Really enjoyed it. Never gave it a chance when released as you couldn’t like this sort of stuff if you were into metal!! But the title track is just like the stuff I like nowadays. Other tracks varied in enjoyment but liked the whole album overall.

Pleasant enough. Appears to be the music of a man uncertain of his place in the changing world of the 70s. The flower power petered out.

Gave up 3 songs in…I say songs it was the exact same guitar ahd beat but with different lyrics… I say lyrics more a stream of conscious diatribe from an insecure adopted alterboy trying to stick it to the man upstairs

Obviously heard passenger (one of my fav tunes) and the trainspotting adopted theme Lust for life. Stand out track though has to be Neighbourhood Threat. WOW. This album covers borderline pedophilia (if she says she’s 16 to get into a gig she’s gonna be 14) & fall in love with me! Blaxploitation (Turn Blue) and his and hers drug addiction (weird sin / tonight). No way in hell would this album get out today. Love it!

Didn’t really do much for me. Was glad to get through second listening. Did remind me somewhat of Future Sound of London recordings in the early 90’s. Looking up history 808 predate London by around 2 years but very much contemporaries. Much prefer FSoL to this. To bright and jangly for my tastes. Where’s the edge.

Enjoyed. Railing against plastic “gangsters” and a message of hope for the next generation to break free of the street corner. Effortlessly listened through 3 times…

I think every record collector had this and ELO back in the 70s. A massive album and deservedly so.

Flawless debut. Remember buying with original cover. Still stands up.

Muy buena! Better than the later stuff.

Grabs interest then rapidly loses it. Same sound over and over. Pass

Ahh that song. To be honest couldn’t name a song by xx to save my life. Their throaty intimate bedside shtick wore thin 3 songs in and really started pissing me off towards the end. May have put it on the Fanny playlist back in the day. Thankfully no longer single!

We’d call under my thumb coercive control these days and mother little helper would have had the social workers in. Still finding their feet.

What a debut. Huge splash. Always leave the audience wanting more.

Started with I quite like this vibe, then firmly got stuck of its time. Probably would have liked it more at the time. Meh!

Gave up half way through. Don’t get rockabilly/psychabilly… seems a bit sillybilly.

Forefathers of everything from krautrock, daft punk and superhans one can imagine this bring played on a loop non stop at the Boston dynamics research centre just before skynet achieves sentience. I don’t doubt the amount of hard work, effort and innovation. That went into forging such an album but the Japanese had crammed it all into my sisters Casio a mere 3 years later. Document of its time but novelty value alone would not make me revisit. Must have been great in the day though.

Two songs do not justify this being on this list. Other than pie and gogh. Easy listening and an easy pass.

A not entirely pleasant trip down memory lane after thatcher ripped the heart out of society and blamed those she left behind for its ills. Concrete jungle & stupid marriage stand out tracks for me.

Empty, desolate, aching, pain, desperate, broken, hauntingly beautiful… great album. Looking into it turns out it’s widely regarded as a great breakup album. Someone really did a number on Beck.

We’ve all heard that famous one. Hadn’t heard the rest. Perfectly enjoyable.

Probably carries the most “authority” of the blue collar millionaire troubadour. Channelling just enough working class factory weariness before he became the mass produced multimillionaire charactuer of Bruce Springsteen.

Actually quite enjoyed this. It’s Motörhead being Motörhead, no surprises or revelations but a solid live album that bottles that legendary thunder and ear crushing audial battery of the classic line up.

They were very upbeat back in the day. And mono. Apart from the part track with jazz flute there was very little that grabbed me.

Once would questions why the eponymous Maiden album is one of the 1001 albums when arguably Killers would be the better of the Mk 1 albums and Number of the Beast being probably the most notable. I can only assume its participation is on the bases of Maiden being one of the founders of New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Which pisses all over Judas Priests chips as they were holding down the fort between the likes of Deep Purple & Black Sabbath and the upstarts of Maiden, Saxon, Leppard et al. However seminal tracks such as Running Free and Phantom of the Opera remain mainstays of Maiden shows and provided the template for all Maiden offerings. Never really my bag after the get rid of Dianno.

Killer side one. Should have spaced it out and not crawled up their own arseholes. Music for people I don’t like!

Outstanding debut album. Edgier blondie bridging pop & punk.

I find not depressed enough or cheery for most blues. This falls within my sweet spot. Done great guitar work by one of the greatest fraternities. Well since my doggy left me….

Quite enjoyed this once I’d gotten into it. Got edgier second half. Not my thing and bit uncomfortable having the N word flying around in work but overall not as bad as I thought.

Of its time. Of which I have none for this whimsy guff. Only did the one listen through.

The sound of the late 90’s. Franco-electro rock/pop. Got heavy rotation on my “romantic” playlist. Great memories. Full marks.

Liked this a lot. Did the rounds back in the day but missed me. Those two tunes were attached to every indie film of the 2010’s. Will add to library.

Inoffensive background music. Which is why is all but written it off until Elaine… then went into background again. Dunno why this is a 1001.

