1001 Albums Summary

Almost sounds like Christmas music? Voice a little whiny at times. Overall fire

someone please take away this fucker's harmonica

aight

IM GONNA GETYAGETYAGETYAGETYA

If it weren't for the first few songs this would be an easy 10, like 8.5/10

Pretty fun to listen to but it does kinda trail off. Probably could've been a little shorter. 7/10

Dope voice and some great lyrics but her flow is kinda ass and I really did not enjoy listening to the songs. 4/10

Pretty cool guitar stuff and way more entertaining than I thought it'd be. Still a little repetitive. 5.5/10

I do not like this band and making me listen to them for over an hour made me very unhappy. 2/10

I'm not a huge fan of the whole punk/hard rock sound, but I liked the transition from super energetic to mellow and I was pretty into this one for most of the songs. 7/10

Nothing bad but nothing really stood out to me. Wouldn’t revisit. 4.5/10

The shout rapping is pretty corny when it’s not executed well, which happens a few times on the album, but overall the energy in this is great and the production is outstanding which made it a lot of fun to hear. 7/10

Holds up really well for a 30 year old album, and you can really hear the influence this has on a lot of indie today. 6.5/10

Didn’t expect the reggae vibe, but it actually worked pretty well and this was an overall enjoyable album. 7/10

Aight 5.5/10

A little derivative but overall just an enjoyable listen, 7.5/10

This is pretty interesting. The production is really good, and honestly id probably rate this album much higher if it were just instrumentals, but the singing is hot ass on pretty much every song. I dunno, maybe I just don’t like house music. 4/10 because the cover is dope

Oui oui baguette bonjour 8/10

Tough to rate because of nostalgia and it being the holiday season but the songs are good and Darlene goes hard

Solid but not really my thing, didn’t listen to all the live versions of the songs because fuck that 6/10

This is long and for sure has some filler stuff that probably could’ve been cut, but overall this is really good. 9/10

I was a lil busy listening to this so I didn't give it my full attention, but it sounded nice. Maybe I'll listen again. 6.5/10

Just sounds like exactly what I’d expect from 60s pop I guess. Not great, not bad. 5.5/10

Nothing super crazy or special here, but I enjoyed listening 7.5/10

There’s definitely some good and some bad on this album. I like the overall sound and most of the songs have a pretty cool vibe, but the song hospital illustrates everything I dislike about the album. Dude’s voice can be annoying as fuck at times, and he tries to do some weird, taylor swift like spoken word rap shit that just doesn’t work at all. Like a really shitty attempt to mimic Lou reed. However, the album is still kinda weirdly charming. I really don’t know how I feel about this. 5/10

This was good 8/10

This guy was fuckin it up on that sitar, but I’m not gonna rate it that high just because I don’t think it’s something I’d listen to again 6/10

Didn’t listen to the full 3 hour thing but the best of was pretty great 8.5/10

Masterpiece. 1/10

This one is hard to rate for me. Fantastic production, some of the best I’ve heard in a while, but I really dislike the way the beastie boys rap- the weird shout rapping just doesn’t do it for me. It ruins some of the songs that could be great if the rapping was at least bearable. 6.5/10

This is weird. It doesn’t sound that bad, but the thought of this old ass man trying to get with a middle schooler is pretty disgusting and kinda ruined the experience for me, even if it wasn’t a true story. 1/10

I enjoyed this, most of the songs were enjoyable to listen to and pretty entertaining. 7.5/10

Never been a huge fan of Simon or Garfunkel. Don’t hate their stuff, but never really got into it. This felt the same for me; nothing offensively bad, but nothing really blew me away. 5.5/10

I feel like I can only focus on listening to something like this for so long before I just kinda start to get bored and tune it out. Still good though. 6.5/10

Most of this wasn’t bad, however that second song “one two cha cha cha” was the closest I’ve been to just turning off one of these albums and not returning. That song was one of the most annoying things I’ve heard in a long time. Without that this is probably a 5 or 6, but that song makes it a 3/10

I really liked this. Great production, weird but catchy singing, upbeat and high energy. 9/10

This shit slapped. What was I thinking

This shit blew me away. There's not a single dull moment on this entire thing, which I really didn't expect going into a jazz album. Every instrument just feels like it plays its own role to perfection, and each time they busted out that guitar I nearly came. It also somehow felt like it just kept getting better as it went on. I think I need to listen to more jazz now. 10/10

This didn’t age super gracefully, but it is still good. 7/10

Thought this was gonna be one of those albums that’s only on here for that one huge song, but I was pleasantly surprised- this was great. I love some good disco. 8.5/10

Not bad, but nothing too special. 5.5/10

This did get a little boring after some time, but it's still relatively pleasant music that's nice to listen to, so 7.5/10

