1001 Albums Summary

started off rough with the songs sounding way too similar, more variation toward the end which made the songs much more enjoyable

easy 5 stars. Neil Peart stands alone

ehh...it was fine

interesting listen

Solid album

this album grew on me as it went on. it was some interesting musical elements but i think the songs tend overstay their welcome. i think they could really benefit from cutting the length of some of the songs

its fast and loud just like a classic punk album should be. easy 5 stars

very cool musical ideas

interesting grunge pop album

Solid album

i wanted to like this album. she has a great voice and most of the beats are awesome. the album just drags on for entirely too long and so i found myself counting down how many songs i had left which is never a good sign. the combination of the length and the overbearingly preachy lyrics made this feel like more of a chore than anything else. my assumption is someone told her that cds could fit 80 minutes and she was miseducated enough to think that meant the album had to be that long.

when i first heard this album back in high school i didnt like it. i appreciated the skill with which Jimi played but really only came away liking "Crosstown Traffic". listening again so many years later, im much more impressed by how everything comes together. its still not something id want to listen to all the time but i wouldnt mind throwing it on every now and then.

just like watergate some of these songs should've stayed clandestine, but somehow were made public anyway

very theatrical and over the top while some feeling underwhelming

There are so many things I'd like to say about this album. In fact, that its taken me 5 months and 100 other albums to finally sit down and begin typing out my thoughts. As I sat down and began waxing poetic on each song—its instrumentation, lyrics, and place in the album’s overarching narrative—I realized that what I really wanted to convey was how much I absolutely love this album. So while this may not be the ten-thousand-word thesis I initially set out to write, the core message remains the same: this is one of my favorite albums.

probably my favorite Metallica album

this album is aptly named as listening to it felt like a bad dream. i actually liked the majority of this album but it suffers a good bit due to the length. there were some cool musical ideas presented but most of the songs meandered far too long and there was one or two weaker songs that should've been cut completely. ultimately this causes what otherwise wouldve been a nice listening experience to feel like a slog

the inside scoop is that he named the album truth because verisimilitude was too hard to pronounce

Sheep. They’re everywhere. Those woolly, innocent-looking creatures, just grazing in fields, but don't be fooled. They’re not as harmless as they appear. Oh no, they’re watching us, I tell you! Have you ever looked into their eyes? There’s something there, something sinister. They communicate in ways we can’t even comprehend, plotting and scheming while pretending to be these docile animals. Think about it. Why are there so many of them? They outnumber us, and yet we think we’re in control. We shear their wool, milk them, and even eat them, but that’s exactly what they want us to think. It’s all part of their grand plan. They’ve infiltrated our farms, our petting zoos, and our storybooks. The sheep are everywhere, silently biding their time. And then there's their leader. You know the one, that black sheep. The one that stands out, the one that doesn’t follow the herd. That’s the mastermind. It’s coordinating the others, sending signals through those eerie bleats. It’s no coincidence that when you see a black sheep, something goes wrong. They’re the overseers, making sure everything goes according to their secret agenda. Remember that nursery rhyme? “Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool?” It’s a code. It’s been right there in front of us all along. Those aren’t just words; they’re instructions. The black sheep, the wool, it’s all symbolic. The sheep have been whispering their plans to us since we were children, and we didn’t even notice. And the way they move in unison, like they’re controlled by some hive mind. Have you ever seen a flock of sheep being herded? It’s like watching a well-oiled machine. They know exactly where to go, what to do. They’re training, practicing for the day they rise up. And those sheepdogs? They’re not herding the sheep; they’re working with them, keeping them in line, making sure they don’t give away too much. They've got us all out of step, just like the song says. We think we’re the ones out of step, struggling against the system, but it’s the sheep that have us dancing to their tune. “I can’t keep up, out of step with the world,” Minor Threat sang, and maybe they were onto something. The sheep have us out of step, out of sync with reality, making us believe we’re the odd ones out, the misfits, while they march in perfect formation, slowly tightening their woolly grip. And those sheep hybrids you hear about? Dolly the sheep? A clone! They’ve cracked the code of genetics. They’re experimenting, trying to create the perfect sheep, the ultimate overseer. We think we’re cloning them, but what if they’re cloning us? Creating perfect human-sheep hybrids to infiltrate our society. We could be living among them right now! Stay vigilant. The sheep are not what they seem. They’re out there, watching, waiting. And when the time comes, they’ll make their move. You’ll see. You’ll all see. Baa, baa, black sheep, indeed. They’ve got us out of step, and it’s time we started marching to our own beat, breaking free from their woolly chains.

