1001 Albums Summary

Middle of the road, just a bit pathetic, really. Cock rock. Enjoyed reading people roasting it more than any of the songs, which could have almost been good if they'd knocked it off with the silly moaning and baby yeahs. Vapid.

Honestly a vibe, knew a couple songs already and had on one my like songs. Usually more into fake!80s than real!80s, but this is chill. Very listenable.

Took me a couple listens, possibly because grumpy, but have settled on this being fine with some addable songs. It's still a bit nothingy, even compared to other of their stuff that I like (The Chain, Dreams).

This was a weird one, because there were lots of bits here and there for me that I liked, but the sum of the parts didn't really land with me. I suspect it woulda been more impressive in its day. Some of it slaps, but in the end I added no songs because there were no whole songs I liked.

I don't really know how I could be grumpy about this, the Beastie Boys are just a lot of fun. They're not all winners, obviously, and it's not, like, peak Beastie, but I just kinda respect them for their sound, yknow? Distinctive, no apologies.

Already had two of these on my liked songs, cos Black Mirror and Black Wave / Bad Vibrations are bangers. I've seen a fair few of the public reviews saying they're pretentious. I don't care. Did I like the songs or nah? I did. So. Delicate, layered, but they've got a fantastic energy and voice. Plus, there's some French. Could listen to Black Mirror on repeat, honestly. Great stuff.

I dunno, man. This certainly is a rock album that happened.

Immediately after this album, it auto-played to a NIN song I actually ended up really liking, so, like, it's possible, but overall these were, to me, mostly toilet noises, plus a bad Johnny Cash cover (yes, I *know*).

There's some good stuff in the lyrics about the prison population, violence, white collar criminality, apartheid, that kinda thing, it's just that it's also in there with, and I am not kidding, "I didn't ask to be born", which just absolutely undercuts it all with the most teenagery wambulance shit. Realistically, I was never gonna like it, too noisy for me, but I'll stick to System of a Down. The album art is pretty sick tho.

Not heard of this before, but I like it! Mellow, but fairly interesting, a good mix of vibes, but just also very charming. Definitely some new songs to add here.

Fun! I kinda love old stuff like this, I like a bit of folk too. It occasionally veers into the dull, but generally it's fun and there's some real bops on here with a real sense of time and place.

Look, I love a dirge, but this is a buncha dirges. I prefer late Cohen where it sounds like he spent twenty years on a mountain surviving on cigarettes.

This is the Google Keep version of a poem you're working on in album form. Nice for background stuff. Wilmot is a bop.

You know, I wanted to hate this because that album cover is fucking atrocious, but it grew on me. I gave it a few listens and I think it would actually grow on me further.

You know what? I like it. Yes, Ok, this one I can tell IS a bit pretentious, but I don't care. It was fun to listen to, it was a chill time, a couple of bops.

Real misleading title, lads. Pleasant enough, though.

No good reviews for billionaires.

I like this a lot. It's not too Bowie a Bowie, though I do also like Bowie Bowie. Blackstar itself is incredible. Enjoyed this when it came out and still do now.

It's not my preferred Radiohead, but it's still good.

I sure did experience this album

Forgot to write a note for this, going to need a relisten.

Just full of Blondie bangers.

Honestly if you don't like this you probably don't like talent or artistry.

I really gotta hear this before I die?

Eh.

I already forgot this and it was this morning.

I don't even know what you're doing if Johnny Cash doesn't get five stars.

Honestly very listenable and enjoyable. A few bangers. Surprised me!

Actually quite liked a lot of this, but apparently Clapton is a wanker, so 1 star!

Listenable.

Eh.

This? This is your mighty Stones? God, I woulda died of boredom if I hadn't kept being enraged by the misogyny.

Good stuff! It's amazing how much better rock gets when you add, like, women.

Help Me, Rhonda is great and I quite like some Beach Boys, but overall this album was slightly weaker than I expected.

This certainly did occur.

Some good songs, but overall a little disappointing.

