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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Red Dirt Girl | 5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
| Arc Of A Diver | 5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
| The Last Of The True Believers | 5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
| Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| Searching For The Young Soul Rebels | 5 | 3 | +2 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Wish You Were Here | 1 | 4.3 | -3.3 |
| Paranoid | 1 | 4.2 | -3.2 |
| The Doors | 1 | 3.95 | -2.95 |
| In Rainbows | 1 | 3.84 | -2.84 |
| Black Sabbath | 1 | 3.83 | -2.83 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Queen | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Joni Mitchell | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Taylor Swift | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Beatles | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| David Bowie | 6 | 4 | 3.67 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| The Doors | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 1.6 | 2.13 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 1.33 | 2.17 |
| The Prodigy | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Pavement | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 1.75 | 2.29 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Iron Maiden | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Yes | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Beastie Boys | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
Popular Reviews
Nanci Griffith
5/5
Hooked from the first ten seconds of the first song. Sweet voice, sweet lyrics, sweet fiddle. Would absolutely listen again.
4 likes
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Love me some ELO! And Mr. Blue Sky is one of the happiest songs ever written. :)
1 likes
Curtis Mayfield
1/5
This isn't really the genre for me -- much of this music sounded the same to me.
1 likes
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De La Soul
3/5
Something new for me - I liked that the lyrics and beats were a bit silly and that the sound samples were new and original for the time. I probably won’t listen again but am glad I did.
David Bowie
5/5
The sound is familiar to me as I know other Bowie material, but I hadn't heard this album. Enjoyable!
Blondie
2/5
Some of the songs were a little unsettling for me to listen to melodically. The overall tonal quality is pretty driving/frantic, which wasn't really the mood I was in when listening. It was fine but probably not an album I'll listen to again.
Curtis Mayfield
1/5
This isn't really the genre for me -- much of this music sounded the same to me.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Some familiar/comforting Stevie Wonder chord progressions and melodic styling in here, even though I only knew one of the songs.
Jorge Ben Jor
5/5
I loved this album! The music just made me feel good/awake/alive. :)
Joy Division
1/5
Hard pass. I feel like this is 1) the music playing in every Hot Topic and/or 2) the music Tim played in high school.
Jimi Hendrix
2/5
I feel like this is the album that has been playing in every record store I've ever gone into. It's fine and I understand that it's a seminal work, it's just not my style.
Songhoy Blues
5/5
I liked this! It's always very chill for me to listen to music in languages other than English. The vibe of the album was relaxing but upbeat -- good music to do chores to. :)
Moby
5/5
I did not expect to like this album but I REALLY did! I loved the very strong beats and bass as well as the repetition -- I liked listening for new things in the music through each repetition of a bass line or melodic phrase.
The Specials
5/5
I really loved the vibe of this album! Some fun, funky, retro ska that I really enjoyed.
Funkadelic
1/5
After the interminable first track this became an okay album, but not my genre at all.
Dusty Springfield
1/5
Again, I can see how there are people who like this album, but it's not my genre at all. Just vocals about how sad the singer is to be alone; the instrumentation feels pretty dated to me.
Radiohead
1/5
I mean, it's fine. I can see putting this on to do homework or something, but I wouldn't put it on if I were just like "I want to listen to some music."
Paul Simon
5/5
Some old favorites but also new listens on this album for me. I liked hearing some remnants of Simon & Garfunkel combined with nascent later Paul Simon solo work.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Well, certainly not an album I would put on to improve my mood -- beautiful, bleak songwriting here.
Arcade Fire
5/5
This is one of the first One Album a Day albums that I would come back to just listen to for fun -- I really liked the indie sound of this record and enjoyed the various beats and tempos of the different songs.
Queen
5/5
I love that Queen and this album never take themselves too seriously. :)
Sleater-Kinney
1/5
I really don't like when all songs on an album sound the same to me. I get that this band is going for a certain sound -- lots of electric guitar and scream-singing from the vocalists -- but it's just that I don't care for the sound itself.
Wilco
3/5
I mean, yes, fine. Good old '90s acoustic/alt sound, which I like, but after a while this album gets pretty long and the songs all start to sound similar.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
I liked this album more than Dusty in Memphis because this is mostly oldies/60s covers from Burt Bacharach, Carole King, etc and has less of the lounge singer vibe than her other album I've listened to through 1001 Albums so far. I like that retro vibe and enjoyed listening to this album!
The War On Drugs
3/5
Bon Iver on speed
The Beach Boys
2/5
Not entirely sure what's going on with the ambient sounds combined with the retro/dweeby vibe of most of the songs. Was it retro/dweeby at the time? Not sure. Anyway. It's Beach Boys.
Dirty Projectors
1/5
Fucking unlistenable
Fugazi
1/5
Nope! Don't like that!
Tortoise
3/5
All instrumental, probably a little experimental at the time, decent music for doing homework.
