I realized we were fed a version with live versions at the back so went back to find the og album, which is only 29 minutes. 29 minutes is a much more reasonable amount of time to listen to ccr.

Started as a very spooky ride to work, ended confused. Thought for sure this would be my jam. It was mostly not. Sorry Janelle/obama.

So chill and easy listening. Calming, relaxing and mellow Texas

Only one song has vocals, raging background music

Didn’t like it as much as I remembered. A couple bangers, the rest was noisy

Bangers, with some sleepy ones throughout

Absolutely.

Smooth and bouncy. Enjoyed but not something I would put on for myself.

A classic to be played more around the house! Glad to have it reintroduced.

Hell yea I want to be in the dog gang

🤘🏼🤘🏼

I have always loved this album. One of my all time tops.

I liked the first song

Started promising but got a bit boring

Surprisingly enjoyed

Anxiety inducing punk cabaret music?

Memories give this one an extra star

A bunch of cats being electrocuted. Couldn’t finish the album, though I wanted to save the cats.

A bit of a snoozer but good for a chill time

A bit of a snoozer but good for a chill time

Funky and weird

Hated his voice

It’s great when sentimental music is still good music

That voice

Some songs were noise, others were great

Some songs were noise, others were great

I also feel younger than I was back then

Absolutely yes. Bring on da funk

Only liked a couple songs, but the Spotify radio that came on after the album finished was excellent.

Bored and annoyed?

Flight of the conchords?

Ragey and effective.

Beautiful but now I’m depressed

Yes. Yes. Absolutely yes.

I rode my bike so fast

Bliss

Who doesn’t love a little morning rage?

My poor ears

No notes

Meh, should have stayed a one hit wonder

So repetitive

Meh

Just not as good as Let It Bleed

Next

Nah

Smooth mellows

Smooth mellows

boo. Went in thinking I’d love it, but boo.

Too many bongos

Jammy

Moody and beautiful. Love this album minus the dick sucking audio…

Very inconsistently medium

First song stunk, I was surprised to like it better after that

Ay caramba Im into it

Had to give an extra star for tainted love. It’s clear they were all in a midlife crisis and trying to take me down with them. Boooo

All my problems just float away on a blunt

Deep Purple is a great band name

Nope. But I did want to use this time to talk about how good Lucinda Williams is.

So clunky. Has a couple of my faves but a lotttttt of duds

2 stars is still more than I thought I’d like it

Some yes, some no.

Oh no absolutely not

Why do I remember liking this?

Really confused at how much I didn’t like this. Kept expecting it to get better. It did not.

Oddly heard Billy Joel in a couple songs.

Pretty perfect. Also love 34 min albums.

This is just not good? Who voted for this crap?

Meh

Meh

What a snoozefest

Not as good as 2001 but helped save a brutal music week.

Everybody knows this is an incredible album. I could scream “down by the river” infinitely.

An extra star because it was more listenable than I expected. But still an absolutely not for me.

Felt like a Xmas album

Meh. Love early Kanye. This wasn’t my favorite. Just dragging the wealth-obsessed while declaring himself God. Good beats, especially Bound 2.

Overall mediocre, uninteresting more than bad.

Shockingly but decidedly not garbage

This is better than Yeezus.

Before this exercise in music I assumed I knew what Black Sabbath was. I was wrong and I love it. 🤘

Not as good as Black Sabbath, but still good.

Dear lord that was annoying to listen to

Instrumentals are great; wish there were no vocals.

Vibes are immaculate. Energy is tops. Not my fave album of his but holds up.

I think this is a perfect album and very clearly written by someone with an Eiffel Tower-sized dick.

Too soft to be hard. Too bad to be good.

I know I’m supposed to like this more…I don’t though

Listenable but largely uninteresting. Feel truly neutral.

What a chill, great time I had

My whole body relaxed listening to this

It’s just…not for me. This is one of those situations where I’m pretty sure it’s a me problem though.

Liked it but docked a star because one song in the middle gave me anxiety.

If this music came out today I don’t think I would like it as much. But the nostalgia factor + degree of innovation = 4

A fine 20 minutes of music but what the Spotify algorithm fed me as a result was fire.

Some real duds mixed in but absolutely classic in the way the Mona Lisa is classic but not my favorite art. Also why did I hear Billy Joel on the back half of ‘One of my Turns’?

That was a surprisingly good time. Mellow and funky just like I like it.

I dunno, mostly just not what I was in the mood for

Despite the fact that I sang along to a lot of it, I don’t care for it or about it. Respect the song writing, disrespect the vibes.

I could listen to this album in any mood. Over and over easy listening.

Flawless front to back. It feels like the brand of angst and kindness I try to embody. Put it on my tombstone.

Most post-punk is not for me and this was no exception.

Did a whole lot of jolly head banging, some giggling, and no skipping.

Well that was fun!! Amazing walking around snowy New York to these beats and grooves.

I just love folk harmony. It didn’t blow me away but was top tier background reading music.

Like sure. Fine. I get it? But maybe the problem is that I don’t? Plenty of bops in here but ultimately left a bad taste in my mouth.

