1001 Albums Summary

Nice and ethereal

That Thing is great, rest was okay

Started out just okay, but then really started to grow on me

The non hit tracks were better than I was expecting. Solid album

Ok house music. A couple nice tracks, but mostly not something I will revisit.

Jump is great! Did not like the rest.

I mean, it's good, but it doesn't speak to me the way it seems to for other people.

I prefer Pink Moon tbh

Pretty good!

...not for me I guess.

Wasn't bad, just didn't grab me at all.

Quite good

Soooooo good

Eh

All time classic

It was just okay for me

Pretty forgettable, doubt I'll ever listen to this album again

Pretty good, but a few skippable tracks.

I liked it more than I was expecting too. Worth another listen.

It was....fine, I guess

Forgettable

Groovy. I liked it.

Forgettable.

Really groovy, funky blues to start with and then the album just tailed off...

Loved it! Several of her hits, but she just has such a lovely voice, I dug the whole record start to finish.

A mix of really nice grooves and skippable tracks. I like the Superfly soundtrack more.

Never heard of them before now. Pleasant 80s indie rock. Worth another listen.

I'm not a swiftie but I think she has better albums.

A whole vibe. Proto-Bitches Brew, a little more groovy and accessible than that one.

I prefer other Bob Marley stuff I've heard. Also, this is probably sacrilege, but I prefer The Harder They Come as a reggae album to this as well.

Quite delightful.

In retrospect this is not shocking at all, but I've heard half of these songs done better by a black artist.

I was kind of disappointed, after the title track it didn't really grab me at all. It was fine, just not as good as I guess I was expecting.

Beautiful voices and harmonies, half of the tracks I loved, half of them I would skip on a relisten.

I've always preferred BSSM and By the Way to this one. The first half I was thinking "Wow, this is better than I remember! 5 stars!" and then the second half I was just waiting for it to be over.

The ambience of this album just hits different. The effervescent guitar, the sustained slides, Bono's beautiful voice.... Deserves its reputation as one of the best albums of all time. The sound is unlike anything else I've ever heard. Makes me think of shooting stars in the desert sky.

I have to confess I'd never heard of John Martyn before, but that album was an unexpected treat to listen to. Every track brought a new musical idea, even the instrumental outro track was great. My ears were left feeling like they'd just eaten an excellent meal.

A couple groovy moments saved this from a worse score. It just wasn't for me, I guess.

I have never heard this side of the Temptations, but I liked it a lot.

I was into maybe the first track or two and then it just felt like noise.

I don't think I've heard any of this album other than I have a vague recollection of hearing the Mrs. Robinson cover before. What an unexpected treat! This is the reason I'm doing this, to get to experience albums I find absolutely delightful that I otherwise would never have found.

The only track I didn't like is the instrumental "Buried Alive in the Blues" but apparently Janis died before the vocals for that could be recorded, otherwise it is an amazing album.

It was just okay for me. None of the tracks really grabbed me.

Too much distortion for me.

My apologies, Santana, I was unfamiliar with your game. Real groovy Spanish funk. Music like sipping tequila on a hot summer night.

I've never really been interested in the Doors because their biggest hits don't really stand out to me. But this album (which had none of those aforementioned hits) was fantastic, I really enjoyed it.

I guess I like ethereal voices over harder beats than this, eg Massive Attack or Evanescence.

Guys why are we yelling

Superb from start to finish.

I found it all kind of dull, to be honest. Except for Soy Loco Por Ti America, liked that song a lot.

I was shocked this album was from 1980 instead of 1990. Sounded so much like early grunge from a British band. Not surprised at all that Nine Inch Nails covered a song from this album. I enjoyed it a lot.

I know all the songs are 2 minutes, and I know they all sound the same, but damn if I don't get pumped listening to this album.

I had to think about why I like this record when I dislike most hardcore albums. I think it mostly boils down to 1. liking the bass grooves and guitar licks 2. the yelling not being completely atonal and 3. the drummer being incredibly talented.

