I was a Breeders and Kim Deal fan before I ever heard the Pixies. I really like this album and want to rate it higher but the second half does not match the beginning. It's still worth listening to again after not having heard it for 3 to 4 years.

I have heard of Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd but until today had never listened to either men unless it was something that had been sampled in hip hop. I have not listened to much jazz so I may have to revisit but this is a beautiful album and gets my highest regards.

This is an all timer for me. I know that this list will make me tired of 80s English bands and synthesizers but this album is so good. Even if there were no lyrics I'd rate this a 5 for the music and the bass lines. 5/5

This is an all time album. I've probably heard Come Together over a thousand times but had not heard the album in it's entirety until today. I can't give it a 5 but it's a 4.5 for me any day.

I did not listen to this other than the singles when it came out because it was everywhere and unavoidable. I always loved "To Zion" but until now have not heard the entire album. It is a solid 4. I wish she would have released more music.

This album came out when I was in Iraq. My memories of this will always be when I got back listening to it with my friends. I don't know if multi platinum records released by major companies can be political but this tries to be and it is catchy as hell.

My list started with a lot of albums that I am very familiar with the only exception being "Jazz Samba" by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. Of all my albums so far I have not listened to any as much as I have listened to "Enter the Wu-Tang." It is very cliched that I as a 46 year old white guy love Wu-Tang but I will have to lean into it. I have loved this album since I was 15 years old and it is an absolute masterpiece. What people say about Illmatic, To Pimp a Butterfly, My Twisted Dark Fantasy, etc. is probably undeserved but this is one of the top albums of all time across genres.

I.had never heard of Lazer Guided Melodies before listening to this album. The first half of the album is more interesting to me as the second half is much more meandering. It's not offensive in anyway but also not worth listening to again.

I'm just young enough to remember this but not old enough to have listened to the album in it's entirety until.today. It's way over produced and at least twenty minutes too long. I would give it a 4 on the strength of the singles if it didn't seem interminable for the last 4-5 songs.

Another 60s classic that is never heard in its entirety until beginning the 1001 list. I've listened to a lot of Dylan over the years and appreciate his song writing more so than I like to hear him sing more than a few songs at a time.

This was my album after "You want it Darker" so it was a refreshing change of pace. That being said the first part of the album is almost generic bordering on background in a video game. The latter part of the album improves as more piano is introduced. I am unlikely to listen again but its ok 3/5.

I have heard of the Pogues and have listened to "Fairytale in New York" before listening to this album. I really enjoy the "music" but will likely never listen to this album again. It is not offensive and is well done just not what I am into.

This is the first time I've listened to Wish you were Here since probably 1995 in its entirety. My Dad was/ is a big fan so I heard this album and the radio edit singles all the time as a kid. It's a great album but I can't go over 3 stars. My main criticism is that for all its jazzy pretensions ithe playing doesn't really blow you away. They were a great band and I appreciate their work but this doesn't hold up well for me.

This was hard for me to get into at first and my initial impression was "Old man , whispering." But as I listened with a more open mind I found myself getting over those first thoughts. My favorite track is "On the Level." I doubt that I would listen again given the gravity of the album I still rate it a middle of the road 3/ 5.

Until today I had never listened to this album. Steely Dan is in my opinion properly rated/ derided. As a person born in 1978 little was less cool to me than jazzy rock when I was a teenager. In the last two decades the band has undergone a reexamination and become a darling to people who are or consider themselves to be hipsters. With that in mind and having listened to "Aja" several times in the past year or so I was not super excited to when this was next on my playlist. After listening I am glad that I gave this a chance. To me this is superior to "Aja" and has no real weak songs. The lyrics are cynical if that is your thing but what makes the album great is the music and how it all comes together. 4/5

I love the concept, the music, most of the lyrics and the way this comes together. I have never listed to Sufjan Stevens prior to this album and I find him to be more pleasant than not. However that is outweighed by the run time of this album. I give it a 3/5 but would have been almost to a 4 if the album were not 65 minutes long.

I love this album. The singles do most of the work but they are capable of carrying the entire album. I wish we had quarter stars because it's really a 3.75 but I will give it a 4/5.

I love the Stan Getz "Jazz Samba" record and gave it a 5. This one is really good but only a 3/5.

I have always been put off by the Bowie love as someone who was not around when he was at his peak and knew him more as a personality. That being said this album is worthy of the hype. I can't give it 5 but it's a 4.25/5 for me.

This is a great album. I'd never heard of Fela Kuti and have never been interested in Cream as I've always considered Clapton as an Eddie Van Halen for people who didn't know that they weren't cool. Be that as it may I was really impressed with this and love the horns and rhythm. I wish I knew what he is singing but it doesn't distract from enjoying the wonderful music. 4.25/5.

This took a little.time.to.get used to but it grew on me. Excellent drumming.

Very vanilla, not terrible but nothing stands out for me.

As a commenter states on the reviews page albums like this are what make the list so invaluable. I would have never sought this out but for this list. The highs are why I give this a three. The lows being it down from a four or above.

This really grew on me. I wouldn't consider myself a fan of easy listening or however else this could be defined as, but this album has a nice groove and the horn playing holds it all together. 3.25/5.

James Addiction was always hard for me to get into because I couldn't separate the antics from the music. I am familiar with their big singles but this is the first time I've listened to this album in its entirety. My feeling is that this is a perfectly fine record. I think there are 3-4 really good songs and the rest are not noteworthy good or bad. 3/5

I really like the music. You can hear that the musicianship and production in every song. The problem is the lyrics. It's just a lot of yuppie melancholy and that's not for me. I'd love to have a version that had no lyrics as is this is not for me. 1.75/5.

