This is a very special album to me. I can remember hearing Paranoid Android for the first time on the radio. I had to pull my car over because I couldn't concentrate on driving while it was playing. The first half is slightly stronger than the second, but every track is a winner. The track placement takes you on a roller-coaster of emotions, speaking of which Exit music from a movie is one of the most emotional, dark, angsty songs I have ever heard. Its beautiful and scary all at once. It's tricky to name a favourite song because I love them all so much. Exit Music Paranoid Android Lucky I'm so glad this dropped for the weekend! I love this band soooo much!

I don't have the words to describe how much I love this album. It was the first CD I ever purchased, and I bought it before I even owned a CD player! The only thing I will say is that it's important to listen/critique it as an album, not as individual tracks. It's too easy to focus on Comfortably Numb or Brick in the Wall as hit singles. It's a concept album and as such needs to be listened to from start to finish. It represents such awesome storytelling, art and music. One of my all-time favourite albums. Thanks for landing on a weekend!

I thought I would like this album, reading a bit about it before listening. How wrong I was. How this album made it into this challenge is beyond me.

I love kate bush and I love this album. Some of the tracks and the ‘cutting edge’ audio treatments have not aged too well but it still makes for an interesting listen. Bold, beautiful and probably a little crazy, she is a beautiful songwriter. It’s a 3 star album but a 4 star artist! Discovered by the legendary David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

This might be an amazing album, but to tell you the truth, I'm so over exposed to Psychedelic Rock in this album challenge that I think I have become desensitised! Perhaps a bit of rebranding is in order '1001 Psychedelic Rock albums you must here before you die'

Not a massive reggae fan, I find it all a bit same sounding. Nice and relaxing, but not my go-to genre

Pretty good album, I like talking heads, haven’t put this on for a long time! I get fed up with the remixes at the end of albums

when I kissed the teacher - lol

Enjoyable for a change - might be a classic but not my thing

I enjoyed listening to this album much more than I thought I would. I think its probably my favorite so far in this 4 year challenge, which says more about the previous 4 albums than this one!!!

This album was excellent! I loved it and it is the very reason I undertook this challenge. This is the first album in the challenge I am grateful for being introduced to. Live track 2 and 3 the most! So much groove!

A beautiful album. Lacks the impact of her first 2 album but the songwriting is much more mature. Fav track - hello

I liked this album, very easy to listen to. Not my ‘go-to’ elevator music but I’m glad I heard it.

Great Album, more from a nostalgic sense than any other. I like the Pet Shop Boys but probably more of a 'greatest hits' fan. fave track - Its a sin ;-)

Fuck yeah! Metallica’s most awesome album! Not a bad track in there (actually there 5 tracks I never listen to, but the other tracks more than make up for them!)

Although I have heard the occasional song, I have never listened to a Joan Armatrading album start to finish. I loved it! Really great guitar playing and sound. Made me want to pick up my guitar. Loved - tall in the saddle Edit - what a great album for a lazy Saturday morning lay in bed!

Considering how acclaimed this artist is its strange that I have never heard of him. Strong late Beatles vibes. Interesting death!!!! Fav track - Son of Sam

No See what I did there! lol Listened to it a few times, I think that was the problem.

Short listen - the first three tracks were GEO locked :-( I really liked listening to this and it made me realise that I don't listen to enough Soul! So COOL!

I do like the bet shop boys but found this album to be a little boring?

This is an awesome album and artist. Love this old school hip hop with the skits between tracks. Great listen!

Not my thing. Nice background music

This is a beautiful album, such an iconic voice. I really enjoyed this album her voice is so emotional. Recorded in the last year of her short life. Pretty special

Looking forward to this one!! You can hear the influence they had on some of my favourite bands like Radiohead, the cure and joy division. Cutting edge stuff for the late 70s.

I’m not exactly sure why I would need to listen to this album before I die? It was OK, but pretty bland jangle pop. Meh from me.

I was obsessed with this album in 99! I feel Ike I know it backwards. There are some absolute bangers on this album. I know there is controversy around his sampling (and not paying) which is pretty shit, but he made some great tunes with them!! Did a bit of reading about Moby over the weekend, he sounds like an absolute twat! lol

Almost my fav Beatles album! This was great to listen to and it made me realise how long its been since I popped a whole Beatles album on! Loved it!! I imagine most of their discography will be in this project.

Sorry just didnt like this one at all. WTF is the Coconut song!!

Ahh Janis, such an amazingly soulful voice. At 27 she died so young and this album was released 3 months after her death. What an amazing singer songwriter ! Awesome!

Such a beautiful, emotional, honest voice. Nina Simone is gorgeous blues soul music I could listen to anytime. The song four women is very powerful.

Another album I think I may have been fine to go to the grave without listening to. Might have scored better whilst watching a good spaghetti western!

I quite enjoyed the energy behind this album and I do love a long track like Zombie. Not my usual thing but I’m glad I listened to it. awful to think that this album led to the murder of his mum :-(

I hadn’t heard this album before but hire enjoyed it. I get a bit fed up with the gangsta language and nonsense between tracks but on the whole thought this was quite a fun album. I enjoy doggystyle ;-)

This was very interesting, I could hear Duran Duran, Roxy music, David Bowie, ultravox all through this album. The New Romantic synth pop era. Love it!

Here we go again, probably a bit too soon after snoop. As much as I enjoy Doggystyle, this is much better, seems a bit more focused and serious. I’m tired of the misogyny and the constant use of language that is not acceptable these days. I enjoyed this album but I’m happy to have a rest from hip hop !

What a fucking awesome album! I forgot how much I like the strokes

I struggle with Bob Dylan. He is a folk singer/songwriter and as such should be right in my wheelhouse BUT..... Having seen and heard so many parody's and memes, its hard to take is distinctive singing style seriously. Just sounds like he is taking the piss?

This is the first album in this challenge (33 albums in) that I actually own a physical copy of!! I lived in the uk at the height of this album’s battle with blur and listening to it again after so long was very nostalgic. I saw them live at Shane festival and Liam Gallagher was a bit of a knob. A nice slice of time!

OMG I really enjoyed this album. Highlight for me was Ted…just admit it. There is an amazing remix/mash up version on the ‘natural born killers’ soundtrack. What a great album!

I remember being in a band in the very early 90's and trying to sound like Sepultura! Not my fav genre of music but I enjoyed the nostalgic listen! Double bass drumming and guitar shredding at its finest. We used to think this stuff was so serious, dark and edgy, now it just looks and sounds a bit silly. Orgasmatron lol

This was a very funky listen and obviously a pretty influential album. I do like old school hip hop. I'm ashamed to say that this is the first time I have listened to this record and my fav track is Eye Know, but they are all awesome!

Jethro Tull is a bit of a blind spot for me and im not sure why. I absolutely loved this album! I love a bit of Prog Rock and it reminded me a bit of early genesis. Who would have thought a flute would be center stage in a rock band lol!

Ha ha ha… Skidmarks on my heart ;-) I really enjoyed this album and am so glad for this challenge as don't think they would have found their way onto my radar without it! ...Skidmarks on my heart You can hear Belinda Carlisle trying to break free! I think ill have a listen to some of their other stuff, when this challenge is over.

