1000 Albums You Must Listen Before You Die + 1 Album You Must Listen Before You Fuck

A classic of the early-2000s indie scene

Repetitive but fun!

Started quite strong and then got repetitive quickly. He has a great energy, but it is just too "pop" for me.

Groovy!

Karen O is AMAZING

Imagine being this salty XD

Prey to the God of a bitch spelled backwards is dog

Call me absolutely fking experienced

What a BLAST...

Sorry, folk is really not for me

It's prog, it's funky, and it has HORNS?!

So many memories...

Surprising heavy sound from early Queen

Great background music

Great sound landscape

It's like one long song. But it's history, of course.

Surprised that I never heard about him before. He is very talented, even if I find his music a bit too "over".

What a vibe

Amazing discovery. Nick's story is sad, but it contributes to the beauty of his music.

Taking most of the fun out of prog rock lol

Genre: 1/5 Lyrics: 5/5

Very creative, even too experimental at times, but this is really ahead of its time.

Very very weird in a good way, it's like a bipolar album. Not every song is enjoyable, but the whole thing is pure creativity.

Huge respect for the icon, but this is really not my vibe.

Discount Bon Iver...

Great production. Too pop for me.

Love the roughness of the sound and her voice.

One of my favorite albums of all time

Better than I imagined, even if not all songs work well.

Obv amazing

Not all songs work today, but the classics are still great pieces of downtempo music

Amazing prog with a soul

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Really hard to separate the art with the artist with this one. Production value is really high. I can just listen to it without caring about the lyrics, I guess.

His singing could be a bit whiny at times, but this is a very solid and atmospheric album

I love Bjork and I really respect what she did with this vocal-only album. But it doesn't fully work in its entirety, just individual songs ("Who is it" is my favorite)

Bit repetitive but a few amazing classics

From when he was still fun and funky

WTF

A few songs reminded me of why the 80s were cool. The other songs reminded me of why I hate 80s music.

Not a big fan of vomit

Better than expected

She is so cool.

so unique

They definitely went all out on the weirdness. It mostly works.

What an incredible start! It gets worse after, but definitely a good surprise

Kendrick <3

Simply a game changer.

It works best when it sounds like Daft Punk. The soul vibe is great, but it gets repetitive at times.

too smooth

not my thing

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It starts exceptionally, then it gets a bit too experimental. But very good discovery

Still don't like his voice, but I preferred this one over Ziggy.

Love The Who, not a big fan of Live albums

Not a fan of New Wave but this album was a pleasant surprise! It just slaps.

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A classic of the early-2000s indie scene

Boring voice

It reminds me of Pink Floyd's The Division Bell with more folk inspiration.

Musically, my favorite Bowie now after 4 albums listened to. I probably would never feel like giving a 5, but this one was the closest.

Cool British punk.

I never particularly loved the 80s sound, but Duran Duran is a great exception. The bass slaps throughout the whole album.

fun, energetic, and doesn't overstay its welcome.

FUN!

Milho (corn in Portuguese)

Layla is a banger, a few other good song and a cool vibe overall. But it's a bit too "forgettable".

Musically, I see how it started and influenced and entire genre. But DAMNED his voice is annoying. It's like being in a KTV in Taipei.

Peak 70s

Definitely a fun house. So much style!

Style and talent. This album rocks

A bit repetitive and the singing is whiny. Some interesting ideas that were developed much better by Jamie XX in his solo electronica career.

So smooth and puts you in the right mood

YES!

It's cringe, it's too long, but musically it's enjoyable.

Pretty entertaining

Super chill, bit repetitive

Arrogant bastard. Some songs are good, but worse than his previous stuff

Very chill, maybe too chill?

What a fantastic album! Creative, fun, stylish, exciting. Great discovery. Brainwashed, Australia, Nothing to Say are gonna be in my rotations for a long time.

Coldplay were at their best at the beginning of their career.

Relaxing and pleasant, but I feel it's missing "something" to really stand out

Dark, clever, refreshing.

Very enjoyable. It really FEELS like the 60s

So annoying

5 for the first disk, 4 for the second. Definitely could be better with less songs, but his songwriting style was so unique and I love the sound space he creates.

