1001 Albums Summary

About as perfect as a rock album can get.

Chicken Shack vibes, but not terribly dynamic or interesting. 2 licked fingers out of 5.

Honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. The production was minimal yet polished. The combination of acoustic guitar, house style beats, and pop vocals made for a fun listen. 3.5 / 5

Not something I normally listen to, but happened to throw on my headphones at 2AM while my baby was screaming. It was relatively calming. Two tears out of five.

The review is in the album title. How is this on this list?!

A handful of quintessential songs of the 80s, but if you remove them, the album is sort of meh.

Not the biggest MJ fan but can’t deny his talent and influence.

Surprisingly enjoyed this album so much that I went back for a second listen! Doesn’t seem to be popular on Spotify so perhaps it’s a sort of hidden gem (or undeserving of being on this list, who knows).

Excellent album, but the second half drags on a bit IMO.

Elton knows his shit. Except for that Wankin’ Jamaican track.

Interesting listen. Sad story about ol’ Skip, but I don’t see how this warrants being in the top 500 albums of all time.

I’m an instrumental guy so this wasn’t interesting to me. Surly the lyrics are the focal point and are fantastic, someday I’ll sit down and read them. :)

Not the type of Nick Cave that I enjoy. Too much Murder. Too many Ballads.

The start of a wonderful streak. Solid, but not the perfect Heads album.

My kind of Jam! Really enjoyed this.

Masterpiece!

One of Americas OG badasses.

I can see why this is on here. Mezzanine is better. :)

It appears I am a fan of the millennium Madonna.

It’s no Millennium Madonna. Had a few enjoyable tracks, nothing too memorable off the first listen.

Rich instrumentals and production, pretty dynamic genre-wise without any one track feeling out of place.

First half was great. Nice Trip-Hop / shoegazy sounds. Sort of trailed off in the second half.

I’m offended as a visual designer, and a lover of 80s new wave music. Not terrible, but it sounds like a caricature of 80s music.

I like their earlier stuff more, but enjoyed this.

Finally, something new that is a banger! Tempted to give it a 5 and I’m sure it’s worthy. Will be spending more time with this. Bowie and 70s rock soaked. Love it!

A surprisingly enjoyable album for having virtually no streams on Spotify (I guess that’s part of my metric in gauging an albums “greatness”)! Seems to be under the label of “Brit Pop” but I thought it was kind of psychedelic at times. 3.5/5

Maybe it was more monumental at the time? Idk I’ve always changed the station every time Jefferson Airplane comes on the radio so it might be a personal preference. Jefferson STARSHIP, on the other hand… (kidding!)

Easiest 5 yet! Perhaps not always a formula for success, but this is what happens when everyone in the band is banging one another.

Not bad for being like 60 years old.

Excellent rock and psych rooted in blues. I think Clapton might be a wanker, but I’ll keep that out of this. 4 Creams / 5.

Cool bass leads. Blue Turk was an unexpected jazzy jam. I know the visuals were an appeal to Alice’s shows but some of the music is too theatrical or just plain flat for me. School’s Out will always remain on my radio if it comes on.

I really like earlier XTC, but this just didn’t click.

Smoothie. (Smooth Stevie)

Solid White Stripes album. Not my favorite, but a handful of classics and the rest are enjoyable.

I don’t like much folk music. And ~ 2010 there was plenty of terrible folk pop pumping through the radio, like vanilla pudding in my mouth. This, however, is solid. I didn’t like it when it came out, but have had repeated listens over the past 10 years and it has grown on me (or maybe…I’ve grown?). Agreed that it is a great fall / winter album.

The 80s holding on for dear life at the brink of early 90s.

What’s this? Punk music with Guns N Roses styled production? Crass, lewd, and non-sensical lyrics — how can you kids listen to this? I feel really bad for this generation. Get a job! This album defined a generation.

Notes of Beatles, ELO, Pink Floyd. Pretty enjoyable, but not sure if I’ll come back to it. Breakfast in America and Brother Where you Bound is where it’s at!