This had some fun stuff but it also had a fair amount of genuinely bad songs. Shit kinda sounds like if the red hot chili peppers had a baby with the beastie boys and that child grew up listening to Snoop Dogg. Overall this wasn't bad though; it would probably be 3 stars with no context, but I just feel like there are so many better alternative hip hop albums from the 90s through today that are both better and more influential than this. 4.5/10

7.5/10

Sounds super dated and her voice really doesn't do it for me. 4/10

I was kinda gone listening to most of this, but I remember feeling pretty similarly to his other album. Pretty good. Here comes the flood is a great song, but I think it was overall a slightly weaker album than so. 5.5/10

Just kinda boring, but not too bad. 5/10

Weird but nice voice, pretty good album. 7.5/10

Hard to understand without the context of Scott 1. 5.5/10

Not usually a fan of anything where the lead singer does a lot of screaming, but the instrumentals here were pretty dope and kinda saved this for me. Also pretty unique compared to the rest of these albums. This one has grown on me

Did not expect to like this, but it fucked. 8/10

Did not fuck 3.5/10

Classic indie rock. Not a big fan of Stephen malkmus’s voice, but I’m still a little biased because of the influence this has had on the genre. 7/10

Not a bad song on this album (except maybe that last one). Also a great live album; really shows off her voice, a little bit of her personality, and makes you feel like you’re right there in the venue. 9.5/10

Similar feelings to that mamas and papas album. Old pop music just doesn't really do anything for me, and it's probably not something I'd listen to again, but it wasn't bad. 6/10

Lou reed’s talk singing misses quite a bit, but there are some bangers on this album and the songs all have fantastic production. I don’t know how to rate it since a good number of the songs are ass but a few are incredible, 8/10 I guess

First song sounds like a 10 year old trying to make a daft punk song in garage band but they don’t know how to start a new song so they just keep piling on to one with all their new ideas 4.5/10

Common isn’t the greatest rapper, but an album produced by j dilla and Kanye is gonna sound nice regardless. Really enjoyable and easy to listen to. 8/10

Pretty fun album, nothing stood out to me too much other than come on Eileen though. 5.5/10

Not good enough to be an hour long 3.5/10

Aight, just kinda blends in with all the other old ass pop music. Not bad, not great. 6/10

This entire album sounds like a truck commercial 5/10

I wanna have sex with marvin gaye after listening to this, so 8/10

Bjork weird as fuck but still pretty good. Throat singing song was one of the strangest I’ve ever heard. 7/10

Iconic album, but didn't really blow me away. 7.5/10

Not bad, but pretty long and nothing really stood out. I’m sure they could’ve found a better reggae album than this for the list. 5/10

Nostalgic, energetic, good indie pop. Parts sound like MGMT. Really enjoyed it 9/10

These songs all kinda sound like the same song, so it loses some points for that. That one song is pretty good though 8.5/10

Pretty tolerable up until that 17 minute noise track; that shit sucked. I was gonna give this a pretty high score before that, but it was pretty unlistenable afterwards. Peking O sounded like an auctioneer on coke who they pitched up a fuck ton in the studio, and while it did make for a pretty entertaining listening experience, wasn't a very good song. 3/10

Some good songs, some not good songs, but overall an enjoyable listen. Liked the weird trip hop shit they did on monsters, almost sounded like a Portishead song. Wasn't really paying attention to the lyrical content, which I'm sure was a selling point of the album, so can't really speak on that. 7/10

Pretty solid as far as old rock, but I don't understand why this list has so many live albums that just don't need to be here. 6.5/10

also solid 6.5/10

Probably the most elevator music sounding album I’ve ever heard. Fine, just not a very entertaining listen. 4.5/10

Every song just sounds so nice 9.5/10

Damn, this was really good. None of the songs were bad, and there were a few standouts that I really enjoyed. Obviously have never heard of these guys before this list, so I'm glad they made it 8/10

Old country is usually good, this is just that. Doesn’t seem to do anything too different or original, but sounds pleasant 7/10

Classic 9.5/10

Very pleasantly surprised by that first song, and otherwise a pretty good album 8/10

Pretty good 6.5/10

Shoegaze bible 10/10

Not at all what I expected, but pretty good 7/10

Nothing I can say that hasn’t been said

So average. Nothing stood out, no songs I'd want to revisit, but also not necessarily awful sounding. Just a boring album. 3/10

Feels like I've been handing out a lot of fives recently, but this album was great. Never been a huge fan of this kind of mellow old British rock, but something about this album had me vibing the whole time. Good mix of different stuff, and a bunch of great songs. 10/10

Super interesting stuff. Enjoyed the first listen but I don’t know if there are any songs I’d come back to. Pretty crazy that it came out in the 70s 6.5/10

This feels a little more generic and bland than the last arcade fire album, but it's still a generally enjoyable listen. 6/10

I typically like experimental stuff. This album does the experiment part well, but unfortunately just doesn’t sound good. 4/10

