1001 Albums Summary

What a wonderful album, and honestly, shame on me for not knowing let the good times roll came from Ray Charles (or before). NOT a great album for walking, but going to put it on the list for relaxing at night. What a vibe.

I mean, this album has 3 certified bangers that basically everyone has heard, so it's already up there. However, besides those, maybe At the Zoo stands up as a fourth? The rest seemed pretty normal, so probably not a 5 star. Might need another listen or two, i get there's a story there but didn't feel it

Such an odd album. I definitely didn't like it, not my particular type of music, but it was also good for not liking it? Can see why it was on this list. Such a cool sound and aesthetic.

Yeah, I've never really enjoyed Amy winehouse, so it was interesting to sit down and listen to a full album. You can feel the groove and understand why she hit with people....it's just not for me. But I'd leave it on if I needed relaxing music....maybe.

Boy, I didn't think I was an REM hater, I like their hits, but I don't know about this one. Didn't really connect with any song, and nothing stood out. I dunno, missed the mark for me

Basically....it was OK. You can see the roots of things I like, and it was decent....but nothing was great. Just solid all around

This was dope. Biggest vibes album, felt very old school cool. I've heard Sam Cookes voice was amazing, and it definitely was. Almost deserves a record spin to vibe around the house.

Killer. It's fun to hear an album that you've heard so many songs from strung together. Hot take, maybe it didn't need to be a triple album, but a ton of great songs on it.

Yeah, I think maybe I need to take some drugs and listen again, but Radiohead has just....never done it for me. They sound amazing, but the songs just don't fit together. Maybe I should track down a concert, but has just as much chance to be terrible, they're so produced. What I will say is Hunting Bears has the slickest sound, easily the best song on the album at first glance. Will come back when in different mindset sometime to see if it helps.

Good album. Black Magic Woman is obviously a classic, but the rest of the songs are also a groove. Not enough structure for me personally, but to be able to go vibe to this in a concert....yeah, absolutely. And the talent is...non-debatable. Definitely something to get on a record and relax to.

Amazing highs, i'm not sure the entire album bops, but wouldn't it be nice and, more importantly, god only knows are......top 20 songs of all time? Gotta be. Does that make the album a 5? I don't know, maybe i'll come back and rate it as such, but some of the other songs are pretty forgettable. So for now, 4. God only knows......so good.

Can see the artistry, as someone who's sat with a bunch of terrible instrumentalists this shines as something above and beyond. But maybe I'm just not a fan of jazz. Need to put it on with a glass of wine, or maybe at a club, and see if it's different. Oozes creativity, just not my style.

If there was ever an album to really prove why CSN and CSNY were amazing, this was it. I understand now why Crosby's name goes first on CSN, he's clearly the architect of the sound. But boy does he struggle to pull a thought together, or really hone it into a killer song. It's beautiful music, but it's not interesting. Desperately needed Stills and Young (and maybe Nash, not as familiar) to put everything together, bring some oomph, and hone it to what it was. Still a nice relaxed album, just not great.

Honestly, pretty dope. Love the concept, love the execution in a medium I don't really enjoy. The songs all had a groove, they had a clear voice, and I can understand why it hits. Again, probably not coming back because it's not my jam, but I could see cruising to this.

If this was the American answer to the Beatles.................woof. It mildly recovered on the 2nd side, but there just felt like there was nothing redeeming. It honestly felt like the Crosby record, where they had a sound (yesyes the jangly guitar was great) but they couldn't actually write a song. Maybe on future plays it'll get a little better, but really only giving this a three because I like the sound and the back half mildly recovered. If this was a genre i didn't like.......eeek

Well this was dope. The front half was basically all bangers, and while it faded in the second half, still a stellar album. The vocals were all over the place (in a good way), the lyrics hit even the first time through, and the moodiness of the backing was great. Super suave album.

Actually pretty decent for house music. May need to put this on my background playlist, though would need to go through and cull the right vibes. But just overall, putting this on at a party would fit right in, I can totally see why this was here. Vibed with quite a few.

Yeah, it's no disreali gears. For whatever reason, I just love the Cream version of Clapton, and can't really get in to the rest. But obviously Layla, and there are a couple other bangers, but I wouldn't call it consistent. Good album, probably a 4 if I didn't like rock and I didn't think Cream was amazing. Someone will sue me for this later (sorry Mr. Embree)/

I'm....not sure why this album was on this list. It was entirely forgettable. It's not like it was bad, but there was nothing outstanding there. Maybe two songs were worth listening again, besides vibing out? Dunno about this one. Do love the band name though, 10/10.

