1001 Albums Summary

Was going to give it a 2, but We Luv Deez Hoez got stuck in my head.

Classic/10

What a trip. Dynamics and tension ark across the album are top notch.

Guy: "JUDAS!" Bob: "I don't believe you. You're a LIAR! [To the band] PLAY IT FUCKING LOUD!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrlLDG0ynU Very hard to grasp how, from today's standpoint (and especially coming fresh off yesterday's The Downward Spiral), a tame folk-rock album was able to evoke such raw emotions, but there you have it: Bob Dylan, the Judas, the complete and utter sell-out, had gone electric. ⚡😱 Do I like it? It's familiar, it's cozy. Some really great tracks. As a whole, a bit retro-derivative to my millennial ears, which is a ridiculous thing to say of course, but you probably had to be there to fully grasp its significance. Not my favourite Dylan record, but more than happy to have given it a few rotations today.

Jimi-Jimi-Yeh

Took me almost twenty years to crack this album, but I finally did. Immensely enjoyed it. Heavy rotation all day.

Cringy lyrics and endless organ noodling, what's not to love. Some riffs are admittedly pretty good, but I'll be moving on. Thanks, I. Ron.

💔 What an album.

This sort of thing is my bag, baby. They ate with the cover art, too.

Elevator jazz, next to one standout track which got too much airplay on "solid gold" radio shows when I was a kid. I listened to the album a few times, but there was no spark.

I always expect to like his solo stuff more than I actually do. There are great songs on here, but all in all it doesn't feel like an album but a bunch of tracks, further evidenced by multiple versions of the same song, and the track list changing with each reissue.

Had never heard of Julian Cope before, and I was on the fence after the first few tracks, but it's growing on me fast. I hear influences from The Cure, Nick Cave, New Model Army, Iggy Pop. Safesurfer and Soldier Blue were the tracks that piqued my interest on my first listen, and on the second I was already liking the whole thing quite a bit.

Could potentially like this, but would need more listens. But it made me look into Burundi beat and that's really cool.

I have tried many times, but Belle & Sebastian just sounds boring (read: lack of edges, bland) to my ears. There's nothing _bad_ about it, but very little that grips me either. It's the same gripe I have with Nick Drake, and I very much see B&S in his tradition.

Surprised how turned off I am by the Kanye-stank that's all over this, start to finish. Past that, there are some nice soul samples, but Kendrick and others have spoiled the rap game too much for me to really get into this. It's a 2.5 for me.

Never quite saw the appeal when this came out and everybody was raving about it, but I connected with the album a bit more this time around. Still a bit too meandering for my taste.

Throwback to a time where - saying "yo", - rhyming "yo" with "dough", - AABB rhyme schemes in general (e.g., "I was watching the TV screen; Can't believe what I seen; Three guys tried to rob a store; Got more than what they bargained for") were very cool. Frosted-tips-cool. All in all, the beats are too repetitive and stripped back for me and the rap style feels a bit clumsy and dated, but this album serves as an insightful link between funk and soul, and rap as we've come to know it since. PS: OOOH YEAH Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2!

Not my cup of tea.

I like the cover, the production (drier than the beachies I'm familiar with), the vocal melodies and the very funny "don't go near the water" joke. I don't like that the political and environmental messages sound a little insincere, but the energy and directness are on point. Pretty good record all in all. Not something I'll be searching out regularly but glad I listened to it.

The only person who loves Lenny Kravitz more than Lenny Kravitz is two Lenny Kravitzes. I need to leave a little room for stuff I actively dislike, but there's nothing for me here.

Good album for a guy who slept with a 13-year-old and seems to be incredibly okay with that. For shame! I'll rate this on music alone even though it's hard. I'll try to do the same for Kanye, Bowie, Led Zep, but can't promise anything.

Earthquake Weather is a truly great song, as are a few others on here. I prefer Seachange vibes and production, but I enjoyed listening to this a lot.

I was ready to write it off completely until I changed to proper speakers and an appropriate volume. So, it does rock. It's still dumb (and thirsty) as sand and made me wish I was hearing other hard rock instead, but it's something. If only the lyrics to Legs weren't so unbelievably lame, we'd have one cool song on here.

