Dire Straits has such an iconic sound. You have to love them. Sultans of Swing is probably one of the best songs ever.
Rating: 4/5 (A very good listen)
Standouts: Sultans of Swing, Water of Love,
Others: Down to the Waterline, Setting Me Up, In the Gallery, Wild West End,
Great sounds. Time of the Season is an all time classic.
Three great songs, the rest is ok. 3.5
This album just gets too much love all the time. Ever since I was a kid, all I heard was Tapestry this, Tapestry that. It is so overhyped that I had it in my mind that I should hate it. But, listen to it. It is so easy to enjoy. So many great songs and her voice is really nice.
Can't hate what is great.
Standouts: So Far Away, It's Too Late, I Feel the Earth Move, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, You've Got a Friend, Natural Woman, Tapestry
Others: Beautiful, Where You Lead,
Rating: 5/5
Really great album. 4.75
Great!
Standouts (5/5): Brass in Pocket, Stop Your Sobbing, Kid, Precious, Mystery Achievement, The Wait, Private Life, Lovers of Today
4/5: Up the Neck, Space Invader
Rating: 5/5
Green Onion is classic and they do some decent covers of Rinky Dink, I got a Woman, Twist and Shout, Stranger on a Shore, Lonely Avenue, One Who Really Loves You, You Can't Sit Down, A Woman A Lover A Friend and Comin' Home Baby....
Yes, the entire album other than Green Onions and Mo Green Onions are just cover versions. They give the songs their own flavor, but any band can do covers.....
The Standout Covers: Behave Yourself, Lonely Avenue, and Comin' Home Baby...
Rating: 3.5
A very well produced album. Jam packed with memorable sounds and songs.
Standouts: Sledgehammer, Don't Give Up, Big Time, In Your Eyes, Red Rain, That Voice Again, Mercy Street.
Many of the songs are / were overplayed, but overall there is no doubt this is a classic pop album.
Perfection
5/5
Always loved this album.
Classic. 9/10
Exceptional
10 stars. Classic
5/5 Classic. Every song is perfect.
Bring back some great memories. Some true classics. 4/5
Perfect album. 5/5
Pretty jam packed with classics. Going Down…..
4/5
Funk Rock! Wow. I am impressed.
Standouts (5/5):
Freddy's Dead, Change, Ma & Pa, Pouring Rain, One Day, I Like to Hide Behind My Glasses
Others (4/5):
Question of Life, Subliminal Fascism, Mighty Long Way, Deep Inside
Rating: 4.5
Basically a Greatest Hits albums, which I thought weren't allowed on this list. Why is this one ok but something like the Eagles Greatest Hits isn't...
In any case...let's continue... It's an older style of music that really doesn't fit with any playlist that I would ever play. It is good, and to listen to an album like this every once in a while is cool.
Best Tracks (5/5): Cry to Me
Others (4/5): Can't Nobody Love You, You Can't Love Them All, He'll Have to Go, Goodbye Baby
Rating: 3.5
Ska / Punk Rock
Rating: 4.25
Message to You 5/5
(Dawning of a) New Era 5/5
Do the Dog 4.5/5
It's Up to You 4/5
Nite Klub 3.75
Doesn't Make it Alright 4.5/5
Concrete Jungle 4/5
Too Hot 4/5
Monkey Man 4/5
Blank Expression 4/5
Stupid Marriage 3.75
Little Bitch 3.5
Too Much Too Young 5/5
You're Wondering Now 5/5
Always loved this album. Kinda bubble gum pop, but takes me back to good times.
Favorite song: Yeah Yeah
Can’t go wrong with these guys.
4.5
5/5
Classic Classic-Rock album.
So many GREATS: Walk this Way, Sweet Emotion, Big Ten Inch, Toys in the Attic!
5/5. Can I give it a 6/5
You won't find very many albums better than this one.
Really great. RIP Sinead.
5/5 Classic.
Classic and an important record because it brought in a whole new wave of fans to the genre.
I'm one of those that don't get the love for Bob Dylan. His voice goes from OK to annoying to interestingly good from song to song. This is one of the better albums though, with several well known songs.
4/5
4/5
Perfectly fine.
Pink Floyd (Debut Album) 1967
Psychedelic Rock, acid pop, experimental rock, space rock
Sometimes I don't know which version of the album to listen to. This one has a UK release, US release and the 40th Anniversary edition (which includes the songs on both UK and US releases.... So I pretty much went with the 40th Anniversary edition so I can get it all in.