Fine, but repetitive and boring 4/10

Pretty surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Lots of catchy and well made songs 8.5/10

I was expecting a little more going into this since I'd heard a few of the songs and liked them, but the album had a lot of bad/ok songs with just a few standouts. 6/10

Really good 9.5/10

Generic and bland and pretty boring 3/10

I can definitely see the appeal here. This is one of the albums that’s really tough to rate for me, because I think it’s objectively good music, but isn’t something I’m super into. 6/10

Eh 5/10

Not my favorite, but enjoyable and easy to listen to 6.5/10

Every song just makes you happy. Dude on the guitar shredded. So enjoyable 9.5/10

Enjoyable album, although a little boring at times. Mr. Tambourine man is a banger though. I have listened to that song probably like 15 times today 8/10

First song was good. The rest were not. I don’t like this trend of albums putting their best song at the start; I know it made sense back in the day, but I hate the idea that when I’m listening to an album it probably won’t get better than the very first song. 4.5/10

Thought I'd dislike it, but I didn't. Hope it gets added back to spotify soon so I can listen some more. 7.5/10

I’m a beach house enjoyer. None of their music does anything too crazy and it all sounds pretty similar, but I like how calming and pleasant their sound is. 9/10

Bleh

Justin Timberlake is one of my least favorite artists of all time. He’s one of like 2 people on Spotify that I have the “don’t play this artist” turned on for. Why he has an album on this list is fucking beyond me; yeah he’s famous, but there are so many better r&b/pop albums from the 2000s to today. Honestly, I’d rather listen to just about any album than this. Plus, it was like an hour long. Also, what's going on on the album cover? Where is he? The moon? 1.5/10

This was crazy to get since I put an Elliott smith song on the music league like two days ago. He’s great, and this is a great album. 9.5/10

I was locked in on super auto pets listening to this, but I think it was pretty good. 8/10

Fine, but nothing here was super memorable outside of the album cover which is pretty cool. Is it wrong to rate an album higher for its cover? I don’t think so. 6/10

Solid, pretty fun listen 6/10

The original corny white dude. Not a bad rapper, but edgy for the sake of being edgy; misogynistic, homophobic, etc., so kinda hard to listen to. 3/10

Not the biggest fan of this, but I don’t really know why. The music is fine I guess, maybe it’s just the lead singer’s voice 5/10

HOW DOES IT JUST KEEP GOING? WHY WON'T IT END? WHY WOULD ANYONE EVER NEED TO LISTEN TO 2 FUCKING HOURS OF DRUM AND BASS WHY WHY WHY 3/10

Never really been into metal, thought that maybe this album would change that seeing as Metallica is one of the most acclaimed and famous bands of all time. There was some cool stuff, but I didn’t really enjoy listening to it 4/10

I think I’m becoming a Kinks fan. Also, this is one of those times again where I feel like this album is probably not as “good” as yesterday’s, but I still prefer this one. I’m a sucker for this kind of chilled out jangly sound. This is super close to a 5 for me. 8/10

Sounds super 80s, but not necessarily in a bad way. Solid, but there’s a lot out there that’s very similar but also just better 6/10

Part of me wants to give this a 10/10 because it’s hilarious. But also I’m pissed that out of all the hip hop albums that could’ve been chosen this somehow made it. HOW? This album is easily the least deserving of a spot of all the ones we’ve had so far. At least it was entertaining. Super easy 1/10, actually sounds like a middle schooler made it.

I'm a sucker for disco. I love the energy 7/10

Good album, enjoyable the whole way through, but maybe a little boring 7/10

I really liked this. The back half especially was super solid, and the last few songs were bangers. I just don’t think I can give this a 5 because the first half of the album wasn’t my favorite 8/10

This album is super famous, and for good reason. Just a great album the whole way through, and I love the cover. Super fitting 9/10

maybe my favorite album on the list thus far

I really want to give this a 5 because I think mgmt is great, but I feel like outside of the 3 or 4 standout songs the rest of the album is pretty weak. 8/10, but super close to 9

We’re really on a hell of a run right now. Another fantastic album (with another fantastic cover), just sounds so cool with the bass and the weirdly distant vocals 10/10

The songs were fine and I really liked the flute, but I guess I’m not a huge fan of prog rock. I think the songs just get kinda boring after a while 6/10

Not as good as rumors (duh) but still has some bangers. Sara and tusk are classics. Good album 8/10

Eh 4/10

I think I’m just a sucker for this type of stuff. I love hearing all the instruments working together, and I love the solos. Some great drumming on here too 8/10

Once again, prog rock doesn’t really do much for me, but this is still a great album. 8/10

alt bitch sent me a Spotify playlist bitch I’m from the hood do I look like I listen to bjonk

This seems like something I’d normally enjoy. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood, but really not a huge fan of this 4/10