Coldplay
3/5
High school throwback! Very familiar sound but still don't love Chris Martin's voice.
Oasis
2/5
Quintessential '90s alt-rock -- I only knew 'Wonderwall' so it was interesting to hear more of their stuff, but probably not an album I'd come back to in the future.
The Beta Band
1/5
It doesn't look like anything to me.
Slade
4/5
I liked this one! Reminiscent of The Who.
Liz Phair
5/5
Yes, yes, yes! I'm very surprised I didn't come across this album in high school/college -- younger me would have loved it (and honestly needed it). Inject this anti-patriarchal rage into my veeeeiiiiins
Jurassic 5
1/5
Not my jam in any way
The Prodigy
1/5
Whatever this was, I didn't like it.
The Stranglers
4/5
Enjoyable!
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
This was fine - would not be my go-to jam but okay for an hour or so.
John Grant
4/5
I liked this one! Funny, smart songwriting; cohesive vibe across the album without letting every song sound the same.
Metallica
3/5
Did not dislike it as much as I expected to, but probably also wouldn't come back to it for a re-listen.
Ramones
4/5
Good old-school punk vibes!
Grant Lee Buffalo
4/5
I liked this one! Interesting/pretty songwriting with a ‘90s vibe.
Stan Getz
4/5
I liked it! Good instrumental jams for a rainy morning.
Elvis Presley
5/5
Elvis is in the building! I really enjoyed this album -- I hadn't heard any of these Elvis songs before, so it was a new experience for me, and I really dig the early 1960s rhythms, horns, vocals, etc.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
Enjoyable 1970s vibes. I hadn't heard much Tom Petty before and he has such a unique voice!
David Bowie
4/5
I liked this one -- very good late Bowie vibes.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Another bleak, elegant Leonard Cohen album.
Pretenders
4/5
A combo of Talking Heads and Blondie - I liked it!
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
I liked this one -- good 1980s synth vibes, some interesting/political lyrics, and a cohesive sound across the album without being repetitive.
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
Not my jam.
Fela Kuti
3/5
It was fine! Not usually my kind of jam, but it was interesting and upbeat, and something new for me to be exposed to.
3/5
This was okay -- nothing I'd play again, but I liked the sound and the vibe.
Skunk Anansie
1/5
Nope! Don't like that!
Patti Smith
5/5
I liked this one a lot! Cool 1970s vibes.
Iron Maiden
2/5
I actually liked this more than I expected to, but it's still not something I'd choose to put on just to listen to for the hell of it.
George Harrison
3/5
Some of these songs don't know when to be over, and I could do without the God/Jesus content. But I like the general sound -- definitely shades of the Beatles in there combined with his own cool 1970s thing.
Hüsker Dü
2/5
Nothing special - not even sure why it made the 1001 list.
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Hm! Interesting. I had never heard of this band and hadn't heard any of the music on this album. It's an interesting mix of 80s vibes and singer/songwriter stuff -- I liked it, but it might not seem like a cohesive album to some folks.
Big Star
4/5
I liked how earnest this album was! Kind of a mix between the Beatles, Tom Petty, the Beach Boys -- I had never heard of this group and I enjoyed this album.
Louis Prima
5/5
I love this old school swing vibe!! Louis Prima also takes me back to a particular time in my life that I have fond memories of. This was a great way to start a Friday. :)
Harry Nilsson
4/5
I really enjoyed this album because I didn't really know what it was -- what genre is this, even? It's not quite singer-songwriter, it's not quite pop, but I liked it. Put the lime in the coconut!
Gang Starr
1/5
No thank you! I can see how this is objectively a good/seminal album, but it's just not for me.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
YES CHEF! I loved every single song on this album. It made me both happy (for the musical style, instrumentation, and vibes) and sad (for the lyrics and stories of the songs). I knew some of the songs already but not others, and I definitely plan to come back to this album.
The Youngbloods
2/5
It was fine, I guess, but it just didn't really click for me.
Bob Dylan
1/5
<giant eye roll>
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Good old Bob Marley! Some perennial favorites on this one but also some that were new to me.
Fred Neil
2/5
I mean, it was fine -- but didn't hit me hard in the sounds or the words.
The Cars
3/5
I like the blend of 1970's vibes and New Wave sounds -- I knew some of these songs already but not all of them, so it was an interesting listen.
DJ Shadow
3/5
This was interesting! Not anything I would have chosen to listen to on my own, but was some relatively neat background/instrumental music that I enjoyed.
Radiohead
2/5
I mean, yeah, fine. Radiohead has never been my bag.
The Young Gods
1/5
I don't like my music to be scary!
Pavement
1/5
No thanks. Not my jam.
Black Sabbath
1/5
Another album that's just not my jam. I can appreciate that it has a significant place in the heavy metal genre but I just didn't enjoy listening to it.
Iron Maiden
1/5
Having had several hard rock / heavy metal albums in a row now...I'm over it. Hopefully this is the last one for a while!
