1001 Albums Summary

Other than immigrant song, feels a bit too much like british guys trying to be southern blues/roots musicians. Actually surprised by how few songs I knew

Sexy, beautiful, and wonderful from start to finish

Classic Stevie. This is a different version of You Are The Sunshine of My Life than I'm used to though. A lot more guitar solos than usual, and I see now Jeff Beck is on it!

Very 90s acoustic protest song. Artist: Tracy Chapman Album: Tracy Chapman Genre: Tracy Chapman

Better than I expected. Even outside the hits I knew. Good production, no surprise to find out it was produced by Bowie and and Mick Ronson

So many albums of Brits trying to be Southern bluesmen so far but they definitely pull it off better than Led Zeppelin . Still, some great hits here and rhythm guitar tracks that I never really listened to before.

Didn't expect so much instrumental jams!

Still bonkers, still just as creative 30 years later

I feel like I don't know bluegrass enough to appreciate this... Naima seems to like it though

Really hard to get through this one...Not a fan of the 80s vibe and the singer reminds me of a drunk Freddie Mercury.... Crazy how Come on Eileen felt like a bright spot

Not as averse to Talking Heads as I used to be but this still started to wear on me. Not a fan

Fun stuff. Can't believe I haven't listened to him before other than Jungle Book

more fun and listenable than I associate with Simon

Better than expected though I enjoyed the tight songs of the first half from the longer jammier songs of the second half

I don't understand how someone writes songs like this with such seemingly random melodies. His music is all vibe/no songs imo.

Fuckin' yeah

Not as even as I remembered carried on the back of 5-6 songs but damn they're good

Liked it better than I expected but still just kinda fine. Definitely more rock n roll than I thought Costello was

Liked it more than I anticipated and surprised that I actually liked the Iggy mix more than the Bowie mix despite everyone saying it was "unlistenable" online. Glad to know Search and Destroy and I Need Somebody were especially cool

Defininitely has the vibe but kinda funny how it doesn't sound that "heavy" today. Really weird noodley solos that remind me of being in middle school and "knowing jazz"

I cannot believe how wholesome this sounds...until De la orgee.... A bit sleepy other than Me Myself and I though

Some cool tracks, never heard of them!

So hippy. I wonder if Joplin's voice would have worked as well with better audio quality.

Never heard of him but solid. Surprised my fave track 'Holy Man' has so few plays

Very Queen, pretty cool but not one familiar tune though and probably won't listen to it again.

Way more fun than I expected, especially it not being the album I knew

Enjoyable but all just sounds like The Black Keys to me which prevents

Man this album jams so hard

More Zeppelin songs that I've never heard of. Pretty interesting how some of them are like 2-3 songs in one. I liked it better than Led Zeppelin III though!

Pushed to 4 by Only Love Can Break Your Heart

The strings go hard on this one. Some good ones I didn't know but the 4 stars is on the back of Tiny Dancer and LEVON

Pure Public Enemy energy

More songs I recognize but....still Steely Dan though. Feels so cheesy

Really surprised how this could be so up my alley but so not interesting...

Trippier than I expected but meh

Good hits but just too long. Lots of songs but few that stick

Pretty funky but I don't speak french...

Not as into this one. More meandery songs

Fine but not the temptations I know and love. Also the heard it through the grapevine just sounded weird to me

Such badass Rock songs almost all hit the bullseye

Had no idea Pink Floyd made hippie noise rock. Not a fan. Like Sgt Peppers without the songs.

Very country. Not many burritos

Still not a big Dylan fan but like Subterranean Homesick Blues

Wow surprise winner. So many classic songs!

Not. a. fan.

Recognized and liked more songs than I expected!

Not bad.

Pretty standard british blues boosted by Layla

Not bad, kinda reminded me of my music back in college

wtf

Cliche? maybe but damn they pack a lot of hits on one album with only 3 chords

Never heard of her but really like the music and recognize a surprising number of songs!

I'm not a punk I guess

Objectively good but melodies just sound so random

Very Rush

Classic

Great concert but I like the live at folsom prison better

Boring noise

Naim seems to like it

Good opening song that I always thought was a Calexico song but the rest is kinda floaty hippie stuff that is pretty meh. I'll just continue listening to Calexico

Listenable but not my jam

Almost a 5. Crazy amount of jams on one album

Almost a 3 but too many bob dylan weird lyrics and bob dylan singing...

Not my thing

Too twee for me

Still dig it and the drum grooves

What would high school jam sessions be like without this album?