I feel the exact same way about Peter Gabriel as I did after listening to his other two albums. I can see the appeal, but this is not for me. Don’t think this one’s as good as So, but it’s definitely better than the other one. Giving it a lower score than both because I’m tired of getting Peter Gabriel albums 5/10

Not super into this, nothing about it really stood out to me. It does kinda rock at times though 6/10

Definitely pretty strange, but at least it was an interesting listen with a few really good songs. 8/10

Idk, maybe just not really for me. A few huge songs that I knew were pretty good, but even those bored me a little. Nothing besides fast car really stands out, just solid songwriting and decent music. Also max beat me on the review yesterday. Can’t let it happen again. 6/10

The Byrds go... country? I guess? Why did they do this? I enjoyed the sound on their last album, but I guess this one's good too. I just don't really get the pivot. 7/10

I hate war now 3/10

I had fun listening to this; I don’t know how many of these songs I actually want to listen to again, but I enjoyed the album 7/10

Really not a huge fan of shouting as a form of singing but despite that there are some good moments on this 5/10

Fuck off album generator 3/10

Some good and some bad. Outro seemed unnecessary and was not a fun listen 7/10

I enjoyed this. Felt longer than 52 minutes because a lot of the songs sounded the exact same, but still pretty good 7/10

Summary says the album is about how his son died, which obviously is very sad, but I couldn’t really get into the music. Weird voice 5/10

Not the biggest fan of Bruce Springsteen but this is solid. Born to run alone gets this at least a 4 7/10

I guess I don't like metal very much. I do think this was a little better than the metallica album though 4/10

Pretty good 7/10

Eh 5/10

Biggie is one of the greatest rappers ever, and this is his best work. Essential east coast hip hop. 9/10

Fuck off album generator <- wrote that before I listened. Leaving it because why am I being made to listen to 2 Iron Maiden albums in less than a week. That being said, this album was actually fine; thought I'd hate it like I do most other metal stuff, but I guess it was a bit more melodic or laid back or something because I really didn't mind most of it 6/10

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Alright I gotta rant a little. I’m getting sick of the metal pretty quickly - I think it’s mainly because it all feels the exact same to me. I’m probably only saying that because I lack knowledge of the genre and am biased against it not having listened to any metal growing up, but whatever. It’s just a bunch of dudes playing shit thats probably very technically difficult, but just doesn’t sound very good. If they’re so good at playing their instruments, why don’t they just make music that sounds good? And also, why call your band megadeth, is everyone in the band 13 years old? Do they think that sounds like a cool name? Grow up 3/10

Not the type of electronic/ambient that I'd usually listen to but still not bad 6/10

Did not know this album was on here. Obviously have heard a few of the songs, but none have ever really stuck out to me in the sea of generic corporate sounding pop music, and none stood out on this listen either. Reading that review back makes it seem like I hated this. I didn't, it's just kinda bland, especially for pop music 6/10

Was gonna comment on how similar this sounded to a talking heads album, but I guess eno helped produce it so that makes sense. I liked this more than the last Bowie album; the sound was a little strange overall but my issue with Bowie is typically that he just kinda bores me, and this was pretty entertaining. 7/10

I grew up listening to a lot of nick drake because my dad loved him, so I’m a little biased here, but this album is great. I think this and pink moon shaped my music taste quite a bit. Also northern sky is such a great song. 9/10

I’ve always thought that the rest of take me out doesn’t do the intro bit justice, but it’s still a good song. The rest of the album is fine. Really like the premise behind cheating on you, but the song unfortunately is forgettable. 5/10

This is probably the greatest rap album ever made, and one of my personal favorites. Deserves all the praise it gets 10/10

Had never really given any of Janelle Monae’s music a chance, but this was really good. 8/10

I guess people with German accents singing in English just doesn’t sound nice, because at its best this made me laugh and at its worst it sounded like tank battles

Fun listen. Also I’m not gonna rate out of 10 anymore, my feelings on albums change so much after I rate them and I feel like a rating out of 5 is generally more accurate in the long run

Talking heads if they had no idea how to make music? Not a big fan but points for creativity I guess

Alright, two awful albums in a row. Funny how we went from illmatic to this- one of the worst rap albums ever- so quickly. It’s actually beyond me how this made the list. Just for max, my rating out of 10 on this one is a 0. Shit sucks.

One of those albums that just sounds super 80s, but it also works very well here. Bunch of really good songs, good album, and I really cannot decide whether to give this a 4 or a 5.

Not bad, just got a little annoying to listen to after some time

Another just kinda boring but not bad 60s pop album. They all kinda sound the same to me

I had been meaning to listen to this, but not on Spotify, so I’d never gotten around to it. This was weird, and I’m not sure if I’d really want to go back to any of the songs, but I also thought it was pretty good. It felt like just the right amount of weird.

