1001 Albums Summary

Quintessential folk rock protest music. Profound lyrics unfortunately sung by Neil Young. Lynyrd Skynyrd’s least favorite album.

This album has something for everyone: punk, pop, rock, jazz? Reggae? Ska? and a not insignificant amount of haunted house noises.

From the first note of Mambo Sun you knew this album was going to be great. Would have given it 5 stars if I was high when I listened.

Now That’s What I Call WT vol. 1 Powerful and soulful, it’s Dolly at her best. Still not sure what to make of Dolly’s mama 🤔

Willie Nelson Sings The Classics! Nelson’s unique voice creates moving renditions of pop standards. He doesn’t have quite the range to hit every note in every song which leads to some interesting choices. Not a single 420 reference in the entire album.

Phat beats, sick rimes, overall a very solid album. What didn’t age well was referencing Arsenio Hall in literally every single fking song?!?

God awful. Absolute trash. Some of the worst sounds I’ve heard in my entire life.

Aggressive from start to finish

Started off kind of funky but then went nowhere. Somehow managed to be both weird and boring at the same time.

A couple bangers, a couple odd balls, overall a fairly funky album.

Ever notice how every song from the Ramones sounds the same? That means every song is basically a slightly different version of Blitzkrieg Bop. Modern bands should take note. 5/5

Experimental, menacing, at some points funky, at some points jazzy. Lots of feminist tropes that don’t apply to me and that I only have a peripheral understanding of. Would not listen to again, but I can see how others might.

Smooth, soulful, solid gold from start to finish.

Boy can really play the piano. Sounds like it was a helluva show

I don’t relate to any of the lyrics but the beats were pretty good.

Awesome album. Terrifying name.

Super fun and catchy. Zero replayability. Kinda short so I thought I’d listen to it again, halfway through the 3rd song I was over it.

Weak flow. Cliché pseudo-intellectual rimes. Toddler beats: somehow simultaneously annoying and boring.

Absolute masterpiece.

Good ensemble but most of the songs were not my vibe.

I didn’t know about this album as an angsty teenager. As an adult, hits different 1/5

Aggressive, menacing, a fair bit theatrical. Everything a rock album should be.

I love this early punk stuff. It has all the anti-social tendencies you love but they can actually sort of play their instruments. Wins the award for best use of keyboard

Absolute trash

Absolutely iconic album. Easily one of the best of all time. One listen and you know why. 90%of the songs are legendary and even the goofball fillers are fun and interesting. Features my favorite song about murdering a judge.

Dre’s beats are genius. Lyrics aren’t overly sophisticated just the rawest, realest 💩in 3 decades. You’d have to be a sucka MC to give this album anything other than five stars.

Oof. Super bad. Sounds like ChatGPT wrote a classic rock album: formulaic and uninspired. Nothing memorable here. Probably made a lot of money at the time tho

Weird. Sounds bad.

Wouldn’t describe myself as a Joni Mitchell fan but this album actually kinda rocks. It’s weird, in a good way.

I would listen to Otis Redding sing the phone book. Add soul hits to his voice and you have a near perfect album.

Excellent musicianship. Every song is like a little opus on the guitar This will definitely make it into my regular rotation.

All of the self-important, over-dramatic weirdness of like a Queen or 30 Seconds To Mars. None of the talent or charisma.

Very appropriate title. Beautiful. Freaky. But overall pretty good.

Yawnnnnnnnnn

Not a big jazz guy but this was pretty good.

The first half was pretty funky and creative. The second half was basic Beck stuff, which is fine if you’re into that kind of thing.

Now I know where video game background music comes from.

Love T Rex. Never heard of them before this list. It’s like finding new classics rock.

Straddles 70’s classic and 80’s weird. Nice little album.

Not really into big band. Sounded cool at first, then got kinda boring.

Putting aside for a moment the giant blowhard Bono would become, this album is an absolute banger. They were clearly going for arena rock greatness and they succeeded. Powerful lyrics and vocals, face melting instrumentals, 5/5.

Songs are too long. Two minutes of sublime guitar play followed by 12 minutes of fcking around with a bunch of beep bop boops.

Who thought this was a good idea?

I was so excited to see this album come up as I have never heard it cover to cover. As a work of auditory art, absolutely timeless. As a musical album? Two good songs and a bunch of weird bullsh*t.

There’s a lot going on in this album. And it’s all good.

It’s my genre of music. It’s my generation. I should like this album, right? I almost have to, right? Well, I do. It did not disappoint. Every track was a masterpiece.

If this list has taught me anything, it’s don’t meet your idols. Or at least, don’t listen to their albums in their entirety (I’m looking at you, Pink Floyd. Dark side of my ass…) So when I saw Bob Marley come up, I was worried. But this album is fantastic. Lots of blues/jazz influence adds variety to the Rasta beats. Lyrics are great. This version of no woman no cry is probably my least favorite track as it lacks a lot of soul the ubiquitous live version has. I will be listening to this album again.

I didn’t know they were allowed to put music people actually listen to on this list. It’s interesting comparing Taylor to the all time greats. In terms of ability to convey emotion, attention to detail in every aspect of the recording, and overall creativity she really is one of the best. And 1989 is Taylor at her best.

Excellent guitar work.

