1001 Albums Summary

Not my type of rock

Like this more than deep purple in rock - still not my thing but easier to listen to - would give 2.5 if that was possible

Right up my alley - sad but upbeat sounding songs - would probably give like a 4.6 but we round up!

Lots of hits, a good listen

Lots of genres here - some jams for sure - not sure if I’d reach for this album but I def enjoyed it - would probably give a 3.5 if possible - not adding to my iPod but maybe I would on a second listen

Good just all classics! Gotta get it on vinyl

I was tapping my foot - some good songs for my having music on playlist

Fine- nothing really caught my ear but nothing was bad

Starts slow but then the hits section starts!

Appreciate her voice and get that this is good generally just not something I would put on to jam to just doesn’t speak to me

Would like to give this a 4.5 - good songs but it does sound very 2006 but maybe that is because of my nostalgia too - still good I really like this

Liked this a lot more than I thought I would - doesn’t sound as dated as I thought it might - I enjoyed it and could get into it easily - adding to my iPod

I kept thinking oh the next song I will really like - had a lot of potential to be songs I liked but they just were a little not exactly what I want to jam to - surprising bc I knew nothing about them - on a re listen there may be some songs I come back to - reminded me of fontaines dc a bit Would give a little less than 3 if possible

Prince can really write/record/perform a bop!!!!! Opening with such a hit really sets the tone of the album - some songs def went on too long - not my favorite prince album at all but doesn’t mean it’s not danceable! He really kinda defies genres too for me - I like the album artwork too

I smiled when this came up today - really love this - not my favorite album by them but it’s up there for sure - to be someone is really up there in the running for one of my favorite songs I think - like English rose more than I thought and I like the album cover too just has a cool vibe - would give like a 4.9 if possible

Not as catchy as I thought it would be - even the singles didn’t have like a hook or line like I thought they would - not an album I would reach for but get that it probably had a big impact when it came out

Love this album! Really draws you in - interesting to listen to and also fun and artistic and catchy ! Deserves to be on this list deserves 5 stars - always something new to hear on a relisten

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would - def some grooves and catchy parts. Was a bit long and some songs felt kind of similar but I enjoyed my listen not sure if I’d reach for it again - somewhere between a 3 and 4 but I’m rounding up to 4 bc it’s better than some albums I’ve given a 3

This album is exactly why I’m happy I’m doing this project - totally something I like that I have somehow missed listening to all these years. Added to my iPod. Really good album does sound slightly dated at times but still so listenable today - somewhere between a 4 and 5 for sure - catchy jammable sounds like walking in the city at night

Day two of this project having me discover something I like !!!!!!! I was already a little predisposed to / had listened to Congolese music and really liked it, and this has the elements of it that I like - it does have a little more 80s/90s dated production in some cases but not overall dated just moments - adding to my iPod I will return to this. Really do not understand the harsh musical critiques of this in other people’s reviews - it’s upbeat and fun !!

I really like this - very unique you don’t hear many albums like this! Very ethereal - I can’t see myself coming back to the second half of this album but I like the first half - a little more then a 4 for me like 4.3 - I really liked big sky

Can’t say I’ll be coming back to this - the music itself is fine to good and I’m not one to critique singing but this just does not hit with me or generally - not something I’ll be turning on again - but not painful to listen to (except the song day old blues sorry) - probably not deserving of being on this list - somewhere between a 2 and 3

Not the type of music I reach for but I did enjoy this more than I thought I would - does kinda sound dated / of its time even though i feel like it’s not that old but I guess it is ha - more funky than I thought there would be - would give this between a 2 and 3 if possible

Much wider range of genres than I thought there would be - songs have a lot of different vibes bc of that. Only listened to original album not any listed bonus tracks listed in later releases. Kinda a silly album in some ways but has some hits and highs and nothing is horrible (I think coconut is a bit too silly for this and is a skip for me but here we are) I liked driving along the most - would probably give like 3.75 but I’ll round up

A classic for a reason! While the songs do sound similar that seems to be part of the point and vibe of the album - easy to listen to and has a lot of passion/character behind it which I think is what I look for in music

I thought I would like this more but maybe I’ll have to listen again, I can see it growing on me. I liked car song, all nighter, Indian song, others were forgettable - between a 3 and 4 - I’ll come back to some songs but not others

