1001 Albums Summary

Easy to listen to, some good songs, a bit calm for my tastes.

Had a ton of hits on this album. Lots of songs sound the same and not many hidden gems outside the hits.

Excellent. Crazy busy bass parts. Weird and jazzy but not crazy weird like some of Zappa's other stuff.

Love the album, really think it was ahead of its time. For some reason always thought it was early/mid 90s, not 1988. Convenient timing to listen as it was recorded by Steve Albini, who also recorded In Utero by Nirvana which is celebrating 30 years currently.

Always a sucker for concept albums, interesting story that it is inspired by his sister and brother in law. Musically quite good as well

Sounds fairly generic 60s music. Can hear the influences that would follow David Crosby in music going forward

Change of pace from typical music. Neat guitar grooves, enjoyable and relaxing to listen to.

Willie Nelson singing a bunch of standards. Good if you like that sort of thing but nothing too special.

Forgot just how many good songs were on this album.

Classic album, not much more to say

Some interesting back tracks and rhythms on a few songs. Not too much interesting vocally

Massive hit album for GNR. Most of their best known songs were all off this album. Signature Slash sound on all the tracks. 53 straight minutes of Axl Rose's voice was a little much though.

Great grooves, short and sweet album. Fantastic vocals as would be expected

Enjoyed it more than I was expecting. Really good rhythm tracks, quite musical. Way better than modern day trap beats.

Hard to believe this album is almost 25 years old. I remember getting it as a birthday present when I was 8 and my parents immediately taking it away to hold onto until I was older.

I always want to like the Police, objectively it's good music but hard for me to get into. This album didn't appeal to me as much as some of their others.

Decent cover of Only Love Can Break Your Heart, other than that nothing too notable.

Really good album. Never listened to Traffic much before but was definitely missing out. Lots of the aspects similar to Cream and other major blues inspired rock bands.

Good background music, obviously impressive, but just piano music to me.

Good quality southern blues rock. Some overlap in song sounds, a couple were very Mary Jane's Last Dance-ish. Good content, interesting concept for an album. Did drag on a little bit into the second part.

Long mumbling intros wondering when the song will begin, then still somehow being just as bored listening to the song itself. First album that I skipped through to the middle of songs to just get a general feel of the songs. Couldn't even bother listening to it in its entirety.

Neat album, blending of very different styles. Amazing Baker drum solo at the end.

Enjoyed listening to it. Huge variety from track to track. A few very much had the intangible late 90s sound to it that spans multiple genres, but you can still hear when it was released .

Weird like his stuff with Pink Floyd, but much worse musically

Decent album, lots of samples and great voices. Interesting ride reading how each of the trio were terrible people

Knew nothing of this beyond Tubular Bells being used in the Exorcist. Had no idea it was part of another album or that the album was really quite good.

The more I've listened to AC/DC, the less I like them. Musically it's so simple it doesn't do much for me, never was a fan of the vocals, yet still can't deny the amazing energy all of these tracks put out. It's so boring yet at the same time you can't help but get into it.

Pretty inconsistent album. Some tracks I start to like, then the next one comes on and it's nearly unlistenable. Party Fears Two had some strong Talking Heads vibes and is by far the best song on the album, the number of listens on Spotify certainly backs that up. I'm guessing a large portion of listens of some songs are only thanks to this 1001 albums list.

Kind of a meh album. Liked the sound of a few songs, then a few random noise sort of tracks kind of brought it down. Enjoyed the riff on Sweet Leaf a lot.

One of my favorites. Hot take is that Kashmir is boring and overrated

About what is expected from any Simon and Garfunkel. Nice to listen to but not my style

Listenable, some decent backing tracks, nothing special though

Never heard of the band or album before. Enjoyed the sound of the album a lot, a lot of the darker sounds of the early 90s, but not really metal and not really grunge either.

Another new one to me. Very good listen, cool arrangements and vocal pairing with the guy from Arctic Monkeys.

Good iconic Queen album. Always want to like Queen more than I should but it's often hit or miss with the misses being a little bit too, corny maybe? Bohemian Rhapsody bumps up the rating of the album.

