it's a cloudy afternoon, mid-july. about this time you listen to your daily album of culture. (it is a prerequisite of death.) what's today's album? "live at the regal" by b.b. king. it's got a rating of 3.7 and it's a blues album. if anything can show you the full potential of the blues, surely this will be it... you start the album. they introduce the King of the blues himself. a song plays. it sounds like a typical blues song, but a bit upbeat. pleasant enough. it passes, and your majesty announces the next song, a "real oldie." it starts playing. it sounds familiar... it's like the last song but slow... a real oldie indeed. all the way from a couple minutes ago. another song plays. the Blue King proclaims, "it's my own fault, baby!" and the crowd absolutely ROARS at this. you listen. wait a second. something's strange... this sounds familiar... that's it! it's the same song you just listened to, but with different words! you can't fool me mr king. time for the next song. "while we're reminiscing here" mr King (of the blues) says. yes, reminiscing over the last three songs a.k.a. the last one song. "i'd like you to pay attention to the lyrics, not so much my singin or the band" im sure you would mr King (of the blues). but you cant pull the wool over my eyes. and so the song plays... again another (the same) song plays, an upbeat variation this time. it passes and the next song is introduced. "what do you say we bring him on, ladies and gentlemen? the great b.b. king!" little did they know they'd already brought him on. infact, he's already played five songs(one song)! the sixth variation passes. time for the next song introduction. "we wanna go way back. WAY back." they can't trick me, that's just like how track 2 was introduced! it plays. one could describe this variation of The Blues Song as "dynamic." it is the longest version of The Blues Song on the album. it ends. off-topic, but if there's anything you can say about mr King (of the blues) it isnt that he's impolite. he always says thank you to his screaming adoring fans. thank you too, mr King. the (next) song plays. it's pretty upbeat and the brass is excited. it is a fun variation, it makes itself stand out a bit. the High King of Bluesia thanks his subjects and the next variation begins. it sounds like the others. mr. The King tells his subjects to applaud his band and help the poor because he is a noble and just monarch. time for the next track. alright, the last track stands out from everything else. the last track is a gift. the last track is the King's luxurious gift to the commonfolk who support his kingdom. they thought it was impossible. they thought it couldnt be done. a second song on the album. while i was listening i decided to look up "best albums of 1965" and see what was going on those days, let's see... - The Who were born, good on them! that'll be a future roll from the generator - the Beatles release Rubber Soul, the 17th-highest rated album on the site as-of-reviewing. is it fair to compare? - dylan's gone electric, that rascal! how does it fee-eeellll.. - the Byrds release the album Turn! Turn! Turn! containing the song Turn! Turn! Turn! i like that one - The Temptations Sing Smokey! neato, the version of My Girl that most people know, among other things - the Beatles also release Help! man they were busy... - a Charlie Brown Christmas! nice, got an iconic piece of christmas history on that. not what i expected to see well looks like 1965 was an alright year! the details of my experience of this album come nearer to their close, and judgment approaches. "but the blues were foundational to all of rock music!" aint getting founded in 1965, that's for sure all in all i can't be a critic. i simply don't understand. i don't understand The Blues. it's like an episode of the Twilight Zone condensed into a music genre. this is Groundhog Music. help me. 1966 is just around the corner and it's coming in with a bang. you need to be more prepared than this. 2/5

feelgood experience

is this what it means to be a theater kid?

thom yorke holds an emotional note while guitars play. sometimes the guitars are sad, sometimes they are angry. but the notes sound nice and i like them

when the singing is so unintelligible it could be AI generated thats when you know its real punk

very sufficient music. will provide ears with sufficiency

the rockers that once validated many rebellious angsty now-grandparents. NEVER LET THE SPIRIT DIE!!!!!

thank you mr wonder, for letting your inner visions come out

starts exciting & settles in, was nice to discover

i put on the tracks, said "enjoy it i willsson" though by the last three, i'd already had my fillsson

hype as heck i should walk inside of factories more often

that was fun!

consistent... competent... decently enjoyable

an album made in an era before they invented a second song, bless their hearts

i love the pogues!!!!!!!!

