1001 Albums Summary

I have listened to this many many times in the past so didn’t listen to it on the day. Good stuff 4/5

Didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would. I still think you’re a big old loser if you sit and listen to this though

I’ve been listening to T-Pain’s cover of War Pigs on repeat recently, so been meaning to give this album a proper listen. Really brings together my two loves: ‘Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock’ and ‘Spinal Tap’. Can’t complain. Had a great time. Album is fun and interesting. Can see me listening to this a lot more in the future. Such a good 3 track run from War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan. 4/5

I listened to Either/Or recently and didn’t enjoy it, so had low expectations going in. It’s so much better than Either/Or, but it’s still so so boring. Just because you’re sad doesn’t mean you can’t be interesting. 2/5

*Guy who’s only ever listened to the ‘Skate 3 Soundtrack’ listening to any other album*: “getting some serious ‘Skate 3 Soundtrack’ vibes from this album” It’s ok. Didn’t enjoy listening to it, but I didn’t hate it. American pop punk is probably the worst genre in the world, so this is high praise. 2/5

I don’t think it’s as interesting as it thinks it is. But it’s still more interesting than most. And an album being interesting is more important than it being good. 3/5

He’s got a good solid name and this is a good solid album. Not as good as a lot of the other French language stuff that Del Schwartz has opened me up to, but I had a good half hour listening to it. Probably better if I knew French. The best thing about this album is that on the cover he looks like a sexy Belgian Martin Clunes. 3/5

I knew bits and pieces of T Rex - my Spanish teacher at school used to sing Debora all the time - but this is my first full listen of any album. It’s good stuff. ‘Life’s a Gas’ is so good - I wish it was longer. I think it needs a bit more variety and one BIG hit to be a 5/5 though. 4/5

Good to hear some early blues. Very clearly influenced lots of the music I love. Maybe I’m just a product of the times, but I love the stuff it influenced more than I love this. Great name though - he’s got a future working for a rivers charity if this whole blues thing doesn’t work out for him. 4/5

It’s fun and the live elements add a lot. I find it slightly one note, but that one note is one good note. 4/5

It’s alright. After years of disdain for the band, I’m slowly getting into them. This has some parts of the Radiohead I’ve hated for years, and some parts of the Radiohead I’ve liked for weeks. 3/5

I’ve no strong opinions on this. As inoffensive as music gets. 3/5

Pretty boring - there’s probably a good album in there somewhere. The description sounded good, but the music sounded bad. 2/5

Music for dads to nod along to

Some very good songs. But it feels long when you listen to it as an album. 3/5

It’s fine. 33 minutes of what is undisputedly an album of music. Probably better than I’m giving it credit for. Maybe ol Fogerty should make his own account on this website then. 3/5

Infinitely more interesting than anything those Gallagher bastards have ever done. So crazy I’ve never actually listened to this album in full before. Isn’t that crazy!! 3/5

18 albums in before I am given a woman. 18!!!! Never listened to this album before. Didn’t enjoy it as much as some of her other stuff, but its fine. 3/5

Fine. Nothing overly interesting, but then again I can’t say I paid massive attention to the lyrics first time round. 3/5

Not as good as I remember it being.

Took me about two years to finally listen to. Not worth the wait.

Loved it! Look at those Tree Wizards go. 4/5

Tom waits. Tom Waits joins the list of full sentence names. 3/5

BB ate

Funk Daddy Pussy. So good.

Keith Moon is too cool of a name to be in a band with alongside names like Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and John Entwistle.

Fleet Foxes fucked Gee’s dad. Probably not better than half the albums I’ve rated 3, but ah well, 4 nostalgic stars out of five

In my strongest Barnsley accent: “Welcome to the Metrodome” I don’t think this was great, but lucky for them it came just after watching All of Us Strangers, which ends up moving it up to a 3.

The album cover gives me big Christine vibes, which weirdly also was released in the same year. The men of 1983 really wanted to have sex with their classic cars. Would be a much better album if they didn’t open their mouths. Some good blues in there but far too much bad pop-rock.

Black Monk Time sounds like Brewdog's newest stout. Far from perfect (maybe even far from being good, let alone perfect), but so much more interesting and deserving of its spot than most of the stuff on this list. Most people on this website are boring stiff little idiots. The 60's are soo crazy man!

A pretty perfect follow-up to yesterday's Black Monk Time, which is a far far superior punk album to this. This album is awful. Probably the worst thing I've listened to so far. Impossible to stress how bad this whole thing sounds. Big old bunch of losers making a big old mess. I understand its place on this list - I don't think this list should only contain good music, and having historically important albums on the list is a good thing, but that does not make this album any better to listen to. Have I mentioned enough times that this album sounds bad? This clip is more important than this album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQI9HMg1yyY

Pretty good. Everything that is a clear influence on Oasis is much better than Oasis. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last time, that I complain about Oasis on an album that is nothing to do with them.

Fine. Definitely preferred it to Five Leaves Left, but it’s getting the same rating because it’s all the same really. I enjoyed Poor Boy a lot though. I find the bigger production songs better than when it’s just lonely old Nick.