John Coltrane
3/5
For a non-jazz person such as myself, this was actually okay! I can see why it's such a staple of the genre.
Kelela
4/5
I liked this! Like ambient music but dialed up to 11.
a-ha
3/5
Exactly what I would have thought a full a-ha album would sound like, solely based on my knowledge of Take on Me.
Anthrax
2/5
Still what I would consider heavy metal, but at least not scary heavy metal
The Who
3/5
I like the blend of 1950s/60s sound combined with early rock and roll. Cool groove.
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
An interesting 1970s vibe - I liked it!
Kings of Leon
2/5
It was okay - nothing special to me.
Gram Parsons
4/5
I enjoyed this one! Good old country / Americana feel; I hadn't heard of this artist before but I liked the album a lot.
Lorde
5/5
Like if Taylor Swift and Regina Spektor had a baby
Eminem
2/5
Musically and rhythmically interesting; lyrically unpleasant
The Band
4/5
I liked this! Good classic, rustic America feel to it.
Tangerine Dream
1/5
Thanks, I hate it
Steely Dan
3/5
Like a jam band...but also not? I don't know. It was fine.
FKA twigs
4/5
I liked this! Pretty different than anything I've heard before.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Good old CSN! I knew some of these but most were new to me. This is the kind of late '60s / early '70s music I like.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Man, I love this! The sound, the story songs, the revolutionary-ness of Johnny Cash playing a concert at a prison -- all excellent.
Pixies
2/5
Fine, but nothing I'll come back to.
Gorillaz
2/5
Kind of a trip. Can't decide if good trip or bad trip.
The Zombies
3/5
Very Monkees, very Mamas and the Papas, very '60s hippie pop vibe.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
It's really wild how many genres / musical styles are represented here -- the album is really long but worth it!
Supertramp
4/5
I liked this one! Interesting vibes and cool stuff being done on the piano.
Metallica
3/5
We stan a rock band playing with a symphony orchestra!
Tom Waits
4/5
Melancholy, sad, hurt my heart in a good way.
Radiohead
1/5
This album loves the smell of its own farts.
Elliott Smith
2/5
It was fine -- about what I'd expect from an Elliott Smith album.
3/5
Very of the early 2000s -- high school me would have enjoyed this.
Duke Ellington
3/5
I liked this one for the cultural artifact-ness of it all — I really enjoyed how the live recording evokes the mood, the event, the audience, the banter, etc. It very much captures its time and place and I liked that very much. The music itself I could take or leave…!
The Birthday Party
1/5
I don't understand why anyone would listen to this voluntarily
Pere Ubu
1/5
Absolutely insufferable
Nine Inch Nails
1/5
I don't understand why anyone would voluntarily listen to this album
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
Meh. It was fine; I liked some of the quieter/more instrumental stuff but overall would give this one a pass
Happy Mondays
2/5
Meh. It was fine but not anything earth-shattering for me
Van Morrison
5/5
Look, I know Van Morrison is a shitty person, but this music reminds me so much of my childhood -- I love his voice, the piano, the horns, the strings, all of it.
Bad Brains
1/5
No thank you
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
It was fine - I see how this album meant a lot to a lot of people and why it won a Pulitzer. It's still not my jam but I'm glad it exists
N.W.A.
1/5
Mehhhhh
Queen
5/5
Queen is a classic for a reason! I enjoyed this album and hadn't heard most of the songs on it before.
Digital Underground
1/5
This didn't hit for me
The xx
3/5
Nothing about this album really grabbed me. It was fine, I guess, but it felt like being at a spa run by Radiohead.
David Bowie
4/5
Bops all the way down! This isn't my favorite Bowie era but the album is still solid as hell.
Alanis Morissette
5/5
::drools:: '90s rocker girls all day every day! I knew about half these songs already but took a deeper listen to the lyrics, and some were new to me (I particularly liked "Not the Doctor"). Putting this one in the same category as the man-hating anti-patriarchy Liz Phair type stuff that I love.
The Libertines
4/5
A nice surprise! I liked the grungy, dive bar, British punk/ska vibe of this album.
Bob Dylan
2/5
This man cannot sing and it will never not drive me crazy.
Steve Winwood
5/5
I really liked this one! In the vein of Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, etc. Made some good endorphins. :)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
It was fine, but didn't get me jazzed to listen to more Neil Young or anything.
Yes
1/5
[insert Selina Meyer WTF GIF from Veep]
Lana Del Rey
4/5
Beautiful music to slit your wrists to
The Associates
1/5
I don't even know, man
The Monks
3/5
A fun, grungy, 1960s garage sound - probably would not listen again but was enjoyable
Jimi Hendrix
2/5
I just am not a Jimi Hendrix gal. Sorry.
Linkin Park
1/5
I am sorry but I simply cannot take this music seriously
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
B-52s meets Gin Blossoms meets Beach Boys? Somehow it works!