I thought this was a pretty solid electronic album. Definitely something i'd put on, even though I don't really like the genre. Flowed really easily, had some good beats. I can see being born in a different time and hanging out with a different group, how I'd fall into this.

This album rules. One of my favorite concerts was for their 2nd albums tour in Oakland where they played the majority of this album. Standing bout 10 ft away from the stage, pit opened next to me and other dude from college, and we basically held the wall to protect the people we were with. Amazing time. I know When the Sun Goes Down gets all the hype in the US (although spotify apparently has mostly normalized), but I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefoor has a forever spot on my Turn Up playlist. Aware that some of the middle songs really just turn pretty basic so not a 5, but damn close. Should be one of the albums you introduce people to for rock/punk blend imo.

God, this is an album that moshing was made for. The punk version of an AC/DC record, and boy I would kill to have been in the audience on this tour. That being said, it's not like it's an album I'd leave on very often, they all sort of end up being formulaic except for a couple (anarchy in the uk babyyyyyy). Still, good album

I mean, it seemed fine, but it's old timey french music, that I'm pretty sure relies on lyrics. So............not really a sell for me since I don't speak french!

Felt like a poor man's Jim Croce. Which, isn't bad, but wasn't really anything that stood out to me.

This album slaps. I remember listening to it when it came out and thinking it was solid, don't know why I walked away for so long. This is def going into the rotation, all over the place in such a pleasant way. Jack White is just a wild dude.

Ok, you can see why Elvis is popular here on the back half of the album. They're definitely soft rock hits, and the voice is.......the voice. It's not a slam dunk album, but I wouldn't be afraid to put this on in the background. It's weird that the back half of the album is so much better than the first, but is what it is. Probably a solid 2.5, but I'll say it's a 3 to round up after the strong close.

This album oozes theme. Get that he was dying, and spoken word isn't really for everyone, but the gravel voice and the dark ambience really did it for me. This is something you listen to when you want to harness the dark side late at night. Amazing stuff

This album cooked from start to finish. Reading about Otis Redding after was.....brutal. Did not realize his best song was posthumous. But this album had a BUNCH of hits, and now I have to figure out whether he wrote them or he didn't. Either way, stellar

This album was wildly groovy, and I understood nothing. After the last french album thought I was toasted, but this was actually super dope. Probably going to be something to get in a flow state to because I can't understand it!!

Felt like the sex pistols album, is this what "post-punk" or "punk" was? Maybe I'm just a pop punk fan? I dunno, I can see it if I were at a concert and in a pit, but otherwise.....pass?

Wow, this album really redeemed by the last two songs, especially "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." That one going on the background playlist fosho. The rest of the album was just sorta there. I get the idea of a jam band concert album, but just sorta there for me.

Torn here. There are some real bangers here. If it wasn't alternative that I already loved, would it be a 5? I dunno. The back half of this album especially is SO good. This entire album is tight and interesting, and I've listened to it so many times. But it's one of those - every time I listen to it it's a good idea, rather than something I'm always playing. I dunno. I think I'm going to regret not giving it a 5, but it's not perfect end to end. I may never give out any 5s and come back and regret (already do once), but fine for now saying this is a stellar, relistenable album. Send me Sgt Peppers pls so I can give a 5.

Yeah..........this was different, but I wouldn't call it good. One hit wonder territory for sure. When your second best song on the album is a straight cover of War Pigs, which you have no chance to do better than the Sabbath....maybe don't? 2 because Epic is a legitimately amazing song, but the rest....eesh

Need to listen to again to figure out if I should give my first 5, don't want this to be Sam Cooke 2.0. This album was all over the place in the best of ways, amazing shit. I can't believe I haven't heard ANY of it. Listened again, it does sort of tail at points, but I do fucking love it as this wild piece of work. So will go down as a 4, but I loved it. May regret anyways

I think this album had a super rad sound (rad being absolutely the right word), but didn't connect with anything but the first couple, really got lost after. That being said, still rad.

Couldn't get into this. She's clearly a very talented singer, but.....I dunno, the vibe just didn't work for me. I felt like I was bored in a lounge somewhere.

Ok, I'm no Kanye fan, but the front half of this album slaps. The back half gets real weird, and you can love it I think if you're thinking it's conceptual but with the time thats passed....not shocking that it's turned out this way. However, beside the weirdness, still good. Putting as a 4. Would probably be a 3 in rock, but for not liking a genre or a person...still wild and that counts.

