. Can hear the influence it had. Velvet Underground, Can, Yo La Tengo, etc.

Man, makes me think about high school. Dude named Matt King was a big REM fan. Gives me an honor roll music vibe. Album is good. Still stands up. lol. . .the song that autoplayed after the album as God's Country by U2. Funny cause I was in a play with Matt called God's Country back in the day.

This came out in 1989, but it's totally new to me. Sounds pretty currrent (2023). Ethereal. Distortion. Paced. Easy to hear the Velvet Underground influence.

Banger. I ain't the one, tuesday's gone, gimme three steps, freebird. Freebird was my class song in high school. . . lol

AfTerYeARsofwAITing,nO-th-ingCamE this is the soundtrack to my early 2000s life

sounds good. all in brazilian, so I have no idea what they're talking about. sounds like: the beatles, love, the zombies,etc.

Album is okay. The guy has a deep baritone voice.

Double album, all great stuff. The guy is a genius.

sick. drums, guitars, keyboards, vocals, etc. all of it.

I mean sympathy for the devil and street fighting man. classic stones. but some of their songs (salt of the earth) I'm not a fan of.

good stuff. listened to them a little when they came out; wish I'd listened to this album tho

beautiful voice, but aside from that everything is soo soft, predictable. maybe just not my cup o' tea

banger. like that deep purple - in rock. archetype shit

What a voice.

Simply Red reminds me of a neighbor that lived next door to mom and dad around 1990. The Nolans? The lady was a big SR fan. "Holding back the years" is a dope song. But a lot of the tracks are cheese.

parking tickets listen to 2021 re-release tho; it's better

bueno

it's alright

When this came out there was sooo much hoopla around it. Listening then and now, the album is just \"okay\" to me.

britpop

fucking love this album. I think David Bowie produced and the backing band is The Spiders from Mars. Reed's real first solo album, but his second overall after self titled debut. The first album was written while he was in VO. First song - "vicious" comes from Warhol. Warhol: write a song called "vicious" Reed: andy, vicious can mean a lot of things, what do you mean? Warhol: you know, "vicious" I hit you with a flower. such a dope album!

a lad insane, right?

first time listening. dope.

one of the greatest albums ever made. ever. makes me regret giving any other album five stars, but also not fair to compare other albums to this bc it's soo fucking good.

John’s first album

meh. album really has a late sixties sound. So if you like that 67 sound, this is the album for you. But that's the total identity (\"1967 sound\") this album has for me. usually listen on tidal, but their Moby Grape album is messed up. only has tracks 14-18 from a bonus album, so those songs aren't even on the original album. So listened on youtube.

Washington

barbecutie lollol

no me gusta

bought used vinyl from half price books in 1994

Always listen to Steely Dan w the highest quality file and headphones. So much detail!

another elvis costello album. . . *sigh* nothing against the dude, but he has such a unique sound you've gotta be in the mood to listen.

lots of great musicians worked on this. Prince, Jeff Porcaro (co-founder of Toto), Rose Stone (from Sly and Family Stone), and tons of studio artists (Randy Jackson . . .lol).

no sunshine on this album.

Bought this in 2015 at Kroger on a whim because it was in the mark down bin. So glad I did. Great album. Great production. I was listening to the album a bunch before I took Jen to NY for the first time. This album, especially the first track, always reminds me of her and that trip.

dope if you need a Samba fix short tho - 35 min

according to "meet me in the bathroom" Ryan Adams knowingly got Albert Hammond Jr. (from the strokes) back on heroin. in fact everything I've ever heard about him is that he is a douche. but I've never met the guy. so i dunno. as far as music, he's got a nice voice, but the album isn't interesting. lyrics are pandering; music is predictable. If they had to change this from 1001 to 1000 albums to listen to, this should be the one that goes.

good stuff

Here I am, on my knees With nothing to blame but my curiosity It got the best of me

did not know that John Lennon plays guitar on Fame

you aint the problem

Jo, if not for you

just saw them last week (Dec 2023 in SFO). they opened the show with the first track off this album. still fresh.

five stars just for the lyric: \"You change all the lead sleeping in my head to gold\"