This was really good! I get why they are so highly rated as a live band.

Starts out really strong and then fades, wasn't really memorable after the first three tracks

Would have been five stars but I'm docking one because I had to think about Donald fucking Trump and how Snoop was at his inauguration the whole time I was listening.

It was fine, but I'll probably not revisit this. Just background music to mostly ignore.

Hungry Like the Wolf is one of the best songs ever, but the rest of this album is also really great 80s pop.

It was...fine. Maybe deserves a relisten, I wasn't in the best mood and didn't really focus on the music.

This album tickled my brain in all the right ways, every track except for one was engaging to listen to. The exception was Thriller! I never want to hear that again. It made my skin crawl. Anti-ASMR.

It was okay, nothing earthbreaking.

Pretty good! Definitely worth another listen, was bobbing my head in a very cliche manner the whole way through.

Definitely needs to go into the rotation.

Forgettable.

I try to find something to appreciate with every album, and I'm sure it's probably my cultural ignorance, but I have no idea why this made the list.

Bass was good, but all the songs could have been half as long.

I love Bowie, Talking Heads, and U2, but Brian Eno's solo albums I guess are not for me.

It's pretty good, but maybe suffers a little because the first track (Birdland) stands out so much from the rest of the album.

I felt like I was at the most accepting and soothing religious service I have ever attended and the weight of the world was being removed from my shoulders.

I was feeling pretty terrible today but this album got me off the ground and back into the fight. 4 stars for the ruckus, and 1 extra for the Chappelle's Show skits.

This is the third Stooges/Iggy Pop album I've listened to as part of this and none of them have really appealed to me. They're all fine, but I guess I'm not getting what makes them all must-hear albums.

It got tiresome quickly.

Absolutely blew me away. I've never listened to any Elvis Costello before (though obviously I've heard of him) but I had a rollicking good time listening to this one.

Really enjoyed this one. Feels like it has the potential to grow on me even more with repeated listens.

House music isn't really my thing, but I thought it was pretty good.

I was a bit disappointed by this one, to be honest. I haven't listened to a whole Sonic Youth album before this, and I was expecting to really like it given how much I like similar bands and their hits, but none of these tracks stood out much for me.

Really great early rock and roll. Easy to see why he was so popular, and why his early death was so tragic.

Started out great but fizzled out. Took me a few tries to get through the entire album.

Solid 90s era rock. Beautiful voice, liked most of the tracks, outside of a couple of the ballads. Gonna check out more of her catalog for sure.

Funky hip hop. I was in from the start.

I appreciate how well done this album is, I just didn't enjoy listening to it all that much.

I'm biased, because as a jazz bassist this is one of my favorite albums of all time, and So What is one of my favorite tracks. of all time. I've transcribed Miles's trumpet solo on that and often tried to emulate Paul Chambers in my own playing.

Sounded like Metallica. I suppose it's good if you like metal, but not really my cup of tea.

Everything I've ever heard from Earth, Wind, and Fire is groovy. It's no wonder this is one of the most sampled bands of all time.

British rap, decent album

I don't much go for electronic music, but I enjoyed this one.

I've never really taken the time to listen to the Smashing Pumpkins, mostly because I don't really care for the song 1979. This album was much better than I was expecting. Solid 90s era grunge.

Pleasant enough (probably a 3.5, really) though I prefer the banana album to this one.

It was nice enough, but nothing particularly revelatory.

It was fine, I wonder if it would grow on me if I saw the movie.

I was disappointed, most of the disco albums I've listened to for the first time through this have been really fun, but this one was just kind of dull, I thought. Not enough groove and/or funk.

Soild album! Excited to listen to it again.

The guitar solos were great. And the talk box thing is cool. But there was too little of either in the two hours of this album. I would say about 30 minutes of it was great, and the rest just dragged on forever.

I hadn't heard this one from Dylan, though I've listened to several of his other albums many times. I enjoyed the first, electric half more than the second, acoustic half for whatever that's worth. Overall a solid album.

