1001 Albums Summary

Even after all these years, it’s a masterclass in songwriting and production values.

There are some classic songs here, and the band create some wonderful musical weirdness, but by God, do I hate David Byrne. Yes, the lyrics may be clever and he quirky but he just annoys me as a singer/artist/etc (Sorry, David. I’m sure you’re a lovely person if I met you)

There’s some great tracks here, but ultimately some filler, too. Earlier stuff had more of their raw edge, shown only briefly here. You can tell it’s a band in transition.

This sounds like a cross between Parquet Courts and the Wiggles, but without the best parts of both. I am sure at the time it was a great record, but it now sounds cliched. There’s a couple of well-known tracks here, but a lot of filler.

This is what happens when you rent a studio and then drop too much acid on the bus ride there. Musically, it’s not their best work. The last track (Happiness Stan) sounds like their attempt to outdo Edward Lear. It fails

Wonderful album from an oft-overlooked great of the grunge scene. Saw them live a couple of times and the deluxe edition reminds me of just how good they were

Two words. FUCKING AWFUL. Then again i hate country…

Not my usual thing, but I did enjoy listening to it. I’d call it interesting, and it deserves another listen

Pretty much the turning point when post-punk became Goth. I assume there’s a lot of Joy Division influence here but doesn’t quite achieve the same heights.

Not until Primal Scream wrote Screamadelica did band want to become the Rolling Stones more. Couple of good tracks, but most just 1970s filler rock.

I first heard this when it came out and I honestly don’t know what my opinion of this album is. Some days I love its ambient feel, and other days it feels cliched and annoying. I think it’s her voice. I need to be in the right mood for it

My favorite TH record, but that’s not saying much.

Of all the music that Bowie has recorded, this piece of AOR / Middle of the road / play it safe / elevator muzak is what you send me? It's not bad. It's just not his best work by a country mile.

Kate bush. And woman with the voice of both an angel and a banshee. She uses it to great effect here.

I have never really understood the hype around NIN. I definitely don’t hate them, but they also don’t excite me in the way that other people are. It means I listen to this every couple of years in the hopes it will get better (for me) but it never does… Maybe next time

An absolute masterclass is in how to write a song. But it still sounds like music for my grandma

This is how all live albums should be.

Some stellar songwriting here.

This album gives a new definition to the terms bland and mediocre

This album served one purpose only. To reinforce my view that Country is literally the most regressive, pathetic and offensive music known to humankind. This is literally what Cancer would record if it was let into Abbey Road.

It’s good, but pretty homogenous. By track four or five I was bored. Sounds a lot like the fugees, which isn’t always a good thing

It’s not that bad, but it’s also not that great.

Some of the finest psychedelic rock ever.

Definitely some of her best work.

Some delightful very sixties rock. They were the first band to use a wah-wah pedal, but not much evidence here.

Pure rock genius.

One of Paul’s better solo efforts which really isn’t saying much…

A truly superb listen as Roxy Music demonstrate there is life after Eno.

Marc Bolan was a pop music genius and this shows why

An album that could only have exited in the 1960s. In just 29 minutes, it shows a greater ability in writing songs than Ed Sheeran ever will and gives fuel to anyone that says modern music is crap.

still one of my favorite records ever. It has energy which may never be matched

She had a great voice, but a tragic life. I still don’t like this record.

Yet another that is not on Apple Music in Canada. Then again, I did listen to couple of others from them I condone Apple in saving us from this much tedium and mediocrity in songwriting.

Genius record

Ugh. A record that everyone I know loves and yet I find tedious and insipid. Does this mean I hate all my friends?

It’s hard to appreciate Jim Morrison any more. He has the voice of a lounge crooner, but gets dirty when he needs to. I wish I’d seen them live…

An album that’s aged like warm milk. I loved it when it came out and now it sounds clumsy.