booba

this is so my scene but it is also not my album

pretty music attuned to the youthful soul

like its so hype

high 3/5 i jam with it. it harkens back to an era when drugs were real

it has the banger but the others are alright too

out of all of the albums on this list, this is one of them

groundbreaking pioneers invent the world's first throwback album

enjoyed, glad i got to roll it and looking forward to the other album by her on the list

high 3/5, it gives me extra interest in listening to more led zeppelin albums

high 3/5 the second half gives good vibes. thankfully im not a music critic so i can listen to this without my soul falling out

high 3/5, the energy is felt and enjoyed but it can lose me sometimes

enjoyable, very cromulent-core

peak feelgoodsiness

it is jazz and i am not sophisticated

the more hours, the merrier enjoyed

rolling two 50s jazz albums in a 3 day period was a real blow. good thing i had this album to lift my spirits

this is so legit for 1973

its high noon

interesting, appealing but not quite captivating cant believe this is the same guy who hugs em and kisses em 'cause to him they're all the same

nice highlights

its got a style to it that i like, though it feels like that takes the place of substance

enjoyed throughout

enjoyable music-music but nothing my brain will retain after a week

decent cool, was fun to experience

a decently cool groundbreaker

pretty

consider my tickets to salem booked

i am a true believer in life after math

enjoyed though lyrics struggle

just a fun new wave experience, album enjoyed

a healthy dose of chaos i like first track

I will Open the Doors

can be described as consistent it was enjoyable, not overbearing or hard to listen

theyre a fun bunch of blokes aren'ey

fun bops

nice immersive experience, doesnt deserve to be sixth lowest rated album on the site

nice listen, not anything too overwhelming

groovin

some bops

this is, undeniably, so real for 1974

90s rock before the 90s... for 22 brief minutes. enjoyable

pleasant listen with some standouts

it's a cloudy afternoon, mid-july. about this time you listen to your daily album of culture. (it is a prerequisite of death.) what's today's album? "live at the regal" by b.b. king. it's got a rating of 3.7 and it's a blues album. if anything can show you the full potential of the blues, surely this will be it... you start the album. they introduce the King of the blues himself. a song plays. it sounds like a typical blues song, but a bit upbeat. pleasant enough. it passes, and your majesty announces the next song, a "real oldie." it starts playing. it sounds familiar... it's like the last song but slow... a real oldie indeed. all the way from a couple minutes ago. another song plays. the Blue King proclaims, "it's my own fault, baby!" and the crowd absolutely ROARS at this. you listen. wait a second. something's strange... this sounds familiar... that's it! it's the same song you just listened to, but with different words! you can't fool me mr king. time for the next song. "while we're reminiscing here" mr King (of the blues) says. yes, reminiscing over the last three songs a.k.a. the last one song. "i'd like you to pay attention to the lyrics, not so much my singin or the band" im sure you would mr King (of the blues). but you cant pull the wool over my eyes. and so the song plays... again another (the same) song plays, an upbeat variation this time. it passes and the next song is introduced. "what do you say we bring him on, ladies and gentlemen? the great b.b. king!" little did they know they'd already brought him on. infact, he's already played five songs(one song)! the sixth variation passes. time for the next song introduction. "we wanna go way back. WAY back." they can't trick me, that's just like how track 2 was introduced! it plays. one could describe this variation of The Blues Song as "dynamic." it is the longest version of The Blues Song on the album. it ends. off-topic, but if there's anything you can say about mr King (of the blues) it isnt that he's impolite. he always says thank you to his screaming adoring fans. thank you too, mr King. the (next) song plays. it's pretty upbeat and the brass is excited. it is a fun variation, it makes itself stand out a bit. the High King of Bluesia thanks his subjects and the next variation begins. it sounds like the others. mr. The King tells his subjects to applaud his band and help the poor because he is a noble and just monarch. time for the next track. alright, the last track stands out from everything else. the last track is a gift. the last track is the King's luxurious gift to the commonfolk who support his kingdom. they thought it was impossible. they thought it couldnt be done. a second song on the album. while i was listening i decided to look up "best albums of 1965" and see what was going on those days, let's see... - The Who were born, good on them! that'll be a future roll from the generator - the Beatles release Rubber Soul, the 17th-highest rated album on the site as-of-reviewing. is it fair to compare? - dylan's gone electric, that rascal! how does it fee-eeellll.. - the Byrds release the album Turn! Turn! Turn! containing the song Turn! Turn! Turn! i like that one - The Temptations Sing Smokey! neato, the version of My Girl that most people know, among other things - the Beatles also release Help! man they were busy... - a Charlie Brown Christmas! nice, got an iconic piece of christmas history on that. not what i expected to see well looks like 1965 was an alright year! the details of my experience of this album come nearer to their close, and judgment approaches. "but the blues were foundational to all of rock music!" aint getting founded in 1965, that's for sure all in all i can't be a critic. i simply don't understand. i don't understand The Blues. it's like an episode of the Twilight Zone condensed into a music genre. this is Groundhog Music. help me. 1966 is just around the corner and it's coming in with a bang. you need to be more prepared than this. 2/5