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would! I liked side two more than side one - ripple was a highlight! A high 3 rounded up to four

Side one would be great to put on at a party - liked this way more than I thought I would funky and groovy and great album art

Chris Isaak meets mark kozelek which I would think I would really like but it didn’t really grab me and I can’t put my finger on why. Somewhere between 3 and 4

Not for me - this band was completely unknown to me - I can’t even speak to if this is good for this genre bc it is simply not for me so how could I know - there were parts of songs that were better than others

I liked some songs better than others - enjoyed it more than I thought it would - nothing felt amazing but was catchy - between a 3 and 4

Not my kinda music I was bored with this and it was kind of annoying sorry

Did not think I was going to enjoy this but I did! A little more background music vibes for me but I’d put some songs on a playlist! Between 3 and 4

Wow I really like this album! Liked the first song and it kept being enjoyable from there !!!!! The last song got a little silly but every album can have one song that’s a little off lol but I did like parts of it - the rest I really loved !! First new to me album I started again from the beginning after the first listen

Not bad, not something I would put on myself - maybe it requires more familiarity to really get into?

I liked the non covers better! Not an album I would gravitate to but a fun listen - between 3 and 4

Good! Fun and easy to listen to it!

Really good! I listened to the original tracks and enjoyed it !!

Hadn’t really listened to anything besides the hits before - really love the whole album - my kind of music !!!!!

Didn’t think I would like this when I read the Wikipedia but was pleasantly surprised - maybe I’m influenced by the snowy morning when I listened to this but it sounds very nostalgic and Christmas snowy winter vibes to me - would put this on at like a family party - not my usual genre - would give a 3.5

I liked black mountain side - more diverse range of songs on the album and more blues like than I thought this would be - honestly cannot tell how much I like it I think I enjoyed it but probably wouldn’t put it on myself again not super my style

Really liked this !!!

Thought his would sound more dated but it still jams!! Liked it more than I thought!

First album on the list we already own on vinyl ! Side two is better than side one???? maybe my favorite smiths album!

I did not think I would like this but it really surprised me !! Yes the songs are a bit repetitive but we’re rocking ! Highlights - listen to my heart, I don’t wanna walk around with you, and I wanna be your boyfriend

I am sorry for my rating and review Anthony - I feel like I am supposed to like this more than I do … sorry to Radiohead - not sure why it doesn’t resonate with me - not upbeat enough?? Maybe a few more listens would do me good - but I’m landing between 3 and 4 closer to 3 for now I feel like Coldplay was really trying to sound like this sorry I keep thinking of Coldplay when I’m listening to this!

Liked this more than I thought I would - and has more hits than I thought it did! Agree with many of the reviews that the skits did not age well are detract from the album itself. Between and 3 and 4 for sure

The first notes of the album I thought - oh am I gonna like this? Then the singing started and I thought otherwise - but then throughout the rest of the album it grew on me! Definitely not just something to casually put on but I kinda liked it at times

Don’t know why I never got into The Rolling Stones- I like this !!

This was okay thought I’d like it more

Nice and relaxing and enjoyable! Good morning music

Very nostalgic feels like high school - the horror rap elements are simply not for me nor the deeply dated worldviews but there are hits

Forgot how much I listened to this when I came out I knew every song on this re listen ! Still holds up I like it !

The songs oscillated between me liking them and wanting to skip them - maybe that happens when everyone in a band writes songs? I think I didn’t like the gaffney written songs (besides think). Ends up with a 3 - if it was just the songs I liked it would be closer to 4

perfect xmas morning album!

love this album!!!! Nostalgic, catchy, and just plain good !!!!!

not my usual type music but I get why it’s so popular - some moments weren’t super me but I liked it!