Sonic Youth
1/5
No thank you
Van Halen
3/5
Sure - classic 1970s rock can't be wrong. I especially liked "Jamie's Cryin'," which I hadn't heard before.
David Bowie
3/5
Can't go wrong with Bowie!
The Temptations
4/5
Some Temptations material I hadn't heard before! Mostly bops, one or two weird ones.
The Band
4/5
I like the lead singer's voice. Kind of an odd choice for track #1 - not a banger or a bop, as the kids say - but overall an interesting album and rather undefinable in terms of genre.
Femi Kuti
3/5
I enjoyed the Afrobeat vibe of this album even if Femi Kati is a nepo baby
Germs
1/5
Every single one of these songs sounded exactly the same and I am not here for it
Taylor Swift
5/5
🎉🎉 In this house we listen to Taylor’s Version, but we’ll make an exception for 1001 Albums. This is one of those albums that’s 1) full of bangers 2) lyrically awesome and 3) reminiscent of a very specific and important time in my life. Love it, top to bottom.
Stan Getz
4/5
Pretty chill bossa nova background music! I enjoyed it.
Hookworms
5/5
If The Postal Service grew up and married Devotchka and was best friends with Moby and Architecture in Helsinki
Dexys Midnight Runners
5/5
I had only ever heard Come On Eileen by this band, which I love, so I'm not surprised that I really enjoyed this album! I love the incorporation of the horns - almost every song on this album is a bop.
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
I enjoyed the bops like "You Be Illin" and "It's Tricky" but the rest of this album was just not to my liking. To each their own!
The Smiths
4/5
Good, solid, classic work from the Smiths.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Born to Run might genuinely be the best song of all time
Frank Ocean
2/5
I can appreciate how fans of this genre would really enjoy this album, but that’s just not me.
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
This was just like listening to an hour of vaguely melodic noise
2Pac
3/5
This was nice to have on while doing some morning chores on a gray day. Probably comes closest to "would relisten" out of all the hip hop/rap albums I've had through 1001 Albums so far.
Nick Drake
3/5
This album felt like taking a sedative, in a good way
Nick Drake
3/5
Two Nick Drake albums in a row! My previous assessment holds - this music feels like being on sedatives
Destiny's Child
1/5
Middle school nostalgia vibes. I can see why the first three songs are the only ones that they put on the NOW! albums.
Rush
2/5
What in the world did I just listen to
Joan Armatrading
5/5
Such a wonderfully nostalgic soft spot for Joan Armatrading -- more music from my childhood.
John Lennon
3/5
Definitely some shades of Beatles in here - "The Long and Winding Road" / "How?", "Honey Pie" / "Crippled Inside", a reference to Sgt. Pepper, etc. Interesting choices for a man who famously didn't want anything to do with the Beatles anymore.
Violent Femmes
2/5
I mean, who doesn't love Blister in the Sun? Wish the whole album were like that, but unfortunately it's not -- I guess I can see some proto-Mountain Goats here, but I just don't love when it seems like the lead singer of a band is bad on purpose.
Haircut 100
3/5
Shades of Huey Lewis and the News, a little bit of Talking Heads, Pet Shop Boys, etc. Cool early '80s vibes.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
This man was HORNY!
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Not really sure what to make of this one. I didn't dislike it, I guess, but I certainly didn't like it either.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Led Zeppelin are classic for a reason! This is the kind of music we listen to around the house anyway -- I enjoyed this album. :)
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Songs like poems -- very much of the 1960s. Kind of a sad, melancholy album.
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Nice to have on as background music for doing chores and cleaning up. As I'm not a big tango fan it was hard for me to see what makes this album stand out as a 1001er.
I liked this one! Very much in the vein of the fun 1970s rock we listen to around the house.
U2
4/5
Shades of the Police and Mana. I feel like I have this bias against U2 for being smarmy but I can totally see how this was a major rock album in the early 1980s.
Jethro Tull
3/5
I don't know why this reminds me of Godspell / Jesus Christ Superstar?? Piano, flute, electric guitar, early '70s vibes, religious content...
The White Stripes
3/5
If this album existed in a vacuum, sure, I'm into it -- I particularly like the piano/Americana tracks (vs electric guitar/weird stuff). But knowing what I know about how weird Jack White is and given the terrible show of his I went to...meh.
Air
3/5
Interesting ambient (?) music - not even really sure what you'd call this genre. Of course I knew 'Sexy Boy' from 10 Things I Hate About You but the rest was new to me. Not an unpleasant listen!
Amy Winehouse
5/5
YES, QUEEN. Epic album, epic voice, epic woman.
The B-52's
4/5
I love the B-52s for how weird and kitschy and unselfconscious they are. Bops up and down this album.
Blur
3/5
Not a whole lot to say about this album - it was fine. I liked that it didn't really fit into a particular genre.
Santana
3/5
Who doesn't love Oye Como Va? I hadn't heard any of the other songs on this album, though, and I enjoyed them -- cool beats, neat piano parts.
