1001 Albums Summary

Not my kind of music. Maybe would be enjoyable live, but this album sounds like muzak and is way too long.

Soft rock with progressive touch. Sounds bit like Paul McCartney and Wings and very much a product of it's time. The very dry 70's soundscape and the mix is technically really enjoyable. On the other hand the songs on the album are quite mediocre nonsense pop with a slight progressive twist. Maybe the album is worth 2,5 stars, but more leaning towards 2 than 3.

Middle of the road rock, which suites quite nicely to the background while doing office work. There were also some echoes of Talking heads, which is never a bad thing...

Kinda enjoyed this album as a teenager, but i had to refreshen my memory and listen to it again before rating it. It's a solid rock'n'roll album. A-side is really strong, but there are mostly fillers on the b-side. Maybe worth 3,5 starts.

Never been a big fan of substance fuelled blues jamming

Irresistible groove by the Wailers, but not my favourite Bob Marley record

Timeless art rock album filled with great songs full of clever pop hooks and Bernard Butler's guitar playing at it's best. Not a single weak link on this album. Bit pompous and over dramatic at times, but always catchy and groovy.

The jazzier and atmospheric stuff on this album is really good, but the hectic breakbeat rythm parts just make me nervous. Ambitious and experimental debut record that created whole new genre, but not quite my cup of tea.

Songs like This is a call and Big me are great power pop tunes. Bit like Nirvana, but without the angst. These first few Foo fighters albums had the relaxed and innocent atmosphere of just enjoying making music, before Foo fighters turned into stadium machine. I quite like this album, although it gets bit monotonic towards the end

I remember this sounding quite OK at the time it was released. Now it just irritates me. This post punk revival did bring to light few decent bands like Editors and Interpol, but Franz Ferdinand's indie disco already feels quite outdated.

Not my kind of music, but i kind of like these thrash metallic vibes. There are some progressive elements and usually these records are really well recorded and mixed. For this kind of soundscape anyway. Not my favorite, but wouldn't mind hearing it again sometime in the future...

There’s real element of danger on this record. Iggy groans, moans, screams and even sings at times. Ron Ashestons merciless guitar riffing and the brutal groove of the rythm section. Not so much of great song writing, but double the attitude and precence. The Stooges was inspiration to so many different bands and even genres (punk, post punk, alternative, grunge and whatever) that came years later. On top of the totalistic band sound of the Stooges there’s the crazy saxophone adding to the cacophony. Great stuff and ground breaking record!

At first it was bit unfair that this record came right after Fun house by the Stooges. But i listened this two times to sheriffit off the comparison. Difficult to comprehend the kind of effect this record had on youth and whole society when it was released. They were even banned to play in Finland by the government :-D So, the adults dissaproved, but the youth after prog were ignited with a spark that anyone can do this! Musically this album is pretty simple street rock, but i guess the big fuss was more about the lyrics and public appearance of Rotten and co. swearing in television etc. It's a solid rock'n'roll album that probably did not create punk movement, but was very much part of the big bang.

Never been much of a metal head, but i’ve always liked Black Sabbath among few others. This album includes many Sabbath classic riff’s that have taught generations of guitarist’s to play.

This album has the best balance of all sides of Talking heads. The groove, experimental side, hits, the wit. Remain in light and the debut are my favourite Talking heads albums

Started well with the sound of upright bass, but after that it was pretty common hiphop.

This album sounds bit like the English version of Wilco’s Yankee hotel foxtrot. The songs have deep connection to English pop tradition, but the album also has the experimental twist to it. I like it! Was thinking between 3 and 4 stars and i give it 4 because i think it is a grower. Will definitely listen to it again!

I know that this is some kind of shoegaze classic so i should like it, but i’ve never really had the patience with this one .

"Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine" is one of the greatest opening lines on any album ever. Patti Smith is a real trail blazer for all women rockers out there, but for some reason i've never quite fully understood her magic. Poetry and punk however is a solid combination worth of 3 or 4 stars. This time i randomly chose...

Includes some great the Who tracks like Pinball wizard, I'm free etc, but the musical bits are bit heavy. Ambitious project which does deserve some credit and listening to this made me want to see the Tommy movie again, last time seeing it as a teenager.

Excellent background music for office work. Not the kind of music i listen to usually, but enjoyed this one while it lasted. Also very tasty pedal steel playing.

Quite generic radio pop of it's time. Presumably good stuff in this category. I liked the Ryan Adams song to song version of this album way more.

Not the best Hendrix album, but a solid start for his career

I guess this could be called emo soft rock. Classic in it's genre, but not my thing. Few good pop tracks, but not enough to make me want to spend more time with this album.

Groovy stuff. I like this!

Interesting album. Badly recorded, but the Ramblin' Jack's intensive performance and the small stories really make you listen. This must have been on young Bob Dylan's playlist.

Works on the background while doing office work, but not the kind of record i would listen intentionally

Proper feel good roots rock music. CCR has got a very unique band sound where everyone plays to their strengths and knows how to contribute to the band sound together. There are loads of bands I really dislike in this roots category, but CCR is definitely from the better end of the spectre.

This early 2000's new wave of American indie rock bands were a real breath of fresh air, after the period where all indie rockers wanted to sound (and look) like Oasis. Strokes are among the top indie bands on this side of the millennium.

I've got mixed feelings about Simon and Garfunkel. Well crafted songs for sure, but sometimes they are bit cheesy and the arrangements are somewhat pompous. This floats on the background and most of the songs sound quite familiar, but probably wont deliberately pick this up for re listening.

Not really fan of this type of music. It had it’s moments but mostly it just floated in the backgroud

There were some special chemistry between Jack and Meg White. White stripes didn't invent anything new, but they did have their own vision, which definitely is audible in all of their records. Also, one of the best live bands i've seen!

Bit like Midnight oil, but the songs are not as good...

