1001 Albums Summary

Love this album as much as the first time I heard it.

This is much more musical than most punk albums. Awesome album!

Musically it’s not my thing. Lyrically some of the songs are beautiful. Overall it feels too plain in some areas and way too much in others. 14th Street and Beautiful Child were the highlights for me. I give those a 4.

Reminded me of Craig David but not nearly as good

Ahh the return of the hidden tracks! This sounded like my childhood and reminds me of car rides with my dad. Cannot believe it’s been 30 years since it was released.

No misses on this album. Loved 15 Step, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, and Videotape

Liked the songs but nothing stood out to me. Also…twice as many bonus tracks as “real” ones feels a bit much.

Easy listen. Would have been bigger if it was released earlier. The Wikipedia entry mentions Illmatic, Enter the Wu Tang, and Ready to Die which definitely dominated 93-94, but I think this more occupies the same place as Midnight Marauders which is the better album imo.

Yeah, this was a fun one. Always loved Eddie Van Halen’s guitar style and David Lee Roth’s vocals.

Perfect for driving with the top down, super early in the morning, after a long night out. This Must Be the Place I Waited to Leave and How Can You Expect to be Taken Seriously were highlights

Do I detect a hint of surf rock? Dramatic, orchestral….slightly mod and hippiesh at times. This album crammed so many sub genre sounds into its songs.

Yup…that’s metal.

All bops no filler

More metal….not my favorite genre but it was good.

If this is on here and no My Bloody Valentine albums are, I’ll be very disappointed. This was good but not great.

Love this album, another one that reminds me of car rides with my dad. Immigrant Song is a strong opener. Leaving room in the rating in case there are other Zeppelin albums on the list. Rating is a 3/5 among other Led Zeppelin albums. A solid 5 against other albums that we have already heard.

1 extra star for nostalgia. Makes me think of HS and college. The Stars of Track and Field, Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying, and If You’re Feeling Sinister were highlights.

Great voice and range but skipped a lot of them. The songs I liked the most were covered better by others imo. eg The Shirelles cover of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow is much stronger and neither hold a candle to Carol King’s

Not usually a fan of live albums but this was enjoyable

This was a fun listen. Pretty Green was a great opener

It’s Bowie so I’ll like it, but compared to other Bowie albums it’s not as good.

Blue and The Last Time I Saw Richard get me every time

Liked some but was meh on others

Not for me

You can hear how he had his hand in so many other bands’ work in this album. It’s just those sounds but…more.

Weird, love it

This was rough

Groovy. I had no idea who this was until Get it On. Really enjoyed the rest of his stuff

A little meandering at times but enjoyable

Not something I would normally pick up, but it’s a good example of style and a pretty good listen.

Now that’s a strong opening…

Awesome sentimental bops

Listened while waiting for a flight in DC. Too tired and sober for this I think.

Gimme Shelter is a solid song but the rest range from ok to meh.

Mid

4.5 stars Embarrassingly, I think I have only heard other people cover Cohen's songs so I was not prepared for the gravel in his voice. After a few songs it got to be a bit much for me but the lyrics and instrumentation were so beautiful.

It's the Buzzcocks, you cannot go wrong!

What an odd album. This was an amazing journey. I hit play without looking at the track list and kept getting lovely surprises along the way. Forget the originals (which are fantastic) but a cover of Born to Run? San Jose? I love The Boss and Burt Bacharach!

Not my thing. Strong opener (there's probably a reason it was populare and the rest are not) but then it just got repetitive.

An easy listen but nothing unique or ground breaking sticks out to me.

Pretty for a single song but gets repetitive

<3 Pavement

This album definitely shows The Beatles transitional phase. The first two songs alone show their early more pop sound and the sound that would define their later work. Good mix, rating it against other Beatles albums.

Perfect and Forgiven still gut me all these later.

Was it intersting? Yes. Will I listen to it again? No.

It's like a folksy David Bowie!

Nostalgia!

There’s the good Doors songs that become hits and then there’s the rambling blues stuff. This had too much of the latter

Nifty but not my thing

Ah yes, the album of commercial and movie songs!

No skips

Absolutely not. Was every singer in this genre so whiny?