A wonderful, raw piece of punk energy. Just a shame about the saxophone

Possibly about the most average record I’ve ever heard

Musically interesting but ultimately there are many better records…

Some excellent songwriting here

In 1979, Gary Numan invented music when he released Cars. The world has not looked back and we continue to venerate him until this day

Meh. Was vaguely interesting until they got to the creepy Jesus song. After that I couldn’t take it any more

Great for fans of world music and four hour drum solos (or so it feels). But too much saxophone for me

While the title track is memorable, the rest is pomp-rock at its most vapid. Complete shite

This is to modern music in the same way the cave paintings are to Da Vinci or Picasso. Listenable but little else

This is the most Beavis and Butthead record ever.

While she has a good voice, the album is incredibly lackluster

Such a creative take on hip hop when it arrived, it’s lost little of its originality. A true gem

Pleasant enough but ultimately it’s background music

One of the greatest albums ever made. Hannett’s production and Curtis’ lyrics and amazing and capture the edgy, raw feelings of a city on the cusp of decline and rebirth.

Some good, some bad. Great guitar, mediocre vocals. It’s eric Clapton….

Total. Cockney. Wank. Never saw the appeal of Ian Dury. Too melodic to be punk, his lack of edge is like shaving with marshmallows and he bores me intensely

I didn’t know this existed and now I do. It’s fairly good

Cracking album that still amazes

Love this record. Sooo gooood when it came out, it still sounds good

A nostalgic journey that reminded me of a time where everyone either did or wanted to sound like Blur. I liked the singles, but the rest was meh

I’ve never really listened to Wilco before, but thanks to 1001 Albums generator I now know they are completely shit.

Bjork has a fantastic voice, but for some reason, keeps making the same, self-indulgent song over and over again since she released Post. I, for one, have had enough of it.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Just nope.

This is your typical white-man blues nonsense. Some very good guitar playing mired by awful singing. It’s enjoyable, but I’d rather listen to Muddy any day

Ugh

Sounds a bit like Paul McCartney but is infinitely better

Pop shit. Not offensively bad pop shit, but just pop shit

Not often you find something this original, and I’m really enjoying it

Utter. Shite.

It’s just about Ok

As, apparently, is all pretence at musical talent… Honestly, I’ve puked better sounds than this.

I’m guessing this is what music sounds like before it decides what it wants to be when it grows up Lucinda has a good voice trapped in generic middle of the road music. It belongs in an elevator

Fucking brilliant

A punk classic.

I can only imagine the impact this had at the time. Today, it sounds like kids music, by which I mean simplistic and not in a bad way like most modern pop music

Some excellent Soul music on offer her most of which has been butchered by cover versions.

Complete turd. This is music for people who don’t like music.

Undeniably a talented bunch, but together it sounds insipid. No, thanks.

Another slice of genius from the period in which they could do no wrong

Blinding drum and bass

It’s was complete cock when it came out and it has not aged well.

Get fucked. Tedious, at best

Ethereal is probably the best way to describe it. More accurate than good music anyway

An opening track most people, including me, like. Its then followed by a bunch of mostly dreck

Still stands up today. I don’t like a lot of Beatles stuff, but this is invention pure and simple. From the songwriting to the way it was recorded, this is something special

I used to think I hated Aerosmith. Now I definitely do

Still the king of the blues for me. Awesome

Kind of like an early prototype of Radiohead. But not as good.

Disco fanstastico

A classic. Excellent downtempo beats.

Prog rock… it’s the jazz version of Rock music and therefore pretentious prittle-prattle. It’s best avoided

Was never a huge ska fan, but this is something y of the bedt

Pure shite

A steaming turd of over-vocalization and studio electronics. Truly garbage

Dear God, no. This is unlistenable

It's the sixties. Music was usually better then, if a little weedy

An awesome swell of noise and chaos, that still somehow sounds like music.

Liz Fraser's voice soars, and the guitar work from Guthrie remind us that he wasn't always a complete dick, or addicted to chorus pedals.

Words cannot describe just how bad this is, so I am not going to try…

A brilliant reminder that once upon a time, electronic music was diverse, creative and highly original.