Bluey's parents grew close over this album when they dated.

wtf is this cover?

soo boring. \"oh dope beat, I wonder where this song will go?\" Nowhere. The song will go nowhere. it's all style over substance; built to sell cars.

fun facts! Senegal is home to: - a tiny car-free island made from seashells; - seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites; - Africa’s tallest statue; - rivers with killer hippopotamuses; - a pink lake. There has been work done to build a "Great Green Wall" from Senegal's capital, Dakar, to Djibouti, Djibouti. The wall is made of trees and meant to hold back expansion of the Sahara.

good album, but it's kinda: \"shut up and play the hits. . or someone else's hits even, idc.\" but there was novelty to it at the time making it hugely popular to the mainstream. you had people who never before listened to johnny cash or NIN telling you how great it all was. but that's not Johnny's fault. he just showed up and killed it, even at 900 years old.

always made fun, but never really listened. It's good. Can hear how groups like Belle and Sebastian were influenced.

emotionally charged because this is his last album, but . . .ugh

aka Peter Gabriel 1: Car that solsbury hill song is popular. but it's rare that I want to groove in 7/4 time. rest of the album: meh. could have aged better; could have aged worse.

sounds like an album I'd have on a tape in the 80s. a copy of a copy from someone who recorded it off vinyl. likely by holding a tape recorder to a speaker. one side of a 90 minute cassette with some other band I never learned the name of on the other side. here's a haiku about it: plastic magnet sound the jesus and mary chain gray days with walkman

at about the 2:15 mark of the song \"Your Move\" the chorus of Lennon's song \"Give Peace a Chance\" is sung by the backing vocalists under the main melody. \"all we are saying (big pause) is give peace a chance\" it repeats till end of song

jeez it was a slog getting through this album

weird the first song is just busta rhymes.

He held his breath . . .

To support this album's release, Radiohead had an inflight radio program on American Airlines. I heard it while flying from DFW to London. I listened the entire flight. The album dropped a month or two later (October), but it was near impossible to find stateside. I finally got a copy on Christmas that year (2000). 20+ years on and this album still blows me away like it did on that flight.

first time listening. great album!

I'd like to know completely what others so discreetly talk about. . . check out the song "Distortions" by Clinic

the drummer goes by the name \"Twink.\" he converted to Islam later in life, changing his name to Mohammad Abdullah. though he still records under the name Twink

Had it been rainy when I listened, I'd give it five stars

I went to the market to realize my soul; what I need I just don't have

though my problems are meaningless, that don't make them go away

has nothing to do with this album, but there's a Chicago Traffic Jam Band that plays on street corners in Chicago. stuff like cubs games. xylophone rush covers and such. good stuff. This album reminded me of the band Chicago, so some search strings around the bands Chicago and Traffic lead me to CTJB.

Lots of reviews say this is funkadelic's best album. I disagree. Uncle Jam Wants You is better IMHO, but I grew up on that album. Maggot Brain is listed as a bonus track. Always think of Ken's Show on WFMU when I hear.

think we'll ever meet Stevie?

more is more

the whole world's a circus, don't you be the clown

Borderline unlistenable because of such shit production. terrible synth and awful drum machines. the lyrics make the album better, but can't distract enough from the cheap music, terrible sax solos, cheez ball backing vocals, etc... It’s like someone with terrible breath telling you a secret too close to your face.

yeesh. . .long form cacophonous jazz.

britpop from portland, oregon

respect

Wake up

Good album I hadn't heard before. \"This is love\" is a good track. A guy named Robert Ellis was a producer on this album. Despite what Tidal says, this is not the same Robert Ellis of Topo Chico and Lime fame.

what a long, strange trip it has been

eminem's career consists of making the same album over, and over, and over, and over again.

this is really two albums presented as one to collectively promote these solo acts under the outkast name. brill marketing move. Spkrbx: 2; TLB: 4; so 3 overall.

did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? greatest album cover ever

Every hostel in the world is required to play this album at least once a day.

