1001 Albums Summary

Solid album.

The first time I heard running with the devil on the radio I was blown away. There was nothing like that at the time.

Never a big Velvet Underground fan but they were way ahead of their time. I think they were more popular in the 90s than they were in the 60s and 70s. Still, fun music.

Solid band. Solid album. RIP Chris Cornell.

One of the great frontmen for a band. One of AC/DCs best.

Too eclectic. Like they don’t know what they wants to be. Boring for the most part.

Their best album. Less poppy than their first.

Fun album.

I overall like it better than The Bends. But enough Radiohead already!!

I’ve never really listened to Adele. I’ve heard some songs but never listen to a lot of her music. I like it. She’s a more polished Janis Joplin. Very soulful.

Dreck. Simple rhythms and guitar riffs and mostly yelling vocals.

Someone’s high school music/film project does not need to be on 1001 albums you need to listen to.

Good music. Good movie.

Not a good Fleetwood Mac album.

Great intro to reggae.

Sounds like a British Bob Dylan. Good songs. Someone else needs to sing them.

Good sound. Would rate it a little higher if I knew what they were singing about.

Finally, an album that I’ve never heard of. That’s really great. Lots of different international styles. Mostly Latin, but also some styles from India and Africa.

Didn’t listen now because I didn’t want to pay for it but I’ve heard it before and it is a good album.

Sounds like a poor man’s Neil Young. Would rather listen to Neil Young.

Interesting album. Mostly Isaac Hayes telling stories to soulful music.

Great album. The Band has a very distinct sound.

Not a big rap fan but it was fun to listen to. Found out that I do like Snoop Dogg. He had a couple of the best tracks.

Like the Velvet underground, the Stooges became much more popular later. Good album. The sound is hard to believe it came out of the early 70s

Music from my youth. Jerry Garcia plays guitar on a song. Gotta love it.

Lots of hits. Their most popular album for sure. I think “On through the Night” is better.

Somebody got a new synthesizer for Christmas.

Nice mellow music.

Good pop music. Though a bit “Men suck because I don’t know how to pick ‘em” feel.

Couldn’t find this album but I did listen to a greatest hits (essentials) album by them. Meh. Nothing special.

Raw live album. Takes a couple of the song for them to get going but fun show in the end.

Dance music. Fun to dance to but boring and repetitive to just listen to.

Classic. First Beatles album without Paul McCartney. He died in a car accident and his cousin, Billy Shears, took over his persona.

There are better Stones albums.

Fun music. Surprised there weren’t any big hits off of the album. Just a regular pop/ dance album though.

They were looking to create a certain sound and they achieved it. Boring.

Love ELP. This is probably my least favorite album of theirs. Interesting concept but they have much better music.

Good musician and song writer. A little after a few songs. Good music though.

Great blues album. Love CCR.

Boring pop.

80s disco. Meh.

Sounds like late 70s grunge. Lyrics are too repetitive though.

Unique music. Very well written very well performed. I forgot how early the Talking Heads came out. I always think of them as an 80s bands, but they came out in the 70s.

Great album. Lou Reed was better after the velvet underground.

Not my kind of music but very well written and produced. Good sound. Great interludes!!

Repetitive dreck.

As with Solange, this isn’t my kind of music. But it’s well done good beats good lyrics.

Great album. Iconic anti war songs.

My intro into southern rock. Good sound and fun songs.

I can only take Slayer in small doses. Typical thrash metal.

Classic Christmas songs

Great songs. Someone else should sing them.

Iconic music from the era.

Like them better than I thought I would.

I don’t know why this is on this list. Sounds like a bunch of other bands from the “Breakfast Club” era. Nothing special about them.

Very medieval. Pleasant music, interesting instruments, and very lyrical. But not very creative.

One of the best albums ever made by one of the most musically talented bands ever.

Always feels like a party when Ray Charles sing.

Okay hip hop.

Starts fun and interesting but then it never changes.

Interesting but will never listen to it again.

More hip hop.

