1001 Albums Summary

Thematically cohesive. A time capsule. Beautiful.

The range is amazing for the limited number of sounds available. You could spend months putting this together … or maybe just hours. It’s impossible to tell. And that is the genius of it.

Would never have found or listened to it on its own. Production is great for the time period. El Paso is timeless.

Genuine class. A really great album, definitely belongs in the top echelon of this already select group.

It’s not great. Phil Specter’s contributions do make it at least palatable, but mostly melodramatic and boring. Time and place, I suppose.

Does not age well. Catchy, but I can definitely see the point of all the reviewers who say this album killed hip hop.

Great! 3 bangers. The rest is fairly bad 70s (correction, normal 70s). Worth keeping around.

Great album. Enjoyed it from beginning to end.

Several classics on one album, but the bonus for me was hearing new tracks I’d never heard before. With a lot of these albums, I always think “time and place”. If I bought this on vinyl in 1978, I would have definitely listened to it for a week straight. It’s an album that should be consumed as album. Sometimes we’re reminded the 80s shift to singles wasn’t all positive for music. I should have known more of these already.

Wanted to hate it, but it’s not bad. Vocals are lacking, but guitar makes up for it. I actually like some of the pop-iness of it, but what do I know, I’m no metalhead.

Interspersed with some truly dreadful emo electronica albums, what a relief to have this one pop up. 29 minutes of classic rock background noise. I may listen to again instead of the next few “duds” sure to be my album of the day.

Short and sweet. Another time and place album, but even 50 years later it’s enjoyable.

Not my favorite, but it definitely holds up. The Tolkien references are cool. My favorite track is “The Battle of Evermore” with Sandy Denny guest vocals.

Probably great live show, but as an album it’s mostly noise. Their later album “This Island” is better.

Bubblegum punk. Who knew?

Great and way ahead of its time. Found the original version (not the remastered), still sounded fresh almost 50 years later.

Great. Definitely would listen to the whole thing again anytime. Reminds me of the days of driving around with 1 cd in the car stereo just repeating over and over again.

Would love to hear the original on vinyl in the time and place. Of course, it would have likely been banned from entering my house (shrug).

These are my notes as I was listening: Her voice drives me crazy and the whole album sounds like experimental student work. But … I don’t hate it. 🤷‍♂️ Honestly, if four guys made this album it would be called Led Zeppelin IV. I actually immediately listened to another Kate Bush album when I finished. Lesson: Stick with it, it grows on you.

Studio production for a live album from 1960 is exceptional. Even if jazz isn’t your thing, you really can’t deny it’s a great record.

Great. Holds up well.

The reason you do this project is to hear songs like “Planet Caravan”! The only “down side” to this album is knowing how much more impact these songs all have as performance pieces.

Was new to me and I was pleasantly surprised (I made it through the entire album). Really enjoyed “Thin Line” with Nelly Furtado vocals.

Can’t believe I missed this in the late ‘90s. EDM jazz.

I’m not the biggest fan of her voice, but she never seemed to take issue with others singing her brilliant songs for her. Another example of “time and place,” these songs seem simple in Swiftie-World, but Carole King was doing all of this 50 years ago!

Owned this album 30 years ago. Still great.

If you can’t say anything nice …

Great!