Much darker than previous stuff. Not as good as Dummy, but still very enjoyable.

Dark and beautiful. Rough and delicate. What an album.

Cool and chill.

Enjoyed this one more than his other albums. There is a simplicity in the music that works.

Couldn't finish

Better than imagined. It has a lot of personality.

For some reason, I completely forgot about this album! I listened to it on repeat when it first came out and it perfectly encapsulates the style and vibe of that period.

Gaydiohead

So many absolute bangers! This album is THE hard rock sound.

she is really cool and the production value makes this musically interesting.

I prefer later Radiohead, but this is still a great album

I see why it is influential, but it's a bit too strange

Boring

One of the best albums ever made!

FUN

This is really TOO 80s for me

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Musically quite nice, the voice is terrible

Very unusual album. So many genres in one. It doesn't fully work, but it's interesting.

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Disco 2000 is a banger

What a strange listen! Usually, noise rock tends to have no soul, but this was a welcome exception.

So much fun!

Not a big fan of "commercial" Green Day compared to their early work. But this album is still entertaining.

Bass is great, voice is terrible

Too experimental for me

Second jazz album in a row, but this one is fun, enjoyable, and has one of my favorite songs ever, Take Five!

Smooth AF, not my cup of tea.

Rare old-school hip-hop that still works to this day.

It was shaping to be my first 5 to a Bowie album, but the second half is too slow and disconnected so it ended up being a 4.

Amazing prog rock with a soul. I honestly LOVE the added touch of the flutes.

Compared to "In the Court", this album feels less coherent and too experimental.

Too 80s for me

Horrible

Exciting stuff, even if I'm more into their later work.

First half is an easy 5, then it gets too generic. But great discovery for sure.

This is the sound I expect from old school hip hop

I was expecting to hate it but I didn't. A few songs are good, most are a bit too bland.

Unbelievably creative! Never know what to expect after each song.

Boring, repetitive, annoying.

What a pleasant voice.

Hard listen to jazz uninitiated. But I like the energy it transpires.

Fun!

Ok, maybe it's a bit too long and too many songs, but it's so much fun and the classics are bangers. Such an iconic album.

I see why she is influential, but this genre is really not my thing.

Fun!

Is it pop punk? Is it grunge? Is it alternative? It's kinda all of that, but each watered down.

80s New Wave sound, which I usually don't like. This one feels inventive, and it sounds like they had a lot of fun making it.

Amazing voice, emotional vibes. What an icon.

I've always loved Bjork's unique blend of sensuality, sadness, anger, and experimentation. This album has it all and some.

Never liked them

A hard one to listen to, but amazing nonetheless. Interestingly I got the break-up album 2 days after the album about how much she loved him.

I still don't like their most recognizable style, but some of their more unusual songs are pretty good.

Fun!

Repetitive but fun!

What a trip! This album is crazy. Misses the 5 only because the two parts feel too disconnected.

Way too pop and basic for me.

Incredibly fun and exciting! The mix of Brazilian and African sounds with a funky soul really works.

Fun! Full of ideas! Just a bit too long with too many "fillers"

So extremely boring and whiney. Couldn't get past the first 3-4 songs.

I really tried to like it, I did. I like experimental stuff. But man, you have to make it slightly audible. Otherwise, it's just a pain in the ass to try and listen to it.

Very creative and enjoyable.

Fun!

Always preferred their later work, but this album is still fun

Quintessential 80s sound. Not as terrible as I thought, but still not my thing.

Weird. Incredibly weird. I respect the artist for going all in. But it's often hard to listen to.

Musically, it's classic country/folk stuff. But the historical significance of this album is worth putting it on this list.

What a great fkn discovery! Great instrumentation, great vocals, amazing vibes.

twang...

Amazing

Interesting proto-punk

FUNK FUNK FUNK! What a vibe!

Smooth jazz

Finally a Dylan album that I enjoyed. The rusty voice, the darker sounds, the apocalyptic undertones.

Brainless but has some enjoyable moments

Total smash

Atmospheric!

Pretty cool and atmospheric experimental hip-hop.

Nice blend of heavy and progressive

fun!