Another slice of fairly mediocre American forgettable rock. It’s just about ok and that’s it

Much better than I remembered it

Classic frank.

Genius. Pure, pure genius

Just no. Talentless, overproduced crap

Dogshit

Kind of weird and disjointed. Almost a parody of other music.

One of the best rock albums ever. Period

It’s mostly a case of hate the band, not the music here. They seem like a bunch of posturing twats, the very worst of “madchester” and yet this album is a joy to listen to. If I recall, John Leckie produced it. That probably is the reason

I never got the eagles. Their most famous song “hotel California” is tedious at best. In this album they’ve yet to achieve even that low.

Jeez… could they be any more formulaic and tedious? Yea, they sound a little like Neil Young, but that’s about it. Besides, that’s not really that much of a high water mark in musical genius…. Vapid shite made for sorority girls who want to feel “edgy” but don’t know how

Yay

Pure genius.

This is a hot pile of steaming shite

Bangin!

I’d not heard Ellitott Smith before and while I still don’t get the hype, it’s not bad and definitely merits another listen or four

Some good, solid early punk vibes here, but clearly showing it’s age

A glimmering turd that for some reason, other people think is a good record. The Gallagher show a complete lack of originality or musicality not seen again until Ed Sheeran and it’s amazing they’ve gotten away with it for so long. I’d give this zero stars but I am not allowed to

Some seriously funky Bhangra beats here fused with mid 90s indie energy. And, like a lot of 90s music, sounds somewhat dated now. Still well worth a listen though

In Berlin, by the wall, you were five foot ten inches tall. Sounding like German cabaret music with lyrics from an addled mind this should be awful. Instead, it’s one of the greatest musical works in the modern era with its tales of suffering and joy. It needs six stars

Sounds like Father John Misty albeit with more major key usage. Not necessarily a bad thing, but folk rock is just so fucking bland sometimes

Sounds like a discount version of Leo Sayer. There’s nothing wrong with this per se but it’s so lacking in edge that he’s a complete circle polished smooth. This offends my punk sensibilities so much he makes me want to throw up

A solid, if uninspiring grunge outing. Works well in a. Car

Back when IDM actually was intelligent, this was an interesting take on just what you can do with beats. It still sounds interesting today, but ultimately never quit makes it past “good ideas” into great and memorable music

There some interesting stuff, reminiscent of Badmarsh and Shri (and even Ravi Shankar). More western than I’d hoped…

A landmark foray of folk into the rock sensibilities. He can’t sing with a damn, his guitar playing is simplistic at best and yet this is a tour de force of both song writing and performance. A true classic

Very much of it’s time and it feels less interesting than I remember.

A classic… so much energy in the performace And, fun fact, my old Maths teacher swore blind he was the person that bootlegged it. Absolutely no one believed him…

It’s a classic. I’m not a huge fan and yet I bought it again yesterday because I secretly do like it

16 tracks of solid no thank you. Oddly Lauded as breakthrough, she has a good voice but little else. Musically dull at best

Fuck. No. Some of the most overrated, tedious and moronic music ever created.

A fantastic opportunity to give more royalties to The Rolling Stones… Shame it’s so mediocre and dated

Tedious…

It sounds like a bad acid trip, and yet comforts and entertains

Pure genius

Holy shit is this bad. I made it about 20 seconds into any given track. While I’ll give Tweedy a partial pass for being a third-rate musician, Billy Bragg should be banished a long, long way away. Can’t sing, can’t play and can’t write songs worth a damn. This is an album that owes me some time back.

More like Everything but the Good Music. She can sing. Ben can seemingly write decent music. Put them together and it's a steaming turd of no thanks.

The great shimmering turd of Irish music. Are these the most overrated band of all time? Maybe not, but they're definitely a contender

Shite

From the grungy stage of CBGBs to the heights of bubblegum pop sensibilities. She was cute and knew what she was doing. The album is good enough without actually being good.

