1001 Albums Summary

There's a couple 10/10 tracks on here, and Clint Eastwood is a 12/10 for me, but the quality is not consistent, so a lot of the album feels like weird experimental Albarn filler. Bonus star for the entire virtual band concept.

the energy and guitars on this are incredible, but I cannot get into the rush guy's voice

You can call me unimpressed

this album is really good. these guys should do another one like this

I think I still prefer Doolittle but this is better than I remember. Lots of fun songs. Pixies are just not really something I would ever put on as an album personally.

now this is jazz! loved it but have to dock a star for the last track which completely killed the vibe for me

you gotta hand it to em

this one's just not for me!

it's fine. lorde is fine.

The Manyika tracks are the highlight for me. The rest is crazy bland and boring.

OK, look, it's a really good album. But for me this lives in the uncanny valley where it's too old to be novel but too new to evoke nostalgia. I can't separate it from the twee hipster bullshit of the late 2000s, and I've personally heard enough Sufjan for a lifetime already. If you're hearing it for the first time I'm happy for you. Maybe listen to it 1000 times this year and then come back in 20 years and see if you're still giving it 5 stars or whatever.

felt familiar even though I've never heard it

FINALLY a british rock band

damn 2007? this has been in regular rotation for years. certified classic.

this album is like learning a villain's origin story and then you feel bad for them

not beating the allegations that the editors ran out of albums and were scrambling to hit 1001 with this one. perfectly serviceable 70s folk rock, if you're into that. some of these songs are depressing as hell. +1 for the fun medieval horn, -1 for including a christmas song.

crazy that this was as influential as it is unlistenable. "can't listen to this sober" ok that's because it's bad. every album is better on drugs, that's why people like drugs.

Important depression music

would be 5/5 as the soundtrack to metroid prime

brian eno considered harmful?? click here to learn more

doesn't get much more 80s than this. we should all aspire to be tiny turner at age 45.

if you think you're too good for coldplay you should see a doctor

what if there was a whole band made out of neil cicierega? now you know.

Remember Pandora? I used to play this game with an ex-partner where we put on a samba station while we were cooking and kept track how often it would just re-play Girl from Ipanema, or Só Danço Samba, or any cover of those. Usually once every 5 or 6 songs.

I tried to listen to this while working and it stressed me out too much.

I don’t get the hype.

the sun listens to this to get motivated to rise on a cloudy day

this is hands down one of the best albums about being horny

Every time I listen to Pixies I have to stop and think, is this the Pixies album I like? They kind of blend together for me. Anyway, better than Surfer Rosa, but still prefer Doolittle probably. Wish I could give 3.5.

this is the meeting-that-could-have-been-an-email of albums

this kicks ass, these guys rule, and I will never listen to this again. 1 star, but like, in a good way. 1 star is what they were going for.

I'll admit sometimes an album gets a better rating from me because I was high

the backing tracks feel kinda dated

this is like, the best you can hope for in terms of soundtrack music

for the record I was moderately stoned.

well my name's COFFEETRON and I'll MAKE SOME NOISE I gave five stars the BEASTIE BOYS

this shit works on me. it's the kind of music that makes me do a little dance in the kitchen while I'm making breakfast. maybe give my partner a lil kiss. I guess I'm a swingin lover! with that said I don't think sinatra works in an album format.

I dunno man, there's flecks of gold in there but it's really hard to listen to in 2025.

Better than expected. I think if you go in sort of knowing what to expect from Bob Dylan, this is really good Bob Dylan.

elvis? more like “shelve this” album. I got bored.

RIP David Bowie you could have been an incredible vtuber

I didn’t care for this much back in the 2010s but listening now I get a different vibe. Beautiful album to sleep to.

fitter happier walked so that nano could call himself a dirty little bitch

wow. the chance to discover albums like this really makes the whole 1001 list worthwhile.

We could replace these guys with AI. I’m actually OK with it in this one case.

what if they made the whole plane out of solos

this is what they used to prescribe for low T in the 70s

somehow felt like they didn’t try very hard

so this isn’t the guy from broken social scene? and you’re sure about that?

engineered in a lab to be 2000s movie soundtrack music

come on.

