1001 Albums Summary

A few hits but they blend into too many similar songs. Would rather listen to early Stones which this is reminiscent of. Favourite song: Harmony.

Disappointing! The best Bowie feels modern despite its age - this does not stick out in the same way. One reasonable bop (S&V) does not a top 1001 album make.

Reasonable but too similar throughout. There are a few quieter guitar moments that sounded pretty good and I think more focus on them would be a better album - less time spent at 100% volume. Favourite track: Master of Puppets, of course.

Ok. Some tracks were pretty good, but nothing that really jumped out at me. I can see this being “Best Album of the June 2009” but I don’t think it’s stood the test of time. Can’t rate it higher than “Low” by DB though, because in retrospect that album was presaging this style of music 20 years earlier.

Uneven, but I think Venus in Furs is so good it drags everything else up. Also points for being the first ones to ever do it - sounds ahead of its time.

At least 3 disco bangers, but really works as a whole album - stick it on at a party in the past 46 years and you’ll have a good time.

An album I already like, trying to find reasons not to love. Unfortunately, I cannot. Fun, different, kooky songs with lots of character. Oh and 1 generational banger to start with.

Rockin’!

I can see the vision, but not my thing.

This is the kind of album the 1001 list is for - something I never would have picked, but I'm glad I listened to. Heartfelt, witty, melancholic.

Some good tunes but, unfortunately, overall unlistenable due to the occasional vocal choice.

Fun sound. (Full disclosure, I listened to this album on repeat while I tried to sleep on the flight to Magaluf surrounded by a stag, so any sound was an improvement. Upon closer inspection I had also only downloaded the first song on the album, so this review is coloured by listening to “Sunflower” approx. 32 times.)

Fun album, but not The King’s greatest. Interesting as a transition between the music of the time and rock’n’roll.

Is this the fabled, “Wall-to-wall bangers, no skips”? Has it finally happened?? Is there the potential for 3 5s??? This reporter eagerly waits to find out. Where was all this music the in Bohemian Rhapsody movie? Only one potential “Misfire” on the album. Favourite song: Stone Cold Crazy.

What a fun album. Not totally my thing, but it grew on me. Favourite song: "Banana Split For My Baby"

Some fun stuff, but not mind-blowing. FS: Anything That’s Rock’n’Roll

Fun, and I like the sound, but too similar throughout to be an all-timer.

Nice, but nothing that really grabbed me and made me want to listen.

Super fun. Lots of stuff going on; gives you an idea why so many bands listed them as an inspiration. FS: Shangri-la, but lots to choose from. (Not Australia, though. What a dumb song.)

Lots of fun, but didn’t rise above that for me. FS: Higher Ground.

Potentially interesting themes, but no interest musically.

What you get when you stretch “Day in the Life” into an entire album. Made me want to listen to something better.

Good stuff. A glimpse to a different world of music I normally have no interest in. FS: Coat of Many Colours.

Redefines what a “good” album is (by being mostly bad). Kind of unlistenable but a part of me likes it.

Good, but ultimately not for me.

Improved over time. Would be good music for a recession. FS: Damaged Goods.

Nice background, and probably a great album, but I am too much of a philistine to understand.

Several bangers, no lowlights, great vocals and great tracks behind it. FS: Beautiful

A few hits and not bad for 19 yr old, but the highs do not make up for the lows. Any deeper commentary is at year 9 PSHE-level. FS: Fix Up, Look Sharp.

Not a terrible sound, and mercifully short, but as with all Steely Dan we must ask ourselves - Why?

Okay, but not even near the top of my “Fred Neil” ranking. You can’t include albums on this list just because you love Midnight Cowboy.

Great album but desperately needed some radio edits. Know when to end a song! FS: Personal Jesus, obviously, but enjoyed the whole run through to Blue Dress

Not all great but too much interesting stuff to rate low. FS: Our House (mainstream) or Helpless (turns out I love Neil Young)

Several bangers. I’ll take it! (Did you know “Smoke on the Water” actually happened to them?) FS: Highway Star

Not a massive Kate Bush fan but some interesting stuff going on here…

A little miscellaneous. Too many songs about states.

Find myself liking the things I hadn’t heard before over the overplayed classics. But still, an album full of hits. FS: Hello

Randy, no :(

Endlessly forgettable.

Fun Metallica sounds if that’s what your looking for, but not sure if the social themes carry through

Good stuff! Big claim to call your album genius but I think he’s done well.

Not dreadful, but not even one of the top 1001 folk rock albums of the early 70s (of which this app has shown us many).

A few hits, but not a style that has stood the test of time.

Fun Bowie, but nothing crazy.