College rock classic. Early REM albums were my gateway to American alternative music and have been huge inspiration younger alternative generations in different genres. One of the greatest debut albums of all time.

Quite basic 60's pop music and the Bo Diddley cover of 'I'm a man' even sounds a bit silly sung by 21 year old Daltrey. Album closer The Ox sounds much better than the rest of the album and perhaps is a sign of what was to come for The Who.

Pretty generic country pop. There's nothing that would make me spin this one again.

Probably the best britpop album of the 90's, filled with great pop songs with punkish twist. Great sounding record too. The absolute rating is probably 4,5 stars, but Graham Coxon's guitar playing deserves the extra half stars.

Leonard Cohen was really original singer-songwriter, like whom there are no other. Or any alike are just followers. Songs on this album are beautifully crafted and the musicians really do honor the songs and Leonards vocal delivery.

Stevie Wonder is such a talented guy. He writes all songs, masters the groove by playing most of the band instruments and produces his own records. This is great album, but maybe few songs too long.

Solid street rock album

Hard to understand how influential to the development on alternative rock (and other genres) Velvet underground has been. Would there even have been Bowie as we know him without Lou Reed and Velvet's? I can hear so many of my favourite 70's, 80's and 90's favourite bands influenced by this. The song structures are quite basic, but the song topics and the band sound are quite rough for it's time, and maybe even for this time. Timeless stuff!

Really like the sound of the band on this album, and of course Willie's interpretation is great. Enjoyable record for Sunday chilling.

For some reason I've never really liked Eric Clapton's version of the blues. The man undoubtedly has skills for guitar and he's a decent singer too, but still there is something that irritates me. Feels like he's tryin too hard to be the ultimate blues man or something. If i feel the urge to listen to blues or blues orientated rock music, I'd rather stick to the original blues masters (or Hendrix or even SRV) than this version of it.

Interesting album that covers many different genres in a Butthole surfersian way. Might have to listen this one again to figure out what the heck just happened. Sounds like a really good live band too.

My very little experience with Venom is from my teenage years, when my metal head school mates were wild about this band, and they had Venom sleeve patches or even back patches in their denim vests. Now listening to this, it's obvious that this same enthusiasm were shared by loads of future trash metal kids around the world. Venom sounds very much like the speed/trash metal bands that came bit later. Probably will not listen to this album on repeat, but it definitely deserves to be on the list.

From this trip hop movement i always liked Tricky or Massive attack more than Portishead. This record has quite cool jazzy vibe, but as an album it is bit monotonous.

Possibly the best RHCP album and at least the only one i’ve listened more than couple of times. This album suffer’s a bit for the 90’s CD syndrome, when records were mostly over hour long instead of the 40-45 mins of the vinyl age.

My favourite album of the grunge era. Great songs and the Smashing pumpkins playing at their peak.

Elbow is original band and i really like Guy Garvey’s voice which sound quite like Peter Gabriel. Seldom seen kid is seen as Elbow classic, but i think they’ve made better albums than this.

Best album by The Cure

The last Metallica album worth listening to. Maybe there was still some Cliff Burton magic left for this one. Somehow the weird bassless mix works as kind of a tribute to Cliff.

Groovy stuff that has been hugely influential to bands like Talking Heads and their followers. It would have been great to see Fela and his band live, as this is the kind of music that makes even people who don’t dance want to move

She is a decent singer and probably OK as a songwriter too (even though her songs offer nothing that hasn't been heard many times before), but I just can't stand those big and sentimental Adele ballads. I do understand why she is so popular, but this definitely is not my cup of tea...

The Temptations classic soul meets Sly & the family stone type of groove. I enjoyed it. Probably 3,5 star album, but maybe more leaning towards 3 than 4.

There's quite a lot of different styles on this album, from sound collage to jazz and baroque pop to ambient etc. Interesting stuff, which i will probably have to listen to again, to get the full grip on things.

At the best this band grooves like a moose, but there are some lazy moments especially on the B-side (the over 13 mins of Sex machine jamming). Solid grooving though...

Somehow i can't get the grip of this album. It's probably technically competent, but somehow clinical and lacking edge.

Don't know the classic jazz well enough to criticize it. Quite enjoyed this one, but probably wont feel the urge to listen to it again, at least not in the near future.

There are groovy moments on this album, but maybe over an hour of it was bit too much. I enjoyed this more than the Outkast album few days ago, so i guess i have to give it better review, that's why 3 stars...

PJ Harvey's "grunge album". Solid debut, but her more original work was still yet to come.

For some reason i haven't listened to these early Sonic Youth records. Evol is not the easiest record to approach, but it has the ingredients that made the band one of the coolest ever to exist. Have to give this more spins, to really get in to it.

Folk rock classic. This one time the stars really aligned for this quartet. Nothing much to say about this that haven't already been said many times. Solid stuff.

The album has a promising start with swamp bluesy title song that has great guitar riff. After that it just isn't quite as good.

Adult oriented country music. Doesn't really speak to me. The Daniel Lanois like production is smooth and at times makes this album enjoyable.

Monotonic beats and loop repetition song after song. Had to skip most of the songs after few minutes. Maybe this might work on the dancefloor of some smoky club while toxicated enough. Otherwise it's just boring.

Solid hard rock album with progressive twist. Songs pretty much based on hooky bass/guitar riffs and especially Roger Glover's bass playing is really groovy.

Alex Chilton must be one of the least known very influental songwriters of all time. Can hear lots of 80’s and 90’s alternative influence on this album. This album and the songs on it feel bit like they’re not quite finished yet, but that just adds to the charm. Great pop record! Maybe 4,5 stars, but not quite 5, so i’ll give it…

I wonder why this album is on this list. Just generic radiopop. Thank god AI will save us from this crap in the future...

Not in the top half of the best Radiohead albums list. Solid one from them and couple of juicy tracks, but as an album it's a bit dull.