Yeah, the first couple songs were good, and solid folk record. But there was nothing that was like holy smokes, what a record. And spotify autoplayed to their best song after, and it just trumped everything here, so solid 2.

An utterly there album. I just don't like arcade fire. 2nd song at least had something.

What the bleep was this. I know Lou Reed, and I like some of his songs, but did this album have any good ones? Just seemed to ramble through randomness, like some of the worst folk/alternative albums of today. I'm not saying artists don't have those, especially ones that experiment, but why was this on the list????

Bloody well right is a banger, and overall the album has all what you hear of super tramp, but besides bloody well right nothing really speaks to me. Just a solid rock album, but I'd rather listen to the other supertramp album =D

This album feels like if Rush tried to be less rocky and more new wavy and punk. Oh, and I guess with someone who wanted to sing a little more than Geddy. It was delightfully proggy at points, doesn't totally scratch my itch because I want it to be harder rocking, but I did enjoy it. Oozes theme, perfect for the fall or a haunted house if you actually wanted to play decent music. Think this is a solid 3.5, but since that's not there, I'll give it the 4 for trying to be different.

As far as country albums go, I liked it a lot. I'd listen again, which probably makes it a 4, but we'll come back. Good, twangy, good for sitting around in the backyard watching the dogs relax. Which is what i was doing =D

Well, this does feel like the most 2004 album, but I can't understand why it's on this list. It's a dude and his guitar, and there's nothing that crazy about it, unless I missed a story in the lyrics I. Much better soft folk guitar out there imo

I.....can see why someone would like this, but didn't have enough pep or enough of anything to really do much for me.

I think the easiest way to describe this album for me is that it's like a QOTSA album....which is a compliment. It is alllllllll over the place, and it truly doesn't care. And when it hits, it hits (i and Wesley's Theory, particularly good). When it doesn't, it's still listenable, which is also saying something because it's not a genre I hang out in much. I don't think it's far enough above to warrant a 4 like some of the other albums, but absolutely would listen again and maybe move it up.

The War on Drugs makes the best soundscapes, the whole ensemble when it clicks is just so good. Also true live. And under the pressure is a banger. But when they slow down or just meander, soundscapes aren't enough. But thoroughly enjoyable album with some standouts (first two songs especially)

I...do not know why this Elvis album is on the list. There are a couple decent songs on the list, but we all know there are better efforts out there. Just odd.

Ya know, I've never listened to a Peter Gabriel album straight through before, but this is exactly what I would have imagined. Some good, some bad, one banger (Games without Frontiers). Put this sucker on at a party or while partaking and you'd be golden, just solid.

Amazing album, some amazing hits that stand the test of time, but.......and I may regret this.....did it really need to be a double? It meanders in the middle in places. Think this'd be a 5 album, but there's so much just ok in the middle that i think it downgrades. But honestly, great. I love it. Don't hate me future self.

This was a dope album. I think it's one of those that just captures a vibe, and while a couple standout tracks (Can I Kick It), it's really enhanced by the fact that almost all the songs have the same vibe while being different. Very chill, very relaxing, I loved it.

Was Glad Tidings (the last song) the best song on this album? No, as much as I'd like to say so, Moondance the song is still a killer. But it was a dope ending. I don't like Van Morrison for a lot of reasons not music related, and I think his songs are pretty same-y, but this was a bop album. So 3.5 probably, rounded down for being him.

Just......didn't do much for me. I do like some Joni Mitchell songs, and a great laid back vibe for background, but......nothing really stood out.

I mean, no matter what, Song 2 is a banger. Can't take that away. The rest of the album isn't bad, but it's not really above the way either. On Your Own is the other real standout in my opinion. Leaving in the mid-range.

The first half of this album is a bop. It sort of falls off after that, but an eminently listenable and energetic first half. Along with a banger of a song I would NEVER have been able to pick the band of (Alright). I will be coming back.

It's hard to listen to Tommy and not just compare it to Quadrophenia, one of my favorite albums of all time. It's clearly good, but it lacks the actual feel of a rock album, and really just plays like one long play/song. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it only has one major hit (two?) throughout the album, and it can tend to end up starting sort of the same. I think of it as testing for Quadrophenia. Maybe too harsh at a 3 because the achievement is stunning, but I feel ok with it for now.

Pretty basic album besides California Dreamin'. Their take on Do You Wanna Dance was also good, and the rest of the album was definitely worth having on in a vibe, but so clear that one song is head and shoulders above the rest.