Never really been able to get into instrumental hip hop stuff. J dilla’s donuts is pretty good, but otherwise I just kinda find it boring. I tried to listen to this album a while back and didn’t really like it, this time around it was just whatever.

This was alright. Not great, not bad.

Another just kinda boring electronica album that doesn’t really stand out to me at all and is so mediocre that it makes me mad

This is some shit that I think people are either gonna really like or really dislike, and I can totally understand hating this album. Corgan’s voice is ass and the album is long as fuck and a lot of the songs are weird, but I love it. The more mellow songs are definitely more my thing than the in your face stuff, but I honestly enjoyed the whole thing, which is crazy for something 2 hours long

Honestly the most surprising part of this was that it came out in 1990. Other than that it was just fine; never been a huge fan of LL Cool J, but mama said knock you out went hard and the rest wasn't unlistenable.

This was a lot better than I was expecting after I saw "British reggae band" in the Wikipedia description. Pleasantly surprised, loved the relaxed sound and will definitely be listening to this some more

Another mid as hell performance from Bowie. The original across the universe performed by the Beatles is a pretty good song, but it sounds like ass on this album.

Peak virgin music

Listened in car. Wasn’t paying much attention, but I think it was solid

I had heard some bad things about this album, but I honestly thought it was fine. Maybe it’s because my expectations were so low going in and there was like one song that I thought was good, but I don’t think this album deserves its spot as one of the worst on the site

Starting to like Neil young. This album wasn’t fantastic, but it has its moments

Definitely unique. Really didn't like the first half, but didn't mind the second half. I can't tell if the songs grew on me or the album actually got better, but it wasn't terrible

This is pretty ass. Every time we get a bad electronica album, which there seem to be quite a few of on here, I get more and more upset that they didn't include discovery on this list

Eh

When I generated this album, I remember being pretty excited to listen. Then immediately after I got super sick for like 5 days. It has been awful. Finally back though, and this was good. I feel similarly to abbey road; this might get a 5 from me if it weren’t the Beatles, but I just came in already expecting so much

I really liked it. Even the weird songs usually had something cool about them

Honestly didn't mind this one as much as I thought I might. It didn't feel nearly as lifeless and boring as a lot of the similar stuff we've had recently, and some songs were actually quite fun

Two old eminem albums in and I cannot understand people who defend him as an artist claiming his old stuff was good. Dido was far and away the best part of this album, and even Stan, which easily the best song, is way cornier than I remember. And the lyrics on every song are, of course, unbearable to listen to.

It's a shame this is so hard to find. There are some good parts on here, but some other not so good parts.

Aight this is ass. Don't get how this one made the list

I think I might've just been really in the mood for this, but I found it very enjoyable

Every breath you take is really good but the rest of the album is super mid

Pretty good

I like a good jazz album every once in a while and this was pretty good. Not my favorite, but I liked listening.

I always thought these dudes just made boring shit for old people. This was kinda that, but it was good, and I liked it way more than I was expecting to

It's pretty crazy how good these guys sound even when they're going for a significantly more mellow sound than what they're known for. Not usually a fan of the live albums on here, but this is really good

Honestly pretty tolerable as far as punk goes. Probably not gonna return to any of this, but it fine to listen to once

Pretty strange, even for new wave. It was very good, but I don't know if I'd want to listen to these songs regularly. Dude's voice is kind of a lot to take in

Solid, not incredible. This was gonna be a 3 but the last song brought it up

Really really good. Super close to giving it a 5 but I don’t know how many of these songs I’ll actually listen to frequently. Album was a great listen though

Albarn seems like kind of an annoying lil shit but I liked this

This got me funked up

Definitely one of the most surprising albums we've had so far; hadn't ever heard of it and it ended up being great. Loved the mix of genres and sounds. Glad this is on the list

mid

OutKast is one of my favorite groups of all time in any genre. Pretty sad aquemini didn’t make this list, but I love stankonia and I’m glad it showed up even though I feel like it’s way more hit or miss than some of their other stuff.

Liked this a little more than the Aretha Franklin album from a week ago. Again, just a really good album

I was pretty confused when I saw that this was “folk punk”, but after listening I guess that actually makes sense. For what it is I guess it’s pretty good, but I’m not a huge fan

Parts reminded me of simon and garfunkel, but a little goofier. Didn't like it that much, but not offensively bad

One of the most respected and acclaimed hip hop albums of all time, but I just can't get into it. It's pretty similar to fear of a black planet, and while I liked that on the first listen, it just kinda grew more and more annoying as I continued to listen to it.

