1001 Albums Summary

Sounds like Daft Punk, but compositions are WAY more interesting. Production value is incredibly high, if there’s not a lot of live instrumentation, then it definitely has me fooled. Side one had hits, but I enjoyed side two more, very introspective and deep.

Good Blues album. Jim Morrison is self-admittedly not a musician, and it unfortunately shows in this album since it's all live. Nothing groundbreaking or interesting

Great songwriting, landmark album for Dylan and for rock in general. Not easy to listen to, harmonica is always too high in the mix. Not an album you can really enjoy listening to without knowing the backstory and context.

Great songwriting, landmark album for Dylan and for rock in general. Not easy to listen to, harmonica is always too high in the mix. Not an album you can really enjoy listening to without knowing the backstory and context.

Landmark album. Amazing textures, ahead of its time. Very fun, deep listen

It's great, I mean it's B.B. King, legendary blues musician who inspired and continues to inspire generations of guitarists. This Live album isn't particularly moving for me, though I'm sure I would have been blown away if I were in attendance.

Hugely influential, one of the first cross-over artists and OG rock & roller. Obnoxious, weird kid just kept doing what he was doing and helped to found my favorite genre of music.

Really didn't like this album, didn't feel anything while I listened. Nothing new or interesting here, the best song was the Mrs. Robinson cover (not included on the original release), and even that did not provide anything new.

I loved this album and was pleasantly surprised. Some great sounds and texturing happening here.

This album has some gems outside of the singles that I was unaware of, overall some really cool sounds and textures in this album that I previously wrote off. I still can't get over the vocals, they just don't do it for me.

One of my favorite, recent, concept albums. Amazing sounds, fantastic songwriting, I see myself listening to this many more times.

Solid album, was not really aware of this one before. Great sampling and beats, definitely ahead of its time.

Some alright sounds, but a lot of the playing is really sloppy, which isn't my cup of tea.

Ok album, two stars normally but three with Black Hole Sun.

Two stars for the hits which can be fun, but this album really represents everything that I hate about the commercialization of music. Everything sounds so overproduced and phony.

Good album, strong guitar work. I'm not sure it adds anything new or interesting to the desert blues genre, but it's a good listen regardless.

Decent album, I like the sounds and textures, very cool rhythms. Woul dbe a three but the album is too long, should have been shortened by 15-20 minutes. You start out thinking this is a great, unique sound, but it gets very repetitive.

Great album, Beck almost never misses, and this is a great, early example when he could still come out of left field and shock you with something totally unexpected. Very introspective album, sad songs that anybody going through a difficult time in a relationship can identify with.

Solid production, great sounds but I couldn't really get excited about any of the songs.

One of the greatest albums of all time

A lot of this album is way too repetitive, I think 20 minutes could easily have been cut to make this a normal-length LP. Two stars for that reason alone, otherwise this music is well-produced, nostalgic, fun to listen to.

Really just could not get into this album, or the band for that matter.

Kanye West is a great example of why you shouldn't drop out of college. This album is ok, it has some great hits. I really don't like the whole idea of chipmunk pitching, it hurts my ears.

Really did not enjoy listening to this at all

Wasn't sure that I would like this, but found the tunes very catchy. Nothing too crazy going on musically, but still fun to listen to.

Great album, Led Zeppelin rules, love the guitar-forward riff-based music.

Really surprised by this, hadn't really listened to Television before. Amazing instrumentation all around, but the two interplaying guitars and bass guitar were really intricate and fun to listen to. I listened to their other two albums on streaming and enjoyed them as well. Solid band!

Did not like this at all, not for me. Wasn't impressed with the songwriting, instrumentation, vocals, or anything.

A true Masterpiece

Probably my favorite Metallica album, it certainly brought heavy metal to a wider audience, and did it with grace. It's not something I find myself listening to these days, but it the impact on Rock music is undeniable.

Really bad. Some white stripes is ok, but this album didn’t have a single song on it that I liked. Really not sure why it’s on this list

This album has some of the classic Smashing Pumpkins hits, but at the length, there’s just no glue holding it all together. I don’t care much for the band to begin with, but I do respect their career.

I love this album, it marks a special era in the 2000s. There are moments where the music doesn’t feel authentic, which I think was the band’s intention to a certain extent, but it takes away some of the magic for me.

Fantastic debut album. Lot's of energy, rocks very hard

This had some interesting guitar work, but really didn’t like any of the songs.

One of my favorite albums, and one of the best by Led Zeppelin

I really did not like this at all. Maybe if I liked the music from the band, I could appreciate this album more.

