1001 Albums Summary

Great album. “Paranoid Android” is a masterpiece. A few low spots, but overshadowed by stellar writing with many superb tracks.

This album needed an editor. So many great songs. but a number that should have been B-sides. 1:20 minutes long.

Possibly the best Zeppelin album, and that’s saying a lot.

Funk gold. Such a superb, perfect album.

Perfection.

What a wonderful surprise this album was. This was the first in the project I had never listened to. Such a solid album.

Gibby Haynes is awesome and a lot of the Surfers output is great. I get this, but it’s just too much noise to be really enjoyed.

This album is of course foundational for heavy metal music. It’s good, at times. Comical at others. But the horribly raw production is tough to bear. Even remastered, it still sounds pretty tough to listen to.

Pure soul perfection.

Solid album that helped establish AF as indie gold. I prefer their next two to this one, but still a great listen throughout.

Such run of the mill electronic music. Sounds like bad video game music. How is this on this list? Makes me question the value of this list.

A classic, great album overall. But there are a few sleepy spots that do not rival the highlights.

Certainly, there are highlights here, like the classic, irresistible Buffalo Gals or Double Dutch, but some of this is not perfect. Consistently fun though!

So many outstanding songs on this classic. So ahead of its time. I was raised on their greatest hits, so much of this is on my DNA.

This album is fine. Not bad at all, but bookstore background Brit pop from the turn of the century. I wasn’t missing anything before finding this album on this list (for some reason).

On my 500th listen, this album is still as exceptional, perfect and important as it was back in 1991.

Simply a classic concert in an astonishing venue at the perfect time in history.

A superb showcase of the many talents of Elton John. Maybe a bit longer than it needed to be, this album is still chock full of superb songs.

This is their debut and it absolutely slays. What a momentous debut!

A little too twangy for me, but clearly Ely is an excellent musician. “Boxcar” is exceptional, but that was the clear highlight for me here.

The grandmother of punk at the peak of her powers. There are many superb Patti Smith albums, but this one is just unstoppable (just like Easter).

What a debut! Such a great album. Not everything Presley did was superb, but this one is excellent in all the right ways.

Another amazing debut, with killer songs on repeat.

After Iowa, I hadn’t bothered much with Slipknot, because while talented and composing badass tunes at times, it all seemed very monochromatic. The same applies here. Good, even great at times, but it all sounds alike, but worse when slowed down.

The brilliant, but uneven solo debut is great at times! But always a solid listen, especially on a rainy day as I did this time around.

Clearly, Adele is a talented singer and songwriter. And the second song here, Send My Love, is a banger, Adele just isn’t for me. I am clearly not the intended audience and would never seek this out without this project.

Perfect. Every song.

How is it that this was a first listen to this album. Sure, I knew some of the songs, but what a superb piece of work!

The beginning of the Seattle scene and man does it cook. Love this band.

Sade is a treasure and her debut is excellent evidence of what is to come in the ensuing decades

Never realized how much Chris Martin sounds like (or aspired to sound like) Jeff Buckley. There are some really superb songs here.

One of my 4 favorite PJ albums. What a treasure this woman is love all of this!

Really solid throughout!

Love that opener, but it’s too repetitive. The rest of this is enjoyable, but not exceptional.

I just love this album. The Juliana Hatfield backing vocals, the hooks, all of it, start to finish. This is by far, the only great Lemonheads album.

A classic, from start to finish!

Before this band sucked and Bono’s ego ruined it all. Not great, but pretty solid.

This would be a 3.5 for me. There are some real duds here, but the rest are excellent!

Like most Zeppelin albums, this is perfection.

I had never listened to this album all the way through. The standout, Papa Was a Rolling Stone and a few others are well known and outstanding. But some of the R & B tracks were a bit sleepy.

Every song hits. Like every album by The Police.

It’s a mood. By no means bad, but very limiting by that very specific mood. Solid background.

Super fun, classic glam.

Bowie at the peak of his powers. And he had so many peaks!

A great time throughout. Hooks for days.

The first few albums by Roxy Music are so outstanding. The his one included.

Really enjoyable, if a bit repetitive in tone.

Hits, hooks and jangles.

Bowie was the closest of what we get to a musical god. This album is great, but he has many better ones.

A couple of really great songs here. And then, a lot of disposable ones as well.

A really awesome debut, with a few killer songs and a bunch of good songs.

What an unexpected surprise this one was. Really solid tracks, covering many genres. A natural progression from The Jam.

Love the hits. Leave the rest.

Raw, goofy, but great.

Love Neneh Cherry! But this album is spotty at best. Not the sound she would grow into, but would rapidly grow out of.

Enjoyable, but not something I’d ever reach for. Liked some of this when it first came out.

Prog gold!

More Common with Dilla beats!

What a pleasant surprise this album was. Had never heard a single track and I was very impressed. More so with the second listen.

Peak Allman’s doing what they do best, playing live!

There is also much to love about Nina Simone and this has some of her best, most classic tracks.

