A classic. Gets more and more bizarre with every song. Aumgn and Peking O are wonderful.

Not bad, but not my kind of album. I prefer the French versions of the songs generally. One and a half hours is just too long for an album like this however.

It's the bloody Beatles

second half bit less interesting, decent to good album

Favorite Talking Geads album so far. Ending track is great.

Best rap in the game.

Already listened before. Fun album, not the best work by the police but it has a nice vibe. No bad tracks but not many standouts either.

Odd voice, instrumentation is really solid. Haiti is a nice and chill song. Alright album but I don't think I'll listen to it much again, not my cup of tea.

Audio volume issues on Deezer really hampered my enjoyment. Enjoyable album, reminds me of House of Pain. Do prefer other rap acts of the time to this however.

Quintessential punk. Punk did go on to do cooler things though.

A classic. Gets more and more bizarre with every song. Aumgn and Peking O are wonderful.

Enjoying this more than I thought. Lyrics are really fun and the songs aren’t too ska for my taste.

YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY!!!

Feels like a typical soul-album of the era. Nice album but not something that really sticks.

Wowie zowie what a cool album.

Best album to vent out anger.

It sounds fine, but makes for a forgettable piece of muzak. Something to put on in the background. Don’t know why is quite nostalgic though.

Not a fan of sophisti-pop. The look of love and poison arrow are fine cheesy 80’s singles. The rest didn’t leave an impact.

Fine album, enjoyed it more than the other album I listened by them.

Classic. One of the best prog rock albums out there.

Fun album with some nice songs on it, kids especially.

Clearly a quality album. Has a bunch of great parts but a lot of it doesn't really stand out to me. Has a bit of an old timey English feel. Not really my type of music but good listen nonetheless.

Good album with some stand out tracks like Superstition and I Believe. Stevie Wonder did make a few better albums though.

Pop punk :O .... but it's actually good !!! :O.

Classic CCR, I listened to a lot of CCR and still think I haven’t spent enough time with this one.

Thought I’d enjoy it more than I did.

You can really hear what would become the hard rock and heavy metal of the later 70’s in this one.

More of a hits collection than a proper album, only really like about half the songs so half the rating.

Really did not enjoy it. All of it felt like filler run of the mill pop content. Even Angels, normally a pretty good song, didn't stand out much because it was right in the middle of the album.

Bizarre album, quite jazzy.

Nice vocal jazz, not the genre that is really my cup of tea though.

Absolute classic. Miles is more revered for his later work within modal and jazz fusion, but this is a good showcase of why he was already the best tooter in the early 50's.

Good rap album, Nelly Furtado feature is a plus.

Fine

Great record, the album tracks are even better than the hits.

Very solid album, probably 5 stars but gotta listen to it more for that.

Pretty fun album, good old rock 'n roll that's kind of an outlier for its time.

Friction and the title track are great songs. Other songs are good too.

Good album, very relaxing. Many imitated it, none did better.

One of the albums of all time

Never gave it a fair chance before and ... wow. Very nice listen, experimental yet still a pretty easy listen. Easy to see why it got so popular. Fitter Happier and the second half not being as interesting drags it down a bit for me though.

Good one. Mark Knopfler has a really characteristic playing style. Not what I’d call ground breaking but very nice nonetheless.

Seems good, probably need a bit more time. Can easily see the rating go up to 4 eventually.

Its the Smiths but more of it, will most likely go back to it at some point later in time but didn’t impress me that much at first.

Classic Neil

Not bad, but not my kind of album. I prefer the French versions of the songs generally. One and a half hours is just too long for an album like this however.

All time classic, every song on it is pleasant to listen to and there are some stand out tracks like I just wasn't made for these times and wouldn't it be nice. There are no pet sounds in this album however >:(.

One of the most boring listens I've had so far. This album goes nowhere. Some of the grooves are nice, but then they drag on for long and lose any of the impact they really had. Elevator music for stoners.

Number of good tracks on this one, Locomotive Breath and Aqualung are classic rock staples and theres other good ones as well. Doesn’t really feel like prog rock to me.

I feel like Ray Charles has better albums from this time.