Utterly forgettable. Not sure how this makes the list

Weird album, I can already tell the list likes this guy. But I like this one much more than I like the other one. Weird voice, shlocky type of sound all the way through. Feels like the soundtrack for an art house film, and sorta love that. Though not sure I'd listen on an album, could see this being dope in concert.

I can........sort of see the appeal, but no song really jumped out at me. Just sort of background rock. If I'm going to get a lot of semi-punk albums that all sound the same, gonna be a slog.

Ya know, was sort of getting scarred by old rock albums on this list just being there, but this was solid. Unmistakable sound, super clean, and super on point throughout. No real standout besides maybe phantom of the opera, but very enjoyable. Probably a 3.5 honestly, maybe a 4, but lack of a standout will leave it a 3.

I think we can safely say I don't like Nine Inch Nails...I can respect the album, and what it's trying to do, and the vibe it gives off....it's just not for me. And while I do like Hurt, Johnny Cash's version has just so overshadowed the original that its hard to come back to this one. Trent can keep doing movie sound tracks though, he good there.

David Bowie albums are such vibes. You always know you're going to get some eclectic wild different stuff, and you're going to hear 20 albums influences in it. This is much the same, just wasn't my favorite bowie album. But heroes is a banger.

Classic opening, classic juvenile humor. Hits a little less hard nowadays knowing people raised on this didn't catch the jokes within the jokes. But still enjoyable, and my name is will always be amazing.

Vibes album. You can absolutely tell why filmmakers fell in love with this era. Oozes suave and you can almost see the cigar smoke. What an album to relax to.

Great album. Has all the best Prince songs. Bop all the way through.

Interesting album. Obviously Hurt is amazing, but otherwise I mostly take the original versions over Johnny's. Which isn't shocking. But real mellow and real relaxing, good to have around.

This was mostly forgettable and not forgettable in the same way a lot of these rock albums are. You can see the talent, but doesn't really stand out. Will listen to again though!

Not really my jam, but can see the grooves and the influence

Look....not a Coldplay fan, but I understand why people like them. Just doesn't do much for me for the most part. Can see the talent, nice background music, not worth playing again imo.

Pretty standard David Bowie album. Really good rock that jumps around. Only one real banger imo (You Will Set the World on Fire), but all was decent.

This was a dope album. Just vibes all the way through, you can see why they popped when they did. Not particularly my cup of tea, but good.

This album hit....way harder than I thought it would after the name and the band name. Shows you what I know. I don't know if there was a standout track, but they were all solid. Definitely worth throwing in the rotation.

Interesting double album. Fun history about why that is. Both albums have their bangers, but then they have quite a few songs where it's just there. You can feel the vibes, but not always straight through. Can't deny Hey Ya, Roses, or The Way You Move......but also that's a lot of filler. Stays solid 3, maybe 3.5.

Boy, tough album. Has three amazing nostalgic songs, but the rest is iffy. Probably another 3.5, just because I got so bored along it but tough to give an album with 3 bangers a 3.

Interesting one. Not nearly as good as MBDTF from earlier, and truly thought the first 1/3 to 1/2 was just there/bad, but back half beats were pretty stellar. I'd listen to the back half again, it vibed, but still tough to work around

Well, that was certainly an album. The "electric jug" sound effect was sooooo annoying. Nothing stood out except that, and it didn't stand out in a good way.

Didn't do much for me, but clearly great voice

What an eclectic album. Him and Kate Bush really needed to collaborate, they would've been amazing. I think every song was interesting, but only a couple stood out, so fair 3 imo.

I mean, it's a wonderful album. 2112 the song stands unimpeachable as one of the greatest tracks of all time. Holds my favorite guitar solo buried halfway through, remembering seeing it live still gives me goosebumps. However, this isn't the best Rush album, because the backside, while solid, isn't up to snuff with the front side. So.........if Moving Pictures is a 5, 2112 is a 4.5? I'm going to give it a 4, and I'll regret it, but I've been grading rock more harshly and so here we are...........so close to just giving it a 5 and saying screw it because I love it, but gotta hold. Moving Pictures where you at? Highest 4 I can give

Yeah........no......I would say I like Oasis, and none of the songs that would crack my top 10 are on this album. Yikes. Best song maybe the last one, otherwise......I dunno, maybe I'm just in a bad mood but it did nothing for me.