Hmmm, I can't figure out what bothers me with this album. Too cerebral, maybe, in a way that makes me go "ah, a curious note indeed" instead of "oh yeah!" Who knows, maybe I'll come around at some point.

Jingle, jangle. Jim Morrison with amazing presence and voice. Otherwise not too memorable for me, and a lot less interesting than their earlier records.

So this is the beginning of that sound, huh? Well executed for sure. And Clapton changing the game at sweet 21... Too formulaic to my ears today, but I respect it!

It's okay.

Pretty good listen, but I much prefer Who's next.

Yes, it's a truly great album. Can the generator pick something other than Dylan now, please?

Early hip hop often sounds silly, so good on them for leaning into that.

Didn't grab me, but it's nice.

It's nice but doesn't hook me.

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN More fun than I expected in a few places, but too long and too much filler.

A formative album in my teens, although I realise that I really dislike the guitar sound.

Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Lightyears ahead of Public Enemy Apocalypse 91 in rhyme style and production although it's just two years younger.

Ain't got no belt

One of the ones I wish I could erase from my memory and discover all over again. No clue how many times I've listened to this masterpiece.

Too honky tonky for me, but an interesting listen nonetheless.

Great album.

I was worried, but this actually wasn't bad.

Loved it at 16 in the early naughts, love it now - timeless clashic.

Hard to stay focused for 1hr 17. Nothing really stuck out to me even after two rotations, but I like the sound and the rap style.

I like her voice, and could almost really like this. Missing the mark by a little bit for me, but glad I listened to it.

Peak 90s!

I wasn't aware this was Daniel Lanois produced, but always gravitated to it in the Peter Gabriel discography. One more piece of evidence that Lanois helps artists shine brightes. I love almost everything about this, 80s sound and all.

Favourite Beck Album. The melancholic mood is almost too strong for me at times, but oh so sweet.

One of my earliest musical experiences: My mum's "The Very Best of Cat Stevens", which was basically most of Tea for the Tillerman and some of Teaser and the Firecat. I'll always have a soft spot for those albums. Thanks mum!

My buddy Steve who plays 17 instruments and I with my one-man-band setup including a heel-operated bass drum strapped to my head, high out of our minds on LSD be like.

Not sure why this album is on the list. It's not a bad album, but there's nothing I can see that it does better than lots of other music. Fly band name though.

Old rocker dudes with nicotine-yellow beards and biker chicks with hotline bling voices. Half of them alcoholics, the other half glued to their one armed bandits in the back of the bar. Janis with her amazing vocal presence playing on the jukebox. In a different time line I am those people, but it isn't this one.

Never quite my thing before, but I was vibing with it yesterday.

I mean sure, the strings and flute are a bit much, but that doesn't make it a bad album. Far from it; so many beautiful songs on here.

Portishead always feels claustrophobic to me. The songs are really good, but I can rarely stand that feeling. I wonder what it is?

Surprisingly fun. Had never heard of them.

Look how sexily I am playing my guitar. Look at those fingerings and double stops. Look how manly I'm handling my drums over here. Dontcha wish your boyfriend was HOT like me?

I'm a sucker for outlaw country, but some of this has no bite. Still cool.

Really strong album, really serious album. Not a single light thing about it. Formative in my late teens.

No spark but familiar sounds

Still a pretty wild one.

Peak 90s

A demanding listen not without merit, but "Girl" is definitely too much for me. What was he thinking? 😵‍💫

Great music; very close to a 5

Fun tracks, but not too memorable.

I think I'm starting to accept the fact that I just don't like Queen. Too theatrical and too purposeful. Sure, each and every one of them are amazing musicians, but the result just doesn't work for me.

I forget how enjoyable this is. Haven't listened in a long time.

An easy and uncontroversial 5, of course. Even with Octopus's Garden.

California Dreamin' is a great song. Other than that forgettable at best. Also, is Spanish Harlem a song about grooming?

Maybe it's classic rock overload from the generator lately, but this didn't even really catch my attention once.

Meh

Pretty good

Restepce!

This is up my alley. Never heard of them before.