I don’t have anything bad to say about this album, it’s so good

I didn’t like this at all. I didn’t like the songs, and really did not like the vocals. No redeemable qualities for me.

Great album from a relatively obscure artist, I really enjoyed this

Great album, I always wrote this band off, but this one is solid. A little on the long side, which affects replayability in my opinion

Solid record, Iggy Pop is a gem, not a single bad song on here. Great old-fashioned rock & roll, almost sounds like a live record.

Great band, sound a lot like Talking Heads

All the classic Bob Marley tracks, ahead of its time, Bob is one of the GOATs

I was excited to listen, but disappointed in the end result. This album constantly sounds like you are on the edge of something amazing, but never really delivers. A lot of it is very flat and noisy.

Nothing groundbreaking. It's Limp Bizkit, 13-year-old-me loved this album.

I’ve always loved Hammond b3 organ, it was interesting to see who popularized it. Solid jazz album

Excellent album, super original and creative. Will be listening to this more.

Pretty boring. Actually starts getting somewhat interesting by the end

Has some cool beats, but some of the lyrical content was cheesy and felt inauthentic, maybe because it felt like London gangsta rap.

Fantastic album, great textures, very psychedelic

Perfection

Brilliant

Really amazing record and so well produced. It feels so big but only runs for 52 minutes. Seeps so much emotion, Adele has an incredible voice, the accompanying music works as a perfect compliment.

Can’t stand the vocals. Good musicianship otherwise, but not my style of rock music at all.

I got about halfway through the 2003 album “Throwing Muses” before I discovered I should have been listening to the 1986 album “Throwing Muses”. I guess it’s easy to get them confused. The earlier version isn’t available on streaming, so I had to hack together the track listing on YouTube. I’m not sure why I should care about an artist that obviously doesn’t care to have their releases done properly on streaming services, or take the time to give their albums meaningful (or even different) titles. All that aside, the music was awful. No musicianship, could not connect with it at all. Worst album so far on this list (170 albums in).

It's a good album. Alanis Morissette is a good writer from a compositional perspective, while lyrically, it can be hit or miss.

Not many times do I listen to an album and know within the first 5 seconds that I will love it.

Some good guitar parts. Really didn’t like any of the songs

Didn’t like anything about this.

Ella Fitzgerald is amazing, Gershwin is one of my top composers. This is not an album, it’s a songbook box set, I’m not listening to all of this.

Really thought I would like this, but was largely unimpressed. Songwriting didn’t hook me. I was expecting a bigger psych sound, but what I heard was pretty generic blues, something a guitar teacher would use to teach their students the blues.

Very difficult to listen to

I’m sure this was great for Slipknot or Metal fans when this came out, but it’s not for me. Maybe only one or two songs that I would listen to again. Good production, but I don’t think there’s any good songwriting happening.

Not a lot going on with this one

Not much to it, nice to listen to

Pretty boring, good musicianship

Solid musicianship, not really my style. Starts strong but I got tired of it quickly.

Not for me, wouldn't listen to this again

As close to perfect an album as you can get. Steely Dan rocks, all of the musicians that play on their albums are top notch.

Not much to say here, very introspective, beautiful album

Didn’t care much for this, nothing special, could have gone my life without hearing it for sure

Incredible musicianship, was not aware of this album or this artist before

It was fun, great vocalist and band leader, same vocalist who sings for King Louie in The Jungle Book.

One of my favorites, extremely well-produced, lot's of textures, introspective lyrics

I just can't get into The White Stripes, I've never heard a song that I would want to listen to again

Benny and the Jets is such a great song. Rest of the album is good, but not mind-blowing, must hear this before I die.

Didn’t like this at all. Songs are not memorable, musicianship was very average

First three songs are ok, rest of the album is just filler

Great live album, has more edge than San Quentin. I'm not sure why both albums are on this list.

I normally like Ice Cube, but this album has really poor production, hard listen.

Probably my favorite Beatles album. It is perfect. Great tunes, great length for an LP, the first foray of the Beatles into the rock album era and out of their pop era. Production is almost perfect

Very bad

Pretty bad. I hate that whenever Daft Punk comes up in casual conversation, someone always needs to bring up Homework, as if it’s like an obscure, early work of Daft Punk that is really amazing. Yeah I’ve heard Homework, and Around the World is 7 minutes long, asshole.

The best part of this “album” is that it’s only 22 minutes long (hardly a full length LP). Nothing interesting happening here, can barely understand the lyrics. It sucks

One start for Seven Nation Army.