It grows on you, nice soundscapes throughout.

Fine standard rock & roll album, doesn’t seem to have many of the hits on it.

Has a lot of fun guitar is it. Did like the album but it left less of an impact than I would’ve liked it to.

Probably the best classic punk album. Has a lot of bangers and a lot of fun wit in it. Anti-pope, Melody Lee and Looking at you are the high points.

How is this an essential album? Feels like every other similar album from the time.

Surprisingly good. The singles I was already familiar with, but there were some nice album tracks in there as well. The album tracks did fall off in the second half though.

Kind of a weird album. Figured I’d like it more since I like a lot of post-punk, but this one doesn’t do anything for me. Fodderstompf also really stinks.

The samples are nice and well implemented. Overall didn't like it as much as I did first time around. Kind of starts sounding the same after an hour.

Good album, liked it more than OK computer.

Nice and quite mellow album. Really liked the 60s psychedelic tones throughout. Prefer screamadelica though.

Much preferred this one over funeral. Out is the somewhat boring indie rock, in with the more uptempo and upbeat instrumentation. The electronic touches are nice too. Sounds a lot like what a lot of early 2010’s rock tried to be.

Was a fine album, don’t enjoy the Police like I used to.

Great album, lovely instrumentation. No idea what he's singing but it sounds nice.

Good album, certainly gonna come back to it.

Fine album, other Bowie albums are better. Did have a bunch of good tracks like I'd rather be high.

Lots of familiar songs, more than I anticipated. Really enjoyed it, but most likely won’t visit it again anyways.

One of my favorite surprises so far. Really enjoyed the atmosphere, instrumentation and his voice.

One of my favorite Leonard Cohen albums. All the songs on here are great, even the less liked ones like Jazz police I still manage to enjoy. Does suffer from some very 1980's music tropes but it doesn't distract from the quality too much.

Really enjoyed the first few tracks, but it fell off and the second side didn’t capture me the same way.

It's got some of the big hits for sure. I've never been enamored with Aretha Franklin's deepcuts for some reason, which prevents me from giving it 5 stars.

Not as good as the rest of the big 4. Caught in a Mosh is a nice track and none of the other tracks are especially bad, but they don’t leave much of a lasting impact and feel quite generic.

Not that impressed by it. Working class hero is a great song, but I don't find myself liking many of the other tracks on here. The dude can do a good scream though.

Shine on you crazy diamond is a great song, but I don't find myself caring about the 3 songs that interrupt it as much. Pink Floyd has made better albums.

It exists ... And it's music. Really not memorable.

The combination of metal and classical instrumentation works really well. The fact that it's a live album with the public in the background helps add to the more theatrical feel as well. What really kills it are the vocals though. This era of Metallica isn't the best and this weird autotuned voice ruins the impact. Some tracks like nothing else matters and call of ktulu work really well, but most of the newer tracks don't.

Pretty fun listen, had some fun instruments.

Essential heavy metal album. Not as much of a focus on the vocals as other Iron Maiden albums, which I like.

Didn't like this the first time around, but listening to it again I'm starting to come around to it. Pretty good and fun album, but still a bit pop-ish for my tastes.

Good rock album.

I like most things Neil Young and I like this one. It's got the most big hits of all his albums for sure, although not every track is as great.

Courtney Love has a great voice and can really scream out the lyrics. The scream-tracks are a high point, don't really like the softer songs as much.

Not my type of music at all, but I really enjoy it. Fun beats in there and quite uptempo. Can't make out any of the lyrics. It does get a bit gimmicky after a while.

What a nothing album. It's not awful, but there is nothing here that I'd consider worth coming back to. About 100 other artists do this exact schtick but better.

Fun listen. Quite a solid album for it's era, feels like more than just some thrown together songs.

Really not what I anticipated, based on the singles I knew by them. Really good rocker and a lot more noise rock and punk-y than I expected them to be. Multiple really cool songs out of this. Really glad I got to listen this, even with that ugly album cover.

Pretty good shoegaze album. Doesn't go quite as wacky as some other shoegaze efforts though.

