What a strange ass album. Grateful that Borno sent me down the path to listen to his congressional hearing on parental advisory music. Additionally, Linc Dawg showed me one of this better songs: Watermelon in Easter Hay

The start of this album feels NOT very Queeny. Killer Queen might be the only song I know on this album. I suppose this album is surfacing to me that I don't know Queen all that well! Super interesting and unexpected album.

Nice coming off of the Queen album onto this. A handful of recognizable tracks compared to the single Queen track. I think this is a fairly listenable album. My gripe with something like this album is this: it feels like they are really trying to go hard vs. ACTUALLY being hard.

Queen to Bon Jovi to Queen? Worried that I am going to get over-Queened. Half a track in and I am already feeling that this is much Queenier ;). This Queen album is wildly better than Sheer Heart Attack. Crazy that these were put out the same year. This one is loosing steam for me. I liked the album to start and it started to fall off for me.

Yes! Listening to the first track now and thinking about the hip hop songs that have sampled this. This is a jammy album. I could throw this on and groove. Okay, now they are getting a bit excessive.

At first I was surprised to see this one. Now, I am good with it. Will be my highest rated album thus far because it definitely was a piece of my youth.

Fire! But also a little jammy

Shoot, my rating didn't take. I had hesitations coming into this album. I remember making fun of my mom with my dad singing Joni Mitchell. It was listenable, but not tremendously enjoyable.

Anger in an album. It was revolutionary at the time. Great workout album. Love that I can picture the matrix when wakeup comes on. FREEDOM!!! YEAHHHHHHHHH RIGHHHTTTTT

This fucks!

Reminds me of 500 days of summer...mmmmm Zoey

Fell in love with a girl is a JAM! I used to vilify this album because I thought it was too popular. I will admit that it is pretty good.

Yessss! I loved this album when it came out. It is so interesting how albums are associated with memories. This album (particularly the Lazarus song) is haunting because it came out 2 days before he died. From what I remember learning about this album is that he knew he was at the end when he recorded these songs. I always take this album in from the perspective of a dying man. Lazarus carries this album from a 2 to a 3 for me.

Thought I would like this album a lot. It was just kind of meh.

I think I went into this album with a pretty negative attitude about getting two Velvet Underground albums in a row. I was not pumped on yesterdays album and I think I like this one even less.

Interesting. Feels like the precursor to Daft Punk. Less refined, but certainly glimpses in there.

What a strange ass album. Grateful that Borno sent me down the path to listen to his congressional hearing on parental advisory music. Additionally, Linc Dawg showed me one of this better songs: Watermelon in Easter Hay

Poor mans David Bowie + Depeche Mode + The Cure? Don't love it.

I think it was fine. Didn't get through the whole album, but not offensive.

This album/Muddy Waters has a vibe! This album feels like NOLA to me (musically prolific, full of emotions, full of an energy).

Hard to argue with the boss! Not super familiar with this album, and it was pretty solid. Glad this was on the list on a Friday. Very listenable.

This is a 4.4. Going to have to round down because of the skits and because some of the non-hits don't strike me as hard as the hits do.

I suppose I am not sure why this album makes it over Out of Time or Automatic for the People.

What are we doing here? What album did this knock out? Whos man is this?

Could it be the first 5? Am I rating things based on nostalgia vs. quality? Maybe.

I of course love Once ina Lifetime, but the rest of the album was just kind of okay to me.

Is Exodus the only track that I actually know on this album? Ohhhhh we jamming! What are the first 4 tracks of this? Everything after that is FIRE!

Effectively the bridge between the B52s and NIN. What are we doing here? If I never heard this again that would be indication of a life well led.

Awesome album! Didn’t get through a lot of it.

Haters weren’t into it, but I think I liked it

No hits! What’s up?

When someone great is gone!!!

Not great, wouldn’t listen again

Haven’t listened yet, but I will on this drive!