Usually like this kinda weird new wavey pop shit but I didn't think this was very good. I've tried may times to like XTC because they're always popping up in the related artists of groups I like but I never can

Uh yeah

Beck is a little boring but I do mostly enjoy the music

Dumb stupid fucking 2+ hour metal album. At least the symphony makes it interesting because I don't know what I would've done if it was just 2+ hours of Metallica. Album was still dumb and still doesn't need to be on this list. Metallica can actually fuck off

This was rather enjoyable

Still find prog rock boring as hell. Nothing about this stood out to me

Pretty good

Don't know how to rate this; it was bad, but at least it was pretty entertaining Also that is a great cover for this album

Just another Byrds album. Why they have 5 albums on this list is beyond me, but the albums we’ve had have all been enjoyable listens so far

Thought it was gonna suck. It was actually pretty good

I had never given a full doors album a chance, and I don't know why. This was really good; probably the most I've liked an album from this list on a first listen

More like midvin Gaye

Significantly better than blue

Another easy 5

Sounds a lot like some of the stuff my mom would listen to when I was a kid. Not crazy about it though

Pretty much exactly what I was expecting, which was just very mediocre.

This fucked. Maybe it was just great music to listen to while working because it's kinda just nice background noise, but I enjoyed it

Very good. Almost a 5

Not as unique or interesting as the other Beatles albums we’ve had but still a nice listen

These guys might be onto something

Like I’ve said many times before, it doesn’t get much more boring than prog rock- but as far as prog goes Pink Floyd is actually pretty enjoyable. I liked this album

Midnight and body count were pretty cool. Otherwise pretty similar sound to Public Enemy, which means mid

PJ Harvey is really good, and this album is really good. Between a 4 and a 5

Some nice ambient stuff and then some less enjoyable weird stuff. Pretty good though

Probably the best Bowie album we've had, but I still don't get why he has so many albums on the list. He's consistently pretty good but never anything more than that

Really boring and really bad. The closest I’ve come to just not finishing one of these albums so far

Definitely understand the appeal here. Really enjoyed listening to the full album, don’t know how much I’ll want to go back to individual songs

I like 80s synthpop stuff so I thought this was pretty good but if I'm gonna listen to Depeche Mode I'd rather just listen to violator

Bowie finally delivering an album that doesn't make me want to fall asleep. This was great

Mid

Kinda made me feel like a pirate. Not really sure if I like it or not

Pretty disappointing; I expected a lot since it's a post 2000 album and one that I'd heard good things about, but none of the songs really stood out and the whole album just kinda blended together into one mediocre indie song. The intro also sounded like the background music for a car commercial.

So in love is a great song. The album’s kinda boring but everything sounded pretty good

I know Vardaan’s gonna like the length of this one

Definitely better than the divorce album. Maybe not one of the greatest albums of all time for me, but still really good

Van Morrison is lowkey way hornier than Marvin Gaye. I feel like he doesn’t get the recognition he deserves for this

Maybe just my mood but I was not feeling it. Just sounds like background music for a pixar movie

Boring and long but not offensively bad

Did not know how hard this went

Metal bad. At least this was a little different

Metal still bad

I guess this was my reward for getting through 2 metal albums

Totally unrelated but should've given deja vu a 5. That album slaps

I guess I’m just gonna go my whole life without ever understanding why people like this

Fine

This album is shorter than the song I submitted to music league this week

I love dummy but I had never listened to this whole album. Pretty good

This was really good

Pretty good

This was interesting. I’m probably gonna forget about it in a week

I remember eating in Schatz once when this version of nothing compares to you came on. That was funny as fuck

The fist song slapped, and the rest was pretty good for a mostly instrumental movie score

This was really good. Not as good as Deja vu though. Still can’t believe I didn’t give that a 5.

Some solid country

Many men and in the club slap, the rest was fine

I love this album but I feel like I can’t give it a 5 because they’re all covers

Not even a top 3 Radiohead album

I fw it

Pretty good

I had no idea this album was so good. The only real criticism I have is that its a little long and most of the songs feel very similar

I’m not the biggest rnb fan but sza is always fun to listen to

This was really all over the place. Some good, some boring. I still don’t know if I like it or not

This was really good. Sucks that it’s not on Spotify

I mean acdc is kinda fun to listen to, but doesn’t do much for me beyond that

I guess I just like grunge, which doesn’t make any sense to me since it feels pretty close to metal which I can’t stand. Idk. This was good

Sorry old man but I’m not feeling it

A few really good songs and a bunch of solid ones

Solid

This was alright

Knew a few of the songs, and I did really like those, but most of the album was pretty unremarkable

There isn’t really anything wrong with it, it’s just boring as hell

Really fun listen, by far the best arctic monkeys stuff I’ve heard. Probably gonna regret not giving it a 5

I think it was pretty good. Idk. Wasn’t listening that closely

It’s fine but I expected a lot more from one of the highest rated albums on the site

Not usually into this sort of stuff but this really wasn't that bad

Wow! This rocks!