Eh, it was fine. I liked Tracey's voice a lot, didn't much care for any tracks Ben was singing on.

Groovy. I dug it, man.

Pleasantly surprised by this one. Beyond the hit singles, was a nice somewhat eclectic mix of moods and musical ideas.

Good, not great

Running out of ways to say "eh, this was fine."

Really quite interesting, I'd only ever heard Running Up that Hill, but very good album from beginning to end.

I'm kind of embarrassed that I wasn't more familiar with ATCQ before starting this, both albums I've listened to so far have been absolutely fantastic, and if they pop up on the list again I'm going to be excited to listen to more.

I honestly didn't expect much from this one; Elton John has never really drawn my interest. Funeral for a Friend was a solid start, and then three very good hits I've heard before, okay, then I figured the album would start to drag. But I have to say it was great from beginning to end. Some tracks I liked more than others, but after listening to this album I guess I finally get the hype.

I really wanted to like this more, and it was good, but a little too mellow and not funky enough for me to be as great as everyone else seems to think. A solid album though, and I have hopes that there are more Stevie Wonder albums on this list that I like more.

Finally a decent country album on this list. Sounded to me like early Beatles doing a country album.

I like most of the songs except for Lou Reed's singing. I guess it's not a huge surprise I liked the underlying music given I'm a huge David Bowie fan. Still, other than maybe Walk on the Wild Side, I just didn't much care for Reed's singing on this one.

It was fine, I guess

Pretty in Pink was great, and the next couple of tracks made me think this was going to be a 4 or 5 star album, but then it immediately tailed off into mediocrity.

It might be because I grew up south of Seattle during the riot grrrl era, so I've been listening to punk girl bands for a very long time, but I wasn't particularly impressed by anything on this album.

It was fine, but honestly I was kind of hoping for better. I hadn't listened to Steely Dan much before, and they are so hyped up that I thought this would be one of the entries on the list I would enjoy and add to the rotation. Sadly, it's a one and done for me.

Joni Mitchell's voice is incredible, I really enjoyed listening to this one. The cover of Twisted felt a little stapled on to the end rather than a cohesive part of the album but it was still a pleasant surprise for me.

Jazzy Pink Floyd. I liked it quite a bit.

Eh, it was pretty good at first, got tired of listening by the end. The remixes on the deluxe version were god awful though, I couldn't get through them.

It was kind of dull. It did make me wonder why there were so many British DJs on this list and then I discovered the person who wrote this book is English so that all makes sense now.

This is one of my favorite albums of all time, and David Bowie is one of my favorite artists of all time. I genuinely love every track on here. On any given listen I am randomly grabbed by a harmony in the background from one of the instruments; every song is so well constructed musically. This has reminded me I don't have this album on vinyl yet so I'm going to go order it right now.

I liked "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" and "Skid Row", but every other just sounded the same to me.

Really great mix of folk rock, blues, jazz, and gospel. Almost every track was exceptional, and every song goes a new and different direction. Even so, the album feels very cohesive. Enjoyed this one immensely.

The title track is the best one on the album. Enjoyed this a lot, but for me it fell just a bit short of the transcendent experience of Dark Side of the Moon.

Head bopper all the way through. I have to confess I've never heard any of these tracks outside of Sabotage before, though I've listened extensively to other BB albums (mostly License to Ill and Paul's Boutique). I loved the jazz elements, seemed a lot like Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly in that aspect.

It wasn't bad, but it was maybe five tracks too many for me. Bittersweet Symphony is still an all-time banger, though.

I'm a lifelong Seattle native so I'm probably biased, but I really enjoy this album as a progenitor of the grunge movement and 90s alternative rock.

I didn't hate listening to it, like most of the British DJs I've encountered on this list so far.

What can you say that hasn't already been said. This and San Quentin are two of the best live albums of all time.