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
5/5
Lin-Manuel Miranda, is that you? I loved the upbeat vibes of this album and would definitely re-listen.
Black Sabbath
2/5
I don't think this album was written with me in mind. It's not the worst thing I've ever listened to but I didn't quite know what to make of it.
Tina Turner
3/5
Rock star! I enjoyed this album and I was surprised to -- I appreciate how revolutionary this music and this artist would have been at the time. I also have a little nostalgic spot for the extreme '80s-ness of this album, complete with MIDI. :)
The Killers
5/5
Got to listen to this one on vinyl since it's already in our collection! Classic album, good college nostalgia vibes, great sound.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Some classics on here -- solid 1970s rock vibes.
New York Dolls
3/5
A neat punk/rock sound from the 70s.
Bobby Womack
3/5
I dig this album! Not usually the kind of thing I would pick up to listen to but I like the smooth vibes and vocals.
Jimmy Smith
4/5
I enjoy this kind of jazz - just something nice and low-key to have on in the background, not anything pretentious or showy or too "jazzed up."
GZA
1/5
Not into this
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Tracy Chapman's music hurts my heart in the best way.
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Not unenjoyable! I like the alternative vibe they have going on.
Spacemen 3
3/5
I mean, yes, sure? Fine to have on in the background, very shoegaze/ambient.
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Always down for some Pet Shop Boys!
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
It's so interesting to hear where exactly in time an album was located and who the band's contemporary influences must have been (or who they must have influenced later on). In this album I hear the Beatles, Aerosmith, Elvis, etc -- good early 1970s vibes.
Morrissey
2/5
Sure, I guess. Not anything I would come back to, but it's fine.
Joni Mitchell
5/5
"I see something of myself in everyone." <3
Fleet Foxes
5/5
I very much like this mix of folk, indie, Americana, etc -- and some beautiful harmonies going on throughout this album as well.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Who doesn't like Aretha?!
George Michael
5/5
Most of this George Michael content was new to me -- I really enjoyed it!
Brian Eno
5/5
Remind me to add this album to my roster of things I can do to mediate anxiety.
Living Colour
2/5
I like "Glamour Boys" but could take or leave the rest of the album
Led Zeppelin
3/5
This is an album full of screaming and that little fucking organ plinking away. It's not NOT good, but it's also not my favorite thing to listen to.
Talking Heads
5/5
Good old Talking Heads <3
Sade
4/5
I liked this one! Kind of a mix between Joan Armatrading and the early 1990s R&B that I'm familiar with. Also reminded me of the kind of thing my mom might like. :)
Emmylou Harris
5/5
Just crying my face off listening to this album. Five stars.
Love
1/5
Eh. Too much 1960s hippie weirdness for me, and that's saying something!
Beastie Boys
1/5
My whole brain just yelled NO NO NO NO NO for the duration of this album
The Who
4/5
Who doesn't love the Who? I hadn't heard a live album of theirs before and enjoyed this one.
Lauryn Hill
3/5
I did like that not every song on this album sounded the same -- as far as hip-hop goes for me, a decent album to have on in the morning for breakfast and chores.
Sex Pistols
2/5
Not a particularly pleasant listen but I can see myself having been into it as an angsty teen
Travis
5/5
This is my kind of album! Sad indie boy makes good acoustic music. <3
Michael Jackson
2/5
Good music, shitty person.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
Yes please!
David Holmes
4/5
Sure, I could be into this -- I liked the incorporation of found audio
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Okay! Classic Bollywood vibes -- I think this is the first soundtrack that I've come across on the 1001 list.
Nirvana
3/5
Grunge daddies!
Miles Davis
2/5
Not my cup of tea, but I can see the value and artistry in this album
The Velvet Underground
3/5
I'm not sure if I'd give this one another listen, but it was enjoyable while I was listening to it
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
Sure! I like world music as much as the next guy
Killing Joke
1/5
Well that was unpleasant
Dr. Octagon
1/5
Welp. This, from the Wikipedia article, should tell you all you need to know about how I feel about this album -- "Dr. Octagon is an extraterrestrial surgeon from Jupiter who uses space technology and primitive tools to perform medical procedures on his patients, some of whom die as he conducts his rounds, while others are murdered by his careless, barbaric acts. Octagon also practices as an orthopaedic gynaecologist and seduces and engages in sexual intercourse with his female patients and nurses."
Also this album is obsessed with the word "rectum"
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Who doesn't like Marvin Gaye?
Beastie Boys
2/5
Some bangers on this album, like 'Girls' and 'Fight for Your Right,' but otherwise this just isn't my jam.
Nanci Griffith
5/5
Hooked from the first ten seconds of the first song. Sweet voice, sweet lyrics, sweet fiddle. Would absolutely listen again.
Milton Nascimento
4/5
World music always nice to listen to
Arrested Development
2/5
Yeah, it's fine. I like it more than a lot of the other rap albums I've listened to on here so far, but I still don't think I'd put it on just to listen to for fun.