My ex-wife used to listen to this all the time. I never liked it then, and I like it even less now due to the memories…

There's some cracking tracks on here, but it's still only the third best album by the Monday. Blinders like Kinky Afro and Step on are surrounded by average fare like Donovan and Dennis and Lois. You get the impression here they succumbed to their own success. They got far enough up their own arseholes that the record stood until Oasis came along. Still worth a listen though

Goddam is this ever fucking awful

Why the fuck does Elvis Costello keep appearing on “best of” lists??? He’s written maybe two decent songs and produced any number of bands into his idea of mediocrity.

For some reason, my 21 year old son *loves* this band. It’s just about OK in my opinion

Opens like some of the most derivative 80's music I've heard, and doesn't really improve from there. Sounds a bit like Bruce Springsteen with better guitar playing and songwriting, but a lot less edginess.

A quieter, more reflective Harvey on display here. The songs, no less effective or powerful for it. She is a genius

A somewhat morose outing and with vague Wagnerian overtones toward the end. It’s a long way from their early work with Vince Clarke, but this is what they’ve been for a very long time.

Folk rock that is about as good as it gets.

I love German culture, but this…? I cannot get along with it. It’s almost a stereotype with its guttural vocals and opera-esque arrangements. It’s not for me

Just pure genius

It’s ok, but dated

On Apple Music, when you load it, it says this is a cross between Pink Floyd and Coldplay. If you’re still interested at that point, maybe give it a listen. I wasn’t and I listened anyway and completely f*cking hated it. Also, I really don’t see the Pink Floyd bit. They’re just a Coldplay rip-off and one Coldplay is already far too many

Shit

A true goth masterpiece from The days before they became just a Pop band

Trite shite

I’d never come across these guys before and it’s a weird but likable cross between Iggy and the Stooges and Motown. Definitely worth a listen

This sounds like Soundgarden, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Korn music was stuck in a blender, fed through a corporate “Edgy” filter at Shithole records and then shat into CD cases for mall kids to listen to. It is quite literally fecal matter for your ears.

Some superb, cheeky indie rock that seemingly came out of left field. I defy anyone to not enjoy “caught by the fuzz”

It’s ok. Prefer Mellon Collie and don’t get why people think this is better

Fucking awesome energy. Brilliant, catchy songwriting, and while sometimes the voice can be a bit grating, fix your EQ... A banging album that is too much overlooked - at least among people I talk to

Always hated this band. They felt like the boy band version of grunge and made solely for marketing executives to have Bukkake parties over. Maybe I was just too old and didn’t get it? Perhaps, but I do recall literally everyone at the time being more interesting and less annoying that these turds.

At one time, they were the epitome of rebellious rock and rock, and a lead proponent of the punk sounds. Unfortunately, they only had the one song and after a while it started to get awfully repetitive. It didn’t help that other bands (especially the british punks) took the “fast and loose” approach to a 150 seconds three-chord trick tune and were infinitely better at it. Worth listening to now only as a trip down memory lane as it now sounds as tame as the 50’s rock and roll it sought to both emulate and subvert.

Bor-ring

Pure psychedelic rock perfection from a true musical genius.

Holy crap. A collection of some of the most mediocre songs ever recorded in the most mediocre of ways. I strongly suspect this album was created to appeal to accountants

I loved this at the time. I do not recall why

Just nope. No idea why he’s popular and I have tried. He’s a nice voice, two good songs and this was a waste of my time

Hate the cover, but love the originality of the songs.

Quirky energetic songs tat sometimes feel a little forced. Listenable but dated

Pop dreck.

utter cock rock.

Please stop recommending to me music that sounds like it was made by people who ride the short bus.

Probably the first actually interesting Beatles record. Prior to this they were, for the most part, just a pop band. Rubber soul had a couple of interesting tracks, but this was a record. It’s amazing what stopping touring and taking a shed-load of drugs can do for a music group

Pure genius from a true musical wizard

Nobody needed or wanted Peter Gabriel 1. That there are two (or more) sequels is truly horrifying

Everything g that is wrong with 70s Music in one album!