I recently said Pink Floyd's "wish you were here" had the greatest album cover. I was wrong; it goes to this album. not so crazy about the music tho

This album deserves some context. There was nothing like it on the radio when it released. Here's the Billboard hot 100 from that time: 1. Michael Bolton - How am I Supposed 2. Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract 3. Rod Stewart - Downtown Train 4. Seduction - Two to Make it Right 5. Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun It was a welcome change.

This cd has been in my car for the past 15 years, at minimum.

good stuff, but this is not a must hear tho Pokey LaFarge lends some background vocals. he's worth hearing, if only the once

this came out in 1987. that's bananas. vamos is good

important social critique in the lyrics, but the music is just meh. . .

over produced. specifically the levels are bent so much to allow the lyrics to be whispered. this puts a huge expectation on the lyrics but they just don't deliver.

I lent this album to a girl named Jill who lived across the street. She moved to Hawaii a week later. Never heard from her again. . .

imagine being a child and getting raped by someone, then the rest of your life people say you've got to listen to his music before you die. fuck this perv

little boy lost his dad and deals with growing up

bet this blew people away when it came out. guitar is amazing.

talented group of musicians but no identity.

let them know you realize

wanted to like this more than I actually did. still good tho

beautiful voice

Jes

someone get these guys a cup of coffee

reading the lyrics helped me appreciate this album

meh.

'When I Dream' is the audio equivalent of used watercolor water. just all muddled together. and its seven minutes long ffs

first song is soo good

seems like this was produced to have no edges, no teeth. underlying music is okay; I'll bet they're pretty good live. oh, these guys sing "why does it always rain on me" . . . it was quite popular at the turn of the century.

no one likes a smart arse but we all like stars

everything I know about being a doors fan I learned from the kids in the hall

I listened to this album so much in high school; listening again is like catching up with old friend.

Still sounds modern. Ethereal velvet underground vibe.

pusherman getting mellow y'all

I'm negatively biased against aerosmith because of all the toothless schlock they churned out for MTV in the 90s. But they were a decent band in the 70s.

Immediately feel the need to re-listen when I can focus more on the lyrics. Seems like there's a lot to absorb.

she fell in love with the drummer

They're like a cover band of their own band. Talented musicians, but there's something soulless about the music. They're like what Gertrude Stein said about Oakland: there's no there there. based on record sales, this band is much more popular outside the US, e.g. this album sold 218K in the US and 500K in UK. So it may be surprising for Americans to see any of their albums on this list. But having three Kings of Leon albums on the list is completely unnecessary, no matter where you live. based on record sales, this band is much more popular outside the US, e.g. this album sold 218K in the US and 500K in UK. So it may be surprising for Americans to see any of their albums on this list. But having three Kings of Leon albums on the list is completely unnecessary, no matter where you live.

I have a strange relationship with Eric Clapton’s music

Don Law's influence on American music cannot be overstated.

changed my myspace profile song to "say yes" when Jen and I started dating.

maybe not hitting my playlist everyday, but some really good stuff. the serge gainsbourg cover Jet'm shows some humor, which is always endearing.

electro-pop-western 80s vibe

somehow I feel fatter after listening to this album

life's a bummer; when you're a hummer

so much personality. . . if this were a list of 1001 people to have at a party, I'd like talking to this person

fuck this creep

Santana had a huge hit with Rob Thomas in the early 2000s. The song was on every radio station, every commercial, etc. But it was too much. It burnt out all the Santana receptors in my head.

decent band, but nothing separating them from other brit pop

Shortly after this album was released Eddie Van Halen put a gun to Fred Durst's head. From article: Eddie drove that assault vehicle through L.A., into Beverly Hills, then parked and left it running on the front lawn of the house Limp Bizkit was rehearsing in. He got out wearing no shirt, his hair in a Samurai bun on top of his head, his jeans held up with a strand of rope and combat boots held together by duct tape. And he had a gun in his hand.” “That asshole answered the door,\" Bennett recalled Van Halen explaining. \"I put my gun to that stupid fucking red hat of his, and I said, ‘Where’s my shit, motherfucker?’ That fucking guy just turned to one of his employees and starts yelling at him to grab my shit. ... Eddie Van Halen stood on the front lawn of a residential home in Beverly Hills in broad daylight, smoking a cigarette while holding a gun on Fred Durst as he went back and forth from the house to the assault vehicle, lugging amps and guitars.”

how r u? fn thx u.

if you want to sway-dance, listen to this album

Title track was in a Volkswagon ad in 1999. Google came out in 1998. This was one of the first songs I located through the internet.

can't help saying the band name the way it's pronounced in \"Losing My Edge\" by LCD Soundsystem

This is the soundtrack for every 80”s movie that has a palm tree in it

Listen to this on road trip to Nashville

I do not like metallica

Some bangers; some meh.

