1001 Albums Summary

Starts off strong and immediately drops off a cliff. Can tell which songs the band likes to play and which were written for the audience. I've heard better versions of Proud Mary *cringe*. Overall inoffensive but I'm not going back to it.

Cannot help but move my body. Excellent production quality and arrangements.

A terrific album, but not something I go to often.

This is excellent. How have I not heard of him before?

It's all perfectly fine maximalist pop, but it's also boring. The longer it goes the more boring it is. Turns out the hit song on this album is the one that tried my patience the most.

Starting a record with a bit of self-indulgent noodling on the guitar is certainly a choice. Queen really wrote hit songs, and then a bunch of unremarkable junk. They're only not a one-hit wonder because they were so prolific. She Makes Me was my favorite.

Early album, but still the Cure sound.

Every R&B artist today is trying to make this album

A classic hip hop album that's groundbreaking and still kicks ass. But also way more problematic than you remember.

Just a bunch of really great songs

Incredible. First 5 star album I've gotten.

Hate it.

Pretty generic electronic music.

Chamber music. Showtunes-y. Gets boring after a while.

Excellent all the way through.

Solid Chicago hip hop

Another guy who sounds like John Lennon. A bit meh.

Self indulgent and horny.

Fun chamber rock pop

Excellent arrangements and song structures. Textured and layered sounds. Really lovely listen. Very short album.

One of the best bath rock bands to ever do it. High energy, discordant chords, rock and roll belting.

Ehhhh. It's ok music, but the vocals just get under my skin.

Fun art rock. A little rockabiliy. Pleasent enough but I'm sure I'll forget I ever listened to this album or the name of the band.

Excellent song writing. Some folk, some southern rock, some prog rock, some pop.

Really well written and produced pop rock

The sound that spawned so many twee soundtracks.

Love this album so much. Really intricate, but poppy new wave.

This is some really stellar psych-rock.

some proto-pop punk. Liked it

It's a concept album about a frog? Decent progressive rock that jams. And flute.

Banger album. A top tier echelon 2000s indie rock album.

Americana and I don't like this particular type. A bit like Chris Issak.

I thought R.E.M. was a later '80s-'90s band. Seems ahead of its time in '83. Super influential sound. A transition from the pop of the 70s to the grunge of the 80s.

Pure vibes

For 1978 it's boundary pushing music. For 2024 it's like a child's toy keyboard.

Bee Gees get a bad rap for some reason when this is plenty fine prog rock/chamber music.

Pixies frontman. It's fine. I'm not sure I'm interested enough in finishing it though because it sounds just like every other 90s alt rock band.

all-time sexy music banger

Fine mid-century pop rock

Middling early 2000s alt rock with a very boring B side.

Really quite nice. The underlying music has a contemporary sound. Only the vocals give away the era.

No thanks

Fun party music at first but by the time the big hits off the album came around I was bored with it.

This kind of punk just does nothing for me.

Classic hip hop jams

Not crazy about this music born in the wrong decade.

A classic for the ages

Better than the Beatles

Classic punk - must listen

The heavy metal

A really eclectic sound. A time when white dudes did African music.

I think the vocals are pretty annoying, but the music is jamming

Rather midling psych rock

Can't believe I've never heard this before. The type of chill Y2K electronica I like

This album rips so hard

Excellent

Meh. It's alright

Love it

Sounds like the music a "Serious artist" makes in an early 90s movie.

I did not enjoy this as much as I thought I would. I imagine this music played in a small club full of sweaty guys jumping off the stage and it works.

Nope. Don't like this.

Generally a blast, but some weak points

It's good music, but also boring.

Banger album

Really didn't like it.

Wonderful production value and catchy songs.

Nothing but the funkiest