Out of Time was one of the first albums I proudly owned. The thing for me with R.E.M. (and maybe more specifically early R.E.M.) is that while the hits really hit, I find many of the other songs to be incredibly boring. Not bad, but boring. They do have a very particular vibe, but I think it comes out much more fleshed out and fully formed on Out of Time or Automatic for the People.

Not very convinced. The album mostly goes by. Not bad, but not exciting.

I expected a boring pop record, but this was great.

Unexpectedly, very enjoyable.

Didn't do all that much for me.

What's a wildly successful group of men with small penises at the height of their career to do, but to hire an orchestra to add the missing layer to their pretentiousness. The Ecstasy of Gold was really good though. Ennio forever! (I listened to the whole thing, I swear!)

Ayayayayaya!

3

Any good monkey will tell you that this is NOT the side of a banana from which you want to start peeling. 🙄

Cypress Hill were really big with my fellow 14-year-olds back when, and I owned a copy or another of their albums myself then. Never really got the appeal, although stylistically at least, they came to create a very unique thing all their own. You can see it here already, albeit not yet fully formed.

This sort of thing is my bag, baby.

I can believe that there is something worthwhile buried under the noise, as hinted at by the surprising surf rock rhythm in "Scum", but I won't be around to figure out what that is. This album is quintessentially what turns me off metal, and is everything I don't like in music. I can't think of a mood where this is anything but exhausting to me.

Sexy

Interesting album, I like it. A bit hectic in places so it wouldn't become a mainstay for me, but glad I gave it a few listens.

Utterly boring to my ears.

His first two albums were exciting. This is still very good, but nothing really stands out to me.

Is that a banana in your hand or are you happy about the 5 you're anticipating? Sorry to disappoint, but it's a strong 4 for me.

I don't hate this, but neither do I think it has a lot of merit. At least it's over quickly.

Go away with your pretentious 20 minutes rock overtures.

Never really got the fascination with Amy, but Fuck Me Pumps is a bop.

A strong album, but could have profited from a bit of a shorter run time. I enjoyed the quiet songs way more than the power pop tracks.

I don't know, man. Relevant for being first in something maybe?

I pledge groove allegiance to the flag and the united funk of Funkadelica, one nation under a groove.

I wasn't into this back when, and it was heavily overplayed then, but it's a really good vibe now. Late summer lends itself particularly well. Good job, generator!

This album doesn't annoy me as much as it used to, and the hits actually hit. The rest... boring at best.

Not crazy about the sound on this one. Didn't give it a very close listen, but the only thing that caught my attention was fish cakes. 🐟🎂😵‍💫

Not too bad, but not really for me.

Not for me

Is it morally okay to like Michael Jackson's music? Don't care, I despise it. I'll never understand why people like this so much.

I like this. The melodies and moods are up my alley, although I don't have an urge to listen to it again. I wonder if it's an album that could have drawn me in more had I found it earlier in my musical socialisation.

Moody, I like it!

Oh yay. I don't listen to this enough, but I really love it. Moody, eccentric, great musicianship and songwriting, and weird production. What's not to love!

Ou la la la!

Frank Zappa's music generally makes me feel like I wouldn't have liked him very much as a person. This album is interesting, but too much noodling for my taste.

This list shows me that with few exceptions, early hip hop just sounds naive to me.

This album is old enough to be my jazzdaddy.

Unconvinced this album should be on the list. It's not bad, but doesn't do anything special.

Man, this album is louder and tougher than most of heavy metal! Also, 100% where The Kills found their sound.

What a vibe! And Jaco on bass... just great.

Green Day has never been my thing. Not punk enough by a long shot to warrant the naivety of their music. Where's the anger, where's the energy?! Coming at it 20 years later, this still holds true for me. Plus, I haaate the guitar sound.

Very undecided on this one.

Sweet and forgettable.

"Physical Graffiti is one of the corner stones of rock history" and "Jimmy Page is a horrible human being" go together like a horse and carriage.

Usually not exactly my thing, but this album goes hard.

Yeah yeah, it's really great.

Has some interesting aspects, but over all not really my jam.

I went into this expecting bland blues rock. That's mostly what I got, but it wasn't too bad. Really love the 2s solo in Proud Mary!

