1001 Albums Summary

Can tolerate one or two songs. Could do without a lot of the self indulgent Albarn vocals. Not an album I would choose to put on.

Timeless classic. Indie rock done to perfection. Smile Like You Mean It in my top 10 songs of all time. Incredible live band.

Rating out of respect but would never put this on again. Maybe if I had the original 1st pressing on vinyl, in ex-council flat in London I purchased for £500k and furnished it with the most minimal art deco furniture, whilst enjoying a Batchelor lifestyle, reminiscing of that women who I briefly knew. But yeah, not for me.

I’m not wasting my time with this shite.

With the exception of the last track, I appreciate how it’s consistent and straight up, rather than the weird LCD progressive arrangement a band like The Beatles would do. It’s not an album I would put on, but an important album for many.

Yet another load of crap. Get me out of this fucking decade.

Its fine. I wouldn’t put it on myself but you can tell who they’ve influenced over the years. Drummer sounds like he’s playing on pillows and wine glasses.

1001 albums to help you die. Crap.

Absolutely zero smiling going on when listening to this album. Cheers Brian.

Prince is a genius. A lot of his songs have sentimental value to me, with little red corvette being my absolute favourite on the album and in my top 5 Prince songs. Would be surprised if Purple Rain doesn’t appear on the list. Might as well of just put Best Of Prince album. RIP legend!

Very emotive concept. Some of his most raw and vulnerable music, which isn’t surprising seeings as it’s near the end of his life. Covering a song from one of my favourite bands by someone of his stature is amazing to hear and better than the original. Production done this album justice but there’s no way you would have thought Rick Rubin was the go-to guy for this. Knocked it out the park!

What kind of name is Gram?

Appreciate and respect the influence they had. Not a huge punk fan in general.

It was alright. She had a nice voice but it all felt the same.

This album turned Metallica from a band playing hard and fast, to a band playing hard and fast with purpose and meaning. To go from Ride the Lightening (previous release) on an independent label, to this absolute monster of a mainstream release is revolutionary. Easy to place in my top 5 Metallica albums, a lot harder to work out where it fits in the top 3, but such an important and aggressive album. Craftsmanship on their instruments and the lyrical maturity for guys in their 20s is rare occurrence. It’s interesting how Slayer brought out Reign in Blood the same year, playing hard and fast but singing about hell. Metallica do exactly the same and explore the idea of hell on earth. A dark undertone of the events that follow in the bands career make this way more hostile and volatile than just metal heads singing about war.

I’ve heard of Steely Dan but never listened to them before. I was pretty fed up by the end of the first song. I can see why some people are into this, but I refuse to give anymore than 2 stars when you sing that out of tune.

It’s hard to give this an average score, but the Metallica fan in me knows it wouldn’t be right to grade it higher. This is an album of grief, written and produced at a time where the machine couldn’t stop or more accurately, not allowed to. Lyrical content is dark, the riffs are heavy, but the production is messy. Composition and arrangement is chaotic. Bring on the Black album…

Shocker.

Again just a case of respecting the album rather than enjoying it.