Genius

Ugh. Love the synths. Cannot stand annie’s voice.

A truly original piece of work

I only ever liked one his records and this ain’t it

Meh

I wish someone’s aim was true. They could put a bullet in my brain so I didn’t have to listen to his adenoid-addled voice

Genius IDM

Shite

Goths… punks without the attitude or the energy. Only ever learned to play songs in minor keys. This is one of the better examples

Ugh

Pure genius. It combines genres from country to dance and indie rock, with quasi non-sensical lyrics. It shouldn’t work and yet it does. This is proof that musical training isn’t necessary, especially when drugs are available. Shame they were such fuck ups…

Utter crap

Not as good as Rum, and mostly spoiled by the awful Fairytale track. But, if you enjoyed that song, this album may be for you

A quick reminder that synergy is a real thing. Many songs co-written by Lennon and McCartney were amazing. Few of Lennons solo efforts hit those highs and none of McCartneys did. If he hasn’t already been famous, this album would have sunk without trace

Geno was a decent track. The rest sounds like a perpetual b-side

I’ve listened to this many times. I still have no idea why it’s so popular. The production is good, the music is moderately interesting and yet it’s much less than the sum of its parts. Michael’s constant lyrical affectations really don’t help anything, and I’m sure he was popular for essentially being a dancer as his music was average at best. If I never hear this again, I will be happier

If they’re giving out awards for “most overrated band”, these guys are up there along with U2 and Coldplay. This is a finely polished turd

It’s ok I guess.

Delicate French electronica, paired with quotes from strange and wonderful film. What’s not to like?

It was shit then, and it’s still shit now. One star for consistency

Yet another attempt to create a “youth culture movement” out of a much community, this time with cultural appropriation! It’s not good…

I first heard this when it came out I wish I hadn’t

This is surely a joke, right?

It;s not often you get to hear the birth of a new form of music. It’s far more melodic than a lot of the ambient music that followed, but this is pure musical genius. It remains one of my personal Top 10 records of all time

Not his finest work. Mainly as he is singing

A fucking blinder seemingly from left field. Still a brlliliant record today

It’s OK.

the better end of the prog rock block. It can be a little grandiose, but most of this is solid 70s pop music at heart.

Awful. Just plain, awful cock rock

Pop genius

Fast paced early Indy pop. Still sounds good to this day

Absolute blinder that seemingly came out of nowhere.

I’m a huge Brian Eno fan, but strangely not of this. It’s good. It’s just not his best work

Very, very average with little to recommend it.

Some cracking post punk from a band that genuinely deserved more success. I mean, seriously, people think U2 are better than these guys…?

One of my girlfriend’s favorites but I never really got into them. This is one of their better efforts

Girl from Ipanema is a catchy and brilliant track perfect for many movie soundtracks But jazz can go fuck itself

Rock and roll genius.

Possibly funks greatest hour

A nice great songwriter (with the smiths) plumbs the depths of averageness here. He truly wasn’t the same without Mr Marr

Love it

Not their best offering, but like everything they do it’s immaculately Produced and always trying to break new ground. Flawless

One of the true kings of music. Raw and unfiltered. Pure genius

Shite. The purest shite imaginable

A steaming hot turd if ever there was one

Some of Mr Wellers best songwriting. It feel emotional and candid

I wish I could leave this behind. Pure cack

As country goes, this is about as good as it gets. And by that I mean it still sounds like music composed by a four year old who is afraid of anything that includes a minor key.

The some reminders of why they were a great band at one time here, but not too many.

The best thing about this is the guitars on the cover.

Overindulgent and very poor imitation of Led Zeplin. Should never be listened to

A highly original piece of work that bridges her poppy yet quirky Sugarcubes work with her later esoteric and just plain weird stuff we get today. I contend this remains her most accessible and enjoyable piece of wor

Shoe-gazing bliss

Disco freakadelica and it’s finest

I have yet to meet anyone that doesn’t own at least two copies of this. It’s a classic. It is great. It’s also both easy listening and complex. One of the finest of all tome

Shite

Not their best

Some of the most embarrassing, cringey, Crap Rick and roll ever made. Their whole value proposition is they have beards. Total bollocks

The thin white duke almost never lets you down. At least until we entered the 1980s… This is pure genius

An amazing live event that showed that Nirvana had depth. Its most telling point is the last track, where Cobain gives a performance inspired by both greatness and true despair.