Baby's first pop album. How very innocent. I can most clearly hear what's to come in McCartney's bass.

meh

On paper I should like the White Stripes way more than I actually do. The odd song here and there I vibe with, but overall it's just not for me.

Not my cup of tea, but bad it ain't.

Led Zep, man. They really couldn't do wrong, musically.

A bit too much filler, especially since it feels too long. When it hits, it hits hard and it does so quite a lot!

Fun to see the "finish each other's thoughts" thing a bit unpolished, before they perfected it on albums like Hello Nasty. Overall, it drags on for too long, but still fun.

First listen: boring; whatever Second listen: not sure about some of the jazzy instrumentation, but Desire As has a pretty good hook Third listen, after wanting to hear Desire As again: this is actually awesome The sound gives it away here and there, but no way I would have guessed this is from the deep 80s.

That's some high quality hotel lounge music, in the best sense.

I would have sworn this album came out a lot later than Apocalypse 91. It sounds so much more competent and to the point in every regard. Fear of a Black Planet sounds like a direct prototype to Kendrick Lamar's best work, and Welcome to the Terrordome is 100% where Cypress Hill found their whole sound. Really good!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla

Nope

I forgot that I love this

Not really my jam, but it's a classic for sure

Nothing Compares is nice, but I much prefer the original. The rest of the album is hard to get through for me, although it picks up a bit after excruciating strings early on.

Boogie woogie and a-rockin and a-stompin

While this is better than Bad, it's still utterly unappealing to me. Why was this so massively successful?

Not bad, but not memorable either.

Took me a few listens, but this album is fantastic! Love the versatility between odd meters, incredibly tight playing, and delicate tracks like Street Joy hidden in between. I'll be back for more.

Didn't do anything for me, but I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to it either. Not a sound that easily hooks me.

Heart of Glass is a bop. That tasty 7/8 bridge... A few other good ones on here, but the rest sounds very antiquated to me.

I dislike the entire aesthetic of this, from the sound to the album art. Listening to it doesn't hurt, but I don't see myself seeking this out ever.

I don't know, man. Sure, Hotel California. But did they have to make everything sound so damn cheesy?

Better than most of "these" bands, but not really my thing.

I liked their first quite a lot, but have since had my fill of 2010s dream pop. It's good, just not very interesting to me right now.

Paul Weller I have known by name only, and having given it a listen yesterday I feel it remains that way. Unmemorable to me, except for a few similarities to Neil Young I identified. Oh well, onwards and upwards.

Interesting. Not as great as later Paul Simon, but a nice juxtaposition of super sweet melodies and weird stuff weaved in.

Bowie being Bowie Not my favourite, but still good.

Interesting album, and a wonderful voice. Not my usual jam, of course (are there people who's usual jam this is? 😅), but much better than its rating here.

Promising ideas in places and a beautiful voice, but ultimately falls short and is boring as a result. Too bad.

I won't do it. I won't listen to an hour of this. I sat through all of S&M when the generator spit it out. No more, I won't do it. I'll skip through it a bit, that's the best I can offer: Skip Skip Skip Okay, this intro is actually not half bad. Tough-guy solo? Skip Skip Don't tread on me wtf skip Skip Another quiet guitar intro, I like those. Yeah, this one is super famous for a reason. Skip after first chorus. Of wolf and skip The God that skipped Ooh, My Friend of Misery has a nice bass intro. Oh, but other than that it's a SKIP Hyposkip ...aaand we're done. Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

Mh, not sure about this one. Imagine was hugely overplayed, and the rest is lacking the songwriting of e.g. Plastic Ono Band.

Coldplay have fallen off the cliff so long ago that I forget they used to make actual music. I liked this a lot in the day, and it still holds up.

I never really warmed up to Fleetwood Mac except for a few songs here and there, so I wasn't surprised that I wasn't swept off my feet, especially at this length. Who would have thought the last few songs, just when my patience was wearing thin, would be this nice? Beautiful Child is particularly wonderful.

Hungry Like The Wolf is epic, of course. Full album length it's a bit much for me.

I feel attacked! Interesting, but not something for a regular Saturday.