I’m a sucker for steely dan

Well that was a lot of devotional chanting. An hour in I came to and felt like I had been hypnotized, at which point I turned it off.

It sounded to me like they were making fun of themselves. I laughed a couple times. Maybe it’s because I hear Jack Black singing?

This is why I love this exercise. It’s so great discovering music that somehow hasn’t made it to your ears. Sure there are some duds here, but I loved the songs where she sounded like piano bar Joni Mitchell. Would listen again.

Had a great time at this party.

Confused about how bad this is. You’re telling me multiple people voted for this album to be ranked on 1001ATLTBYD?? Bullshit. Impossible. Not to mention that there’s a song about cutting yourself, which is followed by “Sad Song”. Dude I’m trying to have a good time.

Most of the songs are so good that I forgive the others. I love Sissyneck.

All of the songs sound like Welcome to the Working Week, but the good news is that I really like that song. Nostalgic and delightful.

Next

With every song I was more shocked I had never heard of this.

It’s so 90s it reminds me of the Pete & Pete theme song and Counting Crows. I remember hearing the Mrs. Robinson cover on the radio too. Despite the nostalgia, it’s still just not my vibe.

The pop bangers on this album are all-time incredible—Blank Space, Shake it Off, Bad Blood. Rediscovered All You Had To Do Was Stay. A couple duds there snuck in at the end but not enough to kill the vibe.

I realized we were fed a version with live versions at the back so went back to find the og album, which is only 29 minutes. 29 minutes is a much more reasonable amount of time to listen to ccr.

I really dug [most of] this. Completely not on my radar when it came out, but then again, my mainstay was reggaeton in those days. Despite my lack of emotional connection to it, it’s so reminiscent of what my 20s sounded like.

Ooof dude. Seems like you’re not ok. I feel for you but don’t know if we needed 6 minutes of People ain’t no Good. When the last song, Green Eyes, finally came, I laughed out loud at the dubbed echoing of himself. As if I hadn’t gotten the point yet…

The truest 3. Wouldn’t kick it out of bed; not mind blowing.

Ray of Light (the song) is a banger. I remember listening to many of the others, but they don’t hold up as well to me.

Listened several times this weekend.

It just sounds so corny. I laughed out loud at one point and then felt bad.

Only some of these songs are songs. The others are noise. Never thought I’d say that the female vocal made this worse? And finally, why did I hear Weird Al so often?

I’m nothing if not an R&B girl

I was excited to see what I was missing but turns out I wasn’t missing much. Lots of potential, never surprised me. +1 star because Bittersweet Symphony is really really good.

Love this album for its humanity and the richness and depth of Cash’s voice.

Pleasantly melodic. Better morning than night music.

Her voice, attitude, and pain pierce my soul. Unfun fact, I had to wear sunglasses leaving her doc because I couldn’t stop sobbing.

I heard it, I enjoyed it generally enough as background music. Nothing particularly interesting or moving.

Usually I dock a star for albums over an hour, but this was great. Complex, fun, deep, nostalgic.

Started as a very spooky ride to work, ended confused. Thought for sure this would be my jam. It was mostly not. Sorry Janelle/obama.

Oh look—a concept album. You can’t convince me that Party Line isn’t a Beatles song.

Damn. New Coldplay annoys me so much I forgot about how much I listened to/loved this album in high school. It held up for me.

Bored but didn’t hate every song. Doesn’t make it out of the 80s genre with many redeeming qualities tho

I want to be her friend but I don’t want to listen to her music 🤷🏻‍♀️

This is the music Lite FM really thinks we all should like. Some good melodies and even a couple classics here but the corniness makes my body cringe. I remember seeing an a cappella group cover Beautiful Day and that feels exactly right.

Tonight, tonight and a couple others are mesmerizingly good, unique songs. There are just so many that go too hard for me.

Listening to Mother was like reading Philip Roth. Ew dude

A breath of fresh air in its brevity and simplicity. Listened x2

Certainly not it. Hard to get through.

Hit or miss for me song by song. The 3est 3–I feel quite ambivalent.

It all works for me

Wow

I can hear you, you don’t have to scream. Can’t/didn’t/won’t finish tho..

Almost had a panic attack to Three Little Birdies Down Beat. Otherwise, good subway reading music.

Listened twice through. Once for a bangin’ good time and twice to figure out wtf he was saying.

Encore!

It’s no Let It Bleed but a solid 4 nonetheless.

Gave up after song #1. Just wasn’t born into that thrasher life

Keep the Car Running is so good

Iconic album and album title. It’s not a 5 because I’m not playing this music for my enjoyment, I’m listening to it like I look at art in a museum.

I love this album. It still sounds so contemporary to me too.

I liked a few for sure, but it was very inconsistent. Hard to give a rating to the album as a whole because it was so disjointed.

Generic music from a genre that isn’t for me

Bunch of theater nerds to my ears

Two Rush albums in a row was….a lot. I liked it more than Moving Pictures, but not all that significantly.

Um well, I agree with the message but wouldn’t buy the art. Some songs were better than others; disjointed.

It’s all there

Never heard the band or album before but interesting stuff!

Heavy nostalgia, but Yellow still slaps. Definitely Coldplay’s best album.

The first half > the second half