1001 Albums Summary

PRE LISTEN: Not entirely sure what to expect. I know very few Supertramp songs. LISTEN: Kinda hard to pinpoint what’s going on, but I like it alright. The vocalist has more interesting a voice than I had remembered.

Probably my favorite Beatles album. It’s not perfect. That’s what Abbey Road is for. It’s a lot of fun, though.

Not bad at all for a debut. The album with like 54 words in the title gets pretty far ahead of this one, but the Criminal video was a gift.

Loved it in high school. Also loved Tim Allen in high school. People change.

Excruciatingly dull.

Heck of a first album. Not quite there yet, but as proofs of concept go, it’s awfully solid.

Absolutely blown away by this album. Never know what to expect from Todd Rundgren, but I’m never disappointed.

Glad this one came around. Led me to Oblique Strategies

I’ve not heard anything like it. Except for Joni Mitchell. Joan>Joni

This album has lost most of its charm over the last 23 years.

Great album. Barely feels like a Beatles album, which is both its strength and its weakness.

What a hateful and irredeemable album.

Proof that you can be talented AND uninteresting.

Good. Groundbreaking. Far from their best.

Not worth anyone’s time.

Clear demonstration of talent, but a little goes a long way.

Pleasant on the ear.

Too much homophobia and guns to enjoy the performative stunty stuff about weed.

Get this guy an electric guitar.

Stellar album.

Kinda dull until it isn’t.

Sarah Vaughan had a tremendous voice, but there is nothing exceptional about this album. Just a standard live album by a jazz singer.

Didn’t like it the first time through. Listened again and it instantly clicked. Gonna stick with this band a while and see what other surprises they have in store.

Shine On should have been its own album. The other three songs on this album are just filler.

Important artist. Dull album.

This doesn’t need to be a three and a quarter hour box set. It could have been a 9-10 song single album.

A good glimpse at the past.

Dull.

No. No I don’t.

Rough around the edges. Expected fora debut.

Only giving this heap one star because I have to rate it.

Exploration. Fusion before it was a thing. Quality stuff.

Odelay is filled with good moments, but it’s not Beck’s most original offering. Sounds too much like Pavement too often.

Sonically good, but nowhere close to how good Frank would get down the road.

Still not convinced this isn’t Blur.

Better than I expected.

Nirvana isn’t cute anymore.

Good listen, but starts to all sound alike after a while.

Eat the rich.

Almost immediately put me to sleep. I know they’d move away from dull dub, but apparently it’ll take them a while.

When it hits, it hits hard.

A century and a half of recorded sound and this is on a list of 1001 significant albums?

Had no idea Franti did this. Worth the listen.

Absolute garbage. Also, throwing a beach boys album at me the day after Brian Wilson died is hardly “random.”

It’s no Ziggy Stardust

Of all their albums, the weakest one makes the cut?

I’ve heard good Dwight Yoakam. This isn’t it.

It’s fine. Nothing special.

Solo Sting > The Police

Vanity projects seldom work for me. Janis was a force on stage with a good band. This is just slop.

So many artists owe so much to Sinead O’Connor. The cranberries especially. I hear a lot of Bjork in Sinead. What a loss. This album moved me profoundly.

Quite a surprise. Will have to look more into Gene.

A little early for a Beatles homage. Love the Monkees, but their first outing with their own songs leaves a little to be desired.

Pretentious drunk. Mediocre rhythm section. What’s not to not care about.

Melody Nelson. Got it. Instrumentally speaking, this album is a masterpiece, but yeesh with the constant repeating of the name.

Not too shabby.

Good moments but reading about how the group didn’t even want to do some of the songs made the songs less impactful.

Practically perfect.

George Jones and Buck Owens are the chicken and the egg. Doesn’t matter who was first. They’re both great.

Never really gave them any consideration. This album brought me in. Great stuff.

Big old meh.

Really nice. They got better, but this is a good start.

It’s fine.

Overrated, pretentious slop.

Yawn.

Love Steely Dan. Love a couple songs here. That said, I think a fair case could be made for this being the weakest of their first albums. Still good, but just not great.