On first listen, the album sounded overly artsy and a bit silly to me. I kept listening a few more times and suddenly realised the pain in the music. "Rock Bottom" is such a strong title given the circumstances surrounding its creation. Glad I gave the album a real shot, as this could have been a quick dismissal if it hadn't been for a friend's strong recommendation.

Coming fresh off Robert Wyatt, this album just wasn't interesting to me. Might have deserved a little more attention, but I didn't have any to give. Sounded okay.

The guitars are very juicy, but I never much liked their sound over all. The singer's voice I find particularly off-putting. The songwriting... mostly goes by. Oh, and the hits on here have been played absolutely to death in my early twenties. They are DEAD. All in all, not much here for me except for the guitar sound.

I can see how this is not everybody's cup of tea, but bad musicianship? Seems to me they achieve exactly what they set out to, and I personally find the result really fresh.

I remember first listening to this album, fresh off my angsty teenage punk rock-only phase, thinking what is this hankypanky-ass baroque-ass shit and why is it all the rage. Suffice it to say that I (a man of culture) quickly found out hankypanky-ass baroque-ass shit is my bag, baby.

That title track alone makes this album for me, although almost every single one on here has a lot to offer. Iconic for a very good reason.

This didn't catch my attention even once.

sounds like they're competent musicians, but i'm not very interested in the result.

Iconic songs on here, but over all it's a little whitebread vanilla.

Hubris (noun) /ˈhjuːbrɪs/

Shallow and boring for me.

Unmistakably The Cure, but the greatness is yet to come.

I didn't know how to handle this album when I first heard it.

Never really was my thing, and I didn't connect with it this time around either.

Sonic Youth - a big name, but I never caught on to their appeal.

George Clinton. Funk so thick you can smell it.

This project really made me aware that I can stand albums over 40 minutes runtime only in exceptional cases. Sad to say, this is not one of them for me. There are good tracks on here, sure, but too long to keep my attention or listen a second time.

I have a feeling I'm starting to glean what Prince might be all about. I'm not quite there yet, but I can guess why people are all over this.

In one ear, out the other. My brain does not register this as music.

I enjoy a nice set of breasts as much as the next guy. Maybe more. That aside, I don't know, man... Where is my Mind coming on at the end of Fight Club was a pretty revelatory experience when I first watched it at 15, but other than that one song, this album isn't really my thing.

Almost perfect

Classic and cozy

A long way from London Calling greatness, but still pretty good.

Sounds pretty good, even though I didn't have a lot of headspace for it yesterday. I might give this another shot some other day.

I remember in my early twenties buying this CD on a whim from a discount bin in a small store. I had taken my car to the shop there after a sleepless night, and was killing time waiting to get the car back. I put it on on the drive home and in my sleep-deprived state couldn't parse what was coming out of the speakers, but it sure made me feel something. It does to this day.

The pinnacle of rap. The one before (good kid maad city) and the one after (untitled unmastered) are there with it, but nothing else comes close, in my opinion.

fun!

Never heard of her before. Sounds pretty good, but I would have liked it more in a different style of music. As is it sounds a little overdone.

Mother!!!

Familiar as ever. That gated reverb tho, amirite.

Almost something I really like...

A bit hectic and overproduced for my taste but has very good tracks. Cold War is incredible, for example.

The title track alone. 🤌

Never caught the Pearl Jam fever. I know Ten is supposed to be all that, but it leaves me remarkably unmoved.

The finest noodling I heard all day.

Man this sounds dated. I'm sure it must have been a revelation back in the day, but I'm struggling to look past the vignette.

Pretty much exactly mid. Don't particularly see the reason this album is on the list.

Interesting, but I would never listen to this with any regularity.

A few tracks on here I liked, the rest was okay.

Cozy

It's a mood, but the only memorable thing for me is the "coming-coming to you loud and clear" sample that went on to feature in Erykah Badu's The Healer. Duck Rock gets brownie points for that.

Doesn't hold its form all the way through, but man are there good songs on here.

Teenage Kicks is great! The rest also not bad, but probably would not be seeking it out.

Good, not great

Struggling with her vocal style.

It good.

Really happy when this showed up yesterday.

Ah dropped mah confederate flag in mah moonshine and everything like that goshdarnit.

The guy in the last two sounds very trustworthy. Too cheesy for my taste.