Much better than I thought it was gonna be! More punk and less pop than I expected. I enjoyed it and unlike some other albums on this list it didn't drag on forever.

Hauntingly beautiful.

Loved the sound of that Rickenbacker bass on this one throughout the album. I especially liked Every Night, which I don't think I've ever heard before.

Embarrassed to say I've never listened to this one before, because I don't actually care for the title song. But this album is worth all the hype. My favorite tracks were Rudie Can't Fail, Spanish Bombs, and Train in Vain.

I didn't hate the songs, but I hated the sound mixing. Everything sounded grating to me, none of the instrumentation blended together at all and the levels for just about everything seemed off to me.

I liked it a little better than other Eno albums I've listened to from this list, but he's just not really for me I guess.

Utterly forgettable, like too many of the UK based albums on this list.

Lives up to the hype. Proto grunge punk dudes making their garage the coolest place on the block.

Hard to rate. 3 great tracks (Creep, Waterfalls, Kick Your Game) but a lot of the rest I thought was just forgettable or filler.

Sleep to Dream and Criminal are great, the rest didn't really land with me.

Got better as it went along, or maybe I just started to get into it more after a while.

Some good tracks (especially liked 100%, Sugar Kane, Purr) but I feel like they needed to cull about 1/3 of the tracks. It was just way, way too long for me.

I was not into Kledis's vocals on most of these tracks, but Frusciante, Flea, and Will Ferrell are so groovy it doesn't matter.

Nothing here quite as good as "Fruits of My Labor." Still, a solid album. I liked the ballads more than the upbeat stuff.

Nice vibing with a glass of bourbon in a dark room kind of album. Unlike a lot of albums on this list, at 41 minutes long it didn't overstay its welcome.

A good album, but suffers in comparison to Joshua Tree.

Nothing particularly wrong with this one, but I'm good with just the one listen.

I tried to listen to this without any preconcieved positive biases based on the fact that it's the Beatles, but it really is very very good.

It was...fine, I guess. I don't feel the need to relisten.

I liked it, it was a vibe. Weird mid-80s bridge between punk and grunge. Will listen again.

If country music was like this album instead of the absolute trash they produce in Nashville the world would be a better place. Loved it from start to finish, excited to listen again.

Creedence just makes me so happy. My dad's favorite band, and for good reason.

I'm a little embarrassed I've never given Beck a listen before, this album is really good and feels fresh to me even thirty years later.

I was unfamiliar with Lupe Fiasco before this, but this album is a really good rap album. Might rise to 5 stars after multiple listens.

Wasn't bad, just didn't grab me the way other hip hop albums on this list have.

I just found everything kind of dull, unfortunately. It wasn't bad, but I didn't hear any standout tracks. At least it was short.

I feel like I owe this one another listen. The first and last tracks (No Action, Radio Radio) I thought were great, but it just dragged in the middle for me, at least on first listening. Still, I can recognize some real creative ingenuity here (can't believe it is a 1978 album, seems well ahead of its time).

Quite a pleasant listening experience from start to finish. I can see why it's a classic.

Maggie May is great, the rest is...fine I guess? Apart from the "That's All Right" cover anyway, which I thought was not very good.

I expected I would like this a lot more than I actually did considering I dig a lot of The Police's hits, like Message in a Bottle, Don't Stand So Close to Me, Every Breath You Take, etc. Bass lines were great, as you might expect, but the rest just sounded kind of bland to me.

Weird and experimental but just so dang interesting to listen to.

I understand this band's importance in ska and influence on later 90s bands that I really do like (Reel Big Fish, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, etc etc) but man I really could not stand the vocals.

Pretty good instrumental music, sounded kind of like a low-key version of Weather Report to me. Little too laid back for my tastes.

I get that a lot of people really like this, but for me it sounded like a worse version of U2's Joshua Tree, and the songs all sounded too similar for my liking.

Hate to be a basic bitch but this is in fact my jam. As a teenager I listened to the first half of this album on repeat over and over until the batteries on my CD player ran out. Only 4 stars instead of 5 because, in my opinion, the second half of this album is skippable.