overall this album was great but the 71 minute runtime really works against it. if they Disintegrated a few minutes off of each track it'd be a much better album.

not the Beck album i wouldve chosen for the list(Guero) but an interesting listen nonetheless

liked this more than i expected to

this isnt something id normally listen to so it really surprised me how much i liked it

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he had a great voice but this album was terrible

this album isn't good enough to be so incredibly long

i understand why it was so popular but it's not for me

a bit repetitive but still a great album

good background music but not something id actively listen to

wow, this was not what i was expecting. this album is fantastic! my only complaint is the length of the album but they managed to keep it interesting the entire time so i can overlook it

entertaining album

solid live album

could've dropped one or two of the weaker tracks but otherwise great album

bland

better than it has any right to be

theres some cool stuff in here. im rating this based on the first 8 tracks which was all that was on the original album. the last 4 tracks were added on the cd version of the album and were far and away the worst tracks on the album. if i had to include those my rating would drop to a 2 due to how incredibly annoying they were.

This was awful. Sonically there was some cool ideas but it was brought down by the incessant droning that they tried to pass off as singing. The few times there was an attempt at singing may have been even worse than the talking. Not even autotune could help this guy

virtually unlistenable; not a single good track on the album.

not my style but it was fine

great instrumentals

a couple of great tracks sprinkled in among some ok tracks

this drags on for way longer than it should and the incredibly slow tempo makes it feel even longer

before listening i honestly expected to hate this but it turned out to be really great

another album that would benefit from trimming it by 20 minutes, decent background music though

the opening song was incredible and followed immediately by some of Elton's most popular tracks. the rest of the songs are good but they fall a little flat in comparison

wow, this certainly was one of the albums of all time. it had some tracks with great instrumentation and overall i thought the production was well done. despite that, i found myself counting down the seconds with over half an hour left in the runtime. the extended length makes the album feel like incredibly bloated mess full of half baked ideas. the genre feels like arcade fire covering bob dylan, which is another way to say that this may be the least listenable genres around. the thought of having to ever hear another song by Sufjan makes me physically ill and i pray that no more of his albums are on the list so i dont have to hear anymore of this hipster garbage.

my fifth album in the crosby/stills/nash/young extended universe. as with the others i dont have much to say in the way of compliments or complaints. its extremely bland but its an easy listen given the short runtime. hopefully I dont have too many of these left on the list

there are some really incredible tracks on here but the overall experience is pulled down by the presence of some not so great tracks. it was still an enjoyable listen

wow this one is unique. certainly not like anything id normally listen to

adele is a great singer, unfortunately that doesnt always translate to being someone who makes great music.

im doing a list of 500 essential pop punk albums and this album is on that list as well. to be honest im not sure this album should be on either list. i dont really have many complaints, this was fine as background music but i preferred their self-titled album that came out right before this one.

we just had another album by the band a month ago. i liked this one more but it's still not great.

this was interesting. two solo albums smashed together under the outkast brand. both were enjoyable but the format really detracted here. the transition between big boi's album and andre's album was jarring even though i knew to expect it. it was also incredibly long, coming in at just under 2 hours 15 minutes.

i really enjoyed the majority of this album. the instrumentation is on point and the sound quality is good. that said, the song "lost someone" perfectly encapsulates what i hate about live albums. they took a 3 minute track and stretched it out to 10 minutes by repeating the same motif over and over while James rambles and provokes the audience to scream and shout. with the exception of that track and the medley that immediately follows it, the crowd noise isn't too bad but those two tracks really brought down the rating for me.

i liked this way more than i expected

quite mellow and relaxing

the skits really brought this down

This may be one of the best Christmas albums in existence. Unfortunately, it’s still a Christmas album

didn't know what to expect from a live prog album based on a classical music suite but it was fantastic! there were some sections that leaned a little too heavy into the art rock side things to the point where it was almost just incomprehensible noise but it was for such a short duration i'll overlook it. the more annoying aspect of the album was the gratuitous amount of clapping left in on the last two songs which easily add 2 minutes to the runtime. despite that, i thoroughly enjoyed this album

this album was rough. there are some funky grooves on here but they are drowned out by vocals produced by a high school kid working at a mcdonalds drive through who is frustrated that you had the audacity to order a burger. with a different vocalist and better mixing this couldve been a great album.