Some very good, some not quite so good. I really don't mind his voice, but can we talk about that harmonica? Like nails on glass...

Oh so smooth

Granted, this one didn't have a fair chance with me today, listening from laptop speakers while cooking and doing other things. Tough luck. What I did hear annoyed me.

Nothing grabbed my attention on here, but I didn't dislike it either.

Unexpectedly loved this. I remember sticking Elvis Costello in the "formulaic standard rock" category when I first checked his music out, but I was mistaken. Great songwriting all around. With time, this could potentially be a 5 for me.

Not my favourite Björk. The quiet tracks are nice, but the percussive ones mainly sound dated.

Devastating

Interesting instrumentals in parts, otherwise not too noteworthy for me.

Not bad

Another basic Andy 🤷

Not bad, but don't love the overall sound.

I liked this more than I usually like Nirvana.

A few songs very good, the rest below average for me.

R.EM. is a band I think I like, but much of their earlier stuff actually has very little appeal to me.

Have a hard time seeing why this is on the list.

Not sure this would receive much attention if it wasn't a Bowie album?

I enjoyed December a lot. The rest, didn't do all that much for me.

Pretty good, as far as White Stripes albums go.

Made it through my teenage punk rock phase without ever listening to Dead Kennedys. What a great album!

One of the biggest cliches in rock history, but it's so fucking good. What an album. The song I enjoyed most this time around was probably Going to California. And that Stairway solo... 🤤

Forgettably groovy grooves.

I like this. I only knew A Rose for Emily in passing. Good melodies, good songwriting. Will revisit.

Can I still get to heaven, Daddy Peter? I only listened to the album once and I swear I didn't enjoy it very much.

Leave Britney alone. In seriousness, I hear a lot of Michael Jackson in the production here. Too bad I don't like Michael Jackson. I suppose the album belongs on the list, but not for good reasons.

When I hear Bob Marley music, I picture women in their mid 60s, arm in arm, swaying...

I was going to fully dismiss this as boring and pointless, until I noticed the striking similarities to Moderat's eponymous 2009 album. Still don't find Leftism all that, but I do have respect for strongly influencing an outstanding album coming after it.

Not really my jam, but glad to have listened to it yesterday.

Those British cats with their organs and the rocking and the rolling. Unsure why on list.

Now that's what I call music. Just wonderful album. Next to no weak tracks and the good ones are so good it hurts.

Tiny Dancer, what a song. At album length, the piano ham-fisting is too much for me though.

I'm down with Hounds of Love. This mostly slightly annoyed me.

I have such a soft spot for Norah Jones of that era (Come Away With Me, Feels Like Home). My then-girlfriend and I were at a park, sun was shining. We were young and in love. She gave me one of her earbuds and played Sunrise to me. I think of that moment whenever I hear the song and I think of that song whenever I hear Norah Jones. Happy memory!

Hints at good things to come, but misses the mark.

This wasn't as bad as I expected it to be, but really not for me. In the very rare cases when I am seeking out metal it's going to be black metal, not this middle of the road sort of thing. Plus, I really dislike their aesthetics. Still better than Metallica, though...

It's good of course, but I'm starting to approach my Dylan LimitTM with this list.

I've considered nitpicking about her somewhat strained and annoying high registers, but scratch that. Gave it another listen this morning and it just makes me feel things. Exceptional songwriting, particularly River and A Case Of You.

Less bad than expected, but definitely not a mandatory listen.

If this project has shown me one thing, it's that The Police majorly annoy me. I always assumed I'd probably sort of like them if I were to look into their catalog. Thanks for opening my eyes, 1001 Albums!

Sonically, this album sits in the middle between American psychedelic rock and Krautrock, which is interesting as e.g. Can hadn't been formed at the time. I wonder if it is one of the ones that paved the way for both directions?

It's fine but it doesn't excite me.

New York I love you is such a good track.

Too tough for me. Not my cuppa innit mate guvna?

Sounds nice. Might revisit.

I've lost my harmonica, Albert.

A bit of Bowie, a bit of Dexys. Sounds confident and fun. What a good entry on the list.

Started out promising, but ended up being boring.

A classic, of course, but too sugary sweet for my diabetic ears.