Prefer the rockier ones. At times I can see why the hippies liked it and at others I can see why punk began.

This was a bit of a surprise to be honest. I’ve heard of Tim Buckley as being the father of Jeff and similar demise. I suppose I was expecting more Jeff than this sex crazed Oedipal funk machine. Lotta lotta mamma love going on but I draw the line at licking stretch marks and between the toes. Don’t care if it’s a celebration of mature woman hood or just sicko Tarantino territory. Less is more apart from those funky Latin vibes!

Never really listened to Radiohead. Had the impression they were overrated. I was right. Ok, nothing special.

Got pissed off with this quite quickly. Not as clever as it thinks it is.

Quite enjoyed first couple of tracks. Some good production kept it interesting. If I could be arsed I’d look up the credits. But then it turned into a-typical my mans a hound and I’m worth better than that. Apart from the track where she wants a spanking.

Might be doing this in the wrong frame of mind but this was a bit of an ordeal. About an album too long!

Darling of MAGA morons and Ayn Rand libertarians (who fail to acknowledge she died skint on welfare) whilst this album bought Rush their creative freedom and integrity it forever gave haters another reason other than geddys voice. Is it their best, no. But it certainly merits a position. Have to give it a very biased 5/5

The album that put Zappa on the map. Dripping with Beefheart and solos from all sorts of instruments. Peaches is the standout song and go to for any Zappa fan with its constant shifting and changing. A necessary touchstone album and deserved of being on this list.

The band that terrified VW owners and spawned a generation of wiggas. Rappin through the injustices of white middle class Jewish life. Would have been completely tone deaf if it wasn’t for the tongue in-yer-face’s cheek. Great fun!

Inoffensive.

No real killer (mockingbird) songs for me. Pleasant enough but not sure why it’s on this list.

Life’s too short for jazz.

Meh. If this is the dead then I’d rather be…

Good solid album

How do you follow Darkside of the moon? With Wish you were here. Another perfect/near perfect Floyd offering. Waters continuing to steer the Floyd machine through a critique of the music business sandwiched by fond memorium to fallen comrade Syd in the songs Shine & wish you were here. Even the cover art is a joy to behold, I fondly remember mine coming with 2 postcards of Stigg’s artwork. A rightly regarded classic.

The album that made the Montreal indie scene global. Shaped the genre for a new generation and spawned many collective/ensemble bands. Great debut album but better was to come. Forgiving some of Win’s consensual but inappropriate indulgences with the female fan base.

Irrespective of collaboration life’s still too short for blues.

Disparate uneven offerering with Brian eno being drafted in to fill 5 unfilled minutes. Don’t believe the hype. 3 stars although certain songs deserve more the unevenness brings it down for me.

Started off with high expectations that wound down to meh!

Meh

Great debut great tunes. Strong album throughout. Loved closer all mixed up

Opened up with a stonker. Pleasantly surprised by this although didn’t understand a word. Blues is blues right. And this wasn’t the no time for blues type. Trailed off towards the end.

Ambient uplifting whimsy. I prefer mine a bit darker ala future sounds of London or tangerine dream, but this was quite nice.

Fucking hell that was annoying. I don’t care if it harks back to ancestral arse trumpet breathing or troll wanking, this wouldn’t have been out of place between water boarding and stress positions in Guantanamo!

Not really my thing. Had to be there probably.

Whilst dripping of the 60’s it’s the iconic Slick showpieces that make this.

Ahhh the 80’s when armpits and women were hairy. Bassless pop saccharine perfection. 3 for the memories

Not my favourite rush album. But everyone else’s. First proper album I bought when it was released.

Think I would have gotten a better class of bird if I’d tried fingering them to this rather than Grace Under Pressure.

Very much a record of two half’s. There’s the first and last tracks then everything else. Very very uneven. But Gimme shelter is worth the album price alone. 4 stars for shelter.

How many overrated album make this list? Gets marked down for pretentious listings

Interesting and not without its charm. May revisit.

Not my thing but not unpleasant.

The Radiohead popularity bus passed me by other than the overused songs stuck into indie soundtracks at the time. I’ll get the next one. Or walk. Don’t get it.

How can you improve on Runours? You can’t. But very good effort from the Mac’s before the classic lineup broke up properly.

Fell asleep. Not my thang!

Enjoyed this. Heard of but not actively listened to these. Will explore further. An intriguing 3/4

Not for me.

Are these the pink Floyd of hip hop? Suppose this needs more listening to but just can’t be arsed. I feel it’s a 2 but appreciate it merits more so gone 3

I’m actually going to mark this down for the final track. Rest of the album is cracking tho’

Started off great before descending into an irritating unlistenable mess!

The rough edges of Metallica were starting to to get smoothed off with Master. Metallica were always at their best with either ballads or full on thrash. This has gems throughout.

Only heard the hits and the FFS collaboration album with sparks prior to this. Wow. Insanely catchy and pleasing tunes. Will go though their discography. Thanks 1001

Launching off the Beatles springboard. Where any of them greater than the sum of their parts. A solid 4.