1001 Albums Summary

Too Long. Took me days to finish.

Summer in the freezing Sask winter.

Some highlights: -Gimme Shelter -You Can't Always Get What You Want -You Got The Silver -Midnight Rambler -Monkey Man

It's a solid album from top to bottom. Some highlights include: -Mountains Beyond Mountains -The Suburbs -Suburban War -Rococo -Modern Man This album does drag on for a little too long though.

I recently gave a review, allocating this a three. Upon further reflection, this is a work of genius, even if it's not my thing.

Good quality rock and roll. Feels like Janis Joplin meets The Doors.

Rounding up to 4, this is a 3.5.

She's on to something here fellas. Would be a five if there were more catchy, singable songs along with all the weird stuff. It gets to weird some times too.

I gave this a one a few months ago, then went back and listened again. What was I on?

Good guitar, bad lyrics.

Even though the use of certain words seems unnecessary, this album is innovative, catchy, lyrically interesting, and instrumentally brilliant.

-1 full star for musical quality. -1 half-star for catchiness. -1 half-star for a good mix of different song types. -1 full star for interesting lyrics. -1 full star for innovation, no one sounded like these guys except The Byrds at their time. Overall: 4 stars.

Before I begin I would like to say that Brett Anderson's voice makes me want to shoot him and myself. That aside I will try to stay objective. -1 star for good-quality instrumentals. I feel like the rest of the band should chuck Brett and do their own thing because they're pretty great musicians. -1 star for a good mix throughout the album. It's a pretty nice variety of sounds. -0 stars for innovation. This one is pretty obvious. -Let's say half-star for lyrics. He does address weighty topics, but his lyrics aren't exactly genius. -Then 0 for catchiness again, which also has to do with his stupid voice. Overall, 2.5. Let's say 2.

A lot better than number of the beast.

Eh, not the best we have to offer.

I wanted to like this album. But I got bored by some of the lyrics and all the songs are pretty similar. Buffalo Stand is overrated, but Manchild is a cool song. This is actually more 2.5.

I was surprised, this album was new for me. Cool that this guy inspired so many great artists though.

Points for doing something new. A little bit too heavy on the imaginary words for me. I had trouble deciding what review to give, but I think it has to be 3. This isn't really my kind of thing, but m.i.a is a good songwriter, and she is trying out a new sound. 6/10 There's a lot of filler.

Sometimes I think they started this band on a dare.

Boring seventies pop. Had to put it on hold for a few days. 2.5 rounding up.

Catchy and nice voice. Pretty samey and basic.

Catchy

First of all, you can't here anything that the singer is saying. Secondly, even if you could, it's all predictable, formulaic, nihilist garbage. All the songs sound the same, there's one catchy track that manages to kill the mood at the same time, and they're trying so hard to be edgy that it makes them flop. Great drumming. Other than that, slipknot and nu-metal in general are trash.

I wanted to hate this album more than I ended up doing. Some of his lyrics are still super misogynistic and homophobic though. Stan is a good song. The skits and jokes are stupid. I'm confused. Kim is one of the songs I'm the most on the edge about. It's either a masterpiece or the most horrible, wife-abusing piece of shit I've ever heard. I guess I'll go with my system as usual: -1 star for innovation. -Half star for lyrics. Some stuff is great and some stuff is just plain awful. -1 star for instrumental/voice quality. His flow is nice. -0.5 stars for a good album mix. I don't care about the stupid skits. -1 full star for catchiness. Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Overall: 3.5 stars .

Prince is talented. But I got tired of the 9-minute songs of him screwing around with cheesy lyrics. Some great songs are on this record, but here's how I would rank it. -0.5 stars for lyrics. There's great stuff( All the critics love you in New York, delusional, free) but also a boat load of crap. -0.5 for catchiness. Again, some are amazing, and some are super boring. -1 for instrumental quality. Great guitar, and drums. -1 for innovation. You hear Prince in a lot of newer artists. -0 for a good mix throughout the album. Too much filler. Overall: A well-deserved three stars. 6/10

Classic pretentious album.

I expected less. Interesting lyrics, cool instrumentals and some super catchy stuff. Hidden gem

Nice surprise! I didn't know this band; they seemed boring when I read about them. But this had some pretty good quality grunge, kind of like your favourite grunge band's favourite grunge band vibe. I can't give it 5 because they didn't change the genre or do anything super unique, but this is a good, engaging album. Much better than Soundgarden.