Totally a product of its time, it still sounds great today.

The album that launched a thousand techno careers… beautiful and fragile electronica. If pointilism had a musical form, this is it

Some of the most overrated music ever made. It’s not that it’s bad. It’s just very, very average. If you want reggae, Lee “scratch” Perry is way better

One his better solo efforts, but he rarely if ever captured the highs of working with Johnny Marr.

An album that everyone should listen to at least twice

Loved this when it first came out but it’s aged like old milk. It now sounds (to me) cliched and dull

Seemingly came out of nowhere by band that refreshingly seemed to care far more about their music than anything else It’s streets ahead of most of its contemporaries and deserves a listen at least once by everyone

Excellent metal

Classic Krautrock that influenced so many of the 80/90s bands. It remains a classic

Complete crap

Often viewed as something of a joke in the UK (watch Reeves and Mortimer) this is actually a pretty decent record. Sure, they’re a pretty low effort Led Zeppelin wannabe, but they still did some banging tracks

Complete shite. The worst kind of rock and roll ever. Far too much spandex, hairspray and a vague impression they have an unhealthy obsession with their own balls. I am also sure that this is the band spinal tap are based on. However, despite the satire, Tap are still 100 times better than this The songs are crap, the playing is mediocre at best and I wish I had back the time I wasted listening to this

If I didn’t know Brian Eno was involved, I would have said it was majorly influenced by him Truly a great record, this shows the incredible Brian/bryan synergy that was early Roxy Music

Total close harmony wank

Music for eight year olds

A solid slice of eighties song writing. It’s ok

I do remember liking this once. Now it’s just ok

A finely polished turd. This is a fine example of just how shit people’s tastes can be. Total dreck and the musical equivalent of a straight to video movie I wish I could give this zero stars

I know a lot of Cure fans who consider this their best work. Personally, I’m not a fan. It lacks the intensity of earlier work

I get it. Huge band. Big, heavy sound but honestly it leaves me cold. Maybe everyone copied them, but they sound formulaic and staid.

Often indulgent, this is about a tight as TD get.

Total wank. Mediocre songs and symptomatic of just how bland Canada usually likes things to be. Just fucking awful

Shit pop boys more like

This won a Grammy? How? It’s trite, Obvious and bland as all fuck. I can only assume the people who judge these things are deaf and have never made music in their lives

Yet another slice of pure shite

Total cack

Can’t sing, can only play the most basic guitar. His saving grace is his politics which are delivered with the subtlety and nuance that makes left wing ideology so easy to ignore. And I do consider Myself left wing.

I just don’t get it. The gravelly voice is interesting by man but beyond that is tedious at best.

More shit pop boys? No thanks

Pure disco classics

I hated this when it first came out. It sounds to my young self like bland sugar pop. Recently I found it on vinyl for $2nand my opinion is changed. Boy George is an amazing singer and the entire album pings from one track to the next. Still not a fan of Karma chameleon though

She had a great voice. She was tragically vulnerable to addiction and she seemed to have a magnetic personality. And yet… I find her music a sad parody of a bygone era. It’s just Motown standards but with edgier subject material. It just doesn’t interest me

I’d rather listen to this without ears

This should be a bit of a joke and yet, for many fans of electronic music, you’ll recognize many samples here. That’s not to say it’s a great listen. Just a great source of samples

After riding the punk wave, they finally arrived at post punk’s cleaner, tighter sound and it suits them better. Siouxsie’s voice is about as good as it gets here and the songwriting is mostly good.

