1001 Albums Summary

Melodies are good, there other stuff I can't get on board with.

Too cool for school. Synth pop with a swagger. Nothing I'll come back to.

Pop prog.

A touch too bland, otherwise solid

Never liked the indie guitar sound. There's something too tinny and shoegaze about it all. Regardless, there's some good songs on here and over the runtime it slowly opens up as I acclimatise to it. Some oomph and this could have been great.

Was a huge Bjork fan back in the 90s, then started waining in the noughties. By Vulnicura I was out. Genre wise this would be post- something. Post pop? A complete retreat from melodies, catchiness, radio play, standard lengths. There's none of the traditional playfulness, instead this feels super serious, mature art. The first time I've appreciated this album. Will listen again.

Vocals didn't seem connected to the music. Not keen

Please make it stop.

I've been tricked by 70s albums like this before. First song is a banger. The rest is perfectly fine easy listening background jazz.

My generation is a trickle song. The rest are ok in a 60s way

First and last track were fine. A punkier Doors. Rest wasn't as good

Suddenly, mid album - I know this one, that famous one that's been in adverts? Films? Probably.

90s American punk. Better when it's heavier, terrible when it approaches Green Day. Annoying vocals.

Ok, sure.

Not really my thing. Musically better than the earlier albums, but that's not really the point.

Giving this anything less than 5 would be wrong. So, 3 it is then

Not heard of this before, and was pleasantly surprised. Properly 70s. Wasn't as keen when it leant harder into the folk side, much better as fuck and blues and whatever else is in there.

Never liked Kings. This is worse. Did find myself tapping along sometimes.

Post Sgt Pepper, pre Space Oddity, post Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. Sounds like all three. There's an hidden attitude in here I don't like, but maybe I'm just projecting backwards from britpop.

Papa Was Rolling Stone is a title I've heard lots over the years, but the actual track was disappointing. Otherwise nice eclectic bag. The 70s were great really.

Snippets of good stuff.

Where does 60 homage end and outsider art begin?

The loud tracks rocked, the quiet tracks need more listening too open then up. But, something this 80s I doubt I'll ever do that. 4 because it's probably better than I appreciate.

Curious - late 90s bland sweet girl pop is now considered country music.

A rarity - 60s pop that's not overly twee or annoying. Sadly nothing much memorable either.

Proper old school country

Spent my life around Manchester, a lot of that trying to avoid hearing Oasis.

Never got on with SY. This one was decent in parts, pointless in others

Lots of styles I don't like mashed together. Loud in headphones it was actually ok in parts, then moving to normal speakers it was wet and horrible.

Everyone with CCR it's the same. First few minutes, oh yeah, these guys are cool, this rocks. 20 mins later, yeah, I'm through with this now.

Dr No is on the loose. James Bond is at an exotic location sipping a drink, thinking about which lady to assault next.

I don't like how the instruments blend into the background, don't like how the vocals seem unrelated. Then again, this is a low budget 60s album. But that doesn't make it listenable.

Feels like a debut album - a collection of songs that don't meld together, each one it's own experiment, some working, some not. That's how great artists are made, but also how albums can feel rough and dated and fail to hold up to their peers. I think I'd always pick Portishead out Massive Attack over this. I should try out his other albums.

Why doesn't this feel as exciting as it should. I think because this sounds had become so ubiquitous in pop, pushing this to background music. Some good tracks though

This and Shaft get mixed in my head, so I always expect this to be one song plus a bunch of instrumentals. This is so much better than that.

Two good tracks and a load of sixties badness.

The sort of winsomeness I'd usually hate. But surprisingly got into this a little. At its best the musicality and layering make for pleasant listening. Will I listen again? No.

Couldn't finish. Nothing here for me. Vocals are annoying.

Liked the bits that sounded like the Butthole Surfers. Didn't like the bits that sounded like the White Stripes. Ambivalent to the bits that sounded like Elvis. Slowly wore out it's welcome.

I'd rather wash my genital area with a wire brush and bleach everyday for a month over listening to this.

Goth heritage (both me and the album) says I should like this. But I've tried numerous times over the years and don't get it. Too jangley shoegazy for me.

First few minutes I couldn't tell if this was very dated retro cool or very dated terrible, then realised it's the latter.

Going in a expected to hate this album, and .... I didn't. Was gentle where I expected whining. More Pet Sounds than bedwetter naughties indie. Also sounded like the soundtrack to an indie film.

Very surprised this is post Rumours, it feels earlier.

Who's a soulful funky sexy all time classic song? Shaft. Who's a bunch of background funk that only really works as a soundtrack and is carried by it's titular track. Shaft. Shaft. Who's an album by Isaac Heyes for which your much better off listening to his other, better work,? Shaft. Shaft.

I'm sure this is an important cultural item, but there's nothing here for me.

Lovely noise. Exhilarating or exhausting depending on you current mood, often both at once. Will I listen again? Probably not.

There's Beatles I like - with Revolver and Abbey at the top. Then there's Beatles I don't like - the early stuff and this. The white album shows a band talented enough they could piss about in the studio and throw out folky melodies and experimental noise and it'd all be great. And I don't like it. It's just too rambling, too campfire singing, too haphazard.

Front loaded with easier, commercial stuff before giving way to the good stuff.

Like many of the Stones albums, one good track. But it's a great one.

Couldn't get past track 2.

Out of all the Goldfrapp albums, I didn't expect this one on the list. Felt Mountain (patchy as it was) yes, Strict Machine (my favourite) maybe, but thankfully not the bland pop ones of Supernature and Head First. Tree has this weird folky poppy upbeat depressive thing going on. Opener Clowns is the highlight. Great overall but not essential.

I don't get the Pixies.