Seventeen seconds lie somewhere between the punkish debut and the darker Cure records that were still yet to come. It lacks the charm of the punkish debut and doesn't yet have the grandiose of the later years. Bit monotone album, but still quite enjoyable. And A Forest of course is a classic!

Kind of timeless music and i was really surprised that this has been recorded way back in the 50's. Good grooving!

Little Richard is such an important part of whole rock evolution. Not quite the music that i listen to, but I have to appreciate the influence this guy has had as a frontrunner of everything we nowdays file under rock music.

Solid start for the Clash, but their best work was still yet to come.

One of the best pop records of the 80's. Filled with funky pop tunes with new wavish twist. What's not to like!

Old skool hiphop. I kind of like this stuff, but today just wasnt the day for this.

The Band is one of these acts who's universal praising I've never really understood. To me it sounds like quite basic americana, not good or bad. Floats on the background, but there isn't anything to make me want to listen this again.

Metallica at their peak. Was not into metal at all when this was released, but really liked this album and it still sounds great!

I like the Kinks, but some times albums length of Kinks is bit too much. This is a decent pop record and it might get even better after few spins.

Ella reallly bring life to these often quite silly Gershwin songs. Quite enjoyable background music, except for the horrible instrumental section that started the album. Ella ***, instrumental songs *

By far the best Lou Reed album including his most memorable songs. Bowie and Ronson production is big part why this one stands out from his other albums. Special hats off to Mick Ronson's role on guitar, piano and string arrangements.

Interesting album, that i've not heard before! Great guitar riffing and really like the guitar sound on this record. Definitely sounds like a grower too, that might get even better after few spins. I did listen to this twice and will probably listen more times in the future.

It's bit funny how the songs on this album are new style rock'n'roll music (new style in 1957 that is), but the background singers definitely tie this to the past. But i guess that's the way how musical evolution works. Not really music that's on my daily playlist, but this is such an influential album in the rock'n'roll history. Bands like The Beatles and Rolling Stones were hugely inspired by this music and we all know where it went from there.

Go go's were a "girl band" in the time when there really weren't that many bands with only women playing all instruments. Quite mediocre punk pop, but you have to give some respect for trailblazers like this group.

Not much to say about this one. It's not bad, but there really isn't anything that catches the ear. Next one please...

Interesting mix of styles. Not on my daily playlist, but i'm glad to have heard this one.

Solid blues rock album, quite liked it

Jump is a decent pop song, but otherwise this record was quite mediocre 80's hard rock

Tracy Chapman's got a real unique voice, that i really like, but this album could have benefitted of bit rougher production compared to this quite basic 80's soundscape.

Start! and That's entertainment are classics, no doubt about it, but the rest of the album doesn't quite match the quality of those tracks. The deluxe version bonus tracks and demos are way more interesting than most of the album versions.

Groovy, feelgood music. Don't really have any competence to say anything about this. Kind of enjoyable music on the background and most probably great stuff live.

Really unique album from a very unique band. I have this album in my collection, but for some reason it hasn't got the same attention as the debut or Remain in light. Was about to give it 4 stars, but then listened it for the second time and added one more. Great album!

The super talented Jeff Buckley only had time to release one album and his destiny is one of the greatest tragedies in rock music. Grace is among the best debut albums of all time and the second to come (that was released as "Sketches for my sweetheart the drunk") sounded like a very promising continuation for it. One can only imagine what kind of heights his musical career could have achieved.

I was bit worried that this album might be full of California dreaming type of hippie stuff (before the hippie time i know), but there are decent 60's pop songs in this one. Not bad.

I confess, that I have a soft spot for the pop rock of More than a feeling, but after it the album didn't really match that level.

The American Beatles sounds like itself. Not much to say about this one. Maybe would improve after several listens, but for now, it just sounds like one of the many 60's pop records.

Energic punk rock, just the way i like it

Never been much of a Elvis fan, but have to admit that the youthful energy of Elvis himself and swinging rockabilly background groove by Scotty Moore, Bill Black and DJ Fontana really make my trouser sleeves flap. This is also such hugely important stuff in the rock'n'roll history, and it's not even possible to imagine what rock music would be without this stuff

2000 something were the time when indie rock finally went bad and this album is a good example of that

Better than i expected, but I got bit tired of the all dicks and bitches towards the end

Played this album on repeat for 3-4 times and it really grew on me. Not all of the songs are great but there are lots of good and groovy stuff here.

It's an interesting debut, but with this one Led Zeppelin were still finding their feet. Blues jamming (like you shook me, i can't quit you baby) might have sounded fresh back then, but now it's bit boring. Led Zeppelin did make some much more interesting bluesy tracks later on. But there are also definite highlights on this album, like Good times bad times, black mountain side and communication breakdown.

This sounds like Motley crue or Guns'n'roses trying to be Black sabbath and misery romanticizing lyrics are a bit juvenile. The vocal harmonies heard on the record add at least some interest, but from halfway on i was just waiting for this to end.

Classic punk where Poly Styrene's energetic vocals separates this from the others. Whoever invented the use of saxophone in punk deserves at statue!

Green is the last album for REM as a "college rock band", before Losing my religion changed it all. I got this record from a friend who didn't like it and for me this was one of the most played albums of the late 80's. Michael Stipe's soulful singing and the mystic lyrics, the groove of Berry & Mills and especially Peter Buck's down to earth guitar playing was something that i really relished as a guitar playing teenager. This album have all sides of REM in perfect balance, the pop songs, dark rockers, country vibes and Led Zeppelin like mandolin tracks. REM did make good records after this one, but it just wasn't the same anymore. .

The album's opening line is "It doesn't matter if we all die," and it really well anticipates what's to come over the next 40+ minutes. Pornography is quite heavy to listen to at times, and it's not my favorite Cure album. But there are elements that lays the groundwork for the band's sound to evolve towards their later great albums

Elastica's debut is one of those albums whose reputation was boosted by riding the wave of the Britpop trend. It's not a bad album, but I doubt it would have been as well recognized if it had been released at another time. The album is filled with decent pop songs, but nothing that would lift them above the other brit pop 2nd tier bands. Special mention and bonus point to the pixieslike bass sound!