Good 70s jams music. Haven’t heard a drum solo in a while.

Another good 70s jam session. Smooth jazz this time.

Good album. Variety of musical styles.

Good sound. Good voice.

Garbage.

Easy to listen to. Good musician and song writer. Nothing special.

Not the best musicians but fun beats, blues, and lyrics. Unique sound.

I never think of Elvis having albums. I be listened to him a lot but never one collection. It’s usually a movie soundtrack or a greatest hits. Fun!

Not a big country music fan but this is different. Very personable.

Boring. The guy thinks he’s Bono but he’s annoying.

Never really listened to Amy Winehouse. Not that good. Not a great or interesting voice.

Love this album but it is somewhat of an acquired taste. Eclectic music at times and lyrics that sound good too it don’t actually say anything.

Good 69s folk rock. Nice addition for a playlist.

Fun music. Always feels like summer when they’re on.

Typical Dead

My least favorite of nirvanas but still solid music and lyrics.

Same as the You’ve Come a Long Way Baby album. Good dance music but to repetitive to just listen to.

One of the Stones best. If no the best.

Adult cartoon music mixed in with melancholy depressing music.

Too experimental sounding. Like they started writing songs but never finished and then it’s not even jam sessions.

Great blues. Classic.

Great Bowie.

Kinda boring.

Woodstock revisited. Couple of really good songs.

Another experimental album. Some good parts but over all not a great listen.

Good music but kind of bland. Good for it to be sprinkled into a playlist.

Could only make it through 2 1/2 songs. This guy loves his long note voice. I don’t.

Fun pop music. Both ahead of its time and kind of a throw back.

Great album. One of Neil’s best.

Descent album but a little monotonous. Chris says they only have one mood.

Nothing redeeming about this album.

Dance music. Not my thing for listening to.

Great old funk.

Nothing like Elvis.

Fun music. I like it.

Great beats and rhythms! Wish I knew what they were saying.

Solid Gabriel. Always experimental sounding.

Sounds like a movie soundtrack. Okay for driving.

Classic old country sound. She definitely talked to her audience of housewives at the time. I’m personally not a fan of this style but great songwriting for sure.

Smooth but boring after awhile.

U2 back to their better emotional but edgy form.

Excellent music. Beautiful voice.

Too repetitive and not very imaginative.

Why do I need to hear this. I’m tired of these experimental movie albums

Loved the music. Took awhile to get used to the voice

Love the Beatles. I’ve always liked Paul McCartney’s post Beatles better. Eclectic album. Enjoyable.

Never heard of these guys. Not too bad.

Dreck lounge music but fun lyrics!

One of my favorite albums. The songs all really talk to a young man.

Good musics to cook to.

His music is a bit arrogant. Well done and written though.

A couple of good songs but then the rest all sound the same.

Typical 60s mediocre rock band. The main song is fun though.

Prolific song writer but most of his music is for movies. A good listen.

Poor man’s Paul Simon. A couple good songs. Not as well written or arranged.

Best of their albums for sure.

This is the guy that shows up at a party with a guitar and thinks everyone everyone wants plain sing and no one does.

Good background music.

One of their best albums.

Another 60s/70s Bob Dylan wannabe but with a bit of beatnik added. Hot garbage.

Not bad. Kind of interesting. Like listening to a Tim Burton movie.

Interesting.

Bland smooth pop but well done.

Solid. One of the Cure’s best.

Mash up of 60s and 80s pop.

A couple great early Janis Joplin song but otherwise not very well written or musically talented. She left the band for a reason.

Cheesy dreck.

Not a big Sinead O’Connor fan. Relistening didn’t help.

Good album. Not something I listen to a lot but good.

Typical for the time but not very memorable

Fun dance music.

Meh.

Love the Black Kets.

Never listened to her except on the radio. Interesting music. Great voice. Not a good overall listen.

Mediocre southern rock. Fun though.

Boring.

Kinda the original Taylor Swift only more folksy. Good song writer and musician but not my style.

Sounds like an Irish Monkeys.

