1001 Albums Summary

Way more avant-garde jazz feel than I was expecting. The instrumental tracks had a very sad vibe. Lots of synthesized sound, very 80s. These guys were in a sad place when they made this.

This was a surprisingly good album. The vibe is upbeat and cool. Very consistent. A very easy listen.

This is a quintessential 70's album. They have a very unique sound. The recording itself was very "clean". The instrument separation was really good.

This album influenced so many other artists, but I found it hard to listen to.

It’s a good blues album. There were no stand out tracks to me.

Blues and jazz and sadness.

Not my thing

I listened to every note.

This is like seeing a high school photo of one of your favorite grownup. You can really hear where REM started.

Tom Waits. An acquired taste.

Upbeat pop music.

One of my favorite all time albums.

Do you want to listen to a restaurant expeditor call out orders while electronica drones in the background? This is for you?

This was a dreary poetry reading with music as an after thought.

This doesn’t feel like their best album. The majority of the tracks were kitschy performance tracks. Which, to be fair, is what Talking Heads do.

Still amazing after all these years. A listen at 44 hits different than when I was 24. Somehow young me missed all the ennui the first time.

Randy Newman is in a category of 1. I think his best songs are the ones where he says the quiet part out loud. Writing in the first person of a particularly kind of person singing their inner and intrusive thoughts.

Angry, poorly produced and too long.

Solid. First song to last all enjoyable.

Wow. Absolutely nothing redeeming.

I feel like the 1001 album selection is an elaborate troll. Where is Saturday Night Fever? Why this album?

Not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Folk music, sung high.

I’m proud to say I made it through to the end. That is all.

Most of the album is like secret Lofi girl mix. I never knew that.

Still holds up in 2024.

This was a truly terrible listen.

Solid late sixties rock album. They use the distinctive distortion of the era lending to a time capsule feeling.

This is one of my dad’s favorites. Easy listen, upbeat.

I love Nirvana. One of my favorite bands. I haven’t listened to this album, as a whole album, since it came out. I forgot about the couple of weird tracks where Kurt just sort of screams at the listener.

Really great rhythm and bass lines throughout.

So much better than your first album, probably because they learn to play their instruments. Eight minute murder mystery song was absolutely to listen to. There is zero songs on this album. I would never want to hear.

Four, ten minute long songs made for a very different type of listen.

Truly terrible as a selection for this list.

This album shows up on so many lists that I was excited to finally listen to it. The lyrics are unintelligible and the music was entirely forgettable. Very disappointing.

This album wasn’t available on my streaming services in the US. I was able to listen to 4 tracks off of YouTube. It’s jazz and I don’t have much of an appreciation of jazz.

Still awesome.

Too much concept and not enough funk.

Not their best

Way better than I expected for synth pop.

This album was a trip. Over two hours of all over the place space jam band. The time spent playing was really good. I don’t think I’d ever sit through the “lyrics” or the long noise sessions again.

Each song has its own style and rhythm. No “sameness” between the tracks makes it a very listenable album.

This is a great album. It wasn’t easy to listen through in one day. It’s a 2+ hour album with long solos and jams. It would have been awesome to see these guys live, which is probably the best way to experience a jam band.

Too sexy for me. She likes to rides repetitive lyrics started to make me uncomfortable.

Still amazing.

This is the first album I couldn’t make it through. I felt like I was being trolled.

Two hits and the rest is just noodling on guitars

Hi quality beats manufactured in NYC.

This is average, run of the mill, mid-90s popish rock. If I had caught this act in a bar or as an opening act it would have been great. I do not understand why this would be on the list of 1001 albums you must listen to. You do not need to listen to this.

One of the most accessible jazz albums I’ve ever listened to.

I was surprised by how many hits are on this album.

I had forgotten how angry he is in this album.

Noise rock indeed.

Go big or go home. Everything is a huge ballad. I prefer the songs on their own rather than all in a row.

Despite not being the type of album that I can take in one sitting, there are two absolute standout tracks here.

Far from my favorite Radiohead album. Not sure why this one made the list.

I had no idea Janis Joplin started with this band. Surprising. A little piece of my heart has been on my playlist for a long time.

Not their best album.

I gave it an extra star for Henry Rollins lyrics, but this album is questionable

I didn’t understand a word of the lyrics. No tracks I’d listen to again. They have a good sound though.

Great album overall.

Solid album. Would listen again.

Highly depressing album.

No review needed. Great from start to finish. There are a number of songs on this album that seem like they were experiments and could have been cut. E.g. Revolution 9

Part performance art, part dance album. Bjork really did something unique and interesting with this release. I listen to Human Behavior and Venus as a Boy a few times a year when it comes up in my mix.

Good vibes. Good music. Nothing stood out.

Kinda lame.

A musical without going to the trouble of crafting a story.

So many great songs on this album.

Not great. It’s all haunting country western.

Steve is so full of himself and probably depressed. He try’s to be deep but comes off as pretentious.

I don’t get it.

So many better Pink Floyd albums. They hadn’t figured themselves out yet.