1001 Albums Summary

No singles, whiny and loud. I don't get Radiohead.

Has both greatest hits and deep cuts. The only Tull album needed.

Never heard of them but recognized a couple songs. Better than expected, Kinks vibe.

Hall of Fame

Excellent, a couple hits and the rest are typically solid Stevie. As good as Songs in the Key of Life.

Better than I expected. No real hits but enjoyable enough.

Waterfalls and some good lesser known songs, but nothing special.

Solid but nothing I had heard before.

Really solid rap album, no hits that I've heard of

Classic. Bohemian Rhapsody and deep tracks that form a concept album, just not too deep.

Great classic Hip Hop album. CREAM and others.

Fine, but no hits and nothing special.

Great country album.

The only Cat Stevens album you need.

Classic Christmas songs, lots of Darlene Love. Sounds like a shuffled playlist more than an album.

Weird robotic noises, not even lyrics. Flume vibes.

Couple hits, but not as good as Greatest Hits.

Country Rockabilly. Solid but not spectacular.

Has the major hits, really all you need for Deep Purple

Classic Van Halen, more fun than a Greatest Hits

Alternative Rock. Not my usual style but enjoyable enough.

Her best album.

Not my style. Kind of a grunge/alt mix but I can't imagine ever being in the mood.

Really cool album but not really my style.

Covers but his best.

British rapper. Kind of hard to understand, but fun enough.

Nope.

Really mellow. Good for background music.

Not really my style but solid background music.

Their best album, HoF.

Really fun, good beats and a chill vibe.

None of their big hits, but classic Temptations.

Weirdly short album but the songs are nice soul jams.

Fast Car, but that's about it. Lots of protest stuff.

Never heard of them, but has a classic rock feel. I liked it. Kind of a Doors vibe.

80s Rock similar to Blondie/Pat Benetar. Not my favorite style.

Great album with Panama, Jump, Hot For Teacher, but the rest are not as good.

The Best.

Hall of Fame. Not quite a greatest hits but not far off.

Classic old school rap album. Little bit long and repetitive but a good time.

British female punk. Not terrible but not my vibe at all.

His best album.

Sounds like a mix of Sting and Coldplay. Different than what I'm used to but I was into it.

Americana at it's best, though I didn't know any songs.

Tom Waits vibe. Very low key but enjoyable enough.

Country/Dylan wannabe with a Barenaked Ladies vibe. Weird.

Tracy Chapman wannabe but that's not a bad thing.

Concept album without major hits, but a fun listen.

Can't imagine a better Pearl Jam album. Eddie is pretty incoherent but it rocks hard.

Solid album. Exactly what you think of for The Police.

Hall of Fame. Essentially their Greatest Hits but it's their debut album.

Decent but not their best.

Modest Mouse vibes, never heard of them before.

Fun blues concert, but would have been better to just be there.

I enjoyed it, but no truly great tracks.

Some hits and a jazzy vibe. Lot of fun.

Jazz album that is great background music.

Lots of synthesizer and noise, incoherent voices. Nope.

Never heard of any of it, but it's a fun bluesy rock.

Probably their best album but just not my favorite group.

Undeniably Hall of Fame album but not really my style.

Very good MGMT album, but not my vibe in general.

Jam band covers album. Interesting but not my favorite.

Dylan style but no big songs. I liked it.

Psychedelic and mumbling. Bad.

Not as good as Folsom but still a lot of fun.

Not as good as Stadium Arcadium but probably their second best album.

Lots of soul/blues jamming. Enjoyable enough but not something I would seek out.

Ballad of NYC and otherwise just enjoyable Irish music.

Not quite as good as their debut but still excellent.

Classic rap album without much mainstream appeal. Historic but not HoF.

Not nearly as good as Back in Black.

Punk British Rock, similar to Talking Heads. Not for me.

Jazzy rock similar to Chicago, but I was into it.

I don't know what I just listened to.

Seems like a concept album. I had not heard any of the songs before, but clearly a good Queen album.

Kind of a modern Police/Paul Simon vibe. Really into it.

Screamy Rob Zombie/Radiohead vibe. Nope.

