1001 Albums Summary

Always thought Lou Reed was overrated. This album confirmed my thoughts.

Fun to listen to. Beck is a musical chameleon. I have zero idea what the lyrics are about though.

Some timeless songs. More like a 4.5 than a 4

Duran Duran= So So. Hungry Like The Wolf is a good song; Rio is a great song. The rest of the album sounds like background music at a club in the early '80's (which it was).

Was not familiar with the artist or the album. After listening, I realized I did not miss much after all these years. Unmemorable.

It's a shame I can't give it 3.5 stars- some pretty well crafted tunes

There are a couple classic songs on the album, but I found it very uneven. I know CCR and this album are highly regarded by many. I just feel that there were a lot of bands in this era and genre that were better (The Band, Allmans, Skynyrd, etc).

A moody album with great songs that seem to flow together lyrically and musically. It feels like a rock opera. The two brothers in Arcade Fire are from The Woodlands in Texas, where I have a lot of family. It is a huge planned community- I can understand their melancholy.

Depressing monotone music. I couldn't wait to get this album over with.

Uneven and very basic songwriting but I give them an A for effort - The Police always bring a lot of energy.

Not as bad as I feared, but completely forgettable.

Different strokes for different folks. Not my thing

I was optimistic after the first song and then it went downhill fast. An assault on my eardrums.

Last Goodbye is a great song. The rest of the album is histrionic (been wanting to use that word in a sentence for a while).

I am not a huge country fan but this is a special album. Every time I listen to songs from it I try to visualize the scene where it was recorded.

Peanut butter and jelly are better together than apart. So were Lennon and McCartney.

Easy listening but a snooze

Meh. BTW, the album linked on Spotify was too long because the rerelease combined Born to Be With you with another album, Streetheart.

I like my Marvin more gritty. Give me "What's Going On" anytime!

I will say it was... interesting.

Classic Kinks - good but on the second tier of the British bands of the time.

Not much to say. Everyone song great and no "filler"

Tuneful

Nice elevator music

Not a huge U2 fan but thought there were a lot of good songs- particularly early going.

Uneven but a bunch of great songs.

The songs were short at least and sometimes catchy

Needed some oomph

I think there is one Pixies song I like and it was not on this album. Note: screaming is not singing.

An appropriately titled album- most of the songs wee musically unimpressive. I like later TH much better.

Wow. That would have been fun to see live.

I guess I needed chemicals to enjoy

Can I give it a six?

Hard rock parody

Enjoyed it - kind of a shorter, poor man’s Tommy

Early Stones mostly playing covers of early rock songs. Thankfully their songwriting skills evolved.

Like The Suburbs a bit more but really solid overall

My kids got me the Dookie CD for Father's Day 30 years ago, I believe. Thankfully I don't think they understood some of the lyrics. And I like the album better now than way back when. I am going to round up to a 4.

I banged the gong and now I am gone.

I guess the telltale sign was I favored the songs that featured others (Santana, Bonny Raitt) that I like and could not get into the more bluesy JLH solo songs.

Painful

Not my favorite Canadian import. Geddy Lee's singing grates on my eardrums.

I am not going to run out and buy a Nas album, but this was not nearly as bad as I feared. Most songs had an actual tune, and I understood at least 20% of the lyrics if I tried real hard to listen.

Loved the lyrics

I felt I should have been drinking a glass of red wine while making dinner on a Saturday night while listening. It was all mellow.

Alas Nick we hardly knew ye. What a shame.

I felt like the 1001 Album Generator person was punishing me by making me listen to this. Bad music and silly lyrics.

Listened to this after listening to Bryter Layter. Pink Moon is a great song but only 2 minutes long. Tasty but not filling. Can we move on from Nick Drake now?

I kept waiting for the songs to morph into something more but that rarely happened.

Are we done with the Nicks yet? Pretty please?

5 stars for the album. 10 starts for the Thriller video.

Meh

This is an album I need to listen to before I die?

Please make the bad album generator man stop.

This Zeppelin did not achieve lift off.

I gave it two stars for sentimental reasons, but there is so much better Bowie out there. Call me old school, but I did not like the ChaChaChanges in this album.

I like Ham 'N' Eggs and I liked this. Good samples, funny lyrics

All the songs just blended together into an unappetizing mix.

A tad long but there are a few real gems in there.

I love all the iterations of CSNY, but this David Crosby album just did not do much for me.

Enough great songs on this classic new wave album to overcome the filler

Cream: three guys putting out a lot of sound. Sunshine of Your Love is an all-time classic. Ulysses a wahwah wonder.

YES! Always been a big Yes fan and tho there is some filler, Roundabout is a masterpiece. Long Distance Runaround, Heart of the Sunrise are great songs as well. Jon Anderson's voice sounds great, Rick Wakeman a wizard on the keyboards. Yes sir I'll have another.

I prefer the rocking Elvis to the crooning version that was on this album. Suspicious Minds one of my favorite Elvis songs.

Patti Smith, to me, is a female Lou Reed. Both are revered for evoking a time, a place, an attitude, and for the lyrics of their songs. Their music- not so much. To me, the music is what matters. Patti Smith's most played song is a Bruce Springsteen cover. Enough said.