Sorry Jojah. Steely Dan is boring. I’ll give this a 3 for production and a few good tracks towards the start

Simply too much Motörhead. Some of the guitar was cool though

Bjonk

A couple good songs. The rest was pretty boring

Boring, uninspired, unoriginal, and forgettable rock radio fodder. Just a less interesting version of blues rock that came 20 years before it. I hate this type of shit but it’s not actually bad enough to give it a 1

I guess it’s fine, I just don’t really like reggae that much

Feels a lot like pavement. As with other slacker rock, I’m a big fan of the general vibe, but I really could do without the style of signing on this. Right between a 3 and a 4

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CkEHikn17eU

This is almost a 5. I feel like all the songs were great, but not gonna give it a 5 because none of them really stuck with me

Mid

A couple huge hits but otherwise pretty underwhelming. Time after time is great, but the rest doesn’t come close to that

Boring country rock

Boring arena rock

I was expecting more

It was fine

Feels like I’ve been giving out a lot of threes, but I also feel like we’ve been getting a lot of very mediocre hard rock

Fine I guess. A little annoying while I was trying to work though

Pixies is one of the bands I didn’t realize I liked before I started 1001. This and bossanova were both really good. This was better though

Tiny dancer goated the rest was fine

Can’t help but feel like I’m not really part of the target audience here

Apparently paint it black is only on the US version and I listened to the uk version. With that this is a low 4, but it’s a 3 without

Ngl I did not want to like this but it was actually pretty good. New guilty pleasure I guess

More mediocre hard rock. Between a 2 and 3, going 3 because it wasn’t offensive

I really liked it. Lots of different stuff, kept me engaged the whole time, a few great songs.

This was fine I guess. I do not love the who

Made me feel cool

A little too similar sounding for how long it was

Production made this album feel long and a bit stale after some time but you can tell why people think 2pac is the greatest rapper ever. He sounded great

Feel pretty much the same about this as I did about the last Adele album. I can see the appeal, the songs are good, she’s talented, I didn’t mind listening, but it’s not really my thing

This sounded hella dated and I didn’t really enjoy it

Not at all what I was expecting from a Bee Gees album but it was fine I guess

This went hard

Was expecting this to be better than it was

Kinda boring. Don’t really care about it

Wasn’t expecting a lot when I saw scritti politti in their related artists. It was still bad

All these 60s pop albums sound the same. Still good though

It was fine I guess. Sounded like shitty Radiohead at times

It was aight

Borderline unlistenable

Don’t care

Queen is a little overrated to me. I’d still rather listen to them than most other pop rock bands from their era though, and this album was fine

Got annoying real quick

Pretty much what I’d expect from oasis. Nothing groundbreaking, but the music was good

Jawn Lennon

Pretty fun album

Very early and very pretentious prog? Not a huge fan. Some of the jazzier parts were nice though

Meh. Kinda boring

Couldn't tell you why but I really liked this

She talk on my head til I 77

Doesn’t make any sense that this came out in 67. Also, 3 5s in a row

Everybody loves this album but that’s because it’s a fucking great album. One of the easiest 5s so far

Better than tago mago I guess, but not much worth noting outside of that. It did actually sound pretty nice at times

Some real DC shit. Unfortunately I don’t care for hardcore but I’ll give it a 3 because it wasn’t bad

Maybe I wasn’t able to fully appreciate this because I was doing homework, but this was pretty wack

Worked while listening, so kinda tuned out. Fine I guess. Probably would’ve been bored if listening more intently because it is pretty long and kinda samey

Just not good unfortunately

As far as Bowie goes this was really good. Maybe my favorite Bowie yet. Great album

mid and weird

It was fine I suppose. Parts of it felt like they were trying to capture the same vibe that the stuff the b52s were making at around the same time captured, but didn’t do it nearly as well. Fine album, will never listen again

I fw the stooges I wanna be your dog is a banger

He's so painfully mediocre and has so many albums on this list that just don't deserve to be here I just do not get it

It was really good. Idk if it was 5 good, but I really enjoyed it

It was pretty good, just long

It was pretty good. Definitely not much variety, but the songs were fun to listen to

It was aight

Songs just sounded bad. These guys were trying way too hard to make something unique and it flopped

It sounded pretty cool but none of the individual songs were that memorable so idk how much I’ll want to return to it

Not usually into this upbeat Americana folk stuff but this was actually pretty good. Enjoyed most of it

Good album. Gonna have to relisten because I wasn't paying enough attention

Feel like I usually know going into an album whether or not there's a chance I'll give it a 5. I was not familiar with Leonard Cohen's game. The album wasn't particularly exciting or groundbreaking, but there were just so many really nice sounding songs on here. Really liked it

It’s just so mediocre. This dude doesn’t need to include every single 60s psych rock album that exists on this list. This really doesn’t need to be here

it was fine

Sonic youth has recently become one of my favorite bands. This is one of the few albums of theirs that I haven’t listened to. After listening I can say that it’s definitely less accessible and a bit more noisy than a lot of their other good stuff, but it still fucks