Enjoyable background music that I'm glad I've listened to. Not sure how there are two albums of his on the list though. Might start turning all of these reviews into complaining about how there's no Zevon on the list.

Excellent album. Multiple hits, great guitar tones, awesome song writing

Not my style, but enjoyed the overall sound of the album. Not a fan of talking insert pieces as they disrupt the flow of the album, but obviously important topics that still ring true 30 years later.

One of those albums I will always remember listening to for the first time. Listened to it two days after it was released, when it was announced he had passed. The opening line of Lazarus truly accurate at that point.

Weird, groovy. Some Zappa or Captain Beefheart vibes to it. I like it.

It's fine I guess. Not sure why it's on here though. Should have been Warren Zevon on the list instead.

Good album musically. Obvious Bowie influence which drowned out the Iggy Pop sound that I prefer if I'm listening to Iggy. Bowie good, Iggy good, but together it's in a middle ground that isn't as good as either of their individual work.

Fantastic album. Heavy grunge sound, amazing harmonies, goofy 7/8 time signatures, tons of great songs on the album.

Was a bit nervous when I saw electronic, was prepared for an hour of sandstorm but was pleasantly surprised. Nice work background music with some good groove to it.

Didn't realize that all of these songs were on the same album. Love every single one of them.

Not the worst thing that I've heard, but still not a fan. Though it did grow on me a bit throughout the record, still a 2.

Spotify put an ad between Heartbreaker and Living Loving Maid. Splitting a double track is just wrong.

Enjoyed the listen, such a unique sounding band. Mountain Song and Jane Says almost brought it up to a 4, but overall the album was just ok.

Good vibes, fun to listen to for a change of pace.

Enjoy listening to Dire Straits from time to time, but this album was honestly a bit repetitive. Many of the songs could be mistaken for Sultans of Swing in various parts.

Not as terrible as I was anticipating based on knowing Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova. Still didn't enjoy it though.

Fine background music. Not unlistenable but not really enjoyable

Decent folksy album. I don't think I had ever heard the original Everybody's Talkin before.

Decent background music, not a fan of the skits

Pretty meh. Couple of good songs, only vaguely remember Scooby Snacks so didn't add much nostalgia. Plenty of better rap rock out there. Should have included Zevon in the list instead of this

Was intrigued by neo-psychedelic, pretty disappointed by the fairly generic 80s Brit pop rock sound. Should have Zevon on the list instead of this.

Good album from an artist I've never heard of before. Might be the first one on the list that's totally new to me that makes me want to listen to more.

Started strong, got a little generic and weird towards the end.

Interesting concept for an album and cool for the novelty but fairly boring musically.

Have never listened to Genesis beyond their few hits that get radio play. I'm a sucker for prog rock so I really enjoyed it.

Alternated between annoying and boring. Did not enjoy.

Love Talking Heads. Never listened to the whole album through, delightfully strange.

I'm a bad music fan. Not a huge fan of Queen. I enjoy a lot of their big hits but any deeper into their discography loses me.

Nostalgia factor is up there on this album, but apart from the main hits the rest of the album isn't anything special.

Great classic album with tons of hits

Want to rate it a 2, but it's Bowie so I can't. The title track alone compensates for the boringness of the rest of the album to bring it up to a 3.

Not a terrible listen, but nothing special. Sounds a bit like a knockoff version of the Clash

Mostly just noise. Every once in a while a song appears for a brief moment and it's back to noise. Can hear some sounds that eventually make their way into industrial rock, only other bands actually make music out of it by putting them into melodies or some sort of rhythm. Most of the tracks remind me of noises a kid would assemble and call it music, and a parent would say "oh yeah, great job buddy" and hope they never have to hear it again.

Wrote the following half way through the album, but then the album kept going and going, yet is somehow only 45 minutes long, so maybe just a 3 instead of a 4- Enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. Being a kid when it came out, it was boring adult music on the radio. Great voice, nice relaxing music, and the familiarity led to a 4.