Either way, the Syd Barrett Pink Floyd is SO different than the Pink Floyd I grew up listening to. I really didn't like this album the first several time I listened to it. BUT, as I kept listening to it because of it's inclusion on this list, I really grew to love it. It is hard to consider it Pink Floyd - because it is so completely different. Yes, I think it is great now.
Rating: 4.5
Tracks:
Astronomy Domine
Lucifer Sam
Matilda Mother
Flaming
Pow R. Toc H
Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk
Interstellar Overdrive
The Gnome
Chapter 24
The Scarecrow
Bike
See Emily Play (US version)
Arnold Layne (40th Anniversary)
Candy and A Currant Bun (40th Anniversary)
Apples and Oranges (40th Anniversary)
Paintbox (40th Anniversary)
Definitely not the best album cover, but it's what inside that matters!
Bad Moon Rising, Lodi, Green River, Commotion, Night Time is the Right Time, and Tombstone Shadow are all five-star classics. The remaining songs are solid with the standout of them being Wrote a Song for Everyone.
No complaints but just wish it was bit longer.
Rating: 5/5
One of my favorite albums of all time. I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) was the song that brought most of us to the album. I'm so glad that I liked the song so much that I bought the album... it immediately appealed to me.
Favorite tracks: IGY, New Frontier, Maxine, Ruby Baby, Green Flower Street, The Goodbye Look, Walk Between the Raindrops, and The Nightfly.
Rating: 5/5 (Brilliant)
By the way... I.G.Y. = "International Geophysical Year" July 1957 to December 1958.
Santana, 1970, Latin Rock
Standouts: Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va, Samba Pa Ti, Hope You're Feeling Better
4.5
Love it. This is one of his best!
It is a fine album to listen to. No really complaints. It just seems pretty average. Couldn’t they find something more worthwhile?
3.5
This album changed rock music forever.
5/5
Progressive rock. Probably one of the most difficult genres to get into (for those that aren't already fans of that style of music.)
I've heard this album before. Several times. It is always on lists like this, so I have given it many chances. I still don't get it. I like Brain Salad Surgery so much more.
3.5/5
Rating: 4/5
Trans-Europe Express [5/5]
The Hall of Mirrors [5/5]
Showroom Dummies [4/5]
Europe Endless [4/5]
Abzug [4/5]
Endless Endless [4/5]
Metal on Metal [4/5]
Franz Schubert [4/5]
I Can See for Miles is great, then there are a few pretty decent songs. Nothing great here. 3.75
Hate to admit how good this is.
While You See a Chance and Arc of a Diver are 5/5, the rest are solid.
4/5
I Love ELO but this is a lot at once. Maybe if this was a single album instead of a double-album.... anyways still good. 4/5
Tom Sawyer was one of my favorite songs growing up. I got this album, not really being a Rush fan. I knew all my friends said 2112 was their greatest album. I got that one too, and think this one is 100X better.
Side 1 with Tom Sawyer leading it off followed by Red Barchetta, YYZ, and Limelight is perfection. Side 2 doesn't compare but it still pretty great.
5/5
5/5
Classic: Silent all These Years, Crucify
What a unique style.
Rating: 4.5
One of the most perfect albums ever made. Classic start to finish - every song is 5/5.
Really great!
Brilliant. I love every song.
RIP Brian Wilson.
5/5
Easy. Classic. Every song is amazing.
Standouts: Two out of Three Ain't Bad, Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth, Bat Out of Hell, For Crying Out Loud
Um. Ummmm. I…. ? What was that? The most interesting part was learning about the controversial calendar it came with. There was one song maybe and a lot of noise. I guess it could be interesting at times. Still giving it 3/5 is generous. 2.5 for me.
Love this album!
Love this F&^$ing album!
Standouts: Everything! Every F&^$ing song!
5/5
Absolutely brilliant. 5/5.
Number 9, Number 9, Number 9.... Ok that one, Revolution 9, has always been a bit odd, but I've grown to love it.
The whole album is classic - full of amazing songs.
Awesome. 5/5
5/5 classic.
Classic, classic rock album from the supergroup, Cream.
Standouts: Sunshine of Your Love, Strange Brew, World of Pain, Blue Condition, SWLABR, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Outside Woman Blues, Take it Back, Mother's Lament.
Also ran: We're Going Wrong, Dance the Night Away.
*SWLABR is an initialism that stands for "She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow" the "W" could also be interpreted as "was," so "She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow".
Rating 4.5 / 5
3/5
Iconic.
5/5
Iconic album and sound.
Standouts: Gimme All Your Lovin', Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, TV Dinners, Got Me Under Pressure.
