1001 Albums Summary

2 - I don’t feel this as much as some of his more famous works, less groovy and feels more dated

4 - I originally a 3, but I thought it deserved another listen and changed my mind. Certain tracks blended together, but it was a case of “the whole is greater than the sum of parts”

3 - wish I liked this more than I did, but it lacks any sort of umph and all just fades away into good background music

3 - Some tracks hit: Cemetry Gates, I know It's Over, second half of There Is a Light That Never Goes Out. Despite this, many are very forgettable or just mid. The harsh transitions between tracks can be jarring. I was mostly impressed that the album kept me mostly engaged throughout the run. It definitely benefits from being a short listen.

3 - Some tracks hit: Cemetry Gates, I know It's Over, second half of There Is a Light That Never Goes Out. Despite this, many are very forgettable or just mid. The harsh transitions between tracks can be jarring. I was mostly impressed that the album kept me mostly engaged throughout the run. It definitely benefits from being a short listen.

4 - Just a jolly listen, some great tracks some more mid, but nothing bad. I guess Pastime Paradise is the original gangster paradise, does that mean "Amish Paradise" is a parody parody? I liked disc 1 a lot more. The uncut, long songs on disc 2 could be a bit dragged out

4 - The sound of this album is somehow different and exactly the same to some of their best known hits. Not the biggest fan of this kind of rock n roll, but they do it well

5 - maybe it’s the moment, but this calm, melodic, and soothing just hit definitely not perfect, and can blend together, but as a whole it’s amazing Probably a good point to write my criteria for a 5: good enough to save to my Spotify (a historically impossibly high bar) and listen to many times in the future Deserves a second listen

3

3 - I liked some of this, but it was kinda bland, especially because I listened to it at a moody time and it still didn’t carry

1 - there’s a reason punk Floyd got good after this dude left Really not my type of music and this guy has no substance The ad lib parts are absolutely horrrible too

3 - Some stuff would set the mood, but overall just blended together for me and nothing jumped out

4 - I liked this more than I expected for how old it is. Some tracks like you don’t own me aged incredibly well into blending with new-er sounds, but others really really didn’t, overall a good listen

5 - this isn’t my favorite of their stuff, but it’s an easy 5. I’d never listened to this whole thing, but surprised me how much more abstract it was than I thought

4- Reminded me of Pink Floyd in a more rock-y way, but the intro and exits were hard to get through

3 - I listened to the American version out of protest to the damn British bias of this list, as always with 60s stuff, there’s one or two songs that stood the test of time, but most deserve to be forgotten.

5 - the man in black! The type of old music that I like, and an amazing performance

5 - this album has some amazing tracks that I never expected to find, exactly why I started this journey and it’s worth a second listen I recommend good headphones

1 - I probably would’ve left it at the first song if I wasn’t doing this album, some tracks were okay but not enough for me to even remember which ones

3 - I think this band has a lot of really neat sounds (especially evident when I listened to some of their most popular songs, and in Heartland), but often odd vocals or shifts mid song ruin it for me

4 - cool sound but not my thing Cool album art - actually how nasa discovered neutron stars I think

4 - this is kinda a critic’s album, not for me but I thought it was pretty good and unique. Makes me think what other “modern” albums from around this time got cut so this one could be put in

3 - I like the doors for their weird but timeless like people are strange and riders of the storm (bandwagon I know) This was not that, but it did start strong. However, it quickly fell off for me and the ending was actually tough to get through

4 - I struggled trying to justify a 5, but it’s honestly paced horribly and there’s at least 3 skips in a row in the second half

1 - I’m sure this was revolutionary for its time, and it seems like there’s a lot of talent behind it, but my god why 39 minutes of pure jazz no vocals or anything. Couldn’t be further from what I like

3 - I was really vibing with it until Section 43. I liked some of the experimental stuff after that, but it was polarizing and inconsistent

4 - Reminded me a of a more cohesive version of ‘hail to the theif’ some tracks really give me Radiohead vibes, but they’re much easier and soothing to listen to

4 - wish movie soundtracks were like this nowadays, a couple good tracks

3 - I listened, I have almost no thoughts

2 -just felt bland

5 - happy that I finally got to listen to this. There’s obviously the well known tracks, but it was a no skip album.

3 - wild ride

4 - I wish I could have given this a second listen. not a 5 but I think there's some genius behind this. I loved Silent All These Years, and tracks like Girl and Me and a Gun show there's a complex story behind the somber songs.