Not as strong as the debut album imo. It does have the bigger hits, but I don’t really care as much for them as I do on their debut or powerslave. Still a really solid metal album, but not quite their best.

Was fun at first, but it really turned into a slog to get through in the middle section. Somewhat nice industrial and ominous tones throughout, but nothing that really justifies its length. Does have enough nice moments and a good enough album cover to save it from 1 star.

Don't really feel this one. Its got great songs and some of the best songs of the time as covers, but as an album it doesn't really strike me. Later Aretha albums are a bit more coherent and work better as albums, rather than singles collections.

This one flew by. Really nice album and a genre of jazz I’d like to discover more.

Bob Marley at his best, less of the hits and more politically charged songs. Liked it but still not really a fan of reggae, the beat really doesn’t match the tone of the songs.

No idea why they chose this Monkees album, fine bubblegum pop.

I don't really like Cindy Laupers voice, sounds too screechy to me. Time after time is a great 80's classic, the rest of the songs range from pretty good to awful. I didn't like the last part of the album and the weird reggae-beat song and Beach Boys-esque track on it.

Almost feels more like a greatest hits album than a regular one. Has a ton of great songs on it, my favorites being wild horses and moonlight mile.

Lyricism is on point, but I don't really like Kendricks rapping voice.

Great noisy rock album, really liked this one.

Pretty good synthpop album, feels like I’ve gotten a lot of synthpop so far.

Bit boring eh.

Good album, but man that’s a lot longer than expected. Really liked how it was a big summary of classic country and American folk. Sometimes their interpretations felt a bit corny however.

Could see myself listening to this more often. Lots of interesting beats and songs on here.

Not their best album. Papa was a rolling stone is the clear highlight here and an amazing song by itself. The rest of the songs are nice but not as impactful.

Had some fun beats, feels non-essential otherwise. Don’t think I’ll listen to it again.

Ahead of its time, was not expecting it to be more jazz than rock. Good album though its not one to listen often.

Great album, feels like the american Elton John.

Good band man yeah idk.

I really liked the boombastic in your face songs.T he albums did have a few duds though, like the 10 minute song Water.

Street life is a great song, the rest of the album is somewhat uplifting elevator jazz fusion. 3 Stars.

Feels like every song on this album could have been a hit. Don't like the hits as much on it since they're so incredibly overplayed. Great essential piece of hair metal though, probably all the hair metal you will ever need.

What a great album, probably the best hip hop album out there.

It's a good listen for sure, but it feels as if you miss some of the heft of the pieces by not watching the associated movie. Still a nice listen that flies by.

The bass playing is amazing on this, really groovy. I feel disco is more of a singles game though, and this doesn’t have the hit power some other disco albums have.

Lovely soulful album. Lots of great hits on it like let’s stay together and how can you mend a broken heart. Album feels like the perfect length as well.

I was pleasantly surprised by the deeper cuts on this one. Heathen and Waiting in vain were great tracks. My hatred towards Three little birds and One love bumps this down significantly though, can’t stand these don’t worry be happy-esque reggae songs.

Perhaps his best work. It’s politically charged, yet upbeat and incredibly groovy.

Train did it better. Great album but I think Led Zeppelin went on to do better and greater things on future albums.

A lot of nice soundscapes in there. I really liked the dark ambient tones in the first song. The rest of the album was more upbeat but still nice.

Everything is right objectively, but I find myself not really caring for almost anything Bruce Springsteen. It’s all a bit too polished and bombastic for me.

Great bit of noisy alternative rock. Lots of great songs like the opening track. However, it does get a bit same-y at times.

One of the first hard rock records ever. Love the distorted noisy guitar on it. Lots of great tracks like Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses and of course Sunshine of your love. Not every track is as great, but I enjoy listening to all of them.

Not often that you find a new album where you already know most of the songs on there. Hugely important band, but I’m not that much of a fan of the Louvin Brothers vocal performance.

I should like it, based on my preferences, but I cannot seem to get into it. The songs don’t stick with me.

Generic blues rock, thought El Camino was better.

Way better than I expected it to be. Great blend of both the new wave and alt rock of the 1980's. Not that much of a fan of the vocal performances though.