Arcade fire sounded quite fresh when these 2 first albums were released, but now putting it into wider time perspective it sounds quite basic indie rock. Neon bible is a decent pop record with some nice additional horn and string arrangements.

This album started quite promising, but towards the end it sounded too much like the same old Beach boys

I liked the Velvet underground songs where Nico sang. The band's raw sound and Nico's monotonous singing fit together perfectly, but maybe this kind of songs would benefit of a more versatile singer

Nicely swaying quite traditional jazz. Enjoyed it, but didn't feel the urge to add this to my future playlist

The album is weird mixture of prog, hard rock and music hall numbers and The Queen as a band has a really unique sound that cant be mistaken as any other. Not my playlist stuff, but have to give some respect to such ambitious record.

Graceland probably (among with some Peter Gabriel albums) was the starting point for world music hype in the eighties. I kind of liked the movement back then and also still enjoy this album.

Quite hard to get the grip on this, with over 40 songs in about an hour. Such a weird album. Kind of groovy, but would need multiple listens to get the full picture of what the hell just happened and i'm not quite sure if i was enough impressed to be up for the task in hand. Lots of respect for this kind of stuff anyway!

Sade has a great voice for this kind of jazzy soul. Good stuff on the background but not one i would listen to with intention

Quite on the opposite end of the spectrum compared to the smooth jazzy soul by Sade that was on the list before this. This is brutal stuff. Sounds like back alley junkie version of Kraftwerk where machines are replaced by tools and metal cans. This is bit heavy album to listen to, but undoubtedly would have been an great live experience when it was released. I've seen Neubauten live couple of times in the later years and edges are bit softer nowdays, but the spirit of doing things the neubauten way are still there. Some stars for the music on this album and some for the general respect for this band

Why do these hiphop albums always have to be so freaking long?!? The vinyl standard 45min would be enough of this stuff. Still it's not a bad album, i have to say. Style between songs wary enough and there are some good groove's on this, but too much is too much...

One of the better sides of these "1001 albums to hear"... type of lists, is that you get to hear artists like Alexander Spence. A singer songwriter from late 60's that i've never heard of, but definitely should have. Spence sounds like America's own Syd Barrett and i'm sure his battle with mental illness has lot to do with the uniqueness of his music. The songs on this album seem to be more production of subconsciousness than actual song writing. Bit like jazz actually. Really interesting 'out of this world' album that feels totally fresh in this age of over production, songwriting camps and AI etc.

"I'm ready my lord" sings Leonard, on an album that was released few weeks before his death. Maybe not the best Cohen album but interesting parting gift to fans by very unique artist.

Nothing to get too exited or too annoyed about on this, but i was secretly kind of hoping that this would have been better pop record

This record is at the heart of what is adult orientated rock music. The rock in it is not very rock and the jazz side is not too jazzy. Middle of the road music, with middle of the road songs, performed by middle of the road musicians. And the production of the record is also very smooth and gentle to the ear.

I saw Frank Ocean live few years back and really enjoyed it. This album doesn't quite reach the same heights, but it has it's moments.

French language suite's really well to this kind of stuff. Interesting album. Probably wont listen to it again, but quite enjoyed it for few spins.

The grooves on this album are really gentle to the ear. Really enjoyable, especially on a Monday morning.

The only things I can say about hip-hop albums are whether the grooves are good and whether the flow of the rapping is enjoyable. In this case, it's tick in both boxes. One of the better hip-hop albums on this list.

Same stuff as her previous album on this list. Over emotional adult oriented pop music and these songs have been written many times before. Not my stuff.

Respect for Dolly, but this is quite generic country music to my ears.

From the first notes of this album it was easy to recognize that this guy is part of Steely Dan. This is harmless pop music, that don't raise too much feelings to any direction. I'm tempted to give this album 2 stars instead of one, because at times the overproduction and slickness of It feels like it’s from a comedy show and it makes me laugh

I generally like prog rock, but there is something quite pretentious about ELP, so i've never really gotten into them and this album doesn't change things.

Blur at the peak of their britpop success. Album filled with great pop tunes, but there are few other Blur records above Parklife on my list of best Blur albums

Solid album by really unique artist. Includes few classics and introduces bit rockier side of Cohen.

This was highly influential album for the creation of Bowie's "Berlin period" albums, which of course Eno co-created and it kind of created the format of an album half pop songs and half instumental/ambient tracks. Brian Eno is not the best singer in the world, but his singing style kind of suites this quite academic style of song writing. Plus, it's always a pleasure to listen to Robert Fripp's avantgardist guitar playing.

Billy Bragg is somewhat like a sincere version of Elvis Costello. His lyrics dont include sarcasm or irony and often there is deeper story hidden in pop song's clothing. This album has the blue print of a Billy Bragg album, indie pop married with folk and lyrics with strong fight for the working class vibe. Good stuff!

Probably my favorite Yes album. Good balance of prog, proper songwriting and great band playing at their top level. On top of this, both the 2024 remaster and the Steven Wilson remix version i listened to sound really good!

OK pop record. At least much better than what they've come up with for the past 10 years.

This album and John Martyn as an artist has definitely got personal vibe goin' on. Not bad stuff, but the songs them selves are not that good. I would rate this as 2,5 stars, but since it's not possible, i'll give it...

Quite recognizable early 70's soul. Good groovin', but doesn't quite reach the heights of Curtis Mayfield or Marvin Gaye for example.

This is kind of a ‘cuddling soul’, and I prefer mine with more groovy vibes. Not bad, but a bit boring, and the songs are way too long. I especially question the necessity of the length of the final track—19 minutes of just two chords going on and on and on and…

Solid debut that covers multiple subgenres of punk. At best worth more than 3/5, but there are quite a few songs that don't stand out from the rest of stuff made in this era

Rythmically much more interesting that most of this eras punk albums (credit to Budgie on drums), but i think album would benefit of having few well crafted pop songs here and there. Bit heavy to listen towards the end of the record.