I don’t love Queen as much as most. But I think that’s because all their big hits are just loud songs for loud people to shout loudly. This album isn’t Queen for the laypeople, who love to shout songs, screaming about Galileo and bicycles. It’s Queen for intellects like me, who prefer music about Ogres. I enjoyed it a lot more than most Queen I knew already, but I still think Queen don’t do it for me.

I like big muff as much as the next guy, but when your big muff is coming in with some super fuzz, that’s just a step too far.

I’m a big fan of Big Bobby D. Not my favourite of Big Bobby D’s, but Big Bobby is still putting out some Big Bops in this.

The album cover looks like they’re playing the ‘Get as close to Alex without him noticing you’ task from Taskmaster series 8. Had a good time. Hopefully we get to see Gang Starr on a New Year’s Treat episode soon.

On the one hand, this album opened the door for lots of shoegaze and Scottish indie music which I really enjoy. On the other hand, its inclusion on the list forces me to acknowledge the existence of East Kilbride.

I much prefer MBWABFYTC to this. I can’t remember ever listening to this before, but this is an extremely my-Mum-coded album. A fine 35 minute album that I will likely never listen to again. Which is better than being a fine 75 minute album that I will likely never listen to again, which a lot of this list is.

The my-mum-coded albums are coming thick and fast. I enjoyed this a lot.

Back to the definitely-not-my-mum-coded albums again. Our Lottie can’t win them all. Listened to it many times so far this year but no harm in one more listen.

After one song I thought this actually wasn’t too bad. After two songs I thought this actually was quite bad.

Scotch music. I’ve probably listened to this album hundreds of times and listened to all other Franz Ferdinand albums about four times in total.

I think I’ve listened to it before, but this is the first time I actually paid attention to it. Obviously, it’s very good. It’s great listening to an album which is definitely an album and not a bunch of songs. I do think other artists have made similar music that is probably better, but this puts it all together as an album very nicely. And I’m also torn between thinking it could do with one or two more shorter “poppy” songs to make it a more enjoyable listen with more variety, while also thinking that they would be forced in there and it’s doesn’t need to be an album filled with actual songs. Hard to criticise a band which is just a bunch of guitar noises for making an album of a bunch of great guitar noises. What do I know! Don’t bother listening to me Roger, you know best. I still had a great time. Who knew I would have so many thoughts on this album. Usually I’m just criticising Oasis (who are losers). A clear plagiarism of Gimme Some Money by Spinal Tap in there though.

I commend it for giving me the authentic live experience: getting annoyed with other people in the audience. Very cool album cover.

Sometimes pretty interesting, sometimes pretty bad. Paper Planes is so good though. The sound of the summer in the common room.

I can finally put Nick Drake behind me. The bastard has been relentlessly haunting over me ever since starting this project. This is a lovely little album to listen on on a bank holiday Friday morning. Nick Drake has grown on me listening to all his albums, but I definitely like him best in Bryter Layter when there’s a bit more production to it. That’s the electric Dylan fan in me.

Listened to the YouTube version. It is such a perfect album that I think about relistening to it all the time.

More Scotch music. According to Wikipedia, Stuart Murdoch ran a marathon in 2:57:08 in 1986, which is arguably more impressive than this album. I enjoy this album - it’s better than anything I ever produced while at uni - but think they have more interesting stuff in other albums. That marathon time though, eh.

Nice and original (ish). One of few albums where I think the bad vocals compliment nicely and work. I will not hold it against him then.

Who knew Dolph Lundgren was such a multi-instrumentalist. I didn’t find the music that enjoyable, and by the end of it I actually quite disliked Dolph. I found it very annoying every time he piped up, even if it did offer a slight release from the monotony of the music.

i like the music and i like being exposed to more country sounds. i’m a little english country boy looking for big american country women. i did not know this was going to be my review when i started typing.

It just sounds like an album from 1968. Not in a good way or a bad way, just in a 1968 way. There’s no way that horse is a part of the band!

The first half hour while I was walking the dog in the sun were great. But then the album never ended. I am still listening to it.

This was Sex Pistols levels of unlistenable at times - arguably not helped by listening in a hypo. But it gets a bit of respect for its folkier songs and its attempt to do something interesting and blend British punk and Irish folk.

There is not a single grunge album that I need to listen to before I die, but I seem to be listening to so much grunge. Why I do think Courtney Love’s vocals fit the sound much better than most grunge albums I’ve been made to listen to so far. I hate the sound of whingey male vocalists in grunge music. This is maybe the best of the grunge I’ve had so far. Cannot believe the balls Americans have to complain about britpop while they were in their grunge era. Please Generator, if you’re listening, give me something other than grunge. Please.

The double whammy of being both good and interesting. WHAMMY!!

There is a lyric in the album where Louis wishes death upon someone because they steal his meatballs.

I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this album. I used to love cycling around on the single speed to The Fat of the Land though. Maybe if I cycled around to this album I would have more love for it, but I didn’t so I don’t.