elvis costello is pretty fun and 10-15 years after his peak he is still fun

feelgood experience

fun piece of influential rock history

it jams

fun indie stuff, sounds like something id've listened to

this album has a lot of bangers doesn't it? billie joe armstrong looks like if you caught a human in the middle of their transformation into robert smith.

is this what it means to be a theater kid?

i listened to the album, relistened through to help decide on a rating, went on a wikipedia journey because of the album, and at this point i can say i think i pretty well appreciate having had the experience in the end that is the spirit of the site, and today has encouraged it

pretty cool, wouldn't otherwise hear, thank you 1001

enjoyable

cool indie electromusic imbued with the violent life-aura of oppressed youth

i like when they go laaa laaa la la laa

theyve got some pretty good bangers in there! u2 is like radiohead for people who watch a lot of hallmark movies.

they brought a lot of the mild sauce but a bit of the xtra spicy hot & tangy chunky pepper blend new formula is mixed in

im not a frequent metal listener, i know some things here-and-there that i like, but its also a fairly unexplored area for me now metalheads can get on my nerves a little, oh someone gave a 1/5 to my indietronica dreamcore cosmical lofi whateverwave and all they said was "boring", go to their page and theyve reviewed 700 albums, favorite artists sepultura, metallica, gave ten 5/5s and half of them are to bands that sound like ancient gods well if all those albums are as cool as this one maybe they just have a point

that 90s edge is going on full here

I AM A MAN OF POP SENSIBILITY AND I LIKE THE BEATLES!

someones grumpy

pretty weird and nifty listen, banger hit too

i think ive been transported

unique

there are 71 albums on this website under the genre of "Punk". this is one of those aforementioned 71 albums. it sounds Powerfully Suitable.

enjoyed throughout

i love dark alleyways now

they stay in their lane but their lane is unique and interesting and has at least one smash hit

fun and perfectly normal synthpop album

a certified fun one within the realm of synthpop

captivatingly peaceful

got some cool hits!

he knows what he wants and boy does he express it

nirvana will always make edgy cool

an abundance of bangers at once

who news the new order

interesting-experience music

relatively cool for never-heard-of punk album

the most 90s rap ever to 90s or to rap

enjoyable musics

i dont know if it is very becoming to listen to political protest music and give it an x/5 star rating based on how cool and novel it sounds but here we are i suppose

fun one

feels like its own unique experience and i like that

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some nice vibes that i will not remember

oh! i just figured it out! its called rocks because there are multiple rock music by the way it owns

actually sick

this is what music from the future sounded like in the past

This music defines me as a person. 4/5

People who listen to music like this hurt people.

well it was a little magical, otherworldly, and transformative

title track is pretty cool

i mean, if youre living in 1966, and i ask "have you listened to revolver" and you say "yeah..." i mean, if i ask "what about pet sounds" and you say "yeah....." i mean, if i then ask "do you just want a break from all this revolutionary new groundbreaking stuff" and you say "yeah.........." then i guess i can put in a vaguely good word for this album

pretty cool, 1991 didnt know what hit em

some stuff its a little cool but wont really stick to me

umm 16personalities said im a sensing type so i guess im a little biased

its that one 90s album they are right it is pretty cool. why did they call their first album ten?