3 - I did not find this enjoyable to listen to. But, it was surprisingly interesting, each track completely different—from crazy guitar solos to an almost cathartic piano section, definitely shows the highs and lows of experimental music

4 - White boy music

4 - some Elton John will always hit, title track is some of his best stuff. I don’t like the more fast paced second half as much (other artists do it better), but it’s still a good time

3 - I thought this was very interesting, and I feel like I know a lot of Yes' bigger songs. This was very experimental and didn't hit the same for me

4 - Pretty good for hard rock, I might come back if I’m ever VERY angry

5 - art. Especially where he treads the line of spoken word and rap. Lots of bangers. It was kinda funny to see how much influence early Kanye had on this record though

4 - liked this a lot more than the other Dylan track. He’s obviously pandering to a wider audience. I just think his voice doesn’t flow enough for the folk songs he sings, hot take

4 - an easy 5 if you’re into elevator/background music. More seriously, it just blended together

4 - this was objectively better than hail to the thief, and may be a 5, but it needs a second listen first

4 - just not as iconic as some of their other stuff

3 - Not my thing but “Its too Late” was a good song

2 - weird

3 - I really like their one song, uprising, but this isn’t that at all. The idea of space exotic music is cool, but not for me

3 - not my thing, but the instrumentals were really interesting and far ahead of their time

5 - I can happily say that I’ve had this and it’s over. 3 hours is a lot. I think some at the end are better but I honestly had trouble sitting through. I’ll be saving this—it’s a 5 easily—because I want to keep coming back to explore

2 - really didn’t get this, thin white duke tho

4 - a trip and good ambient music

4 - this album to me is a 1:20 lead up and cool down to Mr Blue Sky, and it might never be anything else

5 - absolutely incredible, every track, I’ll find this sometime later in life when I really need it and it’ll get me down and up again. Last song gives me duck worth vibes and I’m sure there’s more to it

Good rock music, just kinda drowns itself out and 2 hours is crazy

4 - better than this genre usually is

1 - this was absolutely horrible. British bias otherwise it wouldn't ever be in here (I also just hate when experimentation goes wrong) half of this would be more "noise" than music imo

3 - two great songs but they honestly need the liveliness on bad moon rising for a whole album— or at least for more of it

5 - best one I’ve heard from them yet. Actually like a bunch of the songs and it’s so much better as a whole

5 - such a chill and cerebral ride through space, just as the title promises

4 - knew and liked the famous songs. The unfinished production wasn’t my thing but it was obviously super creative and the start of a genre

3 - hot take (maybe) one of my least favorite beetles projects. Lots of the songs seems filler or blend together, in my life stands out

4 - a lot of this was really unique and fun, one of the songs (without knowing the artist) I figured out it was the same guys that did loser

2 - really not my thing did not like, but great composition and production so not a 1

4 - as if Mama Mia was an album… wait

4 - my mother would be annoyed that I didnt give this a 5 but the second half is boring

3 - very fun, not my thing

3 - I really liked the opening mood of the first song but nothing else grabbed me

4 - some bangers but it’s missing a lot in the filler tracks

3 - this was so short that I didn't have anything to dislike

3 - this was so short that I didn't have anything to dislike

I honestly didn't like most of it, but then it would somewhat hit and I would get really into it. I just think Blur will always be super varied for me--overall great especially by the end

3 - kinda an ambient jazzy experience, it wasn’t bad

4 - There was a lot of unique stuff on this album, most were good, some were great, some sucked. Cool to learn a few classics were from this too

3 - some good ones but I didn’t like most tbh

2 - they're obviously talented and this is a work of art, but I just don't like most of it

3 - they’re decent

4 - some very sweet melodic songs and not much filler

3 - very 80s

2 - Long stints of repeated sounds that just annoyed me. Elektrobank killed it for me.