Kind of mumbly and electronic. Not my thing.

If you like Elvis Costello, you will love this album.

Not all great but a very high ceiling.

All time album but all the songs kind of sound the same.

She could have a good voice but it's hard to tell with the autotune. Not really my thing.

The music/melody is really good, but the vocals are incoherent.

As good as she's ever sounded musically. No hits but a good album.

Eminem at the absolute top of his game. Wildly offensive and silly, but great rap album.

Not quite Blonde on Blonde but still an absolute classic.

Weird synth punk. Not my bag.

Clearly a classic, but not really my favorite style.

Amazing album but 4 stars because I like other Kendrick better.

A couple good songs, but mostly pretty weird.

Just a great time overall.

Nothing I had ever heard before, but I liked it.

Good Byrds album.

A very early alt-rock group that I had never heard of. Not bad at all. Foo Fighters vibe.

Everything you want in a Steely Dan album.

Not sure how this differs from Wu Tang, but it's good.

Couldn't decide whether it wanted to be poppy or ballads. Not the worst but not my thing.

Verrrry early 2000s rock. Fine but not my thing.

British punk vibes, not for me.

Excellent blues/rock vibe.

Some cool stuff but mostly weird.

Fun rock album, liked it more than I thought I would.

Super weird instrumentals. Exorcist theme though.

Never heard of any of it but it was really good. Kind of a Mott the Hoople, country-rock vibe.

Super weird Fatboy Slim/Pink Floyd vibe, not for me.

Great blues album.

Best case Iron Maiden, worst case Slipknot. Nope.

Chill instrumental, good background music to zone out to.

Classic old school rap album.

Solid jazz album, good background music.

Fun live album before he got huge.

Really good R&B album without any real hits.

Hall of Fame rap album.

Very weird mumble rock. Didn't like it.

80s British Rock album with no hits. Fine.

Hall of Fame. Really high highs.

Really good but a little bit too long.

Hall of Fame.

Fun old school hip hop with some brass.

Great Doors album with some all-timers.

Solid British Rock album.

Fine album. California sound mixed between the Eagles and whiny emo.

Solid but standard early 2000s rock album.

Solid 80s British rock/pop.

Iconic debut album. A little bit silly in hindsight.

Fine classic rock album. Once in a Lifetime but not much else that I loved.

Title track is a banger but the rest is meh.

Standard/great Frank album.

Hall of Fame. Desert Island Contender.

Nice jazzy instrumental. Solid background music.

Verrry low key. Fine.

Typical early 2000s mumble rock. A weirder Coldplay.

Weird classic rock, kind of a Kinks vibe. Fine.

Really really good. Borderline HoF.

Solid but outside of Preacher Man, not spectacular.

Pretty much all covers but Otis is great.

Fun short live album

Lots of Wu Tang style old school rap.

Interesting early 2000s alternative soft rock. Not bad but not my thing.

Classic album. Not quite HoF.

Fun Kinks album with some hits. Loved it.

Super low key British pop/rock. Not my favorite.

Punk rock/pop album. Decent but not my thing.

Very noisy and incoherent. Not good.

No idea what language he's speaking (maybe Portuguese?) but it's a fun vibe.

Excellent.

Her best album for sure. A little slow overall for me, but very good.

Super weird but still good.

Really solid hip hop album with soul backing.

Very good but not her absolute best.

Solid 90s rock, never heard of it but I liked it.

Pretty standard 90s rap album, nothing special.

Quiet and mumbly soft rock. Nope.

Solid Willie album but not his best.

Allison but that's about it. Didn't really like it.

Solid Jimi but not his best.

Weird electronic music. Not necessarily bad but not for me.

French poppy vibe, not terrible.

Classic live album. Setlist isn't perfect but otherwise excellent.

Typically great and short Beatles album. Just a shade off the top.

Super weird, not my thing at all.

Not as bad as I thought it would be but still not for me.

A coherent album despite the screaming.

Great rap album but not HoF

Not what I expected or like from Supertramp. Almost a knockoff Pink Floyd vibe.

Jam band/jazz vibe that I did not associate with War. Nice background music.

Really solid album that made me appreciate REM more.

