1001 Albums Summary

a classic

10/10, better than Wild God

It was good but i don't think it's as influential on me as the other albums provided

It was a very good album. Especially Venus in Furs and The Black Angel's Death Song were really good.

An all time classic

After Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone and Abby Lincoln, Sarah Vaughan does take her place for my top singers. It's a shame i didn't find her until now.

Was really good. Its like George Duke.

N/a

It isn't that old but sounds like it is from the 1920s, i think it was due to Spotify's lack of quality, overall i can definitely see its influence but aside from 2-3 songs i can't see myself giving it a listen

What can anyone say? A masterpiece

Would rather the piano of ryuichi...

I was shocked to see how similar Kiwanuka's voice was to Porter, album was just amazing too

I was shocked to see how similar Kiwanuka's voice was to Porter, album was just amazing too

Beautiful voice, funky mood, nothing else to say, one of the most easygoing and joyful albums

Insane guitar. Amazing sounds. One of the best albums i've listened to. Flabbergasted i haven't discovered this before.

It was indeed an incredible bongo band. Never seen bongo get used this well. Kinda gets boring towards the end of album tho

Overall wasn't that influential on me...

There are some really good songs but i can't like the album overall, experimental vocals are not this group's strong point in my opinion, another reason i didnt like Wild God too

Long ass album, 40 songs jesus christ. Not 2pac-nas level but damn was impressive

Amazing album. Feels like i'm going to an unknown family cabin to be murdered in a cool slasher

Album starts off weak to me. I hate bubblegum/dreamy pop, and as much as this is a rock album, it is more pop to my ears and liking. I thought this was nothing special, but i'd have still preffered it over whatever the music they're blasting off in beach clubs nowadays. Then the end of the album hit, the melancholy of Dying, the hope of Dear God (And the kid sings really well!) and the overall vibe of The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul. Maybe it isn't the greatest album i've ever listened, but it definitely earned its way into top 10 easily with the last songs.

Amazing synths, i have no idea what the "blue-eyed soul" or a "sophisti-pop" is, but if it's this, i'm interested.

This album does not completely exist in Digital space, but i loved the songs i was able to find so much so i bought a CD for insanely cheap. This is ricky martin, 2pac, latin folk/rock fusion backed up by the occasional rap(more like hop-hiphop) addition. An absolute banger.

I usually listened to September by Earth, Wind & Fire, this one is definitively not as good as that but still has the vibes. I don't think there was a memorable song for me though.

Calm, cozy, original. People compare Low Roar to Sigur Ros a lot, i still think Low Roar is the obvious choice in my playlists, but this also had the same originality.

In my opinion this is one of the mid albums of the Queen

Did not like this at all. Does nothing new, very boring album overall

Chill, thoughtful album, i liked it very much. It's as if Bob Dylan had an actually good voice and chill songs with toned down topics

Didn't like the vocal that much

I just dont like Adele

If i could give it a 2.5 i'd give it, but i'm more skewing towards a 3. It was definitely funky, but something was missing throughout the lines

Too depressive for me

Don't get me wrong, it is definitely great, and a good way to get introduced to Indian music and its styles. However it's just that compared to other Indian music i've listened to so far, this was by far the most repetitive one.

Better than the other Fatboy Slim album/

Obviously it wasnt up my alley as its probably one of the most American country album with a Texas/Alama mix of an accent, but hearing rag noise throughout the album as piano melodies really gives this an original vibe

Its definitely not my style, although 1-2 bangers can be found in the soundtrack

Beats are too repetitive and the flow is too monophonic for my liking, but the fact that Nas is one of the greatest of all time remains

Not my thing. Understandable that it's one of the most influential, as it heavily influenced shoegaze and indie pop, but for me not only this album is extremely raw, the songs it heavily influenced are the ones i particularly don't like.

An absolute classic

Not as strong as other Aretha Franklin albums in my opinion, but still a gem

Why does every Marvin Gaye album has atleast one song with a woman moaning in it?

