i anticipated something like this... rest in peace man :( i should revisit the first 3 Sabbath albums and see if i like them more now that a few years have passed. i have more of a taste for heavy rock music of this era and style than i used to. when this album rips, it rips. i do think a lot of the slower folky songs are a bit meh though deserves to be one of the 1001? eh I would rather have Master of Reality but there are less deserving artists with three albums on here anyway

ah hell i'll take this over Violator. much more strange and menacing. Never Let Me Down Again is great obv (don't skip the Aggro Mix), but there are some great deep cuts too. Little 15 is crazy atmospheric and brooding. pretty neat. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes

to many this is the definitive Sam Cooke album. it's always interesting when a live album holds that distinction. Sam Cooke, granted, rose in the era before albums became the dominant release format, and this performance ties a lot of his best singles from the early 60s up in a little package. albeit the energy here is a lot scrappier, and more appealing to rock sensibilities. god does it make for a compelling mix. hard to beat Sam Cooke. deserves to be one of the 1001? for sure!

A-Trak does Heads Will Roll better tbh. by a lot. this is a worthwhile album though. very emblematic of its era in a way that makes it a good distillation of the late 2000s indie scene; where rock music turned electronic and the internet really sunk its claws into the culture. a more engaging and interesting album than Fever To Tell, i can tell you that much, even if it does lose me as it winds down deserves to be one of the 1001? i would say yeah (yeah yeahs)

not really my type of blues rock or anything. sounds pleasant, a lot of very retro organs. Kris Kristofferson does a much better Me and Bobby McGee. shame she passed away so young. deserves to be one of the 1001? ehhh probably? maybe. wouldn't be one of my first choices though

unpretentious and fun, if a little bit bogged down by some middling cuts deserves to be one of the 1001? yeah!

for a standards album i gotta say that Willie Nelson does a great job at keeping things consistent with his style and artistry. a little middling at first, but i found myself increasingly drawn into the atmosphere. probably pairs well with a nice whiskey. best listened to at night as well, i would say. deserves to be one of the 1001? would not be my pick for a second Willie album, but i'm not upset to see it here. sure.

finally a fucking great album. Outkast represent everything i love about hip hop and there's a strong case that this album is the peak of their creativity and willingness to experiment. Ms. Jackson is among the greatest number ones of all time, B.O.B. is an eternal banger, Humble Mumble, Xplosion, Gasoline Dreams... man this album rocks. deserves to be one of the 1001? absolutely. any of their albums other than Idlewild can have a case made but this one's probably the strongest

now this is an interesting one. controversial and transgressive but greatly aided in the mainstream due to racial politics. weird spot to be in. i'm white so i don't think i can really come up with a good appraisal of Eminem's role in the greater culture of hip hop, but at the very least he was important. pretty well loved first few albums too before he went Shyamalan and completely fell off. this is one of those good albums and it's not really that great to me, as Eminem has a very schoolboyish appeal that i've grown out of. not without merits though. Stan is great and chilling, with a great use of Dido's Thank You deserves to be one of the 1001? ugh. fine. i guess. this list needs more hip hop anyway

[before listening] ah SHIT! well. 6 albums before i rolled Dad Rock, not a bad streak for a list as weighed down by that sort of rockist pap as this one. i'll give it a fair shake but none of the big hits do much for me. [after listening] yeah this is boring, insipid and mediocre deserves to be one of the 1001? hahaha no

ah hell i'll take this over Violator. much more strange and menacing. Never Let Me Down Again is great obv (don't skip the Aggro Mix), but there are some great deep cuts too. Little 15 is crazy atmospheric and brooding. pretty neat. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes

ok i know that i should love Kraftwerk since they're pretty much THE electronic act in terms of paving the way, but i just don't really get this album. i love both the heady idm and the dancy Chicago House that they would influence, though. it sounds nice at least. an album more appreciable than enjoyable for me deserves to be one of the 1001? absolutely

nothing super special but pleasant enough. Dusty has a good voice and does the songs covered here justice. feels more like a full album than most stuff in this vein from around the time, so that's a plus deserves to be one of the 1001? maybe

masterful album. extremely ambitious matching a complex storyline, frequent genre and style switch ups (Make the Bus is an of Montreal song pretty much (speaking of which, no Hissing Fauna on the list? lame)), and luxurious instrumentation. one of the best ones in the list for sure. an album that continues to show off new layers on each listen. half the songs are candidates for best on the album too. deserves to be one of the 1001? very much yes. i like this more than Dirty Computer but i'm glad the more whimsical one made it on. but ideally both would /shrug

