1001 Albums Summary

A little slow to start but then Just comes in and hits like a brick.

Decent enough but very same same.

The only thing more boring than Springsteen is a Springsteen knock off. The songs are all dull and never go anywhere.

Classic after classic. Satisfaction the way it sounded in Mick Jagger's head when he thought of the song.

Well crafted sonic drones inserted with ethereal vocals and poppy melodies. A Post-Punk delight.

Prime 90s hip hop.

Funky funk funk

Weirdo hip-hop at its best

Three legends to be sure, but the songs weren't my favorite.

Brilliant and influential band but live music in the 70s was its own thing.

Proto a lot of stuff I'm into but not great on it's own

Drum and bass is cool but it will never blow mind. 3 hours is like psychological warfare.

Sounded like an album of failed sitcom theme songs, which is a shame because I know XTC can be better.

Love listening to an album and going I KNOW THIS SONG! Some weak points but a pretty solid album overall.

This album has EVERYTHING

Not my typical genre but just blown away

Ideal 70s weirdness. Solid album.

Typical Nick Cave but in the best way

Typical Foo Fighters (derogatory)

More singer songwriter piano man hoopla

It's country. Wait, it's not? Wait, it's really good?

Powerful

Very 90s trance. Enjoyable but a little same same by the end.

Some gems hidden in a boring indie album

Great stuff

What to even call this? A fantastic listen.

Yup. That sure is REM

The Jam is awesome. Full stop.

A collection of odd little nuggets. Most of them are both off-putting and incessantly hummable.

Such a long album I was kinda onboard with the generic 80s altpop by the end.

Yes. Yes!

A not hidden gem. I get it.

Talking Heads but boring

Not a Neil Young fan but this was enjoyable

Not bad overall but dude wrecked Old Man River

Wife really liked it

A lot of organ noodling not a lot of songs

Zappa is so silly and this is fine

Too much of a good thing is possible

Isn't this the cave rave music from The Matrix?

The logical successor to the Velvet Underground in its ethos of "it's ok to be kinda crap" and then copied by countless others.

Not my favorite of theirs but still great

Points for a Busta Rhymes feat

A lot more visceral than I expected a Kate Bush album to be. Fantastic.

Short and punchy. Does what it wants and then leaves.

Classic

So I'm not an Emerson, Lake & Palmer fan come to find out. No more please.

Almost liked this but I didn't

What a joy to finally be made to listen to a full Tom Waits album. It was more than the sum of it's parts for sure.

Another band that is rightfully famous for their singles.

Easily one of the best albums ever recorded.

Classic that song

This is why I'm doing this thing. To find stuff I otherwise never would have known existed. Great find.

Yup.

Everybody's mom loves it but I don't get it

Not sure why there are multiple Orbital albums but ok.

Jesus. Christ. This album would be a five if it was just Number of the Beast -Run to the Hills- Gangland, but then there are somehow MORE songs. Absolutely terrific.

Coooooool.

Merry Merry!

Definitely one of the GOATs of the blues.

Very post.

A couple really good tracks

There's something about The Yardbirds that I just like

It does a lot and some of it works. Didn't hate it but it's not going in the rotation.

A great album brought down by an overly avant closer.

All I hear is You've Got a Friend in Me.

They are better when they are less frantic

The famous songs are good

People saying you can hear Bowie like it's a bad thing.

Country with a capital C

Such a strong debut

Really strong songs with not great filler

A Woody Guthrie feat?!

The perfect midpoint between the traditional and the experimental

Boring indie

Everyone wanted to be a blues band

Excellent find. Jangly and, as the title implies, fuzzy.

Everything is music

Kinda bland but listenable

Any Kuti is good Kuti

A bunch of generic stuff and then is this the Pat Benatar song?

How did they ever get this man to do South Park?

I think exactly two things with Depeche Mode: the song You'll Dance to Anything by The Dead Milkmen and the Venture Bros. That being said, I love this album so much. Even having listened to it so many times before it's still surprising how many bangers are on it.

Still their best

Solid 80s heavy metal.

Early Floyd and late Bowie filtered through Radiohead.

He Dylans all over it but it's not bad

The first really country western album I've heard. Just a delight.

Perfectly passable but ultimately uninteresting songs

Something transcendent about this but I can't put my finger on it

Bliss

Classic early aughts sounds. An absolute delight.

Like all Pumpkins albums it's both a well put together album and also bombastic and over stuffed

It's not ambient but it's definitely passive music

Never found it's groove

Just an absolute gem.

Maybe it's Stockholm Syndrome but I'm starting to come around on Dylan

Somehow greater than the sum of its already great parts.

It's fine. Having this against a Michael Jackson album did no favors for my opinion of this one. Not hating but none of his good stuff is on this album.

Once Tina sings a song it's her song

Beastie Boys are just fun. Their sound evolved but the fun was the constant.