Haven’t listened to this in years. Lyrically and musically still makes me feel nostalgic and like I’m in a 90s teen movie

Loved this. Even more impressive when you think about it being done in the 70s

Everything I hate about live albums

Heart of Gold, Old Man, Alabama, and Words are fantastic. The rest I feel very meh about overall.

Ok background music at first but it got weird.

Her voice and work is so timeless.

This album was so beautiful. Glad to see more of them on this list!

Higher score if this was two separate albums. I remember loving this album as a kid but on relisten it feels super disjointed. Interlude: Let's Dance to Someday Is Tonight feels like one album. The rest feel like another.

Forgot how much I loved the songs on here that weren’t singles

I hate Christmas albums

Minus a star for Speed Demon through Another Part of Me. Those are terrible to meh at best. The rest are generally amazing.

Ain't No Other Man aside, I drastically preferred Disc 2, it feels much more "back to basics" than the first disc. Disc 1: 2 Disc 5: 4

No skips.

Second Live album on here that I actually enjoyed.

I had no idea how much I enjoyed Rod Stewart.

Whoo this album still holds up from the first time I heard it. Highlights for me are still Black Man and Sir Duke but on this side of parenthood the once saccharine Isn’t She Lovely now makes me bawl my eyes out.

Listened to both UK and US versions, averages out to a 4. Odd differences between the ablums. Only ~1/2 of each album has songs in common and I think both could use Paint it Black and Mother's Little Helper.

I feel like I'm never cool enough to "get" bands like this. Not my thing.

Makes me feel kind of eurotrashy...I like it

This was fun to have on in the background

This was really lovely and I never would have heard it if it was not for this project.

Overall interesting but not my thing

Sounds like college

This was beautiful and funky!

All those microphones made for a really great live recording. Love her voice but the music got repetitive for me.

Ok background music. Not great but not terrible.

Minus one start for not being Midnight Marauders, that's its only fault.

What a weird and awesome mishmash of sounds! I had only heard Me and Julie Down by the Schoolyard from this album previously but I dig all of this!

First real discovery thanks to this list.

Sounds like a spring day laying in a meadow...

Minus one star because Talkie Walkie is the superior Air album

Not my thing

Ugh. Fuck Morrissey but also Irish Blood, English Heart is so good. So you get an extra star.

We don't fuck with paedos/assaulters, no matter how ground breaking.

Sounds like cocaine?

Ugh, put my Achtung Baby rating with War. So this rating is for War...

One is always a highlight for this album but the rest is average.

Young Americans and Fame are highlights for me, but the rest is kind of meh to average.

This made me laugh? So I think I was listening correctly. This is absurd.

Good example of style, a little too calm for my country tastes but pleasant.

Pretty but nothing knocked me over

Still amazing after all these years.

Noping the fuck out of this one. It's like Firestarter on streoids for a whole album

I do love me a concept album!

Live albums are generally meh and I cannot stand Bob Dylan's voice. Love his lyrics so this pains me.

This is so close to being a decent album but it's lacking something that I cannot put my finger on.

Never had listened to this whole album before. Loved it.

Doesn't get much better than this. Going to California is probably the biggest highlight in this album followed by how Black Dog and Rock and Roll flow into each other and then Stairway to Heaven.

Preferred London Calling but still very good

This album is a chameleon and honestly....it's good? I enjoyed it? But I think it's trying to be all the things and listens more like a love letter to the 90s more than anything else. The soaring guitars in some of the songs sound so British and reminiscent of Wonderwall. Homesick sounds like it could be in Smashing Pumpkin's Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Mary Jane sounds like it could be on any random 90s alt rock album. Factory is super bubbly and bouncy and feels like their ode to the ska movement that become popular during that time. And all the screaming parts sound like a Nirvana sound attempt. I don't hate this but it also does not feel original enough to be on the 1001 list.

I can definitely hear Briggs's influence on this album. It sounds very similar to a lot of my other favorite albums from this time. ...also Led Zeppelin

This got a little dull and repetitive for me.

Not my thing, don't hate it but don't love it. Appreciate the talent and skill though.

Golden Skans and It's Not Over Yet stuck out as particularly good. Looking at Spotify stats, they are the most listened to so that makes sense. Rest were meh to annoyingly repetitive.

Pretty but not my style

Do I...like Coldplay? I never knew.