Frank Zappa
2/5
I mean, fine for what it is -- essentially a jam album. It's just not MY jam.
Miles Davis
2/5
As usual, jazz isn't my thing, but I don't hate it
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Very Bryn Mawr vibes <3
The Prodigy
1/5
The one good thing I can say for this album was that it was easy to tune out
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
2/5
Meh
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Love me some ELO! And Mr. Blue Sky is one of the happiest songs ever written. :)
Hugh Masekela
2/5
Jazz, as usual, is not my jam but I can see how others appreciate it :)
Ute Lemper
3/5
I can appreciate a vocal cover album!
Daft Punk
1/5
Aaaaargh
Rod Stewart
3/5
I mean, it's Rod Stewart
The Who
3/5
Who doesn't like the Who?
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Aw, Joni Mitchell. This is very much the kind of thing I was listening to in high school - nostalgia vibes.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Who doesn’t get down to CCR?
Mylo
3/5
Hm, interesting! A decent album to have on in the background for working and doing chores.
The Notorious B.I.G.
1/5
You know, I really just don't need sex audio interspersed throughout the album I'm listening to. Really don't.
Burning Spear
3/5
Sure, kinda Bob Marley vibes. I can dig it.
R.E.M.
3/5
A good background album; I like REM's vibes.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
How much of a classic is 'Maps'?! Enjoyed the rest of the album as well
Faust
3/5
Not an unpleasant sound - just long!
TLC
3/5
Despite the fact that I don't generally care for R&B, this album sat right with me!
Goldfrapp
5/5
I really enjoyed the ethereal, electronic vibes of this album
Led Zeppelin
4/5
It's a classic for a reason! Who doesn't love an epic LoTR song?
Miles Davis
3/5
More Miles Davis - as far as jazz goes, I love it!
The Slits
4/5
I liked this sound! Sort of punk, sort of ska, neat to listen to.
Ray Charles
3/5
Good sturdy old familiar standards. Enjoyed this
CHIC
2/5
Too much disco for one sitting
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Classic Led Zep! Wish I had had time at home today to listen on our record player, but had to settle for internet radio :(
Aerosmith
3/5
Classic 1970s rock in the style of Led Zeppelin, etc. It was fine!
5/5
I fucking love Loretta Lynn
Marty Robbins
5/5
I liked it! Breaking Bad vibes. :)
Beck
3/5
Sure! This was fine for a Monday morning in the office
Elliott Smith
4/5
Who doesn't like Elliott Smith? Very moody, very acoustic, very high school
Mike Ladd
2/5
Fine for some background music (?) as I was knocking out some work tasks, but not anything I'll come back to
Dire Straits
5/5
LOVE Dire Straits
The Strokes
4/5
Who doesn't enjoy the Strokes?
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Not really my kind of music -- I just don't think I understand this kind of jazz or have the patience for it.
Kings of Leon
3/5
Fine, interesting alt-indie-rock sound -- but probably not something I'll come back to
Black Sabbath
1/5
No thanks
Cocteau Twins
4/5
I liked this one! What an interesting sound
OutKast
4/5
Good lord, this is a long album - but I like Outkast and particularly how they incorporate horns/swing sounds into their music. I also like that Andre 3000 is one of the only rappers I can recognize by their voice!
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
Janis Joplin isn't my jam but I can appreciate how this album was groundbreaking when it came out!
Ice Cube
1/5
Not a fan - some of this content was too violent for me
David Bowie
5/5
Love me some David Bowie
The Jam
3/5
Sure! I like me some late 1970s British rock
Talking Heads
5/5
YAASSSS David Byrne slaaaay. Glad to have gotten to listen to today's album on vinyl :)
Yes
2/5
I mean, I guess. It didn't strike any particular chord with me.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Leonard Cohen is nice but most of his songs sound the same to me (at least today)
The Verve
2/5
Meh, whatever
Radiohead
2/5
I get why people like it, but it's not for me
Solomon Burke
5/5
Yes!! This is exactly my type of oldies for a Monday morning. :)
Cornershop
2/5
I won't come back to this album, but it was fine during the time I spent with it
Tom Tom Club
3/5
An interesting and new sound for me
Orbital
2/5
An interesting way to spend an hour or so, but not an album I'll come back to
Prince
5/5
It's a classic for a reason!! <3
Portishead
1/5
I'm sorry but I can't stand Portishead
The Dictators
2/5
Okay, sure
The Kinks
4/5
It's the Kinks - what's not to like? Good late '60s / early '70s British vibe
Death In Vegas
1/5
I...well...I hate this
The Who
5/5
Yay!! An excellent album. Was pleased to get to listen to this to kick off the weekend
Guided By Voices
1/5
I didn't really understand this album but at least it was relatively short
Slipknot
1/5
This is barely music
Kraftwerk
3/5
Seeds of Daft Punk here - nice to have on in the background as I got some stuff done around the house
ZZ Top
3/5
Did not love, did not hate
Elton John
4/5
I enjoyed this album! Some Elton John classics mixed in with some deeper cuts
R.E.M.
