1001 Albums Summary

Solid, no stand outs high or low though.

Great record, Marley-esque, political and tight.

Not for me, but I bet Nickelback loved this record.

More musical theater than I thought. Maybe the Prisoner is the best song?

Dumb is a good hangover song on a bad hangover album. Cobain has a few musical ideas that he does well. He would totally vote for Trump if he were still alive.

Beat it really slaps. The song with Paul McCartney is...off. PYT was good.

Not bad. Read this review on youtube "Back then, whenya had Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe, Metallica and Madonna, that gave absolutely nothing, we had real music. Bands like REM, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic youth and yes, Throwing Muses. Thank physics for the Inde underground. Because therein lie the therapy’s for an ever questioning youth. The dizzying absurdities of growing up then, as now. And the kids are not alright." So, I would say it's music for Gen X atheists who don't believe in therapy.

I spent the early 00's constantly reading spin telling me to listen to PJ Harvey and I never did. That was my bad. Great record.

They really need that Y.

Interesting. Like early u2 with more street cred and fewer bangers.

An all timer. The first time Dylan found his voice (the first version of it). The great songs are great, the smaller songs are enjoyable and lesser known songs like Oxford Town hold up.

It's a 3.5 really. I like the less rocky songs with the whispery singing. It's been a cultural blind spot, probably have to revisit someday, but not really for me.

New to it. A bit of a white boy reggae feel but hey, if the shoe fits.

A lotta synths on this one

This record is ass.

Back half of the record was better

Maybe the worst music yet made by human beings. Besides sounding deeply unpleasant, it’s just poorly made by folks who seem both stupid and lazy. Zero stars.

The Platonic ideal of a live Rock n Roll album

Great concept, not my favorite version of this kinda record.

Not bad, kinda fun.

It's alright

This one actually slaps

Truly nothing to write home about. A few sounded good, but I could have not listened and been fine.

It's cool and political but feels dated.

It's great. John and Lakin said they grew up with this one.

Best record cover and name. Could listen to this anywhere, any time.

It's great.

It's a classic

Some bangers but a bit repetitive

Super meh

Some of it slaps and it's supposed to be fun. I love the 90's, but this is a lot. It isn't quite there.

Great voice, can't hate it.

The Greeks were right, it slaps.

A lot of satire. Better than it looks.

This could be the best record on this entire list. A gigantic achievement. It is impossible to be hyperbolic about how good this is, even if I just tried.

It's alright. Not for me so much.

It's just fine. Covers etc. Typically early record for a band of that era

Oasis light

Some great Neil Young songs and the rest is quite bad.

It’s a classic

It is not offensive, but I don't get the love

Not my thing but obviously quite good

Proto smiths

good, chill etc

Some good stuff but dated and not especially interesting today

Rock flute is better than you think it would be. A lot of these were on the radio.

It is tedious

Great for working

An all time cover, an album of mostly fillers. Love Bowie, not his best.

Great sounds, great for working

Doesn't have their biggest hits, but this is the sound of classic rock radio.

Solid but actually pretty unremarkable and generic?

This man must have utterly crushed Berlin in 1977

Very chill and pleasant, maybe too anodyne

I'm sure this is cool for reasons that escape me, but it's sloppy and not appealing.

It's cool and better than the other Public Enemy record I've had from this, but it's dated.

It is cool, but just not for me as much as I wish it was.

Not for me. Free Form Guitar is an apt track name and an utterly shite concept.

Another one that Spin magazine told me to listen to for years and I dropped the ball. Very good. A few of these are too much of a carnival for me.

It is maybe just a bit too demure and depressing for a full five stars, but it is ideal background music.

It's a 3.5 but really thought I would hate it and didn't. The guy's voice is alright and though jam band style, it's pretty nice.

Maybe the definition of mid. Why would anyone put this on a list like this??

I started to listen to this weeks ago when Japanese Breakfast ranked this as her perfect 10 record and you know what? It's filled with basically all bangers no filler.

Felt a bit too 90’s but I spun it twice so it must be alright.

Lay down your soul to the gods rock and roll/Metal tenfold through the deadly black hole/Riding Hell's stallions bareback and free/Taking our chances with raw energy/Come ride the night with us, rock hard and fight/United my legions we stand/Freak hard and wild for us, give up your souls/Live for the quest Satan's band It's gonna be one star for me Clive.