Courtney Love is not a very good singer and to me this album mostly sounds like 90's radio pop with bad singer. 'Use once and destroy' is the exeption and is a clear stand out track for me.

Solid album with great pop tunes, traditional folk songs and even an Bob Dylan parody song (or at least to me 'A Simple Desultory Philippic' sounds like a Dylan parody). Possibly my favorite from all Simon and Garfunkel albums.

Better than i expected at first, but Aguilera could use her voice a bit less rollercoaster like. Now her voice is going up and down and around the bend all the time that it makes me feel sick. Few songs of this would have been enough, full album is way too much for my stomach to handle.

After listening this album I still feel that Cream and Eric Clapton are way over rated

Echoes of the baggy movement and there are also some trip hop vibes on this album. Solid grooving from the era when indie kids started dancing.

Easy going vibes that is quite impossible not to like. Nothing spectacular but it certainly makes my head nod to the beat

Not in the mood for this kind of music today

Easygoing jazz that works well as background music for the workday and makes your foot tap along with the groovy rythms

Some fillers, but enough killers to make this an pleasent listening

At the beginning this sounded very fresh, but it got bit 'same old same old' towards the end. Good pop album though.

I have to admit that i had an attitude problem towards this album when it was released. It received such praise that i went the opposite direction with mostly ignoring it. Listening to it now, i have to admit that i was wrong. It's such an great album. Was thinking of reasons why to give it 4 stars instead of 5, but couldn't think of any.

Such an tired idea to make "symphonic" versions of old songs and the album sounds just like that. The symphonic arrangements sound like unused Bond soundtrack ideas and prove that sometimes good idea on paper is not so good in real life.

Cocteau twins is such an original band and Elisabeth Frazer such an original singer. There's no-one that sounds quite like them. I've never really have had the patience to listen to some of their albums, but these bit more accessible ones like "Heaven or Las Vegas" or "Four calendar cafe" are really enjoyable. And there can never be too much chorus!

Music that makes your head nod and foot tap to the beat. And not just great grooves, but great songs also. On top of the usual Isley brothers groove there is the amazing guitar playing by Ernie Isley. Really like this album and these are the kind of gems that make me happy to be part of this campaign.

Sound of muzak to me. OK at the background, but there's not much to grab my deeper attention

Of all the albums ever released, is it really necessary to hear this album before i die?

Cyndi Lauper is such a charismatic singer. Consisting the songs on the A-side this would have made a really good EP of 80's pop mixed with new wave influences. The B-side tracks of the album are bit too easy to forget eighties nonsense, maybe excluding She bop, which is a decent track. A-side is 4/5 and B-side 2/5...

Late 60's/early 70's were the Golden era for the Stones. They had finally found their style and wrote most of their best guitar riffs and songs during that late Brian Jones and Mick Taylor period. Sticky fingers documents band at their peak and is top3 Rolling stones album for me.

Sounds like quite generic boring country music to me. It's clear that this album (among quite a few others) wouldn't have been on this list if it weren't an American listing.

I have a problem with Kings of leon. It kind of operates within the genre limits which i usually quite like (although i don't stick to any genre restrictions), but for some reason i get nothing out of this band. The songs are not too good, the band playing and arrangements are the same old same, and the singer seems to try too hard to sound like he's channeling his inner emotions or whatever through the songs, but it just feels false. I probably am wrong here, but to me this is just muzak disguised as alternative rock music

There are way too many country albums on this list if you look at the popularity of this genre outside America. This is quite OK as a country album, but I wouldn't listen to it again voluntarily

I remember all the hit singles from this, but didn't listen to the whole album when this was released. Listening to it now, it sounds really fresh, and timeless even.

I'm not that much of a RHCP fan, but liked Blood sugar sex magic a lot and this album was quite enjoyable also. The songs are bit unsurprisingly RHCP, but there were good tunes on this and some groovy playing by Flea, Frusciante and Smith. Maybe this could have been bit shorter.

Tom Waits is such an unique artist and gifted songwriter. He's also the star actor in one of my favorite movies "Down by law". Such a talented and also otherwise cool guy, who walks his own path and don't give a s&#t what other people think.

This is such a crazy album. Many artists who later became popular have cited it as one of their biggest influences. I’m still not entirely sure what to make of it, but I have to give lots of credit for breaking the boundaries of conventional pop-rock formula and inspiring others to rethink how rock music can be presented.

To me Metallica died with Cliff Burton. This is a solid, but bit boring hard rock album. Seems like the band lost their edge after ...and justice for all... (which of course was done without Cliff, but his spirit still seemed to linger around).

This record documents well the ecstatic vibe that Sam Cooke and his great band are able to create in the live situation. Feelgood soul, from start to finish.

Probably the best Bob Marley album and my favorite reggae album. There are lots of great classic tracks on this one and both, the maestro himself and the Wailers grooving at their peak. Aston Barrett's bass playing is especially juicy. Tracks 5-10 are 5/5, but not quite the whole album.

Quite OK country rock, but i probably won't feel the urge to listen to this again.

This is quite meditative album, which really needs listening and it's not at it's best on the background of a busy working day. None of the Nick Drake albums didn't sell that much when he was still around, but they have all left an unique mark of an artist who sounds like no-one else

With the Beatles is perhaps the most poppiest of all Beatle records, but it’s important part of the evolution from Please please me to Abbey road. Maybe this really is a solid 3/5 record, but have to give one extra star because it’s The Beatles

This is one of the better Elton John albums and Tiny dancer is probably his best song, but there still are way too many piano ballads on this record.