The good thing about the house being crowded is that it should make an easy target for a surgical strike. Sadly this never happened and we have albums like this as a result

A remarkable fusion. Truly original and a great listen

It’s the Shit Pop Boys. The name says it all

Not quite as accessible as pink moon, this is nevertheless an intimate and haunting collection of songs from a massively underrated talent.

Pure funktastic magic

Awful jingle pop with Scottish accents to differentiate it. It all sounds the same

A genius

It’s pretty overrated imho.

Highly underrated post punk

Chrissie always wanted to be a star. She had a lovely voice, but I personally found her songs a bit bland. This is one of the better ones, but I’m just not a fan

Revered by many, this remains (to me) about as palatable as eating turd. It’s fucking awful

Decent enough, but ruined by middle class college kids who liked it in order to rebel against racist parents before becoming Tory bankers themselves. This is why you’ll find at least two copies in every used record store. Besides, Lee “Scratch” Perry is so much better

Just. Awful.

A tru classic.

Always a raucous treat

Just no…

It’s ok. They’re so overhyped though the fans love it, but I think most hate it because of what they became.

Ugh. Throwback music, whose spiritual successors are the Wiggles. Except I don’t hate the wiggles.

I automatically hate any music that makes people stand in place and clap over their heads. And that’s what I’ve seen every time Born in the USA is played. No thanks

Sparse sounding, this remains one of my favorite records ever. It’s kraftwerk at their finest. Like most of their early work, your first listen will elicit reactions of “isn’t that the sample in…” Maybe they weren’t as successful as they should have been, but they set the tone for electronic music for decades. Bravo, Mein Herren!

Excellent. Sounds a lot like X-ray specs, but also clearly influenced Amyl and the Sniffers.

No thank you. Trite. Derivative and tedious at brst

One of the finer 60s acts. Often skipped over due to the more popular Stones and Beatles, they have an amazing back catalog and some super-tight tracks

An absolute tour-de-force from one of the finest British bands ever. Mark e smith cannot sing. The band can barely play, but yet it somehow all comes together in a collection of powerful songs that are not soon forgotten…

Majorly overrated “punk” by a bunch of Johnny-come-lately average musicians. There were so many bands that were much more interesting from this era, and yet somehow the clash stole their oxygen. And this is by far their best record… Even I have a copy and I have no idea why I bought it.

Yes, they wrote catchy tunes, but it all seems to trite and cliched now. They’re later stuff is just so much better and this is the musical equivalent of looking at a toddlers preschool scribblings stuck to the fridge door

Genius

Pure slice of crooning heaven. Her voice is majestic with an amazing range. And, rather than just “classic” sounding stuff (ahem, Amy Winehouse) she stretched the song writing form and her self. The result is amazing.

Shite

This album is so bland it’s offensive.

Excellent and chill.

Possibly the single most overrated band to have ever have existed. Mercury has a good voice and May et al are good musicians. But together, they’re the single worst thing to happen to popular culture. If I never have to hear this again, it will not be too soon

Ugh

Quite possibly one of the most delightful, relaxing and satisfying albums ever recorded. The rest of their catalog is just as amazing

I don’t get it. The title track is ok, but the rest is pretty meh. I guess I’m more punk than metal

A shoe-gazing spectacular

Probably my personal favorite Beatles record. It shows them at their most whimsical and creative.

One of my fave Bowie albums. Far superior to his later material

A classic

Just pure genius. One of the best albums by one of the greatest and most original bands ever

Massively overrated, mainly for David Byrne. Musically, it’s good but he’s just so fucking annoying.

Shite. Everything he does is pure shite

Lemmy was a god

Hard to believe that the drummer on Nirvana, after being part of such wonderful music, could go on to be so goddamn average…

I still don’t know if they are pink or post punk. What I do know is this album was probably the dividing line. Still sounds so fresh today

Just wonderfull, and not even their best work.

Part of the so-called Brit Pop moment in time, these were the infinitely more talented alternative to the tosswits called Oasis. Parklife remains probably their best work in a totally solid canon

Yes, it’s a classic but it’s also a little overrated

White reggae toss

The death of punk music

One of the most overrated albums of all time.