Well, they say that the first taste is with the eye - what an album cover! lol I fucking love the track - wanna be your dog - and came across it on the lock stock soundtrack. I love Iggy pop but don’t listen to him much

I'm sure this will be an unpopular opinion but I just don't know why Nick Cave is so revered. He just seems to spend an awful lot of time making sure he looks and sounds angst ridden and edgy. I like some of the soundtracks he has produced but find this solo stuff too 'up itself'. Cheer up Nick

I don't know why, but I don't like Elton Johns music as much as I think I should! He has some absolute bangers and 'Tiny Dancer' is no exception. I often find myself belting out his songs, I loved the recent movie Rocketman and even read his biography last year. Despite this, I dont think I have ever put on an Elton John album on to listen to!!! It's very supermarket/elevator music and I enjoy it very much in the background, where I feel it belongs. That said, he has much better albums than this one!

CCR - Here we go! I don’t hate CCR, I think the problem I have with them is because when I was young and interesting, I was in a band and we used to play covers of a lot of their songs so I think I overdosed on them! lol They are a great band and have some absolute bangers, most of which are on this album.

There is a lot to love about this one, it's Bowie's soul album. Fame (the single was his first number 1 single). It's not my favorite Bowie album so i sincerely hope that there are a few more coming up in this challenged. I love Young Americans (the single) and John, I'm only dancing. It's unfortunate that he decided to cover Across the Universe because its an awful version! It gets a 4 just because its Bowie.

I love this album - its the best! 5 stars!! (That was an account hack from someone I very much respect the opinion of, except when it comes to Paul McCartney albums x Ok, full disclosure, I’m not a fan, but I can also acknowledge and respect musical genius. Imagine the pressure on this first album, post Beatles !!! I listened to it twice and probably enjoyed it less the second time around. He is a legend but I’m just not that into him.

What a way to end the week! Tank Battles was up against it right from the start as I had to listen to it via YouTube, an experience almost as irritating as some of these tracks. I actually liked the album, it was like listening to a play with its peaks and troughs of emotion. I loved some tracks (Mother Beimlein and the opening whitewash track) but have no idea why! I read a bit about it and it appears that the YouTube clip I listened to was only half the songs (30mins) but the full album is almost an hour. I spent a few minutes contemplating searching for the remaining tracks and then came to my senses. I gave this a 3 because I like people brave enough to stick their heels in and produce avant- garde work.

I love queen! This is a great album. Such a camp album cover, sweaty and serious all at the same time! They look like they are playing twister! Not the best, not the worst. Its queen, its a solid 4!

I loved this album and it dropped at just the right time. He may have a thing for gunplay and occasionally accidentally murder romantic partners, despite this he certainly knows how to produce a record. What an awful human being. My three stars are for the performers on this album.

Full disclosure, American pie is a very sentimental track for me, so regardless of the rest of the album, this was always going to rate well. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the rest of the album is awesome! He has such a beautiful voice and his songs tell such sincere stories. I love folk rock and this album hits a sweet spot. I really enjoyed listening to this record!

Full disclosure, I have always resisted Jeff Buckley, it just sounds so whiney and emo for me. Whilst listening to the album, almost every track sounds like a lame, try hard version of a Radiohead song with pseudo Thom York vocals. Then I put the timelines together and realised that the Jeff cart came before the Radiohead cart! Mind blown!! I’m not saying that I have become a die hard Buckley fan, because I’m not, it just too whiney, miserable, emo, angst ridden for me to be into, but I have given him a three star review because, he MUST have influenced Radiohead, so for this he needs to be recognised. It is a shame that he died so young, it would have been interesting to see in what direction his next couple of albums went! I’m glad I listened to this whole album.

This was quite amusing. I popped this album on this morning and started to do a bit of work, occasionally pausing to zone in on the ridiculous high and irritating vocal whistling technique she is famous for. Almost every song sounded the same, the evidence for which was accidentally listening to it 2.5 times without even noticing! I'm sure her voice is unique, amazing and celebrated but the songs on this album were just so 'background'. Nothing stood out for me. I didn't hate it and I do have a soft spot for her Christmas album and for that reason I award it 2 stars!

I enjoyed this album, possibly because it followed Mariah Carey? I’m not a big fan of country rock but I am a fan of guitar solos and there are plenty of those. I’m not sure I would listen to this again but I’m glad I have listened to it once. On reflection, (I’m listening to free bird as I type this) the guitar solos bang on a bit too much. This album was getting a three, but I have reduced it to a two based on the needless monotony of the free bird solo. This review was started at the beginning of the free bird solo and it’s still going!! It’s just at that really high fast twangy bit and starting to come down a bit. Oh, it’s starting to fade, I hate a fade as a way of dealing with a song ending, but I’m going to give this one a pass, I just wish it had faded sooner.

I loved this album. I can’t believe I had never even heard of Nick Drake. I could listen to this for weeks! What a lovely new year surprise!

I like sampling in music, but when I read that this single album contains over 900 samples - that’s next level. It’s not my ‘go-to’ music but it’s very easy to listen to whilst chipping away at work. This album reminded me of a cross between moon-safari (Air) and play (Moby) but not quite as good as either of them. Another album that played 3 times because one track just merges into the other.

I enjoyed this album more than I thought I would! I don't mind a bit of country blues (I don't tell anyone!!) Listened to it a couple of times. Reckon I'll pop this one on, time to time. The slide guitar is a little grating, for that it gets a 2 :-)

I quite like a bit of post-punk. I enjoyed the raw chaos of the tracks. I really enjoyed the track - paintwork! :-)

I love Joni Mitchell, although this is not my favourite album of hers. She seems so sincere and powerful and reckon she would be ace around a campfire with that guitar! This may have scored higher with me but I had to listen to it via YouTube and it’s surprising what a shit experience that is.

This is an awesome album. Listening to it, you can hear the roots of U2. Although it’s their third album I feel like this is the beginning for me, the next 5-7 albums (depending on my mood) take this formula and build on it and the eventuate into one of the biggest bands is history. I know that U2 is almost Christian rock and that Bono can be a bit of a dick, but this is an awesome album and delivers some great social messages and a very politically unsettling time. Love it!

I liked this album much more than I was expecting, its first couple of tracks are a little intense, especially 'Rock Music', but then it settles into a cool alternate rock album. I know that there is a lot of fuss made about the Pixies and their influence on just about every band ever. Personally I don't see what all the fuss is about but they do have a couple of banger tracks!

This was a great album, slightly overstayed its welcome with some very repetitive sounding tracks. Regardless, it was great to listen to whilst cracking on with some work - great vibe!

Mmm... CowPunk No thanks.

I love Neil Young, and respect his stance on streaming media, but listening to music on YouTube is just awful!!!!! This is a great album, Neil Young has such a beautiful and simple way of delivering vocals over very intimately written songs. Love the album Hate YouTube (free)

Pretty groovy! Great album to pop on whilst cooking and having a glass of wine or as a pre going out ‘warm up’. Loved it

one of the funkiest, coolest artists ever! 16 album in 1972 this dude has been around! This was great and you can hear its impact on may artists today. what a dude! Love = higher ground!

I really loved this album, I absolutely love world music. About half way through there were some very distracting synth horns? But the rest of the album was so beautiful I’m still giving it a 4

I LOVE the Doors. Saying that, this is not my favourite album of theirs. You can hear Jim Morison decline which makes the album much more raw and in some ways fun. Some of their best tracks are on this album, some of their worst too!! Loved them when I was 15 and still love them just as much today. I remember listening to this album on my Walkman when visiting Jim’s grave in Paris whilst on my Doors pilgrimage. 😂 Has to be a 5.

