Solid. By coincidence this album was recommended on North American eclipse day 2024. Excellent soundtrack for an eclipse.

Forgettable

5 bloody stars and I won't hear any different.

World needs more Morrissey, less Billy Bragg.

So grumpy. One or two memorable songs but otherwise it's too dour. Only for die hard Radiohead fans.

Pretty funky and groovy, I guess. Superstition is the stand out track, but overall I don't know if this genre/style is my cup of tea so outside of one or two songs there's no point in repeated listens.

Yeesh. I can see why people either love or hate progressive rock. It's long and boring and over the top. To be honest, apart from the title song I had never in my life heard any other Jethro Tull work until I listened to this album, while high of course. The flute is distracting. Instead of summoning Hobbits I felt like I wanted to join the Nazgûl and burn the Shire to the ground. On the plus side, Jethro Tull walked ... so that Spinal Tap, especially "Stonehenge" could run.

Old fashioned rock and roll. Drive around your shitty small town with no specific destination. Drink beer. Pick up chicks. Get rejected by chicks. Fight. Drive. Nostalgia. 🤘

Jazzy. Ok I guess I don't know, jazz all sounds the same to me

Solid. By coincidence this album was recommended on North American eclipse day 2024. Excellent soundtrack for an eclipse.

Like it, not love it. I think I was a little too old, too Gen X, when this album came out to fully appreciate it. All the bangers we know and love - "Mr Brightside", "All These Things I've Done" - interspersed with much forgettable filler. Throw a couple of these songs into a Spotify playlist and enjoy once in a while, but the album as a whole? Not so much.

Very forgettable.

Yeah it's okay

Yeah it's okay

Yeah it's alright.

Cheese.

I don't get Swift haters. The songs on this album are impeccably produced, catchy as fuck, and on top of that Taylor is hot. This album is a banger and a hell of a lot better than some of the classic rock shit on this list.

Boring

Listenable

Okay. One or two catchy songs that jumped out at me. Otherwise just gimme the Pixies.

Mercy Street is ok. Same with that song from that John Cusack movie. Otherwise boring and forgettable Baby Boomer music.

It's hard to rate and rank rap/hip-hop albums because they all kind of sound the same.

Not even going to listen to this shit, but I will still give it the lowest rating possible.

Two starts but only for nostalgia for my high school years.

Reeks of hippy

Pretty good

I ended up finding this on YouTube and it's pretty rad. Spooky cabaret.

So boring I didn't even finish

Oof

Rockin' and rollin.

Maybe somewhere out there is a prog rock album that isn't utterly stupidly ridiculous. However, "The Yes Album" ain't it.

Holiday in Cambodia is catchy but the rest of the album just gives me a headache.

Not for me

How do you say "smooth" in Portuguese?

Nope.

So boring.

Smooth.

Live albums are pointless.

Meh. Fine songwriting here and there but such a long album.

Smooth

Garbage Boomer nonsense. How can a group of technically talented musicians make something so boring

Of all the boring bands Wilco is one of the boringest

Bored Californians make too much noise. American punk scene is and always was trash. Noise.

Pretty good for a disco album. I recognize some of the songs remixed in more modern pop songs e.g. he's the greatest dancer in Will Smith's "gettin jiggy with it", plus the influence on Daft Punk is unmistakeable. An album to get up and boogie to, not to listen while lounging in your favorite chair.

Live albums are pointless.

Forgettable

Meh

Mid

Boomers who _still_ don't like electric Dylan can go touch grass.

Seems like it doesn't belong in this list. Not because it's not good (or bad), but because it's an album of Tango music.

Awesome album. Forget all the "derp fUcK MorrISEy chuds.". More Morriseys, fewer Billy Braggs.

eww, no

Dude could bang out some rockers, sure. But live albums are pointless

Surprised. Never heard of this until now. I dig the Phil Spector sound. Solid vocals. Awesome.

Good songwriting, catchy with great vocals. Talent here, but ultimately kind of forgettable as it's sounds like so many other 90s rock bands.

You know that guy from your shitty home town? The one who everyone thought was cool because he banged chicks, knew where to get the best weed, an always bought beer for the kids? The one who grew up to amount to nothing? The guy who stills lives in the shitty home town, drinks copiously and complains about how today's music sucks? That same guy who's now 54 years old - and while everyone else grew up, started careers, made families, travelled, helped build society - he's on the dole, on his 20th girlfriend in as many years, probably has kids he never sees nor pays for? Rush is his favorite band and this is his favorite album. Zero stars out of five if possible.

