1001 Albums Summary

Didn't get into it

An ok album, maybe I'm just too late to the party.

It was ok, didn't partucularly like this one.

I've loved it since my brother gave me the album for Christmas in 2002

Never really liked this one and always found it overrated. It's better though than I thought.

First two songs start the album in a good way and then #4 is Stairway to Heaven which is of course a classic. A really good album but 1 or 2 songs that drag it down from 5 stars to 4.

Difficult to rate this album as I have very limited knowledge and listening history of jazz music. Sounds a bit like background music or music to put on during dinner party.

It was ok. Was expecting a bit more but some really good songs on this one, Alison being the favorite.

Really good synth-pop album, good flow from the first song until the last. The Chauffeur was a "surprise" for me because I had only heard it from the Deftones cover album. The original Duran Duran version is a solid one as well.

Inconsistency is the word that first comes to mind. Some good pop/rnb songs on this one but also some songs that I wasn't bothered about. A nice discovery was Emotion, a cover version of the Gibb brothers song. All in all a pretty good album.

Probably the biggest surprise so far. Never liked Kiss but this album was a good one.

Boring

Between 1 and 2 stars so I round up to 2

Always hated The Sugarcubes but when I think about it, I've never really given them a proper listen. This album was at least much better than I thought.

This is album #28 and this is the fourth album that I have given 1 star. For the other 3 albums, although I did not like or get into them, I could still understand why they were on the list of 1001 albums to hear before you die for historical or influential reasons, but for this one I just don't get it. Rather dull and uninspiring to be honest. Did like the voice of the female singer though.

A great bunch of songs. 2 or 3 songs I would have removed which is the reason I give it a 4 but not 5.

A bit too long, was expecting more because the only song I knew before listening to the album, Waterfalls, is so good and a r&b classic

Dripping with influence

Very good and cohesive album. One of it's strenghts is how effortlessly the next song follows the previous one.

Not that bothered.

Brilliant album from start to finish

Good album, 7/10 but lowering it down to 3/5

No words needed, almost a perfect album

Never again

I have listened to some Elliott Smith songs before and tried to get into some of his albums. Really liked a few songs (Between the Bars and Say Yes from Either/Or) but never got into the albums or they never stuck with me. Therefore I was a bit skeptical about this one being on the list. I was wrong. I was lucky enough to get this album on a Friday, meaning I had the whole weekend ahead of me where I could listen to Either/Or for three days and finally give it the chance it deservers. On late Saturday something happened, and what I can say now is this album is near perfect. Not one bad song on this one and it's so hard to pick the best songs, but here I will try: Between The Bars Rose Parade Say Yes Alameda Speed Trials Angeles

Pretty good album but the intro is the best intro song I can remember. 3.5/5 but goes down to 3/5.

First of all way too long at over 90 mins. Secondly, this is a live album which I usually don't really care about. 2/5.

Good but simple songwriting. Nostalgic to me which might affect the rating.

Another background music album that I don't care about or can't relate to. Strange that it's on this list in the first place.

The first 12 songs and I'm thinking...This is like a best of album. Goes downhill a little for the last 3 songs but wow, what an album. Feels like I'm 16 again.

This is probably the hardest album to rate so far. I really do like some of the songs but others I don't like that much but feel like I "should" like them. Maybe I just need to give it more time and it will all come together. The songs that I currently relate to are in no particular order: - Louvre - Green Light (of course) - Sober - Writer In The Dark This is somewhere between 3 and 4 but with time, and I will listen to this album again, I think it will be more like a 4 than a 3.

Never heard of Carole King before (?!) so this was a bit of a surprise to me. Easy listening, nice soft rock with a bit of country as well. Decent.

The first half is good but there are some songs on the second half which could easily have been left out. Way too long and too much inconsistency between discs (1 is great, 4 is just average at best). The songs that I liked the most: Dear Prudence While My Guitar Gently Weeps Happiness Is A Warm Gun I'm So Tired Blackbird I Will Mother Nature's Son

A grunge classic, some incredibly good songs and a couple that prevent this album a five star rating.

I've never got into this album so I wasn't expecting much but having listened to it three times today I can say it's alright. Better than my expectations at least. Still believe it is been better for those who were old enough to listen to it when it was released (I was 5 or 6). Californication and By The Way still my two favorite RHCP albums with this one coming in third or fourth along with Stadium Arcadium.

Incredible. Incredibly boring I mean.

Did not listen that much to this album when it came out except for the singles. Didn't really like it in the beginning now, but it grew on me. Between 3 and 4 but leaning towards 4.

All time great

Meh

Mixed opinion on this. Not sure if it's ok or just rubbish.