I can't believe I've heard like 3 great frank ocean tracks and none of them were on this. every great album should come with a tumblr post.

just doesn't hit me the same as nevermind

would she go down on you in a̸̡̼̺̝̬̠̪͖̣̠̠̰̮̖̦͎͑͂̾̓̅̈̀̏̆̈ͅ ̴̻̬̬̩̩̜͖̮̟̪̲̻̬̔́̈́̅̀̓̍́̅̏̆̈́̕͝t̴̡̜̻̮̥̗̃̆͆̆̒̓́̃̓̂̕̕͝͝͝͝͝h̶͔̥̪̬̳͕̫̟̝̘̥̹͓́̒̔́͆͛̉̎̽̾̄̅̏̇̏̏ẻ̸̢̡̖̹͙̲̥̤͙̮̃́̊̓̓́́̉̊̆a̵̢̨̳̯̮̭̝̦̱̬͎͍͚̲̽̋̾͘͝ͅt̵͔͚̱͓̱͖̼͔̯̘̙̹̽̏̉͜r̷̦̹̃̂͂̐̓́̏̈́̋̌̑͗͛̈̐͠͝ë̴̝̖̟̬̤́͗̿͌̌͛͝͝?̴̨̠̱͖͎͇͓̰̹͈̼̭̲͈̜͕͎̈́̇̆?̵̡̧̨̣̼͉̬͚͚̬̝̪̋̃͗̓̆̋̈́̽̓̒͑͋̓͘͠?̵̨̦̙̬͋̊͐͐̍͊̎̑͝ͅ

definitely my favorite album that's mostly about masturbation

I listened to Reggatta de Blanc. My fine young son has turned out gay.

this is the best album we've heard for stimming with 4-5 simultaneous visualizers.

this incredible vibe almost makes me want to put my phone down

more like jorge ben MORE, amirite

bjork stars out of bjork

ok FINE I'll watch a bollywood movie

this is another one of those bands that has incredible energy and is great live or as a soundtrack but not really something I’ll put on as an album to listen to in the foreground.

kathy, debbie, joni, kim. a long time ago the 4 sledges lived in harmony. then, the kim nation attacked.

easy 4, super chill, easy to listen to, thank you women

5 egg sucking dogs out of 5

this album put me into a flow state. which is good for me but bad for the album's memorability.

adele is a great singer. it's too bad this album only has like 3 songs on it. would love to hear her do literally anything different.

this is not my favorite beach boys album but it's a really good beach boys album!

music is fun

[looks at iceland] I'll have what she's having!

really fun listen. they don't make rap like this anymore, and on one hand that kind of makes me sad, but on the other hand, humanity has mastered 90s/2000s hip hop and we're ready for new things.

I've decided that me and Santana are even, re: Smooth by Rob Thomas feat. Santana.

finally an answer to the question: what if gorillaz sucked shit? - or - the waiter keeps coming around with a big pitcher of damon albarn trying to “top off” everyone, and you have to put your hand over your glass to stop him. you’re not really full but have plans for something better later.

it's giving they might be giants if they just played it safe

definitely a weaker beatles album but if you listen right after new boots and panties it's fucking gold

I'm SO glad that ween got rid of the cockney guy

you can tell it was super influential but I don't feel like it holds up for me having heard what came later. aretha's respect is just better.

fuckin nerds

mid to solid country with some standout tracks. bonus points for the crazy lore on this one with emmylou harris. #spyboy

[pointing at my old-timey record player doing poggers face] they did the blues thing!

very chill asexual album to have on in the background. it sounds like a lot of other good things, and that's good. you want that.

https://rateyourmusic.com/music-review/MystyLakes/elvis-costello/brutal-youth/246425351 He’s not even the main Elvis!

easily one of the radiohead albums of all time

MUSICALLY I am super ambivalent on Kanye. I loved a lot of the production and instrumentation. There's no way that knowing the lyrics will improve this for me so I am happy in my ignorance. ADDENDUM: I will look into the lyrics one day. Happy 420 Easter everybody.

fuck it, we're putting 7 names on the bill

monkey man mid music. 3 banana out of 5.

not psychedelic enough! come back when you're at least this psychedelic [gestures towards a sign that says "you must be this psychedelic to call yourself psychedelic"]

elvis's band is back. on every single track somebody put their whole pussy in 300%. even elvis.

amy amy amy more like samey samey samey

felt like it wanted to tell a story, like a movie soundtrack, unfortunately that made it kind of feel like there was a piece missing to me.

you really yanked it out on this one frank

BOWIE does DRUGS? HUHHHHH???

