1001 Albums Summary

This has been a favourite of mine since it's release. I love the sparse nature of the album, and Romi's voice is a thing of beauty.

It was ok. It's what I expected from Supertramp.

Meh, some good stuff here, but I'm not much of a Country fan and the slide guitars got me down.

Very cool, plenty of funk and soul.

This was one of the first albums I remember as a child. My mum and dad had the LP and I used to play it loads. I had forgotten most of the songs, but it wasn't as good as I remember it being.

Meh. Not really a big fan on The Smiths, and this fight sound any different to any of their other music. Some catchy riffs, though.

Definitely not for me. Weird

Good stuff

Great album, but just falls short of the original

Really liked this. Never heard of it before.

Never been much of a fan, and this was too long and monotonous.

Not as good as I remember

Pointless, repetitive noise

I hate slide guitars. The sound to me is like nails down a chalk board. Could only manage two tracks before giving up.

Just noise. Ouch.

Bad 90s rap.

Not sure who the band are or who they're trying to be. It flips between beach boys, and Dylan, and Beatles, and Kinks. Odd one, but not terrible

Not my bag, baby

Couldn't make it past the first track. Maybe it makes me a heathen, or less intellectual, but freeform experimental jazz just make by brain hurt and me ears bleed.

I don't like the Bee Gees at the best of time, but a whole hour in one go is a great big no.

Surprisingly good. I still can't tell whether Mike D is a lyrical genius, or whether he's just shouting incoherent nonsense through a loud hailer, but musically really good.

I've surprised myself with how well I remember the lyrics to all these songs. Soundtrack to my early teen years, and absolutely brilliant

The album was undoubtedly ahead of its time, but it feels less like an album, and more a series of half-baked ideas yet to find it a purpose.

Just no

Loving the bluesy nature of this. A far cry from the title track, tbh I was wondering whether this was Alice Cooper at all at one point.

Good stuff. I knew of The Stooges, but never really explored any of their music. I had heard I Wanna Be Your Dog on the Lock Stock soundtrack, but the rest of the album rocks.

I love it, I love it, I love it. This hit just right this morning, and is now a favourite. I'd heard "Do You Realize" on the radio and liked it, but in my opinion it's one of the weaker records on the album, despite it's popularity. This is now in my library.

Got bored five tracks in and gave up. Getting serious bargain basement McCartney wannabe feelings from this . Sorry XTC, but not for me.

Much like a lot of Beck's albums, there are moments of real brilliance, but the rest of just doesn't chime with me as much as I hope and expect. I remember when this came out, and E-Pro was such an amazing track (and it still is) but I didn't take to the rest of the album. Today, I like it more than I did back then, and hopefully not as much as I will in another twenty years.

Meh

Just awesome. It feels timeless, yet so of the moment. A masterpiece.

Prog rock. Great for a bit, but just too much after a while. I nearly finished the album, largely due to the fact some of the tracks were thankfully under a minute in length.

This is the first time I've listened to this album start to finish. There are some definite R.E.M. vibes, as well as Velvet Underground, and Bowie going on here, and I really like it. The single "Help the Aged" is probably one of the weaker songs on the album, in my opinion. It make me wonder what the record company was thinking.

Yeah, it's alright. Some good, some bad, some ugly.

Pretty forgettable. Not bad, but just didn't stay with me in any way.

Right up my street. Been a long time since I heard this, but has aged very well. Upbeat and great to work to :D

Wow, a whole album of effectively the same song. Not good.

I feel that I should like Billy Bragg more than I do. I don't know if it's his singing style, or the music he makes, but it never hits quite as well as I hope it will. Sorry Billy. This album in particular is good, I can't deny it, but just not great.

Nah. Neil Young's voice annoys me too much, it's also too country for me. Just a massive swing and a miss. I don't know what was so special about this album to make it into the 1001.

Oh my god. I played this so much when it came out, and I can't believe I'd almost forgotten it existed. This album is so powerful, so raw, and always has me in tears.