He sure do guitar.

Eh, they're no Flogging Molly.

Not my favourite version of You Don't Own Me (Lesley Gore), but obviously still a banger. Speaking of bangers, several here, my favourite new song being Summer is Over. Just great stuff.

Why did I need to listen to this?

Obviously excellent. Is it my favourite Simone? No, but what a voice.

Dull.

I don't really know what all the fuss is about?

Fine.

The parts that weren't wanky were good!

I do wish the tracks were shorter, but that's prog for you, eh. Obviously good, not sure if I'll save any cos they're long, but I liked it.

Really liked it.

Fun, but it did start all sounding kinda the same.

Just kinda nothing?

Muddy Waters is always a great time and this is no exception. Incredible.

It's just not my kinda thing.

It's just not my kinda thing.

Fantastic, have had this album for years now and it's so good.

Pretty good!

Pretty good!

The Beach Boys attempt to show they are beach *men* by singing Serious Songs about... water pollution, not getting fat, a tree and... the Kent State Massacre? Oh, lads.

I did not expect to like this so much. I was really bopping.

I mean, it's salsa. Depends if you like salsa. I think salsa is fine.

Just phenomenally irritating.

The bits you know of the songs you know are fun...

It's not for me.

Fine, but not my thing.

REM is great.

C,mon, man, it's Duke Ellington, what do you think I'm gonna say?

It was OK. The cover of Daydream was great though.

Fine, just a bit eh

Fun, but not exactly going to return to it.

Easy listening

Forgettable

Matty Groves is, of course, a huge bop and there are some other great songs here. Enjoyed this.

Obviously I have already heard like 50% of this album before. Billie Jean is probably my favourite Jackson song already too. Christ, McCartney's track was fucking dire though, eh? What a vapid hole. Still, it's pretty good overall, obviously.

So much fun. I love this kinda thing.

I have loved Muse since Origin of Symmetry when I was a teenager. This album has some incredible songs on it that are already so fantastic: Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Knights of Cydonia. It still feels like magic when I listen to it. And recently I attached new memories of playing Starfield to it and it's such a good fit even though that game is eh really. Anyway, I love this.

Not their best, but not bad.

Honestly expected better.

Background music.

I wouldn't even be mad if it was offensive but good, but it's just dull, honestly.

Equal parts interesting and irritating.

Fun!

Better than I expected, worse than I hoped.

Meh

Fun

If I had a nickel for every time an album on this list sampled Daydream, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Really enjoyed this. Had no idea what to expect, but it was cool and I added a bunch of songs. Will probably listen to the ones I didn't add again and add more, honestly.

Pretty good, actually! Way better than The Beatles.

Can't believe it, but have never listened to k.d. lang before and I love? It's so good. Gonna be checking out the back catalogue.

What an Incredible Bongo Band.

I liked her voice and I've liked songs from her previously, but I didn't like this album quite as much.

Beep boop

I don't get what the fuss is about.

Fine?

Maybe need to go back to it.

Good!

Re-listen needed

Half the songs are bleddy region blocked, but what I heard was obviously great.

There is so much of it what the hell.

Liked it better than I expected!

I mean, it's not for me, is it, but it's listenable enough.

He's no Tupac, is he?

Pleasant, but possibly forgettable.

I'm not likely to return to it, but it was a chill time.

It's OK, not as good as I expected.

One good song! That's more than normal for U2!

Chill time.

Really liked a few of these.

Again, not one I'll return to, but fun enough.

Fine?

'S fine.

Need to re-listen.

Dunno what everyone is complaining about, this was a fun listen.

I don't know what I was expecting from a group called Sex Packets, but this was probably it.

None of my favourite Billie Holiday songs, but obviously she's still an incredible singer.

Yeah, solid.

Fun, but unlikely to relisten much.

There is power in a union.

Enjoyable, but unlikely to return.

Did I miss something?

Grounds for Divorce is such a fucking tune. The rest isn't quite as good, but there's some nice tracks on it.