I used to have a friend that was really into Moby and then at some point they announced they were sick of people in a certain industry even though we both worked in that industry and then basically broke ties and would never hang out again. They still do that same job but act like they’re above it. Does this say something about moby? Anyway the tracks that I’ve heard are worn out and the tracks that I haven’t are just OK.

the lore is 5/5, the music is 2/5 the religious imagery is 6/5

classic nostalgia-invoking shrek music

ruined by classic rock radio

another influential album that doesn't really stand out by today's standards if you heard it in a vacuum. side note: more tracks need to use a snore sample, I wish that caught on

should have been an EP. -1 for circus music.

I really wanted to like this but there wasn't anything that really stood out. No bad tracks, but no really good tracks.

now that's jazz, baby

I like your funny words magic man. Feels ahead of its time in a way, but still dated.

this is the closest we get to Smile being on the list, huh? felt like a real mishmash of things and really just made me want to go listen to Smile. still a fun listen tho.

that's my favorite pixies album, baby. still holds up.

S+ tier music, solid gold from start to finish. wish you were here is the weakest song and it's a great song.

I was pleasantly surprised, the first side had a lot of tracks I knew and the back half was a chill listen.

FUNK SOUL BROTHER

exceptionally mid, gave me hints of other bands I'd rather be listening to. american girl is alright but was overplayed and ruined by classic rock radio for me.

don'tstopmenowcore. real main character feeling music. this would crush on an ipod touch with wired earbuds.

track 1 is an incredible song. after that it kind of goes off the rails. not every single song has to be an epic ballad guys! do some chill ones! also it's a real tough time to listen to a song called israel

thank you department of state for creating jazz

ABBA for dudes

for some reason I always assumed this was a concept album so it was pretty disappointing

real ga ga goo ga music

HORSES HORSES HORSES HORSES

VTUBER NOIR [interior: smoky bar] detective: I had just gotten off a 6-hour donothon and was ready to relax. When all of a sudden SHE walked in... a Live2D dame with legs that ran right off the screen, and the kind of eyes that make you Cheer100.

maybe the least crazy horse i've ever heard tbh

all 10 songs have wikipedia articles

you can say a lot of things about noel gallagher, but this album has 3 incredible tracks that are each worth a whole star.

5 bleeding hearts out of 5

prince has always felt weirdly alien to me in that he is universally loved and I just don't get it. enjoyed a few tracks, but not the popular ones?

sonic youth is fun to listen to

I guess they're called REM because this album put me to sleep!

excellent sunday morning listen. *almost* redeems paul simon?? loses an entire star for the hand clap live track

I don't think compilations should be allowed! but it was fine. good chill listen for a sunday morning.

I can't stand jim morrison but there are some groovy instrumentals on there, and they get at least half a star from riders on the storm. storm sfx still hold up weirdly.

obscure british shit again. they should have let this guy catch his breath and drink some water before recording.

I'm sure this would be better if I was high.

some great funky parts but it went on way too long and I got bored

good energy to wake you up in the morning without being overwhelming. glad they brought back the acab song.

hard to find any faults with this album except that it's kind of long? there's enough material for 2 pretzel logics in here.

groovy and fun the whole way through. maybe a little cheesy at times but that's OK

musically it seems like they might as well have been improvising, but the poetry is good, and cohen has a good voice, so it actually works.

I don't really want to be a steely dan kind of guy but maybe I should stop resisting and just embrace it. It's a 4/5 for me on first listen but I see the potential for 5 in here and I'm giving bonus points for the duke ellington cover.

Just an incredible tapestry of sounds happening here. I kinda wish Björk would release an instrumental version of this.

this album is so good it enough has a couple of bad tracks and still gets a 5

music, good

wouldn't have worked if they were the gillis stripes. god works in mysterious ways.

not sure what I was expecting exactly but it wasn't this. not bad but it just didn't hit either.

do you ever imagine what lord of the rings would have been like with this as a soundtrack?

fun. would be amazing on trombone champ.

jazz rat music

starts off very strong, unfortunately looses a lot of momentum by the end. I rate it Yeah Yeah out of Yeah Yeah Yeah.

cohen's voice and poetry is the star here. musically nothing too amazing, but a couple tracks go surprisingly hard.

not really their fault that the whole genre of english post-punk just sounds like mud to me.