Pretty nice listen, doesn't feel particularly deserving of being one of the 1001 essentials.

Feels a few years ahead of its time. The band is playing really well here.

The 2 singles off this album are great, peak 1960s pop music. The other songs are nice with varying levels of interest in them.

Quite a nice listen. The patrician's choice of 2000's female R&B / Soul artist.

Another sophisti-pop album. Tinseltown in the rain is a nice famous song, the rest went in one ear and out the other. Doesn't seem to excel in its genre or borrow enough outside it to be memorable and worth revisiting.

Great revitalization of country music. Still sounds incredible and really fun to listen.

I was blown away by the production first time I listened to this on LP. Really powerful album, Tracy Chapman really sounds like she means every word she says. The first tracks are the best part of the album, but it only falls off a tiny bit at the end.

Of all the albums of all time, this is certainly one of them.

Good album, but I don’t click with it like I do with other golden age hip hop albums. I’ll be sure to keep listening to it though.

Feels like a greatest hits record of the 1980’s. I really like shout and head over heels, the rest of the songs I don’t care much for. The entire production feels very 80’s cheese.

Lovely album, feels right at home on a warm summer night. The band plays really soft and gentle. Shame this album isn’t any longer.

Pretty nice soundscapes. I liked this more than the other electronic albums from this era that have been presented so far, the harder beats and occasional rapping really help it.

I’ve really grown fond of shoegaze lately. Love this album, but its not quite as good as its successor.

It sounds really nice, never been that much of a muddy waters guy though. He doesn’t have the ferocity that John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton have. His playing is immensly great though.

I love Soundgarden, but this isn’t the best release they have. There’s a bunch of great songs on here, but the runtime is a bit too long and there’s a number of filler tracks on it. Badmotorfinger also had the better hit singles and deepcuts imoz

Amazing album. Psychobilly and punk classic. All the songs are really energetic and have this nice country rock 'n roll twang to them.

Sounds fine. Didn't really pay attention but it seems right up my alley. Bit derivative from things like Sonic Youth and Hüsker Dü though.

Love this album. Manages to blend pop and prog effortlessly, lots of high points here such as School, Hide in your Shell, If Everyone was Listening and the title track.

Every song sounds the same.

Absolutely nothing to this album.

Classic album and an all time icon. However, it's not my favorite listen. near 50 minutes of just guitar, harmonica and singing gets a bit repetitive. I also think there's better folk albums from this time and that Bob Dylan went on to do much more interesting things.

Amazing how much music they managed to put in this album. Every single song on here is great and memorable, and somehow they managed to fit 2 of their longest songs with jams in there on it as well.

One of the greatest albums of all time. Don't like every part of it, but especially the end medley is amazing.

Quite an enjoyable listen. Listened to one of the songs off the album yesterday and had this pop up as my album of the day. Feels like a more energetic Simple Minds.

Really good album. Lovely piece of post-punk that I'll be sure to listen more.

Not as good as I remember. Burrito deluxe is a much more memorable album with better hit songs. Lots of country rock albums from this era that are better.

I was willing to give this a fair shot, but what a nothing album this is. 1 hour of Taylor Swift being accompanied by little more than a piano puts any man to sleep, the lyrical prowess on display really isn’t good enough to make an album like this. Any 4 minute song feels like 10 minutes halfway through. Is this what the hype is all about?

I like it a lot, but I'm not a fan of every track on here and some drag on for too long.

I should really listen to the Kinks more. Every time I listen to them I am positively surprised. This album is really great too, great album that rocks surprisingly hard. Shangri-La is my favorite here.

Beautiful album. Very lush instrumentation with some intricate playing scattered throughout as well. It's such an easy album to immerse yourself into and watch time fly by. Gets more beautiful with every listen.

Doesn't really feel essential imo. You notice some more world-music esque production and percussion on here, especially on the final track. I like it but it's not overly memorable.

Had some pretty weird and harsh instrumentation in there. Feels like they took regular songs and clobbered it with a layer of avantgarde. Quite enjoyable.