Very positive and upbeat but very of its time - a couple songs I’d go back to

Hm I wasn’t drawn to this, kinda reminded me of a different version of my uncles current band - never listened to nick cave at all before and probably won’t go in the rotation but was not bad at all

Not for me

The most 80s album I’ve gotten on this list to date - I didn’t know what to expect, liked and disliked parts of the same songs

I liked this! Upbeat a good listen

Bryter layter was one of the first albums I got through this and I didn’t know what I was doing here so I didn’t give a written rating and I gave it a 4 - my big regret in this project ! Would go back and give 5 stars That said - I really like this album and his entire musical output - somehow this doesn’t sound dated to me maybe because his voice is timeless ?? Loved the guitar - Five stars - re listened multiple times today

Love solsbury hill and love the album cover - the rest of the album is very varied - more prog rock than not

This is fine to be on nothing caught my ear but it wasn’t like I needed to turn it off - between 2 and 3 - thought it would be less poppy

The hits are hits and so are a lot of the other songs - short interludes but the album itself is pretty long - somewhere between a 3 and 4 but I’ll round up

More accessible and varied than I thought it would be - good album cover

Did not know any of the songs besides London calling - really enjoyed this lots of hits lots of jams! How have I missed this album so for long ? Long album but it didn’t drag on nor was it repetitive there was lots of variety and it was just good! Going in the rotation for sure

Listened to this so much as a kid - love love love it !!! Still so good after all these years!! Walt Whitmans Niece is probably my favorite song

I thought I didn’t know any of these songs but I was just unaware that I actually did - very well aware of the hits!! This was upbeat dancey fun I liked it way more than I thought i would !!

A good Sunday morning listen - fun and upbeat - between 3 and 4 rounded up

Already one of my favorite albums - and it stays there !!! so many jams, so upbeat, so fun, so funky !

Liked this more than I thought I would! Good covers good songs - between a 3 and 4 rounded up - also they look very cool on the cover love their outfits

A big week for 70s soul/r&b/funky albums this is the third in a week! I do like this genre I have found maybe not my ultimate fav but never gonna turn it off! This has some hits that have been overplayed in the world but doesn’t mean they’re not good!!

I wanted to like this - I love 90s tunes and a band/singer with a unique voice and I even love beck(which many of the reviews compare this to) - but this really did not hit for me - very repetitive no hooks just wasn’t for me

More traditional Irish than I thought it would be - I liked it but not sure I’d put it on in my daily life

I have been listening to and appreciating more jazz recently - this was a good album for my snowy commute

Very soulful

Nothing remarkable nothing bad right down the middle

love love love this album so many hits for me - every song is good! my Milwaukee people :) is prove my love better than blister in the sun?????

I didn’t know what to expect but the songs are all similar to American pie - I liked till tomorrow and everything else was good

I liked this! Tapping my foot, good solid tunes! Like the album cover too

Not sure how I feel about this / some good moments but prog rock with fantasy themes is just not my thing - I’m never going to turn on a song whose title of ogre battle sorry - that said I think this is a solid 3 for me - some moments are more like 2

More accessible than I thought - some songs a little intense for me but I listened to both mixes and overall was good

Had never heard of this before - and after reading the Wikipedia really didn’t think I would like it but I ended up really enjoying it! Similar to the violent femmes to me. Lots of the reviews mention iggy pop and I got the stooges album yesterday what a coincidence

Second album on the list we have on vinyl! Good album great instrumentation very relaxing

Liked this a little more than queens second album - but glam rock / guitar solos are just not what I’m into on the whole

Can appreciate the instrumentation and this album generally but it’s a little too experimental / prog for me (appreciate the background info I learned about robert Wyatt too)

Based on the description and Wikipedia I thought I would really like this but it really didn’t catch my ear - a little too synth-y or prog rock or something that just isn’t very me - has me thinking what is post punk

This is the type of music I like so really wanted to like it more but thought it is just like not as good as arctic monkeys sorry! Between a 3 and 4

good solid album !!! it is twee lol I like big sky and animal farm

not the type of music I put on everyday but can appreciate if

such a good album !!!! Hits all the marks and we’re jamming! Probably one of my favorite bands can’t go wrong for me

The hits are classics but the rest of the album simply did not hook me - Felt kinda sameness

The songs do sound similar and I haven’t detected any hooks that hooked me but it’s well done music I thought it may sound dated but it doesn’t so much - some songs better than others the second half is better to me

the only thing I knew about kd lang before this was her performance on peewees Christmas special - this reminded me a lot of another album I got on this list Cole’s corner by Richard Hawley - not the style of music I reach for but I appreciate it and that she is a very good singer

I am liking this! Lots of hate in other reviews but I am enjoying it !! Maybe alt country / punk country is my fav genre ???