Fun, but it's not really much more than good background for me.

Fantastic, honestly. It's not even really my genre, but it's so good it doesn't matter.

Enjoyed it, but didn't really connect with any specific tracks.

Don't get it.

Fun, but ultimately a bit forgettable. Possibly should return to it.

Cock. Rock.

Waterfalls is obviously great, but the rest is just horndog songs and the obligatory hip hop skits that I find completely baffling.

The original sadboy got sadder.

It's Johnny Cash, innit. Surprised by the amount of covers, some of which I thought didn't quite fully suit, but not in an unpleasant way.

Not bad, probably won't return to much of it, but a bop.

I don't really wanna sit an listen to a whole tango album, tbh.

Enjoyed a few of these.

Bob Dylan is always quite fun to listen to, but just falls a little short of a must-listen for me. I may return to these, but I had a good time in any case.

This is not my favourite Kinks by any stretch, but fun.

Background.

Enjoyed this much more than I thought I was going to, really caught my attention from the start and had me bopping. That said, nobody needs a sixteen-minute drum solo.

I quite like ska, but not actually really heard much Specials. Enjoyed this in general, just fucking hated the patronising patriarchal bollocks of Too Much Too Young.

Don't get it.

Fantastic.

I may possibly already like all the Beastie Boys songs I'm ever going to like, but it was a fun listen and it has a couple of bangers on it, of course.

Worth a re-listen from me.

Very surprising. Positively so!

Not as depressing as I was formerly led to believe it would be (by their other songs). Re-listen.

Certainly occurred.

I've loved Travis ever since I first heard them when I was too young to have "lied when I was 17". I'm 39 now and this still sounds fantastic. I really do think people who complain about this being boring need to be babysat by their music.

Like usual REM but nothingy? Bit nothingy.

Fantastic, big fan.

Loved Ogre Battle, the rest was fine.

Interminably smooth. Just horrendous.

Not as much of a bop as the blitzkrieg would have led me to believe.

Dull.

Some of this was quite fun, but there sure was two hours of it.

It's got that one bop and then some other songs that are also there.

Didn't I feel cool when I knew this already? Thank you, Breton radio from the 90s.

Funky, fairly listenable.

God, I haven't heard these for ages. Red Alert is still an absolute banger, Bingo Bango is less good than I remember and I had forgotten I knew Rendez-Vu entirely.

You know what? I like Prince more than I thought I would.

Did not expect to like them, really liked them!

Really enjoyed this, I like the dreamy hippie stuff.

Easy to listen to

A slog.

Didn't really get it.

Middling rock.

Sorry Dad, I don't like it as much as you do.

Quite liked this, though only one track ended up going to my liked.

It's like new wave but I'm not having any fun.

1999 is a bop, the rest is OK. Lady Cab Driver can eff right off.

Listen, I *like* folk. This, though, was dismal. It tastes like the bottom of a cup of tea when the bag has burst. Around the part where the song just became a stutter for several seconds, I thought Spotify may have actually broken. Impressive.

Already need to re-listen, but I do like The Kinks.

Short and sweet

Good, but not as good as the Nas I've heard before.

Only three out of ten songs were available in my country, one of which was a remix of another one. Luckily, all funk sounds the same, so I don't think I missed anything.

Found myself really wanting to play it again and again.

The coolest.

Very chill, seems I remember Pounding like it was yesterday. I liked the tracks I didn't know too. Good stuff.

So much better than the other Steely Dan album this list had me on. Bodhisattva is a banger, of course. I feel like these guys would be really annoying to have a conversation with, but I enjoyed the music.

I know it's German, but truly an album that can only be appreciated by the French. Like him from the Divine Comedy, I too want to hear a reason why I should listen. Penultimate track is almost a goer but let down by the simplistic lyrics. Still, better that than some of the nonsense lyrics earlier in the disc.

Behind Blue Eyes really sucks, but the rest of it slaps harder than I expected!

Listenable, despite including an absolute murder of The Kinks on the album.

