1001 Albums Summary

An inoffensive unremarkable album.

So many classic groovy tunes!

So many great classics! I had never realized they came from their first album.

Not my taste in tunes, although I did find myself grooving at a few songs. Historically interesting content, but I can do without the explicit lyrics.

I enjoyed this. Groovy reggae from Scotland.

A very morose collection of songs.

This was an excellent antidote the morose album Bright Flight

A groovy album with many classic unforgettable tunes!

Love the harmonies these guys do.

I'm not likely to listen again.

Not my cup of tea.

Good album. Some great lyrics!

Sounds like this band had 1 musical idea that was played out across almost every song on the album. Not a bad idea. Just one idea.

Loved this. First song is an all time fave.

I really liked this. Love the incorporation of harmonica into the music followed up by Stevie Wonder then Blues Traveler.

Some classics here. Not a full album's worth.

Not my bag. I tried.

Lots of emotion in this album. The opening is a little maudlin but the rest is really Marvin with his open bleeding heart shared with the world. Overall a good album but not his best.

Historically interesting but not my bag.

Love the lead harmonica and slide guitar!

A rocking good time!

A historically important album for the production and guitar techniques ... but man, I couldn't listen to it.

I understand why this album is "on the list" but it's not my flavour of music.

Meh. Cool that they quote excerpts from Michael Moorcock's books and that he also plays with the band occasionally. I'm a fan of prog rock but I didn't really care for this album. Struck me as a little pretentious.

Not enough stars to rate this album!

I love this album! Cool to discover that "The Clap" was inspired by Mason Williams' Classical Gas.

I love this album. Haven’t listened to it in some time so I really enjoyed this after Yes yesterday. I’ve always loved all the word play in the lyrics.

Loved this. At first I thought Satisfaction was an Otis original, then JJ & I checked it out & he set me straight. :-)

Solid R&B jazzy feel to this. I enjoyed it. It didn't strike me so strongly that I would seek it out again.

A few real bangers on this album! Not a whole albums worth.

First time I ever listened to Kanye. I now understand the meaning of Chipmunk Soul/R&B/Rap. I can dig the vibe but I'm turned off by his antisemitism - not a musician for me. Bit of weird finish with the long extended stream of consciousness storytelling.

Not my cup of tea. Didn't make it through the whole album.

This sounded like a variety show. Eminem is a brilliant wordsmith. The violent and misogynistic themes of his work are distasteful. Using his young (toddler?) daughter in a song about killing his wife was over the top. I like the self reflective vibe of his lyrics. Just imagine what he could produce if he turned his mind away from crude forms of expression.

I really enjoyed this. Never heard of David Gray before. Very much a pre-cursor to the stylings of James Blunt and Ed Sheeran.

Some real bangers here, quintessential Dylan classics!

Meh

One of my all time faves!

A few good tunes here. Not the whole album for me.

I enjoyed this. I had only been familiar with The Proclaimers version of My Old Friend the Blues. This made me want to learn to play it on guitar.

Classic Frank!

Meh. Not my cup of tea.

A largely mellow listen with a couple of stand out tunes. I enjoyed this.

One hit wonder, but it's a great hit! Overall, an inoffensive album.

As a teenager, there may have been times I was this angry. It's not speaking to me today.

I really dig this! Never heard of Hugh Maskela before.

Never heard of these guys. Love the title (from the book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat). I suspect if I listened to it several times I'd dig it even more. Some groovy tunes.

A good ole southern rockin' good time!

Not his best work, but some of the themes and lyrics are just gut-wrenching!

Great opening. There are great swathes of this I really don't like.

I love Stevie! This has a few all time classics, a few songs I should listen to more, and a few I could do without.

I had trouble listening all the way through. Some bright spots but nothing that really distinguished the music for me.

A good debut filled with the seeds of their future success.

The Doors! Not every song a banger, but Man Alive! I Love The End!

Never heard of these guys. There was something compelling about the music. I liked it.

Elizabeth won't be surprised that I dig this. :-) Truth be told though, Miles' later stuff is much better.

Some bright spots (Jeff's Boogie & Turn Into Earth), overall not a great album.

Some good ole rock'n roll! :-)

Not my cup of tea.

Some interesting social commentary in some lyrics and cool to hear the sources of some (now) old school slang. I wouldn't choose to listen again. "Caught, Can I Get a Witness" resonated with me.

My oldest daughter got me into country music, I'm diggin' this more and more all the time,

I liked Butterfly. She has a beautiful voice. She doesn't move me the way Dion Warwick or Whitney Houston does.

I always like listening to music in French. This was not my cup of tea. A little ... I'm not sure if "pretentious" is the right word.

Historically significant album given the various ways in which it introduced cussing into mainstream music. Musically, not for me.

Classic!

This gave me a better understanding of one of the characters in the show Sense8. Not my groove though.

I couldn't listen to this.

Great album! Not every song a banger but some classics!

Meh

Tom is a great storyteller, and I love his raspy, whiskey soaked vocals combined with his traditional, bluesy, piano vibe.

Fantastic!

Some great songs! Some ok songs. Some I can do without

Amazing opening & close. The others were ok to good, although I could do without Sedan Delivery.

Really liked this! Very groovy. Never heard of Shuggie Otis.

Another great album!

Love the title track, otherwise meh.

Classic Michael!

An all time fave!

I remember this album from the 80's landing with a series of hits. She Bop was scandalous! :-) My favourite song is Time After Time in it's incarnation as a jazz classic. :-)

Loved this!

I'm not usually a fan of rap or hip hop but this was great!

Loved this!

Not his greatest, some good moments.

Great album!

Meh

Not bad. Not his best.

Great first album! I enjoyed all of it.

Many groovy tunes on this album! Some of my faves. :-)

Loved this!

This is an album that must be experienced in it's entirety as a single piece of music. An all time fave!

"One" always hits hard. Brilliant song! Some bright moments throughout the rest of the album too.

Hits me like a movie soundtrack to a 90's dystopian scifi story.

Some good tunes, familiar and not, but not a greatest of all time for me.

Shiny happy people singing ...

Never developed a taste for death metal. Snuff was the only song I could really listen to.

Great Album!

Some good tunes here.

I LOVE the Lady of Soul!

Classic Dead! Great album!

A few real bangers here! Not a full album of them though.

I love this album!

No one scats like Ella. :-)

I haven't listened to this in a really long time ... this was great!

Very much the sound of the 90's. Has echoes of The The and Icicle Works.

I had only ever heard one song from this album before. Just blown away by how good this is! And I LOVE the song titles. :-)