Sounds like some Eugene music. I'm not cool enough

She doesn't get enough credit

Loooove it

Dark Daaaaaays

Street life was cool, the rest is just "fun enough" smoother jazz

Meh

Started strong but kinda falls off and still not my favorite era of Metallica. Weak 3

Cisco Kid was good but wasn't a fan of the 13 min long songs

Pretty good! I never listened to WuTang before

Feels very experimental in a very dated way. Would rather listen to Dodos :)

Good energy but not that into the guitar tone and the frenetic energy. All the songs I like are on their AM album better apparently

Meh not into this emo stuff

Definitely the best "British guys pretending to be southern bluesmen" albums so far

Never listened to him. Not bad a little melodramatic

Solid, right down the middle but probably won't revisit

Gold. I had no idea I only listened to a greatest hits. Even had some great songs that I didn't know before!

1 song is enough

Great hits and also liked the ones I didn't know!

Meh

Definitely a certain time period

Elevated by Sad Song from lower 3 star to middle 3 star

The second listen bumped it up to 4 stars

A bunch of stuff I've never heard and some surprisingly good songs!

Wow surprised how much I liked this. Really strong and a LOT of songs

Almost brought down to a 1 by the last track but at least the drums were fun

Pretty cool! Need to revisit when not driving on a road trip from AZ

The worst combo of punk, hair metal, reggae, and red hot chilli peppers sloppiness

Still like Peter Gabriel's cover better but pretty cool songs!

Almost slipped to a 3 but enough hits to clear the bar

Great songs. I think I need to actually revisit CSNY

That was VERY dated

Pretty cool, kinda reminds me of Peter Gabriel

Sounds very recognizeable as generic 80s band despite never hearing of them with dips into punk

Pleasant enough, surprising how many of the "hits" were actually covers

Some classics and generally undeniable energy

Not my first choice but honestly not bad work music

Not as offensively 80s as I expected. Squeaks into a 3

Surprised again. Expected to hate it, it was fine

Did not expect the ska but still not my fave

Thought I liked Pavement but I guess not

wow I didn't know they were SUCH trash

It was fine. Honestly, I found myself wishing someone else was singing the standards since everything felt too slow, too rubato

Was heading toward 5 if not for the duplicate songs

Really cool samples

Decent but no real ear-grabbers

I could have sworn they were hair metal! Pretty enjoyable and surprisingly modern sounding!

Only reason it was a shakier 5 is because I listened to Kid A first

Alternating between rock out bangers and hauntingly beautiful ballads and tone poems. Could take out half the songs and still be a 5 for me.

Not bad but missing the song writing of CSNY

I think I'm just not a Wu Tang person

Boring

Surprising that I liked Speakerboxxx more than The Love Below but still holds onto the 4

So close to a 5 but on second listen, Try and Love Again bumped it down over the line

She's famous for this?

How can such an unmemorable album have such a memorable cover?

Eh felt verrrry dated

Started so strong, ended middling....

Only album so far to turn my standing desk into a dancing desk

Surprisingly good songs that I've never heard before but wow it sounds like a coke-induced heart attack.

War Pigs, so good. Some of the rest, a bit too jammy to keep my attention

Really thought I would have liked this more. No real songs, just atmospheric sound track to a New Orleans swamp

Eh he's fine

Made me feel like I was hacking the mainframe in the 90s with fingerless gloves, spiked hair, sunglasses, and goggles on my head

Like working in a 50s diner

Insufferable and almost bailed when I saw it was 32 tracks.....Good thing it was just a deluxe version with alternative versions...

Eh kinda boring and feels like she's trying to be edgy but maybe she was back then :shrug:

Not my favorite album of theirs but One locked in the 3 for me.

Great vibes

Fine but immediately forgettable

Starting the album with Rednecks locked in a 4 regardless of what the rest of the album was like but no one blends beautiful music and cutting wit as well as Randy Newman. Thank you Toy Story for starting me on good music so young

The voice dragged it down from mediocre to annoying

Honestly, some tracks could be cool if not for Morissey's voice

Liked it more than I thought I would!

So electro 80s.....

Not my favorite Tom Waits but still has enough hints of the funky weirdness and beautiful ballads to lock in the 4

Classic, ageless, still so fresh sounding

Not a clunker in the bunch

Reading the lyrics is even better

Some good stuff some meh.

Interesting but I doubt I'll go back to listen to this one over some of his others

Almost a 5 but I just can't help comparing to Off the Wall

Squeaks into a 2. At least it's early punk so it basically has some doo-wop songs?

