1001 Albums Summary

Never really got The Smiths. It was pretty good but wouldn't buy a copy.

The Pretenders are a band people don't really talk about that much, but when you listen to them you can hear exactly how they influenced a whole swath of modern artists.

Smooth Operator is a certified banger and it's maybe the 4th best song on this album. Masterful.

I don't think Pop Punk exists without this album. I will not explain my reasoning.

Very dissonant. The final track sounds like a bad Pink Floyd song.

Also dissonant, but somehow in a way I appreciate better. Was surprised at how much I noticed their influence on RHCP

The music is very good and Morrissey is obviously a great lyricist, but I do not enjoy the way he sings.

Yet another I just couldn't get into.

Duet Solo Dancers is one of my favorite jazz tracks

Classic, lots of great tracks

Pretty good, title track might be my least favorite on the album

I mean, it's brilliant

I find the radio versions of the hits from this record (which is half the songs on the record) pack more of a punch and make for a better overall experience, but listening to the album versions is like watching the director's cut of a movie.

I mean...

I think this is proto-emo

Feels like Gorillaz weren't fully dialed in yet but the highs are so high they drown out the lows

I don't understand why this is important. The music is fine but it mostly feels like it belongs as background noise in a grocery store or something.

Not something I'd listen to on a regular basis but I like how experimental it feels. They may not have struck gold but they really tried some stuff.

This is a truly great album but I would love to have a version without all the vibe-interrupting interludes.

What in the world is "important" about this album? Mostly feels like a knockoff of the better stuff he made 20+ years before. (apparently it's important because the E-Street Band reunited to respond to 9/11, which means this mediocre album probably sold a billion copies.

They're doing too much. This album mixes like 5 or 6 different genres with no cohesive theme. Most individual songs are pretty good on their own but as an album it's kind of a jumbled mess.

Lots of bangers, 4 stars

Not my favorite Temptations album but it's still the Temps

I have trouble with the Beatles because everything they do is so old hat now but a lot of it was brand new when they started doing it.

Lyrics can be pretty dated but the music is good

Good, very 80s/confusion about what the 90s are gonna be-coded

Not memorable but fine. 2 stars

Just good vibes the whole time. 4 stars

meh. 2 stars

Honestly a little disappointed

Trash

I liked it, but not enough to seek out more.

It's pretty good, just not my thing.

at least 2 songs were better than the end of the world as we know it.

It's good but it varies so much sonically that it doesn't form a cohesive album.

If you cut out the 10 worst tracks it'd be a phenomenal album.

Perfectly fine

meh

Wild how Ice Cube went from F**** the Police to the cuddly softboi he is now.

Kinda did nothing for me

I don't hate it but the 40ish minutes feels like abut 3 hours

Pretty good, guitar is mixed way too loud or it would be even better

I don't think the original recording is mixed particularly well or this would be 5 stars.

To me this is just some white guys trying to sound like Little Richard.

Almost got 4

Even remastered it still sounds grimy and dirty, which is good.

This is not a totally accurate description but I'm calling this album "The Sad Hot Chili Peppers" This band did not deserve 2 albums on the list

I wanted to give it 4, but it just doesn't grab me like I hoped it would.

The Beach Boys' production quality is out of this world

meh

Amazing that this much production can result in something so boring

A producer who wasn't scared to say "no" would've cut like 10 tracks off of this. Still great though.

It's not one of my favorite Kanye's but it's still very good and predates his descent

Worst beatle

Worst Beatle

It's good but it kind of all blurs together

Technically very good, not for me

I like this era of Bowie a lot but for whatever reason his albums don't hold my attention all the way through

Fantastic

Also very good, also doesn't fully hold my attention

Pretty good

I almost love it. It has something but it's not all the way there.

Every time I want to dock points it hits me with another banger

Maybe if Bono didn't sound like he sounds...

Masterpiece. Will buy this on vinyl when the opportunity arises.

significantly better than I expected

North American Scum alone would've gotten it 3 stars

meh

3.4 rounds down to 3

Really waffled but I think it's too important for 3 stars so it barely slides into 4

Nothing to write home about

All of the songs are fantastic but to me it doesn't feel like a cohesive album. Probably still gonna buy it though.

Possibly the worst driving music I've ever suffered through. Maybe I would've enjoyed it in a more relaxed atmosphere

Masterpiece, might have an f-slur in it though, I need to check the lyrics

It's just an African Gospel choir? I've heard better ones.

I love this album but it's not important enough to me to give it 5 stars

Hugely important, foundational to lots of other artists, not really my thing.

I really like it but I'd like it more if he did about 20% less