Is this an everybody gets a trophy kind of project? Seriously, how is this album on this list. It seems that there was an effort to include every genre, even if that genre generally sucks. This album objectively sucks.

A compilation? Seriously, on this list? Sure, this is a solid compilation, but it’s not an album. This seriously throws into question the value of this project. Some of these songs don’t appear on any other album, but this was not an album intended for release as a cohesive project. Compilations should not be on this list.

Classic, seminal punk where Henry Rollins learned to be Rollins.

Classic rock radio staples throughout! Solid tunes.

Solid first half, but the second half is pretty mediocre.

There are a couple of great, now classic songs on here. But the reality is, U2’s best days came before this album and Bono is simply insufferable

A really exceptional debut! Somehow perfectly 1980.

A wild album for sure. There’s so much going on, this is a Roxy Music album unlike any other.

I get avant-garde, and yes, music is everywhere in everything. But this isn’t pleasurable, listenable or desirable.

This album has been in my collection since its release, in fairly regular rotation. And of course it’s seminal shoegaze. But I just don’t love it as much as many might.

A gorgeous debut by one of the great singer-songwriters of Canada, and the world!

Not something I ever would have listened to, but it was more enjoyable than expected. Even with the dated misogyny.

What a debut! While the cast majority are covers, this album shows the spark of what is to come.

Elegant, fun, and all around fantastic.

This collaboration (and all the subsequent ones) are awesome!

Metallica is awesome and most of their albums are great. And it isn’t that this one is bad. It just seems to me this would be better experienced live. Give me their studio albums anytime over this.

Country isn’t often my thing, but this is one of Willie’s best!

A little late in life to really appreciate REM, but they are amazing, as is this album!

Waits is the main and this is among his finest!

Classic rock gold. Great stuff with an outstanding cast of players!

Classic Coltrane! Superb.

What an awesome, underrated band The Cult is. This album is pretty great, as so many of theirs are.

All CCR is great CCR.

A far cry from the ubiquitous pop jangles of their early years. Really good, beautiful music.

Not their best for my money, but still outstanding!

There is some solid music here. But Morrissey is seriously insufferable.

Another album I’d never heard in its entirety that was an excellent surprise. What a solid, pleasurable album. Very Eno.

Beautiful jazz by way of Brazil. Great in all the right ways.

This is the Abbey Road of electronic (rock) music. This album is great!

Classic live blues from one of the greats!

Such solid song craft by Mould and company. Awesome rock!

One of the greatest soundtracks of all time!

Two classic masters together for a great set of tunes!

Really fun and totally enjoyable, but very formulaic. Pop and post-punk grooves with superb bass!

One of Willie’s 3 best albums. Sure, it’s a covers album, but few people can consistently improve upon a cover song like Willie!

There are a couple of great songs here, but there are also a bunch of mediocre songs as well. Brandon Flowers appeal as a frontman and lyricist didn’t seem to age well.

So many outstanding songs on one album!

Van Morrison is a dick, but wow has he made some great music and this album is one of his best!

Enjoyable in spots, a bit boring in others.

One of the defining efforts of the coming sound of the 1990’s. This album, and later this band, changed my entire perception of what music could be.

Outstanding. Began amazingly ahead of his peers.

Not their best. There are amazing songs like Ogre Battle, but quite a few mediocre songs.

As good as background music gets.

Hit after spectacular hit!

Solid. Enjoyable.

Like most all Radiohead, this is exceptional!

Just not interested in this sound. It’s not bad, but it has little draw for me.

Johnny Rotten is a dick, but this PIL debut is better than any of the Sex Pistols.

Perfection. So great!

This was a new one to me. Solid album, especially the Charlie 2na tune!

Fun. Not bad at all. But limited in scope.

The great Canadian poet; he’s got so many great albums, but this may be his peak.

This album is a ton of fun. It’s all over the place in all the best ways.

While there is lots of ability and experimentation here, it was not enjoyable at all.

Good, but not nearly as good as some of Jah Wobble’s earlier output.

One of the great classics of old school hip-hop! Can’t beat the Chuck D rhymes.

The start of the short career of a huge talent! There are a few duds here beside many great tunes.

She may be a great songwriter, but her voice and delivery is painful on most songs I’ve ever heard her do. Joni Mitchell is simply not for me.

This is Kanye’s best album, but Kanye has simply ruined Kanye. While not one for cancel culture, Kanye is a clear exception. He’s the worst humans category, making his music dramatically less appealing. Fuck Kanye.

The Black Keys have two prefect albums and this is one of them.

Solid funk and soul.

It’s very good, it’s fun. But a little dull.

Excellent, era defining pop. So many huge hits, but many of the non-hits are the best tracks!

Hadn’t heard this. Solid throughout!

The almighty Black Sabbath and what I think is their best album (that’s saying A LOT!).

A bit boring. All the ingredients are there, just can’t bring myself to like how it’s all assembled.

Perfection. One of the greatest and most original albums of all time.