Fun listen as are most things by Rod Stewart. Nothing too groundbreaking that wasn't already done by his earlier groups

pretty standard blues rock. Nothing too special, drummer and bass player are probably more bored than me.

Good songs, but not seeing much value in this live album

Pretty enjoyable, super super long. Especially with the added introductions and talking intermissions spread throughout.

Very chill and songwritery for the most part which isn't my style. But some awesome Jaco bass parts and song arrangements.

Sure it was big for its time, lyrical content obviously good and still rings true today, but musically pretty generic 80s pop noises

I've never heard of Robert Wyatt before. From the very first notes, I knew that I was going to enjoy this album. A little strange, very musical, random instruments that all work together.

Not a huge fan of Offspring as their good stuff all sounds the same stuff and their bad stuff is just bad. But looking only in at this album and the time period it came out in, it's a good influential album.

Pretty boring, songs drag on. Thought the album was almost over but was only four songs in. Some cool grooves and licks but they never go anywhere.

There's a reason I only knew one of their songs

Some really good stuff, some really weird stuff. All enjoyable.

Enjoy most other stuff by Beck, but this was a bit boring and not as weird or interesting as the other stuff.

Extra star for how big of a hit Paper Planes was, but not a great record overall.

Better than the other album, but still not good

Very smooth, too smooth.

Fine album, good grooves, nothing too special

Every time there's an 80s album that I don't recognize I nervously open the Wikipedia crossing my fingers it won't be another British 80s new wave or synth album. I've been burned again.

Hated it and everyone that liked it when it came out. Not sure if it's in contrast to how terrible popular alternative rock has gotten recently or just musical taste changes but I've come around to slightly enjoying this. Very good instrumentation and obviously catchy.

I don't know what the hell I just listened to, but I didn't hate it.

Sounds fairly similar to alternative songs coming out today. Similar vibes but with more tech drum machine sounds instead of modern production.

Tons of great songs. Spent most of the album saying to myself "Oh I didn't know this was who performed this song" or " I didn't know that the cover version I heard was originally by him"

3 just for My Generation. Can see where the evolution came from to get to their good stuff, but this wasn't that great.

Having this album on the same day Trump gets elected is just cruel.

Very appropriate post 2024 election album.

Was excited for the album, figured it'd be at least a 4 or 5. Enjoyed the first couple of songs, then dragged through the rest of the album for another hour before Layla.

Fine to listen to in the background. Nothing great, nothing bad, just ambience

Strange but enjoyable. Definitely grew on me.

Decent start, but really fell off into random noise at the end.

High energy and annoying or low energy and boring. Always bad.

I don't really enjoy it, but somehow it's still good. The talent and energy are excellent but just doesn't come together into something I enjoy.

Enjoyed it more as it went on, some good grooves made it decent to listen to.

All time favorite album. The album just has a feel of being truly an entire album, not just a collection of songs.

Never listened to Pretenders beyond their hits before. Some really good grooves and fun listen.

Was skeptical reading the description but lots of cool grooves put together, creative idea. Enjoyed it much more than expected.

Might have gotten a 3 if it was half the length. Couple of fun songs, but really just goes on and on with the same sound.

Only had heard Maps before. Really enjoyed the rest of the stuff as it's weirder than Maps

Oh that song! Started off skeptical that it'd be more New Wave synth junk, but it grew on me. Ironically with the major hit being Cars, a lot of the sound is similar to the band The Cars which I enjoyed.

If it was under 45 minutes, it might have gotten a 3 but over an hour is too long for this. Not as bad of 90s British pop rock as Oasis, but some of the tracks were encroaching on it.

I have tried for years to enjoy Black Keys but can't. It's boring, poor drumming, and intentional lo-fi without any originality.

Massively influential, iconic sounds, but just not a fan.

Album is half an hour longer than it should be so the good stuff gets lost in itself. Cool music though, can hear some Zappa/Beefheart mixed in with more standard blues rock. One of the few albums I haven't heard before that led me to seek out more of their stuff.

A few absolutely great songs and then some not so great songs. Just an average record overall

Had some really good songs, a lot of the good ones had samples. Then a whole bunch of annoying crap that took up time.