I find myself getting upset when the hits I like from people on this list aren’t on the albums :/

Smoking extreme spinach!

I have always been pretty neutral on Bobby D. Listenable but not necessarily enjoyable from my seat.

So funny how we view these albums through the lens of what memories they trigger. I am rating this album well because there are so many songs that I recognize and have solid memories of.

Love and remember the beer fondly. I can say that there is a lot of talent on this album, but I am not going to seek it out necessarily because it is more of technical listen than I typically enjoy.

2Pac is an interesting one for me. I feel like I SHOULD like him more than I do. Coming off of Thelonius, it is a weirdly similar feeling in the sense that I know I should appreciate him more. Still pumped on listening to this one today.

God, I saw the Violent Femmes live right before covid. It was not an enjoyable show. Outside of blister in the sun, I feel like they are kind of a hard listen. Okay, Kiss Off is grreat too. I am eating my words, this whole album is pretty dank. I think a live version of ~50/60 somethings singing this stuff is just lost on ya boy.

I feel like this album is a good album, but I am expecting a Bob Marley album and it fell short of the one we listened to a few weeks ago. The story behind how this album came to be was interesting though :)

Listenable. Not the best album, but not the worst.

I feel like there are 10 more albums that came out in 2004 that are exponentially better than this one. What are we doing here? I spoke too soon. It is an okay album. Liking it better than the temptations yesterday.

What in the world?

Criminal makes this album go from 2 to 3

I thought I would love this more. Maps really makes this, huh?

I think the quote on the first song that really stuck with me: It kills me to think, that I'm no longer living just looking for excuses to drink. It hits especially hard coming off of a bender from this past weekend.

Yoshimi and Do You Realize are fantastic. Most of the Flaming Lips stuff is so weird. This is no exception. I saw them live in my early 20s and thought it was one of the strangest shows I have ever seen.

Am I really embarking in a 2 + hour album today? Here goes! Yeah, I got through the first album of this double disc'n. I am done here.

Not going to seek it out again. Getting a better understanding of why folks rate these things the way that they do (legacy over quality sometimes).

Whose that lady?! Listenable. Baby making music for sure!

Somewhat unlistenable for me. I get that this kicked off shoegaze, but man it was a lot of noise.

It was fine. I thought it felt a bit jokey.

There are simply some albums that I won't understand the reason they made the list. This is one of those albums.

Let the good tunes roll! This is a banger of an album. That is all.

Tribe is awesome...but I am a bigger fan of other albums. I left my wallet in el segundo and can I kick it are the clear winners of this album. You know, I think I was just put off by the first long song on this album, it is actually better than I was originally thinking.

Not sure what this was, but I knew my uncle CK was a fan for some reason. For me...this ain't it!

Meatpuppets Mudhoney, what will they come up with next?

A strange welcomed change from the other stuff we have been hearing. Y'all make it to the end of the album? What?!

The perfect album does not exi... What a treat of an album to tap into on a Friday. It is effectively a Led Zeppelin greatest hits album if you ask me.

This (candidly any) album is tough to jump to after letting the Led out. I would appreciate it more if it were on the heels of a crappy album.

Not what I expected. Good working music.

I mean, I get it!

Christmas sounds like the Beatles! This album is just a bit too meandery for me. All songs sound like a derivative of the pinball wizard. I am kind of over this one.

A little intense for a Friday at 8 AM. Also, I have a coworker that has hitched his entire identity to Metallica...he kind of sucks so I am not really listening through an objective lens.

The highs are high enough that it deserves a 4.

Quite the departure from yesterday. We will see how much of this I can get through. Made it through the first album. Whatever.

I am into it. Had no idea this was a concept album. Okay. I think I can only handle like 4 consecutive Jethro Tull songs.

Its kind of a confusing album, huh?

The marketing genius of this album is so sick!

Couldn't take all of the sad yesterday. It was an okay album.

