1001 Albums Summary

Great production. Doesn’t overstay it’s welcome.

Inoffensive but also unremarkable. I’d probably put it on in the background and it wouldn’t distract.

An undeniable talent and a great breakthrough for jazz into pop. But it’s so lyric heavy that the melodies soon start to sound similar. I think I’ll enjoy Back to Black more whenever I get to it.

Like a female Van Morrison for me. My first exposure to Janis Joplin. Sadly her last album.

An important record no doubt but struggled to connect much any of it.

It’s good. But I just can’t listen to Sinatra, Dean Martin anymore. It’s just too simple, no depth.

Decent enough. Missed this when it came out. Seems like the style was a fad in the end and Quaye’s fame was brief.

Love it. It’s like being transported back in time to a Western Movie. I could have this on in the background all day.

Every song sounds the same. The same generic lyrics where Justin talks about seducing whatever girl he sees. Boring. I’ll give it one extra star for it’s decent production.

I will never listen to this album again. What a mess. The recording is like something off a Fisher Price cassette tape recorder.

Solid. Its no What's Goin On but funky.

Kids is a banger obviously. The rest are a little bit soulless…

The first doesn’t mean it deserves a higher score. His next two eclipsed this one so on individual merit this gets 3 stars.

What a voice. And an amazing recording despite being almost 70 years old. It suffers from sounding slightly samey as the album goes on. But enjoyable overall.

It’s a bit too samey and lyric heavy for me. I might give it another shot in the future but this listen was a bit of a struggle.

Only needed one listen to rate this one. I’m not a huge Dylan fan but can appreciate the quality here. Subterranean is a banger alone.

It's OK. The Thom Yorke song was good .

There’s a few rough spots in this one. But it doesn’t matter, it was a seismic moment for a band that was about to become the biggest in the world.

This has not aged well. The famous opening aside the rest is just noise. Pity.

Really great album. Pity I missed it when it first came out.

This was a slog. Music has come a long way since this era. The Deep South twang to this had some charm but the God-fearing lyrics were just too much.

This was a pile of self indulgent shite. Paper Planes was the best of a bad bunch.

This is a fabulous discovery. I saw a review saying he was a mix between McCartney and Lennon and that feels spot on

Pretty boring. I don't really "get" The Rolling Stones

Gonna give this a 4. I didnt think much of Power’s stuff with Cast. But I’d never actually heard this album, just There She Goes. But it’s decent.

What a slog! Beautiful recording but far too long. The songs blurred into each other after a certain point.

Probably in my all time top 10. Didn't even need to listen. A classic.

It gets 2 stars because there are probably only 2 songs I’d listen to again. It’s throwaway pop that is long gone but an important milestone in the direction of music in the late 90s. Glad it’s gone though.

Every single song sounds the same...

It's Radiohead so it's great obviously. But it never really connected with me like some of their other albums. Reckoner is the standout track here, amazing.

Pretty boring. I might try it again in the future.

Le freak and I Want Your Love are obviously well known. The rest are a bit repetitive.

Not sure what to make of Bjork. There's just something so self indulgent there I can't get past. It's definitely an audio experience though. A good one to test the earphones!

Amazing! Where has this been all my life.

I don’t get “punk” if that’s what this is.

Good sound. Solid despite being a bit uneven.

I've never been into Smashing Pumpkins. It's all a bit samey really. Apart from 1979, Tonight Tonight etc. But can't deny how huge an album it was at the time. Too long also.

Me no like

Me no like. His music does absolutely nothing for me.

Bob is ok I guess. This isn’t my favourite of his.

Very catchy Californian pop. Never even heard of them before.

Basically noise.

Good background music. Otherwise unremarkable.

As soon as I heard this I thought “it’s like a wall of sound”. Sure enough, it turns out Springsteen was going for that sound, wanted to mimic Phil Spector. It’s too much for me. The 2nd half of the album was more appealing to me.

A bit crappy.

I wasn't able to connect with this one. The production was amazing, very tight. So I can appreciate the quality overall. But just not one I expect to go back to.

Soul is a bit boring. This is ok.

In listened to this. Then forgot to rate it. Coming back late I’m going to give it a 3 as I’m pretty sure it was solid.

Started amazing. Then New Years Day. But the rest was pretty bland.