Not perfect but pretty darn close. Thrasher all the way.

Superb.

Used to be my favorite Dylan. Still great, but John Wesley Harding is perfect.

Love Emmylou but her charm is in her simple delivery and production. This album tries too hard.

Technical proficiency doesn’t make a band great.

Nice for some atmosphere.

Pretty good for a debut

As much as I love this album and as important as the Residents are to me, I’m not giving difficult by design the highest mark. Still. Total masterpiece.

It’s no Use Your Illusion

There are loads better Stones albums than this one. It’s fine, but it gets too much praise as one of the all time greats.

Pretentious horseshit. John Zorn has only ever been played for me by hipsters trying to dunk on my taste in music.

Usually, the greatest hits compilation misses the mark by not including enough. This whole album could have been a second disc to Legend.

Jeff Lynne doesn’t get enough credit.

Doesn’t deserve anything less than five stars, even with that dreadful “live” recording of Bye Bye Love. Bookends then this album make one of the all time one-two punches.

Nice background music until the last 4-5 tracks.

Boring.

Gross.

Gross.

Maybe you wouldn’t be so upset if you’d just take a fucking aspirin.

Don’t get it. Never have. Can’t stand Robbie Robertson’s voice. Etc.

It’s fine.

Not bad. Better than I knew to expect. The horn arrangements are great.

No.

The album is fantastic but the recording I listened to was horrible.

Early Boss is just perfect.

Amnesiac is better.

As much as I love Fleetwood Mac, this album is tremendously bloated. It could be cut down to an EP and that would still feel a bit long. Title track is their best song though.

I don’t like Lou Reed. Why would I like a Lou Reed wannabe?

Love Bjork on her own. This has its moments and they’re all because of her. Unremarkable otherwise.

Not Ray at his most dynamic, but a pleasant listen. There are far more interesting Ray Charles albums to hear before you die.

People make way too big a deal about this. The title track is alright and the bit at the end with someone narrating Sailor’s Hornpipe is fun, but there’s a lot of fluff in the middle.

Take Five should be the whole album.

Your Latest Trick is a masterpiece on an already great album.

Dated production, but the songs themselves hold up.

Two good songs don’t make a great album.

This album is wonderful, but it’s the least of Sade’s studio albums.

Perfect all the way through.

It’s fine. I get why it’s important but they have much better albums.

My one star is merely to allow me to put this pile of shit in the past and move on to the next album. If I never hear any of these songs again, it’ll be too soon.

Beautiful voice. Powerful message.

What if plain yogurt was an album? Look no further.

River ties it all together so beautifully.

It’s fine, but it’s no Foxtrot and certainly no Lamb.

The only sensation this inspired in me was disgust. What a waste of time.

Wasn’t too familiar with this album. Will definitely be revisiting.

Not their best work.

I don’t need an 80 minute album to tell me I don’t care about Christina Aguilera. Didn’t even listen.

Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time, for y’all have knocked her up.

More like “1001 albums you must hear before you die and one album that will make you want to.”

I was impressed by how dull this album was.

This album is a mess. Stardust is where it’s at.

Adults who listen to Alice Cooper (or KISS) were the first Juggalos.

Great then. Has aged like a smashed pumpkin.

“Air” is right.

He’s on his way.

Not my favorite, but my first.

Had never heard of this. Really enjoyed it!

Not the cure to boredom.

Loved this album 15 years ago. It just hasn’t aged well.

I think that they accidentally put this album on this list instead of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear to Hasten Death list where it belongs.

Nice. Kinda loses steam about halfway through.

Notable for being their first album with all songs written by Lennon/McCartney. If I Fell is a top ten Beatles song for me. That said, their first two albums are better and just about every one after it eclipsed this one. Good album for sure, but middle of the road overall.

Had never heard of this artist. Very pleasantly surprised.

I’ve been a Deadhead for 34 years. I’ve never cared for this album. There are significantly better live Grateful Dead albums than this.

No foo fighters without it. That’s not praise.