4/5
Who doesn't like REM? And Nightswimming is one of the prettiest songs ever written
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Yep!
Soft Cell
1/5
Kind of a lot to put up with for an hour+
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
It was okay. Kind of all sounded the same
Belle & Sebastian
5/5
Very pretty; I like this a lot. Shades of Vampire Weekend and Billie the Vision and the Dancers
Culture Club
4/5
Little baby George Michael! I like this vibe
Khaled
4/5
Interesting! Not the kind of thing I would have discovered on my own so I appreciated this album
Carole King
5/5
What a delight to listen to Tapestry on a gray and chilly Friday morning. Love Carole, will always love Carole.
The Doors
1/5
Nothing will ever make me like The Doors
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Just had another Belle & Sebastian album a few days ago and enjoyed that one -- I liked this one too! Cool indie vibe
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
An unenjoyable listen
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Just a little too much on the funk-y side for me
Elton John
3/5
Who doesn't like Elton John?
Tom Waits
3/5
Good old Tom Waits - I enjoyed this album
Taylor Swift
5/5
OutKast
2/5
Not as good as Speakerboxxx / The Love Below, but not totally unenjoyable
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
Good lord, this was a long album - but I enjoy bluegrass / Americana and liked this one
The Cult
3/5
Yeah, it was fine. Wouldn't choose to listen to it again but it was fine while it lasted
John Lee Hooker
2/5
I don't really know what to make of this album
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Not bad as far as jazz goes
Arcade Fire
4/5
Music of my generation! I enjoyed this
Mj Cole
2/5
This isn't really my kind of music but it's relatively inoffensive
Mudhoney
1/5
This just sounds like noise to me
The Beach Boys
3/5
A timely choice what with the recent death of Brian Wilson. Gotta love the Beach Boys.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Good wholesome 1960s vibes
Pixies
3/5
Not really my style, but not horrible
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
Not usually the kind of music I’d choose to listen to but I liked this album! Really interesting beats, lyrics, etc
Gary Numan
3/5
Very Men Without Hats, which I have a soft spot for
Pink Floyd
1/5
Ugh, no thank you
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
<eye roll>
Fiona Apple
4/5
I liked this! Fiona has a really beautiful voice and a good range.
The Black Keys
5/5
This isn't a sound I would pick for myself, but I like it!
Girls Against Boys
1/5
Eh, not really my jam
The White Stripes
4/5
Jack White has his whole head up his ass but this is not a bad album
Queen
4/5
Good ol' early Queen -- I enjoyed the sound and vibe of this album
Dire Straits
4/5
Reminds me of the music Mom used to listen to when I was a kid. <3
The Doors
1/5
Wasn't a Doors fan before this album and am not a Doors fan after
Tom Waits
5/5
I actually really like this album - what a fun, funky, weird, creepy vibe.
Soul II Soul
1/5
R&B continues not to be my genre
Dagmar Krause
2/5
What a strange little Brechtian album. Not one of these songs has a normal time signature
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Not really my genre but not unenjoyable
Adele
5/5
Straight baller
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Meh
Paul Simon
3/5
Very '80s Paul Simon - what else can I say?
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Neat, funky, chill
Talking Heads
4/5
Love Talking Heads!
Pink Floyd
2/5
Really the only context in which I'm familiar with this album is the thing where you play it at the same time as The Wizard of Oz and it weirdly lines up. Interesting to listen to without that accompaniment
Justin Timberlake
1/5
You have got to be kidding me. How did this make it onto the 1001 Albums list
Radiohead
2/5
Meh, fine. Radiohead just isn't my jam
David Bowie
3/5
It's fine. I like early Bowie more
Pavement
1/5
This sound just isn't really my thing at all
Hot Chip
4/5
Not unenjoyable! I liked these beats and this vibe
James Brown
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Yep!!
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
Meh
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Little Green punched me right in the gut. I love Joni Mitchell
John Cale
4/5
What an album to listen to when I was already feeling melancholy -- it made me cry
John Prine
4/5
Another melancholy, heart-tugging album. Sigh <3
Prince
4/5
An album full of bangers
Earth, Wind & Fire
5/5
Groovy AF
Dead Kennedys
3/5
Punk vibes for days
Doves
4/5
This was nice to zone out to and do some busywork tasks to
Teenage Fanclub
5/5
I like this a lot! The kind of music I might have enjoyed in high school
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Had to skip 'Isn't She Lovely' but otherwise an album full of joyful bangers
Cream
4/5
Good 1970s psychedelia
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
I liked this! Cool vibes
Van Morrison
5/5
An album full of happy nostalgic bops
Dr. John
2/5
Too spooky for me
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
Classic vintage-style Cuban / Latin American music - a good one!