It’s not that it’s bad. It’s more that it’s not good. When I see 1994 American rock band and I get anything that isn’t grunge I’m at least somewhat pleased though.

Harry Nilsson mastered the art of winning any argument long before James Acaster.

Greyhounds! Not my favourite britpop album, but it’s far better and far more interesting than any of that Oasis nonsense. That’s right, it’s another anti-Oasis review.

I’ve listened to a quite a few Joni Mitchell albums, but not this one. I really enjoyed it. Very clearly still a Joni Mitchell album but with a nice mix of sounds. Mostly I think there are some artists with too many albums on this list, and I question if all the albums actually deserved it. But regardless of whether or not this album should be on this list, it is and I enjoyed it.

Lauryn Hill would have loved Bradfield sixth form common room. These are exactly the conversations we were having.

For my opinions on this album, I refer you to my friends at the Enjoy an Album podcast. I like the divorce album!!

It’s catchy and loud and I think it would have been great to hear live at the time. But it’s less great to listen to on headphones on a dog walk. Hard to be objective with these boys because our river saviour Feargal Sharkey has a vendetta against the rivers charity I work for.

It’s SCOTCH MUSIC TIME again. Another one where it’s probably great when it’s really really loud. But when it isn’t loud, it isn’t great. I think seeing them live would be great, but it’s not going to be my dog walk music.

I remember a video of some aggressive bladers using a remix of Seven Nation Army to the soundtrack of an edit. At the time, I couldn’t imagine anything cooler.

It’s the 80s, but mooody.

SCOTCH MUSIC!! Lovely timing to get this on the day of London Marathon, allowing us all to remember the time Stuart Murdoch ran the 1986 Glasgow Marathon in an incredible time of 2:57:08

You should be embarrassed and ashamed if you listen to this and enjoy it.

Most people on this website are idiots that only listen to one or two genres of music and have no idea how to understand or rate an Afro-Cuban jazz album, so they just end up giving it a 3/5 and moving onto the next album.

1001 albums to die before listening to. How is there so much grunge on this list. Please… make the grunge stop. PPLEASE. Potentially the worst album I’ve listened to so far.

Timed nicely as I’m getting a lot more into country and Americana. I was very excited to see she featured in the O’ Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. The highest honour for a country/Americana musician.

It’s really really really good. Two days ago I had the worst album so far. Today I have one of the best albums so far. Nice to be reminded the list is worth it, despite the all the grunge. Great work from the Rivers Trust ambassador.

Really enjoyed it. All sorts of genres. Great fun.

I can only assume the “three bean salad” John speaks of in ‘JC Hates Faggots’ is the podcast.

I love it when the albums are only 30 minutes, even when they’re good (which this one isn’t).

Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe interesting. Me and Gattuso enjoyed this album.

Struggled through the first couple of songs on an 8am dog walk. Had a great time powering through the rest of the album in the last hour of work. It would have been great Uber Eats music, but now it makes for great coding music.

Pure, unbridled dog walk music today.

Proper good.

I didn’t mind it - I’m on my country journey - but it didn’t land as much as other albums. Still a nice time though.

On the whole it is very boring. I did quite enjoy the little Dylan-esque Soft Cell cover at the end though. The saving grace of an uninteresting album.

Before giving it a listen today I knew it was between a 4 and a 5. Spent the whole day listening to it, had a great time, our Elton gets a 5.

It’s 70s rock album and it sounds like a 70s rock album. If you like 70s rock albums you’re going to go crazy for this. If you think 70s rock albums just sound like 70s rock albums then this 70s rock album will just sound like a 70s rock album. It’s not bad, but it just feels very uninteresting to me. There are so many similar albums on this list; we don’t need all of them.

This was everywhere in 2016. Don’t think I’ve ever listened to the whole album though. I’m not much of a grimey boy but this is good stuff. Can’t believe all these god damn yanks on this website complaining about this album. Complain about the grunge people!!

My only prior knowledge of Rush came from I Love You Man. I’m not sure if it’s changed my opinion on the film knowing that Rush sound this bad. Shhlappa da bass man

Other than Bowie, it’s about as my-mum-coded as an album gets.

It’s important to know that Lorde’s favourite Kiwi musician is Paul Williams

It brings me deep deep shame to say that I found this album overall listenable, with a couple of songs I genuinely enjoyed. It does still mostly sound like Morrisey though.

It’s so good. Janelle Monae is so good. Been a while since I’d listened to this one in full. I’ve been going for Age of Pleasure for my Janelle fix recently because I’m a sexy little boy by the pool, so I’m very happy to be made to go back to this again. I’d forgotten how good it is (it’s so good).

Hmm. Will give it more of a chance. But the kind of album I’ve heard enough of on this list. Maybe this one deserves it and the others didn’t.

After a long day in London (bad place) with my train back not getting in until after 2 in the morning, what a day to be greeted home with some Scotch Music.

This is the sound of ADHD.