Honestly good album but apart from Money Money Money and Why Did It Have To Be Me? it feels a bit short for me

The Old Man's Back Again is a great song, can't say the same for the album. At least now i know baroque pop exists and it's NOT for me

How is this so damn funky

Greatest stuff after Ozomatli

Slightly weaker than other Marvin Gaye albums, but still really good.

Le Premier Bonheur du Jour SLAPS HARD

Le Premier Bonheur du Jour SLAPS HARD

Every song has an amazingly experimental start, a very delicate & exquisite finish, and a very, very mediocre middle.

I think all the best songs of Nirvana is in this one

Mother of the Seven Nation Army, Cold, Cold Night and Hypnotize. Amazing album

I think this is one of the interesting groups. It's essentially Beatles without the empirical exploration of Beatles, however what makes it very interesting is the small hints of very experimental insertions into music. The ones i specifically loved are the alien noises at CTA - 102's end, the very Carpenter/Horror-esque start of Everybody's Been Burned (Could easily be a Silent Hill entrance) and the overall eeriness/ambient noise of Mind Gardens, which also gives a hint of Asian music as well. The progressivity of this album exceeds my expectations as this is an album from '67. A five.

It's very experimental, very eery, and its effects in modern music is clearly visible, but it isn't an album i would pick to listen specifically

Very meaningless lyrics, but very noisy songs, me likey

Very good album, albeit compared to After Hours and some others, i felt like it feels a bit short, thus the 4.

The music is amazing, the vocals haunt my dreams

It is a great album, although imo not the best of Foo Fighters, it starts off too weak and ends with some absolute bangers

Look the rest of the album is really fine, but Hong Kong Bar and Make It Right are just songs on a VERY different level.

I think this easily enters the top 10 most enjoyable albums in this entire lineup up 1001 albums

It's really not my thing. Respect for the album though.

Great modal album, maybe one of the best after Kind of Blue, however it requires a very specific mood, one alike to the Nighthawks painting, but absolutely insufferable on an upbeat mood

"Sat In Your Lap" definitely gave me some Sinnerman piano vibes, which was my favorite throughout the album with "The Dreaming" itself. Overall a very fun album. Upon some research, i've also found out that she produced the entire album by herself, which gains my utmost respect for an experimental album that went out in 1980s.

Imo not the strongest Bowie album

I normally would've given this one star, not because it's a bad album but mostly a very cliche folk rock~ i'm aware that it's one of the first big folk rock albums, but it didn't blow me away. However, the psychedelic songs in the album, and especially I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here & Tamalpais High songs were good influences on me. I also liked the story being told by Cowboy Movie, which is pretty futuristic i'd say for its time, considering even the biggest songs were at most about personified singular stuff, like Eleanor Rigby. Turning a movie plot into a lyrical folk rock song hit the jackpot for me.

I think the album shines with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", a mysterious, 17 minutes long, scary, funky, ballady, legendary song, and the rest of the album is just appetizers that don't really increase my appetite.

It's a great album for those who enjoy soul, i do like it from time to time but it wouldn't be my 5-star genre. I do want to state that it is a top state of the art of its kind, the genre is not just for me. So if you like it, don't worry about people's 3s or 4s, you'll enjoy it

Never knew City of Delusion went this hard.

I really wanted to like it but sadly i couldn't find a song that really moved me

While do respect people who think separating art from the artist and agree to disagree, i personally think an art in any form is representative of a person and that person's cumulative experiences, emotions and characteristics through life. And this album, despite being labeled as "THE christmas album" by many, including myself, does not deserve a penny or recognition. There are millions of songs out there that one can focus their attention to, and a murderer's isn't one of them.

I listened to some other stuff from Vega and i can confirm, for myself, with all due respect, i'd give her an overall 2. Additional 1 point is for Tom's Diner.