fun early punk songs

they made some terrible choices on this album. the only song i remotely liked was ironically titled "the wrong way". it would've earned them two stars if i hadnt accidentally listened to the version on spotify with the bonus track "you could be love". i usually try to keep my review to only the original album but this bonus track was so bad it soured my already negative perception of this album and i cant shake it.

this album is full of half baked ideas and random noises. at one point i had to pull over because i thought something was wrong with my car but it was just the violently annoying sounds Frank decided to put on the record. the last song on the record is 6 and a half minutes of random sounds and yet somehow it sounds more coherent that some other parts of the record. i appreciate that it is satire and the few song ideas that feel more fleshed out arent bad but overall this was more annoying that enlightening. +1/2 star for the album cover

my first thought was why are there so many band members in blondie? second thought was hey this should be a fun album. and it was for a while. i dont think any of the songs were bad but some were definitely better than others. its not a long album but towards the end it was beginning to wear out its welcome

lyrically relevant even today, but not something id want to revisit

not an album id want to put on again but i didnt hate it. it had a lot of interesting things going on

fantastic album

whats so unusual is the high ratings this album is receiving. there are a couple of cool synth parts and a few good bass lines but otherwise unremarkable.

tasty riffs on this one

funky grooves. i wasnt expecting to like this due to my familiarity with the title track but it wasn't as bad as expected

there are certainly worse albums on the list. extra points for the iron man cover. i appreciate when artists can take a song from another genre and make it sound like their own. i dont think i ever want to hear it again but A+ for effort.

classic album, five stars if only for bass line on peace sells

interesting mix of indie, grunge, and punk. not sure it works well but it wasnt bad

this was fine. production was good and she has a good voice. the songs all sound pretty similar and the slow nature of them makes them feel like they are dragging on even though most are not that long.

i was bored by most of the album but there were a few songs i genuinely liked. i tend to dislike this genre as a whole but this is certainly one of the better albums I've heard from it.

fantastic album. the grooves do tend to overstay their welcome after a while though.

easy listen but not something id come back to

this wasn't as bad as i expected it to be. i really didnt have the patience to deal with the shout rap on the day i got this album but this album is a lot of fun and managed to overcome my negative feelings for the most part. i also really enjoyed some of the samples on this album. i understand why people enjoy it but at the end of the day its not for me

enjoyed this one

better than expected. many of the songs started off with some pretty cool instrumentals that went absolutely no where.

funky grooves but they get old quickly. i found myself waiting for end halfway through each song.

this was a really interesting album. i really enjoyed it though i'm not sure i'd ever listen to it again. it never really felt like it was overstaying its welcome which i expected to happen given the runtime.

this was fine. it started out a lot of fun but got repetitive pretty quickly

short and sweet, incredibly fun album. i put it on at work and before i knew it i was halfway through it.

enjoyable listen

i went into this with low expectations thanks to the genre listing on wikipedia but came out of it pleasantly surprised by how much i liked it. i wouldve given it a 4 if they made the effort cut a few of the weaker tracks

i had heard a few of the songs before and absolutely loathe smooth operator, but i enjoyed this more than expected. it definitely works better as a cohesive piece rather than just a collection of songs.

good background music with an interesting mix of ideas from various genres. i admit that i probably have a bit of nostalgic bias when it comes to this album. i remember my older sister having this album and know ive heard many of the songs before, even if i only consciously remember "honey".

the album cover perfectly encapsulates the vibe of this album. energetic, raw, and unhinged

self-indulgent, meandering drivel

Great album to listen to when you inevitably find yourself in love with your friends wife

this may be one of the worst things I’ve ever heard. i genuinely can’t tell if it’s a parody or an earnest attempt at making music. if it’s a parody, then whatever he was mocking was rightfully lost to time, and he succeeded in turning it into songs so absurd they made me laugh out loud. if it’s serious, then this is another Robbie Williams situation—where the Brits somehow think this flavorless, beans-on-toast-esque music will appeal to a wider audience. between the monotone rambling, lifeless beats, and lyrics that sound like they were written on the back of a nandos napkin, i can confidently say that anyone who unironically enjoys this needs their head examined. a grand don’t come for free, but somehow, this garbage did

generally its a little too ambient and spacey for my taste but there is some nice grooves on here

liked this more than expected considering how much i hated the Lou Reed album we had

not a bad album, slight edge to Da Capo over this album though

not what i expected at all. i always confuse joy division and new order so i was expecting a much more upbeat album. the album was fine overall but i have to admit im a little disappointed in the lack of synth even though its my own fault for expecting it.

