1001 Albums Summary

Joni Mitchell is a very talented singer. This isn’t an album I’d come back and listen to again, but if I saw it for like two bucks at a record shop I’d pick it up. The songs here are quite calming and beautiful, but not something I’d listen to in my free time.

Hotel California is a great song. One of the best, in my opinion. After that, I really lost interest in this album.

This one was very enjoyable. While I enjoyed Kravitz’s work prior to listening to this album, I had not really taken a deeper dive into his discography so it was pretty interesting to listen to his debut. There are some really funky basslines strewn throughout it that liven the mood even when Kravitz sings about serious topics.

Before I even found out this was the band of Steve Albini, I really loved this album. Very fun noise rock with heavy elements of industrial and hardcore punk music, with production that’s raw and chaotic yet quite clear.

I wasn’t expecting to like this album as much as I did. The weirdest songs were the ones I liked most (“Dropout Boogie”, “Electricity”, “Abba Zaba”) but the more normal tracks were still very solid blues rock songs. That genre isn’t really up my alley but ultimately as a fan of similarly weird bands such as Primus (who seem like they could have had a heavy Beefheart influence, judging by the similarities in sound I noticed) I think I’ll be checking out more from these guys.

Normal 80s pop. There were some fun elements in this album but overall, it got boring after a while. I mostly just really like Karma Chameleon.

I wasn’t able to access this album on my streaming service so I listened to their 1992 album “Nonsuch” instead. Holy crap. It was great. I loved the songwriting, the cool psychedelia, really just everything about. Really cool album and I wish I could’ve listened to “Apple Venus” (the only thing preventing me from giving 5 stars is that I listened to a different album than the one I’m rating)

I’d give it 2.5 but that’s not an option so I’ll be nice and round up to 3

Many fun songs, but really not super exciting. I might revisit it though. Favorite songs: “Barmy” “L.A.” “I Am Damo Suzuki”

A very timeless gothic rock album. 5/5

Very awesome punk album

It’s awful and I love it. Weirdly good.

Loved the first track but everything after wasn’t really all that exciting for me (except “Back In Our Minds”)

did not expect to like this as much as I did

Not a hip-hop fan but this was pretty cool. Definitely a pleasant surprise. Q-Tip has great flow and a very diverse range of abilities.

I’ve never been too much into folk rock but I do like CSN&Y

has some nice tunes but not particularly interesting to me

Could double as Fleetwood Mac’s greatest hits album. Pretty much every song is practically a household name.

An absolute classic.

boring

The only sorta weak song on this one is Four Sticks but Going to California EASILY makes up for that

mother!

I’m not the biggest fan of Van Morrison’s voice

I mostly liked the production and instrumentation. I’d say he has great flow if he didn’t mention it a million goddamn times. Also, Girls Girls Girls really sucks.

I don’t hear this style very much so this was cool

I’ve tried listening multiple times but idk why I can’t make it past the first couple of songs

i love the who

80s pop rock without too much cheese

This album has shown me that I like my hip-hop funky and soulful

Follow the Leader is great but personally I prefer Issues

Might have to come back to this since at some points I considered giving it a 5

some pretty solid classic rock

very enjoyable but I wish he employed the beat it style more often

I was originally going to give this a 2, but honestly this is a pretty cool album

Very cool 70s sound. What I enjoyed most about this was the guitar work; while it was reminiscent of bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival and the like, there’s a lot of originality in it as well.

i just find it so funny when british people rap

full of melody and creativity

I really like his voice

quite uninteresting

These guys were so far ahead of their time that if I hadn’t known better I’d have thought this came out in the 90s.

I came into this not expecting much. I basically never listen to hip hop, R&B, pop, pretty much any genre you’ll find in this album. Boy was I surprised. The pacing on this record is really great, it’s up there with Mellon Collie or the White Album in terms of making a long album not seem long. Hill is also great at both rapping and singing, which isn’t a huge achievement but I always love it when rap music incorporates singing. Also I never knew That Thing was by Lauryn Hill so that came as a complete surprise to me

powerful songs and innovative guitars

better than modern country but I still can’t stand it

thought it was cool but not really up my alley

Been sleeping on Genesis fr

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I’ve always heard this record described as revolutionary and groundbreaking, but I don’t really see where people are coming from there. I enjoyed it, but I guess I just don’t “get” it

way too long, I was bored at the end and I think if he had cleaned it up a bit I would’ve given it 3 stars

Pretty normal alt. rock, nothing super special about it but I liked it

I love me some classic punk rock

I like punk rock

Probably the best and most well-paced long album I’ve heard.

as someone who isn’t much into hip-hop, this album is awesome

I enjoyed this one a lot, interesting how it has a very mid 80s pop sound despite being released in ‘79

rating the law, rating the law rating the law, rating the law

really just some cool tunes to put on in the background I was excited for space shanty since the title sounded cool but I was disappointed

strangely i found this really entertaining despite it being quite different from my normal listening material

cool and interesting but I doubt I’ll be revisiting this any time soon

rem no. 5 for 5 stars

If it were not for the diversity of this album, it would have been very boring

rock solid

quite interesting but also pretty boring. it could’ve been shortened down a bit.

