1001 Albums Summary

It's what I expected a full REM album to sound like. Not bad, but nothing sonically that grabbed me and made me want to listen again.

Exactly what I expected a full Credence album to sound like. Surprisingly short with decent variety.

The highs of this album are so high, but it needed some cuts. I appreciate its importance for the amount of musical experimentation underway, but it lacks cohesion

Solid album top to bottom, with great highs and no real cuts. Would give it a 4.5 if it allowed that granularity because there’s nothing that deeply grabbed me

Thought it would be an absolute techno banger based on the first song. Then nothing else really hit for me.

A good set of covers, but I wasn’t moved by any of them

Inconsistent album - it’s not clear what they were going for here

Not that it was unpleasant but there was nothing to grab onto from this album

Includes one of my favorite songs of all time but it doesn’t hold up on a full listen

I did not enjoy a single second of this album. Only got through it by sheer force of will

There’s a bop or two on here, but it’s inconsistent in theme

Vibes were great but no song really grabbed me

Came in with very low expectations but ended up liking a song or two. Got some good 90s angst

Another 4.5 star review. You can see why Nirvana was going to have long-term impact on music, and the live versions are as good as any recording

Like this a lot more than I expected. Cohesive sobs and environment that feels perfectly 2000s indie

Lovely soul album from an artist I’d never heard of. Vibes were good even if nothing stood out

Lots of jazz flute. Fun album that didn’t really land for me

Hated this

Album needed some cuts. I like the tone / some of the songs, but it gets repetitive really fast

Prog-rock being prog-rock. Didn’t mind it, but didn’t have a sense of direction

Feels like a modern miseducation of Lauryn hill

Was ready to dismiss this pretty early on, but I enjoyed the back half of the album. Could be a 3.5 (as long as we’re on the 12 track version)

Pretty damn good. It’s a full concert on one album, I just don’t have the attention span for a 2 hour album

Strong flow on the album

Sounds like noise, not much positive to voice

It felt like a collection of sounds / words more than an album

Weird but I was into it

Jam band style jazz. Nothing really grabbed me

This has not aged well. Musically fine, but the lyrics were rough

Wanted to listen to it again. That’s been fairly rare

This really gave me nothing

Beats were good but nothing clicked with me in particular

Some all timers on here but the album tracks don’t hit for me

Solid album to rock out but no particular song grabbed me

Nothing to grab onto here

Another 4.5 one. It lives up to the hype with hitters and album tracks

Some album filler, but the highs of the album are perfect

This one delivers the hits and album tracks are pretty strong too. True 4.5

Fine, nothing really to see here

Solid but unmoving jazz album

At least it gave us Hurt

Solid mid 90s rap album

Somehow struggled to get into any of these

Fun concept, well executed, and lets Christina belt for an hour

I see why Eminem became a thing but woof at the subject matter

Elite bops abound but the filler is very filler, and he can’t decide whether he wants Latin pop, r&b, or boy band energy

I think if I listened again I’d get light early Kanye vibes

Pure classic rock vibes

Solid early 90s rap

Felt far more modern than expected. You could tell he was playing around with sounds

Did not realize they did things after Pet Sounds. Thought it was fine but the album wasn’t cohesive and there was no single that grabbed me

I don’t understand why this was interesting or important

Another middle of the road rock album

It’s an important album, but I know understand every claim of appropriation

At least we got take on me out of this

Some strong singles but it’s sonically repetitive and didn’t make me want to dig in more

Enjoyed this one and would give it another listen

Had no idea what to expect but enjoyed the ride

Pure disco pop bliss