I really like this one more than I expected it to. The songs are perhaps a bit poppy but really seem to capture the post 9/11 American zeitgeist. Much better than I expected from an artist over 3 decades into his career, Bruce's voice still sounds amazing too. There are some beautiful songs in there like Paradise and Into the fire, mixed with a bunch of more upbeat songs.

I had no idea what a Britney Spears song sounded like, aside from the big hit on the album. Lots of the album sounds like it could be any late 90s pop artist. Still a nice album that keeps your attention and the Sonny & Cher cover was a fun surprise.

Good album. All the songs penned by themselves and some really good energetic playing in there. Short and sweet album that was one of the best of its time.

Doesn’t really have a lot of interest to me. I like glory days and my hometown is alright but the rest puts me to sleep or is way overplayed.

I love it.

Listens fine. Time seems to fly by whenever I listen to the Cocteau Twins. Not the type of music I actively listen out anymore, I prefer more abrasive and harsh shoegaze-like music.

Has some of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs and riffs. Love that it's a double album but not all the songs on here interest me as much.

Objectively really good. Touches on some heavy subjects and has a surprising amount of depth for a pop album. The runtime it a bit too long for my taste however and its not really my cup of tea.

What an amazing album, straight out of the gritty demonic psychedelic 60s. The self penned songs are really great and the covers are the hardest takes of said songs at the time. Its not really heavy metal but it's Cream or Jefferson Airplane turned to 11.

Fine album, probably needs a relisten. I found it a bit forgettable at times but it had nice moments.

Some of the songs aren't very inspiring. I thought the It's all over now cover went on for too long. Rod Stewarts voice makes anything a pleasant listen though.

Fun album to listen. Really dug the cozy pub atmosphere this album brings.

I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. Lyrics, idk I can barely speak french. The flow and rhythm were on point though. Ragga Jam is a clear high point for me.

Another day, another Bob Marley album. No woman no cry is one of his better hit singles, still don’t really care about reggae though.

Why is it called New Wave if it sounds nothing like the genre? Sounded a lot more like generic alt rock to me. Was a fine album but went in one ear and out the other.

Really nice in concept. I love the golden age hip hop in combinations with African beats and themes. I found myself longing for more pronounced African influence though, it doesn’t feel as apparent as I would like it to be.

Best rock & roll album out there. The playing is really energetic and are some of the best renditions of said songs.

Was really surprised to hear 'Why does it always rain on me' on here. I hadn't heard that song in ages and had no idea it was by Travis. The entire album feels like 2000s Skyradio-core. The songs were nice but this is one of the oh so many pop albums that I won't be playing again.

Finally an Elliott Smith album, I was really looking forward to this one. Really liked the album and every instrument feels like it has a purpose here.

One of the greatest players and singers to ever do it. It’s apparently a comeback album but its barely different from his early material. Not that that’s a bad thing, his voice still sounds phenomenal at this age. Every song is a jam and a great blues classic. No surprises but you can’t go wrong with Muddy Waters.

One of my favorite albums of all time. I love the harmonies, I love the songwriting, I love the songs on here.

Album gets better the further you delve into it. Some of the tracks commanded attention and sounded a bit like proto-Boris while others were too drawn out and boring for my taste. Did have some great highs though, like Brainstorm.

Was a fine album, I like some of his other works better. Maybe it’ll grow on me. Me and Julio down by the schoolyard is a classic though.

Really like a lot of the songs on here, but it falls off in the second part IMO. The quiet parts on songs like Soma are way too quiet, to the point where you can’t hear anything in the car. I wish it had more hard rocking tracks.

Very quaint and peaceful record. Feels like a really solid more bubblegum-pop esque album. Not really my cup of tea though.

Really forgettable listen. Nothing blatantly offensive but not much to make me turn back.

Might be my favorite Zeppelin album. Contains more acoustic tracks than pretty much any other Led Zep album, but I think they’re at their strongest here. Gallows Pole, Tangerine and Hats off to Roy Harper are all great songs.

It feels a bit too polished for a Stooges album, almost more power pop esque. The raw outbursts of Fun House made way for tighter songs.