I never loved a man the way I love Aretha Franklin

I love Johnny Flynn a lot, but I’ve never really given any other northern folk a chance. Turns out it’s unsurprisingly good stuff

Had a great time with this one. I quite enjoyed the collaborations, even if it felt a bit all over the place sometimes. I wonder if poor John is victim to the papers automatically changing his name to things like John Lee Sex Worker like they do in articles about rugby. Definitely going to do some more listening to our John Lee Sex Worker.

Guys, is it punk to sing like a baby boy?

When did Beyoncé really become Beyoncé though?

It’s interesting, but in a way that makes it completely unenjoyable to listen to.

Bowie’s got those apple bottom jeans and the boots with the fur.

I used to be a big Arcade Fireman. This was probably one of my favourite albums for my entire teens. I still enjoy this album and was glad to relisten to it today, but it’s not the same enjoyment 17 year old me had for this album. This fireman has extinguished the Arcade Fire.

I passionately believe that The Smiths sound like The Smiths. It’s a shame Morrisey is involved in the whole Smiths thing though.

If the U2 was a road, like e.g the M1 is a road, then this would be the middle lane. Do you know what I mean?

It’s funny to me that there are people that actively choose to listen to Moby

It’s a lot of fun. One Two Cha Cha Cha is probably the greatest song to appear on this list.

I like it when a debut album is just loud. A debut album should be filled with silly noise. Don’t trust artists who have perfect debuts - there’re probably little nerds. It’s a shame how much of this silly noise sounds like grunge though.

Cool music. Cool cover.

One of my all time favourites.

Brandon flowers. Full sentence name.

Hot Rats in your local area.

There is a video where Eminem shows off his ability to rhyme the word orange and I find it so funny that anyone takes it seriously. That sentiment applies for all things Eminem. It’s embarrassing to enjoy this.

Some of the worst sounds I have heard in album on this list. But, it is interesting and has a great album cover, and that’s all that really matters. Anyone can make good music, not everyone can make interesting music.

The first Pogues album I got was much more punk, and I didn’t enjoy it much. This is a lot folkier and much much more enjoyable. And it has a great album title.

Sure is an album from 1971.

Horrific. As bad as it gets.

Good stuff. I enjoyed gobbling up this portion of ketchup.

This is the only thing that justifies Bristol being called a cool city.

Straight into the same category as RHCP as music you should be embarrassed to listen to.

It’s very cool. I really need to watch the documentary.

Sometimes maybe good. Sometimes maybe shit.

Loving the Monster Mash vibes

Can’t say I paid it much attention today. It just felt like music that was getting in the way while I was listening to it. Can Depeche Mode really be held responsible for that? As the person rating the album I say yes.

I love him when he raps. I love him when he tweets.

Did not enjoy in the slightest

What ya gonna do aboot it? Phone the polis? Mate, we are the polis.

I really admire how cool and normal Paul McCartney is. And I really admire how cool and normal McCartney by Paul McCartney is.

It’s so fucking insane I was worried a South African was going to put a gravy boat up my anus. But far more interesting than half the stuff on this list. Obviously bad, and hard to listen to, but interesting.

I would thrive at a rave.

I’m no reggae head, so lots of this sounded quite similar. No Woman, No Cry is enough to transform me into a reggae head though.

Boring. Prefer them when Adam Buxton does them. https://youtu.be/iq8IHET9eiE?si=RNAg6RdAGm87F55K

This is what ADHD sounds like when you like jazz.

Im sorry but this is so unbelievably unenjoyable to listen to. You are all lying to yourself.

Blueberry Pancakes

More like ‘500 albums to listen to before I gratefully die’ It’s so tedious

Forget it Steve Earle, it’s Guitar Town. I can’t believe Americans genuinely listen to this and this isn’t just pretend music you play pretend American with. It can count itself lucky it doesn’t get a 1.

Love the album cover. Love California Dreamin. Hate the apostrophes. That’s about all there is to say about these Mammas and Pappas.

I don’t think I realised that this is what Pretenders sounded like. This list needs more female vocalist rock music, because whenever I get it I always love it.

Very cool concept. But concepts doth butter no crumpets.

Monotonous. Why do half the albums on this list sound like this.

Call me a republican, but I just find this unenjoyable to listen to on the whole.

Grew on me. But that’s Love, man.

Tick rock, it’s trip hop o’clock. Sounds like Don Cheadle in the Oceans films.

Nice enough to have on in the background. I didn’t even notice that I started or finished the album.

Dandy indeed

No doubt influential. But also no doubt that it sounds awful. I’m so bored of how similar most of the albums on this list sound.

Today, instead of having a great, interesting rock album ruined by vocals that I just don’t enjoy, we have a great, interesting rap album ruined by vocals I just don’t enjoy.

I wonder if Grant Lee Buffalo has any relation to Tokyo Lee?

I think I always thought Jamiroquai sounded similar to Keane. Thought it might be because they both wear hats. Turns out the Keane guy doesn’t even wear hats. My world is crumbling

Lovely timing to get this album the day after Terrence Trent D’Arby and the rest of the England squad make it to the Euros final.

Boring. I prefer them as detectorists

Probably not that good or particularly up my street. But I listened to it on the bike in the sun and enjoyed it a lot.