Strange album. Repeatedly takes awkward turns to force a pop sound.

sanded balsa

Reading the wiki about this album really helped me appreciate what I was hearing. Dudes rock

Ken's show on wfmu

Rudy or Rudie is a slang term for "Rude Boy"

Will never forget first hearing Visions of Johanna

Production stands out. Flood is brill; wish he produced Leonard Cohen's songs.

spent too much of late 90s listening to this album while playing battletanx on n64

great bass lines but soo brooding

Sounds like the soundtrack to a ps2 racing game

Fun fact I learned: Fats Domino was from New Orleans!

Nirvana sr.

unoriginal pseudo-intellectual babble

Very few artists could produce a quality album using only their voice and an acoustic instrument. JB doesn’t just do that, she kills it.

shame backwoods discotheque didn't make this album

the guy's voice is a lot. second half-ish of the album was more interesting. thought the album cover was a laugh at first (see: nan and brian in bed), but it provides context for one of the album's themes: just kids dealing with some grown-ass business.

this is literally the music I listened to growing up.

not a lot that interests me here.

banger after banger

name is misleading

the title is a tongue in cheeks reference.

5 stars for Sam the Man; -1 for live album

got this on Christmas day . . . lol everybody's buying

I do not prefer the pixies

imagine this did very well in UK. can hear where Matt Berry was influenced.

Not an interesting album by Kanye standards. It takes the spirit of Graduation and Dropout (both amazing albums) to push recycled tropes in a directionless manner. The album intro: an airy voice providing a bit of non-sense narration has been done sooo many times. But does he do something inventive? Does she become a character like on ATCQ:Midnight Marauders? No. Does she reappear later to provide insight or relatability? No. Does she provide any value at all besides clicking off the cliche check-box? No. She's included only to say: what follows is semi-clever fully-confused claptrap. This is just the first three seconds, I know. But everything on here is a rehash, and it just gets boring. Unacceptable for anyone calling themselves the GOAT.

grandma sent a check for $10 when I turned thirteen. I spent it on this cd. I wrote her a letter thanking and explaining my masterplan to collect all beatles' records in my lifetime. that's when it started.

watch video of the band. hep af.

Respect the game, that should be it; What you eat don't make me shit.

man, I haven't heard this album in decades. felt like finding an old familiar lost shoe.

While the music may not be as iconic as others, this album marks the return of the artist to work (Bowie hadn't released an album for almost 10 years).

biggie smalls is the illest

this is what bi-polar sounds like

glitter on the wet streets, silver over everything

totally didn't understand this album, but I read a great review that gave good context/perspective.

Learned about them and blood harmony on the cocaine and rhinestone podcast. Good stuff

it's been 30+ years and I still can't listen to fire and rain all the way through

I'd like to see this replaced with any album by little simz.

they played this soo much in the late 90s. like soo, soo much.

if you ask yo-self: what is dis? like curious, like curious, like curious jawwge!!

cool concept. well executed

girl we couldn't get much HIGHER it's hard to put into perspective what it meant to say FU to Ed Sullivan.

too many soft edges. there's a song at the end that wakes up a bit, but otherwise . . meh

that guys voice is a lot. . . band seems decent tho maybe better as an instrumental album?