I love Bob Marley

Damn, The Zombies

some nice solid hard rock

what a funny man

what. the. fuck. is this. I like weird, but this is not tasteful weird

Crazy how the Beatles went from this to fucking Revolution 9

some nice tunes, would give a 3.5 but I can’t so I’ll be nice and round up

The album that started it all… without this record, metal wouldn’t be nearly the same as it is today. Possibly even nonexistent. RIP to Ozzy Osbourne, Prince of Darkness and King of Metal

Easy listening, not too exciting

A lot of people dismiss the take that Jack White is one of the best guitarists but I’ll be damned if the man isn’t creative as hell. He is 100% one of the best

Quite a fun album. Kinda dragged out there in the last one or two songs imo but pretty solid. The Beatles influence is strong with these ones

Was surprised by how aggressive some songs were, good stuff though

Great taste but poor execution

Great control of the atmosphere but while I normally like Tom Waits I think his vocal performance fell somewhat flat on this album. Ultimately this works best as something to put on in the background and not pay too much attention to.

Tom Waits is the king of setting a mood. This album (along with the album cover) gives me the same haunting feeling that I get listening to something like Korn’s self titled

Soothing

Out of all the foreign language albums I’ve had so far, this was my favorite.

It wasn’t bad, far from his best work though. Probably could’ve been omitted from the list, but I’m still glad I listened to it because I mean come on, it’s Bowie. Laziest album cover ever?

Nice

honestly much better than I expected coming from someone who really doesn’t like country. probably the best country album I’ve gotten so far, though I haven’t gotten many. with the beat at the beginning I genuinely thought “tragedy” was gonna be some sort of hip hop type of song

for some reason i thought riders on the storm was on this album

Was gonna give this a 4 but reconsidered

very happy that I got this. not my favorite GD album but definitely their best

kinda boring at points

4.5

I could NOT fucking stand this

what more is there to say

perfect blend of rock and pop. i love abba

My man Lil Georgie H dropped this banger then basically just disappeared

A nice classic rock album but it didn’t really bring a whole lot new to the table

need I say more

holy riffage, batman

yeah this was pretty cool

ngl ska is high on my favorite genres list

wtf is this lol

these guys are so fun

not sure what to say here but uh yeah pretty cool

I’m glad this challenge is helping me like hip-hop more. Would give it 4 stars but the lyrics are seriously like… wtf.

Not the best I’ve heard from the Beach Boys but not bad

def leppard is my favorite hair metal band but this album is still mainly carried by the singles

This is the same guy that made Lulu

If I ever do psychedelics I need to listen to this album again

“The One You Love” is an amazing song… would be a 5/5 if the songs after lived up to it

Cross-Eyed Mary is phenomenal

I quite liked this as a matter of fact. The rhymes!! The beats!! The flow!!!

been sleeping on portishead fr

I get the Frank Ocean hype now

I never go out of my way to listen to Van Morrison but I do enjoy his music when I hear it

Blur is the gold standard of britpop to me

Join Mitchell is pretty cool

Beach Boys funeral doom phase Am I the only one that likes Student Demonstration Time?

Surprised to like this tbh

Was totally expecting pop-punk, but what I got was cool too

love this album, but why is this on the list while iowa is not? anyways got jumpscared so hard when i loaded up the page lmaaaoooo rip joey, so many bangers 😔

I haven’t had an album below a 4 in so long please give me something awful to enjoy

PLEASE I NEED A BAD ALBUM

Hazy Shade of Winter is one of the best guitar riffs OAT

went in expecting a 2 or 3, boy am I foolish

I’m such a sucker for old punk

A very fast 42 minutes

perfect to listen to while doing stuff

I truly appreciate the artistry but I really can’t stand the music

jack white might be my favorite guitarist

very, very solid punk record. pat smear is so awesome

kinda boring ngl

funkayyy

An awesome band paving the way for future awesome bands

weird. don’t know what I think really

love rem

groovy

it was pretty cool

weakest track was probably god bless the child, everything else rocked

one of my favorite discoveries from this list so far

ngl I couldn’t take this seriously at times because I just heard chef lol but amazing album