Thank God Pulp and Blur exist to save Britpop from this stuff.

The weird little man sure does make good music.

I would probably enjoy this alright album with bad vocals more if I wasn’t so fed up with this list being entirely made up of alright albums with bad vocals.

Another one of those albums that is a collection of sounds.

Takes the fun out of funky. Expected much more with such a cool photo for the album cover.

Always a treat to get something other than a boring rock album

There’s much better stuff from the 90s that does the same thing. But it’s nice to get an electronic album that doesn’t deserve to be on this list than a rock album that doesn’t deserve to be on this list.

Buddy Holly, the Rebel

Reaching a point where this list is becoming a genuine challenge with the lack of range of albums

Something different. Good!

I hate man punk. I love woman punk.

1001 better albums from the 2010s that could have been chosen over this. Another in a long list of competent albums, but that do nothing for me. There is much better stuff from LCD Soundsystem than this.

Equal parts imperfect and interesting. A perfect combination

I would listen to a whole album of Ballad of a Thin Man verses. Keep em coming Bob.

Please Elliott, you're bumming me out man

Up my street for 20 minutes. It had turned out of my street by the time it reached its 63rd minute. My street is not that long people!

I’ve got often ignored Black Sabbath because I have never liked any similar bands. But they are consistently good. The main reason I am doing this challenge is to force myself to visit music I’ve missed, ignored or discounted for whatever reason. So a Big Black Sabbath Success (BBSS) on that front.

Fjör stars

The whole point of this list was to make me realise there is nothing I would rather do than sit and listen to 90 minutes of Christina Aguilera.

Miles, please leave Alex alone. You're dragging him down man.

Over 1,000 albums on this list and this one has a high claim to be the coolest of them all.

Courtney Love is the only grunge singer I respect.

Stars are Stars. And Paul gets three of them.

Sometimes maybe good. Sometimes maybe shit.

Now I wanna be your Lester Longlegs

Save for the Batman soundtrack, it's as good as old Prince will give you.

My favourite Beatles album changes weekly, but this one might actually be my favourite. Do not bring up this review to me next week.

Wait... THIS is what the dads are raving about?

Wanky

Why does these men insist on making me hear them sing?

In my best Austin Powers voice: "Screamadelic baby"

My all-time favourite

More like Jay Zzzzzzz. You're sending me to sleep man!

There is no music he could make that would ever be as cool as his name is, and this is evidence of that.

I am convinced everyone is just pretending to like Free Bird. It's fine guys, but there are a billion better guitar solos.

Really enjoyed it. Reminded me a lot of some of my favourite artists, like Kermit the Frog, or Rowlf the Dog.

Sounds like it was written by (all-be-it talented) 14 year olds.

I think grunge is awful. Do you people know there is music out there that is actually enjoyable to listen to?

If you took an average of all albums in this list it would sound like this.

Took me about 12 hours to finish. Make of that what you will.

This British album from 1980 sure does sound like a British album from 1980.

three wheels of cheese high and rising

I have absolutely zero thoughts on this album.

Sounds like everything else on this list.

Troubled water you say? These boys need some support from The Rivers Trust. It’s a mix of 5 star and 4 star music. Wrong side of the rounding on this one boys.

An album where the singer can actually sing is always worth at least 3 stars. But this isn’t that good, so that caps it at most 3 stars.

I think it is a cool album. I think it is cool that everyone else thinks it is a cool album.

Nice of the generator to provide me with fun and listenable music for a change.

5 stars, despite mentioning Jesus. He makes up for it by mentioning fish being poisoned. Makes me want to listen to Enjoy an Album again.

So cool. Time to watch Rye Lane.

This is the sort of album this challenge is for. Obviously I’d love it, obviously I should have listened to it before. A nice Sunday morning to have George Michael forced upon you.

I thought I would hate this. Im glad I have now listed to one album of these guys. I cannot promise I will still feel so amicable towards them by the end of this list.

Guitar is good obviously. But it isn’t doing a huge amount for me overall.

I was first introduced to this band by CMAT. If I give this 5 stars do you think she will notice me?

Good album. Some good songs somewhere in there. Could probably make a 5 star playlist from it.

Enjoyable and not too long Willie. Just how I like it.

You absolutely must listen to this Celtic Da album.

The most self aware band out there and I respect them for it. I also respect them for writing a Christmas song about bellends.

Embarrassing. Just listen to Big Bottoms by Spinal Tap instead.

Fine. I finished it didn’t I?

Had a good time. This is what the generator is all about baby.

Lovely voice. Lovely stuff. My progression until actual country continues.

My progression into proper country continues for a second day in a row.

Clearly able musicians. Which makes it worse that they could create something so unbelievably dull. Any time there was a hint of good or interesting music, they decided to revert back to repeating the same line 25 times.

Maybe it’s undeserving of this, but I found literally nothing to enjoy in this album, and it’s been a while since I’ve given a 1.

good voice, so minimum 3

The instrumentation is so unbelievably up my street. But I am so unbelievably fed up with bad singers ruining albums on this list.