I had some preconceived notions coming into this that it would be shitty generic repetitive 90s pop. It was shitty generic repetitive 90s pop.

I feel like I can’t appreciate this enough for some reason. I’m gonna go with a 3 as I think I’d really enjoy playing in the background.

This is pretty special. Looking forward to dipping into the 80s stuff I’ve missed growing up. Good start with this one!

Expected more. Somewhat repetitive. No killer tracks.

Grand.

Kinda Repetitive

Somehow this feels like it drags on longer than Mellon Collie.

Better than I expected.

I’m not a lyrics person. So I don’t really “get” Leonard Cohen. However I can appreciate others do. So it needs to get a 2.

Surprisingly enjoyable. I don’t like metal generally. But this was good fun. This is probably 3.8 so I’m gonna generously round it up to a 4. You’re welcome Ozzy.

Generic blues I guess.

Piano-ness

Pet Sounds is one of the greatest albums ever made. This ain’t Pet Sounds.

Kashmir and maybe one other track saves this from being 1 star. I just find Led Zeppelin quite boring.

Bleh meh. Just a plodding whiny waste of time.

Enjoy a bit of 80s.

When I checked the release date of this album it said 2011 and I thought "nothing special about this ambient stuff, loads more of that exists". Then I realised it was actually made in 1975, which surprised me. I wouldn't listen to it again but it was definitely ahead of its time.

Kate Bush is a bit too experimental for me.

I like Talking Heads but this is a bit of a mess in all honesty.

Bleh.

This is great. As a non metal fan I think it the combination with the orchestra gives this a much more approachable sound.

Shite.

It's interesting...

I'll never really click with Hip Hop/Rap. But I watched the documentary on Dre so I know the background to this one enough to enjoy it slightly more.

The Rolling Stones are boring. Maybe 3 songs in their whole catalogue I’ve ever liked. This is a 1 and 1/2 star really, but I’m feeling generous so I’ll round it up to 2.

Basketcase and When I get around are almost anthems. But the rest all sound so similar to me. Not my genre.

So Pharrell basically…

Easy 5 star. Not my absolute favorite Smiths album. But still top marks here.

Had to go YouTube to find this. First time I’ve not seen an album on one of the streaming services. Interesting album.

This was great. Fantastic use of stereo too.

It’s French. It’s rap I guess. Narrow audience probably.

Meh. Never really liked the Kinks sound.

Not into funk in the slightest. But this is funktastic. 4/5 Funks.

Quite boring. Not a fan of those vignettes where they talk to each other inanely.

Over the top.

Starts great and then just seems to get repetitive

Eh yeah. I suppose.

Soundtrack for the early 00s

I don’t get the rave reviews for this album. It’s an irritating album.

Love it. I wonder if this has aged even better than Californication.

The 1st album is 5 stars. This is 4.5 so I’ll generously round up.

Weird that I got these back to back. Anyway, 5 stars no question. A haunting, beautiful debut.

It was grand. Prefer the “Best of” which makes me a real lightweight Tom Petty fan I guess

Maybe this was a decent sound at the time. But it sounds pretty generic and dull now.

A bit raw and messy but I liked it.

It’s grand. Unremarkable.

Neil Young is boring. His voice is “unique” but not in a good way in my opinion.

Raw. Punk rock not really my think I don’t think.

Funkalicious

Meh. Sounds like something better suited to stage/musical. Pleasant surprise hearing the Father Ted soundtrack though!

It’s 90s female vocal (britpop?). Best left to Oasis/Blur etc.

Overstayed its welcome a little. But pretty solid otherwise.

It seems like there’s a good, possibly great album here. But it would probably require numerous listens. On the face of it Kate Bush just seems a little weird and this is a weird album.

I've just never clicked with Bowie. Objectively I know his stuff is good but subjectively it just never rocks my world. Oh well.

Boring.

Fun. I guess.

I couldn’t wait for this to end. It’s rambling pagan babble with little notable melody.

It’s no Funeral. It’s also a little long and self indulgent. But solid overall.

Decent

Had some potential for a 5 star but its a great album, 4 is probably right.

There’s definitely magic happening in this.

In offensively bland.

Jazz kinda sucks.

A US version of Neil Hannon

A view of future success. Lacking more vocal samples later releases had but still enjoyable

Love this. Great discovery.

It insists upon itself.