Good for what it is but a full album of samba was never going to make it into my rotation

It wasn't bad I'm just not sure why it was included.

Britpop Smashing Pumpkins

Wanted to like it more than I actually did.

So so good. Only familiar with one of her songs before this but it's all so varied but just as strong.

The mountains of drugs that fueled this album were not wasted. A hair one note but AC/DC made a living off of being completely one note so that's not necessarily a bad thing if you like the one note.

Equal parts sincere and funky

Still not big on Springsteen. That's it. That's the review.

As a self processed ska guy it's so refreshing to hear just straight up punky horns that want to tear your face off as much as the guitars. A fantastic listen.

A double album with a bunch of different sounds and ideas and only a couple of them are interesting.

Probably their best.

A dorm room classic.

Obviously a classic. My listen through had me notice that MJ understood that catchy pop songs should be 90% chorus, which a lot of these are.

Started off a little ho-hum but then the sound expanded and it turned into an interesting listen. Not a huge R&B fan but I can tell when an album is trying things and reaching and I applaud that.

Meh. Indie. Whatever.

80s R.E.M. is best R.E.M.

A lyrical banquet. Delicious.

Gets a bit long by the end

A banger and some decent disco

Still developing her sound

People who say Metallica "sold out" with Load are clearly ignoring this album. An album so packed with stadium bangers, potential WWE entrance songs, and heartfelt Grammy bait you can hear their manager counting the money in the background. It's a solid album and Metallica is a goated band but it goes to show that Cliff and Mustaine were the heart of the Metallica thrash sound for better or worse.

FREEE BIIIIIIIIIIIRD! And also some other Southern Rock classics.

Everything anyone has ever said about The Doors is true. I do wonder if their legacy would have died with Jim if it wasn't for Ray.

This is capital "A" Art. Unfortunately that doesn't always translate into listenable music.

So funky and with an edge. Sly continues to impress.

Odd cover choices but done well

What a great album discovery!

Such a short album with short songs it feels more like a notebook of ideas.

Solid trip hop album!

So glad there were no lyrics because this was a GREAT instrumental album

Comes roaring out of the gate

Peak 80s synthy altrock. Reminded me that I actually knew a Japan song before this and also loved it.

As far as concept albums go this one is low on the list

A lovely bit of early 90s nostalgia. Despite every song having the same feel some are clearly stronger than others.

Forgive me Rolling Stones I was unfamiliar with your game (this album).

Heavy on soul, light on rock. That's not a bad thing, just an observation.

Never understood the Elvis Costello craze

Jaco Jaco Jaco!!!

Loved this album before; love it still. A just about perfect shoegaze album.

When you want to listen to Nirvana but you also want to chill

Timeless

A very interesting mix of traditional Indian music and techno. It was a great listen but I don't know that I'll come back to it.

Everything Wu-Tang touches is great. I've yet to find a counter example.

Decent enough grunge

Michael Jackson is the best above a certain BPM

Perfection for what they were going for

Annie Lennox has a mesmerizing voice but as an album the title track makes the rest look dull by comparison.

I guess you had to be there

Listening to this is like driving on the Autobahn and if you just relax and enjoy the trip it's wonderful but if you spend the whole time looking for your exit it's going to be miserable.

Early Britpunk.

Jazz?! Afrobeat?! Yes please!

Not what I was expecting

Radiohead meets U2.

What's to say that hasn't been said? It's a groove and a bop. From the moment the clunky piano notes emerge from the shrieking train whistle you know you're in for a good time. All of Bowie's eras were so distinct that trying to pick a favorite is often apples and oranges, but this is a strong contender.

"He's the Big Bad Wolf in your neighborhood/Not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good" Still wildly influential. Still infinitely listenable. Always down to raise some hell with these three!

This strikes me as the kind of music the lost boys (vampires, not Neverland) would listen to. Very into it.

Just incredible. Wildly incendiary but ultimately based in love and compassion. Public Enemy are legends.

Every time I see Genesis I go "you mean we get Peter Gabriel AND Phil Collins?!?!"

Reminds me of when I got together with my high school friends in the summer and we noodled around in the basement

Started off like store brand The Smiths but quickly devolved into generic 80s pop.

Music for all levels of depression

Under produced but decent raw material

A three star album that happens to have Wait and Bleed on it.

Never doubt bizarre Scandinavians

One of my first albums and concerts. The fact that this album was a one man show was inspirational. Sure, he was part of that 60s revival nonsense in the 90s, but for me he gets a pass on sheer enthusiasm alone.

Took them a while to settle down into their sound prior to this but the result is solid.

Nope. Nothing.

Delightful

Why anybody would listen to an Elvis cover over the original is beyond me.

Enjoyable enough. Didn't really leave an impression, good or bad.

Listening to this made me realize my parents were big Steely Dan fans because I recognized so many of these songs from my childhood.