felt kinda special to listen to like a big movie just ended when the album was over

it gives a strange vibe like it "has the energy" of not being the first at anything but being a good attempt at it. like Help The Aged just sounds like we-have-Creep-at-home. is that fair? is any of that even fair? i have no idea but it's the rational-or-irrational feeling it gives me apart from that it sounds cool enough

pretty cool moments but i dont super vibe with the soft songs on this one

got some nice tunes flowing

some nice songs but shy of being truly remembered

the songs dont stick that much but its an enjoyable-sounding album from an enjoyable band

not sure why i wouldnt have already listened to this. am i stupid?

some nice vibes going, first track stands pretty well above the rest. though welfare mothers is kind of a banger.

man. the person who invented the world's second chord progression must've been thrilled

its from 2019 so its automatically novel compared to most the rest of the list, cool interesting listen if not the biggest standout

prety cool, songs go long and repeat but they were still enjoyed

grew on me over the day's course

feels like experiencing something special and larger than life (though i might just be a sucker for maximalism)

perfectly enjoyable background music, but if the reaper stalled my death for half an hour so i could listen to this, could i understand why? no

they actually have a song called "Unhappy Birthday" is this self-parody?

jimmy sang and hes got the groove and stuff his only 1001 representation really is just a live album huh

some sick beatz. fun and wouldnt mind rolling them again

not the same heights as Thriller but its pretty hit-packed and undeniable

this is like all that other music but a decade older!

i like the track that goes mrroww mrowwrr beep-beep and then she utters the language of the ancient gods a little

it has some big jams

front-heavy but a fun one

an unfamiliar sort of music that i did enjoy listening to

Enjoyable and fun listen, though I can't help but feel like a live album full of already-released songs is a bit of a ratings cheat...

in rock we deep purple child in time was pretty cool

i feel mildly pandered to with some of these selections and it sounded cool

cool and mellow, not too much to say because i need to save my words for the other dozen neil young albums

mood

decently cool vibes

pretty fun listen, would like to give it a "3/5 with charm"

enjoyable hip-hop with energy, especially first half

songs less memorable or standout-y within in my mind than those on Innervisions (the first and only stevie wonder album I have randomly rolled as-of-writing) but its still enjoyable because its stevie wonder and stevie wonder is great

pretty enjoyably moody, black sabbath before black sabbath

this is the most overwhelmingly normal album for a list of the 1001 (1089) most important albums to listen to before you die. like, they didnt do anything wrong, they didnt ask to be here in the special-special list, man, theyre just making music (my name's woodface and i care what you think)

pretty cool and interesting if not groundbreaking

fun rockah stacked with hits, no excuse not to enjoy it

i didnt really get it then i realized it sounded like half of all pop music from the 2010s onward and im just desensitized so clearly it's influential if i didnt know this album was prestigious and on the 1001 list i might not have passed the wisdom-check to properly appreciate it

gritty and fun rocka

pretty and poetic enough that i accept i'm out of my element

it was not the god of all synthpop destined to free the genre of 80s electronic pop hits from the shackles of man's judgment but apart from that it was pretty good

first half pretty comfy, second half not quite as potent

ah, so they're a singles band

this album could turn even the most rough-blooded of farmhands into a real wisecracking penthouse taxi driver.

well the punks, they existed in the 70s, but the book of 1001 albums wants to clarify that the punks also existed in the 90s. thanks for keeping me up to date, book theyre also a progenitor of nirvana and stuff, this album came out a whole two months before nevermind, see?

how can one band be this fun of a bunch? "let the good times roll," they surely did

i miss toxic

enjoyable 90s rockar, pleased to listen

fun start with some lulls in the middle, enjoyable

past the boundaries of this day, "Eternally Yours" will be Eternally Forgotten

it has a fun personality but a bit of a sleepy listen

has an interesting atmosphere but doesn't keep it quite enough for a higher rating

