1001 Albums Summary

Classic Reggae album if you’re in the mood for a bunch of reggae at once.

A fine rock album of its era. Joplin has a great voice and powerful personality. Don’t see this being a top 1000 album, personally.

Mark Knopfler fucking rocks.

A timeless talent, gone too soon. I’ve never heard an album quite like this one.

Some strangeness and complexity to this album, as Bowie was known for. Unfortunately not a whole lot I plan on coming back to.

Very cool, very unique album. I can hear a lot of different influences in this album and imagine how it may have influenced many future albums.

I like Jack White.

Dope.

The beginnings of rock and roll.

2 and 1/2 hours of Mid.

The good kind of garbage.

It’s fine.

Hell yeah this slaps. Weird as hell.

Fine, forgettable background music for me.

Quick, and to the point. More albums should strive to be this punchy and cohesive.

A fine, gentle album.

Pretty rad music. Feel like this guy would be a pretentious prick to grab a beer with though.

Some jams on here but also a few moment where they lean far to hard on weird scream melodies.

Solid singer-songwriter Americana.

Rad as hell. Big fan of it. Like being embraced by a softer, more ethereal album by The Replacements. Spent the weekend listening to this album and it’s grown on me even more. Probably my favorite so far.

Some fun bops on here. Gritty but melodic.

This here is a classic.

Inoffensive, technically sound, pop rock.

I like steely Dan.

The songs I already knew are great. The songs I didn’t we’re fine to good. The interludes were terrible and annoying.

I apologize, Fugees, I was unfamiliar with your game. Bangers front to back. Absolute flames.

Sounds like the Vampire Opera from Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

1-3-5

I’m sure this was revolutionary at the time but it doesn’t do much for me today. 3/5 because I saved 2 songs, but I won’t be revisiting this one often. It’s technically very sound, just not my jam.

Rad as hell.

Delightful background music. Will save the entire album for cocktail hours and date nights. I feel like I’ve heard all of these songs as backing tracks in movies.

Pretty great example of singer song writer folk rock type stuff. I can get into this from time to time but I won’t be relistening that often.

Background noise.

Loved this album. Great jams, had a real sense of time and place. Saved a ton of songs and will be relistening for sure.

I love The Cure.

Solid early 90’s rock.

This sucks. I can smell the whiskey and fancy cigarettes through the speaker.

Some classic bangers on here and I love how committed they are to being goofy. Excellent musicianship on most of the songs, but that being said I don’t see myself retiring to most of these songs all that often.

Excellent opener. Enjoyed the rest of the album as representative of an era I loved. However it mostly blended together for me and I don’t see myself returning to this often.

“BIG IRON ON HIS HIIIIIIIIP” Music like this taught me that I don’t hate country music, just the modern iteration of it.

A really nice album, seemingly ahead of its time. You can see the beginnings of some rock, and even some psychedelic stuff going on here. Quite enjoyed it.

Liked this a lot more than I thought I would, but it took a few listens. Very cool music on here, way weirder than the pop affair I assumed from the cover.

Look, I’ll respect Paul Simon for his place in the history of American Music. But that doesn’t mean I have to enjoy listening to him.

Solid (brit pop) rock album. But not good enough for the Gallagher brothers to the insufferable ass-hats that they are about it.

A couple of gems from a bygone era. Great album for when you’re in the mood for this sort of crooning. High: Help Me Ronda Low: Don’t Hurt My Little Sister (seriously what the fuck?)

This isn’t even Metallicas best album.

Overall very enjoyable album. Will keep it in mind for coooking accompaniment and cocktail hours. Some of the fast talking, ostensibly himorous, songs drag on a bit for me. (Looking at you, “Lip”). But overall the album is upbeat and fun.

One of the greatest opening songs of all time. But outside of that, to quote The Dude: “I hate the fucking Eagles, man.”

At least we’ll always have “Born To Die”.

Comes out swinging with a fantastic runs of songs from Even Flow through Jeremy. End of the album kind of melted together for me. But overall it’s an album with a really strong sound and enjoyable songs that helped define an era of rock. Fantastic album.