Enjoyed a majority of it nearly against my will. Man could write a hook.

Strange album. Aggro lyrics over dated beats. It's obvious how this album was influential but to a modern listener I'm not sure it holds up on its own beyond being a time capsule of an era.

If you can't find something you like on here you might need to reconsider if you actually like music or not.

Springsteen punk.

I was familiar with Pere Ubu so I knew what I was in for. Yep. It was that.

Perfect example of Counter Culture Americana.

The song titles are the best part

Peak 90s radio rock

No big deal, Bowie just out here dropping several iconic songs on one album.

Pretty good trip hop, but a tad too minimalist at times for me

OG DC Hardcore is such a wide variety of sounds. It's crazy this gets the same label as Minor Threat, but here we are. It's a good listen overall.

Very generically 60s. Not bad, not great.

Pretty solid early Beatles sounds

What a fun collection of sounds! It very much sounds like the 80s so the mishmash of genres comes off as charmingly naive at worst which I will take over cynically calculated and overproduced any day.

Immaculate. The way Bring the Noise sets up the themes and callbacks for the rest of the album. The beats are timeless; classic scratching and sampling but not dated. Chuck D as the imposing frontman and Flavor Flav as the gremlin of a hype man who's antics throw you off guard to the seriousness of the message. Nothing but love.

It's funny how strong punk can be when it's not concerned about being punk. Bonus points for The Clash spelling out the obvious ties between reggae and punk for anybody who didn't get it yet.

Black side was crazy aggressive for a Queen album. Ogres, man. Who knew?!

Today I learned the titles of all the Stevie Wonder songs I already knew

Real middle of the road album to me. Also I find that albums that go over an hour start to lose me if I wasn't super bought in from the jump.

Ok

I think I'm not that into electronic music or something. This wasn't experimental enough to be interesting or mainstream enough to be really catchy, thus leaving it in electric limbo.

There are elements of Maiden's future greatness already brewing on this album. If the phrase "let them cook" was an album it would be this one.

Was meh on it going in to work. Had a crap day at work. The album felt like a hug for my brain on the drive home. Not sure what to make of that. Everything has its place I suppose.

Maybe it's just because the Folsom album got to me first but I slightly prefer that one to this, but that's not to say this is by any means a weak album. San Quentin twice was a delight. Hearing the crowd reactions is a large part of what make these albums so successful.

Uninteresting British rock

Lemmy is god

What to say about this album? Loved it when it came out, saw it in a new light when he died, Bowie forever.

Basically a greatest hits album but with some pizzazz. They did not invent the gimmick of a symphony with metal but they seem to have brought it more to the mainstream.

Don't sleep on French hip-hop.

To quote my wife "if only Eric Clapton wasn't so problematic".

Pump this sweet Goth juice directly in my veins.

Van Morrison is what it is. Not exactly my cup of tea but beloved by millions. Solidly ok.

It's not a competition but I like the Big Brother era stuff better than her solo work. There is something about this album that is electric. The R Crumb cover really settles the album into peak-60s before the first notes even hit.

I love Dr John and am so glad he moved away from this gimmicky stuff and towards just solid music. Mama Roux is the standout on this album.

Every song seemed to go a minute or two too long. They weren't bad, just long.

Look, if you want to hate on Morrissey I get it. Truly truly truly. These songs will always be here though, long after he's done having opinions.

Pretty chill country

How does one even judge a punk album like this? It is ferocious.

I remember being so taken by this album when it came out. It was Duran Duran for the 00s. Radio friendly somewhat dark pop rock. I was positive Somebody Told Me would be the breakout hit, but here we are and Mr Brightside has viral status all these years later. Even the weaker songs on this album are at least enjoyable if not entirely catchy.

It's a very chill listen. A perfect party album that does enough to not be dull but not so much that it's a challenging listen. None of this is a criticism, I really enjoyed this.

This album made me giddy and I'm not entirely sure why. The tongue in cheek lyrics, the Velvet Underground meets the Beatles music, the way it very nearly trips over itself to be experimental and challenging and yet hits the landing. What a great discovery!

This is movie trailer music. Broad appeal, inoffensive, pop country.

No notes.

They are sonically at their best when they are the most aggrieved.

What a discovery!

Bad garage rock from the early 00s. Not enough fury to be angry, not enough rhythm to be catchy. Very forgettable which why this group was forgotten amongst their peers.

This album is doing a lot but in a great way

Every song lasts an eternity. Every time I think I'm coming around on Dylan there's another album to show me I'm not.

Yup, that's New Order alright.

This was incredible. Another one of those genres I didn't realize existed but man was it my jam.

Clearly should've listened to people when they said I would like The Black Keys

A couple of good songs but on the whole I don't think I'm British enough to fully appreciate this album.

Scandinavians crushing it again