Really enjoyed this one. Soft singing with all sorts of weird instrumentation. Really liked the string parts in the background. Quite a haunting sounding album. First track was my favorite.

Edgy as fuck brooooo. Bit too noisy for my taste but quite an important album.

No idea how people call this album boring. There's a lot of variety in there. Really liked this one, big fan of this Jazzy Hip Hop in general.

You can really hear how it influenced later 2010's and 2020's pop. Very interesting blend of electronica and alt pop. Does really fall off in the second half though. Doesn't really do enough to keep interest for me.

The umpteenth synthpop album on here. This one had a bit more aggressive synth drums than others, but still not wholly memorable or worthy of being on the list.

Quite a good listen. Liked a bunch of songs here.

I liked it a lot more than my previous listen of this. The songs are really varied and the samples must be quite obscure since I didn't recognise many of them. Really liked the bass in lots of parts. Did fall off at the end though.

Rap legends. Always nice to hear how well they do the vocal interplay between them and finish each others sentences. I don't like it as much as raising hell and it really feels primitive at times but a good album nonetheless.

Every track on this is a joy. Sanitarium and Disposable Heroes are my favorites, but I like them all.

One of the best driving albums, and that’s the exact scenario I listened in. The first five tracks are all high points for me. The organ and guitar go so crazy that it’s almost demonic.

This was much more R&B-leaning than I expected a Kanye album to be. Kind of glad that this is the first Kanye album I listened, I feel like I learned quite a bit about the man and his upstart on here. I liked a lot of the songs but I wasn't really wowed by them.

Really fun to try and recognise as many of the samples as you can. I really like this album, but it's not the Beastie Boys album I keep coming back to. Lots of great music on here though.

Balances out somewhere in the middle. There's some really cool tracks on here, but they are balanced out by the number of similar sounding forgettable tracks and downright uninteresting one. Doesn't justify its runtime too well.

Not my favorite Bowie album. Not that much of a fan of Bowie's piano ballads and a lot of the acoustic songs here. Changes and Life on Mars are also far from my favorite hit singles of his. The album does end pretty good with Andy Warhol, Queen Bitch and the Bewley Brothers though. Overall not too impressed. Ziggy is a better rocker and more commercially successful, The Man Who Sold the World was a stronger album as well, and anything he did after is way more impressive to me.

It's fine I suppose. I liked the hits on here and nothing stood out as bad or boring. Don't really see why Elvis Costello deserves 6 placements on this list though.

Really great dadrocker. All the members are incredibly talented at their instruments. Foreplay / Long Time is the highlight for me, although I like a lot of the other songs as well. Does get a point less for how overplayed some of the songs are, even if they're good.

Oasis' Be here now from Temu. It feels really overindulgent. There's some nice songs here like The Drugs Don't Work, but the overall thing is a lengthy 75 minutes with songs that have been needlessly dragged out. Can't say they aren't nice noisy soundscapes though.

One of the easiest 5 stars to give. I love all the songs on here, especially the ones where Dylan goes electric. Tombstone Blues, Highway 61 Revisited and Queen Jane Approximately are my favorites, but I like them all.

FYI: the spotify-link to this album is wrong. The real version is 2.5 hours long and has completely different songs. Difficult album to rate, the trouble finding the right version didn't help. I'm not that big of a Drum n Bass fan and 143 minutes is way too long as an album. I enjoyed the first hour or so but 20+ long tracks gets boring after a while. I still enjoyed the individual songs on here and I do think it's deserving of a place on this list as representation for a pretty big genre, but I don't think I will ever listen to this as an album again.

Much better than I anticipated. Sounds quite a lot like a more melodic Radiohead. Some really strong tracks on here like the title track and Clocks. Doubt I'll listen to it much more though.

As popular and sell outs as they became, I never really hated the material U2 put out. I mainly like their earlier 80's output but almost anything they've done is fine by me. This one starts off with 3 of their biggest hits and then runs through a bunch of great deep cuts. Bullet the Blue Sky and Red Hill Mining Town were my favorites this listen. Not a big fan of the last track though, doesn't add anything and the album was already hard enough to cram onto 1 LP.