Dang.... some classics. I guess I never really listened to Dire Straits deliberately

Very surrised by how enjoyable this was for being 80-s ish synth pop

Annoying

Blister on the Sun and Gone Daddy Gone aren't enough. 1.5 if I could

Pretty interesting! I didn't really know what to expect

Enjoyed the vibe of the album but wish there was just 1 or 2 more hits to push it to a 4 for me

WTF new wave pirate rock? no thanks

Best one from him yet though still not likely to pull me back later...

Expected to dislike this! it was alright!

Fun!

They had a 3 until they started singing.... way better as just ambient music

Eh fine but immemorable bg music

Damn. Double album of non-stop gold. Maybe the easiest 5 I've given

Surprising how little I liked this. I guess I prefer their other albums

Danceable. 1-2 hits short of a 4 for me though

This is more the Springsteen I thought of before that never really caught my ear. Unoffensive but kinda one note and not as interesting as the other albums

Not bad, fun to hear David Bowie on bg vocals

One of the better punkier albums but still didn't hold my attention long enough to keep it at 3

Eh kinda bowie wanna be at the best points

Hits and good songs!

some good, some meh

Highway Patrolman pushed it to 4 for me

Definitely a vibe but not one I needed a whole album of....

Some songs were ok but they lost me 9 minutes into the first 18 minutes song...

Some good songs but the rambling 12 minute blues at the end capped it at 3

Jazzier and Funkier than I expected. I guess I never listened to Zappa before.

Almost dropped it down to a 4 compared to some of the other albums but skimming back through, they're all hits!

Wow very dramatic. It was a fine change of pace but doubt I'll come back to it

Really good. So many hits! And she made for a fascinating wikipedia read too!

I dream of having the confidence exuded by these songs

Organ trio origins. Brings me back!

So much 90s attitude.

Sweet Dreams is still awesome but everything else.....meh

Long, kinda boring, and way more country than I expected

Some fun stuff

Pretty fun and actually got me singing along. Something about his slurry singing soaring above the band rocking out...

So close to a 5. Love many of the songs but Sue

ROCK

Feeling generous and enjoyed this one a surprisingly amount. Made me a MIA convert

So promising at the beginning, I thought I was going to get a surprise 4 but by halfway through, some of the songs were getting annoying and a bit boring

Kinda just tired of Jack White's voice and playing but probably wasn't as sick of his shtick when this came out

Love The Weight but so much of the rest is kinda annoying voice. Maybe I'm just grumpy but just slipped down from a 3 for me given I only liked the one song I knew.

Some really good seeds of greatness but not up to the high bar for them

Oooof just so old feeling

Pretty fun. I like when random non-english stuff comes up I've never heard of though

I know this is famous but his voice just hurts to listen to. No idea how he didn't tear his cords apart...

Some obvious hits but also a lot of "British guys covering blues" songs

Wow THIS is what I was expecting when I'd hear people rave about Leonard Cohen. Like a sad Tom Waits but whispering :)

Not feeling great now that I read about what the lyrics were about but the music is pretty good. Good enough to be ripped off by Beck

Very distinct and signature sound

Best WuTang adjacent album I've heard yet!

I don't think I realized how psychedelic Santana was

Eh barely slipped to a 2 for me. A little boring and samey sounding all the way through

meh dramatic 80s crooning

Most enjoyable Paul Simon album I've heard! I might be converted

Beautiful, classic, badass

Pretty interesting and fun samples. Makes me want to go back and listen to earlier stuff of his

Solid with some of the best christmas songs I know. Creepy that I have to think of Phil Spector being a murderer whenever I hear it now...

Way harder than I expected given I only know his groovy tracks

Almost had me at a 4 with a bunch of classics but too many drawn out, meandering strum strum strum harmonica songs with random-ass lyrics at the end.

Fine enough. I already forgot it though...

Didn't know as much of his stuff but really liked this!

Fine enough but I'm just not a fan of the 20 min ethereal jams

Might have made it to 5 if not for that cringey duet with Paul McCartney

Badass

Reminds me a bit of Mum at times and almost pushed it to a 4. Some very good, calm atmospheric stuff that I needed last week. In general, kinda surprised this is so old!

So funky! I only think of the temptations in the doo wop 50's style. I had no idea they did Papa was a rolling stone!

What a rollercoaster. First 5 songs had me about to give a 4 but it all went down hill and by the end I'm resisting giving a 2. I guess I don't like "real" grunge. Give me the radio stuff

Honestly, 3 great tunes and the rest just riding on vibes. Thought this was going to be a slam dunk 5 but ended up middle of the road 4

Eh.... 2 good songs and a bunch of stuff that's a bit too hippy for me

Some of the music was ok but not my taste of metal. I liked the beginning of The Rage but once the vocals come in, I check out...