Put it on at 8am and turned it off immediately. Tried again at 6pm and turned it off immediately.

Had a good time with the music and the album cover.

Not bad.

Annoyed me more and more as it went on. Not interested in ever listening to this again.

Amazing how this could be about someone’s 5th best album

I like it when a live album sounds live, and this is as live as a live album has ever sounded.

Im not sure I think this is what others think it is. But it does have some high highs in it

Awful

There are so many awful singers on this list it really makes me feel even I could make it into the next 1001.

I like Coldplay but would not vote for the Nazis

It’s very good. It’s always hard listening to these Greatest albums because you listen ready to either be changed as a man, or disappointed. I was neither here. But it was very good.

A back to back of 90s New York hip-hop. From yesterday’s sublime with Nas, to today’s ridiculous with the Beastie Boys.

Unfortunately not all britpop is as good as Pulp.

Now give me even MORE songs about buildings and food

Started thinking it sounded like bad Prince. Ended thinking it sounded like alright Prince.

Perfectly listenable Scotch music. As long as it’s music having the children and not me.

Call me a Steely Fan because I am a fan of Steely Dan

This is fun but messy. She should call herself Messy Elliott probably.

How about you Replace this music with something good over here. Small joke there, it is actually an ok album. Another one that I think I would enjoy a lot more with a slightly better voice, but it does fit well on some of the songs.

Bono is cool, but he should not have allowed this man to allow the creation of Inhaler.

Lot of fun to listen to. I love how diverse of an album it is. However, if London calls, I will NOT be picking up. It is a horrible city and we should stop pretending it's good just because it has lots of escape rooms and immersive experiences.

Amazing how much I used to love this album. I think if you replaced Win Butler in this you would be on for a 5. And that now holds true for most, but definitely not all, Arcade Fire albums.

Top 5 worst vocalists so far. And that’s saying something.

Reminds me quite a bit of London Calling by The Clash in that it does a good job at being consistent and diverse.

So far up my street it’s insane I’ve never expanded my Stevland listening beyond the hits until now.

Liked the acoustic half. Loved the electric half. One of my favourite moments of any documentary is watching everyone come out of Sheffield town hall complaining about how shit Bob Dylan is live. What a guy.

Must be fun to be in this stage of being a musician and just be able to collaborate with your musical genius friends.

War! What is it good for? 43 minutes of good time.

This is really cool. It’s exactly what I imagine would have won the Mercury Prize in 1999.

I love a lot of these bands’ names more than I love their music. This is an example of that.

I'm sure the album cover says "Cunt and Spunk"

I find this music embarrassing, but it does make me smile, in a kind of pitiful way.

I enjoy FKA Twigs a lot over around 4 minutes. I struggle a lot over 40 minutes.

Scotch Music. Rhod Stewart has a really entertaining best hits but can’t say he’s that great over an album here. Im glad he found a career from having the voice of a 75 year old man since he was 17, and then a second career as a drunk.

Fun, direct, silly. Ticks all the boxes.

Hmmm. Mixed on this cube. Sounds good though.

Not much to shout home about. And I hate the album cover. Reminds me too much of Spotify playlists. Surely as an artist you want more than this.

If anyone can help me connect my PS2 to my new TV then that would be much appreciated. The AV connection is not working so the TV is recognising the input exists, but it's not showing anything. Would be great to get Guitar Hero up and running again.

Michael Jackson's Magic Hands

Diverse, focused, slow, fast, fun, it's a bit of it all. Crazy that there are people in this world that choose Oasis over this. FOOLS!

The more you listen to it, the more you want to listen to it.

Hmm. Even though I listen to Kendrick semi-often, I think I've always found it hard to really listen to the lyrics. This may be better than I'm giving it credit for, but if he didn't rap like a baby boy then maybe I'd understand what he was saying.

Tom Waits. Well I wait too Tom. I wait for you to give me an album that gets me going.

Not bad. But I think I get this fix from other places.

Perfect. What music is supposed to be. My new obsession is how perfect the “caught in a trap” line sounds in Lost in Music. It might be the best produced line in all of music.

The main thing I will praise this band for is their hologram in the Rock n Rollercoaster queue at Disneyland Paris.

Score!

Hmm. An interesting one. It’s weird in that it works really well as a full (very long) album, but there’s not really much I actually enjoy about it. Compared to something like the white album, which arguably works less good as a full (very long) album, but has so many hits along the way. Whatever, obviously it’s good, but I don’t care about it.

So good they named them twice.

I didn’t love it. But it was perfect for a sleepy ski bus journey.

It’s good but barely memorable

Time to whip out the Dylan impression.

It's like it took the spirit of Prince's Batman soundtrack and turned it into a dance album.

Fun and good

Unlike actual zeppelins, I'm not sure this is as cool as people say.

It’s like if Randy Newman was the lead singer of Pink Floyd.

I want to get into that Lady’s hole… I mean Lady Soul!!

Takes me right back to the day I watched that beautiful Bryan Singer film, and we all fell in love with NWA for the first time.

I wish there were more “recent” funk-rock albums that aren’t actually good, but I can still enjoy.

It does a good job of being more good than interesting. The most important metric of albums on this list.

I think my whole life I've actually just been searching for Stevie Wonder.

I suppose every album is just a collection of sounds. But this one really is just a collection of sounds.

Some good music by Miniscule Dick.

Possibly as repetitive as any album on this list, which is an impressive feat. Hard to know if the Ramones had more of an impact on 1980s punk or 2010s fashion.

So broody and so poppy. Good adjectives.

I don’t think this album should be on this list, but I think I’ve enjoyed it more than albums that probably do deserve to be on the list. Who knows what that means.

Sounds like if David Byrne made bad music.

I loves it when Janis is Jopling.

You should be embarrassed to listen to this.

Gets me in a mood to watch the football. Every song Sky has chosen has been far worse than Beautiful Day.

Obviously they’re good, but I’m sure there’s an emperor’s new clothes situation happening with how good everyone says they are.

I would take this over the Sex Pistols any day of the week.

Im just not sure this is an album I MUST listen to

This is a fun listen if you're a fan of The Beatles, but I'm glad these boys discovered drugs and started getting funky with it.

A solid swan song. If Blackstar was covers.

Sir, a second Dylan impression has hit the album challenge.

I boogie for Shuggie

More enjoyable than the last one. I think there are multiple better songs on here than Sultans of Swing though.

The first half hour while I was walking the dog in the sun were great. But then the album never ended. I am still listening to it.

Great music. Great length.

Doin' crime. Wastin' time. Drinkin' wine. Talkin' bout Jesus baby.

I feel it packs more of an album into 29 minutes than any of the 75 minute albums that this list has made me listen to.

I’m very glad albums like this are on the list.

Musical theatre nonsense.

I love that it goes from a song where Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney clearly want to have a threesome with each other straight into Thriller.

The worst thing about pop is its insistence on country. The worst thing about country is its insistence on pop.

Americans are idiots, actually.

It’s not for me, but in a way that almost is.

I doubt I’ll ever listen to it again, but I’m glad I’ve listened to it once. I wish more people still made album covers like this.

I have had this on repeat since my first listen.

Im sorry but wake up people! These guys are just fine.

Now this is a chicken shack that this vegan can get behind.

Great to finally listen to because I’ve always found ‘Mick Hucknall’ to be a great punchline.

The more of this list I listen to, the more I embrace 80s pop.

In yesterday's review I said this list was actually helping me enjoy a lot more 80s pop. The monkey paw behind this website curls, as it lines up this album for today.

This album should have been called ‘One Night Stand with Sam Cooke’

At first I thought it was for me. Then decided it was not for me. But not for me in a not bad way.

Couldn’t hack the whole thing. Most of the songs were horrible, but I respect the novelty of it.

These Scotch women are chatting another language here!

What a great album to listen to for the first time. This list is lacking in albums where the singer can actually sing.

Lovely music for a sunny drive.

I wish this guy would shut up.

Some high highs, but some average stuff across the whole album. Had a nice time with it though.

Sounds like it was made by and for 14 year old boys.

Sadly the more songs I listened to the more it moved down from 3 to a 2. Serves him right for being called Rufus really.

I'm happy for the old biddies, but this doesn't do a huge amount for me.

If it was a 40 minute album I'd say it was great, but I cannot get through twice that. Some pretty cool stuff going on outside the manchild vocals.

The album is very cool. But this woman is crazy!! She has endorsed Corbyn and Trump. This is baffling

Crazy this is the only Roots album on this list. I have no choice but to give this 5 stars then.

Bowie, or is it Bowie? No, it’s definitely Bowie.

Love it. Listened to it while gardening. More like Green Fingers am I right?

Ladies Love Cool James

Kermit the Frogs’s ‘Once in a Lifetime’ is one of those rare examples of the cover being better than the original.

One of many of these isn’t it.

An extremely solid basis for an album, but I wish it had a couple of big songs in it and I’d love it. I love its name though. Im going to be calling everything my urban hang suite from now on.

He’s a fucking madman

This appears to be the only Nina Simone album on this list which is crazy. There are probably three other Nina Simone albums which are better and more essential than at least 900 of the albums on this list.

Overwhelming. Sometimes in a good way, sometimes in a bad way.

Big fan of how diverse and different this album is.

Pretty good. All Radiohead albums are Radiohead albums and this one is no different.

Im partial to Partisan. Everything else I’d have been happy to stay in the room.

Surprised by how much I enjoyed this one.

Had a great time. Love the two halves.

Holly does not know the difference between Nile Rogers and Neil Diamond.

Love the cover. The album is mixed. They can do better than this.

This is absolute shite. I have a deep sympathy for any woman stuck in a relationship with an American man who genuinely listens to this.

Enjoyable and different. And it gave me an excuse to listen to Tour de France.

Don’t love his voice, and I also feel the switches into the big blues solos are a bit abrupt, but there’s a lot to like with ZZ Top.

Made me realise how good Doolittle is.

Enjoyed this album by good GZA and the whiz RZA.

If this website insists, I will listen to this album again.

Americans don’t understand.

More like ‘The Bland’

One of this little idiot’s favourite jazz albums. Times perfectly after seeing Nubiyan Twist last night.

Back in the 60s, selling out was doing a radio advert for baked beans. These days it’s all about being paid to defend war crimes.

My favourite Pulp album. Thank God a band like Pulp exists to save Britpop.

'The $20 Sack Pyramid' skit might have knocked this down a point - I hated it. Especially when you have an album like High and Rising that does quiz skits in a way I could listen to a whole album of.

I can see the Fiona appeal.

Fine. Boring. Somewhere in between maybe.

Enjoyable. Bit different to the usual stuff on this list. Big fan of the album cover.

Send these guys back to where they came from (America)

There is no possible reason to have an album that sounds this bad on the list. It's like at every possible decision, they chose the one that made the worse music.

Not sure it’s a necessary listen, but acts as a good link between the 80s pop and the 90s Madchester. And I think 80s pop continues to grow on me, so I had a good time.

Enjoyable enough to listen to but I’m never going to listen to this again in my life. I love the album cover though.

The difference between me, as someone who isn't massively fussed about The Who, and someone who is massively fussed about The Who, is that I've actually listened to this album.

Fun. French?

This music is not real. I don’t believe real people listen to UB40.

Look, it's fine. It sounds ok. It's got some alright songs on it. I don't mind listening to the odd Nirvana song, but I will never be able to enjoy a Nirvana album on account of them not sounding good.

Very cool. Probably what Nirvana think they are.

Does Bruce Springsteen want to shag the Twin Towers?

Pleasant. But pleasance doth butter no crumpets.

More like Bored in the UK

You have to be an American Idiot to enjoy this.

This list is oversaturated with 80s British pop, which is a shame, because then you get stuff like this, which is genuinely good 80s British pop, and it just doesn’t quite hit the same.

Love it. Exactly what you imagine an album with this cover to sound like.

Im not listening to all this. But it’s always nice to get a bit of Scotch music.

I discovered JSBX from Baby Driver but if I was listening to this album when driving I would turn straight off bridge.

Tom Waits. What is he waiting for?

It was nice of them to let a 2 year old press random buttons on a soundboard in the background of every song.

There is a bit of variety, but in a way that still bored me. Sorry Jah Wobble

Lovely stuff

It’s so goofy

Don’t come home a drinkin, with McLovin on your mind

Controversially, I do not think this the best album Paul McCartney’s has been involved in in his life. But it’s amazing how good his “weaker” albums are.

It certainly sounds like a Radiohead album. Even though this is good and interesting, it’s not nearly as good and interesting as the boys say it is. I think people need to listen to other albums.

Everything was alright. But then the trip-hop Milk hit me at the end. What a great finish.

I am a simple man that is always pleased by trip-hop, especially when it opens with a song about French football.

VbEaRdY

Is this the most 3 star album on the list?

Is this the campest album on this list? Voice bad, guitar bad, drum good.

Wanky album title. Probably wanky content. But it doesn’t stop the fun.

Sign this guy up for the Ghanaian football team, because they are the Blackstars

Enjoyed it, but in a way I’m not proud of.

Made it through 3/6 discs on the day. But countless other hours listening to her. 3 hours 15 is a lot for one day, but her voice is so endlessly listenable.

A valiant attempt at making the wankiest album on the list.

Nothing like some Madonna first thing in the morning to warm up the loins.

Nothing like some Britney first thing in the morning to warm up those loins.

Maybe it’s not as bad as I feel it is, but it ruined my streak of FOUR women, and therefore I have nothing but disdain for it.

I am starting to feel that the only metric to measure life by is how much Stevie Wonder you listen to.

I don’t think these guys are as manic as they think they are.

Im sorry to my local boys but I do not like this.

Struggled to find the album. Listened to what I could of the band.

Unfortunately for these boys, I have made my entire life’s mission disliking Oasis.

If dust was an album it would probably sound like this.

Love it. So many people on this list are given an album that is fun and different, and they hate it. Open your ears people!

That cannae be AC/DC. If a guitar comes in here in a minute it's unbelievable. It is. It's Hells Bells, AC/DC. Oh man. Cannae beat a bit of AC/DC man.

My girlfriend walked in on me listening to Rod Stewart singing Amazing Grace. Thé relationship is now over.

The perfect thing to wake up to this morning. Funked out of my god damn gourd.

More interesting than good. Sign me up.

I have read on his Wikipedia that he is a member of Pentangle, so I’m hoping that by praising this album, CMAT will notice me.

I’m now halfway through the list. And by the list I mean ‘Six Elvis Costello Albums to Listen to Before You Die’

I am so fed up of these children.

I feel like I’ve listened to this exact album 20 times already.

More interesting than good. Gets my approval.

It’s good, but not great.

It’s your classic three-star album. Perfectly competent, perfectly listenable, mildly interesting.

I like all the pop, disco, and dance you can hear in it. But I seem to be the only person on this website supporting 80s British pop.

The Vince Bus is coming