1001 Albums Summary

Too much 80's cheesy synth. not a fan. Does have "wrap it up" which made me laugh. DNF

I already know I'm not going to like this... Yup, hot garbage, every track sounded the same, took me about 30 seconds to skip through the whole album. People who like this.... I don't like you.

Normally I can only handle 3 Neil Young songs in a row, lets see how this goes. Pretty decent album, managed to last the whole way through without skipping anything. The title track is amazing. Does get a little same-ey towards the end.

Pretty good, enjoyed it but it weirdly felt a little dated? Perhaps the quality of the audio? I also felt like the playing wasn't that tight.

Never heard of this before. I'm excited... Nah, not my cup of tea. Was hoping this was some cool 70's music looking at the album cover but really its just boring, uninspiring mush.

Now we're talking. This album went multi-platinum?!! It was so boring, I had no idea. Just basic 80's rapping over drum beats, no music in there, apart from "walk this way" which we have all heard way too many times.

Love this album... here we go!

Its as if the rolling stones were born in the south of the USA, but not as good.

Never listened to the undertones before. What a weird wobbly voice the main guy has. Might be the worst cover of "under the boardwalk" I've ever heard Lots of teenage angst here. His wobbly voice is really getting on my tits. Teenage Kicks is good but its not even on this album.

Not for me

This is not for me. DNF

What... really. I dont think i will last long listening to this one. Whats a buffalo stance? - I looked it up... "an attitude you have to have in order to get by" "Don't get fresh with me".

Crescent moon! How have I never heard that song before!

Kinda weird but I'm into that.

excellent

Eh, its okay. Rock n roll with flute is a hard sell for me.

Just gonna skip this one.

This is awful. I've never purposefully listened to the flaming lips. The guy cannot sing to save his life... there is hope for me yet!

Classic

Awful

Skipping this!

Weird and depressing

Better than i was expecting

Not bad, more folksy than I thought it would be

Nope nope nope. Worst thing I have heard so far. Not for me thaaaaaank you.

I guess the saying "one mans trash is another mans treasure" works both ways.

yes yes yes, so amazing.

We live in such a varied cultural world and the fact that people like this both blows my mind and pleases me at the same time. Its awful dribble tripe, almost tortuous. But if we all liked the same thing this world would be boring. Not as boring as this album though. 0 stars if I could

Pass

Good stuff

Very weird. Why is this in a top 1001 albums list?

I wanted to like this more than I did. I love her voice but she puts too much into it sometimes, too much vibrato and accents perhaps? The music is good but the production has weird things happening in almost every song; an off sounding bass kick, tinny/thin high hats that just dont fit, I think i heard bongo's at one point. Perhaps its showing its age and she was showing her age being only 19 when recorded.

This is a must listen to album? Can someone explain to me why?

I was born after 1982 (not much after) so this would not be on my list.

Lots of bongos, could have used more cowbell. Everything is hard panned to one ear or the other, its not great when listening with headphones.

Bleh

Is this a joke. 15 min album, lanmark album? Nah.

Kinda samey and a little weird. Too much harpsichord

I'm not as into this as other people are. But I still think its good. 3.5/5

Feels very dated. I think garage had its moment 20 years ago but its very boring now.

Fantastic

To me it sounds like they just learnt to play instruments. Enough to make 'music' but not enough to play for other people to hear.

Not good enough to be that repetitive.

Would have given it 5 starts if it didnt have all that weird story telling in between songs.

Much better than I thought it was going to be. She is a little annoying in her weirdness after a while though. 3.5

I dig this album. Gets too weird in places like they tended to do in the 70's though.

A bit too dreamy for me but ok background music.

It’s the Beatles. What more can you say.

No love for this G from me

Sounded like 1950's Disney in Brazil

Never heard of this band before, my life is now worse because of it. Terrible noise. Someone wrote "this is music for guys that yell at their girlfriends in public" and I could not have put it better. I liked the first 4 seconds of the first track and then the guy started "singing". Only downhill from there.

Pretty good. A couple of weird 70's weird sitcom sounding songs though.

A little rough around the edges for me.

Her voice is a little annoying. Kind of sounds like a white lady trying to do black church music that smoked a loooooot of cigarettes

Putting me to sleep

I feel like he is 'yipping' all the time. Does that make sense? I don't mind the music but his voice pisses me off after 4 tracks.

Might be the most boring thing I've listened to so far.

First track was good, reminded me exactly of zero things, then just awful from then onwards.

Its like the band members did their parts in completely different places not knowing what the others were doing, then they just mashed it together.