5/5
Wayyyyyyyy better this time than the first time I listened to it a couple years ago. Sometimes I rate albums unfairly and didn’t give this one a chance. Glad to have a second chance with a separate account.
I like it good and hard - that's what she said. :)
For me, it kind of sounds like an Industrial version of Metallica. I liked it.
Great
I like it!
4.5/5
Great
Great album 4.5
One great song. The rest is pretty good.
Great stuff
Great stuff
4.5
Great stuff
Difficult one. It’s so cheesy…so “nice”…. I dont know if I like it, love it, or just hate it. Depended on the day and my mood. I’ll go mid on it. 3/5
One of the best albums ever and the Beatles have 2 or 3 that are better than this one?
Love this album. Start to finish it is a classic.
Favorite: No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn.
First We Take Manhattan! Then the world. Thank God for Leonard Cohen. When I see those questions about who would you bring back from the dead for just one more concert....for me, it's always Leonard Cohen.
This is not my favorite album by him, but it is still great.
Standouts: First We Take Manhattan, Take this Waltz, Everybody Knows, I'm Your Man, Ain't no Cure for Love.... damn everything!
Imagine a world without John Lennon. Next week will be the 45th anniversary of John Lennon's death. I will always remember Casey Kasem's AT40 show when Casey announced the death. I was just 13 years old at the time.
This is a really great album.
Standouts: Imagine, Jealous Guy, Oh My Love
5/5
Brings back some memories.
Great album. 4.5
It’s just bad.
Loce this.
Really good.
5/5. Love CCR. All killers no fillers!
Yep, tht a lot of loud covers. Not very original. 3/5
Gotta get up 5/5
Driving Along 4.5/5
Early In the Morning 4/5
The Moonbeam Song 4/5
Down 4.5/5
Without You 5/5
Coconut 5/5
Let the Good Times Roll 5/5
Jump into the Fire 4.5/5
I’ll Never Leave You 4.5/5
Overall: 4.5
Love it. Solitude Standing is better for me but this is good too.
Too much. Some good tracks though.
Barely listenable. Is this a joke?
Not something I previous had ever heard. Pleasant sound. Enjoyable but not remarkable. Ill definitely keep listening.
3.5
Daydreamin’ is good. The rest I can live without.
2/5
Whoo-hoo! Solid listen. 4/5
¡Álbum fantástico!
Standouts: Bongo Bong, Welcome to Tijuana, Clandestino.
4/5
Starts out great and then becomes a bit too Prog Rock for me. I loved the other King Crimson album on the list though, so I had high hopes for this one. Good, but not great. Still a solid 3.5.
Very good Pop album. Nothing I would choose to play, but If it is on, i’m enjoying.
4/5
Standouts: Fighter, Can’t Hold us Down, Beautiful, The. Voice Within.
Interesting album. Odd sound, but very enjoyable. One of the reasons I joined this group to find new music. This album is as old as I am, and it’s new … to me.
Lots of great tracks led by Yellow Brick Road.
4/5
Love this album!
5/5
Solid.
This album is so much more than CARS, the only song that most Americans know from Gary Numan. Listening to this album years ago make me want to hear more from Gary Numan, and now I have most of his other albums.
4/5
Really nice. Sir Duke and I Wish are classics.
4.5/5
Amazing voice! Love this album. It makes me want to stop everything and go listen to his entire discography (solo and as Smog).
This is 100% the reason why I love the 1001 project.
Did not know this was one of the members of Velvet Underground. Very cool. The album cover and title really through me off. i was expecting something different. But, when I listened to it, I immediately became a fan of his voice and style.
Probably my favorite Radiohead album. 4/5
Of all the great country albums, why this one? It is nice - nothing wrong with it, but it really isn’t special in a any way.
I know a few Jacques Brel songs that were remade in English, so, I have an idea of who he is and how important he is to music of the 70s. This album is nice, wish I spoke French….
No thanks. No offense, but not really very interesting at all.
I like other Brian Eno albums…. I like the Talking Heads….. expected his to be better than I found it. Meh. The first couple songs gave me Hope but there are no standouts for me.
There are a couple of really good tracks but the rest are a little less interesting. I’ve heard the album many times and in general I’m positive about it, but at times it does seem long and I wouldn’t say boring, but it isn’t very exciting. I think i will need to listen to it for a few more years to get into it more. I’ll give 3.5 for now.
Mid
3/5
Great Elvis Costello album.
Cut some of the songs out and make just one single 5/5 album…. As it is: It has some great tracks, and a few songs that just don't seem necessary.