This is such a great record, ruined by a decade and a style. Slash is great; everything he plays gets to you. Axl has an excellent, if tiresome, voice. This record was made at a time of vice in LA, so it could have been a true representation of sin. But it's the lyrics that keep it from being good. Sweet Child O'Mine is excellent instrumentally, but o so terribly written. Same for Paradise City. And the production is so cheesy, so very hair-metal, each song somewhere between a corny ballad and a metal rocker. This record has all the right parts to work, but the way it's peace together fails.

Never listened to Nas before now. Pretty cool. -1 star for lyrics -1 star for good flow. -1 star for catchiness. -1 star for originality. -1 star for good album mix. More like 4.5 but round up.

Frank Sinatra meets Tom Lehrer meets Jacques Brel. Doesn't always work. -1 half-star for lyrics since this was mostly covers. - Half-star for instrumental quality; ie his voice. -Half a star for catchiness, it's hit-and-miss. -Half a star for innovation. -Minus 1 star for being repetitive. Thought it was gonna be 3, but I guess not. Eh, what the heck. He deserves a 3.

Booooooooooooooooooooring. I got really tired of the 13-minute tracks. -1 star for originality. -1 star for instrumentals. -Half a star for lyrics. Great when you can actually hear it. -Minus 1 for being a bad mix, repetitive and boring. -Minus 1 for not being catchy or singable or even danceable. Overall: 2.5, rounding down because this guy cannot write anything under 4 minutes long.

Too many Deep Purple albums on this list. They sound like The Doors and Black Sabbath had a baby, and he turned out uglier than both parents. You've got all the cheese of early '70s metal, without Ozzy Osbourne's lyrics and original style, and you've got the random organ solos and overly long songs of The Doors in all the wrong places, not pairing well with the rest of the band's feel or the singer's voice. I have no idea if they are good songwriters, since all I can hear is the instrumentals, and the vocal stuff I do hear makes me cringe. The only thing saving them from a 1 is the instrumental quality of the album and the catchy hooks throughout. Songs Saved: 1/7 Does it belong on this list? One Deep Purple record would have been enough. Certainly not this one. I did like Child in Time, even though it drags on a little too long. Worst song: Hard Lovin' Man.

A bit empty, but fun.

Never listened to Iggy Pop before. Delightful. Clever lyrics, great melodies, catchy guitar riffs, and real punk spirit. Great. The producer work of David Bowie also shines through without cramping Iggy's style.

Impossible to describe how much I hate this.

Didn't enjoy it. I guess it's meant to be artsy, but seriously, wtf. Obviously Zappa is a great guitar player, but he is so much better elsewhere. This is a stupid parody that forgets that music is meant to entertain. Where is the beauty, where is the tune, and where is the irony promised? This just seems like a parody of parodies. It doesn't have the cynical, dry humour of Tom Lehrer, and doesn't do justice to the strangeness of Tom Waits because it's trying so hard to be funny that it isn't working. Yeah. I like mocking hippies too. But can we be smarter about it please?

Did I enjoy this album? Kind of. Is it great? Absolutely. -1 for lyrics, even though they are pretty hard to decipher sometimes. -1 for instrumentals, pretty unique sound. -1 star for catchy tunes. Dirty old town, dirty old tooooooooown. -1 star for being original. Punk and folk together is something I hadn't thought of mixing. -I'm docking one point for this album being too long and some boring songs. Also, the sound is too constant (not enough variety). I can see why it's here, and they are certainly doing something new and cool. It's just missing something. Not sure how to explain it. Also not really my style. Absolutely belongs on this list, but my enjoyment of it was probably 3/5.

Eh

What's not to like?

Kind of a jam. The lyrics are concise and clever, the sound is interesting and varies throughout, and this album brightened my morning overall. Albums like these are why I'm doing this project. Hidden gems I wouldn't have found otherwise.

It's alright, but couldn't I have listened to it after departing my earthly body? Perhaps on the elevator up.

Halloween rock.