I'm glad 1001 albums recommended this, otherwise this would have never been on my radar. Never heard of this band or album until now but it is great. Experimental noise rock, driving beats, some catchy songs in there. Refreshing after having to hear so much Boomer crap. You can only take so much Eagles, Bad Company, Aerosmith tripe. "They Were Wrong, So we Drowned" is a fucking fresh breath of air.

All the excess of 70s rock packed into a double album. Prog rock song that's 8 minutes to long? Check. Stompy call and response sing-a-longs? Check. Mostly forgettable filler songs? Check. Candle in the Wind? One of the most vapid pop songs ever recorded? Check. Fuck this album and everything about it.

Starts off with a catchy banger. Followed by more than an hour of forgettable pop twaddle.

I remember the 90s fondly. I don't remember the 90s being this BORRRRING

Jazzy.

Trash.

Magnificent. Sophisticated pop music that stands head and shoulders above a lot of the drivel that was released in the 1980s. Highly recommended.

Yikes, who actually listens to this? Are all the stupid stereotypes of soul patched fedora-wearing nerds skankin' on the dance floor true? Shit's unlistenable. Musically, there's nothing special about the Specials. They sound like countless high school bands around the world.

Meh. Not the worst thing to listen to.

Ok I guess. 🤔

Crappy disco album. Just because it's Michael Jackson doesn't mean it's good.

Bland. I skipped through this album trying to find one, ONE, song that I liked. Nothing. Its the soundtrack playing over the closing credits of many an 80s movie. Why is this album listed here? Why is it relevant?

Boring blues rock album

Sweet Emotion is okay but this is a bland album from one of rock's most mid bands. Its a perfectly average rock album which somehow makes it worse than merely being a "bad" album.

It's alright.

Not the best Sabbath album, but still pretty good .

Too fucking loud, but okay I guess. Would probably have loved this in high school, but it wasn't on my radar back then.

Odd selection for the list. Twee African music. Why not include Polka or some other regional ethnic shit as well. This album's lame.

Kate Bush with an American accent? I dunno, I'm a middle aged bloke so maybe it's not meant for me and it's not clicking. Might listen to it again later but right now it's mid.

5 bloody stars and I won't hear any different.

Metal? Proto industrial? Strange French-language cabaret / circus music? I have to give it three stars because I can't decide if I hate it, or haven't yet appreciated how brilliant this might be. Needs more listens for sure.

Don't get the big deal with the White Stripes. Mid level rock that any high school garage band plays. Meh.

Relax is a fun song but the rest of the album is ass. Synthpop twaddle, not in a good way.

Without a doubt one of the best albums of the 1990s in any genre.

Just awful

Rough old voice (in a good way). Haunting, enjoyable, but nowhere near Leonard Cohen's best work.

Big hit single when it came out, great for its time, but now sounds boring almost a decade later. Others do Asian influenced pop better (Talvin Singh, Asian Dub Foundation etc). This is mid.

I dunno. Generic angry rock, with a voice that sounds like a pig in heat.

Just awful. Has the potential to be a fantastic and compelling trip hop album. Instead it's a cheesy soundtrack to a 90s British Airways commercial. At best, dentist office music.

Pretty cool

Forgettable 80s pap. Not worth a first listen let alone a second one.

Pleasant surprise. good rock songs Never heard this album before , nor Incubus generally, but I like it. Very much a product of its late 90s nu metal times, but this is head and shoulders above some of the other players in that genre.

Low quality "punk" for middle schoolers.

World needs more Morrissey, less Billy Bragg.

80s twaddle

Boring as shit. Could not tell when one song ended and another began.

How can an album be compelling and also really boring at the same time? 🤔

Hell yeah

Just a cringe, twangy country album. There's nothing special nor interesting about this at all.

Fine. Nothing remarkable.

Eh, It's just a soul album

Can't put my fingers on it but there's something very unpleasant sounding in this album.

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Sounds very dated decades later. No good at all.

Uninteresting

The hell is this? Hip hop? Pop? New Jack Swing? Cross-over? Whatever it tried to be, it failed. This is, without hyberbole, one of the WORST albums I've been served on this 1001 list. Ive at least finished listening to all the 1 star albums - here I just found myself skipping every song. SH*T

Its okay

One of the best of the era, if not all time

It's okay

Holy heck, prog rock is such a shitty genre

Throbbing jungle ethnic music Not in a good way. This album is stupid, its lobby music while you're checking into a mid 3 star Cuban resort you grabbed through an Expedia Black Friday sale. If you're going to include shit like this on this list why not also include Polka or Yodelling albums, or some swarthy Med playing bouzouki.