Not sure what language they were singing but it was kind of fun.

Kind of screamy rock that I'm not into.

Made me like DMR more than I did before, despite only knowing 2 songs.

Solid Chicago album, reminded me more of Hendrix than I expected.

Kind of a Bowie/90s vibe. I liked it.

One obvious banger but the rest was meh.

Never heard any of it, but wasn't bad.

I don't know what I just listened to

Generic softer rock album, nothing special.

Classic Beatles album. Great but not HoF.

More punk than I expected, but probably my favorite version of the genre.

Really solid Clapton album.

Good old school country album.

The only Duran Duran album you need.

Hall of Fame

Didn't really like it surprisingly.

Fun Spanish album.

Nothing special.

Super weird. Not for me.

Great Creedence album, though not their best.

Hall of Fame.

Fine album with the absurdly long finale.

Solid all around, nothing special.

Hall of Fame.

Fine but nothing special besides the one banger.

Solid album but I'm not a big Beastie's guy.

Definitely his best album. A little repetitive but very good.

Great Little Richard album. A fun time.

Borderline HoF but the lows are not the best.

Fine but a little repetitive. I liked some of the deeper tracks.

La Grange but otherwise just fine.

Weird electronic and mostly no words. Not for me.

Decent with some random yelling. Had never heard of them.

Fun enough, nothing crazy.

This is what I expect from a ZZTop album.

Standard Offspring stuff, nothing special.

Kind of protesty and not very good.

America and Mrs. Robinson and basically nothing else.

Hall of Fame.

Really cool for his last album but not one that I'll come back to.

Knockoff Sherly Crow. Fine.

Kind of weird electronic. Not that bad but not my thing.

Very different from what I expect from Bowie and not my favorite.

Great U2 album.

Fun jazz album

Iconic rap/R&B album.

Weird classical-ish album. I didn't get it.

Iconic soul album.

Good Bob album. Couple hits and repetitive but still enjoyable

Hall of Fame

Nothing special.

Low key album with a Girl From Impanema vibe. Fine.

Solid Bowie album, nothing special.

Not as good as London Calling, just decent.

Bowie vibe that was fun but not really memorable.

British poppy and kind of weird. I didn't get it.

Nothing special.

Solid album in one listen. Not really an Arcade Fire fan but it was enjoyable enough.

Pretty much what you expect from Blondie. Solid, not spectacular.

Really enjoyed it.

Not my thing.

Good enough.

As good as it gets for Sabbath. Not my jam but a good album.

Really good album, not quite their best.

Hall of Fame.

Fine but not my thing.

Not bad but I didn't get it.

Super low key but good enough.

I liked it more than I thought I would.

As good as it gets for CSNY

As good as it gets for CSNY

Fine but way too long of songs.

Best Rush album

Fun Caribbean jazz album

Weird electronica. Not bad but not my style.

Irish psychedelic. Weird vibe.

Actually liked it. Have to be in the mood though.

One of the better 21st century albums

Hall of Fame

Kind of a lighter Foo Fighters? Fine.

I don't really get the appeal of Radiohead.

Really liked it even though I had never heard of the band or any of the songs. Fun 70s rock.

Fun jazzy instrumental album. Good background music.

Electronic jazzy, but nothing special.

Kind of metal, not good.

Fun 90's R&B

Loretta is always great.

Don't know much about the Strokes but this has to be their best.

More wide-ranging than I expected from Blur, but still not my favorite style.

Liked it more than I thought I would, but they seem like Doors/Bowie wannabes.

Never heard of them but a fun typical 60s rock album.

Weird and Clash-lite. Not my favorite.

Pretty good but not great.

All time jazz album, good for background music.

Really good Elvis album with more deep cuts than I'm used to.

Fine rock album, nothing special.

Weird sad rock, not for me.

Another lesser version of The Clash.

Hall of Fame

Have to assume it's his best solo album. Some good hits but not something I would necessarily come back to.

Kind of all over the place. Not terrible but not really my style.

Fun short album with the one big hit.

Eerie Irish rock, I liked it.

Don't really like Smashing Pumpkins but this album is fine.