I got into this list to listen to music that I am unfamiliar with in the hopes that I will become a more well rounded person. So far 27 albums in I have been exposed to new to me music and have enjoyed the majority of the new albums. This album is as familiar to me as maybe any album that could conceivably be on the list. I was an enormous Nirvana fan as a teenager and this was unavoidable in 1993/ 1994. I have not listened to much Nirvana in the past 5 or 10 years. I do from time to time listen to Nevermind and In Utero, but usually just my favorite tracks from those albums, however the reason that those are the songs I go back to are because of MTV Unplugged in New York. This is a 10/10 album for me and is in my top 10 or top 20 albums of all time. I know that Nirvana gets overrated and underrated at the same time and that old people (people my age) get really touchy about their sacred cows unless they are the ones making the critiques but the truth is the truth and this album is unfuckwithable.

I have not heard much Neil Young. I am familiar with the hits that were standard fare on the classic rock stations but have never listened to an entire album by him. I find this ok. The music is pleasing especially the acoustic guitar playing. The lyrics on the majority of the songs are just so-so to me. 2.25/5

This is my second Beatles album in 29 days. I know that there are more to come and I welcome them. I have heard the singles on this album many times. This album sounds great (I listened to the 2009 remastered version) and I appreciate that at least. There is nothing on here that I need to hear again. 1.75/5

The first 40 minutes are a slog. At best the songs sound like soundtrack filler from a forgettable 80s movie. The back 1/3 is much better as it shifts into slower less synth based songs. I'm glad I listened to it but never again.

This is a good album. I had heard some of the singles before but had never listened all the way through. I give it a 3.25/5.

I do not hate Drake's voice and I like the music especially the songs that have strings and horns. My complaint is that this sounds like music that would be better served as a score for a movie instead of as an album. 2.75/5

I was a Rolling Stone subscriber as a teenager and I remember this album getting great reviews. Despite this I didn't listen for many years because I incorrectly believed he was some kind of Harry Connick Jr crooner type. I was right about Buckley being a crooner but I was wrong to go 31 years without listening to this album. "Hallelujah" and "Lover, you should come over" are my favorites but there are no bad tracks on the album. The incredible part for me is that he sings in "his" voice on every song. Buckley doesn't adopt any "grungy" howl on the more up tempo songs nor does he have an affect on the ballads. I am sad 28 years after the fact that he died because we didn't get to see where he would go from this debut. 4.75/5

This is my first time listening to all of these songs or this "album." I really love the guitar playing and Holly's voice. 3.25/5

I don't know why I have always avoided this album. Moore and to a lesser degree Gordon's singing is excellent and my trepidation re this being "noise rock" was very misplaced. I will never listen to a single song on this album again but I will definitely listen to this in its entirety again. 4.25/5

Another band I had never heard by in this case a band I had never heard of. I love the randomness of the list at least 36 albums in. This reminds me in a way of Portishead and also Evanescence. This is a positive and not a negative for my tastes. I'm impressed with the females singers voice and would listen to this again. 3.25/5

I've heard this many times as part of compilations but am more familiar with At Folsom. Cash is an all timer but this album is not on the same level as "Live at Folsom Prison" or some.of his other albums. I love "America" and the majority of the American recordings. I can't go below 3 because it's Johnny Cash. 3/5

I can understand if you have a nostalgic love of this album because you were young and partying a lot when it came out. My favorite Outkast album is like that for me (it is not on the list and should be as it is a lot better than the two that are) but I don't have that attachment to LCD Soundsystem. This is pretty blah to me and only the final song and "North American Scum" stand out. 2.25/5

I know that this is an important album for what it portended for rock.music moving forward. But to me it just sounds like blues karaoke. The piano playing on the 2d to last song save it from being a 1. 2/5

I would give it a 2 but for Emmy Lou Harris and the steel guitar playing. 2.5/5

I love this album. The first 3/4s are a 5 but the last 3 or 4 songs bring this down to a 4.25/5 for me. If I could sing I would want to sing like Paul Simon or Sam Cooke. Great album and I will add Patterns to my permanent playlist. 4.25/5

I really love this style of singing. I came into this with no knowledge of "The Poet" and only limited experience with Bobby Womack. This is a very solid album with tremendous basslines and a superb bass player. 4/5

This is ok. There are 2 or 3 songs that stand out "Dolphins" being my favorite. I'm also partial to the acoustic instrumental. 2.25/5

I really like the synthesizer and arrangements. Wilson's voice is great but lyrically there isn't much to recall. 2/5

Wow. I'd only heard the two singles prior to listening today. I like Full Moon Fever, Damn the Torpedoes and Wildflower more as Petty is singing like himself and not alternating between Vam Morrison and Mick Jagger but this is still a great album because of "Breakdown" and "American Girl." 3.5/5

I've listened to a lot of Buck Owens but have never heard this album in its entirety. Wish it had more of the brass that made the "Bakersfield" sound but it's still undeniably a great snapshot of his music. 3.5/4

Really interesting compilation that encompasses different styles of music. I really enjoyed this but due to not speaking Portuguese it's hard for me to remember the standout tracks. I'm glad for this challenge for putting me into music like this record. 3.25/5

I was introduced to Aerosmith by Run DMC and the wildly popular "Walk this Way" video. I used to play that song on a jukebox where my Mom worked. My next experience with the band was 2 or 3 years later when they put out Permanent Vacation. They then became a very prominent MTV band before becoming a caricature of an MTV band. This is ok. "Pump" is a lot better. 2/5