It wasn't bad (really enjoyed the ending track) but I'm not sure it was good? It had a style to it, for sure, and may come back, but felt more like soundtrack than anything else. May need to find a different album of his, or be more relaxed when listening a second time.

I mean, the middle three songs on this album are out of this world. And arguably the least popular (Big Ten Inch Record) is the best. The rest...just there. So one of those beautiful 3.5s probably? Sort of Aerosmith, when they're at their best they're SO good, if not they.....I dunno, just average.

Damn. This album has like all Bon Jovi's hits. This ruled. Does it make me think they were maybe a one album band? Yes. Was it still an amazing album? Also yes. Need to go track this CD down to blast it in the car, this was everything you want a classic rock album to be, even past the three major hits.

Ok, first Joni Mitchell album that I could actually see the good in. Still not my favorite because the lack of structure just doesnt work, but the lyrics hit and some of the songs had enough structure to be interesring. Would listen again.

I can......sort of see why this is on the list. It's eclectic at points, it jumps around.........but I guess that doesn't mean it's good? I just thought it was mostly generic guitar that was trying to be out there but ended up just being background. A second star for the attempt I suppose.

Good album. Scarborough Fair was my first Simon and Garfunkel song, great gateway into them as a duo and Paul Simon. I would argue there's three songs here that hit, and the rest are just good vibes in the background. So probably better than a 3, but maybe not a 4, since I'd rather just take those songs. Really need those half rankings, perfect 3.5

I mean, interesting like the last tom waits album, but honestly just couldn't get into it besides the first song. And even that wasn't crazy

Well.....I guess I've finally found the album people who think they're into prog but aren't really into prog like. They ripped a Rush guitar sound and riff in one song, and for the most part they continued to sound like a no talent dream theater that played the same soundscape over and over and over. Woof. I can at least see the songs were put together, so I guess we'll give it 2, but it's sorta a pity 2.

Is it bad that my first thought as this album went on was "it just sounds like worse Audioslave?" So anyways, I want to listen to some Audioslave. It's not that it was bad, but the three hits I've heard a zillion times, and I'm not sure there's anything else that stood out that much. Good album, good vibes, but nothing crazy. Another 3.5 probably, just can't give it a 4 even though there are at least 3 bangers, because I'd just put on Out of Exile and be happier =D

Amazing album. Some "deep cuts" if you could call them that, really just tracks that don't normally play on radio or parties, but are so solid (Love of My Life, Death on Two Legs, and then of course You're My Best Friend and Bohemian Rhapsody. Might be the best Queen album, not as close to them as I should be. Still some weird stuff in the interstitial that are absolutely skippable, which is why it's not a 5. But it's close.

Look, Springsteen has a vibe and his lyrics are dope, but I truly just never feel like I have the vibe he has. At some point in my life I'm sure I'll get that vibe, and all these albums will be fives, but they're not right now? Still, eminently listenable, can always throw on.

I mean, Like a Rolling Stone is a classic for a reason. There were also some goofy songs in here (Highway 61) and then a closing 11 minute soliloquy is my jam. I love it. Too much fluff to be a 5, but a solid album all around.

I think this is the easiest album to describe with one word so far: Groovy. Literally the definition. Honestly, not sure I vibed the entire time with individual tracks, or the interludes, but the overall album was a vibe. Just something to put on when you want to vibe and chill. I'll be coming back, may go higher later but for now solid 3.

I actually thought the last song was amazing, but the rest just felt mostly the same. The big hit has never really sat with me, so can respect the talent but just not my style.

This hit harder than it had any right to. Not even sure how to describe it but mellow and vibey all at the same time, but I may have found a new focus album. Nothing really stood out, so a 3, but may regret later if it does actually help me focus.

Dope album. I'm not sure there was a standout, but the whole thing was moody dreamy vibes that I could crank at any point. I've always avoided Morrissey because of how terrible his concert stories are, but now at least I understand why people so disappointed, the music is good.

.......it's electronic music. It's neither bad nor good, it's just there? I dunno, great working music, but just not enough interest for me to tell one from the other.

I mean, I could listen to this album at any time and enjoy it. It's a Neil Young album through and through, by and large enjoyable. Just doesn't really rise above, has to be listened to as an album (except for Southern Man I guess, but mostly known imo for what that spawned). Liked it, didn't love it.

Amazing album, amazing band. If So Far appears on this list, it's cheating and will be a 5, but tough to give this higher than a 4 even with how great it is because it's missing my two fav CSNY songs. Even so, there's like 4 bangers and no song is bad, great album.