I like Harry Nilsson and this album has all his bangers on it.

really more of a high 4 for me, but gets bonus points because I'm in a good mood

this was flaming lips at their absolute peak. the world needs more weird shit.

unfortunately kind of boring. all the singles I've already heard a million times from radio play.

must have been a hell of a show

it's named after the rating I'm giving it.

5 stars if you separate the art from the artist... really wish I had not just learned that christina ricci did a fake accent on Hell Yes. subtracting 1 star for making me cringe.

not my favorite elliott smith but still solid gold to me.

this is great background music if you're trying to get something done like chores, or cleaning, or maybe playing a hectic video game. maybe don't listen while driving.

solid gold

falls off a lot on side b but is still kind of a refreshing sound that you just don't hear anymore

a weak beatles album is still a beatles album. some of these covers are real good.

it's reckless for all this talent to be in one place

plug em back in

I was kinda locked into something else and this just faded into background ambience.

I would have sworn on a stack of bibles that hot blue & righteous was a ween song. this is dude music.

great album, very nostalgic. more like MLNL

99% bangers

easily sound of gold if you ask me

I like the betty boop interlude a lot

the 90s called, and they love this shit. we talked for hours, it was nice hearing from them.

not as good as the shirt

some of these songs gave me jock jams energy

some of the tracks blend together but it works. all bangers.

some good parts but I couldn't really get into this, some parts just a little too basic and repetitive for me

tragic listening to this now. soulful tracks. also not really my thing though, I kinda just don’t like her voice!

some people say it's too long and too horny. me? I say it's too SHORT and NOT HORNY ENOUGH!

techno

this concert went so hard the crowd was ready to riot for JAZZ of all things

ethereal, haunting. rating this feels like rating bowie's death.

I didn't see it then, but I kind of see it now.

unquestionably the 4th best beatles album

some quintessential americana here, too bad we live in dystopia now and they don't make shit like this anymore

for dads with vinyl collections, this is the best music you could ask for. a couple forgivable duds, recovered by a bonus star for the ack-ack-ack-ack line which is worth a whole star by itself.

a sound as raw and leathery and gross as iggy pop's disgusting human body

for a noir soundtrack, 5/5. for other purposes it's just a little too slow for me.

can't believe I never heard this before but I guess that's the point of this thing

you don't see a lot of folks writing musical soundtrack albums so this definitely gets points just for being different. it's beautiful, it's dark, it's kind of weird, and I love it when artists make something weird. it's a 3.5 with bonus points for being so unique.

sugar is sweet, music is fun

bossanatra

incredible vibes for seems like such a simple composition. would be a great soundtrack if they ever make a metroid movie.

I kinda think there's some songs on this that don't fit the vibe, but it's still a 5.

I gotta hand it to karen o.

early pink floyd vibes, some interesting stuff but a lot of goofy non-music that brings it down for me.

rare gatekeeping moment for dad culture

this nailed the gap halfway between nirvana and primus for me, somehow triggering both nostalgias at once.

it's a unique sound, but I think it only works if you're in the right headspace or doing something else in the foreground.

pretty good but not as distinctive as other heavy metal on this list

not really my style of music in the first place, but the confederate apologist shit in there really makes this unlikable on both a technical and spiritual level. you can do better than this, canada.

I was autobout to lose it! jk it was good

"second rate phil collins" - manualex. would have been 100% better if every song had the moog in it.

come on. this is basically penis music.

the singles feel totally different from the rest of the tracks on this album, but they're both really good.

as noise rock goes, it was fine, but I didn't enjoy it.

pretty good album, looking forward to seeing what else these boys get up to

I like that they compressed it down to exactly how much you want to hear of this.

when the musician has "circa" on their birth date in wikipedia you know it's gonna be good

I thought was just OK and then I found out this guy sucks.

they should've called em pleasant straits

I love it when music is just fun to listen to 🎵😊

I'm glad this exists, from the perspective that I want more weird art in this world. But I really struggled getting through this one.

prison is sad, drinking is fun

very chill, maybe drags on a little long.

no one listens to modern jazz

super british 90s pop rock

this is the kind of music I think of when I think of radiohead (positive)

great music for when I want to get a lot of work done and I'm also maybe thinking about the backrooms

goes down smooth

felt like they were losing the plot a little bit at this point