This is fine and dandy. Would listen again!

I mean, I like his body, I think he’s sexy — I have no problem with him knowing that. I’d also let him know that this album about put me to sleep while driving.

Another one of these goofy albums? In the top 1001? C’monnnnnn. Definitely one of those albums where you could pick up more details with every listen, although in this case, is never likely to happen.

What a grand finale.

Solid rock album, man.

Seeing the movie “Detroit Rock City” at a young age may have primed me for this. Pretty good for 70s “shock rock”.

Like if a British Beck incorporated Indian sounds. A little goofy at times, but I could see how it would be enjoyable. I think I’d like this more in the Spring / Summer.

White Denim is good but have never thought they were best in the history of music good.

One of the top 10 examples of a masterpiece. Hard, firm, smooth full-handed five.

sp00ky garage rock! Kinda fun, kinda not for me.

Dare I say that after three listens yesterday, I really enjoyed this. McCartney style vocals, experimental millennium sounds, spacy guitar layers. The recipe for this cup of tea worked for me.

Sure.

3.5, rounding up because it’s The Beatles.

Never cared much for Green Day but I know half of the songs, and the others were solid too. There’s no denying this albums importance in the punk world. Turns out, not a Dookie!

Honestly it had never been my “go to” Bowie album, and I don’t know why. This is great.

Definitely some early sampling and rapping. I don’t know enough of the genre to know this albums importance, but it was fun.

The only Van Halen album you need to hear. Roth and Halen are at peak rock performance.

A modern classic!

Surprisingly enjoyed this!

Decent for a U2 album.

Taco Mango is good for a few. The rest is noise. I’m just an old man tho.

There is video proof of a 3 year old me singing Mysterious Ways, so I guess I have a connection to some of this album!

Tasty Bowl of Soul

Kinda fine. Kinda not mind blowing at all.

Sure sounds like a lady in satin. Undoubtedly beautiful, but my millennial ADHD ears thought the songs sounded the same after the first five songs.

Sorry to hear about Ray. Thoughts and prayers.

I did not find myself, but I found a bakers dozen of chilled Limp Bizkit songs.

Not crazy about this Morrissey guy as a person but he makes pretty good music.

Was it good? Definitely. Are Oasis great? Maybe?

Walk On By is smoother than Isaac’s freshly waxed dome. It’s Soul, Sphagetti Western, Delicious.

BIG sound with a lotta lyric shockas! Rippin my door knockers! BAKKA! BAKKA!

A quintessential album from the pioneers of sludge and metal.

This rocks harder than the Bossanova I expected!

The biggest Who in Whoosville.

Fun time.

I can see how this would be considered early punk. Being released in ‘66, definitely some pioneering thinking and adventure in rock style. That said, not much that I would need to come back to.

Really enjoyed this, and I can see how some vocalists today in proto-punk style music were inspired by this dude. Loved the instrumentals, and enjoyed the singers spoken style delivery.

A few decent songs. A little too derrrpy for me.

T Rex is top tier “glam” rock! One of the greats.

It’s great but not Radioheads best. Hey! I’m a reasonable man — get off my case!

A beautiful voice with some beautiful lyrics and compositions. I may have also cried at a Sufjan show once. It’s undeniably great, yet I don’t feel the need to listen to often.

A few good songs. Not wild about most of it.

Reverend Green is the man.

Feels like I’m inside the 1999 PlayStation game, Gran Turismo.

Classic Cure album that helped define a genre. Not their most “classic” album but compared to the other garbage on this list, it’s great.

A nice pick me up from The Cure. Always a fun listen.

Wasn’t my vibe at the time of listening but I can definitely see some fun stuff in here.

I’ve enjoyed FBS hits since hearing on the radio as a kid. Didn’t know most were from this album! Rest of the songs were fun too.

I can see the appeal, but these little pills are not for me.

Stone Cold Classic.

Almost forgot about this guy. Tried listening and didn’t hear a thing.

As the name implies.

Suuugaaaaa

The album that made me a leather daddy.