fun album. wildly inconsistent track volumes. beating gets faster in particular is so much louder than the tracks immediately before and after it.

good album. given the obvious satire in the first track and the fact that it was made 50 years ago, I'll look past the repeated use of slurs.

cool album, there are a few tracks i wish were cut to make it a little tighter but i really enjoyed this one

what a disappointment. i went into this with high expectations only to be let down. great guitar work from mark knopfler can't save this album of boring b-sides. the only song on the album that i'd consider great is money for nothing which is about two minutes too long.

enjoyed the first half way more than the second half, but overall it was a good album

a few good tracks but also some really bad tracks

boring but not bad

not my favorite beatles album but fantastic nonetheless

i had heard 3/4s of the tracks before. obviously kendrick is a great rapper and the beats are great as well but i was always annoyed by the high pitch voice he uses on some of the songs. money trees and swimming pools in particular use it quite frequently. i understand that thematically its supposed to represent his conscience but it doesn't work for me. additionally almost every song overstayed its welcome by multiple minutes. even with those complaints i still enjoyed it for the most part

thought i only knew one of these but ended up recognizing way more of them than i expected. a little boring at times but at such a short runtime i wont hold it against them. overall pretty solid album

pathetic attempt at making songs people want to hear

i've never understood the appeal of oasis. they are the musical embodiment of a headache. ill be the first to admit that this was way better than i expected but my expectations were through the floor so it wasnt a very high bar.

another great album by stevie made even more impressive by fact that he played the majority of the musical parts. the songwriting is solid but the ballads do detract from the funky vibe brought by the use of the moog bass. still an incredibly well crafted album

very interesting album. each track was unique and stayed fresh throughout. im not sure how much i really liked it vs liking the variation it provided but i enjoyed it either way

i didnt like the doors as a kid and because of that have never really given them a chance as an adult but i really enjoyed this one

great musicians who sound great live

the title of this perfectly encapsulates this album-an insipid manifestation of the suburbs themselves; a lifeless and boring soundscape to match the monotony of suburban life. the suburbs feels like the milquetoast hipster who lives next door trying way too hard to impress his equally insufferable friends. there are a few songs with redeeming qualities but even those wore out their welcome before the two-minute mark.

the a side was good, but the b side was great. aside from the killing moon, which is the clear standout, i really enjoyed crystal days and find it odd that it wasn't a single. it had a bit more pop sensibility than the rest of the album while still maintaining the dark post punk aesthetic.

I had heard quite a few of these tracks. I always thought the instrumentals were cool, but never liked his singing. Still a pretty good album overall

i didn’t expect to like this after seeing the genre was noise rock and hearing the first track but at some point in the second song I really started getting into it. underneath all the noise , they had some really great grooves on this album.

this one is a mixed bag. one great song, a few more good ones and the rest are best left in the 90s. the vocal delivery on the first track reminded me of len's steal my sunshine which came out a few years after this.

this year's model? more like this year's fourth elvis costello album. i've been doing this for just over a year somehow have already had four elvis costello albums, three coming in the last month. there is nothing inherently wrong with this album, it's good, but i'm so tired of elvis costello. he's wildly over-represented with six albums on the list while countless other artists and genres were completely snubbed. that said, his work with the attractions is miles better than his solo work.

interesting music with a lot of lyrical substance. that said, the beat poetry thing doesn't really work for me and the songs were too long to stay fresh over the entire duration

well produced album with a ton of variety as well as great samples. not really my style but i prefer this to other stuff i've heard from the genre

weird and interesting

significantly better than the csny album or any of the solo albums i've heard from them

enjoyed this one way more than the other album by him on the list

this wasn't great but there are definitely worse albums on the list

enjoyed this more than i expected. i remember a bunch of these from when i was a kid but i appreciate them much more now

iconic punk album, easy 5

no complaints here. not as good as some of blackstar or some of his earlier stuff but not bad

enjoyed this immensely. i grew up hearing this album though the only tracks that I really remember are the singles. ironically the album cuts are just as good if not better than the singles.

there are certainly worse albums on the list

individually, the songs aren't as bad as everyone is making them out to be. if you turn your brain off for a bit some of them are actually pretty fun tracks. they arent good, but they arent that bad. that said listening to them back to back is torturous. there are maybe three distinct ideas across the whole album, recycled endless across tracks which are already far too long for how little substance they offer. up until now in the review, i've separated the art from the artist because, lets face it, if we judged every album here by the artist's behavior, a lot of classics wouldn't get a single star. that said, kid rock is one artist who absolutely deserves to be lambasted for his actions. the lyrics of the last song are a clear window into a deep rooted, ugly mindset that poisons any remaining enjoyment this album might've offered.