Generic rock, nothing special. 2.5 rounding down to 2

Not bad. Gets a little too similar to bob Dylan at times.

Really really really boring. Kick skate song was fun though.

Couple of good tracks in there. Started for feel like the smiths a little bit which is a big no thank you.

Hanging on a rope, on a rope, on a rope around my neck so i dont have to listen to anymore of this album.

An album to listen to before you die.... this one... really????!!!

Fairly convinced I'm not going to like this. Sounds like a bunch of hipster church kids formed a band. Someone take that bell away from the kid.

Love it

They don't come much better than this.

There was a skate video back in the day called 'Mouse', it had the best music on it. It opened my eyes to a lot of new music including this. Loved this album ever since discovering it back then.

Was hoping for some electronic music instead i got some very middle of the road, little bit dull, background music.

So good, no notes.

This is fine... I guess. Just not for me. The album cover is how I looked when listening to this.

This did not age well, very boring.

Liked it, didnt love it. 2.8

I can see why some people this this is dreary and his voice is moany but these guys are amazing to me. I dont love their earlier stuff and this is near the beginning but it only gets better from here. Still love it.

Jazz.... it's the notes you don't play. This was over 2 hours long, I dont think I lasted an hour.

Not for me.

I found out today that I dont like Bruce Springsteen. Or is it just this album, i dont know and i dont care to find out.

Not for me.

I already know that this is not for me.

I cant believe detective Tutuola made this album.

So good

I prefer my salsa with chips

I was trying to give this album the benefit of the doubt thinking that it just hasn't aged well but really I think this was bad when it first came out. The first track just sets the tone, "time becomes a loop" just looped... I mean really?! I love electronic music but this is just hot doo doo.

ITS SO GOOD

It’s just not for me

I dig this. A lot.

Its just too wacky for me

The first portishead album is probably top albums of all time for me. This wouldn’t hit the top 1000

I love James Brown, a lot. But this is such a weird album of his to pick. Live albums just don't really do it for me. The screaming in the background only takes away from the music.

I feel like I should like this more but there are some pretty bad songs on here.

This music is kind of washing over me, not in a good way, not in a bad way. Its just there. I cant really tell what she is saying. I know Erykah has crazy talent and I love her but just not really on this album. I think R&B just isn't really for me.

Not my cup of tea

Not my cup of tea

This was great!

Excellent

Yeah, its not the beatles but its still good.

Weird rock opera

I love the beastie boys but this isn’t my fave

Love this

Not my vibe

Not my vibe

Love air but this is by far not their best

I think I listened to this album when I was younger a few times but I only remember a few of the tracks. A little to ‘jazzy’ for me at times.

This album feels ahead of its time for 1990. Really dig it. Title track is fantastic!

Too folksy and slow for my tastes.

I want to like The Cure but its all so depressing and Emo.

Just okay background music, nothing special.

Bit different. Nice to hear something not from America or the UK.

I like AC/DC but his voice is so unique and so is their style that to me their songs kinda blend into each other.

4 chords, 2 stars

Weird R&B

Excellent stuff

Imagine you have just graduated art school, all full of piss and vinegar, and you are ready to create. You make this album, then realize none of you can actually play music and perhaps some of you have never even heard music before. Just terrible noise. Worst album so far.

Excellent stuff

When I was 19 my flatmate played this album and my other flatmate said it sounded like a bunch of angry lesbians.

I feel like I should like this album more that I do. Rap rock just doesnt do it for me. Too many guitar stabs and yelling.

I like Van Morrison but a whole album of him shouting with marbles in his mouth... its gets a bit grating.

Another weird one on the list, but i like it.

Sounds like my grandma doing Karaoke with a lisp vaguely trying to remember what fleetwood mac sounded like.

I like this album, a lot, but I for sure have to be in the right mood. Bruce Dickinson does sound quite operatic and it gets a bit much after a while.

This was the second album I ever bought, on cassette! I loved it back then. My tastes have changed a lot since then, I still think this is a very good album, but my opinions have been marred by the people that listen to this album and the amount of times I have had to hear a few of the songs on this album.

Imperial Boredom

Find cool 'preacher like' sample, put it over a cool beat... rinse and repeat. Man found a formula that worked. I liked this album more than I thought I would.

Hot garbage

One of the most overrated bands, right behind The Smiths and REM. No thank you. This album should be called 1 out of 10.

Hillbilly nonsense.

Kind of a weird one to be on the list.

What has 9 arms and sucks.

Jud jud jud jud juuuuuuud biddle lee waaaaaaa

Feels very.... basic. Nothing really stands out to me. Not to say I didnt like it though.