Doesn't reach Funeral greatness, but close.

A vibe, but could do without.

A stone-cold classic. Plus I have a huge soft spot for the guitar solo on the closing track.

260 albums in, Kid Rock has yet to make his appearance and so far Metallica owns the crown of most annoying artist. It's like an ear allergy or whatever. Did not finish listening to this masterpiece of testosterone-dripping testicles. Favourite track is the one where they are unhappy with their hotdogs. ("Mustard! Mustard!")

Would love this on a lazy summer afternoon.

You should never hold a candle If you don't know where it's been Heaps of fun!

Could be into this under the right circumstances. Think road trip through Spain.

It's 2025 and we're still collectively indie-hungover, so it takes some willpower to fairly rate this album without defaulting to a go-away knee jerk reaction. Trying to factor that out, I actually like this one okay. Some Kills, some White Stripes, and good energy.

Too theatrical for me, but there are nice songs here and there.

Sweet vanilla baby

Sometimes I wonder if I'm ignorant towards metal and hard rock and if I'm failing to see some sort of genius when I quickly dismiss (representative example) Metallica as dumb wankery. Well, thank you for setting my mind at easy, Deep Purple. It's not that I just don't like "heavy". Two notes and I love this album. So very enjoyable. I'm not ignorant, I just hate Sliptallica because it's dumb, hooray!

Never got this one.

I'm always up for some Wilco.

Meh

Jimi!

I can get down with a little country, but this one didn't do much for me. Didn't feel it.

Eeeh

Luckily this is not a conflicting album for me at all. Kanye literally sucks Hitler ass, and so does this. Everything as it should be. To be continued when My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy shows up here, I might have a harder time mending my cognitive dissonance.

Could have gotten into this had I found it in my twenties. Yesterday it mainly made me anxious. In a good way I suppose. 🤷‍♂️

Not my cuppa

No unexpected twists or turns. Sounds like blueprint "country" to my ears.

Classic

I was ready to shit all over this album, as I'm fully Taylor-saturated by now. But as much as I try, I can't dislike almost anything on here. It's poppy and a somewhat guilty pleasure for me, but a real pleasure at that. Peak Taylor right here.

A bit too serious and heavy in production for me, but man that voice. I would bathe in it if I could.

The radio bangers are okay on this one, the rest pretty bland. In general, her music is too much drama for me.

Yeehaw

McLouvin, yeehaw!

Boooring

I have no real opinion on this.

What is a radio head?

What is a radio head?

Liked it better than expected, but still not really my thing.

Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up.

Mopey and monotonous, I appreciate Nick Drake's ability to set a mood and guitar playing, but not his songwriting. Strong throwback to the golden age of 2000s quirky cinema/Zach Braff galore.

Two Nick Drakes in a row, that is one too many for me.

A bit bland.

I went into this with an open mind, actually hoping to like it. Alas, there's something about Damon Albarn projects that's just really boring to me. Granted, there are a few really great Gorillaz tracks, some good Blur, but all in all, it's boooring.

Didn't do anything for me.

I like it, but it's too long to hold my attention. I do wonder if the drive by truckers realise that it's hard to make a point when you keep talking and talking and talking.

A bit meandering and too long, but I like it.

Byrds aren't real

This album really makes my van gogh.

i don't hate it

🤷‍♂️

Kendrick on his way up, already better than most.

Kills-much?

Fun, but not very memorable

Damon why are you so boring

Teach me your ways, Dr. Spaceman

Shut up, Morrissey

The Drugs Don't Work is a good tear jerker. The rest ranges from irrelevant to ill-advised (Bitter Sweet Symphony).

Spooky! Second half is a little less convincing, but the first is brilliant.

Groovy. Can you dig it? Don't bogart that joint, man.

Groovy baby, groovy!

Sure, I was convinced back when this came out. The album was all the rage, everybody's darling. Voice of our generation. And it had enough to offer to make me look past the things that, in hindsight, had rubbed me the wrong way from the start. It's larger than life, but not in a quietly confident way and instead an obnoxious look-at-me way. There's obviously still a lot to like in the music, but to make a long story short: Shut the fuck up Kanye, you literal nazi cretin.