Thriller has 4 or 5 of the greatest pop songs of all time packed into a tight 42 minute package. However, some of the (synth-heavy) production sounds dates and overall it seems to fall short as a cohesive “album”.

Prime (and pre-nazi) Kanye West production sounds excellent across the album. Common has some moments of real lyrical talent on the album as well. However, overall I didn’t take too many memorable songs from this album.

“Indie” rock bought and paid for by record label executives. Technically sound musicianship, well written songs and well produced. But not an ounce of soul anywhere on this album. I don’t look forward to hearing again the next time I visit a dentist’s waiting room.

A couple of well known bangers, but otherwise pretty dated Brit Pop. Love the Beatles but this may be their least interesting album.

Solid, melodious, harmonious.

Really strong song writing on this one. Don’t know how often I’ll come back for casual listening, but I reckon I’ll be in the mood to listen to this bad boy all the way through.

Liked this more than I thought I would. Extremely unique. Some songs end in an entirely different place and style than they start, but the transition somehow works. Weird music but I liked it.

Dead Kennedys meet The Beach Boys?

It’s fine

Some of my favorite songs of all time are on this album. Love the MGMT sound. But the hits are hits and some of the misses are pretty boring in comparison.

A fine album, I just don’t see myself ever listening to it again. Strong lyricism, vocals and musical arrangement. Just not for me.

Music is the universal language and these guys can jam.

Dark beats, depressing lyrics. Delicious.

Why use many chord when few do trick?

Solid album. Not their best but an enjoyable listen.

It’s a jam, with some classics. Overall a solid 3/5.

This one goes out to all my hipsters in the mountains. Gentle and delightful. A real chill listen.

Janis is an undeniable talent. But as a whole this album plays like generic, uninspired blues.

A lot of classics on this album but overall pretty middle of the road pop.

Some classics on here, feels like an album that helped define West Coast rap. Probably a 4 without the skits all over the album. I’m glad that’s a thing of the past.

Hell yeah. *bass lines intensify* HELL YEAH.

Decent rock album of its era. Some of the heavy harmony portions feel like they’re sung by the muppets.

Not personally a big reggae fan, but it’s clear this is a great album of that genre. Just won’t be coming back to much on this one, personally.

Boring.

You almost have to be impressed by their earnest commitment to producing an album with the worst singer I have ever heard. Some of the music itself is technically sound, and enjoyable at times. Overall this feels like a student project album and I don’t see how this makes the list.

Like a dictionary of future samples.

Very solid album here. Some fun rock, mixed with fun synth and other futuristic noises and beats. Association with the Twilight movies almost ruined this band for me but I’m glad I came back.

Some of the singing on these songs is downright cringeworthy.

Apparently I can’t get enough old country in my life. Biggest surprise of this project so far, for me.

Boring, totally fine, rock of its era. I’m sure it was a lot more exciting at the time.

Some really fun and interesting songs on here if you can get through the irritating skits.

Certainly one of the albums of all time.

I feel like I grew in a time where Coldplay had been good for a few albums and became a bit of a meme. Relistening to this album now, and I see what made them great in the first place. A lot of replay value here as and album, and plenty of individual songs that stand out.

What the Monsters Inc. soundtrack would sound like if the entire movie took place in that trailer they send lt Ralph too.

Good rap album. Hate the skits. Congrats to Skepta for telling off that gamer on “Crime Riddim”. You really showed him!

Would be a much better album without these skits.

It’s fine. Sounds like the music they play during commercial breaks on SNL.

Talented singer, nice arrangements. Overall boring and not my cup of tea, I don’t think I’ll be revisiting.

Great singer song writer stuff.

Classic for a reason.

Some real jams on here. But also some truly bad songs (looking at you I Like Dirt and Fat Dance). This album was constantly on the alt radio stations while I was growing it up, and always love it for that. And Flea is the fucking man. But overall, it’s a 3.

I’m sure it was ground breaking, but I won’t be listening again.

I am sorry, I’m sure these albums were revolutionary at the time. But every Bowie project I’ve listened to on this list has been extremely mid.

Hell yeah.