Good 60s/70s blues. Nice covers.

Song 2 I s good. The rest, not so much.

Though songs have similar sounds, they’re like different genres. Country, gospel, soul, etc.

Sounds like the band from “That Thing You Do”. Some interesting spots.

Good songs. Very poppy.

Awesome.

Never heard her. Excellent album.

Solid Prince album.

Good album but not their best.

Solid early Beatles love songs.

Meh. Couple of good songs

Megadeath sucks

I was never an REM fan and this album didn’t help. They have better songs than any of them on the sell for sure.

Sounds like retro 60s updated. I’d rather listen to the 60s.

Just plain yuck.

Great Stones. Bluesy and honky tonk.

Solid R&B

Good fun 50s do-wop.

Paul Simon is one of my favorite musician/songwriters. This is not his best effort. Well written and produced but oddly not very interesting.

Great songs. Morrison is yelling too much instead of singing.

Good funky music to work to.

More unimaginative folk. Good musician though.

Hot garbage. I gave them studio time, but this thing is junk.

Great album. Probably Flaming Lips best.

Very Duran Duran. They both came out about the same time.

Good sound. Boring after a while.

Grunge before it was grunge.

Might be okay if the guy could sing.

Never understood the dissonant jazz. Fun sound at times.

60s garage band doing mostly covers. Eh.

Good old Beatles teen love songs.

Fun listen. Nothing new or innovative.

This is as bad as the first one we listened to.

Poor man’s grunge birding on speed metal. Blah.

Pop Prince wannabe. Meh.

Classic album.

Raw Boss. Great song writing and music.

Great 70s jazz album.

Classic Bowie. Not one of his best though.

Great album from a fellow Michigander.

Good listen.

Great album. Shows off Zappos musical talents.

Good 60s instrumental music.

Kinda boring. Not bad.

Highs and lows. Overall good.

Lots of hits

Yes. This is Radiohead.

I liked it more than I thought I would.

Classic college music for me.

Fine. Not very imaginative.

Good stuff. Not offensive.

Great music. Don’t know what happened to them. Thought there would be more.

The Doors. Always good!

After a couple of songs, it just sounds droning.

Her and Leonard Cohen have to be related. Absolute dreck.

Great early punk.

Right up there with the Butthole Surfers. Who gave them studio time?

Typical indie music. Kinda boring bordering on annoying.

Great mash up of styles, musicians, and song writers. Fun music.

Great album

Nothing bad to say but nothing really good to say either.

Solid band from the aughts.

Great album. Starting to hear the change into more sophisticated Beatles.

Fantastic Cash. He always reminds me of dad. He liked Johnny Cash.

Great Rush album. Transition from early album Rush to new lower voice popular Rush.

Not a fan of The Beach Boys but this is a great album!

Good folk music.

Okay music. Kinda boring.

Sounds like a Natalie Merchant wanna be.

Good pop punk. Fun music.

Very Bob Dylanesk except he he does a good job with music and singing. Great song writing.

Great music.

I forgot about these guys. They’re pretty good. A little bit too much woe is me.

Fantastic album. From a time when there was a lot of collaboration between bands and bands playing together. Grace Slick is the best rock n roll voice ever!

What a bunch of cheesy bulshit. Decent music though.

Good album. Variety of musical styles and new for the time recording tech. If you get the extended version, it’s fun to listen to the last “song” which is them in the studio putting g together a song.

Well written. Good listen.

Not a big fan of the Smiths. A couple of good songs. Well done musically.

More enter than I thought.

Eighties poppy.

Great debut album. Petty was great.

Fun music. The lyrics can be a bit harsh.

I was really into music in 1978 while in high school. Never heard of these guys. I think for good reason. Progressive electronic for the day but boring.

I’m sorry. Hip Hop is boring. The lyrics juvenile and the music repetitive.

Raw 70s music. No production. It’s an acquired taste. Not for everyone. I like it. Good writing and musicians.

Not a huge Metallica fan but this is a great album and a classic.

Great 60s music.

Great songs.