'S just kinda fine?

"Every vial you break"? Really? How many of us are breaking vials on the regular? Mother is in insane. The rest is insipid. Whole album sounds like the greasy middle-aged dude that tries to dance with uni students at every night club.

I like her voice, but the songs themselves were a little forgettable.

I love her voice. Venom is so good. Several others got saved to my list too. So refreshing to hear a British female voice rapping.

Sort of charming. I was quite enjoying Djed until 14 minutes in when it decided to become annoying.

Boppy and surprisingly fun, expected much squarer.

Had no idea what to expect, but came out pleasantly surprised.

How did every chorus go the same?

Very enjoyable, really starting to enjoy The Doors.

Turns out not only do I like Björk , but I like Björk even when I at first don't know it's Björk.

Elvis at his most anodyne.

Honestly, pretty fun, though it's not really my style and I wouldn't come back to it.

Garbage is... not garbage? 90s child me is very surprised, but this fuckin' slaps. Oh my God, it's cool.

I knew Heads Will Roll already and I'm glad I got to hear more. I enjoyed it a lot.

I could not tell you why I liked this so much compared to other hard rock from this list, but I did. I dunno, it had heart.

Muzak.

Certainly occurred.

Do I have depression? Do I listen to music wrong? I dunno, it's fine. It's fine.

If only the rest of the album lived up to More Than a Feeling.

Not quite what I was expecting and I wish it had been more traditional Willie Nelson stuff, but obviously a great voice and instrumentation.

Very glad to have listened to this but, aside from Butterfly, unlikely to listen to it again. Super fun, though.

Adequate.

Not my favourite of theirs, of course, but still excellent.

I don't get it.

I really liked this and I did not expect to. it came at a great time as I needed something chill and it was very soothing and pleasant. Will listen again.

Instantly forgettable

Who wants to sit around listening to an hour of wank about uncles fiddling their nephews, cousins doing physical abuse and a 'gypsy' queen who foists drugs and sex on a kid? Is this fun for people?

One of the more enjoyable instances on this list of Music You Had To Be There For.

Wow, misogyny is very real, huh. Banger album.

All three of these points are for Smoke on the Water.

Christ on a bike, I gave up about halfway through.

It's so long. That's too much Beatles. A couple of songs really surprised me by being actually good, but the rest of it was just... well, Beatles. They're not very good, you're just old.

I didn't think I'd be saying this, but even though it's over three hours long, I enjoyed myself. Most of it isn't stuff I'll come back to, but some of it is and while it isn't my favourite Ella, she's still great here.

I really wanna see it in film form, tbh, but obviously great.

Waking the Witch hurts my brain, but the rest is legit. Not just Running Up That Hill and Cloudbusting, but so listenable all round.

Weed.

Cool as fuck.

Fast an bulbous.

Saw the name, was prepared to hate it. Turns out I love it. Just fun.

I'm not gonna come back to it, but I'm not mad that I listened to it.

Had an enjoyable time with this.

I could not have guessed that I would like Neil Young so much! I don't even know why. But it's fantastic.

Didn't grab me, but I do like the androgyny one.

Sure occurred.

Mediocre noises.

Listenable but ultimately not folky enough?

It's fine.

This was much more chill than I expected from the one Kraftwerk song I thought I knew. I like it!

If I wanted to experience a bunch of guys just absolutely whacking their instruments for 40 minutes, I would go to PornHub.

An extremely chill sound.

I prefer late Clash, but this was a fun time.

Just bangers all the way through, all started off by one of the greatest songs of all time.

I tried really hard but none of it stuck.

Every song sounds like a missing track from Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines and I love it.

It's fine. I thought I'd enjoy it more.

I liked this a lot and not just the songs I knew. Slightly long, didn't really need the instrumental tracks, but fantastic.

Bowie indeed good.

I do like prog tho

Okay schmokay.

Bangers head to toe.

I finalised realised what this reminds me of and it's I Like Trains' new style. I think I could get into it.