I think this album is an excellent introduction to the sound of the cure. I love so many of these tracks. Favs = forest and play for today. Solid three (probably lost a point because when I saw them live in Melbourne in 2000’s(?) they were crap - worst concert I have been to!

I love kate bush and I love this album. Some of the tracks and the ‘cutting edge’ audio treatments have not aged too well but it still makes for an interesting listen. Bold, beautiful and probably a little crazy, she is a beautiful songwriter. It’s a 3 star album but a 4 star artist! Discovered by the legendary David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

Wow, this was a slog! Its not that is was an awful album or a genre that I don’t like, it was just such a vanilla, boring album! This should be right in my wheelhouse, guitar based rock, but it was such a boring album. Sorry, it might be amazing, but it was lost on me. Vanilla shite

Considering how iconic Blondie is, I was a little disappointed in this album, I expected a little more ‘wow’ factor, that’s probably on me! Solid 3 Solid album

Not a massive prince fan, but it must be said that he is an absolute musical genius. I wish I was more into his music. Also wish the movie was better! I enjoyed listening to the album in its entirety. Not my thing, but it and he is amazing! Solid 4

Not my bag at all although I love a concept album.

This was a great listen! The toe-tapping, and handclapping was out of control! It sounds like it would have been an amazing concert to have attended. What a performer - I was familiar with about 1/3 of this albums songs and I listened to it all morning! Loved it!

I wanted to like this album more than I did. There were moments of absolutely genius mayhem! I absolutely loved the intense humming of evil and many of the songs intros and outros Some of the tracks were greenday, some of them were Robbie Williams and some the sex pistols. Too incoherent for me but I’m glad I listened to it.

Good background rock album. I wanted to like it more than i did, just found it a bit soft? Listened to it all day, still not convinced!

It was OK but I think its the weakest of his 3 albums. I admire his musical genius but just find his sound (especially his solos) a bit to raw and messy for me. This should be right in my wheelhouse alongside all the other late 60s psychedelic rock bands that I love, but its not. I think I'm probably a Jimi Hendrix 'Greatest Hits' kinda guy.

When I first put this album on, I started to enjoy it and get into the vibe of what must have been an excellent concert to attend. However, as the album continued and the improvised guitar solos got longer, I started losing interest. It was like listening to a very long rehearsal, just a bunch of dudes jamming. This album has me questioning my love of guitar solos!

Probably bad timing, this album turns up just one after another self indulgent, guitar solo dominated album live and extended album. Enough! The same track, three times on disc 2? Really? Fuck drum solos

It's a bit of a tricky one. I love Jeff Beck, but I'm not just reviewing the artist and his amazing guitar skills, I'm reviewing the album, and it was just OK. I would probably listen to it again, I don't mind the late 60s blues, and Jeff Beck is one of the all-time greats. Not sure what I think of Rod Stewart. I'll give it 3, but I wish I could rate it higher.

Nah, not really a fan of punk. Didn't hate it, and listened to it a couple of times just to make sure. Just not my thing. They should Elon for appropriating their name!

I think this may be the most recent album I have listened to in this challenge to date. I’m surprised in its inclusion in this challenge. It’s a good album but I’m not sure it’s a ‘must listen to’ album? Sounded a bit vanilla to me?

I loved the first track and thought I was in for an amazing treat. I did enjoy the album but I think the first track lulled me into a promise that it just didn’t deliver. I’ll listen to it again and perhaps some of her other albums. Her thoughts on androids are quite interesting!

The title track is a timeless classic (if not a little overplayed!). John Lennon was one of the wealthiest music celebrities, living in his mansion whilst writing about how great the world would be without possessions and greed. Hypocrite warning! John Lennon was a complex dude and was pretty appalling to women. In his own words "I used to be cruel to my woman ... any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn’t express myself, and I hit. I fought men and I hit women.” Both these stars are for the title track only.

Another painful YouTube listen! I found that many of the tracks sounded similar to each other, and some were a little too long (most were a little too long). A fun listen

I hate this music. I hope that's the last one from Aerosmith in the 1001 challenge. Two so far seems a stretch?

This was good, but not as good as the previous one we listened to in the challenge. It was great to listen to as I chipped away at my work. Funky Friday!

This was a great album and a real surprise. I had never heard of A Tribe Called Quest before, but I listened to this album all weekend! I'll certainly be listening to them again. Jazzy Hip Hop, loved it!

It's my perfect album. The album is sublime, with no fillers. Highlights are definitely Fake Plastic Trees and Street Spirit (Fade Out). This would be one of my Desert Island Discs (google it millennials). ❤️

This was such a strange album. I didn't hate it, I didnt love it. I just kept listening listening to it to see if I could get into it but i didn't. It was just odd, I felt like I should have liked it, but i didn't. Im confused!

Yeah, I loved this album; it is so funky and cool to listen to while chipping away at work. Some of the songs were super cool, and some were dated and embarrassing! On the whole, this was awesome and will get another spin soon!

I love The Doors and love this album. This band really captured my imagination when I was first starting to gig in bands. We thought Jim Morison was some sort of shaman when it turns out he was just a dude with an ego and a drug problem. I love it when bands remaster albums however, this album has been tinkered with, they have added lots more of Jim’s ad lib sounds/grunts/ words (beyond the sung lyrics) etc, which I think detracts from the original and make some of the tracks sound a bit try hard and cheesy. Still, it’s the doors so it gets a 5 from me! Try to run Try to hide Break on through to the other side!

This was a great listen. I'm a little more familiar with their later stuff which I prefer. Great fun for a debut album!

Perfect.

Fuck that noise. 2 hours and 15 minutes too long.

Hard not to love this blues guitarist. The recording is so raw and packed full of the feels. Loved it!

This is a classic album, and I love it. Every track a winner with Robert Plant sounding as late 60's as ever, singing about Golumn and juice running down his leg! lol Whole lotta love and Ramble are my standout tracks. Listened to it all day!

I quite enjoyed this album. Pretty vanilla sounding 70s jazz rock. Just funny to think that the band was named after a "revolutionary" steam-powered dildo mentioned in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch. Steam powered!

Second album for this artist, served up by this challenge. I can’t believe I had never heard of him before the 1001. He is such an amazing singer songwriter and I find his songs so emotionally engaging. Just beautiful. This dude, may be one of my favourite songwriters!

I thought I would like this album, reading a bit about it before listening. How wrong I was. How this album made it into this challenge is beyond me.

What a fucking annoying album

This was a bit of a surprise! I had heard of Donovan but never listened to an album. As cheesy and whimsical as it was, it reminded me of very early Bowie and Syd Barret. He sings with such conviction that it's hard not to go along with his journey. Some songs were like listening to a fantasy audio book. I am not saying it will be on high rotation, but I will definitely have a poke around his work.

Just listen to it! The perfect epitaph. Just listen to how much he is enjoying himself on side B!

Yikes, 2 Steely Dan albums within 6 days of each other! I was going to give this 2 stars, but I'm warding an additional star for making this album short and sweet. (just 34 minutes) I didn't hate it, probably just a little to close to the previous one. Don't mind bit of the 70's cheese rock.

I Love Queen and this iconic album. One of my fav Queen tracks, Love of my life ❤️ "I'm in love with my car", what were they thinking? 😂

Just vanilla britpop. Heroine might be passe, but so is this album. Next please.

