1001 Albums Summary

Solid album! I've never heard more than (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay from Otis, but this covers so much more. Loved the bluesy Rock Me Baby, and the original Respect was interesting.

So cool! I think I wore out this cassette, it's my favorite Prince album. I forgot how good The Beautiful Ones was. Absolutely timeless.

I never liked Springsteen. Never really disliked him; he's just not exactly my style. This album has not changed that opinion.

I'd never heard anything from The Flaming Lips before this album. It's not really my jam. It's very creative, though.

Hard to believe that this is Little Richard's debut. You just can't be in a bad mood when these songs are played.

This sounds so much like a Tony Banks film soundtrack. I love it. It likely won't be the last album of theirs I listen to.

One from my childhood!

This brings back the feel of music played on Sesame Street when I was a child in the early 70s. Very relaxing, very comforting. Some tracks also remind me of Loreena McKennitt. Having never heard of The Pentangle, I looked them up and saw their music described as "folk baroque." That's accurate!

Rod Stewart is another one of those artists I never liked as a kid, but who I've grown to appreciate. This album is full of texture, with songs transitioning through various genres. A good example of this is That's All Right, with its bluegrass intro leading into the honky-tonk main song. It starts to get a rock edge as it progresses, but it adds an acoustic guitar Amazing Grace as a postscript.

I can take Talking Heads in small doses, but a full album just isn't my thing. Got through it. One odd thought, though: if the album as a whole were more like Take Me to the River and The Big Country, I'd probably like it more. But that's just my opinion.

Nope. This album is not for me. After a couple songs, I clicked on the reviews (first time doing so on this site), and found that all the lyrics were Woody Guthrie's. This would explain my reaction, as his poetry had always left me cold.

NOT FOR ME. I gave it a shot, listened to half the album. He's clever, articulate, evocative, and obscene. But I can't get into it.

This was pleasant, a cross between garage bands and 60s groups like The Monkees and The Byrds.

Simply wonderful, a joy from start to finish. It's timeless.

I know this is from 1980 (when I was a teenager), but I get strong Scott Pilgrim soundtrack vibes from this. As an American, The Undertones music never hit my airwaves, and that's a shame.

I love The Kinks! But this album is a departure from the standard Kinks' sound; it's almost as if the boys were experimenting with all the music swirling around the UK at the time. As a huge fan of Genesis, I imagine those boys taking a lick or two from this.

I'm only five years older than this album. This means that it was already considered "classic rock" by the time I was a teenager, but I fell in love with CSN's vocals. Loved picking out the various harmony parts when Suite: Judy Blue Eyes played on the radio. This album is a keeper, and worth listening to again and again.

Listened to the first half, decided it wasn't for me. It's all over the place musically, but with the underlying theme of "background." Reminded me a lot of Muzak in the 70s.

So glad I listened to this. It's not my type of music, but the music it influenced IS. The opening song, Sunday Morning, is lovely -- sounded so much like the Monkees I grew up listening to. But that track isn't about a pleasant time spent relaxing, no. It's about waking up Sunday morning after a late Saturday night of partying.

Brings back memories. When the country albums came on in my house, often it meant that we were getting company. So I grew to associate Dolly and Porter and Loretta and Charlie (Pride and Rich!) with happy times.