Fun, campy (but not glam) theatrical music. Wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did.

If you can’t do one genre amazingly why don’t you do several poorly.

I just cant imagine anyone ever having this in their top 1000 albums of all time.

Not good jazz, not good African music. Not good.

Hole load of garbage

This is the second Talking Heads album I've has so far, thats 2 too many. His singing is so weird, herky jerky is the best way I can describe it. Apparently Talking heads were inspired by Fela Kuti.... I dont see it.

Watered down version of The Doors?

Better than bitches brew, and by that I get it more.

I like The Who, I don't LOVE The Who

This is my second ZZ Top album so far... SECOND!!! How did one album make it into this list?!?!??!

If you like the 12 bar blues you will love this. For me is just him slamming on a piano too much. Live albums also just don't do it... want to hear the original music but worse with people screaming every so often..... No. Also I never realized he was such a creep, marrying his 13yr old cousin and having a baby with her at 15.... bleh.

I dont think I have ever listened to Pantera... strap in... here we go! Ahh, its the shouty gutteral kind of metal for angsty people. No wonder I have never listened to it.

Why so much panning from left to right, its like they just discovered stereo.

Don’t mind me some queen

I wasn't going to listen to this because I've never liked The Stone Roses bit it got so many positive reviews I thought I would give it a go... My first instincts were correct.

I like some Jazz. But I don't 'get' most of it. This is on the edge of what I don't get.

Pop rap. Some good stuff for the radio i guess.

Background music in a holiday tv program to Brazil. Amon Tobin sampled the first track... so thats cool I guess?

Sad but beautiful

Its not on streaming and its not good. Sure its "in the book" but perhaps we could burn that page and pretend it never happened.

Yeeeeeaaaaah, so good.

I used to really like the roots 20 years ago. The more I listen to them now, the less I like them. Did Jimmy Fallon ruin them for me?

It’s okay I guess

Cant beat it!

Yeah, not bad.

I just can get into it.

When people went to see this live did they snap their fingers instead of clap after each song?

Just... too 80's for me

I just don't like R&B

My favorite MJ album. Too bad he was a terrible person.

I like it... I do... but the quality just sounds like it was recorded through temu mics.

Love Otis. Just brilliant.

I've never listened to this album the whole way through before and I had no idea there was so much god in it. Even though I think 90's hip hop really was the best... this one just doesnt really do it for me.

I liked it

But too sax

Painfully boring and 90's

Masterpiece

What absolute garbage

Excellent.

Its weird, but I can't tell if its good weird or bad weird... middle weird?

I feel like most people who love Radiohead like their earlier stuff the most. I think their earlier stuff was not very good but they started at a 2 and grew to a 10. This album is for sure a 2.

I love Sam Cooke almost as much as his drummer loves his cymbals. Sounds like everyone is having a great time.

Gonna sound like an old man but this is just awful noise, and not the good kind of awful noise.

Nah.

Quite mellow at times, other times a bit too repetitive. I like this kind of music but I'm not sure if this is the best example of it.

Kinda epic!

Nope nope nope, just... no.

I don't get it. Getting further through the album.... maybe I do?

I grew up with Blur playing somewhere all the time and I never really got into it. However, I have never heard this album, Its giving me David Bowie vibes.

I just have a really hard time with 80's Nu-wave. I dont mind the instrumentation but the signers always sound like they just got their socks wet and they are upset and melodramatic about it.

Decent album for playing in the background. No standouts apart from 'King of the world'. Steely Dan is my guilty pleasure but this album seems even more cheesy than the others.

Never heard of these guys, not really a genre that I know much about but I like it!

Talented band. Catchy tunes. Just not my tempo.

I can see why people don't like this album. Nico has a terrible voice and can't hold a note. But somehow it works for me.

Good fun!

His voice is very nasal and the music is a little too repetitive for me but it had some very nice moments.

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

I've never listened to this band. I've always known about them but I guess I have just avoided them because I 'knew' I wouldn't like them. This is very Emo

Never heard of these guys before. 1 track in so far and its awful! 2 tracks in... its getting worse. 3 tracks... guess what.... yup... worse even still. 4... I just cant. I give up... I couldn't be more bored.

I don't love live albums, I do love Thin Lizzy. This should be interesting. Just as I thought, good... but worse because its live.

Not my genre, not feeling it.

I grew up seeing Adam Ant on the TV more as a spectacle than a musician so I never really heard his music, other than 'stand and deliver'. I just generally have a hard time with 80's pop music.