It’s strange to me that a 21 minute EP would be on this list, but this is seminal hardcore that would go on to birth all this MacKaye.

Dumb and fun, but that’s the extent of it.

Surprisingly diverse and fun. Some really solid tunes.

It’s somebody’s thing, but not mine. Their version of In the Pines was solid though.

There are some great songs, and many hits here. And they are great. But the others are duds. 3.5 if allowed.

Love this Bowie/T Rex adjacent sound!

Awesome and classic. Brings me back to HS.

Great album that’s a perfect representation of the era.

This would be a 3.5. Love Karen O and crew and there are a few 5 star songs here, but also a few mediocre ones.

Another excellent Radiohead album (3rd so far). Superb band.

The epitome of the post-punk era. Solid fun, despite the fact that Johnny Rotten is a prick.

Boring.

There are some amazing tracks here. That first track has been heavily sampled. Fun, different, enjoyable.

Beautiful. One of the defining albums of its era.

Definitely has some very good tunes. But clearly the wind-down of Big Star.

Lesser Suede. Not interesting at all.

One of the most iconic live albums ever.

Sufjan’s best, although a few of the more recent albums have been close to rivaling this indie masterpiece.

First many Ramones albums are just perfect.

Sounds like Oasis, but less annoying.

Excellent work by a man with a very spotty record.

Annoying. Not enjoyable at all.

Perfection.

Definitely enjoyed. Solid album.

Classic grooves!

Tim Buckley was amazing and this is his best album.

Fun stuff. Really grooving.

Seriously, why is this in this list?!

Gotta love The Who!

Oasis makes fine music, but the Gallagher brothers are seriously insufferable.

Solid.

Still with Morrisey?

So good for every reason. A perfect album.

Truly and excellent album.

Can’t beat the VU!

Wonderful blues.

Trippy!

So fucking good.

Easily Elton John’s best album, IMNSHO.

Really solid late era Bowie!

Two great songs and many good ones.

Meh

A wonderful album.

Not terrible, but not for me.

Very enjoyable!

Fun times in ‘69.

So much power!

Very uninteresting

Awesome.

Great period for the Stones.

Classic hip-hop.

One of the defining albums of the ‘60’s.

Wacky.

Stevie is a treasure, but this is too uneven for me.

Yet another great era fur Dylan.

Talent for sure, but just too repetitive to be enjoyable

Solid album!

A wild ride!

Good, but not their peak.

Big, commercial hits that rock.

Great guest spots!

Totally new to me and it was enjoyable at times.

An awesome debut from Shirley and Butch!

Love me some early Iggy!

Nope

Indie goodness

So many great tunes!!!

Perfection

A couple hits, many duds.

Perfection of the highest order

Seminal Wire

Classic Metal

Classic, but repetitive

Perfect album

Not for me

Solid, underrated punk rock

The first of many great VH albums!

A couple duds, but overall, packed with classic jams.

Great, classic metal 🤘🏽

Foundational hip-hop.

Great album

Genius is the correct word.

Serious highs and lows.

Love a lot of 80’s synth music, but this is just bad.

What a treasure PJ is!

Prine classic!

Superb!

Very enjoyable.

Fucking Pink Floyd!

Good fun!

Kanye had some great songs. But fuck Kanye.

Fuck Kanye and all fascist enablers.

One good song and even that song is overly sappy, nostalgic and pandering.

Enjoyable!

Exceptionally good.

Definitely enjoyable. Tori Amos owes her some royalty checks.

Mid.

Strong 3.5. Unique, super fun album.

The best!

Fun, standard Kinks

Better than it should be.

The last perfect Metallica album!

Moments of good, but just not for me.

A masterpiece!

Surprisingly enjoyable! Would be a solid 3.5.

Good but hollow. Has nothing to say.

Talented yes, enjoyable, sure. But this band really does nothing for me.

Aight.

Ugh

Aptly named

Really awesome!

Love Bjork. Super fun album.

There are some amazing songs on here. And some mediocre ones.

One of the defining albums of the 90’s.

A perfect album.

Aight.

Classic

An excellent album with some 5 star songs!

Some real gems…and a few sleepers.

Fine.

Classic

Never loved this album as much as I should have.

Perfection!

It’s fine.

Damon Albarn can do no wrong.

The beginning of an era.

Damon Albarn

Come on, who doesn’t love this album?!

Super fun!

Excellent!

Love all things Bill Callahan.

The middle of the great PJ Harvey trilogy of albums!

Great moments.

Dull

Moments of greatness. But again, why is a compilation in this list!?

A great winter album.

Simply superb!

Jack White never fails.

Some solid jams.

Classic rock mediocrity.

Some solid jams.

Rocking’!

A perfect final album.

Really dislike Joni Mitchell.

So good!

Epic jams!

Jack White never fails.

Enjoyable

Enjoyable

Classic Mr. Mojo

Super solid tunes.

Background music at best.

Meh

This was fine. Nothing I would ever reach for though.

Never really understood the hype on this album.