I enjoyed this album much more than I thought I would. I happily had it on rotation all day. It’s background music with nothing really standing out and nothing too awful. I’m not interested in listening to additional remixes, but in the spirit of the challenge, I did it just the same.

I had never heard of this album or this artist (my bad?). I loved this album and listened to it over most of the weekend. It's great to listen to it in detail with interesting lyrics about social poverty and gang life. The album also works well as a passive listen while doing other things. Pretty cool to have debuted with such an incredible album at such a young age!

I found this to be a pretty boring album! The only track I loved was the last track (watching the Detectives), which didn't even appear on the original album, so it probably doesn't count! 1 star for the bonus detective track.

Fuck this album was good! It came along at a perfect time in my week. I love the Rolling Stones (greatest hits kind of fan) and really enjoyed listening to this all day. So what if these white male dudes want to pretend to play honky tonk blues - it’s fucking awesome!! Loved it

OMG - hated this album, just so wank!

I loved this album; reminded me of the frenetic band Die Antwoord! Paper Planes is a clear favorite, but honestly, I loved all the tracks! That's why I joined this challenge!

Loved this album. Highlights were Lust for life Tonight Passenger Neighbourhood threat. Bowie’s buddy

Awesome album. I couldn't quite remember what propelled this album into the zeitgeist in the late 90s, but I clearly remember it! Everyone seemed to have a copy of it. I was working in Operating Theatres at the time and remember it being on VERY high rotation! loved it

Ha Ha, this was a surprise! I enjoyed this album so much today. It was great for a change and most of the tracks were pretty catchy. I'm not sure about the album cover; I had some strange looks from office staff peeping at my Spotify browser app. Loved it

I enjoyed the nostalgia of this album. I didn’t think I would enjoy a whole album of psychobilly rock but I did! Probably wouldn’t go looking for it, but it was nice to find it! Again - fuck those bonus tracks!

This album was such a big deal to me and the band I was playing in when it came out. There are some awesome, energy filled tracks and listening to from start to finish takes me back to my teenage years instantly!! Welcome to the jungle has one of the best intros and although overplayed I have a soft spot for sweet child of mine. Love it!

Love this album. Although not their best album, it was my entry point to dire straits. It was the second cd I ever purchased! I love mark Knopfler’s unique style of playing and I have tried to master the ‘brothers in arms’ solo many times! A couple of average filler songs, must mostly awesome! 5 stars from me and most of those are for brothers in arms (the track)

I really enjoyed this album. Imagine crafting Enya into an awesome Hip Hop track - Genius! I loved the skits and in-between bits and wish more albums would incorporate this in their storytelling. (Shout out to The Killers—Pressure Machine!) I'd be happy to listen to this again outside of this challenge, and I'm sure glad it was on the list.

I usually get through the challenges album a few times in the day, not this one. Apart from the fact that I had to listen to it through YouTube, being punctuated by advertisements, I just found it too miserable. I may not have been in the mood for this album. This just seemed too depressing with no sonic or lyrical payoff. Not today.

This was a pretty cool album. One of the first psychedelic rock bands, leading the charge for other bands like T-Set, Syd Barret and The Pink Floyd. Pretty awesome!

This is a tough review, and I will do my best to separate Brian Hugh Warner from the art that the band Marilyn Manson (and its 5 members) created and the 11 other people whose contributions made this album. I won't judge the album based on my negative feelings for 1/5 of its members. The 1/5 band member Brian Hugh Warner appears to be an awful human being (beyond his persona as Marilyn Manson) with issues involving violence and the abuse of women. I have no intention of diminishing their allegations or experiences because I enjoy this art. This album is art, a concept album, and the first part of a trilogy. I love industrial rock, and Trent Reznor, one of the album's producers, is among my all-time favourite artists. I'm not sure this album would have been as successful without him; you can hear his influence in every track. The album's concept is awesome and very much suits the music and lyrical style. A supernatural being—a demagogic rockstar—who seizes all political power from humanity to initiate an apocalyptic event. Let's face it: if you don't like the sound of that, you're not going to like this album. I don't think this album is as good as Mechanical Animals, but it introduced an element of death metal and industrial rock into the mainstream. 4/5 for the art 0/5 for Brian Hugh Warner, a vile human being.

The Ramones are a beloved part of punk rock history and have certainly left their mark on music and influenced many artists. They were also I nice palate cleanser after the last album. I enjoyed this album. It's not my go-to genre, but it played about ten times today and over the weekend.

I absolutely love the song Heronie, and I do like Lou Reed (except when he is channelling Bob Dylan) I know this is another beloved band, but I just don't get it. The track 'All Tomorrows Parties' seemed just to drone on forever. Not a fan. These stars are both for Heroine

I liked this album. I hadn't heard it before; in fact, I'm ashamed to say that I only knew of Queen Latifah from her beautiful voice acting with the character Ellie in Ice Age! So far, although I'm only 122 albums in, I don't think this challenge features enough women. The music industry is dominated by blokes (mostly white!), so it's nice to have a bit more representation of women in this album choice. I'd probably still prefer to listen to her as Ellie, who has a very special place in my heart from so many viewings with my children!

I really enjoyed this album, I think I’d like to listen to more of their stuff. All 4 of these stars are for the track ‘I’m not the one ’ and its use in the series the leftovers. The track plays to plastic dolls being made and sold, one lucky baby to be swaddled as baby Jesus and placed in a nativity scene. The baby is stolen - I’m not the one x

I have said this a few times during this challenge, as a completionist, fuck those bonus tracks and remixes, it almost doubled the length of this album! I like the novelty aspect of Madness and their greatest hits and the sentimentality of some of their tracks, but I’m not a fan of ska. 2 stars for ‘our house’ The album cover is a bit problematic these days 🤭

A good album I have never heard of! I enjoyed it but only only enough to put it on an occasionally repeat! I thought it would be better based on community reviews

I fucking hate jazz. (But I appreciate the talent of the musicians)

Pretty cool listening to rap in French. A little bit to jazz for me.

I really enjoyed this album, it was fun and the idea of having tiny songs is a bit of a novelty! 28 songs in 41 minutes - Bravo!!!

Fucking hippies

What an awesome album. Consider it in the context of the year it was released! It was soooo HEAVY and broke new ground! This is my favourite Black Sabeth album by a long shot. Tony Iommi is awesome with his replacement fingertips, what an amazing sound. A true landmark album

Anyone who owns a guitar MUST give this album a minimum of 3 stars for the number of times we have all played the riff "Smoke On The Water" 🎸

Not my usual thing, Americana Roots Rock, but I did enjoy it and listened to it a few times today. Just OK. Probably won't pop it on again.

Meh.

This was a roller-coaster! Before even listening to a single track I was so looking forward to the nostalgic anthems "Shout" "Head over heels" and of course "Everybody wants to rule the World". Those tracks did disappoint, but as I listened to the other tracks, my interest started to wane. and I began to think I had misplaced my faith in this being a BANGER of an album. I listened to it another few times, and with each listen, the unfamiliar tracks grew on me! The production of this album is awesome. It sounds so fresh for an album that was put together in 1985! I am sure my score is still influenced by nostalgia and memories of listening to this with my first girlfriend, but this album has been such good fun to listen to that I have to give it a 4. One for each of the anthems above and the other star for the mullet sported by Roland Orzaba.