beautiful songwriting and arrangements. i like the melancholic vibes. overall extremely well done and an easy five if you like this style but ultimately it's not for me

good album but not even close to the best output by the who

interesting listen, enjoyed the more upbeat songs

good music

great album, didn't realize how many hits were on this

i was on the fence between 3 and 4 for this but the album cover pushed it over for me

interesting listen. not something id put on but it was good

i've always thought of sheryl as pop country so i was surprised to hear some of these songs that leaned more pop rock. theres a few good really good tracks, a few really bad ones, and the rest fall somewhere in between.

great percussion, fun listen

fun listen

theres a few good songs on here but overall its a pretty boring album.

i enjoyed this overall. he incorporated a ton of different instruments which kept things feeling fresh and unpredictable. speaking of unpredictable, my major complaint about this album comes from the vocalizations. the random growls in pt 2 interrupt the groove in a bad way. but they don't hold a candle to the sudden announcement of incoming instruments at the end of pt 1. this made me bust out laughing completely took me out of the music. without those two things this is easily a five star album

fantastic instrumentation dragged down by tedious vocals and juvenile lyrics. flea and chad smith were locked in and laid down a funky rhythm section. john frusciante came in and overlaid some absurd guitar parts; then here comes anthony kiedis to ruin it all. the vocal delivery ranges from tuneless talk singing to half hearted crooning. the discrepancy between the amount of talent possessed and effort put in by ak vs the rest of the band is absolutely mind boggling and i can't for the life of me understand why they've put up with him as the frontman for so long. without ak this would be 5 easily, with him its hard to justify more than a 3. the fact that its 74 minutes of him pulls it down to a 2 for me

i had heard clint eastwood before but i've never listened to anything else off of this album. an eclectic mix of genres but overall works pretty well.

this album was alot fun. its wild how many times this album would go on to be sampled in 90s hip hop.

as far as movie scores go, this was really great. its well played and its well produced. having never seen the movie, listening to a movie score without context isn't as great. the last song in particular is really out of place but overall this was still really good

cool album, nothing mindblowing but good music. the album is a bit long and there were a few songs that probably couldve been cut to make the flow a little tighter

i like a good concept album so i was intrigued going into this. after listening im no longer intrigued. they were way too focused on trying to tell the story that they forgot to make the songs good. the instrumentation is really good but the songs themselves are a slog to get through especially with a double albums worth

this was interesting. normally with rap id be focused on the lyrics but that wasnt possible since i dont speak french. the delivery and the beats were good though

i was hopeful going in because i like some of paul simons solo work and the other s&g album we had was ok but this one just bored me. mrs robinson was the only track i actually enjoyed and that was probably just nostalgia. everything else ranged from forgettable to outright bad. if i had to say something nice, ill give it credit for being concise and wrapping up in under 30 minutes

middle of the road album. not good, not bad

this is our fourth paul simon album, the second in 3 days, and we still havent gotten an album from so many classic artists that i know have multiple on the list. i know its random but i wish there were a way to space out artists with multiple albums. now that im done complaining, this album is so much better than bookends. if we had more than a day between the two this couldve possibly gotten a 5 but i really didnt want to listen to s&g again so soon and it put me in a sour mood.

a little weird but a lot of fun. i went in knowing very little about captain beefheart but it was really enjoyable. it’s my understanding his other album on the list is a lot weirder and not as fun, im looking forward to it

fantastic listen

a few cool riffs but super repetitive

nothing mind blowing but still solid

most I’ve enjoyed a stones album so far

these guys are metal royalty. easy 5. the raining blood blood riff is absolutely iconic and the rest of the album is just as good

this is such a weird album. they definitely had some interesting song ideas which are pretty fun for the first minute or two but quickly get boring.

not bad as background music, his accent is pretty awful though

chuck d is fun to listen even if the messages are heavy. album itself is a bit long for what it is

this is not the type of music i like but tracy does an incredible job making it a compelling listen.

liked this more than expected based off of the singles

fantastic album. the only song on the album that i dont really care for is i would die 4 u but the rest of the album is so good

i was disappointed by this album. its fine, but its certainly not as good as it could've been

they had me in the first half, im not gonna lie. i thought this was gonna be my least favorite of their albums weve had so far but the second half turned it around for me.