Its a weird one, reminds me of a few other artists that I like, but I'm not so sure when you combine them all the result works.

This was excellent, a lot more American Honky-Tonk than I was expecting but really enjoyed it.

Am I having fun on the Autobahn, not so sure yet. Prefer the one about trains.

Just not my thing. I could see it being my grandma's thing.... just.... not mine.

I mean it’s good but I can’t imagine ever putting this on any kind of list.

MEH

Feels very very dated. I thought I may like this but it just didn't do anything for me.

I grew up listening to this album. I love it so much.

Its weird, but its my kind of weird.

The Byrds... great.. 1968.... GREAT... Country.... Bleh. It all starts to sound the same after 10 mins.

Classic. So so good.

Its not bad. Too many skits... Lots of MF Doom beats but honestly they were better as instrumentals.

Kinda weird, kinda silly, kinda liked it.

Steely Dan, I guilty pleasure of mine... but don't tell anyone! Its cheesy, its dad rock, its socks with sandals but its catchy!

Bunch of covers that aren't as amazing as the original but are still good songs. Most of the other Rolling Stones albums are better than this... for sure does not need to be on a 1001 albums list but I'm not mad at it.

No sure why this getting such good rating, there are some good tracks but its mostly meh for me.

F@*^%$G awful.

Excellent

So so so good.

The only thing I say to help me express why I don't like this album is that its just too.... New Jersey?

Ugh... I'll give it a try. Mum I want to listen to Metallica... we have Metallica at home. I really really hate scream singing. Never did, probably never will. Talented fucking drummer though!

The music is okay I guess but his voice gets on my nerves, it feels like he is holding his breath while he sings, it also comes across as whiney to me. Come on Eileen is a banger though.

Getting this the day after Brian Wilson died, is this random or planned? Not going to lie... this is kinda dreary.

Kinda good, kinda weird. Very Beatles inspired

This is a joke right? Probably a reason this isn't on Spotify as it cant be classed as music? Absolutely awful. Sounds like someone put a bunch of instruments into a tumble dryer and recorded it.

Top 10 albums of all time for me.

Absolutely not, hard pass.

Feels like they took the formula for early 2000's English indie hits and just painted by numbers the whole album. Nothing exciting, nothing new, not my cup of tea.

Felt very 'Mighty Gemstones' listening to this. Bit too god fearing country for me.

This just isn't my vibe.

The music is good but her style of singing couldn't be more annoying.

When they are good, they are good. But this was mostly bad. Very cheesy, very silly. Not great.

Early Radiohead meets Coldplay. Awful combo. Very dreary and boring, strum strum strummy.

The first track... could there be anymore snare! Gad Damn, awful awful awful. Had to skip through the album. Painfully 80's. Just horrible noise.

Snoozefest.

Its weird, and I like that.

They sure don't skimp on the bongos.

I can see why people enjoy this... just not me. I have a very hard time with 80's pop synth and this is the epitome of it.

So good. Love this. Al green, Shirley Bassey and Ananda Shankar all have AMAZING covers of light my fire. Also is you like this you should check out the track 'streets of Calcutta' by Shankar.

Sounds like a cd you would find in a Congolese gift shop.

I know this is a somewhat landmark album in the Hip Hop genre but it just doesnt have the same appeal to me as the 90's hip hop. I mean its fine but it feels very 2000's but not in a good way. Don't get me wrong I still like it but I just don't rate it as highly as maybe I should. More R&B on this album than I was expecting.

The YouTube is very different to the Spotify version. It’s better but you really do have to be in the right mood to enjoy it.

I just cant with this guy. Second Nick Cave album on this list. Just sounds so so miserable to me. Bleh.

Pure genius. Never fails to lift me up and put me in a better mood when I hear this album.

Very bland, like a beige cardigan.

Its good, nothing mind blowing.

Meh. I like the beach boys enough but it just feels very 'samey' after a while. This album even more so.

Now I think I like 'foreign' music more than the next man but this album was annoying as f**k. Sorry not sorry.

Just awful 80's dribble.

Great stuff.

Not for me

What absolute dribble. Its as if you asked AI to write music for a dimly lit smokey room in France and not to offend anyone with real music. Even the album cover is bland.

I think my sister got this CD when it first came out when we were teenagers... I stole it and listened to it on repeat for a very very long time. This would be an easy 5 stars if there weren't so many skits. I mean its still 5 stars with them...

A classic.

His and miss, but more hits than miss.

It doesn't get much better than this!

Ozzy passed away yesterday. What a legend. RIP.

Good vibes only.