Wow did I step into the Matrix? Or maybe Hackers?

Beautiful. Great headphone album for walking around aimlessly.

Pretty cool but not my favorite Mingus album

Got me dancing. Also, I remember getting this album from the library back in high school :)

Feels surprisingly simple and dated. I guess it is pretty old now. Tried my hardest to not have it tinged by what an insane, terrible person Kanye turned out to be

Ummm....Kinda into the atmospheric movie score aspect of some of it but generally makes me kinda sad in a not enjoyable way. And I usually love depressing music

Did not enjoy the songs or singing but at least I got the weirdest fucking ending to an album that I've ever heard?

Really enjoy his voice. The songs don't really stick with me but the music and vocals are calm and make a nice big blanket

Suprisingly not terrible!

I was surprised that it was trending at 4 for the first half but then half way through he started singing about sitting on a pile of beans....

Surprisingly into this one. Maybe it was the fact that I was working on the treadmill at my desk but the energy was good enough to almost get me to a 4. The vocals started wearing on me though

I was into it in the beginning but then it started to turn into a trip to a the renaissance faire...

Did not know I liked the zombies as much as I do

It's fine if you like The Strokes I guess

Really feels like I should like her more but its just too country sappy for me

WTF is this? annoying weird psychedelic ska hooligans?

This is their landmark album? man they're so boring

Some big hits but a lot of meh too

Best psychedelic beatles album that I never heard of. But honestly, I'm surprised I never heard of them. This might be one of the best psychedelic rock albums I've heard though a few clunkers keep it from being a 4

I liked it way better when I thought the japanese girls on the cover were the band. Feels less fun now that I know it's some weird german-looking dudes. Barely held on to it's 3 stars. Some pre-deerhoof weirdo rock ibes that I liked but also some Rush-y prog rock and flat out annoying parts that mean I probably won't be going back

Eh some good songs but a lot of just mediocre stuff

Really way more fun that I expected. Probably won't go back too much but was fun energy to work to

Generational Anthem level. Still love yelling along with it

Some stuff is a bit dated but the daaaaaaamn the funky stuff is so good. Express Yourself is 5

Beautiful. Like floating through a river made of strange alien stars.

I knew a couple of the songs but giving it a 4 because I really enjoyed the songwriting and humanness of the performances

Was one of the first albums I was going to rate early at a 2 but then the last 3 tracks of godawful demo tracks that sound like Spinal Tap outtakes put the nail in the coffin.

Very cool. Had me at the cover, tbh

Funky. No songs that stuck in my head but I enjoyed grooving to it

High bar for Stevie wonder but a softer 5 given a couple of snoozers like Visions and He's Misstra Know-it-all. Undisputed gold on every other track though

T Rex remains the biggest enjoyable surprise I've had from this list. Verging on 4 stars

Kind of annoying with the exception of Sunny Day. I was going to give a 3 but I feel like I'm lumping too many things into the middle

Truly terrible at being truly mediocre

Amazing. Classic and beautiful work. Would actually be an easier 5 to give if it were shorter

Enough hits and bangers to get a 5 but the last half of the album is not quite up to the same level as the first

Surprisingly good! I had no idea how many Def Leppard songs I knew and liked

This album is a jam. Only knowing Queen Latifah as an actor, this was a pleasant surprise

Booooring

Love these chill but dark but happy vibes

Killing! So glad to discover this

Amazing that an album with Walk this Way and Sweet Emotion barely crawls into a 3 but the rest is kinda bleh

Very pleasant surprise considering I'm not a beach boys fan. Looking him up, kinda skeezed out that he married his cousin's daughter. Then a bit better that it was unknowing that it was his cousin. Then back down when it turns out the cousin was fellow beach boy, Mike Love. Then worse when I saw he's a Trump supporter. But, the album is good though! Loved "Time"

I always thought that Medulla was my favorite bjork album but damn this is so good. My favorite album to nap to. Like a warm heavenly auditory blanket Bjork nap

mmmhmmm yup that's tasty. Never heard of him or these songs but love this soul and will definitely be diving into his catalog

Killer opening to an album and then just ho hum 90s. Would have probably given it a 3 but I need to force myself out of middle

Back before Jack White hadn't worn out his welcome and his garage punk blues sounded fresh and he didn't insist on using his octave pedal on absolutely everything

Jah mon

Lots of memories to this one, especially Squares but kinda disappointed by it not living up to how good I remember it being

Eh right on the border but not a fan of the semi-punk vibe despite having a few decent songs

Daaaaaaaamn she the queen for real

Started at a 2 and drove it into the ground with their noise rock

Not too shabby. Thought it was destined for a 4 but some of the songs were a bit more meh as it went on.