Smooth music. Good for working to or just hanging out.

Poppy. Okay

Fun party music.

Very boring in general.

Green Day is great. But not that great. Nothing bad to say but not good enough.

Decent background music. She does have a nice voice.

Not many albums better than this. Simple, moving, and well written songs.

Not a fan of this style of jazz but Miles Davis is a legend and does it as well as any of the best.

I remember liking Pavement more. Still good.

Phenomenal album. Very emotional.

Interesting music. Kinda monotone after a while but still a good listen.

Some great guitar work. A little too twangy for me.

Great Smiths.

Fantastic double album.

Non imaginative music.

Well, this album gives me a different impression of PJ Harvey. Interesting.

Excellent Stevie Wonder again.

Vulgar for vulgar’s sake. Boring music.

Fantastic debut album. Created a new genre.

Loved this album.

Great album.

Good mellow morning music. I was surprised at how many of the songs I knew.

Good album. Not great.

Album name matches the music for sure. Sounds like it’s written for a performance. Kinda bland on its own.

Not a big Kate Bush fan but she’s got some good music and she’s a great songwriter/musician.

Speed metal. Meh.

Great club music.

Typical Herbie. Some incredible music mixed in with some wild and dissonant sounds.

Never heard of these guys. Good music.

Great early soul.

Great album. Variety of styles.

I really like African music.

Seems like a vulgar rip off of the Fresh Prince.

Not a rap fan but becoming a Snoop Dogg fan.

Fun frat music.

Industrial rock/rap.

Smooth funk. Nice.

When the member realized they were actually great musicians.

Edgy and melodic.

Love live energetic music.

I remember these guys. Fun easy listening and tight.

RIP Jimi Hendrix. We missed out on a lot of great music.

Rob Halford has a voice that should have been in better music. Still, good heavy metal.

Not big R.E.M. fan. Not a bad album though.

Great jazz.

I usually like musics like this. This one is just noise and yelling.

Great individual songs but after a few Costello songs, it gets droning.

Good pop. Not very interesting.

Great original rock-n-roll juke box music!

Poppy. Not intrusive.

Good, original, synth music.

Nice easy jazz.

Great combo of musicians and song writers.

Interesting. I remember heating a couple of these songs in jr. high. Not something I’d put on though.

Good soft blues

Great album. Too much Roger Waters.

Fun interesting music.

Strange. But interesting and sounds like video games.

Very commercial.

One of the great singer/songwriters of my generation.

Interesting. But nothing I would put on to listen to.

Fantastic classic.

Something I don’t hear or listen to a lot. Love it.

Good rap. Poetic and musical. But as with most rap, harsh lyrics.

Decent disco.

Classic sound of the 60s.

It’s fine

Sounds like show tunes.

Good pop.

Never heard of her. She’s the OG Tracy Chapman. Ahead of her time. Poppy, in a good way.

70s am radio for sure.

Smooth music. Good sound.

Great original punk/new wave.

Great sound. Fun listen.

Somehow I both like their music and also annoyed by it.

My favorite Metallica album but is to commercial for mo Metallica fans.

One of the best post Woodstock live albums by a great band

Very soulful. Smooth background music.

More childhood am radio. Some really good songs, some really bad songs, and some really fun songs.

Motivating.

Is there a bad CCR Album?

More rap. Better than most. Rap I more about the lyrics than the music. Just don’t identify with the genre.

Too much whining.

One of the more under rated rock acts. And Schools Out is one of the best.

I miss great crossover music.

Some of the boring music I’ve ever listened to.

Boring.

Better than some rap but still rap. And a little boring.

The best thing I can say is, interesting.

Brian Eno was popular when I was in junior high and high school. But he was very New York/New England LA/California. I only find his music interesting. Innovated but more in a soundtrack sort of sense.

Funish.

Fantastic music.

Nice morning music.

Forgot about these guys. Fun.

Very spacey.

It’s called electronic music but it’s way more layered the that. Nice listen.

Just like Bjork. Way better than I think it should be.