This is one crazy funk album, and I loved it! The album cover sets the scene: one of the funkiest bands of the 1970s in a mothership, flying through space trying to find the mothership connection—wild! Short and sweet, what an awesome album!

I reviewed the original album, not the 2002 remaster, I get a bit tired of the bonus mixes and tracks. This is a landmark album. Its social commentary on the realities of life in Compton is powerful. Its lyrics and performance is timeless, and although misogynistic, homophobic and violent, it needs these elements to convey the experiences of the band in that time and place. It's not woke, but to devalue it for that would be a dick move.

Just like the previous Wilco album I have trouble understanding this album it’s so boring and yet mysteriously popular. Hope it’s the last Wilco on the list.

Just noise. What an unpleasant mess.

I enjoyed this album a lot, that may be because the challenge served up the previous two abominations, and this was a welcome return to music. I like Hip-Hop, and it's great to see some gender representation in a very male-dominated genre.

I loved this album and it might even be my fav White Stripes album. It's so raw, genuine and imperfect that it's beautiful. I listened to it about ten times this weekend and loved every spin.

I only wish there was an option for 6 stars.

I quite enjoyed this album, and I do like the genre of Gangsta rap. I had never heard this album before and didn't know Ghostface Killah was a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Solid listen!

This is one of the few (very few) albums I remember my dad playing when I was a child. so it gets two stars for nostalgia and some very fond memories that I forgot I had! The other star is for the cover - hilarious!!

This is a beautiful album! I hadn't heard of Emmylou Harris, but I feel I should have! She sounded like a cross between Dolly Parton and Olivia Newton John! I'm not useally a fan of Beatles covers, but her version of 'For No One' gets an exception as her voice takes it to a different level!

I'm not a massive fan of cover albums. I thought this record was nice to listen to, but it felt a bit sleepy and a bit boring. I like Willie Nelson as a singer/songwriter, perhaps just not a singer of other people's songs!

One star each for the 80s Hits - Smooth Operator and Your Love is King. A nice background listen, but I'm not sure how important the album is as far as the evolution of music is concerned.

I have listened to a lot of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, he has collaborated a lot with Peter Gabriel on tracks such as Signal to Noise - https://open.spotify.com/track/2CnucOZJUTMviGIADnNFRY?si=bf7dd4ab95c54dd3 and Taboo https://open.spotify.com/track/4q9auAqHLCeJpXa4XoEidI?si=cdf0066d26b045cf Do yourself a favour and listen to how amazing this dude is!

It first I thought this was just another gangsta rap album as they all follow a fairly similar recipe. After a couple of listens, this one grew on me. I do wonder what the Gangsta Rap scene would be without 'Bitches and Ho's'

I really enjoyed the mash up of world music and the blues! I had never heard of Ali Farka Toure so this is another reason I love this challenge (on most days!)

What an awesome album! I was 10 when this album was released and remember how treasured the album art T-shirts were! Iron maiden defined heavy metal. The sounds, music, lyrics and the impressive vibrato on the sustained notes at the end of every line! Loved it!

This is probably a pretty special album for a lot of people and definitely marks a moment in time. My second favourite cure album. Beautiful/gloomy sounds and lyrics. Love it!

My love of the killers came from this album. Hot Fuss has one of my favorite album opening tracks EVER! Although Mr Brightside is definitely overplayed commercially, it's still a banger! I love the Killers and ALL their albums, with the exception of 'Imploding the Mirage' (🤮) and until 2021 this was my favorite Killers album. Obviously that title is now held by Pressure Machine. My favorite track is the least popular track on the album (according to spotify streams) 'Everything will be alright' All Killers - no fillers, its Indie rock and roll for me!

I struggled so much with this album. The first few tracks made me feel like I wanted to give it a 1 star review, but then a track would come along that made me want to listen over and over again! It wavered between unlistenable and fucking awesome!! I absolutely loved ‘see saw’ and most of these stars are for that track. I could imagine jack white performing see saw, and most of the other tracks could be performed by a hippie uni student at a weekend party with an acoustic guitar and a bag of cheap weed. Such a conflict !!

I wondered when this was going to turn up! This is an awesome album, not an easy first listen, for its time it was groundbreaking and such an influence for many bands. Anyone who doubts the influence on bands like pink floyd is not listening hard enough. I love epitaph To me, this album is almost perfect and there are not many of those around. It’s a 4.5 rounded up! Love it.

I love this album and it’s a bit of a ‘go-to’ when I want a relaxed background ambience. I was introduced to it by my friend from the USA, Larry, during a scuba diving trip in Egypt. So when I do play it, all my memories of that trip come flooding back. Awesome bass beats and modulation effects - love it.

The Velvet Underground has always been a musical blind spot for me. I have also never really understood the celebration of Lou Reed (unpopular opinion!!). However, I did enjoy this album much more than I expected to. I'd definitely pop this on again. As much as I enjoyed this, I do think that the late '60s are tragically overrepresented in this challenge. Perhaps it's just the order in which the albums are being served to me.

This might be an amazing album, but to tell you the truth, I'm so over exposed to Psychedelic Rock in this album challenge that I think I have become desensitised! Perhaps a bit of rebranding is in order '1001 Psychedelic Rock albums you must here before you die'

I wanted to love this album, I find Bjorks albums so musically interesting, she is a true artist. I just find her tracks too similar and I think its just not my thing. :-(

I forgot how much I love this album! I think listening to it in the context of this challenge and the other albums that were around at the time, makes me love it even more. I'm a massive Peter Gabriel fan and love how diverse his music can be. I much prefer his work around so, us and up, but this album is such an important part of his journey and was at such a pivotal time in his life, that it has to be a 5!!!!

I don't have the words to describe how much I love this album. It was the first CD I ever purchased, and I bought it before I even owned a CD player! The only thing I will say is that it's important to listen/critique it as an album, not as individual tracks. It's too easy to focus on Comfortably Numb or Brick in the Wall as hit singles. It's a concept album and as such needs to be listened to from start to finish. It represents such awesome storytelling, art and music. One of my all-time favourite albums. Thanks for landing on a weekend!

I'm not a massive Elvis fan, but I do know that there are albums of his that are far more worthy of inclusion in this challenge. Meh

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this album half as much as I did! I'm not sure if it had much to do with Dusty herself or just the fact that there were some great songs I recognised from all over the place. It seems odd that a covers album would make it to this list, especially considering that the tracks weren't interpreted much differently from their originals. This is like a Karaoke album! But I liked it all the same

What a truly awful album. 1 star for the interesting collage on the cover. Shit

Soleless electronic nonsense Why is this on the list? Just awful

This album is my guilty pleasure!! I loved this album so much when it was first released, and loved it almost as much listening to it again. Cheesy, teenage angst combined with awesome musical hooks and loads of shout/singing. Those guitars have so much compression applied, I’m surprised they are not synths!!

What @boopidoo said. But also have nostalgia on my side. One of the most influential albums of my life.

This was a very cringe album. I'm all up for a concept album, but preferably not one written by adolescents! It could have been good, but it wasn't. First and last listen. lol

Leonard Cohen has some great tracks, but not on this album. I love the 80s, but I found this too much.

So much better than her last album in the challenge. Not really my thing, but probably deserves the 'classic' status. Pop it on and then get your work done!

This is an AWESOME album and just what I needed to put some 'pep in my step' this weekend! Listen all y'all, it's a sabotage

I enjoyed listening to this album, he is such a crooner and whatever he sings sounds sexy! I too hope that @boopidoo's friend Claire got laid to Moondance, it is a pretty special track.