I love White Rabbit so much and the whole album is honestly great.

Some classics.

As long as you like what the Chilli Peppers always sound like (this), then you'll like this, which is what the always sound like.

I will probably come back to this because it's understated but I liked it.

Individually, each of these songs is fine, but it turns out I simply cannot cope with more than two tracks of Dylan's voice in a row before I start to wish he'd choke on his harmonica.

Kinda generic but incredibly tolerable Ameri-rock, surprised me

Great voice, but not my kind of tunes.

No thank you

I would absolutely hate to be sat next to any of this lot at a work function.

Oh, so that's where Search & Destroy is from!

It insists on itself.

Felt pretentious, felt also almost close to something I would like, but frankly it would be annoying if I had to add a paean to Englishness to my listen list.

Exceptionally catchy and charming.

No good reviews for misogynist murderers.

A reasonable boppy time.

Really quite liked this even if I have no idea what a shoegaze is.

Enjoyable, but I can't see me going back to it.

1h45 of a band warming up for a song they never play.

Funky!

Not my kinda thing, also boy I hate interludes.

Janis Joplin has a helluva voice!

Wall to wall classics.

No thanks.

Fine?

More understated than the other Beck album I had on here, but enjoyable enough.

Mid.

I wish more of the album had been like A Song For Assata.

Wow, it's so mediocre. Such white. So dudes.

Getting two stars only for Jump. The rest is one star boredom.

Venus as a Boy is fantastic and the whole album was just kind of a joy.

Oh, I'm coming back to this for sure. This was great!

Chill and some good tracks, if not my favourite of them.

One star extra for American Pie, the rest was snoozey.

Immensely forgettable white dude.

Sure were some songs that I sure did experience.

I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man.

Really fun, actually!

It's pleasant enough, but did I really need to listen before I die?

Not at all what I expected, but pretty listenable.

Such a pleasure,

It's fun but I'm not about repeat any of these.

I couldn't find an access point to this, tbh.

Just incredible. I had never heard of him, but this was brilliant.

R.E.M. is always a good time.

The singles were mostly the bops I remember, though I wonder how many would land without nostalgia. Cry Me a River is the standout. The filler is... just too much Timberlake. No, thank you.

When you put this album on, it's raining, even if it's not.

If I wanted fancy background music, this'd be it.

This album sounds like it's going to tell me to "cheer up, love, it might never happen".

Very dated, but very fun precisely because it is.

Goofy, but sort of likeably so.

Band of labradors make palatable pop.

I got interrupted by the doorbell and was genuinely disheartened that I had to start playing this album again afterwards.

Live album noooo

Not as good as the other Neil Young one.

Understated and quietly kinda great, requires some re-listening, I think.

I just couldn't get into it, it's too frenetic and varied, I got bored waiting for the punk lyrics.

Just incredible. I sliiightly prefer the other live album from Folsom, but this is still absolutely no notes incredible.

Fun, very modern sound. A shame the title track is over ten minutes!

Exhausting.

The thing about Metallica is they're so listenable even if they're not really for me.

It's just a bit meh.

Not my favourite The Jam, but fun.

Enjoyable punk!

I really like it. They're zionist wankers, and it's such a shame.

Just a bop, just a fuckin buncha bops.

A lot of fun.

Slowly started to grow on me? I think I get it.

Very pleasant, but needed some variety. It's just a man being sad for an hour.

Floydian.

Unmemorable, sorry.

I can't be mad at an album this tight.

Any time a harmonica happened I was thrilled. The rest, less so.

I really tried to have a take on this.

More fun than it had any right to be.

Of its era and of today. Fantastic. Yeah boiiiii.

Excellent punk.

I think I could really get into this.

Layered, orchestral, ethereal, beautiful.

Soundscapey and haunting. Just gorgeous.

Cut your hair.

This album actively made me like the one good song from it less.

I wasn't particularly enjoying myself and then I got hit with a seven-minute song comprising mostly of "I go up up up up up up up up up"

An easy five. Lovely.