I think this album isn't supposed to be listened to. It's meant to get film companies interested in a product, as Wikipedia seems to say, and I agree. -1 star for the "concept" and the story. 1 star for the actual music, which makes an okay background, but isn't exactly a thing of beauty. This whole album left me wondering why no one ever made a movie.

What a guitarist. Longer than it needed to be. Also, I feel like Clapton's influence is overstated in the comments. He's not even the lead singer, and despite him being a racist prig, he's real talented.

Awesome in every way. Why I'm here.

I always bypassed CCR as just another silly Lynyrd Skynyrd southern rock band, but Forgerty is so talented.

This is super overrated. Pitchfork gave it a ten out of ten, which is preposterous. Making electronica requires very little real talent, and this album in general is very pretentious. In the end, my decision came down to this: -1 half star for instrumental quality. You're good with computers, so what? -1 half star for beauty in general there are some really pretty moments. -1 star for good production. -1 star for starting electronica, even though it sucks. Other than that, this album Is pretty mid, and the artists are pretty talentless.

I guess my dad was right. Love is overrated.

This is a 4.5, but I'm rounding up. Cosmo's Factory was better. I still dig. I think my enjoyment was 4/5, but I'm trying to be objective.

"It's not the band I hate, it's their fans" -Sloan 3.5 Minus points for the worst band name in rock history.

Enjoyment: 3/5, he can do better. Objectively: 4/5, what a guitarist, and lots of variety.

Relatively boring.

Makes up for the 13 minute nonsense with some really catchy and provocative tunes.

Super boring and predictable. Beck can do much better than this. Occasional high points like Paper Tiger, Lonesome Tears and Golden Age. Just another sad guy with no inspiration. You're not Nick Drake, dude.

Too long, good moments.

Cooooool daddy-oh.

This beautiful day was ruined by the knowledge that there is a user in this platform that gave The Beatles' Revolver a 1 and System of a Down a 4. As for the actual album, it's wonderfully moppy genius.

Much better than I expected. ABBA is one of those bands that is really good at what they do, only what they do isn't very good. Some examples of this type of music include Metallica and The Mothers of Invention.

I love Crosby, Stills and Nash. They're even better with Neil Young. But David's solo career is a huge disappointment. The songwriting is subpar, especially "Cowboy Movie", the instrumentals interludes are stupid, and even the Neil collab was trash. The best song is Laughing.

Only had time to listen to Speakerboxxx, but it was lit.

I was gonna say something funny, but I don't want to get cancelled.

Anybody else getting a bit of a White Stripes vibe?

Good at what she does.

Most certainly not my new favourite band.

Nice.

Seems appropriate.

Cool.

A really beautiful collection of songs. Lou Reed,man.

Points for having a song called no no no, even though it sucks.

Ahead of its time.

This is like copy pasting a bunch of different bands and making something worse.

R.E.M are the greatest rock songwriters of all time (except maybe for the Beatles).

Feels like molten sunshine. Or honey. Or heroin.

Raw talent. Wasted talent.

Very weird, but in a good way.

Substantially better than I thought it would be. Favorites: Chinese Bombs, Movin' on Least Favorites: Beetlebum, Country Sad Ballad Man 3.5

A little shock value. Not bad though.

3.5

Hey if you idiots gave Eminem 3.5, and this guy only 2.whatever, there's a problem, because they're both gross as hell and this guy actually has things to say.

Track by track. -Synchronicity I is kind of like the Sgt Pepper's opening track. It sets the fun mood but isn't too deep by itself. -Walking in your footsteps sounds dumb the first time, as mentioned in one of the reviews. All the dinosaur stuff is weird. But once you listen a little closer, it's brilliant. It's a comparison with nuclear warfare. Also, Stewart Copeland is amazing. -O My God indeed. -Mother is pretty funny. Summers is crashing out something else. -Miss Gradenko sounds like it's sung by Sting even if it's not, and for a drummer song, it's lyrically pretty solid. -Synchronicity II is a songwriting highlight. -Every Breath You Take is Andy Summers' moment. That guitar is so haunting. -King of Pain is sharp. There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread bites. -Wrapped Around Your Finger is such a good breakup song. That's what I call bass. -Tea in the Sahara is my least favourite apart from Mother. The lyrics bore me. But the guitar is great. -Murder By Numbers is Sting's Agatha Christie novel. Overall, I love The Police. As for the cultural appropriation stuff, I don't really see it. His accent is not Jamaican at all (go listen to Marley and you'll see) and the reggae style drumming and bass is just inspiration. If you start calling this cultural appropriation, then everything from The Beatles to Songhoy Blues is too.