A bit too heavy for me to really get into it, but I think I almost liked it

It was aight. I think I was expecting more

A personal favorite. Really great as an album experience, and lots of great individual songs. Motion picture soundtrack and itioteque by themselves would get this album a 5

Not quite as good as the other two pixies albums but still solid

It was pretty enjoyable to listen to. Right between a 3 and 4 for me, gonna give it a 3 because I have a feeling I'll like it less the more I listen. And also it's a little annoying at times

Not too sure what an “achtung baby” is and this album didn’t explain it very well. Also I didn’t really like the music. Mid album + confusion = 3/5

More mediocre new wave stuff

Never realized how huge Coldplay was. This album was solid, like a less exciting Radiohead

Guess these guys got some cool points for finding out about synths before everyone else? Still doesn’t make the music good. Do like the album cover tho

It was fine, just got a bit boring. Sounded way too Americana for a britpop band which was a little confusing

Fine. Mostly boring, couple good songs

Been putting this off because I didn't want to listen to it. My thoughts on the album itself aren't too crazy; it was fine. Pretty similar to the last Kings of Leon album we got, but a little more poppy, which leads me to the main point of the review. I was talking to Alex earlier and he was explaining how little he liked the Sonic Youth album, which honestly was understandable; I was really into it, but can see how someone might not be willing to sit through all the screeching and shouting for the few moments of really good stuff (which is kinda how I see their music, obviously some might just think it's shit). To me, even though that album was pretty abrasive, I liked that it was unlike any other album we've heard and is totally different from anything you might hear in the mainstream, while still being (to me) a pleasant listen (I liked the songs). My point is just that I think I definitely skew towards trying to give points for things that I like while also doing something unexpected or different, and I'm more into stuff like that than this album, which is objectively fine. I think my reaction to a first listen of this wasn't that much more negative than Sister - it's just that this is super reminiscent of a lot of other pop rock you'll hear on the radio. I feel like kind of a dickhead after writing this. Obviously people are gonna like stuff that's somewhat unique. I guess between this and music league I'm just trying to rationalize how someone can genuinely love something that someone else genuinely hates. If anyone's read this far and has any good theories please lmk. Maybe this will get covered in a philosophy class I take in the future. That being said I do not think these guys deserve more than one album on this list, especially since this was just a more formulaic version of the other album. For that reason I'm rating it lower even though it was probably a more enjoyable listen.

My dad really likes REM, but he never played any of their earlier stuff. This might be the best REM stuff I've heard though. Really liked it

I've found that I tend to like country a lot more as a full album than I do when an individual song pops up while listening to a playlist. As an album this was probably a 4, but I'm gonna give it a 3 because I don't think I'll listen much in the future

Feel like Van Morrison doesn't really deserve as many albums as he has on this list with how similar all his stuff sounds, but I don't really care because they're always pleasant listens. This was solid.

More Rolling Stones. More mid

Jojah reacted on airbuds while I was listening to this, so if you're reading this Jojah, I'm sorry. I just don't get The Who. I was bored listening to this. It was boring.

Like it. Much better than the other spiritualized album

Had pretty high expectations but this ended up being pretty mediocre. Nothing was really bad, but not much stuck out besides slipping through my fingers

Still a big fan of Dusty Springfield's singing. This album is mostly covers and doesn't really do anything crazy, but like the last album, it's a generally pleasant listen

It was fine. There was some enjoyable stuff. I’d just never listen to this over any older disco, didn’t really do anything for me

Some pretty crazy and interesting stuff on here. 20 dollar sounded like bladee at times and was just a pixies song at times. I don’t think there are any songs I really liked other than paper planes, but paper planes is such a great song

The smiths, but worse. I love the smiths, so I still thought this was pretty good, despite a few questionable lyrics and the fact that morrisey is not a great dude

This might be the only time that Rick Ross shows up on 1001, so I just wanna say that his performance on devil in a new dress is actually one of the best rap verses ever. At the very least, it’s his best. Lost in the world is maybe my favorite hip hop (if you can even call it that) song ever. Runaway might be objectively the best hip hop song ever. This album does everything right, from the creativity to the production to the features to Kanye’s crazy performances on like every song. This might just be the greatest hip hop album ever; even my mom likes it. It just sucks that I can’t really listen because of who Kanye is now.

I actually did like parts of this. There was some pretty cool stuff. Not much I’d ever want to revisit, but a fun listen

It was good. Feel like Springsteen just doesn’t take enough risks for me to really get into it. It all kinda sounds the same

My mom used to always listen to this, so I feel like I like it a lot because of the nostalgia

Just didn’t really do anything for me

The music was honestly decent as far as hard rock goes. Just don’t understand why this needed to be a live album

Started out fine, got a bit boring and repetitive

Liked it more than other Rolling Stones albums we’ve had. Wild horses doesn’t feel like a song I should like, but I’ve always loved it. That song bumps the album up to a 4