Good craic. I've never heard this album before, and it's more varied than I thought it would be, given the singles which were released.

Not bad. 3/5. Some good, ageless music here. Some less so.

Amazing stuff. Good, honest rock and roll. What a way to enter the world of celebrity.

Nope. Not for me. Also, if your album is in this list, but it's mostly collaborations with other artists, you'll get marked down. This was almost entirely collaborations, and was still shit.

Yeap, pretty good.

Pretty good. Heart-shaped box is amazing.

Not bad music, but I can listen to Dylan's voice for too long, it annoys me. Not sure why this album made it on the list, it sounds like every other Dylan album.

Need to check it out again

No listening required. I know this album almost note for note.

One of my favourites, and frequently played loudly in my house. Brilliant!

Tracey Thorn has such an amazing voice, but this album just fell flat for me. Definitely of a time, and hasn't aged well, in my opinion.

Urgh, hippie nonsense. I know Frank Zappa has done some great things, but this isn't one of them. It's clearly a blueprint for others to follow, but does nothing for me.

Whoa, hard no. I don't get the screamy thing, and this is full of screamy. The music isn't terrible, but together makes my ears bleed and my brain hurt.

Huh, well, looking at the reviews they seem to range from absolute garbage to unrecognised genius. I sit in the middle. It was OK. I recognised one song from the album as it was used in a TV advert I think. I can hear that this was influenced by the like of The Doors, and I can tell that this influenced other future bands. Does that make this one of the top 1001 albums? Nah, not really. Everyone's heard of The Doors, I don't know many people who have heard of Suicide (well, not in this context, anyway).

Nice! Haven't listened to this album from start to finish in ages. I real treat to be able to go back and revisit this. I used to listen to the Pumpkins a lot in my youth. Time to queue up some more!

I was kinda prepared to hate this, given my distaste for gangsta rap, but I actually enjoyed it more than I expected. Still not amazing, but not terrible

Nope. Still don't get the love for Kendrick Lamar

I know why it was popular, but her voice irritated the fuck out of me then, and it irritates the fuck out of me now. PICK A NOTE!

Another whole album of "meh". It's pleasant enough to listen to as a background track on a summers evening, but not exactly setting the world alight. Maybe that's because I'm listening to it sixty years too late... Maybe. Anyway, on another note, the album art makes the guy look like a killer in a late sixties Hollywood thriller.

The first CD I ever got. Still a great album today. I was firmly in the blur camp, whilst everyone else seemed to be going mad for Oasis. There's simply no contest in my opinion. blur were so much better in every way.

Bloody country music....

Musically, this is right at my street. However, I'm docking a point for being Amy Winehouse. In my opinion definitely not a worthy member of the 27 Club.

What!? This should be removed from the list, without a doubt. I instantly heard the influence of Lana del Ray from some 10 years previous. Why isn't that album on the list? Bland, uninteresting, and I'm no way influential.

Another boring album. Musically, it did nothing for me. Lyrically, it was OK. Vocally, I ended up hating the fact that he'd start singing the next line so far ahead of the beat that his voice just lingered so bloody annoyingly. Just stop it.

Anything by Aretha would instantly get a five star review. That woman is just the best!

Oh my God, no. How they found FIVE singles to peddle from this bag of spanners is beyond me. Culturally significant, at a push. Musically significant, not a chance! My ears and brain do not thank you for requesting that I listen to this samey, cliched, bland, pop crap. I need to go and listen to some Joy Division to bring myself back down to normal levels...

Not bad. Never heard of The Auteurs, even though I was a child of the 90's and into my indie pop/rock at the time. This is clearly the case as the listening history for all of the songs on YTM are just into the tens of thousands. Popularity aside, it was quite good. Definitely sounded like a 90's record, and seems to have aged quite well. Not sure my life is any better for it, though.

Pretty good. Nostalgic, but not amazing.