Great. Nothing amazing, seems like a bunch of covers but good ones.

I've never heard of these guys, and I'm English! When the blurb has more to say about the album cover than the music it says a lot. Very bland.

I've never actively listened to Elvis but I know all the 'hits'. So it was interesting to me to hear some of the lesser known songs. Its good. I don't think he adds anything to the music, just a white guy making blues more accessable to white folks at the time... if you know what I mean. Just a watered down version of the good stuff.

Not for me.

The knife just under a different name and chilled out. Love The Knife, love this.

Corney, cheesy... call it what you will, I still love it. My guilty pleasure, don't tell anyone though.

I really loved the specials when I was a teenager. As my music tastes have matured I am curious to see how I feel about this one. It feels very silly.

Yuck

Not listened to this before. Obviously feels very similar to CSNY, which is a very good thing.

Unlistenable. One of the rare albums I feel generous giving it a 1 star.

We all know its good. Its just not what I listen to.

Seattle grunge... 1988... I'm not going to like this. Bigmuff????? I thought this was going to be bad... it was worse.

Whenever I see an 80's album on this list come up I shudder a little. This one was a teensy but of a nice surprise. Started off strong then just got weirder.

I really want to like this more than I do. If you want to strip down a band to basically a guitarist and a drummer then surely the instrumentation has to be on point.... Meg as a drummer is just awful. No amount of cranking up the gain on your guitar will cover it.

I just cant stand Kendrick. Don't get me wrong, I love Hip Hop but this is just a messy mix of... nothingness. I really really don't get the appeal, and I have tried. Its pop hip hop.

Poison Arrow is good. There... I said something good about a cheesy 80's album.

A little too weird for me.

The track starlight sounds like a Wii song.

Sounds like the preset tracks for when you used to download a mp3 player for your PC in the 90's.

Kicks ass. Not what I would usually listen to but I dig it.

I have a hard time with Frank Zappa on his regular music but this is just bizarre. Who let them make this album.... at some point someone should have told them it wasn't a good idea. There is a song called "hot poop", really this should have been the name of this album.

Not for me

Not for me

Not for me

I can't bring myself to listen to this. Just going to go ahead and give it a 1 and save myself the torture.

Not for me

The music is great but the lead singers style of moany herky jerky singing gets old after one song.

Everything I hate about 80's music all wrapped up into one album.

A folk band met a jam band, they had a little baby and named it Fairport Convention.

When I saw I had another Bob Dylan album my eyes rolled back in my head. I get pretty sick on Bob Dylan quite quickly. Don't get me wrong, I think he is super talented but his voice just gets on my nerves after a while. This was a bit of a pleasant surprise to me. Could we do without the strummy songs, sure, is the harmonica annoying at times, also sure, does his voice still get on my nerves.... yup. But I still enjoyed this album more than I thought I would.

Back when M.I.A's first album came out I thought it was absolutely fantastic. This one was a bit of a disappointment in comparison, too monotonous and paired down.

Jud Jud, Jud jud, biddley waaaaa. Smash smash smash.

Incredible album, almost didnt get a 5 because of Octopus's Gardem sorry not sorry Ringo.

Hell Yeah.

This is a weird one. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it, I also didn't think it was just OK. 3 stars

Love this album, can't believe it came out 25 years ago!

I love 90's hip hop. I do not love Public Enemy. Sorry not sorry.

Was really enjoying this album from a nostalgia standpoint until 'all my freinds' came on. Has to be one of the absolute most annoying songs on the planet. Shot this album right down to a 1 star. And then they follow it with 'Us v Them' which is also incredibly annoying. I think I may be done with this album.

Its a weird one, kind of just let it wash over me.

How does Bob Marly like his donuts... with jam in

Who pissed in these guys cereal. Unhappy nerds masquerading as tough dudes, I think someone just needed a hug. Suffice to say I'm not a fan of whatever this is... speed metal? Too many snare hits, too many crashing cymbals, screaming people, screaming guitars. I get why people love this, but not me.

I remember this band when they came out... Hasn't aged well.

I was 15 when this album came out and I was obsessed. But 15 was the perfect age for it but it hasnt aged well. But it really wasn't like anything else at the time.

Much better than I thought this was going to be.

My second The Cure album on this list and way better than the other one. 'A Forest' is an amazing song. Still dont love The Cure though.

HORRIBLE

A little too silly for me.

Nah

Proof that you can be a lead singer in a band even if you can't sing.

What absolute dribble. I cannot for the life of me imagine the type of person who would want to listen to this gobsite.

Short but sweet.