This is really interesting stuff. Avant garde noise, combined with ear orgasmic buzzing, which sounds like it's been produced with analogic synthesizers, but apparently it's just bass guitar and drums! It's 20 years old, but still sounds really good and at the day and age of AI it's really refreshing that someone can come up with this kind of wacky stuff that doesn't give a s%¤t about any commercial values. I bet this would be amazing live band.

There are good tracks on this album but sometimes it feels that there is too heavy trying to build a theme album. At best The Who is brilliant, but there are too much moments when the songs feel like fill in tracks to keep the narration going.

This is pure proto punk. There are even familiar some riff's that appeared on punk and sleaze records ten+ years later.

There are some Who classics on this album like Baba O'Riley, Behind blue eyes or Won't get fooled again, but few of the other tracks don't reach the same quality. One of the best Who albums anyway...

All the Afghan whigs albums sound quite the same to me which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it doesnt encourage to listen to them too often. However there are couple of exceptions and this album is one of them. It has really strong set of songs and band playing at their very best. The top track for me is ’My Curse’ which is really emotionally sung by Marcy Mays as a guest vocalist. Probably 4,5/5, but not quite 5/5.

This is quite mediocre indie rock album that has all the genre cliches and songs that are like pastiches of the generic indie. Songs like Girl from Mars or Kung fu are nice pop songs, but there’s really nothing on this album that would make Ash sound something more than just another 2nd level indie band

The whole Smiths discography is really solid with loads of great non album tracks on top of great albums. I think that none of albums alone were quite perfect, but they all are really good and Queen is dead is definitely one of the best. And of course any album that include one of the best pop songs ever ("There is a light...") earns 5/5

Inward‑looking 'art music' that would have been better left in the band's rehearsal room.

Interesting mixture of jazz, lounge, prog rock, soul, pop, psychedelic rock and whatever.

One of my favorite prog rock albums

I never really liked the chamber pop trend that emerged in the early 2000s. Many of the artists and bands seemed to take inspiration from their idols and filter it into pop music that was formally competent but lacking in substance — essentially bland, nerdy imitations of Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, Beatles... etc. To me that's also the case with Elliot Smith...

Some good tracks, but bit too pompous at times

After first few songs i was about to throw in the towel, but it got better and better towards the end. Really liked the use of exotic instrumentation (like digeridoo!), the Pixies reference in one song and Paper planes is really good song. M.I.A’s got her own thing going and that can’t be said about most of other artists.

I bet that in 1981 there weren’t too many albums which used samples in this extent. For us Talking Heads fans the grooves on this album sound really familiar and they make you foot tap along, but it does get bit monotone towards the end. Plus points for the experimentation and trail blazing way of working, but this album would have benefitted of having few songs on it in between the repetitive groove tracks.

There are echoes of perhaps Beck's best album (Odelay) on this, but among the killers there are few fillers also. Maybe 3/5 is not quite enough, but 4/5 would be bit too much...

Morning glory is solid rock album, with really good songwriting. Maybe this doesn't sound as fresh as it did in the mid 90's, but it's a damn good britpop record!

I have a soft spot for this kind of German cabaret music. Maybe it's because the songs by Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill were popularized by Bowie, Scott Walker and likes. This also reminds me of Tom Waits also, which is not a bad thing at all.

Trad. soul that makes my feet tap and head nod to the beat. What's not to like!

Maybe this stuff would be more enjoyable live at a Brighton beach party, but i do like it "blasting" from my small desktop speakers too. Feel good beats from one of the best dance DJ's on this planet.

The Divine Comedy has always sounded like a band that is not fully serious. This album sounds like a soundtrack to a musical and the lyrics got that story telling vibe to them. Have to give some respect to this band of being there, doing their own timeless pop music and not caring about any current on going trends.

This one moment in time stars aligned perfectly for Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani and Reni. They released one of the strongest debut albums ever and few very strong singles after this, until fame, big money record deals and probably certain illegal substances messed things up. It's a shame that this story got cut short, but at least we have this perfect pop gem to listen to and it still sounds as fresh as it did back then.

The album starts interestingly, but gets bit boring towards the end. Few top pop tracks on this, but nothing spectacular.

Familiars sounds from the noughties. Would work better in a smoky club with strobes, but there are enough hooks to keep my feet tapping while working.

Is 24 tracks and 1h 12mins of Ice T on one album too much? Maybe a bit. But i do like these older hiphop albums because of the really clever usage of samples. 'Midnight' is really good example of this by using Led Zeppelin drumbeat combined with Black Sabbath guitar riff.

With Kid A and Amnesiac, Radiohead clearly wanted to move away from the conventional song format that they had mastered on The Bends and OK Computer. This is almost jazz and i have to admit that i was bit disappointed to these records when they were released, but since then they've grown on me. Especially the 3 record compilation of Kid A, Amnesiac and left overs from that period is perfect in all it's grandiose. So in this case surprisingly 'more is more', and the 3 album package rates 5/5 whereas single albums don't quite match that.

Classic rock with no specific highlights

Never owned this album but it sounds so familiar, because way back when it was impossible not to hear most of these songs from mtv, radio etc. The production is very mid 90's "post grunge", which sounds like studio musicians trying to play grunge (which i think it actually was). Not bad album and Alanis is great singer.

Interesting album which sounded kinda fresh at this golden age of over production. There were plenty of variance in the songs also, so it wasn’t just the same old new wave without anything really new. Have to listen to this one again.

Pop era Beatles is sometimes hard to put in right perspective. These are. Simple pop songs but all as catchy as hell...

Marianne's voice sounds really amazing. The album starts really strong and there are couple of good moments after that, but as a whole this album don't quite reach the same heights as the title track.

Generally OK blues rock, but nothing new here to hear

Every story has to start somewhere, but this is quite forgettable debut filled with blues covers

David Lee Roth era Van Halen were the true showmen of hard rock. Nothing too original here, but this works pretty darn well on the background preparing for the weekend on the last working day of the week.