Not totally original, but a few hits.

Poor. If they were playing this live in a pub (ideal environment for it), I would ask them to stop.

You know what Brian, it would be nice, wouldn’t it… Lots of fun, but I am not astute enough to understand the deeper melodies, apparently. FS: I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times.

Fun, but didn’t blow my mind.

Some filler, but too much gold to ignore. These are the ancestral songs one my people. Favourite (new) Song: Rise and Fall

Not my usual vibe but clearly something great and unique going on.

Not what I was expecting from the name or cover, but I like the jazzy big band.

Not my favourite Talking Heads, but I liked it more than I thought. FS: Heaven.

Pretty good stuff- would have liked to have seen where they went next :( FS: Dumb?

I like it! Feels like a precursor to a lot of the 00s indie rock I love. Illegitimate FS: Never Stop - Discotheque remix

One all-time classic, but the rest of the album can’t match it unfortunately.

Not full of out-and-out hits, but pleasing to listen to. Lots of lullaby-eque songs.

Some fun stuff being tried!

Varies between interesting to GREAT. Fantastic sound. Best thing MTV ever did. FSs: Man who sold the world, Come as you are, Dumb. But first place, “Where did you sleep last night?”

Pretty good. Hallelujah still an all-timer.

High-level Stones performance, though not truly exceptional for me.

Some incredible guitar on this album which, looking into the band, makes sense. Almost funny how far ahead the guitar is over the singing. FS: He's Always There.

Didn’t capture my interest.

Good Company imo.

Fun!

Unfortunately, despite my personal dislike of Morrissey, this album is great. Funny, melodic, weird, unlike anything before and a lot that copied it later. FS: I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish. or Death of A Disco Dancer.

Inconsistent but some interesting stuff towards the end.

Weird. Not unlistenable but close.

Each song is too long. Needs an editor. FS: Child in Time

Good stuff. Very blue.

I realise this may not be the most popular opinion but I have to speak my truth: I find Elvis Costello’s voice unbearable.

I would still struggle to call Steely Dan "good", but I do enjoy some of these beats. FS: Dirty Work

Love it! Punky, rocky, pop-y. FS (that I hadn’t heard before): Hanging on the Telephone

Outside my usual genre but fun and clearly well-made.

Some great hits and fun melodies but let down by the lyrics, which get a little self-pitying. FS: Blank Space

Generally rip-roaring. Favourite New Song: All Revved Up with No Place to Go.

Beats to get you moving. FS: Bring Da Ruckus

Good, but not the greatest from Ol' Blue Eyes

Good, but not the best of Redding. Also, “Respect” is out-shone in every way by the AF version.

Great, but just didn’t pull me in.

Outstanding album, probably one of the few 6/5s. Every song is somewhere between great and an all-time classic. Tough to choose, but FS: Go Your Own Way. More bands should break up during recordings.

Exceeds Expectations. Good throughout. Loses a point for the low-key misogyny that would continue into later emo music.

Not catchy enough for me. Also tough when the best song is a cover!

Quiet but charming. Goes places no-one else goes quite so well. Fs: Suzanne

I enjoy the genre, but this felt surprisingly low-energy, and too similar throughout.

Some very strong tracks, but the in-betweens just didn't do it for me. Favourite New Song: Vicious

Just couldn't get into it, but I can see the vision.

Completely different from what I expected, almost soulful. Great sound. FS: Changes. RIP Ozzy

The most interested I have been in The Cure. Their proto-Emo influence is much more clear here. However, just didn’t grab me.

They’re not all hits but what’s good is great. FS: What’s Golden & Thin Line.

Good job Billy Joel. Many many hits.

Classic 00s album. So different to anything I had heard at the time when it released.

Incredible opening, but tails off towards the end. First three songs are in competition for the greatest 3-song run on any album.

Interminable. But if you cut it down to just the good stuff you would end up with one 3 1/2 min track. Fell off after the first disc.

It’s like half-way through the heard the Beatles for the first time and completely changed direction. Largely too twee.

Almost entirely dreadful. Like a school music class who have just discovered DJ MODE on a keyboard. However, there is a prescient spark in one or two songs ("Weight Lifting Lulu") that doesn't seem to come back in music until the mid-90s. Does it make the rest of the album good? No, it does not.

A few catchy tunes, but did not set my world on fire.

Vibes fun but not the best of The xx

Although they are all pretty similar, there’s too many bangers too ignore.

Blueprint album. Pop-punk would never be the same.

This albums slaps and I enjoyed it much more than I thought it would. It’s like the missing link, if links were needed, between 00s post-punk and ska.

Opens strong but devolves into basic country.