Great indie rock album. Very talent guys. Will listen again.

I can see why these guys were so influential. They’re like the indie Beatles; more creative but less pleasing to the ear. Very good album overall.

Lyrics like an intro to political science lecture, but it sounds like he really means it. Flow is so-so. Catchy at some points.

Weird. Lots of swearing. Sounds bad.

Starting to like this cabaret music. Starting to, not there yet.

Impressive, but I’m not that into modern jazz.

This girl is talented. No two songs sound alike. Touches every genre and absolutely crushes it every time. Monáe and her team put in the work and it shows.

Sounds good, just a little too studio gangsta for me.

Awful. Just awful. There are only two songs on this entire album. The rest of the tracks are concepts or fragments or dead air. It’s not creative, they just put in no effort. I can’t believe the record company accepted this as a finished album. Sounds like some art school student didn’t do his music theory homework and just submitted what he had. If I could give this a negative score, I would. Worst album so far, and that’s saying alot considering some of the bullshit this list has subjected me to.

A lot of people think disco sucks. They’re right.

Really phoned it in on this one, Dave.

I guess it could be worse. It could be a Neil Young album 🤷🏻‍♂️

Disappointed

Really heavy lyrics to the point of being distracting. Impressive musicianship though.

Sound exactly like Depeche Mode

Another Beatles album. What can I say that hasn’t already been said? Kicks off with Taxman and the boys never miss a beat, unlike some other so called “GOATs”. I guess I’ll give you my sleeper song: “Here, There, and Everywhere” very clever and catchy, surprised we don’t hear it more often.

More Crazy Horse, less Neil Young, please.

🥱😴😴

More ambient BS 🥱😴

Perfect mix of 70’s rock and 80’s funk… released in 1990 so minus two stars for being derivative

Weirdness at its best

That’s it, I’m opening a jazz club

Sounds good but a little corny at points.

More beeps and boops

So that’s what Kendrick Lamar sounds like. He sucks.

OK Computer is so good that the steaming pile of dog shit known as Kid A made the list solely off proximity to this album.

Pretty good stuff from the guy in the T-Mobile commercial.

Great stuff. Will listen again, the first four songs at least

Underwhelming

Weird, but I liked it

This is a Bob Dylan album. It sis exactly what you would expect.

Still think disco should CJ’s after listening to this album? Yes, yes I do. But it could be worse. It could be ambient/electronic/house

My kind of music. Jack white, such a creative weirdo.

Not their best work.

Once in a Lifetime and a bunch of other BS

Very rock n’ roll

Weird name. Good album.

Oh, this is why we put up with Kanye.

A couple classics then a bunch of standard 60’s fare. But hey, the fact that this albums has even two songs that are still playable 60 years later is pretty impressive.

Rocks pretty hard. Not so hard you get a headache, but also hard enough to hold your interest.

Sounds nice but not my kind of music.

I love jazz. Jazz, jazz, jazz.

These guys are good.

Very Led Zeppelin

Good generic rock music. If I hadn’t already listened to 150 albums on this list I probably wouldn’t have realized there is nothing remarkable about the Dandy Warhols

Soilid Oasis album stuff

Iconic

So iconic he became a caricature of himself.

Good stuff. Rocks pretty hard.

Cool, funky, but songs got boring and repetitive quickly.

Pass.

Very artistic and beautiful. Won’t listen again.

Dope

Epic

Very talented musicians.

I wish I liked this better, but I don’t. This is the kind of country people are referring to when they say that they hate country.

Went downhill pretty fast after Our House.

Awesome. Title track set the tone, rest of the album followed through.

It was ok. It was Talking Heads. Kind of weird.

Listen to the title track and you’ve heard the whole album.

Raw, real, innovative, but I won’t listen to again. Not pleasant to listen to.

The kind of country everyone hates.

The title track alone earns this album 4 stars, add a couple more iconic tracks and you get one of the most iconic albums of all time.

Impressive, but a little too discordant for my tastes.

Awful. Underwhelming.

This is Run DMC? These guys suck. The rhymes, the flow, the beats, none of it stood the test of time.

Innovative and real but besides Killing Me Softly, nothing I would listen to twice.

I never listened to Elvis Costello before 30 seconds into the 2nd track I gave this album 5 stars and I was not disappointed.

Nope. I kept waiting for something to happen, but it never did. There were points where I thought something was going to happen, but it didn’t. I bet these two get that a lot.

Poetically: 5/5 Musically: -5/5

I’m case you couldn’t tell, is a funk album.

Sounds like it was a great show.

Experimental, edgy, groundbreaking, pioneering, boring and sounds like shit.

Mind blowing collab

Proof that excellent musicians can make shitty albums and that music is more than just playing instruments.

The Shitty Beatles? Are they any good? No, they suck.

Heavy. Rock.

An instant classic.

This is a Bob Dylan album which means it’s mostly whining about injustices he witnessed in the ‘60’s and some fairly good musical accompaniment.

Skipped it all

Snooze fest. Maybe that’s what they were going for?

I mean, she’s the queen, what other score could you give her?

Not her best work. And Goldfrapp sucks, so…

I like Elvis Costello but this one is a little 🥱 😴

Damn that’s a lot of bangers in one album.