60s rock with a tinge of extra enjoyability across the album because the beatles are good just on the cusp of 4/5, but instead, as someone who hasnt listened through a beatles album before signing up for this site, this one will just keep me more excited for the next i roll from them

its a cool listen if not the ultimate standout

some hits and some passable filler with the lens of a once-in-a-lifetime voice

listening to the title track put me in a temporary mentally altered state forcing me to 5/5 this album

fun and wild journey with a lot of charm

its hard to judge music that is mostly remembered for its background story but it's nice

im not educated enough on country to say if this album revolutionzed country as we know it and birthed the modern country sound or it just sounds completely standard for its time but it was a sufficiently fun listen

first three songs felt very strong, then it continued into simply good

nice mellow dark-mood album, doesnt change up much but it keeps the vibe and im biased

it has a cool interesting aesthetic though i want more

pleasant if not a standout

A meandering slog of nothing (affectionately) This is what Mike Oldfield would make if he were a computer science major with vague left-wing revolutionary philosophies in the late '90s

decently average but enjoyable with maybe some unique sound for its time. i hereby declare them mostly-a-singles-band until the site gives me Automatic For The People

i appreciate albums that want to achieve an aesthetic, it went for it and i felt immersed in it

eccentric 80s gothism, it was alright and it has that one song

exciting, dark, and a little insane, it lives up aesthetically to its title

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out is top-tier and the rest is pretty good

her voice has a way of making anything sound like its from fallout i would also like to place an order for more trombone solos also also if i were this album i would run on a few songs less

cool to listen to and i can enjoy it though it still shows that a couple hits doesn't make an album worth listening first and last tracks are cool too

they've got like 10 minutes of content but 42 minutes of album runtime still sounds nice

freedom '90 is good and george michael is cool, just needs more

forgettamusic whenever a line repeats i want to shout at the song "YOU DIDN'T EARN THIS!!"

maybe they meant to say "1000.3 albums you should listen to before you die and .7 skippable filler the almighty black reaper wont mind if you miss"

a perfect five-star contender string of 6 tracks from the start, but the remaining 4 pulled it away synthy jams full of excitement and the unique and fun-wannahaving voice of cyndi lauper

fun blokes who don't stick out too much but they enjoy what they do ay

enjoyable, pleasant, and moody, though not truly catching enough for a higher rating

full of memorable hits, a great album verging on 5 stars though a couple steps below Revolver

it's alright, would be better if they cut it down to 2 songs

it sounds like two parts influential and one part something that I want to actually listen to now, but it's cool and interesting

ive heard time and time again that the album list has a strong british bias so when i saw that this unknown, british-sounding band was actually american i kinda got goosebumps other than that its cool

no fly me to the moon but frankies got some bops

bizarre and cool, though it wont stick in my mind like other madonna hits

alright. that album is done. 895 to go

thrilling and addictive darkness. perhaps not as refined as Closer, it is still an appreciated album to get

its cool, though their hit shines above the rest

there is no substitute for the nick cave vibes, unique and immersively gritty

influential! i hope they find a way to watch the monday night game

pleasant low-energy indie mood music, a bit more upbeat than his other album on the list

interesting to uninteresting to interesting again, first song stands out among everything

pleasant though consistent, i imagine superfly pops a bit more

beats for walking down the rainy city streets to. good vibes

wait a second... am *I* a metalhead? * i look into the mirror. my face is more GREY and SHINY than normal.

a spectacle

wacky experience music, but kinda fun

they have a distinct suaveness to pair with their catchy melodies, this truly is an album with swagger

the first track was enticing, but the album feels pretty absent of substance

a fun 2000s indie rock album over half a decade before the 2000s were invented. respect!

a nice 90s pretty-rock experience! sometimes sounds like radiohead-before-radiohead-existed if radiohead-before-radiohead-existed existed after radiohead existed.

very interesting as always mr adamson thank you can you unlock the door now

pretentious but in a kinda-right-about-it kind of way

a work of decent beauty overshadowed by their other albums

unique-sounding good laid-back vibes, for 1996 it seems pretty special

a nice sound though the hit of the album stands above the rest

this album did not make it to timelessness

a collection of songs that mostly sound nice but dont stick to me, the queen sound is still cool

apparently a beloved album, sounds like i had to be there to understand still alright though

nice non-worldchanging vibes

a decent glimpse into the 80s for being from 1979

who left their library music here? bruton? bruton music, have you been forgetting your things again? i dont mind listening to the library music bruton you don't have to be self-conscious!