I was looking forward to this listen as I frequently hear about Soft Machine whilst poking around Pink Floyd sites. However... This is borderline un-listenable. A truly horrible album and perhaps my least favourite in the challenge. Just a pointless mess of sounds.

I might have been kinder to this album had this challenge not just served up the abomination 'Third' by the soft machine directly prior. Together, both albums represented 3.5 hours of psychedelic 70s Rock which is about 2.75 hours too much. I appreciate a good rock opera but add the psychedelic angle, and what seems to be a bunch of random noise, repetitive musical instrument notes and some absolute hippie bullshit space jargon. I'm not stoned = I'm out.

Shite

I LOVE some Stones albums, but this is not one of them. It’s ok, but there are much better albums to include in the challenge.

I was looking forward to this album as it had been so long since I listened to some Smashing Pumpkins. The first couple of tracks were great but VERY soon I realised how irritating Billy Corgans voice is. I also realised how try-hard the lyrics are, they are like a year 9 students first attempt at poetry, just juvenile rhyming angst. lol. My other big complaint is that the album is over 2 hours in length, which is just too much whinging to listen to in a single session. I loved the little bits of nostalgia that surfaced between Billy's pretend singing moans. Reading a bit about him, he also sounds like a bit of a narcissistic dick, although I'm sure this is a requirement for famous emo dudes. I love that 7 years ago Billy Corgan anounced that he "hates everything except for David Bowie." Nice one Billy, all is forgiven :-)

This was a nice surprise, although a popular album, I had never come across it (I was out of lots of loops for 12 months around 1999/2000 - Just like I didn't know what The Blair Witch Project was!) So this album was completely overlooked! I love it! Im a sucker for a soundtrack album anyhow, but combine it with the band Air and 'I'm IN!' I absolutely loved the last track 'Suicide Underground' and recognised lots of Air 'Notes' scattered throughout the album. I wish I had found this one earlier!

Although I love Chrissie Hynde's unique voice, as a 'Pretenders greatest hits' kind of guy, I found it pretty irritating toward the end of the album. Perhaps its a little too high-energy, jangly, new wave for me?

I wasn’t looking forward to this, I’m not a big Nick Cave fan, I find his music and persona pretentiously dark. I fucking loved this album! First listen was odd, but then I listened to it a few more times and started to deeply listen to the lyrics. The chaos and raw sounding production, magnified the drama even more and helped to elevate the mood of the album to the next level! Fucking loved it

Just couldn't get into it! I'm sure its great music, just not to me!

I quite liked this album and know how much David Bowie LOVED Mark Bolan so I have to give it a three, even though it was a bit boring lol! :-)

Without doubt my favourite REM album. I saw them play at Slane festival with 110,000 other people and they were awesome I love this album and I especially love 'losing my religion', 'Drive', 'Man on the moon' and 'Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite' I really love 'Drive' Wish this was a weekend album!

I love this album. I was one of my first ever vinyl purchases!! It’s so beautiful and relaxing, natural and grounded. Each track has the most amazing voices and harmonies. I'm hope they are singing about beautiful things, but I wouldn't know. I listened to it on repeat for a few hours during a pretty intense and stressful situation at work, and it helped keep me totally chilled!

I know of William Orbit from his work with Peter Gabriel on the US album and his track on the Plus From US album. I really like his sonic landscape and his ability to create an atmosphere with mostly electronic instruments. I liked this album!

Cheese

This was a LONG listen! I enjoyed quite a bit of it but found some of the songs needlessly long and a bit too George Harrison. He is an awesome talent, and his songs are ones that I love. I REALLY LOVE! Double albums are a bit much sometimes.

I really enjoyed listening to this a few times over this morning. It was a nice break from some of the shite that this challenge has been serving up. Also, I thought I was the only person who wondered: “Will there be any freight trains in heaven?” Country music can be so hilariously serious sometimes lol

This album was fun, shit, annoying and great all at the same time. I remember listening to this album on high rotation (on tape!) when it came out. I still love the track 'Save a prayer', its my favorite on the album. 80s Sax, combined with jangly keys, synth drums, sexy Simon Le Bon vocals and a massive serving of cheese!

For fuck sake! Listened to it Thought I would love it Read about it Wank

This was another seminal 80s teenager album (at my school at least) but I never understood the whole ‘hair metal’ movement!! Three stars from me. One for the album cover and 2 for Eddie van Halen’s awesome guitar tone!!

This is a great album, and Jimi Hendrix is an amazing guitarist, however I'm not sure why some artists have multiple albums in this challenge that seem very similar to the last one I reviewed. Its NOT 1001 artists to listen to before you die!

Another awesome album I’d never listened to! Didn’t get into it much the first time round but after a couple of listens I was hooked! I loved the Lyre of Orpheus more than the abattoir blues but both were awesome. I’d give this a 3.5, but I’m going to round it up, because I love the second album so much!

I came to the Greenday party a little late and although I cherry-pick the Greenday albums I listen to, this album is definitely a cherry. 15 songs in 38 minutes, It's absolutely non-stop! The energy is just awesome.

There are only a couple of Metallica Albums I can listen to, start to finish, over and over again. This is one of them. I love this album. Especially its opening two tracks. It's also great to hear one of Metallica's very few instrumentals, Orion. Lars Ulrich is a bit of a dick, I just had to say that. :-)

This is a very special album to me. I can remember hearing Paranoid Android for the first time on the radio. I had to pull my car over because I couldn't concentrate on driving while it was playing. The first half is slightly stronger than the second, but every track is a winner. The track placement takes you on a roller-coaster of emotions, speaking of which Exit music from a movie is one of the most emotional, dark, angsty songs I have ever heard. Its beautiful and scary all at once. It's tricky to name a favourite song because I love them all so much. Exit Music Paranoid Android Lucky I'm so glad this dropped for the weekend! I love this band soooo much!

Where is my mind? I have lost track of the amount of significant moments in my life that this song has accompanied. This noise sandwich was worth consuming, if only to enjoy this track as the filling. 3 stars, all for Where is my mind?

I didn't get into this album as much as I wanted to. A friend watched the concert, and I think that would have been a much better experience. I find the concept a bit cheesy and was applied to most popular bands around this time, unless they were too busy doing 'unplugged' albums! I'm not sure about the track selection either. I'll give it 3 stars: One star for Jason Newsted (his last album with Metallica) One for Michael Kamen who is a dead set legend! One star for Kirk Hammett (who appears to be the most 'Normal' member of the band) One star for the way that James Hetfield holds his pic (there are not many of us!) but then minus One star for the absolutely lamest album cover EVER!!!

It's background music jazz. Just not my thing :-( 2 stars

I think this might be a context album. Everyone seems to agree that it’s an amazing first album from REM, the original Indie Rock band. To be honest I thought it was boring and Michael Stipe’s voice sounded very different! It was interesting to hear how they developed their sound.

Too long Too shite

Santanas music appeals to a broad audience. I’m not in that audience

I love this album. Such a surreal futuristic depressing soundscape full of dystopian, confusing and scary elements. Lyrics that make no sense and music that shouldn't make sense, but does. Listening to a band reinvent themselves in a single album is mesmerizing. My two favorite tracks are: How to disappear completely which conjures up images of Thom York gesturing the listener to follow him into the depths of depression, irrelevance and ultimately peace. He sounds so tortured. Everything in its right place is sublime and possibly the most accurately named track of any artist! Love it

This was a fun album and at just 28 minutes didn’t outstay its welcome. I think the key to this bands success is its ability to license its music to just about any sporting or car advertising campaign!