Classic!! takes me back to 2ManyDJs mix of 9 to 5 with Eple

that first track was a single? swedes are chill af

not for me. It's just style over substance, but the style is predictable and borrowed. so the lack of substance has nothing to hid behind. I imagine them writing songs struggling to find a rhyme for "me," so they just end up rhyming it "me," saying the mood will carry the song, and calling it a day.

pet peeve of mine is when people cover "Tonight Will Be Fine" in a slow tempo. please stop

waiting for the night is very pretty

always thought this album cover was Bill the Cat

really good album sounds like Gotye "borrowed" the beat for that song from here

dope album. wildflowers is a classic. but if this was playing on a turntable, I'd play half the songs on 45 rpm. And when they harmonize, I want to pick out and appreciate each of their voices singularly. It's like taking the three best bottles of wine you can find and mixing them together.

I listened to this about 5:30 in the AM and it didn't do anything for me. but I re-listened later and looked up some info on what's going on with the guitars. time and education helped.

mixed feelings here. I listened to a lot of u2 in the 80s-90s. With this album, u2 retired the mcphisto persona (which was fascinating!) and took a totally different direction. It's like we broke up on good terms; they "walked on" and I tuned in more to radiohead, etc. Not a bad album by any means, but not the formative music that built our relationship.

turns into a john carpenter soundtrack for the second half

can see how this inspired a bunch of folks. good stuff

cool cover of helter skelter

I don't know if one of the best 'rap' albums of the nineties, but the underlying music is up there.

not for me. it's all so very pretty, so very soft, so very gentle. I'm just not feeling that today. Maybe a counterbalance of something balls out and noisy might help. I went back and listened with good headphones. I picked up a lot more of the music and realized there's a lot to appreciate . But I'm still a tourist here, like oscar the grouch in a spotlessly sterile landscape.

lyrics didn't age well and there's not much range. really repetitive.

lol, forgot ali g is in the 'music' video. Madonna seems to always surround herself with an amazing production team. This is not to take anything away from her as a musician; more to say it's a smart business mentality. .

starts strong but loses steam

lots of good production stuff involving reverb, distortion, etc.

nice demo tape

great restaurant music

I was obsessed with "nightswimming"

(lack of) style over substance

accessible

One of mom’s favorites

John Cale produced

sample for DJ Quik's Born and Raised in Compton at song two

RIP Brian Wilson he passed away yesterday, nice this album coming up today

Your Own Back Yard stood out Album is a good capture of overall seventies pop production to that point.

yay! finally the first dub album on this list. . . .oh, nevermind

Didn't listen. No residuals for nazis. Listened instead to a great album by Jewish rapper Action Bronson.

there some really good synth pop here

all the moder lovers tracks

appropriation issues

soul music for people with adult braces

this needs some context. there was absolutely nothing like it when it came out. it was such a refreshing breath of fresh air back then, having a band sound completely different and just having fun. the rumor back then was that the band overheard the future lead singer in a karaoke bar and said - we gotta make an album with this dude.

Ozzy died yesterday. RIP thank you for making some amazing music!

yay little simz!! so happy to see her here. well deserved Not everything she does is a fit for me, but she gives 100%. And she's never afraid of different styles. So i give a listen to anything she drops.

If you love me say you love me, but don’t stare at me man

Flood and Eno. every song's foundation, its rhythm is so tight and opens up to lyrics intuitively. Like even if you don't like Bono, listen and ignore the lyrics. The pockets are so natural and deep.

neal peart is a beast

meh

fairly good representation of 1998

you my lady boy

when all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

Todd Rundgren is an absolutely amazing producer. Everything is thoughtfully and well placed. Always thought the Isley Brothers cover of "Hello, It's Me" was creepy. Creepy like the Hammond brothers in Peckinpah's Ride the High Country.

this doesn't sound good. drum machine is shit, guitar too twangy. everything played in different rooms. it's like leonard cohen from around the same time. could use a good remaster maybe?

hearing so much radiohead in this album

top ten as far as album covers go

perfect album cover

LOOK! For your information, yes there's one thing, the one thing that still holds true . . .

og radiohead

The frontman said this album felt like colors interacting. That context helps. It's like they took every musical idea they had over the previous year, put it into a kaleidoscope and turned the tube. Shifting layers, sounds randomly coming and going, rarely any of it repeating. Thats cool, but it takes so much effort to track; you've really got to engage to keep up. Whole album at once was too much, like sitting next to someone who is very nice but talks too much.