Hard to have an opinion on something with absolutely zero substance

I listen to a fair amount of experimental, noisy music. This is not music

Not my cup of tea, but I think they’re a good band and can see why they are popular in their niche.

Couldn’t wait for this to end

I, like many others, generated this album the day after Brian Wilson’s passing. I’ve heard it before, and am biased as a huge Brian Wilson fan. This is a fun album, contains the classic Beach Boys harmonies, but some different sounding arrangements that make this a fun listen.

Thank god that’s over. A very difficult listen. Not a fan of the genre, but the music was just not interesting at all

I I’m sure this album is seminal if I were a jazz / latin percussionist, but I’m not, so it didn’t really move me.

Not for me, not listenable

Doesn’t get much better than Steely Dan, this album has some of their most popular songs. Technical execution and production are absolute perfection, and the songs are memorable, well-written and fun

Didn’t particularly like it at first, but started to come around. I will listen to it again for sure. Maintains a consistent vibe throughout the album.

Early daft punk

Really good album, it has the sound that to me a lot of the 2010s rock music (poorly) emulated. My favorite U2 album

I feel like I should have liked this album in theory. Some of the sounds were cool, it none of the songs really grabbed me

Has some strong moments. Good production. Gets repetitive in the second half. Most songs also have kind of a pointless, really long outro, seems like filler. Would listen to it again.

Really cool album. I love Janis Joplin. I didn’t really like the faux “live“ sound of the album, and I thought there were some awesome rock and roll moments that get washed out by the end of the song

This did not have any redeeming qualities. Except maybe the album art matched the music perfectly

Couldn’t even finish this, just didn’t care for it at all

Second half of the album is solid. I love the harmonies in End of the World.

Pretty ok album, not amazing production, but fun to see the genesis of Foo Fighters

Not too bad, liked some of the songs, good production, REALLY did not like the singing

Great songs, good production, great textures and guitar work,

I liked this more than I thought I would. Sounds like Bob Dylan in some parts, and has a early San Francisco psych sound in others.

Incredible album from an artist I’ve never listened to. Super weird, strong production, great sounds.

Awful production. Second track has some bass rattling that almost sounds intentional. Lots of background “tones” that sound bad. Nothing stuck here. A few good moments.

I. A see how other people like this, but not for me personally. Has pretty good production, ok musicianship

Fuck yeah

It was bad

Solid album. Mic just sounded a little muddy at times, and it was too long, and droning at times

Pretty noisy. Had some good moments, but lacked cohesion over all

Pretty ok, has some strong moments, and a few moments where I needed to turn the volume down. Would listen to it again

Really did not like this. Too long and droning, only listened to the first disc. Very uninspiring

1,001 post-punk albums to hear before you die

Hard to find anything wrong with this album. One of my favorites

Some good parts, don’t understand why it’s on the list

A masterpiece, not much more to say

Super solid, I really liked this

This was such a big album in the 00s, you couldn’t turn on MTV without seeing a RHCP music video. Some of the songs on this album are good, but the production is horrendous, and way too noisy. RHCP was a band that never needed to participate in the loudness wars, I wish they would have made a stood out and made a statement, but the band just frankly isn’t that great.

Talented producer. This album is long and has some pimples. Pretty decent

My all-time favorite Beatles album

Very very bad

Some ok moments, but didn't really feel this

Some good moments, very solid production.

Not my style at all, but The Cure is a solid band and the production on this album is really good

This did not land for me at all, and I don't really mind Metallica's music. I think it was added to the list because "Ohhhh metal band plays with a symphony orchestra, this is so groundbreaking". Vocals sound bad, Lars sounds forever bad, and I'm sure there was a lot of correction applied, still sounds bad.

This is Kanye West's best album, a masterpiece in my opinion. I love how unpredictable it is, very experimental, it keeps you on your toes and you really don't know what's going to come next. Some of the lyrics are hilarious, while others deal with serious issues. It feels like Ye didn't take himself too seriously with this album, but still created an incredible work of art at the apex of his career. I can't listen to Kanye anymore, it's a shame he went off the deep end and doesn't make records like Yeezus anymore.

It’s hard to write a review for this album. It’s an utter masterpiece. So many textures, so many new things to hear every time you listen, incredible songwriting.

Great sounds, introspective lyrics, this is good music, but it’s no my cup of tea.

Pretty solid album, great sounds and textures. Vocals sound a too much like Thom Yorke.

Great a cappella vocals

Hated this, sounded like nails on a chalkboard

Started out hating it, then came around. Will give it another listen, some really good sounds in there