Good album that works best whenever it reaches beyond the basic "grunge rock" sound. Fortunately that happens quite often on this album. Mark Lanegan had one of the greatest voices in rock.

It's kind of ironic that one of John Lennon's post Beatles best buddies sounded very much like his former band mate Paul McCartney. Harry Nilsson had great voice but to me he could have benefitted from better songwriting (partners). There are few good pop tracks on this and 'Jump into the fire' is a standout one

80's trademark pop record which sounds very much like a product of it's time. Refreshing exception is 'Love song' where Madonna really seems more like a assistant and Prince is controlling things. Other standout track is Oh Father which sound bit like Kate Bush. On top of those there are couple of good pop tunes, but there are also too many fillers...

I generally enjoy jazzy bossanova on the background and this worked as such. However it didn't quite make me jam to the beat same way as for example Astrud Gilberto stuff does. Not bad but i don't feel the urge to listen to this again.

Bowie had lots of things going on in 1976-1977. Recording 2 own albums + producing and composing most material on 2 Iggy albums, filming a movie, touring in Europe. From these 2 seventies Bowie/Pop collaborations i liked The Idiot more, but Lust for life is spontaneous rock album which is still the cornerstone of Iggy's live set.

Quite OK stuff in this genre. Nice grooves and works really well on the background of office Monday.

Celtic soul brothers and sisters on top of their groove. Dexy's were really original band combining soul, celtic folk music influences, 80's pop music etc. This is a great album with real feel good factor that makes me smile and whistle along the tunes

Middle of the road country pop. Didn't really bother me, but nothing really stuck while listening to it...

The album starts surprisingly proggy! After the 1st track it's quite the usual Elton John stuff, which is not a bad thing, but it doesn't really excite me too much. There are couple of other songs that stand out from the mass like 'Dirty little girl' and 'Saturday Night's Alright'. Probably the best Elton John album I've heard and I've never really noticed before how good guitarist Davey Johnstone is.

Some days are funkier than others. Maybe this wasn't one of the funkiest, so i'll give this a solid 3/5

Have to give some credit to John Lydon for balls to release this kind of album after Sex Pistols. He could have selected an easier path to continue his rise to rock stardom, but decided to piss off everyone. Not a very good album tho...

Guided by voices is a name that I’ve bumped often during the years whenever the best 90’s alternative rock bands are being listed. I’ve tried to listen to them few times but never really got too interested. There are some decent pop songs here but at times this album sounds like it’s the product by a alternative rock parody act in some episode of Portlandia

It's hard to put this kind of trad big band stuff in to right perspective. Works well on the background and Ray Charles is such a great singer. The songs on this album are quite traditional and most of them sound familiar, even for the first time hearing them. It might have more value than my 3/5 rating, but what do i know.

My first impression was that this album is one of those live albums filled with blues jamming. I have to admit that the Allman brothers seems to even do that in a way that i don't totally hate. And as we go further to side B and onwards the band's got other tricks in their sleeves, with jazzy and proggy elements that really make me appreciate this much more than the first bars of the firsts songs anticipated. Will have to spin it again couple of times just for fun!

Solid rock album that is maybe more filled with attitude than great song writing, and that's why i kind of would like to like this more that i actually do.

I like the sound of The Soft Boys which is kind of mixture of 60's psychedelia and post punk, but maybe the song material is not interesting enough to keep me focused for full album length. It might also be that this album needs more spinning times, but there are far too many other albums waiting to be listened. Somewhere between 2-3/5...

George Harrison had some aces in his sleeves after The Beatles split. This would be 4,5 or 5/5 as a double album, but the third "Jam album" is total waste of time.

I was just about to judge this record after an hour or so, but then the "The Love Below" part started. Wasn't too excited about the Speakerboxxx part, but the second half was much more interesting. Still I would appreciate more tracks like the jazzy 'Love hater' or 'My favorite things' for example. Speakerbox **/***** Love Below ***/*****. Maybe as whole it's closer to ** than ***.

Sometimes these experimental psychedelic albums from the late 60's can be bit too much, but i kind of enjoyed this one.

Quite easily forgettable 80's hard rock album. Couple of highlights raise it above totally forgettable (well, highlights on this album at least). The standout tracks for me are 'Cult of personality' with it's Led Zeppelin type of riffing and Talking heads cover 'Memories can't wait'.

James Brown is an important link in the evolution on popular music and it would have been a real treat to witness this thing live. Listening to it 60 years later from a streaming platform doesn't quite do justice to this music, but it's still an enjoyable experience.

To me this album is in the sweet spot of folk and rock version of Dylan. One of his best albums, filled with some of his best songwriting.

The first half of this album sounded pretty fresh but it kind of lost it's edge towards the end. Maybe shorter album would have worked better. Still quite groovy stuff and Janelle has really pleasant and versatile voice that covers many different styles.

It's surprising that this kind of music still sounds fresh after 30 years. Groovy feelgood stuff and some extra credit to Norman for being the bass player in the Housemartins.

Nothing new here, but enough catchy pop tunes to keep it interesting

Trad. country that doesn't quite move me. Not bad but really nothing that would separate this from any of the other this style/era country music

Some of the songs are 5/5 and Johnny's sings with such great emotion. Some song selections on this record are bit weird and in my opinion doesn't quite suite Mr Cash's style.

Bit surprised to see this Bowie album on the list as it's probably his worst of the 70's. Still, it's Bowie and got some really good songs on it!

Still sounds as fresh as it did when it was released. The songs on this album have echoes of post punk, indie pop, jazz, B52's, Talking heads etc, but it still sounds very much nothing like Icelandic pop music by The Sugarcubes.

How come quite a lot of these grunge era albums always sound so shitty? Especially the drum sounds are really bad. Maybe they were recorded in cheap studio’s before these bands got really big. I was just about to give up on this record but then Idiot’s rule and Jane says returned my interest

A prog rock cornerstone which has perfect balance of musicianship and songwriting. I was surprised of how fresh this sounded as fresh is not the word usually associated with prog rock giants. Plus Chris Squire’s basslines are always pleasure to listen to.