These charming crooners managed to cram 12 songs into 27 minutes. Some of the songs were catchy but most just seemed corny.

This album is currently the second highest in the global stats. It's not even the second highest in my last 2 weeks of rating! It's good, but not that good! Boomer nostalgia at work.

Billy Joel is an awesome songwriter. Although a bit dated, I enjoyed listening to this album this morning. I also reflected on how he retired from songwriting whilst on top of his game (let's just ignore the misfire "middle of the night") Solid 3

I'm guessing that the Penguin Cafe is not very busy? What a load of musical nonsense!

This is a tough one! On the one hand, he has an amazing talent, his ability to evoke emotion whilst telling stories and his creativity with his skits/concepts is pretty next level. On the other hand, the content is problematic and in this album in particular, very juvenile. I really love some of his later albums and I hope that they turn up on this list (but I doubt it). I’m giving this a 3.5 but rounding it up to 4 in celebration of his talent/art, not his obvious misogynistic homophobic and VERY Rapey personas.

I fucking hated this album. WTF? Psychedelic, dance, ambient, happy bullshit. Movin on up! Couldn’t be further down my list!

I wanted to like this album more than I did. I gave it 4 complete listens over the weekend and although it sounded better on a real stereo, I still didn’t get into it as much as my musical colleagues. Just sounded like another version of Mumford and sons, and both bands have stupid names.

I had never listened to a Kanye West album in its entirety before and I was wondering if I would like it. Nah. Which is quite handy as he seems like a bit of a dick.

This is a classic rock album. I don't have much time for Eric Clapton, especially having had the misfortune to see him live (Ouch!). Solid three

This is a solid album, not quite as good as their earlier 'Paranoid', rated a few months back. Love the Tony Iommi sound!

This takes me back to the Brit Pop, Oasis, Blur era. I spent 1995 in the UK so I probably listened to this album about 100 times, just by tuning into the radio! It's fun and happy, and it has energy you don't get in many albums. Solid 3

For me, its usually very important to separate the artist from the art. But in this case, its OK because the album was a piece of shit too.

I find this beloved, working-class hero so overrated. His lyrics are barely understandable. He sounds like he is heavily constipated and trying his hardest to 'knock one out'. The Boss, no thanks.

I don't understand jaz. It puts me in a bad mood. I listened to this album in its entirety. The first track sounded like a bunch of kids tuning their instruments, and it just went downhill from there. To my ears, it's just messy, repetitive noise and it made me want to punch something.

Yuck

I’ve slogged through 220 albums in this challenge so far. It’s been a wild ride—discovering weird, unknown tracks, revisiting some familiar bangers, and talking about all this music with my friends and fellow challengers. That part has been awesome. BUT, this week? This week has been a relentless parade of shit. Seriously, these albums have dragged my Friday spirit right into the gutter. If I hit this 'Rate' button one more time and get served another pile of musical shite, I’m seriously rethinking my place in this challenge. I can't take it anymore!

I really enjoyed this album, perhaps because the last five albums have been dogshit? I first heard White Rabbit in the movie 'The Game' with Micheal (sex addict) Douglas. The scene is where his house has been trashed, and he slowly ascends the staircase to see what is happening. It's such an awesome and fitting scene for this song. Every time I hear white rabbit, this scene is painted in my mind. This is great, dramatic, psychedelic music. 3 stars for the track, White Rabbit and round it up for the rest!

This was a tricky one. I want to award this album 5 stars, because there is a single track on it that I would LOVE to add to my team '5 star challenge' playlist. Sadly, this would not be in the spirit of the challenge. The rest of the album is OK - 2.5 stars, rounded up to three. Do yourself a favour and watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6c9Ejfu-iU

OMG this was a long, tough listen which eventually gave me a headache. I didn't realise how similar Motörhead songs were. Then I realised that they did their best song first and it was all downhill from there. Whose idea was it to have Ace of Spades as the opening track? lol :-(

Too Rye Ay? Fuck Off! What an insufferable band and style of music. Pretending to be Dickensian street urchins, running around urban England with their brushes, fiddles and cloth caps. Fuck Right Off!

I liked this album, although not quite as much as I expected. I thought I was going to LOVE this album! Awesome debut album.

I listened to this 5-6 times right through. I enjoyed it more with each listen. The hits are really good, but the rest of the tracks are a bit jangly. I know that it is a pivotal Manchester genre album, and based on that, I'm happy to give it a solid 3.5 and round it up for the track 'Fools Gold'.

This is a good album and I enjoyed listening to it a few times. Solid 3. (not sure what all the fuss is about with Beck)

I had never heard of Liz Phair before and I thought this album was great. Reminded me a bit of Sinéad O'Connor? Almost a 4 but definitely a 3!

I fucking hated this album.

I LOVE Jean-Michel Jarre! To think that this was crafted in 1976, pre-digital, pre-ProTools. It's an awesome album, although it's not my favorite Jarre album. I was going to give this a 5, but I think that would be for the artist and not the album, so for consistency in my rating, it's a solid 4. This dude is still active and producing awesome albums. His concerts are definitely worth a watch on YouTube!

Just annoying. It’s like they are constantly warming up and I spent the album waiting for them to start playing something.

This is an awesome album. The rift is large between the good tracks and the shit ones (it’s alright for you - im looking at you!!) It’s a solid 3.5 but I’ll round it up to 4 because I love Stuart Copeland!

If I wanted to listen to Franz Ferdinand I would have popped on one of their albums.

Well this was unexpected! I absolutely loved this album. I had never heard of it or the band before and based on the reviews, I approached the album with some trepidation. I REALLY loved this album. It sounded like something that would happen if David Bowie and Mike Oldfield put on an Andrew Lloyd Webber style musical. LOVED IT and so glad this made the list! Its what the challenge is all about.

I was looking forward to this one but found it a bit boring!

I love the Beatles and I love this album. It's not my favorite album, it's a bit all 'over the place', which is probably a reflection of how the band was during this tumultuous period, Ringo quit the band for a couple of weeks! It's WAY TO LONG! Fav's - Happiness is a Warm Gun and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. I also like annoying people by claiming to like Revolution 9 lol

Wow. What an awful time Dolly Parton is having with men in this album. A boyfriend who gets stolen by her mum. A boyfriend who is trying to convince her to become a swinger against her will. And a woman who will fuck anything that moves. Loved it

I didn't listen to the bonus tracks, I couldn't have done this for 2 hours! I had not heard of Giant Sand but was surprised that they have 33 albums in their discography! What a long and boring album.

This is the third Jimi Hendrix album so far in this challenge, and although I like him as an artist, I'm not sure why he has multiple albums on the 1001 list when they all sound very similar. I'm giving this 3 stars, one for 'Voodoo Child' (Slight Return) and 2 for 'All along the Watchtower' (which is probably a 5 star track, but there are too many average tracks in this collection to give the album more than 3.

A bit too angry and noisy for me. I preferred their other album in the 1001 challenge from a few months ago.

I wasn’t a fan of Depeche Mode back in the day, but I can’t understand why not! This is an awesome album. Great beats and atmosphere. Loved it

I thought I was going to hate it! The first 12 seconds of Jazz scatting - aaggghhhh! Thankfully, it was very short-lived and I loved this album. Another member of the '27 Club', addiction can be brutal.