Diamonds in the Mine is so weird. 5/5 anyway.

New and compelling. 4.25

Real fun. Doesn't seem like they're pretending.

Irritating and generic. If you like this, I'm sure there is a reason. I just haven't found one yet.

The Chili Peppers wish.

Boring and forgettable. Maybe a bit catchy.

Fire. A little samey.

Music meant to be heard but not listened to.

mildly interesting

I keep thinking the Stones are overrated.

War on imperialism

Witty

Extremely underrated on this website.

I can see it. I really can. But it's a bit samey and the translated lyrics are ok. 3.5

Got this the day after Bryan Wilson died.

Evry song on this is a save, even the instrumentals.

You're not tough.

Hmmm. I think it isn't very good. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

Like Tori Amos if Tori Amos didn't suck.

This one does seem a little unnecessary. None the less it's the Who.

Death bluegrass for the win.

With a deep, soulful rumble, a saxophone-free Bruce Springsteen pulls a broken America apart.

Excellent.

New and wonderful.

I hate the idea of the dead. They have stoned 20-minute jam sessions on stage, their fans call themselves "Deadheads", treat Jerry Garcia like I treat Jesus, and follow shows in turquoise-coloured buses occasionally splattered with pink or yellow—in short, a cult, like MAGA or the Peoples Temple. But the idea of the dead is very different from their real music. American Beauty is a beautiful album. The warm tone of the Garcia's vocals, the poetic lyrics penned by Robert Hunter, and the way the instruments merge make for an album that makes you understand why these dirty hippies from 'Frisco are seen as the second coming. But this review should serve as a warning. Don't judge a band by its fans or the personality of its members. I hate Nirvana fans, I love Nirvana. I hate Kanye, but I love his music. That's how we should feel about the dead. Admire without worship.

This album feels like spending hot summer days in somebody else's basement, plucking at guitars and dreaming about imaginary women.

Delightfully immature.

This album sucks. Mean, grimy little English shits singing about how much they want to screw the world. This is an album by dudes who literally dropped out of special school. Every song sounds like the one that came before it. But then, it's also a masterpiece. The songs deal with things nobody had thought of singing about before. They're songs about the real world, the rough streets outside. You hate yourself, but are happy you're still there to say that. The lyrics hit you like the wind whipping during a snowstorm, and the vocals, which at first sound like a self-parody, snarl like the mind of the disgusting human being that sings them. This is a real, raw record. It spawned hundreds of records of complete trash, but now I get why people like John Spencer or the other 80's and 90's rippofs of the Sex Pistols wanted to sound like this.

WOOOOAAAh

I have no idea why they chose this Tom Petty record over Damn the Torpedoes. American Girl and Breakdown are gems, but everything else is too boring.

A-

A jug? Intriguing.

Folk rap is surprisingly cool.

Banana man gets a 5.

Nice cat, Carole.

The whole album revolves around one melody, the omnipresent doo doo doodododo do do that is played on every instrument. You can't call the album catchy, but it has a way of sticking to your brain and corrupting your thoughts.

Expected to like it more than I actually did.

Did you know that Tom Araya is a practising Catholic? Yeah, he should be papally excommunicated.

Reminds me of some other stuff I like (Digable Planets, Arrested Development, Tribe Called Quest) except singing about potholes, soap and other random shit.

Cool

If those MAGA American exceptionalists only knew...

Dear album generator, I am a patient man. But one more ALBUM OF EXTREMELY INFLUENTIAL ELECTRONICA FROM THE NINETIES AND I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING REGRETTABLE. Yours truly.

Hehehaha

Unnecessary.

Fun times, talented, not my thing really.

Second Bob album in 3 days. This one is a lot better, and I own it, which helps.

Could be worst things.

This album is extremely influential and important. It's also not my thing, and frankly I find the lyrics annoying.

A pretty solid album. I liked Happiness a lot. Gets a bit samey though.

I wasn't a big fan of Fever to Tell. This record is a lot better, though I don't plan to listen again.

Listened on the plane. Not bad.