Stand outs: Layla, Bell Bottom Blues, Nobody Knows When You’re Down and Out, Have You Ever Loved a Woman, Thorn Tree in the Garden, Keep on Growing.
4/5
Amazing.
Disgusting, horrible, misogynistic, ignorant crap. 0/5, 0/10, 0/100.
Some albums are just plain good. I can listen to this album anytime and enjoy it. The problem is that it isn’t an album where I say, “Man! I need to listen to this one again.”
It is full of great songs like All I Wanna Do, Leaving Las Vegas, Strong Enough…
4/5
Most either love this or hate it. I am closer to the love it side of the range. The more you listen the better it gets. Even the quirky out-of-tune singing is a joy!
4/5
Pretty good. A bit long, but I like his voice and style
It's nice. 3.5
Unbelivable that they can have so many classic albums. Each one I listen to I think THIS one is their best. Maybe they just have three albums tied for their best album. Love this album.
5/5
A bit annoying at times. 3.5
Couple ok songs. The language is offputting.
Its fine. Good actually, but nothing amazing. 3/5.
Nice!
Love his voice and style. Great album.
Music, beat, and all is good but the lyrics. F this and F that... I agree with all the other reviews that slam the Explicit lyrics. Not an album that I would think should be preserved and appreciated. It's bad.
1/5
Fantastic
It was pretty good, but after listening to it on repeat all day the song started getting annoying LOL. Great sound though.
4/5
There is a lot to like on this classic album.
5/5
Full of catchy riffs, I don't think you need to be a fan of Jazz to enjoy the album. It definitely gets you tapping your toes. The album is mainly Organ and saxophone based with slightly noticeable guitar and drums mixed in. Jimmy Smith helped make the Hammond B-3 organ a legend in the music business.
Very interesting and unique! I'll not only come running to tie your shoes, I'll come running to listen to this again and again. :)
Classic.
The first, or one of the first "Rock and Roll" albums. Seems pretty tame in 2026 but for 1956 this was pretty wild - or so I read... a bit before my time. :)
Classics: Blue Suede Shoes
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Surprisingly good: Blue Moon, I'm Counting on You, I'll Never Let You Go
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Very Good:
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I Love You Because, Just Because, Trying to Get to You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You, Money Honey
Can do without this one: Tutti Frutti
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I'll give it 5/5 because of it's impact on music and it is still a really great listen today.
Best Tracks: 3AM Eternal, What Time is Love, Justified and Ancient, Last Train to Transcentral, Build a Fire
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Next Best: Church of the KLF, Make it Rain
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A great listen. Still after all these years it still makes me feel like I'm at the Disco in Holland again where I heard many of these songs.
4.5/5
Three great songs ... covers.... nothing original, but still they are great to hear... NOTHING else on the album contributes to anything interesting or unique.
2.5
Best Tracks: In My Arms, Sunworshipper, Destroy Rock & Roll, Drop the Pressure
Yes, it can be annoying at times, but mostly this is pretty good. What's annoying? Well, as many have also commented, it is pretty bad when he doesn't know how to say very common names like David Bowie (BOO-E).
Cool and interesting album. This is one of the best “finds” I have discovered doing this 1001+ album journey!
Standouts: Cheree, Johnny, Frankie Teardrop, Che….
4/5
I like the Stooges self-titled and Raw Power very much. I was excited to listen to this one - that I never heard before - but, I never got into it at all.
3/5 for now, maybe it will grow on me later.
One of the easiest 5/5 I'll ever give.
Best tracks: Purple Rain, When Doves Cry, Let's Go Crazy, Darling Nikki
100% deserves a 5/5! This is a gem!
Just What I Needed
My Best Friend's Girl
You're All I've Got Tonight
Bye Bye Love
Moving in Stereo
Good Times Roll
All Mixed Up
I'm in Touch with Your World
Don't Cha Stop
I was at a friends house back in 1989 when Mind Bomb was released. I was immediately a fan. I bought three The The CDs (Soul Mining, Infected and Mind Bomb). Infected really didn't do much for me for several years. It didn't give me the same vibe as Mind Bomb. It was after no hearing it for years, that I picked it up and started listening to it. It was then, that I realized it was good. Really Good. I still have a special place in my heart for Mind Bomb, but this is a near classic.
4/5
This, to me, is one of those albums that are absolutely good, but not very original or exciting. Good songs, great performance but it isn't something I'd ever choose to listen to - if it is on, I'll enjoy it though... It is very mid.