Where are my boss hits on this one? Okay, reading what it was in response to made me appreciate more.

Not my cup of tea, but the story makes it more palpable.

I get so excited when I know the first two songs and then so bummed when I don’t know the rest. Boosting it up because of the story in 1,001 albums

A classic. Hard not to like Aretha! Shaped my date night music on Friday night.

The highs were high. Good enough album.

Not for me. I suppose I see a version of the world that is clubbing to this stuff.

story makes it cooler

Still need to read the stuff about this

Interesting album. I was more excited for it before devouring the whole thing. Still really solid.

The description in the book made me like it a bit more. However, fight the power might be one of the only listenable track on here.

Really really enjoyed this. Should maybe be 5

Still need to read the description. Didn’t love

I suppose this style needs to be represented. Isn’t necessarily for me, but I still respect it.

It is a fine enough album is what I will say. I like that they call out in the write up that they are a "nature band"

I didn't realize the Allman bros were so jammy! I didn't love this album, but I certainly loved the story on how it came to be.

Going to say the first two songs were great. Not as interested after that.

I dare say pleasant

Some albums are just a mystery to me as to why they made it into the list.

First couple tracks were bangers! Then it kind of fell off for me personally.

Found myself skipping through a lot of this album. I miss my book so I can read why these are so important.

Not a fan. I am sure when I read the write up my opinion might change.

Acceptable, not exceptional.

Not a Suzanne Vega fan sans Tom Diner I guess...

I know that folks have a hard on for Jack White. I think he is fine...that is all

It is a nice sensual album, but hard not to compare it to whats going on. Like that it was made for love.

Not bad. I actually think it increased my likeness for Elvis.

A little haunting. I don't know what to say on this one actually.

Severely not a fan!

Felt almost really familiar. I was impressed.

The bangers bang hard on this one. The backstory on this album too is clutch!

What a great album. I have no complaints.

The bangers really carried this album in my opinion.

A little TOO much gangsta for this sensitive soul ;)

Pleasant/chill album. A few songs that I have revisited since listening.

Solid album! I think that I am a fan. I can't imagine what the world was like when this came out.

This album hit SO GOOD for me yesterday.

They are highlighting this as the album that everything fell apart. Why profile it then? Maybe into dig for fire.

The highs are high enough on this album that it makes up for some of the skits and dumb stuff on there.

Meant to snag a picture of who this influenced and send it to Jesser. Cool album with a good amount of notable inspirations for other bands to come.

The hits on this one rip. I am excited to read about that one when I am back near my book :)

This is the second Robert Wyatt album that has appeared on this list. Not sure who is selecting this weirdness to be part of this list, but here we are. Fell asleep listening to this one.

Feels like the Flaming Lips want to be this band.

Some albums I just need to see the write up of why it makes it into this list...

Hmmmmm how do I want to rate this one. Perfect Day, Walk on the Wild Side and Satellite of Love are such fantastic jams. Otherwise I am kind of neutral on this album.

Take Five is so recognizable, but I am not sure from what...nice Monday morning work music.

Mids. Just mids.

I have had the debate for years if it is this album or her first album is better. Both are so fire.

Very neutral. Not bad or good

Really actually pretty pleasant.

Anxious to read why this one made it. I am looking for the hits, but none in sight.

Listenable. Good background music.

What are these noises? Why?

Just...weird!

Is this a 5 star album on it's own? Probably not. Is it a 5 star album because it was pivotal in my upbringing? Absolutely.

Definitely going to need to see the write up on this one. Can't say I am tremendously into it.

Can't say that I was terribly into this one...

Another one of those "what are we doing heres"

I go out of town once and I miss a banger like What's Going On?!

Could be edited down a bit, but great album nonetheless.

Kind of like a poor mans Beattles...except with weirdly more pedo vibes.

I understand why it makes the list. Doesn't mean that I have to enjoy it.

Can't find the write up in either book :(