The Rolling Stones
3/5
It was okay - not my cup of tea but I see why people enjoy it
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
I had never heard of this band or this album but I liked it - seems ahead of its time in some way
The Jam
4/5
I liked it! An interesting sound
Brian Eno
3/5
Didn't love it, didn't hate it
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Some interesting sounds on here but nothing that really stuck out to me
Kate Bush
5/5
I had never heard anything off this album other than Running Up That Hill and I'm actually really into it
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
2/5
Jazz isn't my thing, but I can appreciate how this was a seminal album for the genre
Cee Lo Green
1/5
Meh. No thank you
The Yardbirds
1/5
Eh, not super into it
Can
1/5
Come on, man
The Flaming Lips
5/5
A perfect album. 10/10, no notes.
Paul McCartney and Wings
2/5
I could take it or leave it
Butthole Surfers
1/5
Ughhhhh
G. Love & Special Sauce
1/5
This isn't for me
Television
3/5
This was okay, but nothing that I feel I'm going to listen to again
Nina Simone
5/5
If God has a voice, it's that of Nina Simone.
Little Richard
5/5
These are the kind of oldies I love. Also Little Richard sang the theme song to the Magic School Bus so how can you not love him??
Coldcut
1/5
Meh. This doesn't do it for me
Sepultura
1/5
I knew from the album art that I was not going to like this music and I was correct
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Classic early '60s oldies - a little too early to be right up my alley, but enjoyable nonetheless
Bob Dylan
3/5
I still think Bob Dylan is too full of himself for his own good, but this album hits hard right now - particularly Masters of War
The Offspring
3/5
This isn't my favorite - but I didn't, like, HATE it
Miles Davis
3/5
Jazz continues not to be my thing but this was not unpleasant to listen to - just long!
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
I liked it! A bunch of Bob Marley songs I hadn't known before, which was enjoyable
Devendra Banhart
3/5
A little spare for me -- add a bass! or a drum line! or harmonies! -- but not unpleasant
Lou Reed
4/5
I liked this! I hadn't heard much Lou Reed before and dug it
Arctic Monkeys
2/5
Meh. Not super into it
Bad Company
2/5
It was okay, and you know I love the 1970s rock era, but it didn't grab me
JAY Z
3/5
Not my genre but not unpleasant
The Roots
2/5
Didn't love it, didn't hate it
Pink Floyd
1/5
Meh, I'm not super hot for Pink Floyd
Steely Dan
4/5
The exact kind of 1970s vibe that I really like
Gang Of Four
2/5
All these songs sounded the same to me but I can see how this band and this album were ahead of their time
The Gun Club
2/5
Meh
Syd Barrett
1/5
This didn't grab me
AC/DC
4/5
Good classic rock vibes
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5/5
I liked it! I haven't listened to a lot of Elvis Costello but I enjoyed this, particularly 'Living in Paradise'
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
A decent album to have on in the background for tasks at work, but not something I'd probably choose to listen to again
The Beta Band
3/5
Is this what the kids call shoegaze? I don't *not* like it
Massive Attack
2/5
Fine, but nothing I'll come back to
AC/DC
3/5
Good old classic rock, a little too ROCK for my tastes but still classic
Willie Nelson
4/5
Interesting! I only associate Willie Nelson with country/folk music, so hearing him do this album of old standards was nice
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
The kind of late '60s vibes I enjoy :)
Hole
4/5
I liked it! I hadn't listened to much Hole but I enjoy their sound
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
What a surprise to learn that the Sondre Lerche version of Human Hands isn't the original! I like both. :) This album, on the whole, was good
The Police
4/5
Who doesn't love The Police?
The Doors
1/5
I could not dislike the Doors more if I tried
The Divine Comedy
3/5
This was fine - not an album that I'd choose to listen to again, but it had some good tracks on it
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Gloomy, spooky, and wonderful. I really liked this one.
5/5
Just the best. Rocking the concept album idea and just full of bops and bangers and tearjerkers. I hadn't listened to this album in a while and I'm grateful that I got the nudge to relisten.
Common
2/5
Not thrilled about the presence of Kanye West and Dave Chappelle on this album. Otherwise it's fine
The White Stripes
2/5
I continue to think Jack White is too far up his own ass for his own good
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
Not my genre but not unenjoyable
The The
1/5
This didn't grab me. I found it pretty repetitive and the lyrics facile
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
It was okay! Not unpleasant
Pink Floyd
3/5
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
I don't generally like rap, particularly '90s rap, but this album wasn't bad. Didn't mind it
The Kinks
4/5
I like this vibe! Always up for some 1960s Brit pop
The Boo Radleys
3/5
I don't know how into this I am but it's not objectionable
Franz Ferdinand
2/5
Decent but not usually my kind of jam - a little too harsh for me
ABBA
5/5
BANGERS!
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/5
This is the kind of jazz I like! Upbeat, sassy saxophone that wakes you up in the morning.