3

4 - amazing record, tons of classics, super recognizable. It’s safe to say the beetles improved throughout their career. Not my favorite, and hard to know if it would be so good without their name attached

4 - I can’t ever fully enjoy this older sound because it often blends together with pretty rudimentary drum loops and fee samples. This one had a few that really stood out creatively especially in Release Yo’ Def

3 - decent rock album to fill 30 minutes. I'm not sure what was up with the iggy mix was about

3 - not his best imo

4- very few misses, some very iconic songs

4 - surprisingly ahead of its time with some great sounds

2 I didnt like either the general sound or how they remastered it, felt like a chore to get through

3 - Basically had one good song

4 - the first half of this was especially great, got a lot of songs where I said “oh this is where this is from”

3 - Kinda a one song album for me, the singer actually adds a lot to this one

3 - Felt like it dragged on with the same song over and over, cool as a live album but they wouldn’t be my first choice to go see

2 - British bias or smth, no way this is in the greatest albums of all time

3 - really different… not what I expected

2 - There’s was obviously some good in there, but this kinda goes back to how I rate things and this was not something I’d listen to again

4 - Black Sabbath was much better than I thought, also so many projects

4 - such a serene and soothing listen

3 - More super chill albums, I feel like I got very little out of this one though

4 - obviously a masterpiece but for my sake I wish it was broken up into more than two parts. No chance I’m saving a 20 min song

2 - you know it’s bad when you dislike even the most popular one

3 - not bad, just feels like a beetles copy

3 - very hard rock

3 - first songs were weird but it picked up a good sound further in. I just didn’t like the narrative rock,

4 - I got really excited for a rap album from 2016, but there wasn’t much depth. Some good tracks but if I wanted to listen to bravado I’d listen to something with better bars—all to say it was still very good

4 - very serene and a calm sort of view

5 - this is a more tentative 5, I need to relisten and really get what's going on, but a good portion of it had me captivated like many of my favorites

3 - a lot of these have like one good song, and I know REM is a popular band but a lot of this does nothing, some great instrumentation throughout though

4 - Another one hit song album, better this time

4 - love Paul Simon

4 - I feel like I’m missing something with the cure, but I’ve been liking their stuff since I listened to their 2024 songs of a lost age album

3 - not my favorite bob dylan, but its still decent, passable music

1 - even the most popular one just hurts, honestly the wrong time period to be producing music like this--no excuse

4 - its undeniably amazing, but I feel lost in just instrumentals

2 not my kind of blue

4 - some really cool ideas and production, title tracks is amazing

2 - kinda same at sounding not my style bored me a but

4 - thought this would be rock from a little earlier with how it sounded, had some songs I recognized

4 - so much west coast influence, also is this his debut, is an LP even an album?

4 - really liked how this opened, it could use a re-listen because not listening straight through lost me

4 - great example of 70s rock that isnt what I disliked about the stooges

4 - more than just their one song. I was expecting a lot less and it kinda surprised me

4 - it was really interesting to both listen in order and to listen to the less popular songs, there’s definitely a split between the well loved and the rest. I can see why it has some of the best ratings: it’s just hard to dislike

4 -

5 - more of a tentative 5; maybe not my exact taste but it has its times, it’s a crazy 11 track run that conveys so much, hard not to be influenced by hearing this everywhere after its release but for a reason

2 - just a bit boring

2 - its certainly an old rock album

3 - honestly not my favorite from them

3 - I feel like a lot of these older albums are only recognized for one song

3 - the album is okay, some of the songs are great, some kinda blend together and give me stereotypes of the genre

4 - some really good songs: classics, but I felt like a lot of it fell off somehow

3 - budget beetles, very lively but the production suffers and even the best songs are kinda dumb

3 - just another one song police album

2 - just some old music that doesn't really appeal to me in style or delivery

4 - at some points its electronic elton john, at others it has beat switches that rival the best hiphop product, and at others its the most introspective and serene look at our finite lives I might have to go back to this one, but I really think the two Yoshimi Battles songs (the title track funnily enough) are what ruins the 5 for me

4 - I liked this side of Dylan better, lots of accessible tracks with a lot of meaning behind them

2

3 - not my thing. Some songs are good, jolly listens though.