Some bangers and stuff that is later sampled to great effect, but some of it just feels corny.

Hard to imagine an easier 5 stars. Mr. Redding is absolutely crushing classics here.

Not sure if they invented or just perfected the rock n roll ballad but they really bring it.

Music that is so Mid and lowkey stupid (see Ceiling Fan in My Spoon), that I cannot believe anyone bothered to actually write it down, let alone put it to music, put together a band, and record it in the studio. Some of it sounds ok.

This is supposed to be his worst one, but the instruments aren't as bad as people act. Great background music, not quite enough there there for a 5 from me.

Not bad, not really hitting in 2025 though.

This is currently 5 hours worth of live music on album and one of 22 live albums these dudes have released. Nahhhhh mate, I am not biting on this.

This music was basically designed specifically for me when I was in high school and came out at the perfect time for me in high school and I did not love it then and do not love it now. It is not offensive. It is not bad. It is long. I dunno why, maybe my Sea Change days will come. I will experience a Sea Change and I will love Sea Change.

Extraterrestrial brothers, dealers of funky music. What else is there to say??

An all timer in innovating music. Re-thinking what music can be, making it for a cool purpose and absolutely crushing the assignment. There is beauty in liminal spaces and being in the in between.

Not bad. Chill, doesn't really grab me.

Easy 5. Propulsive and smooth. Greatest soundtrack to an evening ever made.

It's alright, a couple are catchy.

Great sound and voice.

It’s alright and some of it quite good but a bit dark and over the top

No comment

Johnny sounds great, the prison crowd adds an element, and June is one of a kind.

I won't revisit this, but it sounds pretty cool.

MF'ers (correctly?) forgot about Nas.

Not bad, a bit generic and didn't speak to me.

No way I could make a full hour of this.

The generator gave me this in Seattle. Incredible and has to be 5 stars for that, but it isn't my favorite Elliott Smith record.

It's a 4.5, but come on, love her. Iconic music video from the era and a unique voice in the world.

It's a vibe

Kind of enjoyable, very boring. A precursor to Explosions in the Sky.

An easy 5 if obviously shy of what he hits on Blonde.

So, so, so, so, so long and quite dated. A few great hooks.

If vibes alone could get five stars, this would be there. He sounds like an absolute rascal and it's a vibe. But let's face it, some so so covers and not a ton of new ideas here. Just a pipesman singing out his soul, which is something to behold.

Could be a 4. A little Louisiana precursor to Tom Waits and short which is nice.

Probably a 4.5, but feel like rounding down for some reason. It's just not quite 5 territory.

Very chill. It has that "make Indian music palatable to white people" feel that was around in the 60's. You could grade or read to this (or really, nap to it) and have a good time.

A very definition of 3 meh album. Coming Back to Me is a great song though and, I believe, very effectively featured in the movie about Steve Prefontaine, Without Limits iirc.

Iconic record filled with highlights. A fourteen minute long song with just guitar and two vocals to cap it off and it doesn't feel too long.

Essentially a Dylan cover record. Give me the OG himself I say.

Not fully my cup of tea, but it's a lot of fun and the synths sound great.

Quite good with some grade A bangers (tonite), but not their pinnacle

Rounded up to 3 for these wankers, but it's a lot of incoherent moaning if we are honest.

Like a precursor to The Ramones maybe? Who are also not great.

This one might be his best.

Pretty good. Kind of a Fiona Apple rip off?

Fine background nothing special

Good, maybe a little too hard for me. Did not like the Dylan cover.

Very cool sounds

It's 4.5, a reasonable 5 shout, maybe just a bit too boring?

Great, enjoyable, not his best.

Probably influential, not especially pleasant

An all time high school favorite. I think I bought this CD with my dad in Ann Arbor.

Pleasant to read to, would be bad in any other context.

4. It slaps. It's a 4.5, but some are weaker and strange. Email my heart is hilarious.

This is pretty great, but some of the songs are skippable.

It's a four, but I'm trying to live a Yacht Rock summer so simply must give this five stars.

It was an album of the moment and not really to my taste, but this is pretty good.