Meh

I used to love it, and then I hated it. Now I kind of appreciate it again.

One of the finest examples of an album that changed music. This challenges the assumption that you need to be a musician to make music. Through their short existence they became musicians though, but this shows raw, unfiltered Songwriting experimentation at its best

A steaming turd of a record

Toss. My barber used to love this album and I stopped going.

One of my exes loved this album, ergo I hated it. You shouldn’t. I’ve grown to love it

Turd

Loved it then and still do. Post punk wonderment.

I want to hate this record but I actually really like it

Genius at work

One of the first records I bought and I still love it

A pure shimmering turd of a record

Nah. Not interesting at all

While John created some great tracks as PiL I never felt he quite attained the same heights as the Pistols

One of the greats

It was ok at the time and it’s still Ok-ish

One of the most overrated and dull records ever made

Pure turd from talentless twats

Funk at its finest

Yes, it’s good but I still prefer Surfer Rosa for its raw edge. This just sounds too polished

Geius

Not his finest

A standout from a long list of bands that followed Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear and Tunng with a mix of pop, folk and other genres. Still works today

Picked this up in a junk store a couple of years ago for about $3. It's a little scratched, but that's just adds to the ambience... This is a kick ass record and deserves to be in every collection

Genius. Two superb musicians making each other better

Complete and utter toss.

Way ahead of its time

About great example of just how well written but bland AOR can get

One of New Orders best works. It’s a thing of beauty!

Bowie has reinvented himself so many times in his career it’s possible to both live and hate his work. For me, this is one of his more medicore pieces, but then I prefer early Bowie

Wonderful and weird

Quite simply one of the greatest post punk albums of all time. Probably one of the best in any genre in fact. It’s also why people tend to think they were a moody, depressed band.

Offensively bland and just plain awful

It’s not their best but you can see just how left field these guys were back in 1974/5. It remains a classic to this day

One of trip-hops finest. Beth has the voice of an angle

Cack. Just utter cack

I love this band. I often think this is what Joy Division may have become although I really doubt they’d have used a saxophone ever.

Completely turd of a record

Not even their best and still better than most other bands.

Punk for immature seven year old boys. This is utterly shite and completely without merit.

Pure genius. The Twin never disappoints

I think the CIA use this as torture music.

Pathetic.

One of the first recorded in stereo and you can tell. Odd bounces around the sound scape were pretty unique at the time. Beyond that everything here stands up taller than almost anything recorded today. This is a testament to a true genius

It’s a turd

Complete shite

Nope

Cack

Not a huge fan of most of their work, but this album delights me with its broad range of songwriting

It was trite when it came out and it’s not aged well at all.

One of the very best ever.

Pure Mancunian club classic.

Never a bad record from these chaps

Dogshit

They were never that good and this is too many versions of the same mediocre songs

A pure blinder even today.

Pure ear cancer

Awful. I’ve no idea why anyone likes Sinatra

Pure, liquid shite for your auditory system

Fucking awful

Turd Rundgren. Awful

Overhyped and dull

Should have been entitled “I am a wart on Mick Jagger’s penis”. It’s just about ok

Found it very dull compared to blur. No idea why people make a fuss about thrm

Ugh

Amazing.

Overrated cack from a fifties throwback

I’d rather listen to the sound of my testicles being crushed on infinite repeat than this abjectly dull record

Far and away the more talented parts of Talking Heads. It’s not even close

One of the best selling records of all time, if not the best It’s proof positive that sales are no reflection on quality and this remains an act of indescribable aural violence. Put another way there is no accounting for popular taste…

Just superb.

Nowhere near as good as the first Four that precede it

Very dull

Just amazing.

Pure cack

Shite

Utter cack

Sheer cack

Cack

Probably the best they ever did. Brilliant creative riffs, whimsical lyrics and a group that was hugely synergistic

Ugh

Some of their finest work

It’s the DKs. What’s not to love?

Their most accessible work, it often divides fans. I still love it like everything they do