Dude is obviously talented, voice of an angel, wide knowledge of instruments, only to be messed up by a weird outlook on life and 80's "Disco" focused producers. Apparently he "intensely meditated in pain while Terence Trent D'Arby died and he forged a new soul" for himself. Hope he can meditate for some new souls that actually make great music. Oh and he also said this album was the greatest thing to happen after Sgt Pepper's, which just adds to his batshit crazy state i guess

I don't think this is a bad album, and despise the comments saying "Tidbits of noise don't make music", however i also agree with comments saying this isn't a masterpiece either. I only wish the entire album was made of songs such as Roundabout, South Side of the Sky, Mood For a Day and Heart of the Sunrise. Sadly, rest of the album falls short.

I think it starts off very, very strong with "Honky Tonk Heroes" and turns into the kind of music you'd expect in a sad pub with slumbering old men remembering their wasted love lifes.

Look, by no means this is a complex album. However, it is fun, bass lines are groovy, lyrics are interesting, it is an entire album full of vibes. This is something i'd buy a CD of, put it into the car and enjoy a ride of 350 or so kilometers while hot breeze hits my face while i eye the sea from time to time. Wish i'd discover this sooner.

I was about to give this album a one, really. I even thought out a critique saying how this was blatant, and much against Simon Ratcliffe's notions of how the dance scene has songs so blank and empty, almost soulless, and this album was an oxymoron and an example of his own critic. Then i read Alternative Press' comment of this album: "Somewhere in this album, Basement Jaxx has created something for everyone." while i listened to Red Alert and Jazzalude. I was ashamed of my earlier comments and my youthful ignorence. I completely agree with Alternative Press, this album DOES have a song for everyone, which is something very hard to achieve in a dance/EDM album. Props. 5 Stars. I fw anything after Red Alert.

A simple masterpiece that will revolutionize music in the upcoming years and will influence many, many great artists.

Philosophical, complex, very entertaining to listen to, i don't know what else i can say.

Amazing piece, did you know "Changes" from this album inspired the song of Dumb Ways to Die?

Holy shit, this is like Biting Elbows mixed with Muse, i LOVE it

Anyone who thinks this is a great album does so because they feel nostalgia towards it. At best, this is a mediocre roadtrip album except The Chain, at worst, this is a KingFM album. Bunch of emotionally challenged and immature people, dissing and praising each other's equally stupid lovers. I don't even know why this album is SO damn highly rated. Except Fleetwood and Mac, everyone in the group has someone much talented. Kate Bush beats Nicks, physically and musically AND culturally, Lindsay wishes he has a boy's name and guitar skills of an average bluesman. I wish they'd practice music more than they practiced human anatomy on each others labias and dicks. Jesus christ i'm sick of this mid ass group

Some of Daft Punk's works are a direct inspiration from this album, which makes it enough to like it a lot. Also, it is easily hearable to any ear, that Alive Alone inspired MANY songs to this date...

What in the oriental sea shanty-esque pop rock is this. I mean it's definitely mind blowing but i can't think of a single context i'd rock this and be like "Yee haw pirate this is the shit"

Look, it's a tough listen. It's as avant-garde as it gets, and even though i didn't like it at the first, i kind of have to say this is the electronic version of what Miles Davis did with Bitches Brew. If the idea of "Two very successful dudes create an album full of electronic and avant-garde rhythms, fueled by samples of anonymous politicians talking, an exorcism, Qur'an, a Christian Sermon and a very popular Lebanese singer, named after a book two of the dudes never read but felt like the name fits the album, and said it 'Feels like a psychedelic Africa'" interests you, even though it might not be the best first listen, you'll eventually come around to like it. The problem with avant-garde electronic and jazz works is that, on a first and very casual listen, it's more funny and after a while boring rather than good. When you take time to give yourself in to the beats, to the samples, to the meaning, it takes a while but you start finding things from yourself, from the producers, from the samples, and from the beats. It's like a very occasional perfume where you can easily understand a lot of effort went into it and for the occasion itself it's actually a masterpiece, it's just not a casually good ear candy you can pop all the time & everywhere. I'll definitely get this as a physical copy.