Ranging from corporal punishment nostalgia to grieving after the women he sells coke to, Ghostface delivers an excellent album.

What a record.

Some great tracks on here, but it sags in the middle. Also, I wasn't a big fan of the lyrics. I found them very "fine".

Yeah.

I like Nelson better. A little slow to get to the action.

If this were an exhibition, it would be arrested for exhibitionism.

Dug.

Hey, she's from my home town!

Well, this album certainly had its moments. But overall, the production/mixing brought the whole thing down. The lyrics weren't awful, nor were they brilliant. The instrumental quality is marred by the muddiness of the record in general. One thing I can say, it is pretty catchy. Faves: O, Dana, Jesus Christ, Kanga Roo, Thank You Friends. 7/10 rounding down.

Good.

Best part was the random spoken word intros.

Wow, what a landmark album. So important it charted at number 26 in Scotland.

A perfect middle ground between gangsta rap and the nerdier stuff of TCQ, DP and AD

A little corny, but charming nonetheless.

Among the best cover albums i've ever heard.

Not my thing, but I gotta be objective you know? Some misses, but overall excellent. I particularly enjoyed Wanna Be Startin' Something.

Changed my life.

Pretty good. Not bad. I guess I can't complain. But actually... all these songs sound just about the same.

This album uses groundbreaking studio techniques and instruments brand new to the Western world, but it sounds like a good old-fashioned blues record.

Not what I thought britpop was supposed to sound like.

Absolutely beautiful-best cover album ever.

This album permanently convinced me to live a holy life of sexual abstinence.

Actually better then Maiden, you guys are dumb.

well, it wasn't awful. 2.5 rounding up

yeah not bad. hit and miss A high 3

My dad used to sing James Taylor to me when I was little. I think it's mostly nostalgic.

You know, I didn't really enjoy that.

Great sounding record.

Quite a good voice, just wish there was a bit less filler and the lyrics were better.

2.5, definitely. Rounding down for Aisha trying too hard.

Love his voice, it makes slightly lame concepts like "Boogie on reggae woman" really come to life.

The ultimate diss album. They cover everything from music critics and mainstream love songs to TV soap operas and copyright lawyers. Amazing.

Terrible. Absolute cookie-cutter music.

Very groovy.

I'm confused. What am I listening to? Why is it catchy all of a sudden? What the?!!!! is happening?

Very rugged sounding. a great listen while doing my homework.

I quite liked this record, and the Sophie's World and John Prine references hit the right person. Still, it was a bit too all over the place to warrant 5 stars.

Hit me just on the right day.

Fairly clever just a bit tedious after a while.

Very fun, great energy

Awfully, intolerably sweet. Hit me on a day when my record player waas broken, too.

What a...Jam

As a Neil fan, I feel obliged to hate this. Truth, it's pretty good.

I really liked the vocals, just a bit repetitive.

Wow, who knew tables could be so catchy.

Damn, cocaine makes for great subject matter.

Quite liked this, especially Sunshine Superman and Season of the Witch.

Blew my socks off.

The 4th Stones album I've gotten so far. Getting to be a bit much. This one isn't as good as the others, but it has really great standalone tracks. I recommend you listen to the UK version because it has Mother's Little Helper on it.

I saw a Blue Rodeo show today. That was great. This, on the other hand, absolutely blows.

Let's go Blue Jays!

9/10 I love this.

Nice and talented, but as with GnR, harmed by the decade in which it was released.

The second half was a lot better. A bit too faux Marvin Gaye for me. A low 3.

Great listen all around.

Quite well done. Wish he was sane.

I love this record, it was just what I needed today.

If that had been longer, my eardrums would have exploded.

All the reviews I've read have been either glowing or awful. I see why now. Personally, fall on the former side of the debate.

My biggest guilty pleasure. I hate myself for giving Michael his second five stars.

Number 90 in Scotland this time. Wow, what a chart performance.

This is mad chill.

Oh yes. Oh yes.

This helped me get through the tragic world series. I still love you, Ernie.

Like dancy-er, queerer Belle and Sebastian. Got a lot better towards the end.

Well, that was the first Van Halen album.

2.5 round down, not sure why the critics were all over this one, it feels super derivative of better bands that came before.

This album is miraculous.

I hated this, but...

COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.