I liked this 50s album from the 60s

Not that impressed. Too long. Some good songs here though. Might have to give it a listen later.

Between 1 and 2

Fast Car is great but so are other songs on here as well. Good album.

What an album. Listened heavily to the singles when the came out but never gave the album a proper listening time until now. Wow. Best tracks: - The Hardest Button To Button - There's No Home For You Here - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - The Air Near My Fingers ...and yes, Seven Nation Army. Little Acorns is also cool.

Alright but far from good.

This might be technically good but this is a jazz album and I just find jazz boring most of the time.

Want to like this album more but I have to go with my feeling

Some good tracks here but a few not so good. Between 3 and 4 on this one.

This is 80 minutes long and didn't get all too into it. In the album's defense, there are some good tracks here and giving it more time than just 1 day will definitely make me like this album more.

Way too many songs and therefore way too long album at over 2 hours. But the good songs are really good.

A great album

3.5 rounded down to 3 because of a bad album cover, worse album name and the grammar in the band name.

Wow this one was a surprise. Didn't think it would be any good but turned out I was very wrong.

Loved it ever since it came out in 2008

All time favorite, love to see in this list. Best tracks: - Debaser - Tame - Wave Of Mutilation - Here Comes Your Man - Monkey Gone To Heaven - Hey - Gouge Away

A good album slightly dragged down by the number of songs/length of the album. 1/3 of the album dropped and it's a definite 5 star album. It might even be a 5 star album because the other 2/3 is so good, but to be consistent with other long albums I've rated, I'm gonna give this one 4 stars.

Probably better than I expected

An easy 5

Pretty dull album with the exception of There She Goes and Looking Glass is a really good closer.

The first song I ever heard from Pulp was Disco 2000 from Now That’s What I Call Music 33, which my uncle bought in the UK and gave me as a Christmas present in 1996 when I was 11 years old. It became my favorite song on the album and one of my most listened to songs of my childhood. Then of course I heard and loved Common People but for some reason I never bothered with listening to the full album, which is strange because I'm an "album person" and this is exactly the type of music I listened to in my 20s. But now after having listened to the full album three times, wow, what an album. So many great tracks I've never heard before but are so fucking great; Something Changed, F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E., Underwear and Bar Italia to name a few. Different Class is my 85th album of this project and easily a top 5 so far and perhaps the best one yet. An album I will listen to for years.

An easy 4 out of 5. The sound on this album is so good.

It was pretty good, nothing spectacular but I understand the influence it had on the shoegaze genre. I'm between 3 and 4 on this one but giving it a 3.

Simple. Jazz is just not my type of music.

Love this album. Listened a lot to it when it came out and still do occasionally.

It was ok. Not a big fan of bands like Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail and Lucy Dacus to name a few but Liz Phair has obviously inspired lots of these current bands. For me this album is a 2.5 but giving it a three because it will most likely get better with more spins.

Powerful, energetic and brilliant. All of the songs are good on this one. Easy 5.

Don't see the fuzz about this one. Ok at it's best, nothing more.

So smooth. So unbelievably effortless considering the circumstances. So good. Best tracks: Treaty, Leaving The Table, If I Didn't Have Your Love & Steer Your Way.

No

Was it great? No. Did I need to hear it? No, but it was alright.

A classic. Loved it since I was 11.

Not special but not bad either.

Running Up That Hill changes it from a 2 to a 3

Nah

It's alright, need more time for this one than just 1 day, but I can see some potential here.

Pleasantly surprising. Love the overall sound. Best tracks: Quiet Life, Despair, Alien.

Solid rock and roll. Light 4/5.

Rather outdated musically but really outdated lyrically.

Already a classic

Surprisingly good. Great riffs, proper dirty rock but also really fantastic lighter melodic moments. High 4/5, close to 5/5.

When I saw the album cover I was sure it would be proper shit but it turned out to be alright.

A different Beach Boys album. Dark and at times psychedelic but I liked it. Production is top notch.

Not my thing, never was and probably never will.

Few songs but all of them are good. Best tracks: Station to Station and TVC15.

This is the perfect example of an album that requires repeated listens. First time I'm listening to it and it's ok but after second and third listens, I feel it's getting better. Will give it a three but can easily see it as a 4 after giving it more time.

Would have voted 0 stars if it was possible

A perfect album and I'm so happy to see it here. Top 5 favorite albums of all time. All the songs are good but these are the standout ones: * Sorrow * Bloodbuzz Ohio * Conversation 16 * England

Not Neil Youngs' best album by any means but still á solid albun

No thanks

Powerful and gripping

Classic

Not the best nor my favorite Beatles album but still good. Not many probably won't say this but I absolutely love All My Loving.