Fuck yeah! Awesome album. Fav tracks: - Europe Endless - The Hall of Mirrors - Trans-Europe Express. The Beatles of Electronic music

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I found this album to be pretty blah! I listened to it twice just to make sure. 2 stars for nature boy (one for each listen)

I absolutely love the first track, my my hey hey (out of the blue) All three stars are for that track.

I have a soft spot for ELO, I like their signature orchestral/rock mash-ups! I'm giving this one 3 (One full star for the very 70s album art!)

I prefer old school hip hop. This is just not my thing, might have tolerated it better if it was shorter, but at 1hour and 19 mins I found it to be a chore. This review bucks the trend of popular opinion and makes me feel like an old grumpy man.

This album was a welcome relief from the previous album, so I'm being generous, 2 Stars! Not sure why I NEEDED to hear this before I die; I feel like I hear it every time I step in a shopping center elevator!

I enjoyed this album. Considering the bias in this list to psychedelic rock and male singer-songwriters, this album is a welcome relief. Awesome music. Not being able to understand the lyrics made me appreciate the sound of the words and music so much more. Worthy of this list.

I enjoyed this album much more than I thought I would. The album was listed as psychedelic rock in Wikipedia, a genre that is over represented in the 1001 challenge. After a few worrying, live guitar noodlings this album quickly turned into an awesome listen. Janice Joplin's voice is so distinct and emotional; such a great loss at such an early age. Loved the album art. This would be a 3.5 but I'm rounding it down for the noodling.

This album is beautiful, I'm so glad its is on the 1001 list. This is exactly what I wanted out of this challenge, new and interesting music, Ágætis Byrjun certainly fits the bill! I'm not sure where it will fit into my listening habits; it feels like listening to a beautiful dream. Not being able to understand any of the lyrics takes it to the next level. It almost feels like some sort of magic spell!

Pure unnecessary wank. endless cheesy solos, no real heart or emotion—just a lot of technical skill that ends up feeling empty. Instead of something memorable, it’s more of an ego trip. Eric Clapton = most overrated guitarist ever. Fuck right off. Second worst concert I have ever been to.

Beyoncé has a reputation for receiving songwriting credits for work largely done by others. She has been criticised for cultural appropriation and commercialising feminism. She is massively overexposed to the point that she is considered an actress and her clothing line has been accused of unethical labor practices. I used the 1.5 hours I was forced to listen to this album to research why I felt like I needed to punch a wall. Phew - it's over.

I thought I looked Fiona Apple, but found this album hard work. It's difficult to articulate; I like what she is saying. I struggle with the way she is saying it, and there is too much repetitive chanting. Her writing seems deeply personal; I think she is a true artist. I simply didn't like this album as much as I wanted to!

"My Generation" is a blast. It's raw and rebellious and demands the volume to be cranked up. Keith Moon's 'No Rules' drumming is awesome. The title track is a classic. The album is rough around the edges, but it is an excellent debut album. 3.5 stars rounded down because of Roger Daltrey's LEGO-style haircut on the album cover. 3 stars

I much prefer this album to her more recent music. Im gonna sound a like an old fart when I say that her earlier stuff is more accessible to older ears! Her voice is so beautiful, and her music sounds unique, but it's just not my thing. 3 stars

This album and the track 'Take Me Home' truly define the summer of 2004. With many indie artists emerging at the time, sifting through the singles of so many bands was exciting. While it's a fun listen, I’m not entirely convinced by the whole album. It’s enjoyable but perhaps best left where I found it in 2004.

What a boring, uninspiring, soulless, generic 70s rock album. Meh. I certainly didn't need to hear this before I died! One star for its length, 41minutes

I enjoyed this album, probably not quite as much as I enjoy The White Stripes. Great guitar sound and some pretty awesome tracks. Solid 3 stars.

This album is completely unremarkable. It has no business being on this list.

As a singer/songwriter album, it gets a 5-star rating, however, I have to minus 2 stars for the fucking harmonica. 3 stars

I liked this album! I thought the songwriting was exciting and, in some songs, unusual/original. I went in with VERY low expectations, based on the album art, which looked like high school artwank and the fact that I used to work with someone called John Grant (that's not the artists fault). 4 star album, but it was reduced to 3 for the album cover. JC Hates Faggots = spicy number!

This was an odd one. From start to finish, sometimes I thought I was listening to the Ramones, then I thought I was listening to The Clash and at one point, I thought I was listening to a slightly heavier Duran Duran! A little too punk for me

This was like Iggy Pop meets The Legendary Stardust Cowboy! At least it was only 40 minutes.

I have always loved this album and listened to it hundreds of times. I fell in love with the Beatles about 38 years ago when I was 15. This is an awesome album and clearly illustrates the Beatles as one of the most influential bands ever. Sure some of the band members were/are dicks but this is greatness.

This is an awesome album. It's the perfect storm of anger, rap and rock! It's a landmark album. Tom Morello is a fucking legend. It can't be on too high a rotation for me, as it just makes me feel angry! solid 4 stars

Yawn, what a fucking boring album.

I didn’t hate this album as much as I thought I would! Listenable but nothing special

I read that this was the best of all XTC's albums. I sure hope that they don't have any more on this list. Meh

As annoying as Bono can be, U2, particularly during the 80’s and 90’s, were a pretty important and influential band. This is considered by most to be their best work, but I have always struggled with this album. There are a few bangers on it but I feel there is also a lot of filler. With or without you is an awesome track and may actually be my favourite u2 song. I’m giving it 3.5 stars (rounding up to 4) three of these stars are for the track ‘with or without you’

I came to this album expecting to love it, but sadly didn’t. It sounded like a low rent Metallica performing The Door’s songs turned up to 11.

This wasn't what I expected. It was a hot day. I was busy in work. I had too much coffee. This album sounded like it was recorded in a garage. TOO MUCH NOISE.

What a strange album. I didn’t hate it, some tracks sounded like very early Bowie. Comically stupid and fun.

No thank you. Some amusing lyrics, but not enough to actually enjoy listening to country music.

I was excited to listen to the first Siouxsie and the Banshees album in this challenge, almost 12 months ago. This is a great album and probably deserves a higher rating, however I’m annoyed with the challenge when it includes the same artist multiple times, especially when the albums sound very similar to each other.

I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to! I was a bit glum and it was just the right combination of upbeat vibes and familiar hits. Just goes to show that I should stop judging albums by their covers because this cover is shit!

Brian Eno’s influence in modern and ambient music can’t be denied. The same can not be said for his contribution to the art of singing. Loved this album except for the tracks with vocals. He is a legend!

What an awesome example of Australian indie 80s rock. Like the smiths playing Paul Kelly songs. Why on earth bands insist on slipping harmonica into tracks is beyond me, it’s just fucking irritating

4 albums so far from Metallica on this challenge and whilst I like like them, I don’t think their sound/albums are different enough to warrant multiple entries. It’s not their fault, sometimes this list is shit. 3 stars

This was a beautiful album to listen to and a reminder that music can be simple and still be amazing.

I guess I’m hitting the part of the 1001 challenge where bands are turning up for their second or third time. I don’t think multiple entries are warranted unless a bands sound or album style has changed significantly. That said, this is a fucking sexy album!

Every track sounded the same. Not my thing