Just no

I wish there was a way to attribute authors on here but this is from a reviewer post on December 20, 2021 and it sums up my thoughts very well. I didn't hate it, but was hoping for more. "I was excited after reading their extremely pretentious description on Spotify but the result is underwhelming. I was really hoping for some genre bending/blending, instead it's just a dylan/orbison/petty not-quite coverband that delves into sound scapes ala Wilco meets Brian Eno."

It's ok, but prefer To Bring You My Love

This is the Bjork I like!

This was DENSE, used Genius to learn about the double meanings. Lots of this still relevant imo.

Sounds like middle school angst. Love it

Meh

I always want to like them, but rarely do.

Ruck RHCP

Thanks, I hate it.

This was fun but did not amaze me.

Some of this was a lot mellower than I thought it'd be. Still not completely my thing but I liked it more than I thought I would.

This is the Day makes me feel so nostalgic. I need to now go watch Empire Records again. The rest of it was pretty fun too but this song is amazing.

I can say at no point did I know what would happen next. So it was exciting in that sense. Did I like it? No.

Frankly Mr Shankly was a bit of a surprise. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, but in the _I want to be moping around while driving my car and smoking a cigarette_ kind of way despite having stopped over a decade ago.

champagne problems is so beautiful. Love the rest of this album as well.

I still remember hearing this album for the first time in middle school. Life changing.

Not for me

This sounds unlike any country I hear today. Good guitar work but this vocal styling drives me crazy.

Good background music - enjoyable to listen to but nothing blew me away lyrically so I didn't have to listen too hard.

The rest of it is great but Two Out of Three Ain't Bad is still my favorite.

Hard to find and did not enjoy it

Perfect for today's grey sky and tempermental weather. Perfect weather for tea drinking and navel gazing.

Irganda was a highlight for me. Good stuff

A little folksier than their very first album which I prefer quite a bit. Nothing beats the sensuality of Ooh La La or the beat of Ride a White Horse.

Not my thing

You Haven't Done Nothin' was a high point but overall too mellow for me.

All the hits, rap at its best.

Minus one star because Love and Happiness is a better album imo

Legendary. Still amazing all these years later.

Really enjoyable to listen to but nothing stood out lyrically or musically as superb.

Not for me, but obviously very good

Some high points, but not my favorite Beatles album

No thank you

Funky and smooth

So good. No skips

I...have no idea what this is. But it makes me anxious.

I like the more mellow songs

Some of this was too odd for me. Other parts felt like a peppier Belle and Sebastian. Did not completely dislike this.

Not my favorite The Who album but still pretty good.

And just like that, I'm back in college. I love everything on this album

Perfect album

First KDot album I listened to and it still blows me away. Dense, layered, smart lyrics; phenomenal talent; and great production. Up there with Illmatic and Me Against the World. Was not surprised when his next album won a Pulitzer.

I don't feel bad not listening to all this because its suppsoed to be her singing their works but it has not a SINGLE song from Porgy and Bess. Ella Fitzgerald singing Summertime is transcendental. Gives me goosebumps every time. Not including any songs from there is a crime.

I've never been able to get into J besides a handful of albums and then the Grey Album.

It's fun, don't have to think too much while listening. Sometimes that's all I need.

Wish the rest of the album was as good as Closer and Use Somebody

I adore Genesis, how can a single album have none of the songs I like by Genesis? Familiar with some like Carpet Crawlers and The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging but none of them "do it" for me.

A bit aggressive for 8AM whislt getting started for work but it was good. I can only do Slayer in small doses though. 34 minutes and 46 seconds was just about perfect.

I think I had them confused with a badn from the 70s...did not hate this though.

Lovesong alone makes this the perfect album, but all around fantastic.

Still perfect.

Not my favorite from the Boss

A few meh points but overall very good.

No, enough Bob Dylan.

Again, no.

Gorgeous all around

Good example of style, not my thing

We really loved our two album sets in the 80s and 90s, huh? Overall good.

Surprised Personal Jesus has so many less plays than Enjoy the Silience and Policy of Truth on Spotify. By far my favorite song on the album.

In no way will I ever believe a live album belongs on this kind of list.

Meh. I remember loving this album in middle school.

This album still cuts deep. Such a great talent.

Probably one of my favorite Simon & Garfunkle albums

Ugh enough with the live albums

Chill music, nice to have in background while working

Peak 2Pac album, probably one of his top albums. Tied maybe with Strictly...