Really liked this and love the album cover :)

At first I thought this is just an inferior version of the smiths but then it grew on me - obviously not as good as the smiths but I did like it

There were good moments and not so good moments - moments that I’d put on again and some I wouldn’t

Really not for me and very long and repetitive - something I’ve learned is I am not the biggest fan of guitar solos for the heck of it so that paired with not my genre is just not for me

Did not expect to love this as much as I did! Thought I would think the hits were overplayed but they still hit and the other songs do too! A bit nostalgic but didn’t seem dated - 4.5

Funky!! Fun and good - a high 3

now these guys are JAMMING and jamming and jamming for a long period of time

Not what I’d usually put on - middle of the road for me

sounds way more like U2 than I thought - but right up my alley very enjoyable - doesn’t need to be said bittersweet symphony is an all time classic

this was fine - didn’t move me

80s jams !!!!

every song is a hit !!!! is this the best Bob Dylan album???

Didn’t know what to expect but I liked this! Energetic and odd but not too odd

Was much more jazzy than I expected! High 3 rounded up

this would be the soundtrack to a really sad party - that said it is good music

Thought it was just average folk but some songs in the middle were really good!

Not a huge blues person - from this I’d like to listen to more of his earlier stuff

Just not what I want to listen to - better than the last rush album I got but only slightly

so deeply 80s - some songs were good but some felt just so generic 80s - gotta love the look of the album cover

Songs sound more different than each other than expected - I enjoyed this a lot !!!! Listened to the title track approx 8 times today so that alone lifts this to an unexpected 5!

Liked this would probably like more on re listens - can tell it’s influence for sure

Probably the best metal album I’ve gotten on this list so far - the parts of the genre I don’t like is when there’s no melody or hook but this album has that so I enjoyed it more for sure

wanted to like this more but wasn’t super into the more spoken word parts of the songs - I liked Marlene on the wall and knight moves

Good album good new artist to discover !!

I really did not like Coldplay when I was a kid when their first three albums came out - now I can say I don’t hate them but they are not my band - 2.9

Never listened to her before and I actually really liked this! More rocking than I thought it would be and I like that

this sounds like a middle school theater director who puts on a one man revue for his students - sorry really did not like this !!!!! Only gets a 2 bc I already like black sheep boy

this is like a sexed up version of the album Cole’s corner - hated the spoken word/talking etc intros but the actual music itself was pretty ok

This was literally fine - nothing jumped out at me kinda generic

Really liked this!

Really loved this! Classic songs and new songs to add to my rotation

After not liking rock bottom when I got it on this list I was so surprised how much I liked this album! Really liked heaps of sheep and blues in Bob minor - maybe I was swayed by seeing Paul weller on this album but I truly enjoyed it!

Liked this more than I thought I would although it is a very long album - the skits were not as abrupt as other ones in other albums

Liked the second half more than the first - have listened to this version of stop your sobbing maybe a million times as a kid - but the rest of the album I enjoyed a lot too!

I enjoyed listening to this - more of a high three rounded up to 4

Thought this would be more band past their prime than it was - I enjoyed it not sure if it’s going on repeat but I enjoyed more than I thought for sure - a 3.5

thought this was a one hit wonder situation but I liked the whole album !!

Good!

Thought I’d like this more - I like her voice and music itself and lots of good hooks but the lyrics are too corny/cringey for me at times and does remind me of Taylor swift in the ways that I don’t like Taylor swift sorry lorde !!!

I actually really liked this ! The last song especially I know it’s way different from the rest of the album but I loved it

Kind of generic likely won’t return to it

Not as heavy as I thought it would be

Again more approachable than I thought!

sounds like being at my grandparents house in a good way :)

From the opening note I knew I would like this and I did! Was a tad long but very very good all the way through !!

good a tony but long enjoyable !

Fine!

As with the previous album I got on this list I’m like why I have I never gotten into them before !!! Very good!!

This was fine not sure the significance of being on the list didn’t sound like a standout

I think there are better REM albums but that doesn’t mean I don’t like this one! Not in the top bc a little slow/downbeat for my tastes

now this was fun! A little repetitive at time but a good time for sure

I liked this! Nothing revolutionary but very enjoyable to listen to

Not really my genre but I can appreciate the quality

I don’t really like prog rock but I do like this … I’ve seen all good people is outweighing the proggyness of the first half

liked this more than Kid A but overall was too moody/down for me to love

Enjoyable listen a little too bluesy to be in my day to day rotation - high 3

I liked this too so I guess I am softening on prog rock???