Beautiful voice. Gorgeous songs. Heartbreaking lyrics. Just a masterpiece from beginning to end.

One of my favorite albums of all time. The only cover I don't love is the Beatles' In My Life, and even that one is pretty good, I just much prefer the original. Everything else, I love the interpretation and emotional resonance Johnny brings. Feels to me like he's performing songs from a hymnal of American music.

I'd never heard of Fred Neil before, so I didn't know what to expect. It was a nice folk/country album, with influences from the 1960s that I don't typically hear in that style of music. I enjoyed it.

Almost 200 albums in, I really wish some more non-English albums were included at the cost of a couple fewer British DJs. I thought this one was fantastic from start to finish, I was dancing and head bopping to all the Middle Eastern beats. Khaled's got a great voice as well.

I can't believe I'm saying this about an album on this list, but I thought it was too short. The best track (Mrs. Robinson) is a repeat from a better album (The Graduate soundtrack). What music is here is decent, but there just isn't very much actual music, when there's ten minutes of not songs and the whole album is less than 30 minutes.

Really enjoyed this one. Killer Queen was the only track I knew prior to my listen, but the album was joyous and engaging.

I've listened to this album many times. On this listen I feel like I gained a deeper appreciation for Brown's vocal range combined with his ability to rapidly change timbre and volume. I just wish the album had been longer.

The Ronettes, the Crystals, Darlene Love, and Bob Soxx and the Blue Jeans combine to deliver one of the best Christmas albums of all time. An unfortunate album title (and final track), but what can you do.

Pretty good but frankly I experienced diminishing returns listening to this as most of the tracks sounded exactly the same to me. Stir It Up was standout good though.

Fantastic album. Obviously Little Red Corvette and 1999 are all-time classics, and I also really enjoyed Delirious and Lady Cab Driver.

One of my favorite albums, and obviously belongs on this list as one of the best albums of all time. Carole King has a great voice and is an amazing songwriter, but it's her piano playing that really draws me in time and time again.

Tina Weymouth is so so good

Started out strong and then just slowly devolved.

I didn't think it was bad but I do think there were better choices for mid-90s punk-ish albums for this list.

I don't actually care for Stevie Wonder's singing all that much, but damn if I wasn't hooked into the subtle funky grooves on this album.

I mean, what is there to say. It's really good.

Full disclosure, I expected to dislike this one (ugh, another English band, and not even the album with the one big hit from them) but I am a complete sucker for a horn section.

Nice, groovy Latin hip hop. Enjoyed this one from start to finish.

What a legend. The guitar playing here is truly transcendent.

I am a middle aged white man. This is, as they say, my jam.

Most of this album is good, though I'm not sure I like it as much as it's reputation suggests that I should.

There were some parts I liked but mostly too self-indulgent for my tastes.

I get Dylan's voice is polarizing, but he is undeniably one of the best songwriters ever.

I feel kind of strange, because I thought the music was all pretty well done, but it inspired no reaction from me to speak of. So, it was perfectly cromulent I guess.

I liked it a lot more than I was expecting, given I've listened to OK Computer and Kid A a couple of times each and thought they were pretty good albums but not as transformative as other people thought. Anyway, I really got into this one, I listened twice in a row and finally feel I got a taste of why for some Radiohead is the greatest band of their era.

It wasn't, like, offensively bad, but I'm gonna go ahead and not listen to that one ever again.

Very surprised at how much I liked an album from a band I thought was merely a one-hit wonder.

I love the Pixies (and the Breeders) but I thought this album was only okay.

Lovely alt country album.

I feel like I should like this more than I do, with the prog elements and clear musical talent on display here. I felt strangely neutral while listening to this.

Better than I expected for sure.

I would have given it 1.5 because I have to admit the first track was a little catchy but the rest is godawful and Kid Rock is a trash human being so I'm rounding down.

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