A great album consisting of 4 absolutely outstanding songs and 4 other really good songs. You know which category each song goes into.

Better than I thought it would be but still you can hear it's a little outdated. Alright though.

I just love Parachutes and don't give a fuck what others think

Unlistenable

Dark, moody, strangely sexy. Love it.

Surprisingly good, or at least much better than I thought it would be. Private Dancer is a great song.

An album I've loved since 2007

All time indie classic, simple as that.

I want to like this album more, but somehow can't. Three really good tracks; Golden Age, Guess I'm Doing Fine and Lost Cause.

2.5 lowered to 2

Influential album with some really good songs

I just don't like jazz, period

This one was a nice surprise. Didn't expect much as my previous experience with The Who was mostly My Generation so this album felt like a Christmas present.

I might a too soft on this one. I feel like it's a two but might be giving it a three because of Jimi's guitar work. The album itself isn't that good, I think the songs are scattered throughout the album and two songs are way to long and lost my attention.

Not his best record, there is a certain someone I owned on CD in the 90s and still love. This one was pretty dull.

Yeah, difficult but possible to find on Spotify, but this album was a real surprise and exactly the reason why I love this project. Will be coming back to this band again.

Slide Away is a masterpiece. Some other great songs as well but not as great as What's The Story. Overall a good record, close to 5.

Far from as good as Funeral and The Suburbs. 4 or 5 good songs but 4 or 5 songs I didn't care about.

Maybe a three but it has crazy hits so give it a four

Not sure about this album although I listened to it 3 times. Good songs are good but feel like they could easily have cut 4-5 songs off it and make it a 45 minute album instead of 70 mins.

If this was part of a Tony Hawk's Pro Skater soundtrack, I would probably have liked it more.

An album I loved when it came out in my early 20s and haven't really listened to it a lot since 2009/10. Listening to it now brings back a lot of good memories and the album is surprisingly better than I anticipated.

Masterpiece

Did not have high hopes but it was surprisingly good

Truly pathetic

Glad it's over

Not terrible but far from interesting

Some very high highs but not consistent enough for 5 stars

This album is so good. I will never forget in 2006 when I was sent for two weeks by my company to work in eastern Iceland up in the mountains building a power station. It was mid to end of May and it was around 0 degrees, no internet and just total shit. I even forgot my iPod at home so I was without music for the whole time. Working hours were from 7 in the morning until 9 in the evening which was fine because there was absolutely nothing else to do but we were tired after working for 2 weeks with no days off. After the two weeks we were driven to the airport and I sat down on the plane to Reykjavik and the guy sitting next to me was listening to his iPod. I asked if I could use it for 5 minutes and he handed me the earbuds and one song was finishing and another one was starting, a song I didn't know at the time. That song was Suzanne by Leonard Cohen and it was and is still the best single song I've ever heard given the circumstances. Relaxing, soothing and pure class.

An easy 5 stars. Yes, some of the songs sound similar but they just sound so fucking good.

Someone here described this album as a fresh breeze of something I don't remember and I couldn't agree more.

This was a surprise, all songs are pretty good but the one that hooked me was City, Country, City, The first minutes of it specifically.

As easy 5 as it gets

I really need to check out more Saint Etienne albums after this one.

This is my eleventh jazz album from the list and by far the best of the lot.

Two all time classic songs but between them, it's a hit and miss

Listened to this album some years ago but it was better than I remembered.

Yet another jazz album I don't care about. The issue with all of them is as soon as the album is over and Spotify continues playing another jazz song not from the album, I have no clue the song is not from the album I was listening to. It all sounds the same.

I can imagine this album is a grower and it probably takes time to grow on you, but I managed to listen to it only twice, so three is perhaps bit unfair. As it stands, it's a 3/5 but I won't be surprised if this will be 4 or even 5/5 later on.

Some really good songs on this one, specially the melodic ones like Autumn Shade, Homesick and Country Yard. My least favorite song was ironically the song I knew the best, Get Free, which I remembered being a big radio hit in 2002/3. Solid album though.

A proper rock album

Never listened to a Madonna album before and wasn't expecting much but this album really caught me by surprise. Skin, Frozen and The Power of Good-Bye the stand out tracks.

I would have chosen Origin of Symmetry or Absolution but this album is still fucking good. Probably 4 stars but I'm feeling nostalgic listening to this for the first time in at least a decade. 5 stars.

Since I was a teenager in the 90s, I've never understood the greatness of Wu-Tang Clan and listening to this in my 40s, perhaps expectedly, didn't change that.

Miss Paper Planes but still a solid record

Time After Time

Too much noise near the end but otherwise pretty good

Dreams

The easiest 5/5