Massive personality, fantastic production and, despite some issues, a strong message, still important 20 years later. Also, not a bad album for a 23 yr old. FS: Check Yo Self

Good melodies but for me, too bland by half.

Some very enjoyable dream pop. FS: Norway

Perfectly fine but ultimately uninteresting. Just not musical enough for my liking.

Tommy by The Who? More like Who would recommend this album to me? Because it was bad. (Pinball Wizard is of course still a great song, but a deluxe album should have at least two?)

Not Sonic enough for me in places - perhaps because I am no longer a youth :( Too bad and messy overall, but points retained for doing it so early.

Not my favourite genre, but solid soulful stuff.

Not my usual genre but enjoyable. I liked “Imagine”.

A big blast of nothing. It may be an early innovation in post-punk, but I’m glad things moved on.

Another miss from the Bee Gees. I don’t think I’ve heard anything else so technically fine that was so boring. Do not let these men back into the studio. SNF is not worth it.

Pleasantly grimy fuzz.

Up and down, but a nice taste of Brit-pop.

Should have stay in the Beatles :(

At times, this verges upon “listenable”, but is largely not.

Not the strongest work of the Bunnymen & Co

Fun, but didn't quite draw me in.

One that grew on me over the listen. Maybe you just need to be in the right mood, but he gets you there. FS: Gates of Eden, and 115th Dream.

Very pleasant. Ahead of his time.

Good, with some solid tunes, but lacking some of the juice.

What an insanely good sound. Starts strong, finishes stronger.

This pops. Very different from what I expected but solid. FS: Goddess on a Hiway

Interesting but falls off too quickly. I like how punky it is for the era though.

You can't put an album on the 1001 great albums ever because it has one great track.

Not exciting or interesting or available.

Cracking album with some hooks that stood the test of time.

Uninspiring in the extreme.

Fun soul, but unfortunately not my vibe.

Several bangers. Unique and fun sound.

Strong in places, but at times verges into a dawdling parable of contemporary music.

This pops. TWO bangers?!

Sounds fine but too long. Not one of the 1001 key albums. Also all the songs are some variation of The Boys Are Back in Town.

Not as fun or crazy as expected to be honest.

I know, I know, it’s only rock n roll - but I like it! Vocals generally weak, tunes very solid.

Crazy good? I feel like I was missing a piece of music history and I didn't even know it. Makes a lot of contemporaries feel trite.

Pleasant, but not a 1001 classic

Hot stuff! FS: Sharp Dressed Man

Unexciting. Lots of chaff for not much wheat.

I like this funky Brit-pop outfit.

Sorry Ray, but it's not great. The kind of music we successfully moved past from. A 2*, but loses a star for some remarkably sexist tracks in the back end.

Pretty rocking! Fun and engaging. King of the Blues!

Def Leppard are enjoyable in smaller doses, but they are not Top 1001 winners.

Didn't totally stand out for me, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Not as catchy as I expected, and let down by a “Grapevine” that compares poorly to Marvin Gaye.

At times obnoxious, at times un-musical. But it has The Juice.

Not as shocking as expected. I enjoyed it but it verged too close to bland at times.

Acceptable but not setting the world on fire. Losing points for unfortunately not trying hard enough.

Some catchy vocals, and a step in the right direction, but doesn’t stand the test of time compared to the sound that followed it.

Great fun in places but so inconsistent.

Some great stuff, although it falls off in the back half, and way too much bigotry. Interesting portrait of a furious young man.

I enjoy it as a pre-cursor to some of my favourite music, and it has some catchy pieces, but it did not fully drag me in.

Honestly, not as good as I expected. Fun but not era-defining.

Fun, but unfortunately dammed by the post-album shuffle: when the first song auto-played after the album is over is by the same artist but much better than what you’ve heard so far.

A famous album but doesn’t do it for me - lost a little bit to the sands of time.

Enjoyable but never really hooked me in. I think it’s just too folksy

Shorter than expected. One for the Danimals I think.

They were cooking with this one. Fun, Alt-y Rock and/or Roll.

Doesn’t quite breakthrough at any point for me. A B- side album.

Potentially a solid outing in a genre I think is terrible, potentially just terrible.

A little slower than expected but still fun.

I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.

Bonus point for being ahead of its time before music had really been invented.

Yet more Cocteau Twins. This one has “something”, but not quite enough of it to get its claws in me…

This album is cooking in new and interesting ways

Sorry Ride - unremarkable.

First album I ever bought. Stand-out lyrics where the youthful honesty shines through. Easy to see the early influence of John Cooper Clarke. Also half the songs are direct and unmitigated bangers. Favourite song (on any album): I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor