1001 Albums Summary

I've been enjoying this. A first time hearing this album. Started with some fairly straight forward Bowie pop tunes, but then migrated to instrumental tracks and synth ambient. Mellow.

A bit of a shock on first play. Poor production and an assault of sound took a second to get used to. By the second track, I was all in, and that crappy production enhanced the experience. An album meant to be listened to on a sony walkman with tinny headphones on a school bus wearing a denim jacket as a 14 year-old with angst. OK, the walkman was 10 years after this release, but carrying a record player on a bus is impractical, and besides, I'm not quite that old. I need somebody is the Iggy I know. I don't know if this is a flashback to older work or a premonition of later albums, but this is the sound I expect from Iggy Pop.

My first time hearing this as an album. Somehow this one slipped by, adjacent to much of what I listened to at the time. Clint Eastwood single was familiar but not the full album. So very stoner centric, but I'm digging the groove without any aids. Double base stood out to me. Great groove, grabbed and held my attention as they traded off focus between different instruments. If I find myself in altered states I hope I remember to put this document on again. Then I feel asleep about 2/3 through, so I guess it didn't grab me all that well. Need to go back and relisten to the end I guess...

Brings me back to my older brother in high school. This was his favorite and his band would cover all of them surprisingly well for their age. Amazing album with the tone of the guitars and wonderful feel driving it all forward. Every track brings something a little different and stands up to the 50+ years of time. My hair grew 6 inches while listening to it.

This was a good but straight forward collection of tracks. Very clean blues rock, fun to listen to but didn't blow me away. Many songs were massive hits and of course very familiar. Some were less popular or new to me. But as an album composition, it was sort of just a collection of fun tunes to me.

I had to struggle a bit to listen to this one properly. Spotify playlist link was only partial. Ended up finding a different playlist that was more complete but was missing The Fat Man's Hop. I ended up searching that one on YouTube as it wasn't available on Spotify, and that was the best track on the list! Anyway, glad I checked the Discogs page for the album to see the original track list and did the legwork to hear the whole thing. Anyway. as someone else said, what's up with putting a compilation album in a best albums list?!? That's a total cheat. A great collection of songs, of course, it's the greatest hits, duh! Thoroughly enjoyed it all. The Fat Man's Hop was a standout and was a bit different than the rest as an instrumental and real showcase of the musicianship. 5 stars for Fats but knocking the album as a best of collection.

Sitting down to listen to this album reminds me why I don't listen to this album. It's a jumbled mess of disorganized ideas. Whole fans call him a creative genius, I think he can't figure out which style to ape so he apes them all. I hear people label this lofi. That's not a fair label, this is massively produced and worked over. Nothing lofi about it. Off key or off rhythm can't be blamed on "being raw". Oh, and what's up with adding record dust popping noise as a theme. Like in the silence between tracks for ready made, and carried through the whole track. That's not leftover from sampling, it's just added noise. Nope. Last track, Ramshackle, is far and away the best on the album. A cohesive and moving composition played and sung genuinely. Left the gimmicks on the cutting room floor and let it flow.

Woo hoo! Taylor is a guilty pleasure. Listening to this should be fun. ;) So I guess I never heard this album before, which is a surprise. I certainly knew the many singles, but interspersed were a few new to me tracks I didn't expect. I'm more a fan of her early more Nashville roots, and this full shift to pop is hit or miss to me. I love some of her wittier and more self effacing tracks. And of course her signature tell a story songs. I'm not sure I really want this many images implanted in my head of her coital dalliances, however. Seemed like most tracks had some alusion to bumping nasties. I get it, she's all grown up now, message received, move on. Overall, a good album. Clearly a star maker with more than half the tracks being radio hits. Good on her, but only getting 4 stars. If I were being objective, it would probably have been 3. But what can I say, she's a guilty pleasure and I'm not that objective.

This will be fun. I'll need to give this one a second listen, as somewhere after Bonita Applebum, I slipped into unconsciousness and let this seep into my dreams. Great grooves, great lyrics, catchy and fun all the way through (the first half). Second half yet to be judged...

Something new and fun. I think I want to revisit this one when I'm more focused just on it.

I was optimistic on this one from all the positive reviews. It was good but but great. I don't feel like hearing this had deepened my world view and understanding of the genre. The previous generation, tribe, digable planets, de la sol, etc, are at least as strong. Less known but more comparable was Boo Yaa Tribe, from a decade earlier. This was a good album but doesn't seem to take the genre further than the decades before. Liked but not love.

What a fun album! I haven't listened to these guys in too long, but it was and is such a fun assault to the senses. You hear the first notes and smile. Within seconds, you're tapping your feet. Eventually you just have to get up and move around! There is stored energy in these tracks which must be released. Bonin In The Boneyard explodes. Gotta love funky ass bass.

A solid album. I think I like this more than most white stripes I've heard. While I enjoyed this, I don't think it's something I would put on without prompting or for a specific reason (like the 1001 Albums project :) ). It's certainly not music to relax to. It's a band I'd love to see live, it just requires a level of activity and attention that listening on the stereo can't provide. And for that, 3 stars.

This was fun from the first drop of the needle until the final beat. Masters of the genre. Nothing more needs be said. 5 stars.

This was a fun listen to drive home to. Some songs were very sound alike to tracks from other albums. And I can't say I'd jump to put this on outside special listening situations. And for that, 4 stars.

This was a lot of fun. When it started with the overplayed radio smash, Immigrant Song, I was gearing up for Led Zep rock front start to finish. Then it spun to blues, still holding their theme sound. Then folk. Then something from the Renaissance Fair. It kept changing, kept rocking, and kept sucking me in. Easy 5 stars.

This was a hard one to listen to. I mean physically. It wasn't available on Spotify, I had to use Amazon music which kept stopping midway. Really annoying. First world problems... This was really good. My main exposure to Neil Young is the double CD Decade compilation. It was great just hearing a single album of an era. I enjoyed every track. 5 stars, not quite. I'm rounding down to 4, but it's close.

This will be a good one... And it was. It's been a while since I listened to that one. A clear 5. Every track is brilliant. J Marcus joining was brilliant. Covers were brilliant. Left on stuck a high note with where did you sleep last night.

I would have loved seeing this at an easy village club. Hearing it on a stereo isn't quite doing it for me. I'm liking it but not loving it so far (Caroline says I). My enjoyment picked up. I think because the production got more sparse which made it more clean and raw at the same time. By the time Caroline Says II rolled around I was way more inside the album. It's still getting a 3, but 2 is totally off the table now.

I did not expect huge rip off (homage?) to led zep guitar riff at the beginning of Dying Days. These guys exude the mid 90s alt rock sound. Nothing revolutionary but a solid power pop consistency from start to finish. The definition of 3 in my mind. The last 2 tracks were the highlights to me.

Not their best album but so much fun none the less.

I never heard of this guy. Listened to the album, and tbh it was a bit of a sleeper. Neither his music nor words pulled me in. When it was done, I started reading to understand why he is in this 1001 album collection. I still can't figure out the rationale, but I did learn he's a putz called out in the me too movement and previously for just being a general shit. I also learned he's put out 29 studio albums in his less than 50 years on this planet. 6 between 2000 and 2002 while embroiled in the me too controversy. What? Why? How? If they are as boring as this one, God bless. 2 for the album. Minutes one for the human.

This was kind of fun. Kind of the hits album with the title track and Fame bookending it. A bit more soul/r&b than I usually like but it worked here. A solid 3.

I forgot about this album. Reminds me of visiting my sister in college. Amazing how a few notes can bring you into a room from 30 years past, with the sounds, smells, people, everything so close you can touch them. But that's not the album. The album is wonderfully produced. Great grooves with layers of samples and instrumentation that add to the whole. The opposite of that Jurassic 5 nonsense I was subjected to a few weeks ago. An easy 5.

If only I could give 6 stars, this album deserves it. Start to finish it's just brilliant musically and entertainingly.

Never heard this one. I'm looking forward to the PJ Harvey and Shane MacGowen collaborations. I gave a distracted listen and liked what I heard but need to go back. I'm going to say did not listen as a reminder to go back. Went back and listened more properly and this one did not impress. I'm not going to 1, but it's probably a 1.5... ah heck, joining the crowd and rounding down to the single star.

Never heard this band before. And won't ever put them on again. They lost me with the first 2 vocoder abominations. Some of the later tracks were better with some jungle and krump but not my bag and I can point to other albums in the genre is rather hear. Same old show was one of the better bits.

I love this album. I own it, I enjoy it, and I'm so glad to get to listen again from this project. Great guitar work, great songs. But, it's not his best, so could it be a 5? I'll round up, so yes.

They seem to really like Bowie... This was a fun one. I only knew the one popular song going in. I enjoyed the whole thing. Very cohesive song-to-song and very different (in a good way) to the previous one reviewed (which happened to also be Bowie's previous chronologically). I think I'm still going 4 here, but it's a strong 4.

You can't help but feel like a guy who own's a boat. Going to go sport a pink button down and lace up my loafers today. It's shorts with belts weather!

Ga ga ga ga junga ga junga. My inner Beavis is shining. I enjoyed this more than I expected. Doubt I'll ever listen to it again, but I am glad to have heard it before I died.

Wasn't loving this album, it was leaning way too country without the promised rock. But then the medley came on and his cover of Charlie Louvin's Hickory Wind, with Emmy Lou Harris won me over. One of my all-time favorite albums is a band called Idha's Melody Inn, where I first was introduced to that song. Was a solid 2 until that came on but that bumped it up a star. And if you haven't heard Idha - Melody Inn, go seek it out. You'll be glad you did. And then Love Hurts. OK, Side B of this album was way better than Side A.

I thoroughly enjoyed this from beginning to end. Great musicality. Great blues guitar and groove. I love Mark's voice. Another album I'm surprised I never heard before considering how much I've listened to brother in arms. Another cultural hole has been filled by this pleasant hour in my evening. Thank you 1001 Album Generator. 5

I really like her voice and can so get into her crazy. This would at least be a 4 in my musical memory file cabinet, but for who she is as a person. Since I learned she is a Nazi racist I can't rate her that highly. And so a guilty 3. Should an artists music be derated for their personal character? We don't give bonus points for good Samaritan's making music. Discuss amongst yourselves.

I don't think I've heard a "Live Concert" album from another band that made me feel more like I was in the audience at the club than this album which I THINK was studio recorded. Completely engrossing. Demands you to just sit in front of the speakers, clear your mind, and just let it all absorb into you. I've never listened to a Hendrix album, only the radio singles. I'm starting to understand why people say he was a genius.

What a brilliant collection of songs. Hard to believe the 12 songs are under 30 minutes total running time. From the classics to the deep cuts, the whole album stays together, mixes things up, and keeps you interested. The easiest 5.

This was the first CD I ever owned. Not my favorite R.E.M. album, but certainly a trip down memory lane. Ah to be walking in a denim jacket, bright yellow Sony Diskman in the pocket, skipping more than it was playing... Solid album. A transitional from their young college rock days to the adult contemporary soft rock band they became. It would be a 3 but for the nostalgia.

This was something new. I enjoyed it. The sound was quite dated, very much a product of mid-70s rock, but the songs were solid. Nothing totally grabbed me or compelled me to replay it, so for that, ***.

This was so much fun. I thought I knew the talking heads, but I never heard this album, and I guess most of what I heard came after. This was so raw and unpolished. I loved it and all it's crazy nonsense.

I like drum and base and 90's trip hop. I like Everything But The Girl's dance vibe. Their prior, Amplified Heart, has been a go to in my collection over the years. This one is a lot more D&B/Triphop than that one, which had leaned to bossa nova and more traditional dance beats. Walking Wounded - Omni Trio remix was a strong way to end. Love the cymbal bell work. I may need to revisit this one a few times and see if it seeps under my skin like Amplified Heart has through the decades of re-listens.

I did not expect a one hit wonder band to have a place on the 1001 albums. I especially didn't expect the album to not have the one hit! I dig the basic genre and style. I like Horn heavy band. Enjoyed their Specials reminiscent vibe. His voice is an acquired taste at best. Fun, solid, but I think I'm good with one and done. Listened and now I'm one album closer to being about to die with completeness. Somewhere between 2 and 3. I'll decide in the morning. As I near the end, it's upgraded to between 3 and 4, but I think it rounds down.

So much fun. Love this album. Love the ska influenced punk. The sense of play. You can't help but tap your feet and smile with each track.

I wanted to like this more and there was a time when I would totally jam to this noise, but alas, either this, or I, did not age well. I'm giving ** on optimism that it's not me, it's them. I've become my parents. My parents were great, I've subsequently learned.

This was a fun one. Nothing I heard before but many songs were familiar standards. Great guitar, great voice. I liked the guest appearance with what sounded like a fairly aged Woody Guthrie.

I wanted to love this but it was only like. A bit more r&b pop than I wanted. Good, but just a 3.

I tried liking this. I feel asleep on 2 separate attempts. I think that defines a 2.

It's impressive how it can be both pure noise and melodic at the same time. I have owned this album since it first came out but I rarely come back to it. But when I do, I enjoy it.

Good clean rock n roll. I don't like the singers voice so it's tiresome to listen to, but the music is solid if not inspired.

Man this was a good album. I will need to come back to it a few more times. I forgot how great they were.

I know it's not for everyone, but I like this. This was an interesting bridge between where they were, Sex Pistols, and where they went, the eclectic pop hit, Rise.

I'm going to be off-trend on this one, but I enjoyed this album. Never heard it or the band before, but it reminds me of The Jesus Lizard or the Black Flag instrumental album "The Process of Weeding Out". Loaded with energy and angst. Can't help but release adrenalin into your veins and lift your heart bit, or perhaps your blood pressure. Some songs are in the 4s, but there are enough that are more noise than rhythm that I'm only getting to the 3. But definitely not a 1 in my book.

Another album and artist I hadn't heard of. I was generally happy but not in love with it. Some was really nice. Some came off to me as pretentious art house pop. But then One Day Like This came on. Why they buried the best track as 2nd to last on the album seems very strange. That was far and away my favorite. I even relistened to see if I warmed to the album after hearing the good song. Nope. Just an album with one song that stands far above the rest.

It started strong. Chill electronica. Wasn't a huge fan of the 3rd track but I get the suggestions of sounding like Massive Attack. Next track got back on the groove motif. This would be a good album to have on a long road trip, especially driving an empty highway at night. I think I'm satisfied.

An album I've owned and loved for decades. But being honest with myself, it's a 4, there are better albums out there. But very glad to see it on this list.

I enjoyed this one. Not a 5 but above a 3, sounds like a 4 if my math is right. Was not a good album to run too, tempos were just too slow. But since I can't run well, it was fine music to walk to, which was most of my outing, anyway. Looking forward to playing this album backwards so I can get my dog, wife and job back.

This wasn't what I was expecting. It was a softer, blues-ier Black Sabbath. I liked it.

I oscillated between 2 and 4 several times while listening to this. I mean within the genre, this was no Arrested Development where everything was top notch. Some great tracks. Some historic tracks. Some duds. Some offensive world views that shouldn't be perpetuated and applauded. Let's average to a conflicted 3.

The only song I know the Psych Furs by was the Pretty In Pink track. It was fun to hear the whole album and put some context around it. I think I'll need to revisit this at least once, but for now lets call it a 3. Super 80s. Love the thick accents. Call me a US nob.

A favorite in my collection. Something to listen to on pensive quiet nights. Great voice, great lyrics, great music necessary it.

I really enjoyed this one. Added to my spotify library, which has been a rare result so far. The first track had a tune that reminded me of what I think was a Miles Davis track but I just can't place it. I want to listen to this a few more times and really absorb it. I'm surprised I never heard of him before. Thank you 1001 Albums!

So much fun. I never realized how much The Cars sounded like Devo. Was that just the sound of the day, or what?

I enjoy his voice and sound, but he hasn't aged gracefully. From those angsty teen heartache songs from his hay day, now it just sounds vapid and whiny. I wanted to like this one. The wiki said there were 4 singles that charted on the album. I couldn't figure out which they were, none seemed chart worthy in my book.

I'm really not a Bruce fan. I tried twice on this one to see if it resonated. Her just doesn't do it for me. Not bad. Just not good enough to get me to focus.

I would have liked this more if it was all Special Sauce and left the G Love in the car. His voice and style were grating but the music was great that was behind it. And for that... ***

This is a repeat for me from before we created the group. I'm wondering what I wrote on my first pass. I suspect I am enjoying it more on this pass than on the first. I had fun letting this wash over me while doing my work e-mails. Very ethereal at times, mellow overall. Just a pleasant listening experience. I didn't recognize any track (beyond hearing the album a month ago, of course...), no radio hits/charting singles that I knew. I think Sound and Vision was the highlight for me.

This wasn't what I was expecting and I liked it much more because of that. Raw, unpolished, energetic and fun, but missing the angry I was expecting. Not angry, but Iggy seemed disappointed.

I'm confused. This was right in the center of the music I listened to in 1990 as a DJ in a college radio station. But somehow despite totally knowing the name, I don't recognize any song in the album. I love it and think had I heard it then, I'd have bought the CD or record, or at least got a tape copy if I was strapped for cash. So maybe I'm rediscovering an old lost favorite or hearing something new for the first time. 5 either way.

There were times I thought this would be a 4. Solid album.

A name I recognized but never really knew who she was. What a great album. I want to go back and re-explore this one a few more times.

A fine drum and bass album. This wasn't ideal on spotify. The album spotify plays isn't quite the album being requested, it's an instrumental version. They did have 2 tracks at the bottom that I think were closer to the original but not sure they were the same. I saw from other reviews that YouTube had "more correct" copies but I heard enough, I didn't bother chasing it down further. A fine example of the sound of that era, but didn't strike me as being much better than several other comps and albums I have. I don't feel like this album was keeping me from dying a complete person.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I didn't know the name of this band but several tracks were familiar. Great sound, just fun to listen to. The biggest quip was the primitive use of stereo with many instruments and mics hard panned fully into one ear. That was a distraction and unnatural.

Just a solid album start to end.

Another fun album. If you haven't seen "Beware of Mr Baker" it's well worth the time. Such a great and ornery drummer.

This had some fun stuff. Groovin' is such a classic.

The second talking heads album in our journey, and man, I just love them. This album was such a blast to listen to.

This was fun, dark, ethereal Sabbath. A healthy dose of satan in every riff.

Eh. Kind of boring if you ask me. In the beginning it recommend me of the Joe Strummer post clash work but that all had interest and sucked you in. This seemed to fight to keep me out. 2

On the one hand, this totally brought me back to my college band days, and so much fun to play. On the other hand, I never liked to listen to the music I used to play. Great to play, cathartic, and awesome to join live on stage or in the pit, but never as much fun recorded. Belongs on the 1001 shows to see before you die, but not the 1001 albums to listen to.

What a great album this is. He's got it right the 5th time with this one. So many brilliant tracks. Some timeless, some exuding the mid 70s vibe. But a great album as a full composition with an opening, an arc, a climax and ending with a release.

This one was kind of meh. At times I thought it would be fun and entertaining but most of the time it got on my nerves. Very busy and cluttered. They could use a producer who scales them back and focuses them on one idea at a time. Isle of Her was a good example of where they managed to strip things down and layer effectively to a place where it became a great track.

When this album came up I thought to myself "This is a band I always saw the name of but I can't think of one song they do." I was excited to fill out a cultural gap, as they were right in the zone of what I listened to when they were popular. When I heard the album, I understood the Wikipedia comment that they were always "almost famous". I wanted to like them, but angsty vocals, muddy playing between the guitar and bass, generally lacked the hooks of a good pop song, they were close, but just not quite there. Sort of like what AI would produce if prompted to create a guitar oriented power pop band from the 90s. It just lacked a soul.

This was fun. I heard the one hit, Alright, but the rest was new to me. Fun and playful. Some blues rock bits towards the end (Time). Didn't make my jaw drop and wonder where has this been all my life, but I wouldn't turn it off it I was on a long drive.

This was a really fun one for me. The band name didn't ring a bell for me and the album came out when the house was filled with babies and I wasn't looking at new music. But several songs were familiar and by their sound, I know I've heard and liked other songs from other albums. A few albums back, I dinged a band for being too busy and cluttered and becoming a muddy mess. This album is an example of busy and cluttered done right. While there were so many layers and instruments on each track, they were tight, each contributing, and working toward a whole. Not a world altering 5, but hitting above the "that was quite good" 3 in my book.

From start to finish, an amazing album. Every song is a classic. Great hooks, great production, great words. Undeniably one of the most important and influential albums in the evolution of rock to follow. The easiest 5 so far.

Another album already in my collection and a fan favorite. I sort of saw her when visiting my brother out in SF almost 30 years ago. We got there but missed way too much of the set. It was still a great show and great night. I love her quiet than screaming sound. She makes you work for it, but the effort is rewarded with catharsis and joy.

I'll need to listen to this more. Definitely more accessible than "Rid of Me", the album fed to us just prior on our particular journey. But while Rid of Me was in my collection and was completely familiar, I'd never heard any of her later work, so while it was an easier listen, to me, it was still foreign. I want to listen more and suspect my rating would rise over time, but for now...

This was fun. Very much country more than rock. It seemed familiar though I don't think I've ever heard it before. It shows the influence it had on later bands and also the familiarity of Gram Parsons from his many other projects.

Good times. Some classics and some I've never heard. Great sound, love their keyboards. Happy to have heard and will look for more from them.

This album brings me back to my college radio days. I forgot how much I enjoy them. A bit louder/harder than my typical go to listen, but they pack a solid rhythm and punch that is contagious.

So much fun. Doesn't take much imagination to understand why this still shines almost 70 years later.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one. The songs I knew were what made it onto their Standing on the Beach best of album. It was great to hear those familiar tracks in the context of the album they came from. The dry guitar, sparse drums and edgy bass. Not punk but punk adjacent and unpolished.

This was a fun one. Kind of basic but fun to listen to, none the less.

A brilliant album. Start to finish. One of my favorites.

I had never heard of these folks but enjoyed them. A familiar sound without being something I'd ever heard before. 60's psych rock, well produced. I'll keep my ears out for them again.

A pleasant Sunday in the park playing guitar kind of album.

Enjoyed this one. I didn't realize how much they sounded like old Cure, which I wouldn't have known but for the Seventeen Seconds album assigned to our group a few weeks ago. Good times.

This was fine. I heard of them and expected to like them more. I guess I didn't not like them but did not live up to my expectations. Giving the 3, but only barely.

Just a fun listen, start to finish. Turn it on and let it wash over you. Wake up and go to bed.

I love The The. Brings me back to middle school. This isn't my favorite album of theirs, but still enjoyable. I wanted to rate higher but if being honest, it's a solid 3.

Just a classic start to finish

So did the who cover them out did they come the who with summer time blues? I'm guessing this was the original. This seems like the beginnings of punk taking shape. Enjoyed, but not sure I'll go find them to relisten. Ok, just read the wiki. I guess summertime blues was Eddie Cochran, and this was the roots of heavy metal. Closer enough for me.

Want my bag. There are other rap/hip hop albums I enjoyed more.

I really loved this one. Great guitar work, great voice, loads of fun. Never heard of them but will seek it more.

I keep oscillating between loving and being annoyed by Rufus Wainwright singing. I think today I leaned more toward liking. My enjoyment of few artists is as sensitive to my mood as with him. It's a sound that effects, just not always in a good way.

Started out as "normal" Bowie pop. Ended up as trippy ethereal head music. I enjoyed it. Heroes is a great song. Surprising that was the radio hit given it's over 6min long and radio's infatuation with the 3 minute track.

I was totally going to give the king a 4, but Spotify auto played a Johnny Cash song when the album finished and I realized Elvis was good but there was clearly better.

I did not expect to enjoy this. Rod Stewart in my mind is synonymous with the worst aspects of adult contemporary/easy listening schlock rock radio. The pre-cursor to Shania Twain. I was surprised to hear this album begin and enjoy a blues rock, rough around the edges first few tracks. Didn't lift above 3 in my mind, but 2 higher than expected.

I love me my King Crimson. To be listened to on the best quality system available to you, while doing nothing but letting the album play out in it's own manner. Don't multitask. Don't fight it. Resistance is useless.

I'm not a fan of the smooth jazz vibes, but loved the fusion and funk parts. It was a mixed bag from loving it to being turned off. I wouldn't have guessed this was from 2017, it has such a strong late 70s early 80s vibe. Would have been a 3 but bumping to 4 for production quality and the perfection of what they were trying to do, even if it wasn't my bag.

This was fun. Reminiscent of taking heads and oingo boingo, but maybe that's just the sound of that minute in music. Liked the horns.

I liked this one. Well, I liked the music. I read the description and I may regret having liked it if the words are as off as the Murder Ballads album. I really wasn't paying much attention to the lyrics but I liked his voice and the music and the generally dark and brooding mood of it all.

A fine album. They do good work. Some tracks were straight up hip hop. Much was creative transitions and asides. A good album to enjoy in its entirety and a rare rebellion from the iTunes only listen to songs in isolation world we have made.

I don't think I heard any of this album before, which surprised me. I liked it. Didn't blow me away but solid tunes all the way through.

This was a mixed bag for me. Some recommend me of the Manchester scene like Inspired Carpets, then it moved into trip hop and bounced around between those worlds. What I didn't find was a cohesive album, just a string of different ideas each produced well as what they were.

This one will need a second listen. I learned of the Bunnymen only in the late 80's. It was interesting hearing this early release from them. Well produced but just a bit more raw and unpolished.

I forgot or maybe never knew that I liked Chicago. I definitely didn't remember them as being a variant on 70s funk. I had a lot of fun listening to this one and will definitely be coming back to it.

I listened to this album so much in high school. Dear God and Grass are both amazing. They brought something new at the time and still sound fresh and different. But I can't deny at times it just seemed a bit much.

When I got the Stiff box set in college, my eyes and ears lit up. So much great stuff and most was new to me at the time. Ian Dury was one of those gems, with Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Razzle In My Pocket and My Old Man featuring on the discs. My first listen to the rest of the album and I love it. His thick cockney accent and penchant for speaking in limericks, while backed by super clean, funky drum and bass lines. Love this.

This was fine. Nothing really grabbed me. Just an album playing in the background on a long drive.

I wanted to like this more than I did. Kind of flew by me without resonating any chords of pleasure. Wasn't bad. Just wasn't something I wanted to hear. Could have been mood.

In the vein of Fat Boy Slim and Chemical Brothers. Fun listen.

I thought I would like this more. It was fine but not as catchy as I expected and hoped.

One of my all time favorite artists and one of her best albums. I hope everyone enjoys this as much as I do.

I am speaking with a bit of a drawl now.

I'll need to relisten to this. Some I enjoyed, some I appreciated, some just wasn't what I wanted to listen to at the time.

I expected to be all in on this. Turns out I was at most half in. I think I need to listen again. Fell asleep towards the end. But where the hits I knew were kicking and as solid as they ever were, the bulk of the album hit me as more meh. Much the mixed bag of brilliance and filler.

This wasn't my genre and didn't convince me it should become it. I knew the name, didn't know the music. Hearing it, nothing pulled me in. Lyrics didn't grab me. Most of the music was fairly basic. Continuing my original perception on the name as famous for reasons I can't explain.

I'm a big fan of the Country Joe I've heard, mostly his solo albums. My first taste of this one and from the first two tracks, I'm picking up what he's putting down. Surprised how musically similar to Doors. Ok, now I realize if you play a Hammond then it sounds like the doors in my world.

I liked this one more than the more recent (2004?, the one with a white egg on white background) Wilco album I was more familiar with. This band has always been a bit outside what I want to listen to at any given moment, but they are starting to grow on me more and more. I'll go back to this one again.

I was enjoying the album just fine when Confusion popped on. My liking increased 10 fold with that one. It was a good album. Some winners and some tracks were more middling. They should branch away from the well trodden structures more often because I think those were the better tracks.

Mellow jam music. Kind of fun but didn't blow me a way.

Took a few tracks to adjust my mindset to match the music, but once I got into it I liked it. I wasn't expecting the punk rock edgy thing. Thank you 1001 for knocking me off my center once again.

The only thing better than this album was their prior, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. Love them. Loved this.

Great band. Very good album. There were a few bits where I wasn't totally vibing with it, but then it ended with Just Like Heaven cover that I love love love. I'm giving it a second listen today, but for now, it's sitting at a happy 4.

Discovering gems like this is my reason for participating in the 1001 albums project. Thank you once again for introducing me to an album I missed from a band I probably never would have heard otherwise. Great mellow indie psych rock. Beautiful harmonies, great instrumentation and just wonderful.

What a mellow experience. My heart rate slowed and stressed melted away.

First song, Bittersweet Symphony, sets off the tone and the album moves on from there. Definitely starts at the peak, but I think the rest held up fairly well. I was pleasantly surprised and think this is an album I want to add to my collection. They aren't the one hit wonder I had thought they were. Go Verve.

Nothing screams black hair and white makeup like Siouxsie and the Banshees. Let the teen angst out and your inner goth have a moment.

If this album just had the song hurt repeated 13 times it would still be a 5.

I really like Portishead, especially the album Dummy, but this one didn't quite grab me. It lacked the musicality to tie it together and was more a collection of ethereal and experimental sounds without a common thread.

I expected to hate this and was very pleasantly surprised. A bit too aping of beasties Ill Communication but otherwise really solid. This album was pushing 5 for me until the insanely bad vocoder schlock rock abortion of Only God Knows Why. Bad enough to knock a star off. Re-listen later with less distraction, I liked the music but very much didn't like the misogynistic and mostly pathetic lyrics. Musically, 5*. Lyrically 2* star. Vocoder ballad -1.

This was great. Clean musicianship and recording. Grabbed my interest from the get go and held it. Sometimes jazz, sometimes electronica, sometimes tabla and indian influence, other times more western trad.

It was fine.

What a fantastic album. An easy 5 in my book.

This was a bit of a mixed bag. At some points, it seemed inauthentic, delivering a corporate message. Very different set of sounds to Pet Sounds, somewhat loose production. There were some really good tracks mixed with a bit of meh.

This was fun. Better than "murder ballads," but at some points it reminded me of that one.

I like experimental music. I often tell people, and the 1001 albums has general been evidence, that no matter the genre, there are always examples of good music even for genres one doesn't usually enjoy. But this album was not good, even for someone who likes this often unloved musical subsector.

Not my normal listen, but surprisingly good. Didn't pay attention to the words, but the musicality was surprisingly infectious.

I didn't realize Colin Jost was in this band? Love that picture. This was a mixed bag for me. That cheesy 80s synth British sound grates on my nerves, but there are still some very good tracks mixed in.

Solid. New to me. Heard the name but not the music. Glad to fill this cultural gap. Not my favorite but well above average. And holds together as individual tracks and as a cohesive album. 4

Brilliant start to finish. Nothing more needs be said. 5

Everything about this is brilliant. Riff rock has never achieved such heights before or since.

Great voice, great lyrics, great album. Starts on a high note and keeps climbing.

I enjoyed this more than I expected. Dr. Dre's shtick outside of music generally grates on my nerves, so I never tried listening to his music. I've heard bits over the years which was fine, but I never sought him out or listened to an album until this one. Lyrically, I'm not sold, but rhythmically and musically, this was fantastic. I will re-listen.

Solid. Not my favorite I've heard by her but a good listen.

A good album to study to. Mellow trip hop electronica. Well done.

A bit of a mixed bag with some parts being sublime and others missing the mark and devolving into noise. I keep bouncing between 2 and 3.

Kind of slow. It didn't grab me. Just always seemed a bit off key to my ears.

I liked the tracks that pushed into trip hop vein, experimental electronic, more than the straight hip-hop. Had some good moments. Takes More Than 41.

This was an amazing find.

This was a bit more raw for Elvis Costello, especially that first track. Didn't read the wiki yet, but I'm assuming this was one of his earliest albums. Great but not at his best. Still had some growing into his style to do.

Dancing on the fence between prog rock and riff rock, then flipping into the blues jams to mix it up (lazy). A classic from start to finish. Love the fat sounds of the guitars and bass, and their signature synth pushing into distortion making it almost like another guitar. All tubes and analogue. No rough edges to be found.

Radiohead remains on the fringe of the bands in my normal rotation. This album was a bit different. I liked the mellow, somber tone of it. Nothing is a single or a pop hit, but as a theme/mood album, it works. I'm going to mope now.

This is the album that never ends. 2hrs 12 minutes. A very talented editor/produce might have been able slice together a brilliant 40 minute album out of it. Maybe.

Just some straight up Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Right down the middle from start to finish. Listen to the fist 30 seconds. Like it or lump it, the next 40 minutes will just reinforce whatever you thought initially.

All triplets and shuffles all the time. A classic head bangers ball. Lighter and more bluesy than the later Maiden I seem to recall.

This was a bit painful. Started with some good stuff. Devolved into not so good stuff. Knowing a small bit of the personal troubles of Syd during this time, especially, it didn't help me find the good in the bad. 2

The first song reminded me of early Clash. The next reminded me of PIL. Just hints of commonality that I enjoyed. I was expecting much more punk rock and this was solidly post-punk mixed with that early 80's sound. Bloodsport reminded me of Roxy Music. Ever song seemed to bring back memories of something from that era. Not sure who was influencing who in the musical timeline.

I hate it when my eloquent notes from listening don't save and I have to remember what I typed. Anyway, started off setting a mood with Firesuite and held it through to the end. A great album well worth repeated listening.

Prefab Sprout were on my periphery in high school. Their CD was always around in the used bin, but I never succumbed. I think it was my loss. I am enjoying this. A lot of commonality with Squeeze, but musically and lyrically. Clean 80s brit-pop. A few more tracks in and putting myself in my orange Chuck's, I probably did hear it back then and thought it was too cheesy. By the time Appetite hit, I was getting pretty sick of them. Did anyone else hear the odd grab of Steely Dan Aja in that track? Desire As - pops out as an anomaly on the album standing well above the rest.

A classic. Not today my thing but can't help but enjoy it.

A fine album. Chill, and phenomenal guitar work through-out. The repeated use of faggot in "Money For Nothing" did not age well, but it was such a common usage word back then, I have to cut them some slack.

Oh my. I guess I only knew Tainted Love, the radio hit of the era. Frustration starts this off making me wanna turn it off. Tainted Love pops on and I'm dancing in my seat, the frustration of the prior track fading into the past. Was a bit hit or miss after that. Most I enjoyed, but at times it dragged on and was a bit too campy/dance club for my taste. Where Did Our Love Go? came back at the end to redeem it once more. Fighting with myself between 2 and 3. Fun City sealed the deal. 2 it is.

I see why they were popular but it still wasn't my bag. Not sure why, to be honest.

This was not my bag. I like electronica but not so much the EDM, apparently. Definitely not the right thing to play early on a Monday morning while going through the weekend e-mails. Too hectic, stopping and starting, it seemed more high stress than high energy. I could see this inducing bad trips and paranoia if taking the wrong substances while playing this. Not sure what the right substance would be.

Solid alt rock. I liked the steady tempo build they had going on. I don't think I'd what to see them live, but a good album to play at home alone.

Like 311 but harder. Very clean, but too clean. It came across as sterile and soulless. I'd guess this is better in a live setting where there is more play. In the studio, the click track seemed to rule them.

My prior album was Incubus. Incubus seriously need to spend some time listening to The Allman Brothers and unclench their butt cheeks a bit. Some easy jam band blues performed well. Listening via Spotify, it sounds a bit muffled/dull, which I think was limitations of an old live recording.

I enjoyed what I heard, but listening on YouTube was terrible. I ordered the CDs because I liked what I heard enough and will circle back when the album has arrived.

I do love me the pretentious rappers of the late 80s and early 90s. reminded my of Consolidated.

I get why others love him, but he really gets on my nerves. I thought I'd like this more than I did. Your Sister Can't Twist is on now and I'm wanting to tear my ears out. Vapid. Was going to be a 3 until this trash came on.

Even when I want to hate him I love him. Solo Morrisey isn't as good as the Smiths, but he still croons out some whiny emo goodness. Pardon me while I go mope in the corner for a bit. Some tracks definitely better than others, making this a solid ***.

This wasn't at all what I was expecting. I thought Motorhead was more like Metallica. This was way more in the vein of punk rock. Much more to my tastes.

Not what I was expecting, once again. Post punk art rock. Reminded me of instrumental black flag at times. I think I'd have liked this much more when I was younger and may need to come back for a few more listening sessions. I understand why this is in the list but for me to objectively rate it here and now, it'll be a 3, pushing toward 2.

That is a banger from start to finish. Say no more, say no less.

This fits with my memory. Orbital was all about the drug fueled rave. Fatboy Slim and Chemical Brothers understood the good bits of this, but also recognized that when listening to a CD, most people were not most commonly fully zonked on party drugs. This album makes for fun DJ rave fodder, but doesn't appeal to other listening. Other albums of the same genre were better crafted to pull this sound into a song and album structure. 3. It'd be a 5 if properly zonked. And probably a 1 if I didn't recognize how good it was at meeting it's niche where they were at.

This is just too much 80's synth for me to get behind it. Not the analog synths, but the hollow and sterile digital synths that followed. Soulless and grating. I keep trying to listen with fresh ears, knowing they repelled me in my younger days. But then things like Sacred Heart come on dragging me back to this just being something I don't enjoy.

To use the lingo of the kids, this is a banger. From start to finish, driving and intense guitars, bass and drums with a great voice rising over the top. My complaint is the overly clean production over the distorted instruments. Feels like click tracks and vocoders stripped the soul and optimizing for radio accessibility. I never saw them live, but would bet they weren't this clean as they rose up and built their following.

The intro/outro filler was a bit forced and kitschy, nothing that hasn't been done many times before 2004 and not done better here. Lyrics were similarly non-attention grabbing. Of the 21 tracks, 3-5 were really solid. Not a great hit ratio. Breathe in Breathe out was pretty solid. Then lost it with School Spirit as the follow up. That pattern seems to repeat. The critique of college is shallow and annoying. And as far as I could glean, his proposed alternative is to deal drugs and smoke pot? If everyone is dealing, then the value of being a dealer goes down, that's just simple economics, but I guess he dropped out of that class...

Sometimes I forget how great they were. So much hype at the time, but history has shown that in this instance it was entirely deserved.

This band brings me back to an era. The sound is so distinct to that time that it floods me with memories. Never heard this specific album before, but will look to listen to more of them in the future.

What a great band to now know about. Excellent Latin, hip hop, soul and funk. I'll be adding this to my regular rotation.

This was pretty good. A bit too somber to be yacht rock. Better than the hits they are known for, in my opinion.

The album cover makes my brain hurt. The music doesn't. Loved Lion In A Coma, and the whole vibe. Ended on a high note with Brother Sport.

This one took me several tracks for my brain to adjust to their sound, but once it did, I really enjoyed it. I liken it to The Decemberists, but with more experimental and punk/edgy influences.

Just your basic 60s folk pop pleasantry. Didn't wow me but perfectly enjoyable.

A classic from beginning to end. They had such a great sound that pushed the whole genre forward and has stood the test of time. From the blue note jazz samples and break beats to the flowing lyrics. Respect.

Kind of a slower, more mellow variant of Sonic Youth. I liked what I heard from these guys but can't call it love.

Except for the radio hit, Antmusic, I hadn't heard this one. And hadn't heard or thought of Adam Ant in decades. This was a blast to go back in time to my grade school years. Post-punk pop, in the vein of Devo, the sound aged surprisingly well.

I remember seeing them in 1996, at Maxwell's in Hoboken, if I recall, to a half filled room, and then only 2-3 months later to a packed hall down in the Bowrey as they exploded overnight. An amazing album from start to finish.

Another great album. One that defined an era for me and that I always come back to with joy. Love the great use of synth and ultra deep bass in parts, echo in others. And just a fun vibe all the way through. Not like anything else I've heard.

A 5 for music and style. I love this album. I need to back off a bit because at least some of the tracks have lyrics I can't get behind.

I do enjoy old Kinks. I'm always surprised when I hear them because I'm so used to Lola as the sound of theirs I'm most familiar with, but this almost Beatles sounding stuff makes me smile.

I was hoping to like this more. I often like the better country albums I get exposed to. This one didn't do it for me. Just seemed boring/generic country pop. Formulaic structure, standard tropes, meh instrumentation, all polish no substance.

The easiest 5 ever. A perfect album from start to finish.

This was fine. Nothing really jumped out as awesome or terrible. Just some 60s American blues based rock.

This was a solid album. Enjoyed more than I expected.

It was like The Decemberists and Uncle Tupelo had an annoying angsty teenage punk son. A band I always heard about but never listened to. I'm missing the hype they garnered.

I wanted more from this. It was fine but grating. There are better albums in the genre.

I forgot how great this album was.

A solid album from a band I haven't gone back to in decades. A great rich warm distorted guitar over the harmonic vocals and driving drums. Fairly catchy, almost pop song structure and hooks. No wonder they were able to solidify grunge as radio worthy, laying the groundwork for Nirvana to break out to the mainstream (although this album was after Nirvana began to dominate the charts and I'm sure AiC benefited from Nirvana's glory on this release).

Huh. Listening to the first track, Love is a Stranger, I only heard this on the radio and have no recollection of the strange male grunting sounds that kept popping up. Were these not on the radio edit or was the sound quality so bad that they weren't noticeable, or is this just selective memory. TBH, they didn't seem to fit and the track would be better without them, I think, so maybe I just blocked them out? I've Got an Angel sounded like a cross between Prince and Robert Palmer. Anyway, this was a fun album. I wasn't a fan of hers when this was released, but she has grown on me over the years.

This was good. Kind of washed over me as generic Fleetwood Mac goodness. Wasn't brilliant and gripping. Just a steady hour and a quarter of pleasant sounds filling the room.

Am I not young enough anymore? There is a time I think I would have embraced this crazy. I can feel that me somewhere deep within. But when sitting down for a good listen, this is not what I'm reaching for. A low 3 because I know the hidden me will be sad if I gave this a 2.

Not sure what to say here. Not my bag but seemed good for what it was?

This was a toss up between 1 and 5. Each track from the start, what style is this? Is it a hip hop variant? Is it some EDM/drum and bass thing? Spoken word, atonal verses with a vocoder, story telling, it was odd but somehow enjoyable. Get Out Of My House pushed it to the good side, but even if I liked what they were doing, it was repetitive with all 11 tracks being essentially the same shtick.

I'm glad I read the wiki on this one. Silly me, I thought 1977 was the release year and I was so impressed at how much this sounded like mid-90s indie pop. I was amazed at how far ahead of their time they were. Nope, released in 1996, right in the middle of their time, if not late to the game. A good album but I was looking for something to set it apart and wasn't able to find anything. Just let down by their lack of time-travel prowess, I suppose.

The opening with the cheesy synth sounds that so date this album set the mood right off. I'm definitely more a fan of the pure guitar rock of Panama and Hot For Teacher. Let the good times roll.

Fairly slow paced, somber even. Great songs and story telling. Solid album all the way through.

This isn't my genre but this album is rock solid.

Man oh man. So back in the 90s, I used to listen to a band, Too Much Joy, with a song called "If I Were A Mekon." Back then, I didn't know what a Mekon was, and I knew I wasn't quite as cool as Too Much Joy. But now I have heard The Mekons. And I'm not a Mekon. So I can't say I'm cooler than TMJ. But I too wish I was a Mekon and so maybe I'm now on par.

A solid 60's rock album. Very chill with a great rhythm and groove. A new one for me that I enjoyed all the way through.

This song started with a track that I might have thought was Billy Joel if I just heard it on the radio. Another mellow album that's fun to just let play. This would be a good road trip album. Enough variation and interest around a common theme to let the time just roll past with the miles. A few songs I knew but from other artists.

I expected to like this one more than I did. Of course there were a few classics that are well deserving of their fame. And a few gems I hadn't heard before. The production quality was wonderful. But it didn't hold me in for the very long 2 hours recording time. Like first track new and great. Second track My Sweet Lord. Third track, Wah-Wah, what were you thinking G? This is just boring dad-rock basement jam nonsense. But lasting through that 5+ minute slog, you are then rewarded with Isn't It A Pity and some joy returns. Seems like if they had passed on about 1/3 of this thing you'd have a masterpiece.

A fun romp in pop history.

This was a known hole in my cultural lexicon. They were just before when I started getting into the alt rock scene and I never went back to listen to them. I'm a little surprised to hear this be regarded as one of the best albums of all time, but it's solid. I still don't think it's getting above 3, though.

A solid showing of motown holiday cheese.

Boy, not sure what to make of this one. A bit of a slog to get through. Not quite a 1 but darn close.

Some true classics and some I hadn't heard before. Great album.

Trip hop meets easy listening. Elevators have never been so funky. Not really my bag, but good for what it is, I suppose.

I really don't know what to make of these guys. Prog meets metal meets alt. Sometimes I was into it, other times not so much. Certainly something different than most albums on my shelf. Hard to think of the occasion when I think to myself "I really need to listen to this album right now."

Mixed emotions on this one. So very heroin driven, sort of sad. But at the same time, such great musical depth and honesty.

Seemed like a softer Melissa Ethridge. Heavy country bent while still trying to lean to the rock/pop charts. I think I liked her more trad country stuff more than this. The attempt to be a cross-over makes a result that is more like easy listening. When you polish off the rough edges of both genres, you leave a boring stone that slips out of your hands and your head. One Big Love is on this album but Patty Griffen version is MUCH better. Looking it up, Emmy Lou is covering the original and not doing it justice, IMHO.

An album I've known and loved and agree that anyone who hasn't listened should give this a try before the dark veil descends. This would be a 5 except for consistency of rating with Ryan Adams, I have to doc it a star because Nico, whose voice I do love, apparently had some unsavory views around race and eugenics. It doesn't show up in the music, and her wikipedia page seems to down play it, so I'm a little conflicted, but eh, she still loses a star from me.

I love Elvis Costello and this was one of his better albums. Starts out strong with the first tack, probably the best on the album, but just keeps going.

A good piece of 60s rock. Didn't blow me away but I enjoyed it well enough.

Kind of boring and monotonous I thought. OK but sort of meh as it dragged on. Emotional Haircut was probably my favorite, with a sound very reminiscent of Devo meets U2 circa 1986.

Kind of surprised to get an easy listening crooner on this list. I suppose they call it country but this feels closer to Musak than country. Not my bag. Born Under a Bad Sign and I Sleep Alone were pretty good. Then Tonight comes in and just crushes the mood and was down hill from there.

Maybe it's because I'm listening to this directly after the dog of an album by Richard Hawley, but man I'm enjoying this.

I do love me my prod rock.

This was so not my taste. I found it mostly painful to sit through.

I loved it in the 80s and it hasn't faded a touch in the two score years since.

Solid but didn't move me that much.

I am such a fan of tones on tail and love and rockets, it's crazy I never bothered to listen to Bauhaus much. I'll be going back to this one.

I have many of Aimee's albums but I hadn't heard this one before. She is so much more youthful in this one vs some of her later work. It's an interesting middle space from her 'Til Tuesday stuff to where she settled in. I'll be going back to listen more. So far I really like it but not sure it's as good as the albums I'm so much more familiar with.

This is one of my top 10 albums of all time. I love Sinead and this specific album is one of her best. The diversity of songs, the use of strings mixed with drum and bass rhythms. The builds and tension. Then just the pure vocals and lyrics. There isn't a bad or even a just OK song anywhere to be found.

Sort of fine. New to me band. Nothing I didn't like but didn't hit me as something I want to hear over and over. Not quite sure what the significance that brought this album to the 1001 list.

This was hitting at a 3, totally dated synth pop. But then the last track, the classic hit Don't You Want Me came on and man oh man is that a classic that has held up despite the dated synth sounds. Uplifted comfortably to a 4, and clearly belongs on the 1001 list for that track alone.

I wanted to like this more than I did. So many classics and songs that were new to me. But the classics showed that over the decades, he really polished these rough stones, and that polishing was really necessary to what ultimately became timeless classics. I've been listening to The History Of Rock Music in 500 Songs podcast and recently learned a bit more about Dylan's early career (Episode on Song For Woody Guthrie), so it was educational and reinforcing to hear this album. I could imagine him in a Lower East Side coffee house playing this to a bored crowd wanting poetry, and then him getting better and the crowds flipping to people wanting this music and not the poets. Listen to that podcast series if it's not yet in your feed.

Not as good as the other album I know of them, but I enjoyed it.

This was OK but didn't strongly hit me up or down. I think I owe it another listen at some future date.

I'm torn on rating this one. Definitely not my genre and I got very little enjoyment listening to it. But on the other hand, for what it was, it was solid, and despite it not being at all what I wanted to hear at the time, I had no issues playing it all the way through. So... 3.

So the opposite of the prior metal album and made me appreciate that one just a touch more. Depeche Camode was never my bag, I was a Dead Milkmen kind of guy when this was current. The hits did bring me back in time. And overall I enjoyed it more than I was expecting to. Still not in the hallowed ranks of The Smiths and The Cure from the era, but it has it's place on this list. As I type and listen, my rating creeps higher.

I like me my jangle rock. I enjoyed this but it wasn't love at first listen.

Not their best album, in my opinion, but such a great band that even a lesser album ranks a **** in my book.

This album just brings happiness and joy. I'm o-o-o-over it. It's so o-o-o-over me.

I have their first album, but this is the first time hearing this second one. Maybe it's familiarity bias, but I prefer their first. It's good, but hasn't really gripped me. Just some straight up indie-rock from the early aughts. The sales success of this album seems to have been on the back of the prior more than on the quality of this specific release.

A new one to me, but it had a familiar sound in many parts. Reminded me of The The or other 80s English alt bands. Wasn't love, but I liked it.

Somehow I thought Kraftwerk were a noise/industrial band. I was not expecting this almost poppy type of electronica. I wanted the industrial which made it hard for me to get into it.

Not my genre but as the type goes, this was solid. Now I debate myself, is it a 4 because it's so good at what it's trying to do, or is it a 3 because I am never going to put this on again?

This was an album from when U2 was transitioning from the great indie Dublin club rock band into a mega-stadium pop band. At the time, this is when I lost interest in them, they just weren't as cool and indie as my teen self demanded. Listening afresh to the album, it's a solid 3. Some truly wonderful songs, like Mysterious Ways, then some horrible dogs like Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World. Their Wild Horses cover I find completely meh. Stadium pop-rock, absolutely. But decent in many parts.

I put this on and my wife left the room mumbling something about musical masturbation. I on the other hand sat and enjoyed the whole thing. Much more akin to jam band than the later Floyd's conceptual and then pop structured stuff. More youthful and a bit more edgy. I heard a lot I liked, but still can't get higher than a 3, though. My wife was not entirely wrong.

Man, the opening track of this album brought be straight back to road trips in the way way back of a 1971 Volvo wagon. But as the hits faded into the deeper cuts of the album, it was just a solid blues rock album front to back. Some tracks reminded me of Janis Joplin in their sincerity of delivery (Way Over Yonder). I couldn't help shake my "this is cheese" bias (Will You Love Me Tomorrow), but I'm liking this way more than I anticipated.

Oh boy, an all time favorite.

I may be alone in having never liked Mick Jagger. I don't like his voice and never was a fan of his style. I wasn't excited to see this album come on. Some classics on here for sure, although I'd venture the classics have been overplayed so much they don't give me much pleasure anymore. Ultimately this gets to a "fine" in my book.

Where has this been all my life? This album grabbed me right off the top and kept me listening. Walk in the Park was just one of the highlights. New to me, but I expect to go back to this band in the future. This is Dream Pop and I don't want to wake up.

This was a great listen. I really enjoyed the progression from acoustic into the electric and distorted. While there were many individual songs that were hits, this album had a progression and flow that made the whole greater than the sum of the individual tracks.

Started off with a bit of a Velvet Underground/Lou Reed kind of thing; then pushed to 80s alt akin to The The; next track was funk rock and if they added a horn section it would have fit right in. Each track seemed to explore a new space and I have to give props for the diversity and quality for each track within those many styles. My comments are just on the tracks from the original album. The extra hour on the Spotify "Deluxe Edition" of remixes and whatnot might have knocked it down a star as that got a bit redundant and monotonous.

I wanted to enjoy this one more than I did. It wasn't bad, but wasn't awesome either.

A classic album that I loved in my youth. As I've aged, I can still remember how this made me feel, but I also hear it grating a bit on my sensibilities with it's rougher edges.

Great UK Punk. I didn't know this one in my youth but I would have loved them even more in those angsty teen years.

The guys voice on the first track made me think he was originally a bad singer, then he suffered a stroke, making him worse. Later tracks were uphill from there, perhaps with me getting used to it, sounding much like the Violent Femmes singer at times. The music behind him I enjoyed universally.

This was a very mixed bag for me. A few classic yacht rock hits. The fact he did this entirely as a solo effort was impressive in many places but there were many times when he would have benefited from the council of others. If he had a stronger (any) editor / producer, this would have been a single album of great music. Instead it was a middling double album.

Daft Punk was a band I heard about before I heard, and thought I would love. Years later when I heard them, I was not impressed at all. I'm hearing this album and thinking the early buzz around this album probably was what gave me the positive impressions. I don't love this album, but it's SOOO much better than what I heard from DP in the 2000s, its a breath of fresh air. Some solid trip hop and acid jazz bits at times, (High Fidelity) but a few phoned in tracks (Teachers). They threw some spaghetti against the ceiling and bits of it are still falling to this day.

I didn't realize they only had 4 albums in their career. Each are classics. This isn't my favorite but it's mighty strong.

This is not my genre on so many levels. I generally don't like modern hip hop. I generally don't like R&B/Soul much. I generally don't like dance club pseudo disco. This is a blend of all of that. And with all that said, I'm finding I'm enjoying this more than I expected. The production and cohesiveness are impressive. It's still not my style, but I am seeing why he's given the respect he receives. Personal taste, it' s a 2, but it will at least be a 3 and may end up a 4 if it ends as strong as it's started. OK, the degree of vocoder crap singing, I can't get to 4.

Very much not my jam, but I jammed to it none the less. Pretty catchy hooks all through it. Reminded me of Spinal Tap or the Blues Brothers, where they meant to be a joke and parody of their genre, but they still produced solid music in the process. I don't know that they meant to be a joke. I sort of hope they meant to be a joke? I mean, they are a joke, right?

This album was so good that I listened to the whole stupid deluxe edition, which was 2+ hours of what was supposed to be a 30-40 minute album, essentially repeating every track 4 times.

I was liking this more and less as it came through. It was good but I don't think it's love. Wondering if I'd ever reach for this album again and not thinking I would. But wasn't looking to turn it off, either.

I'm not a big Elvis fan, but I did enjoy this album. Very country throughout on this one, for sure.

It's entertaining this is called Heave Metal. I have trouble hearing Rod Stewart's voice and thinking Heavy Metal. Is it just me? Guest appearances by John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Keith Moon. Solid blues-rock album with some clean guitar and quality licks throughout.

I want to like this more than I did. A few very good bits. A lot of not so much bits. Impressive they were doing this concurrent with Sgt Peppers, they were ahead of their time, for sure.

This is an album meant to be listened to while driving alone in the dark through the woods and mountains of Pennsylvania with hours behind you already and hours still to go. Right now I'm not in a car, it's not dark, and this is not the best album for my mood.

I think the only Oasis track I really knew was Wonderwall. I enjoyed this album. Every song kind of sounded the same, so can't be 5 stars for that reason alone, but it was a fun listen.

This is an unequivocal 5 star album. Great song writing, great singing, great instrumentation, great recording and production.

I'm digging all the crazy this thing is. I think I want to find this on vinyl. It just feels meant for that format. You know, inconvenient, expensive, pretentious, and too cool for school.

A perfect album. Bouncing between chaos and melody. Incredible musicianship. Legendary artwork on the vinyl. I'll be humming this the rest of the day.

I was not a Prince fan when he was popular. I've grown to respect him over the decades since. Hearing this album, there were times it was a 5 (first 3-4 songs), then somewhere around Automatic, it was really losing it form me. It's still not an album I would ever reach for, so it can't get over a 3. But I respect it's existence in this list. One should hear this album before one dies.

I love fIREHOSE, but this is not their best album. If'n and Flying the Flannel are better picks for this list, IMHO.

I fine listen. Didn't blow me away but was pleasant music to have on. I guess that's a 3?

First tracks were fine. Then Sweet Surrender came on. What a dog of a song. Seemed like it went on for 30 minutes. I kept checking the progress hoping it was over, but it just kept going. That was only 6:47? By 5:30 is was crawling out of my seat wanting to press the skip forward. But no. I MUST LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM BEFORE I DIE!!! Then it went back to fine. Spoke too soon. Make It Right made it wrong.

This was a hootin' rootin' jolly good time. Not sure I needed 2+ hours of the hoe down, but the time breezed by pretty quickly.

This was just a brilliant album from a band I had never heard. I think over the course of the weekend I probably played the full album 6 or 7 times.

This has been a go to album in my collection since it was first released. An excellent album with beautiful musicianship, songwriting and recording. Best heard in its entirety and not as individual tracks.

I like my drum and bass to veer more into trip hop than this did, but a solid album either way. Can't say I'll seek to add to my collection, but glad to be aware of it.

Maybe I'm just in a good mood and this album made it gooder, but another 5 being added to my tally. I hope your day is gooder for having listened to this, too.

I enjoyed this one. A solid 3 pushing into 4 territory. Amazing how much Power Station from 1985 ripped off their sound.

I think this Paul McCartney fellow has a real future in music.

Listened to this first thing in the morning with financial markets collapsing around me. Oddly it seemed to work.

A good album. I think this depends on being in a certain mood that I wasn't quite in when listening. I felt I would have enjoyed this more if it was something I was intentionally reaching for, but hearing it out of that mood, I could tell it was quality but not what I wanted to hear at the time.

A band I've always loved and never owned (except Our House from the Stiff Records Box Set, which everyone should own, 4 discs of pure brilliance!). Glad to be pushed to listen to another great Madness album.

Red pill or blue pill? Red pill or blue pill? Such decisions.

This is what I might have made fun of my parents for listening to when I was a kid, but my parents had better taste than to listen to this. Just the worst schlocky crooner.

I do love these guys. I consider them best in class for this genre. Great album.

Somehow this sounds like The Sex Pistols, played slowly and with a ska vibe. And somehow, I like it?

This is just a party start to finish. I wish I had a chance to see this band live in their hay day.

I love the sound of the kinks and their witty song writing style. I always thought they deserved more play vs the other British invasion bands of the era.

I wanted to love this. Instead it was only a solid like. An album forever in the friend zone. It was fine, it was good, but there was no magic, no spark, no love. Maybe at another time, in another life.

Wasn't my jam. Modern pop-country. A bit generic. Reading the Wiki page, he was whining that his label truncated the album. He should have thanked his label, this was too long and too boring as it is. Should have been "trimmed" by another 10 songs.

I think when this was current I probably would have rated it a 4, but it's only a 3 to me today. A few classics. And a sound that is so familiar. But it's not an album I'm going to reach for to listen again. I'm probably being too generous, tbh.

A great album. I love that this was a big finger to their label that wanted a more commercial approach. How un-Canadian of them. Ends on a high note with Something For Nothing.

I oscillate on Dylan. This was a pretty fun album with a lot going on musically. I was surprised by how many echoes from other songs were found in snippets of these tracks. Like "Obviously Five Believers" had hints of "Rolling Stone", and "Visions of Johanna" had musical bits that were used in other hits, can't recall which right now. A lot of the chord progressions and tunes were repeated as he evolved into other parts of his career.

OK. I just gave Bob Dylan 'Blonde on Blonde' a 4, which arguably should have been a 5. But now I'm hearing this album and wanting to give it a 4, but feeling a bit sheepish that if this is a 4, then is this really in the same bucket as Dylan Blonde on Blonde? So for that reason alone, this falls to a 3. Sorry Arcade Fire. You just aren't Dylan.

This is Nashville country done right. First 2 songs are pure brilliance. It's a niggle, but I'd have wished for a better mix. The drums are just too heavy throwing it out of balance. Playing is great, it was all in the post mixing. Won't impact my stars. This is a 5 through and through. Can't Let Go is still buzzing in my ears.

One of the top albums of it's genre in the decade. Hands down.

There was probably a time I might have loved this album. Or perhaps if I was born about 5 years later, so I was in a certain developmental phase when this was current. But I aged out of this before this came to my consciousness and as such, just ain't doing it for me. The predecessors, NIN, Joy Division, Ministry, Meat Beat Manifesto, etc., were all things I enjoyed or even loved. I hear pieces that I should like. But I'm just not there with this one, so it's falling flat. Probably a 3 on what I appreciate I should like but my instinct is toward a 2. We'll see what I feel in the morning when it's time to click submit.

The specials have a warm place in my mind. I'm struggling because I really really want to give them a 5. I will be sad that I didn't give them a 5. But alas, I think they are falling to 4. Why? I really can't say. I just don't know. But they didn't reach the pinnacle of 5-dom today.

If I just heard this on the radio, I'd have sworn this was a Siouxie and the Banshees album. I had no idea Siouxie had a predecessor in style and sound, I just thought of her as completely original. The more you listen, the more you find these stepping stones and pre-cursors that show how music evolves rather than popping out of a solo creative genius. Another tip o' the hat to the 1001 albums project for getting me to hear something so eye opening.

I'm glad I came back to this. I tried listening and got interrupted. But I enjoyed it a lot more on my second pass. Maybe I acclimated myself, maybe I was just in a more appropriate head space. Good trippy electronica, think 4am rave tracks, leading up to the sunrise set.

This is my second pass through this album as it was early in my list before we created the group. I think it's "fine". I was more harsh reading my prior review. I'll lift it from 2 to 3. I still think there are better in the genre and they were not bringing much new in this album.

Solid classic heavy metal from start to finish. Don't drop on your big toe.

The Miles Davis equivalent of jam rock. I can dig it. Can you?

I knew the name Kings of Leon, but apparently hadn't heard them before? I had no clue this is what they sounded like. Good album, nothing I'd seek to add to my collection. In the vein of Uncle Tupelo. Some sounded like Camper Van Beethoven but less interesting. I think the last song, Talihina Sky was one of my favorites. Alt country rock. Worth at least one listen before you die, I suppose.

This album brings me back to freshman year of college. Played on repeat, I wore out the groove with the very crappy dorm stereo, the kind that didn't even have a counter-weight on the plastic tonearm.

I'm feeling a bit sheepish for giving Jane's Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual a 5, having this album come next and really appreciating what a 5 should be. Such a brilliant album. The insane guitar work, the lyrics, the voice, the whole package.

Not my absolute favorite album of theirs, but still an undeniably wonderful collection of songs. Cecilia, The Only Living Boy In New York, the title track. I'm cuspy on 4 vs 5 but I think I'll round down on this one. Some of the production was kind of busy and distracting to the tracks.

I'll come back to give a second listen. A short and sweet blast of the kind of country that you want when sippin' a long neck in a road house bar.

A good album but not as good as I'd hoped. Kind of generic jangly 70's jam band rock. Nothing really pulled me in. Nothing offended either.

Such a great album. Morrisey may be a whiny twerp, but he's musically worth his salt and then some. And the genius of Johnny Marr's brilliant song writing talents drips from every track. Nobody does the power pop jingle jangle better.

A solid album in the alternative genre. A band I'd heard the name of but never gave a solid listen to. The Intense Humming of Evil was a departure that I enjoyed a lot. This is an album I will likely go back to.

My first pass this was only a two. It took a second listen to start to grow in me. I don't see myself coming back but I'm glad I was here for a spell.

What a fantastic album. Fatboy slim adjacent but with influence of traditional Indian instrumentation. I will keep this album for many return visits.

I enjoyed this thoroughly. I liked the switching of styles from jazzy to dance and back again.

A fun, poppy (in a 70s jam rock sort of way) album. A few hits, all the edges smooth and polished.

Had a few bits I enjoyed, but overall was a bit too out there for my mood and tastes. I will not be going back to this one.

So dark, so deep. And that's just his voice...

I expected to like this more. It wasn't as dancy or as funky as I expected. I'm flip flopping between 2 and 3. Leaning to 3 because it wasn't bad, it just wasn't that good. It's a low, low 3.

This reminded me a lot of The Flaming Lips. A solid alt rock period piece of it's time. Worth a revisit, for sure.

I think I can appreciate the creativity and punk ethos here, but this did not resonate with me. Respect for having it on the list but not something I will ever listen to again.

I ebbed and flowed with this album almost as the album ebbed and flowed in my speakers. I went in thinking "eh, van morrison is overrated and boring". Each song was similar and blended into each other. However as I kept listening, I enjoyed how it swung and swayed. I liked that it was so similar as it drifted along from one part to the next. I don't like the individual tracks, which is what I'm used to from classic rock radio, but I really like the album as a whole, which is clearly how this is meant to be enjoyed.

Ah the subtle sonnets of Einstürzende Neubauten. Soothing, calming, dare we say sleepy? The perfect album to fall asleep to.

I remember seeing Paul Kantner and I think a few of the other members of Jefferson Airplane playing at what was like a hotel lobby bar with tables and chairs in Denver back in the 90s. At the time I was pretty clueless as to who they were. The tiny audience was mostly "old people", they must have all been 50+. I don't think Grace Slick was singing but they did have a female singer, honestly barely remember the show at all, but I remember when they started playing White Rabbit was when I realized (was told?) who they were. Good times.

What a brilliant album. So far beyond their contemporaries. Every song is a classic and yet they all come together as a coherent album as well.

I'm bouncing between 2 and 3. But I am bouncing, so I guess that makes it a 3? Not my style and the heavy R&B influence grates on my nerves, but I recognize it's well done for what it is. Let's call it a 2.6, rounding up.

Alt rock/punk rock in the vein of sonic youth, throwing muses, etc. Aggressive and fun. Makes you feel like your in a small dark club filled with teen rage and angst. The stripped down and more melodic Little Babies was my favorite.

I'm not high, nor am I playing with an electronic organ at a mall music store wearing polyester pants and a leisure shirt, and therefore, this album is not where I am at.

It's probably heresy to say, but I enjoyed this a lot more than Pet Sounds. They should have left the last track for some documentary. That random recording of studio noise adds no value on the album.

I started out liking this little slice of 60's psych rock quite a bit, but it started to weigh on me. It didn't help that the spotify version of this album included multiple versions of the songs and went on for 2+ hours. Fell from a 4 to a 3 in my book.

I think the late 80's era was probably my favorite for rap/hip-hop. This was right up my ally with great samples, so solid turn table work, quality lyrics and just fun to listen to all the way through. Very reminiscent of Tribe Called Quest. Evolutionary, not revolutionary, but a solid listen.

We did David Bowie, Low, a few months back, a related album recorded when they were in Germany. I didn't enjoy Low that much and wasn't optimistic about this one, but I was pleasantly surprised. A nice hard edge to the power pop tunes. The Passenger was the hit for me.

This is my jam. I'm surprised I didn't know of them, but I'll blame it on being in the middle of my babies at home years, the musical dark period in my library. Heart Skipped A Beat was a favorite.

I expected to pan this for my memory as a kid of James Taylor being total cheese ball band my parents forced upon us. I was very surprised to find I kept tuning into it, getting sucked into his lyrics, voice, guitar playing, instrumentation. This was way better than I expected. 1001 list has paid off once again, getting me to revisit a pre-conceived notion with fresh eyes.

I love Bob Mould and the Husker Du sound. His voice mixed with the guitar and bass tone are just so hypnotic. I'm kind of shocked reading the wiki article about it. I would have expected this to be an earlier album of theirs, but apparently it was the mature eldest brother of their collection. I guess I'm swayed by Mould's solo work after he ditched Grant Hart, who must have brought that punk energy to the mix. I like it with this punk energy and might need to go exploring some of the older Husker Du collection.

I think I prefer this older version of Rolling Stones as a blues cover band than what they became as they developed into actual song writers. Lacks creativity but they covered good music and made it sound good. Further to this comment, Tell Me is definitive low point.