2 - didn’t find anything I really liked

3 - rounding down I think, but a decent album, I unfortunately had it on in the background

3 - very chill album from him, I think I liked sounds in the key of life a bit more, but it’s generally not my type of melodic music

4 - captures the whimsy of 80s rock. Kinda surface level and easy to listen to, but hardly anything to hate

3 - hard to hate cash. this album doesn’t bring his best, but the covers are a nice addition

4 - I kinda wished it was more than the songs I already loved, but it was not a very consistent listen

2 - old

3 - not my club classics

3 - charming but I don’t see it as a good whole project

3 - is this what pop music from today will sound like 40 years from now? I liked a few but it’s not even the best album named 1999

1 - I dislike this small niche of rock, and the last song is far too much of it

4 - didn’t realize who it was till a little bit in, this album has some good tracks with the beat and energy but lacks consistency and the lyrics to take it all the way

2 - kinda a strange listen with nice melodies but nothing very captivating or entertaining for me

3 - not as easy of a listen or as captivating as their more iconic work but filled with great riffs and interesting concepts that show a bit more experimentation than a more popular side of rock that they delve into on other records

3 - Why is it so all over the place? It’s mostly good too?! Just so random, it literally has no genre

3 - Pretty decent although the last bit (more than half) blended right together

2.5 - rounding down as I also add these to musicboard someone that was listening with me told me it sounded like bob marley, and as generalist as that was, some of these songs individually remind me of the carless bop of marley's regge. However, I think this ins't doing the gene any favors as a project unto itself and 'leaglize it' seems very on the nose and diminish-able if that was really his central message

5 - Entertaining, highly nuanced, and delves deep into many different styles of the genre, all while doing them better than anyone else. It’s pretty easy to see how this has remained such a classic for so long

2 - I don’t particularly like anything about it, It’s certainly well done and the vocalist is very talented, but the songs don’t appeal to me

1 - not on spotify anymore

4 - Definitly carried by a few songs but a great album in and of itself

3 - Not my talking heads classic, some interesting stuff and cool musical commentary

2.5 - one sound, I thought it was going to be a lot different based on the opener

2 - I really like some of the instrumental riffs but to e vocal style is a bit horrible to listen to at times

3 - very clearly not my type of music but very well done

3 - these guys are too inconsistent to get a biopic I guess. Most of it was mostly alright with three pretty standout exceptions. Also didn’t know behind blue eyes originated from the who

1.5 a whole lotta mumbling nothing for me, not bad for some really chill melodic stuff but just kinda boring overall

2 - I don’t get the Paul Simon on this one, seems unfinished and pointlessly simple—to the point where any added production improves a track by so much (think: me and Julio down by the schoolyard)

4 - really interesting look into woman's perspectives in the sexual culture. The production is incredible and combined with sullivan's voice, carries the album to a surprisingly entertaining run with no luls in its short run time. I very rarely have this complaint, but I wanted a bit of a longer project, I thought the conclusion with Girl Like Me wasn't really the end of the narrative she was giving with the tales she wove throughout, but maybe it was just meant to be a snapshot anyways. Not every track particularly struck my taste, but it is all well done

1 - I’m not going to listen to a whole hour of this, really not what I like in music

2/5 this has half decent songs, but it honestly lacks some substance, variation, or a good level of cohesion (both within and between tracks). It feels like the same song repeated for the duration with an enjoyable but kinda “full of nothing” rhythm. Also I feel like each song is trying to subvert my expectations of where it’s going next.

2.5 - I think this guy is creepy asf and the songs are kinda random and also creepy, but he does have some great vocals and every few songs there is one talking about some incredibly relevant or important stuff

2 mediocre across the whole thing

3.5 - I see the vision and I think I really got into it but I just didn’t find it as entertaining Reminds me a lot of the first half of because the internet. Lacks the hits that blonde does, but has all the talent, thematic elements, and overall scope of a great album

2.5 - I feel like I have a special place for live albums but this was kinda mid

3 years quaint little album that says a lot about aging, but like most s&g, lacks more than one or two standout songs

2 - I like the production of these old albums but after the first two songs it just gets annoying to listen to

2 - Hendrix always delivers with his bigger tracks, what a way to start the album. Very well preformed album overall, especially compared to other albums from this era. I loose a lot from these old albums in their production. Something like I Don’t Live Today will never be anything but distracting and annoying for me. Also the spit between the instruments to different sides of your headphones, needs a better remaster or something… just personal gripes I guess. Third Stone From The Sun is wild… but I kinda dig sections of it. List of pretty decent tracks later in the album too, but nothing stood out.

2 - a more experimental project from them, you can see the vision and talent but I just don’t think it went anywhere. Kashmir was essentially the peak with the right mix of new sound and mass appeal I expect from a band this big, but not much else notable on the rest of the project

2.5 - I can see how this was super influential and how reggae was emerging here, but there’s not a lot of entertaining music between the message they have. I think Marley perfects the combination of these with some of his later stuff