A lot progressive and a touch of post-hardcore gives this album a pretty interesting sound. Is it something I like though? I think it has its moments but the 59 year old me doesn't like the loud stuff as much as younger me did.
3.5 / 5
Missy Elliott has a couple really great songs - not on this album though, but most of her stuff is crap. This is NOT good.
Best song: The Rain (only because it is an old classic)....
2/5 (and I'm being generous).
It's a good album. Not much else to say...
Pretty good sound. Songs can be a little long. Mostly favorable.
Solid
Standouts: Someday, Last Nite, Hard to Explain
4/5
5/5
Standouts: London Calling, Lost in the Supermarket, Clampdown, Train in Vain, Rudy Can't Fail
Cool in the Pool is pretty great.
3.75/5
Anything by CCR is an auto 5/5.
Standouts: Proud Mary, Born on the Bayou, Keep on Chooglin', Bootleg
Their version of Good Golly Miss Molly is probably better than the original.
Album cover: 0/5
Music: 5/5
Looking at the cover, I was not expecting to like it. I have never heard of John Grant or the Czars. I spent the day listening to it and it quickly grew on me. The songs are catchy enough to get my attention. The most lyrically brilliant song on the album is the final/title track: Queen of Denmark.
I think a lot of the lyrics are very relatable to me.
Standouts: Where Do Dreams Go to Die, TC & Honeybear, Sigourney Weaver, Chicken Bones, Marz, Queen of Denmark,
Other Notable: It's Easier, Silver Platter Club.
I also checked out the Bonus material from the Limited Edition. Best track: Fireflies.
This album grows on you. The first time I heard it, I wasn't impressed. I thought it was kind of cheesy but his great voice and exceptional lyrics won me over. This album is clearly not for everyone based on the many 1-star reviews. Those that are into this kind of quality music will definitely enjoy. I also got into the four bonus songs from the European Edition just in case they were supposed to be included.
Favorite Songs: If...., Everybody Knows (Except You), If I Were You,
5/5
Love this album!
First time I heard it a few years ago, I thought it was nice but didn't give it much thought after that. Then it came up on this list, and I realized how great it is after hearing it several times today. It just keeps getting better. So nice after hearing some loud noise rock album previously. I'll take this any day of the week.
Standouts: This is the Way, The Body Breaks, The Beard is for Siobhan, Todos Los Dolores
5/5
5/5
About 45 seconds into Goldfinger I realized it was a song I knew. The album was better than I was expecting.
Standouts: Goldfinger, Girl From Mars, Oh Yeah, I'd Give You Anything, Kung Fu, Angel Interceptor
4/5
Nice sounding album but not spectacular
Standouts: Scooby Snacks, Bombin' the L, King of New York, We Have All the Time in the World,
The Wikipedia page mentioned the I'm Not In Love/Scooby Snacks single, so I listened to that as well, even though not part of the album. They should have included the I'm Not in Love track in the bonus material.... Their version of the Louis Armstrong Bond song is exceptional.
I like the laid back vibe the album gives. 4/5
Listened to this several times over the past few years. Totally don't remember it at all. Each song is nice, but completely forgettable.
3/5
A couple of good tracks. 3.5
It's really good. But, I've never been a fan of their sound. I wouldn't listen to it often but I recognize quality and have to give it props.
4/5
Ambient techno. It's a genre I'm really starting to like more and more.
Standouts: Are We Here, Philosophy By Numbers, Attached, Crash and Carry
2018, Genre: Rock
Cover art: 5/5
Rock? Really? Static Resistance sounds a bit "rock" but the rest of the album is much more electronic with elements of rock. The first song hurts from the inside out - something about the sound that gives me heartburn LOL.
Not sure how much I like it. I definitely don't hate it and I think it is better than many albums on the list. I've actually been listening to this album for several years and feel like I don't really have an opinion on it yet....
Rating: 3.5
Very mid
3/5
I can’t stand her voice. Sorry, I have really tried to appreciate Joan Baez. I don't get it.
Classic.
Standouts: Accidents will Happen, Oliver's Army, Peace Love and Understanding.
4.5
The Best song on the album is New York New York... unfortunate timing for this guy that the album was released just after 911... and he displays the American Flag upside down on the album cover. While the federal Flag Code restricts this inversion to severe emergencies, using an upside-down flag as a form of political protest is legally protected as free speech... I respect his opinion but not everyone is going to agree with those politics.
That being said, the album in still a bore and I'd choose Bryan Adams over Ryan Adams any day!
Best Track: New York, New York
3/5
Best Tracks: Heroes, Brown Paper Bag, Share The Fall,