Surprised to love it so much. Amazing vibes

Double so incredibly long. But each with its own unique flavor.

rough, a bit repetitive, but pretty cool

Not as good as the other one.

Not that pleasant...

Having now finished the trio of Nick Drake albums, I can safely say it was the best discovery I made through this exercise.

It's definitely not what I expected. Sadder and closer to Radiohead's ballads. But it is very coherent.

Not yet the sound that made them famous. Enjoyed it less than their more popular stuff.

Super repetitive but fun!

The convergence of rave culture and punk culture. What a masterpiece.

Considering how famous and well-received it was, I didn't know much about this album. But it does deserve all the praise.

Sounds like a horrible late 80s videogame soundtrack

Like a musical about metal made by people that never heard metal music

1000 Albums You Must Listen Before You Die + 1 Album You Must Listen Before You Fuck

Amazing sounds, you can hear how much this album influenced modern electronic music.

Proto-Beatles

Horrible

Consumed this album when it first came out.

Not familiar with their first album, but it already rocks!

Definitely liked it more than expected. And Free Bird is a banger.

It's stylish, but songs tend to be quite repetitive

Very interesting. Part post rock, part trip hop. It's too long and inconsistent, but it has great moments.

Boring and obnoxious

It's 1.30 min of two songs, basically. If it was only one side, it would have been more enjoyable.

So fun!

Harmless blues, but sooo repetitive

It's a bit too much, but I enjoyed it

Very entertaining! Still a bit immature but that's her sound.

Boring blues from a horrible person

Fun!

I'm surprised at how much I liked it. It's punk, it's rough, it's fun.

I love DnB and this was overall enjoyable, but I don't think it fits into this exercise. It's too niche and too repetitive.

Mesmerizing African sounds, with a blues twist. Very enjoyable.

Great old school hip-hop

Enjoyable! It's weird but in a good way.

It's weird and sometimes too much, but it's quite entertaining.

Very repetitive and extremely long. But it has its moments.

Parts of the album are not great, but it's a great sound overall.

Probably my favorite prog album of all time. What an incredibly dark atmosphere.

Boring and repetitive

Bit bland

It's not my favorite Beatles album, as I prefer their fully experimental side, but this album is an amazing listening experience

pretty shit

Bob is a legend and his music is timeless

better than expected

Maybe not as iconic as Doolittle, but their sound is so unique and exciting

More blues than I like, but it is still unique.

DnB <3

The real Emo

Style points

what a vibe

Love the punk vibe but a bit too repetitive

Boring

What a fun listen!

Fun!

Are Nirvana a bit overrated? Maybe. But this album is really a perfect rock album

Nope

Definitely not the Bee Gees you'd expect. And not for the better.

It's like a nightmare. I hated every single sound

Funk

Amazing soundscape. Feels like it influenced a lot of music coming after it, especially post-punk and post-rock

Trash

Groovie!

Not my cup of tea

Brainless fun

I understand his lyrics are great. But this is really not my genre and the music is not that enjoyable

Style!

The 80s are inherently dumb and playful. I never liked that about this decade, but I admit that it works for me when it goes all in on the weirdness. This album does exactly that. "Wordy Rappinghood" is a masterpiece.

What a great discovery! Loved every second of this. It defies genres and it creates an amazing vibe you just don't want to end.

Liked it less than Lamb, less cohesive.

For now, this is the best Young album I got. Still don't like his voice, but this album is quite enjoyable.

I like having Electronic music albums on this list. This one is a bit too bland tho.

It is definitely too long and some songs are bland. But there are many great moments in this.

Cool sound, but it gets boring quickly

Ok, fine, I'll play Cuphead again...

Love a lot of the ideas here, it just feels a bit outdated now.

Not all songs work, but it's a very interesting album full of ideas. Favs: Helicopter / Coronado / He Would Have Laughed

The right type of Psychedelic rock. Honestly LOVED this album.

His voice is extremely annoying. This is horrible. The second half saves it from a 1 by having more "rock" vibes.

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She is a slightly better Taylor Swift, which is not much

Quite crazy, but in a good way!

Started quite strong and then got repetitive quickly. He has a great energy, but it is just too "pop" for me.