I was really into the Madchester when it happened. Baggy jeans, moptop, weird dancing and all. Pills ’n’ thrills and bellyaches is my go to Happy Mondays record, but this album also has it’s moments

The 5 first Bunnymen albums with the original line-up are perfect and were essential part of my teenage soundtrack. Crocodiles starts mysteriously with 'Going up', ends up even more mysteriously with 'Happy death men' and is filled with great rock, post punk tunes in between. Great stuff!

Lots of great pop tunes on this record. Theatrical and at times bit camp, but i guess that's what PSB is about.

Undoubtedly would have been 6/5 live, but listening this at home doesn't quite reach the same heights. Irresistible grooving and good stuff anyway!

This one is quite obvious on the list, but it doesn’t change the fact that it still is one of those era defining records the had and have an huge effect to production and artistry over genre limits. OK Computer sits in perfect balance between more traditional songwriting of The Bends and the more experimental sounds of Kid A/Amnesiac. It's experimental, but it also includes many absolute Radiohead signature songs from Paranoid android to No suprises and many more...

Middle of the road 70's rock music

This is such a wacky album. It's made with no filter attitude and includes a mess of sound collage experiments, pop songs, children's songs, psychedelia, blues, rock. pre-metal, prog rock, folk and what more, all on the same album. This album has songs that are definitely not among the Beatles' best (few of them even at the bottom of the list), but also those silly bits and demo like outtakes are an essential part of the White Album as a whole. One of my favorite Beatle albums.

Pavement is one of these bands that i should like, but for some reason it has never really appealed to me. Lazy songwriting and too many fillers on this album.

Possibly the best album by Genesis and includes few of their best tracks like "Dancing with the moonlit knight" and "Firth of Fifth" among others

Kind of a mixed bag of goodies, from late night jazz and blue eyed soul to hiphop. To me these early Style Council albums are the best thing Paul Weller has done.

American Pie probably has the record number of bad cover versions of any song ever written. To my surprise this Don McLean version is actually quite good. Otherwise this album is quite enjoyable country/folk pop and special shoutout to dylanesque "Everybody loves me, baby" and Leonard Cohen like "The Grave". To my surprise, I liked this one! Maybe 3,5/5, but i'm feeling positive so i'll round it up this time

Product of it's time, but not too original even for this period.

This album starts up as 5/5 album, but it kind of fades towards the end. One of the best PJ Harvey albums anyway!

Sounds really good at start but my tolerance of this kind of stuff was filled around mid album. Not something i would listen to full album, but few songs here and there refreshens the day!

Slick produced version of the pre army Elvis. I prefered the bit rockier version.

For a while (during Everything's alright forever and Giant steps period) The Boo radleys were one of the most exiting bands of it's time. Martin Carr's songs were mixing great pop hooks, noisy guitar, trumpet leads, dub bass and psychedelia in very exciting ways. I think that Everything's alright... is their best album, but Giant steps is a great album anyway!

There is a David Lynch/Scott Walker type of vibe on this album that makes it interesting, but I would kind of want to like this more than i actually do. Probably would work really well as a soundtrack

Not in the mood for this today

My first impression was that this is a decent pop record, but is it really a album i need to hear before i die? I kinda liked it more towards the end and wouldn't mind hearing it again some time. Will i choose to play this from my streaming platform. Probably not.

This album includes some real pop bangers like There she goes and Timeless melody, but the rest of the album don't quite reach the same heights. Solid enjoyable pop record anyway!

Sample-based, the golden era of hip-hop is my favorite period of this kind of music. At first this sounded really inspiring, but my attention kind of faded towards the end. Solid album anyway and probably would get better after few spins.

Not quite sure if this is a 5/5 album but 4/5 would not do justice to it. Great debut by this truly original band!

Randy Newman's name always comes up in the best songwriters lists and i've listened to some of his records, but they haven't quite stuck with me. This sounds like a solid album with some really good songwriting, so maybe i'm warming up to this stuff. Maybe not quite 4/5, but 3/5 feels too low...

All the familiar Iron Maiden tricks are already here to be heard. I'm not a big metal fan, but have to give these guys some credit for creating sound that's immediately recognizable and writing such catchy hard rock tunes.

Quite entertaining rock album on the background of the office Monday

This debut album by Talking Heads is one of those albums that has left a lasting impression on me. I still remember the amazement when I first heard it. It was an album that sounded strange and catchy at the same time. One of the best debut albums ever.

Beautiful harmonies and nice groove at times, but maybe bit too hippish stuff to still be relevant.

This is such an influential record that has inspired loads of punk/post punk/new wave bands that came after Television. There are even some echoes of prog rock which i guess wouldn't have been acceptable to mention back when this was released. Great album!

Britpop record that offers nothing new to the genre. To me this sounds like a high school band still learning how to play and do their own thing.

Shoegazing classic, mixing the chaos of Sonic youth and jangle pop of the kinds like Byrds to British pop tradition. There is a genuine youthful enthusiasm in the playing that compensates for the shortcomings in musicianship and songwriting. Includes some genre classics and 'Dreams burn down' is one of my shoegaze favorites.

One of the best Dylan albums and some even say that this and it's follow up 'Desire' are his last truly great records. Especially these days it's really enjoyable to listen to the organic band playing and free flowing songs that are not squeezed into 3 minutes radio friendly package. Dylan's song writing is back to top level after few mediocre albums he did on the 1st half of the 70's. This album lasts multiple plays and it only gets better with time.

This sounds bit like Primus without the funk or the humor side of Zappa without the virtuosic musicianship. I do respect people trying to break out of the conventional rock music format, but i'm not quite sure about this one. One star from the musical output and another for trying to do something different.

There's no-one quite like Björk. This is an interesting album with mostly just human voices on it. It strangely meditative and really pleasing to the ear.