That felt violating, in a subtle way. I don't often say this, but I was glad when it was over.

A nice song here and there in a sea of okay songs.

What is a radio head?

I so wish I had never learned about Iggy's taste in women (young!) Don't care to listen to a song about showing a sweet sixteen his explosion either. The album itself is great great, but man...

Fairy tale vibes

Fucking in heaven

You say yes I say no You say stop I say go go go

Album comes on: "oh great, another boomer classic on the boomer-classics list," but by the time I'm on Fire starts I'm fully invested. No Surrender, Dancing in the Dark, those are perfect songs.

sure

Sure

Starting to lose some patience with this list on day 327. One Chemical Brothers album, sure. But two? Among the most important 1001 albums of all? Highly doubt. The album itself? Whatever man.

2emo4me, never got the appeal

Actually fairly listenable

Naughty

I wish The Who had 1001 albums and this list only had The Who on it. Or The Who and Bob Dylan.

sure

I don't need this in my life, but it's not bad. I'd say it's a 3.5.

fast and bulbous!

next!

Not bad

It's certainly a specific mood. I'm rarely looking for it, but very distinct.

Interesting for sure, but no matter how often I try, Zappa doesn't really work for me.

Excuse me what is this doing on my boomer rock list?

Lilac Wine 👌

Always happy to listen to a bit of T. Rex.

👎

Introspective, psychedelic, uber-krauty. My favourite Can album.

Great rhythms and vibes.

29th most popular artist on Spotify at time of writing. Last I've seen, he recently showed up to an interview in a KKK robe and on a different occasion posed with a diamond studded swastika around his neck next to white supremacist Nick Fuentes. And do I need to mention the nazi salute live on Twitch? (Then again, which billionaire hasn't done that lately?) We need to stop giving these leeches a stage.

beats better than expected. surely some (or plenty?) of misogyny, if i had to take a guess, but didn't pay any attention to the lyrics.

This Willie did not pique my interest.

Did it have to be a double album, Vannie?

Xtina has so many things to say on this one, it just had to be a double album. And it's a good thing I listened all the way through: Banger Dirrrty sits all the way at the end. What a daring placement!

A little cheese never hurt anyone.

Some really great songs on here.

I refuse to believe that Björk hasn't always been just Björk and nothing else. The truth they don't want you to know: Björk has never played in any band, especially not in The Sugarcubes (ridiculous fake name.) Björk is an alien.

this is rea-lly LAME Although I yearn for a time where Eminem was "the edgy rapper"TM, not Kanye.

Pleasant textures; more of a vibe than a concrete statement. I like this more than I used to.

A bit boring

Best album title ever. With Robert Wyatt, this list is living up to my expectations of making me aware of really unique and intriguing artists I didn't know of.

Cool vibe

Sure man

When people say they don't like country, this must be what they talk about. It's short at least, but demasiado queso!

Creami

Shmooth

I never got the DJ genre in the late 90s and early 00s. Groovy, yes, but so repetitive and boring.

CAKE at home:

Aged well

Why not

I'd be curious to know if there are people whose favorite album is this one. I'd like to study them.

Wonderwall first thing on a Monday morning. Thanks.

Brit rock? I hardly even know her!

Swéét änd shört.

I thought melodies are for weaklings made from inferior metals, but United suggests otherwise.

Fly!

That's a bit much, but I liked it okay.

I'm a sucker for Neil Young.

[...] and Modesty [...]

Let down your beard, Rapunzzel.

I like the idea of the Eels more than I like the Eels.

It had been one day since Brian Wilson's death when the algorithm cruelly served this up. 1 star to the algorithm.

Awesome! Didn't know this, but I loved it.

Do I hear Proto-Kendrick? I liked this a lot.

I have a soft spot for T. Rex and this album in particular.

Too grandiose for me.

Doesn't do much for me.

Drama, baby! Drama!

Not my thing

As a teen I had a crush on Shirley Manson.

Wow, so glad Only By The Night isn't the only Kings of Leon album here. I hope all the other ones made the list as well.

Has its moments (the quite ones), but overall not too hot for me.

Never got the fascination with this one.

Now this is what I call music!

Ray Charles and the Genius of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music