Nice! Never heard the album before, but was not disappointed. This makes me wish I were around in the sixties to hear this afresh, from a vinyl, with a pair of huge headphones, lying on the floor.

Another bunch of "Meh". Not really punk, not really rock, and a cover of a song which makes me convulse and froth at the mouth. No wonder I've never heard of them...

1hr 2mins of basically the same track over and over again. They're like the Oasis of Heavy Metal (Or Oasis are the Metallica of Brit Pop). Find sound, keep sound, bore the shit out of people.

Three thoughts. 1. This is weird, even by today's standards. 2. There's a reason nobody cites this as one of the greatest albums of all times, let alone of all Pink Floyd albums. 3. "I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order!"

I've tried Animal Collective before and it's just to weird for me. Can't even say that I understand what it's going here, maybe I'm just too dumb...

Happy to see this one come up. Great album but a great artist. David Bowie himself appreciated Lorde and saw her as an inspirational and unique individual. Who can argue with that?

Bland country-indie-pop. Sounds like mid-to-late 90's Grandaddy with a smattering of U2 guitar part way through. Another barrel of 'Meh'. What specifically made this a "must listen" album? I can guarantee that I won't remember any of it by this afternoon...

Fair play, this album does at least feel different, interesting, and actually one which I should have listened to. It's not really my cup of tea, I find noises for the sake of noises annoying, but I can at least see why in 1981 this would have been groundbreaking. Still, not great in my opinion.

Another one which I'm sure is fine. But not for me

Another album by another band I've never heard of despite me being a child of the '90s and listening to an author of Indian music. This man have never crossed my path. Whilst not bad, it also wasn't good. It was just so middle of the road.

Why is it that I like the music, tolerate the lyrics, and dislike the man? Always makes me feel conflicted listening to Morrissey.

Some great music here, but not the whole album.

Some good stuff, interspersed with annoying scratching. Not liking this enough to make it a regular listen.

I liked it. It was not what I was expecting, but very enjoyable.

I first listened to this after reading Ready Player One, as it featured prominently at the end of the book. Clearly very talented musicians, but aping Zeppelin in a big way both in terms of musical style, structure, and vocals. Not bad, but not groundbreaking either. Half concept album, half rock album. It just ends as well. Sorry guys, all kinds of underwhelmed.

Really good

Yeah, it was alright. It got my foot tapping, and fingers drumming. Not sure I'll remember it tomorrow, though.

More meh from a group I've never heard of. Starting to feel more like "1001 Albums you should have listened to when they came out, before the paled into obscurity"

More 80's copycat, soundalike, pop rock stuff.

It was OK, had my foot tapping, but still about 40 years too late.

I liked it, but was welcoming the end during the last track. Jazz is great, until it isn't.

Hell yeah, I'm living life in the fast lane! I used to listen to this so much growing up, and can still remember most of the lyrics. Whilst it was a much more mature offering from the Bizkit, I still prefer some of the less commercial earlier music. Great album, but once again slightly missing the mark.

More country. I know it's a bit crossover, but it's still country and still dull

Guns n Roses can simply fuck off. Axel's stupid whiny nasal stinging has always irritated the bollocks off of me, which is a real shame as the rest of the band are clearly talented.

Not that I ever need an excuse to listen to this album again, it was great to sit and listen to it in its entirety (this is the one benefit of train journeys). Amazing album, and one of the more formative experiences growing up.

Pretty meh, again. Not bad, and not the irritating pop-rock nonsense of the 90's that I know them for, but very forgettable album. Sorry.

More meh. I like Steely Dan, I like Donald Fagan, but this album did nothing for me again. Maybe this is saying more about me than the list, but I didn't find anything spectacular about this album.

Today's my birthday, and this is one of my favourite albums. I remember buying this and When The Pawn from Walmart at the same time on a trip to Maine. I'd never heard of Fiona, and I was absolutely blown away by her vocals, her lyrics, all backed by a truly breathtaking music. Incredible!