Such a unique and cool sounding album that goes on longer and has more bangers than I even remembered. Damon Albarn holds the records for being in the most coolest bands

Man it's really crazy how an album with Sympathy for the Devil could border on a 2 for me. It's amazing how mediocre and "brits pretending to be from the south" the non-hits from Rolling Stones have felt on this list

Banging rock album which was made better coming right after Rolling Stones's Beggars Banquet which had a couple hits and a ton of forgettable blues cosplaying. This was more southern cosplaying but at least it was stacked with hits

Bordering on 4 but looping back to the annoying Girls Girls Girls killed it for me

It started better than the last Sonic Youth album but got worse as it went on. I'm all for noise rock but some of this is just so bad and annoying

Pretty cool discovery. Some of the mumble singing was a little too cartoonish for me though

If meat is murder, my ears just got meated. Man, I really hate Morrissey

I enjoyed this more than I expected though to be fair, I thought I was playing Alice Cooper for the first half of the album...

I liked this better before I realized that they were not a Japanese band. Why does he sing like that?

The rehythm section sounds like backing tracks I'd practice over back in high school and some of the solos sound like my band mates back then, not in a good way. Truly bleh, and I actually like jazz

I truly don't get the beach boys. How can some people call this snoozefest the American Beatles?

Beautiful and raw. 2:45 is the only thing keeping it from a 5 for me. So close

TIL Guess I'm more of a Pearl Jam grunge guy than a Nirvana grunge guy

Feels way closer to Cream than punk rock. Fun enough to sneak a middling 3

Roadhouse Blues is nice after listening to a bunch of other albums of Brits pretend to be raucous american blues bands but I'm just not high enough for the rest of this album.

I can't believe I'm giving a prog rock album a 4 but this was genuinely enjoyable! Really enjoyed the grooves, the fact that it was complex but always felt like a song rather than a technique exercise. Probably largely driven by the keys playing which felt more rooted in jazz than wanky rock. Drums also didn't overplay and the vocals reminded me a lot of Jethro Tull. All in all, way more human than I usually think of for prog rock

I feel like the retro vibe feels forced and a bit lame now that it's also dated. Some of the instrumentals are interesting but most of the time the vocals just feel like a lounge singer making up a melody on the spot and dripping F bombs for shock value.

Surprisingly into this one. I've always found his signing a bit overdramatic and the whisper voice doesn't do it for me but I really liked his Stevie Wonder cover

Not bad. was at a 2 in the beginning but then it's raw 90's power charmed me a bit by th emidpoint

Almost had me going at a 4 despite myself. First quarter of the album felt a little less polished than the made-for-commercial-licensing arena pop rock they are now. Like a millenial U2 or a bit easier-listening indie rock band. Shiver even evoked a bit of the Fiona Energy for me but as the album went on, the songs got a little sleepier and the lyrics cheesier here and there.

Bleh punkish but inoffensive enough to merit a 2

The highs had me contemplating whether I'd actually give Bon Jovi a 4....but by the end, I was so tired of the same Bon Jovi energy all the way through every song on the album that it narrowly escaped a 2

Solid Billie Holiday but not much of the stuff that really makes me appreciate her. Mostly just great tunes to have on in the background

Way better than I remember now that I'm not listening to it straight off the back of To Pink A Butterfly

Damn I knew they used to play their own instruments but I had no idea they had such funky MMW music. So much more than sabotage!

I really wanted to love it....but everything else except Take On Me is just so painfully 80s lame. Enjoyed their song Mannhattan Skyline that autoplayed on spotify after the album though!

some good stuff and I like his voice and vibe but 28 tracks are not all gold. Also the demo-ish sound kinda wore on me

Damn loved this a lot more than the last funkadelic album. It had the 5 stars on lock until the last 2 songs started incorporating clown instruments

High 3 held back from a 4 by an over reliance on pretending to be sailors in some songs

Still fresh and killing. Never really sat and listened to it before but really liked it!

I was going to disregard this as "Nebraska" if Springsteen bought a synth drum machine and didn't bother writing lyrics until I saw it predated it by about a decade. 2 stars for being ahead of it's time and having some obvious roots for indoor rock in the 00s. Girl and the random screaming in Frankie Teardrop in my headphones were asking for 1 star

Usually bands start with their best song. Track 1 almost had me write off the whole album. The rest of it is mostly just annoying 80s music but I enjoyed #2 This is the Day