Made me hop up and down the living room like a true socialist.

This album is awful and misogynistic and gross. At the same time ot manages to be poetic, redemptive and heartbreaking. What it is is real life, not pure bragging sex talk and drug trades, but not watered down, family friendly garbage either. It's a real portrait of life on the streets of Brooklyn in 1994, and is a testimony to the odd places genius can come from. It is an artefact from pre-disney New York, which means decadence, violence and reality. Unlike West-coast gangsta rap, Biggie isn't just flexing about all the hos and crackpipes he has, he's not gloryfing gang culture, he's showing NYC in all of its ugly glory.

Bootsy Collins, what a legend.

Great record all the way through. Except for Factory, that song sucks—just the definition of filler.

Easiest five ever. This is one of the best albums of all time.

I liked this ok, I just felt it could have been replaced by a lot of other albums of around the same time. Why isn't there any Chuck Berry on this list?

Fairly boring.

I love The Smiths. Sorry? I said I love The Smiths.

Why, of all the albums on God's green earth, did we pick a live, 1 and a half hour long Motorhead album?

Pretty good, just not my thing and a bit monotonous.

Not objectively horrible, but so incredibly boring and tuneless.

I really like this, a high 4.

I respect this, but honestly 2.5.

Yeah, I know. But you gotta separate art from artist, right?

Fun record, don't get why so much hate.

What a gem! I only knew Wilco's "hits" but this was great.

How do I best communicate the eyeroll emoji in a review?

The fact that the previous album, Green Day, was rated higher than this overall is a disgrace to humanity and everything good and holy on God's green earth.

I thought I would enjoy this more than I did. Found it kind of boring tbh.

This was about as good as the previous Manic Street Preachers album.

Guys, stop hating on Bob.

Ça, c'est de l'art. De la poesie. Vous êtes tous incultes, barbares, que vous êtes.

I get that their talented, but this is just excessive.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Musically, Hieronymus Bosch as postindustrial atheist; lyrically, Transformers as kiddie porn -Robert Christgau

Again, too much Deep Purple. Smoke on the Water is an undeniable classic, though.

Liked this better than the last Dire Straits album, felt more complete.

Like better Depeche Mode.

For sure gotta listen again. Made me think.

Bruh. I got better things to do rn.

As much as I like Kate Bush, that's enough of that.

Not Graceland, but Paul Simon is just such a beautiful songwriter.

Don't fight him.

Fine, whatever, take it.

Hey, stop hating.

Cold, unbuttered soul.

Why do i need to write

While Eric Clapton is undoubtedly talented, I struggled to connect with this record, finding it somewhat monotone. Additionally, I found Clapton's lyrics beneath his work as part of Derek and the Dominoes. So, like my previous reviews of albums like The Cars and Appetite for Destruction, this is an album I respect, but don't really like. Best track: Give Me Strength (nice old-timy country tune) Worst track: I Shot the Sheriff (Whiter, blander version of Marley's original)

Please don't let Finland win.

Goat.

Genuinely awful.

Wow, that's awful.

Holy, 6 songs out of 14 were about condoms. These guys must be agents of big rubber.

What a tweaker

Love me some

Dude this is heat

Liked this a lot more than i thought i would, very hooky

I like Wilco, I hate Billy Bragg. Meet in the middle.

Fine, but not really me.

Pleasant surprise

The only difference between this and Black Flag is that Black Flag did it first. Both still suck.

I challenge you to name me an album which has sister morphine, dead flowers, bitch and brown sugar on it that is not called Sticky Fingers.

Three?

Black Boys on Moped is peak

I have so many questions for whoever's fault this is

I liked the other elvis better

I like Karma Chameleon.

Yes

I genuinely think this is one of the greatest records of all time. No one does anything like this.

Fine, but not my thing

This is one of those few electronicky albums that manages to be interesting without drowning in its own self-importance.

What was the point

That was number 1001

Hmmm

No one but Cohen could make death so appealing.

my eyes couldn't possible roll back farther into my head then this album made them.

Most albums I give 5s to are 4.5s. This one is 10.

Never been much of a metal guy, but this is undeniabe.

A low 3

ight

Why is this even on here

Going to be 5 until the last 4 11 minute instrumentals hit.

Sorry excuse for a mustache. Good music though.