This is the most guitar anyone has ever played.

I like Elliott Smith, though probably not to the extent of his reputation.

Knien geborgen, Arme gestrecht, Ra ra ra.

Too grey in Wales for salsa.

A chill time, enjoyed the beats.

He wishes he was a fucking wizard.

I understand why it's important, but I can't get anything from this I don't get from MTV Unplugged.

I do think It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is a bit more immediately accessible, but this is obviously still incredible and has Fight the Power on it.

I am glad I listened to it. Some of it is excellent. But I am absolutely never listening to a an 18-minute long track that is 50% monologue ever again.

Bisexual king shit.

Turns out I don't mind the Buzzcocks.

Fun and very listenable, but I won't really return.

Radiohead is a band I am really sad are zionists. This album is great and I remember when it came out it being pay-what-you-feel which was pretty groundbreaking and rad. A shame.

I find some of it very irritating, but most of it very enjoyable. I guess that's the trade-off with something experimental.

This was a pleasant enough time, though not life-changing for me.

Enjoyable enough?

Very pleasant.

Grubby.

Eh, I dunno, man.

Look, it's fun. I don't care.

By about song eight, they were all the same.

How could I hate something that is 15mins long?

I bet it feels really good to be one of these guitars.

Nah.

Would prefer to be in a lovely room.

YES MATE

It's just not for me.

I appreciate the talent, but it's just not really my jam.

Lyrically very interesting, musically not my bag. The last song was really good, though.

Man,, a lot of stuff I know is actually from this.

I got an STD from listening to this.

Makes me feel cool and complicated but also chill.

Couple of bangers, but I can't handle a whole album.

An entire extra star for Immigrant Song alone. The rest is... neat?

I really tried, but Jesus Christ.

At Girls, Girls, Girls I'm like "this is an incredibly straight song about a topic that interests me" but I was enjoying the overall music so I was hoping the lyrics would pick up. Then at Heart of the City we hit "men shouldn't be jealous, that's a female trait" and my face contorted to previously unknown configurations.

It's kinda hard to get bad Michael Jackson, provided you can tolerate him at all, which I can. Some bangers, some fillers, all listenable.

Pank.

I very much like the blues, but there's definitely some blues I prefer to this.

Absolute godsend sent to me as the only music I had downloaded during a three-hour train journey on the floor of the vestibule. Good thing this slapped!

Sorry, I'm a millennial.

Actually forgot about it *while* listening to it.

He's a nonce, apparently.

I think this is an acquired taste.

A fun time.

A whole star just for Livin' On A Prayer

Grew and grew on me.

What am I gonna do, say Nevermind isn't incredible? Obviously it is.

Songs I like less good than I like them.

I thought I'd like this more than I did.

It wouldn't be a four if it weren't for the bangers. There are so many on here, but the filler does grind a bit.

Didn't know what to expect, but ended up really vibing with it.

1s for fash.

Mother of God! It's all toilet sounds!

I tried really hard and could not make this make an impression on me.

Mostly this dude can't sing.

Just kinda stuff happening

Music was good, wasn't in for the TED Talk

Pleasant enough, but won't be returning.

Pleasant ambient

Bad reggae.

Mid.

Sorry, I just couldn't get into it.

I don't get what everyone's didgin' out about.

A pabulum of pop.

Instantly interesting and rewards re-listens. Deep and enjoyable.

Big Band forever.

Nothing insanely good, but very listenable.

Complex but not inaccessible. A fun time.

Did not expect to like this, pleasantly surprised.

Enjoyable!

Fuck yeah angry women.

Swing is always fantastic and Anything Goes is particularly great. EDIT: Just learnt he's a Zionist. Fuck that noise.

Have loved this for years. Makes me feel cool and sexy.

Listenable and occasionally fun.

I don't care if it's not cool, I enjoyed it. Whatever.

Two Dancers (i) and Two Dancers (ii)? Belt up.

Christ, this man is irritating.

It's doing a LOT to be this mid.