This is, was, and always will be the greatest album ever - the first album I ever remember listening to as a kid and it still hits every single time every single song

feels random that I liked this but I actually really liked it way more than I thought I would - a bit odd but enjoyable

Too much hate for this album in the reviews it is deservedly on this list and one of the most iconic music moments in history sorry !!! The one I listened to didn’t have any of the crowd interaction which was disappointing I would like to listen to the full edition with the crowd that would really make this iconic but how can this not get a 5 come on people - it’s great versions of great songs

this was absolutely fine - kinda boring - background music - exactly a three

Enjoyed this! Good songs good musicianship

he is classic for a reason

An absolute timeless classic

this is going so many places and doing so many things but really it is musical as they intended - short moments I liked but overall won’t be putting on I am not a metal leaning theater kid

this project in general has totally expanded my music tastes but it has also shown me I am just not a Radiohead-head :/ Wouldn’t turn this off nor would I put it on

I was jamming!!

I liked the prince songs but even the hits were a bit long

Voice and singing are undeniable but this is far too long and I can only imagine there are other superior Ella Fitzgerald albums for this list

Really liked this!

my new favorite band

I liked super bird and sad and lonely times otherwise it was fine

I like music I like Elvis

a true classic

Hit after hit and truly the best voice

I am a fatboy slim fan

I liked this!

This makes me want to buy a bumper sticker I saw that said “Beatles or the stones? The kinks!!!”

lots of missy elliott exclusives - a high 3

one of my favorites

liked this ! Lots of actual classics and she wrote so many more too!!

I was jamming to this!

now these guys like to jam - love it for them but it’s not my thing

Majority classics - very 60s but I’m a 60s fan!

really liked this good morning listen

I do love jean genie

all the songs kinda sound the same but I like them - more of a low 4

Absolutely loved this

I do like this genre and era of music (this does sound like yeasayer) but this was just fine - nothing grabbed me - similar rating to the Janet Jackson album I gave a 4 but should have given a 3

Liked this more than I thought - high 3

this was good the lyrics are dated but she has an undeniable voice - high 3

Hats off for trying to do a lot in this album it really feels like multiple different albums into one - I like the first part with all the short songs that sound like one song the best

Love the album cover and liked the music! The runway song was a bit long and didn’t seem to fit as well as the others - a low 4/high3

I thought this would be completely inaccessible so was pleasantly surprised when I liked it! Prog rock and its ilk are growing on me potentially ……

Another true enduring classic

Jazz is growing on me too!

✌️✌️very 60s but I didn’t love the Alabama song - low 4

I can see how this is a link in the evolution of music but on a personal level it was not for me

too experimental for me to be able to get into it

I think would enjoy more with more dedicated listens - the second half is ominous

Really good!!!

I like this album cover a lot - and the album is good too but didnt stand out as really good

Good!!!

I did like it I wanted to like it more

Nothing jumped out to me

I enjoyed this

This hits even on a beautiful sunny spring day

Liked some songs on here - medicated goo sounded like a Paul weller song to me

I did judge a book (album) by its cover (album art) but I was correct - it sounds like the album cover which is just simply not for me - I feel like if this wasn’t nick cave it would have been lost to the sands of time

This was fine kinda a lot more genres packed in than I thought

so nostalgic for me - listened to this album so much growing up - the songs still hit and I still love it :)

Really liked this!

This is my type of music

one of my favorite bands😎

More instrumental than I thought

Hits are listenable otherwise this is just not my type of music - also I know this shouldn’t play into it but the album cover is ugly

Fun upbeat the kind of music I like - also a family favorite

I liked this!

Did not know anything about this and really loved it! Really close to a 5

Probably the greatest live album of all time

I enjoyed this

It was fine pretty long

I really wanted to like this more but nothing really grabbed me - maybe I just need to listen to it more ?

This sounds like 2009 but I like it

Really liked this !!!

Not my stuff

I love this album !!!

special songs

Masterpiece !!!!!

Kohlscore

A bit kohlscore - and a bit too acapella at times but I liked it

Fun and good!