Great discovery. Thematically strong, musically maybe a bit disjointed. But there are so many great songs and you can feel the love/anger/passion that went into making this.

Musically, it sounds nice but man, everytime Morrissey's vocals come in, I wish they didn't. Annoying voice and always sings the same 2 notes.

Fun!

It's cool, but a bit derivative.

Atmospheric

Liked it more than I remembered

Love the sound! It sounds so ahead of its time

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Fun psychedelia

Repetitive Hard Rock, it kinda slaps but gets boring.

Unexpectedly experimental

Enjoyed it!

Don't love the idea of live albums BUT this one is THE live album

Really kept me interested from beginning to end. Super creative.

FUN!

So entertaining! Short but intense; it feels like one of those trippy scenes in movies set in the 70s where everyone takes drugs and then starts seeing creepy shit.

First half was an easy 5, then the second half gets into the classic "70s prog rabbit hole".

Fun!

Not the worst country on this list...

Annoying voice. Not my thing.

so much fun!

Hate his vocal style. But musically it's the best Smiths album yet

Dramatic

a cool soundtrack

funky!

Junglist massive!

So much fun! Love the vibe!

Perfect Beatles album

Love the psychedelia, but it's long it's live

This reggae too white

Hated it even more than other Morrissey stuff

A boring version of Radiohead mixed with a boring version of Beck. Some songs are good, but the album drags.

Influential

Great production

Crazy and fun

Finally, a 5 for a Neil Young album. This one really just works.

Repetitive and I don't like his voice, BUT it accomplishes what it should: \m/\m/

It's like Arctic Monkeys but worse

More like a 3.5. I like the vibes.

So many bangers. Crazy how all the Americans on this site don't know who they are and how influential they were

Really enjoyable

The first band I have ever been obsessed with. Consumed this, together with their follow-up "Gran Turismo". It's heavy and light, dark and sweet, bleak and positive. Nina is my goddess.

500. This is THE album

Janis!

Fantastic album

Ozzy!

Bit conflicted with this one. But it's quite fun and musically they are great

Fun and chill

Strange

First country album I really liked, probably because it's sort of post-country

Funky!

Bland vanilla patriotic rock. It's more stereotypical than music made by ChatGPT with the prompt "Bland vanilla patriotic rock"

I like this singer more than Dickinson tbh

It's vanilla, but not too bad

Not the masterpiece everyone makes it, but enjoyable. It's too over-produced and too long. Also, fuck Ye.

Fuck yeah \m/ \m/

Simply the best album ever recorded

Of course based on quality alone this should be a 1. But I did listen to the cassette a lot as a 12y, so it gets a 2

Fun!

I feel like I'm too dumb to fully understand this music. But it's still quite enjoyable while working

Short, powerful, dumb, FUN

love the dark vibes

A tough one to review. The bangers are great, musically there is a lot to love. But Kiedis singing is horrible in most songs. I feel generous today so it's a 4 lol

Wow, I didn't know this was the album that started the whole post-rock movement. It's dark and uncomfortable.

Some great songwriting on there. But her voice is a limitation

I remember being pleasantly surprised when this album came out, as it felt refreshing for a popstar like Madonna to make downtempo-ish music.

I just can't understand it, I guess. But I totally respect the quality and importance.

Could be repetitive at times, but I like his songwriting

Man, I hate the 80s sound

Funky and fun!

Even if it's a little weird to have a OST in here, this album's atmosphere is AMAZING

Psychedelic and country. It works!

It's interesting, but it doesn't always work

Uneven

Fun!

Super powerful, but live albums suck

Not a fan of live albums, but this one is really good and the sound quality is not too bad.

Very long but really unique!

Surprised about how much I liked this. Perfect indie rock album.

Fun!

Kid A is a masterpiece

Fun!

Not always enjoyable, but it's a moment in history

Love the vibes

It's crazy how much better Jamie XX solo music is compared to The XX's. This album is fine, but definitely bland and often boring

surprisingly fun!

A combination of great songs, great acoustic versions, and a moment in history make this album unique

Obviously not for every moment, but I love the atmosphere.

not bad

Better than I imagined, definitely better than their later stuff

wtf that's just crazy

very mid

I like the weirdness in it

Masterpiece