extremely funny to get this album the day i put my cds in storage n lost access to my cd player (temporarily) (i got a used copy of this + never listened). sounds like everything that came out from 1974-78 all smushed together. which is interesting because i go "well this is derivative!" but like, it doesn't really rip off anything and has a unique sound. i'll bat for the Comfortably Numb cover but not much stuck with me. deserves to be one of the 1001? maybe

it's okay. everything is executed properly, but after the emotional and visceral Starsailor (which ISN'T ON THIS LIST???), this feels a bit understated. mildly groovy, lyrics are still up to par, and not a terrible album by any means, but it's not really giving me much. Make It Right is beautifully submissive. deserves to be one of the 1001? over STARSAILOR?? not a chance

difficult to talk about an album as universal as this one. by far the most notable thing Carole King did as a lead artist and not without merit. folksy and comforting, this is probably the peak of soft rock. deserves to be one of the 1001? for sure

this album's name has been dragged through the mud all because of that goddamn title track. i don't think the stink from the celebrity cover from early 2020 will ever wash out. rest of it is proof that McCartney was the superior songwriter. i can kind of fuck with the atmosphere and premise but it rarely is engaging. deserves to be one of the 1001? no but (barely holding back grin of extreme contrarian pleasure) Plastic Ono Band / Yoko Ono should!

uh i'm out of my depth but this is a nice listen and one i was happy to revisit for this project. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes

the cover art: walter wick’s vitruvian man the music: pretty flavorless indie pop deserves to be one of the 1001? no

about on par with the follow up, though less essential since it doesn't have Last Stop: This Town. writing is good, vocals not so much, never actively offputting deserves to be one of the 1001? probably not. Electro-Shock Blues probably should though

wait so Bad Company UK is a band, but the original Bad Company are also from the UK? that doesn't make much sense. i've grown to appreciate this type of boomery blues rock but this isn't a really standout example deserves to be one of the 1001? maybe. probably not but maybe

prog tends to be a bit snooty and verbose in an overly silly way for me, but i'm not a disliker of this nor Thick as a Brick. while the coherence of the latter isn't as strong on this album, it still has its moments and the edgy atheist side B is fun enough deserves to be one of the 1001? yea

among all the late-career albums from artists past their peak on this list, this is easily the greatest. it's been a shamefully long time since i last listened to this album... but it's so singular, so massive, so larger-than-life i find it difficult to be in the mood. i'm happy it was chosen for me. because GOD this is brilliant. my favorite Bowie. yes. more than his classic glam records or the Berlin Trilogy. epic swells and eclectic instrumentation. Lazarus is one of the best tracks of the 2010s. Sue has a lovely deep guitar crunch running through it. I Can't Give Everything Away is a perfect finale: urgent, ethereal. deserves to be one of the 1001? absolutely

never heard of this. apparently it's super common in charity shops in, you guessed it, the uk. even at its best (Shadows Fall) it's not terribly original or interesting. derivative. deserves to be one of the 1001? no

shit dude i forgot about this album. what a shame! this is some top-tier 60s psych. how whimsical! how quaint! god bless this album. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes

i kinda dislike the term "landfill indie" because i think it has the connotation that so much of 2000s indie music is garbage. but this website has given me a new interpretation. it's called that because there's enough of it to fill a landfill. and so, so goddamn much of it is represented on this list. this isn't a particularly good example at all. every interesting idea is smothered under a blanket. i didn't need to hear this before i die, and i think i would stand by that even if British 2000s indie rock was my favorite genre. also the cover art of their newest album is ai LMAO. deserves to be one of the 1001? nope.

red hot silly peppers. reddit hot shitty peppers. Flea plays a mean bass lick, John Frusciante is a great guitarist, and Anthony Kiedis delivers some of the worst lyrics in any album this significant with a very obnoxious delivery. deserves to be one of the 1001? (begrudgingly) yea sure i guess. i hope i don't get Californication anytime soon

ooh my first repeat artist, album 26 overall. this is pretty much two albums just stapled together but it's certainly an important part of the Outkast discography. Speakerboxxx is a good enough pop rap album, but ofc i'm team The Love Below deserves to be one of the 1001? eh i can't make that strong of a case but it has Hey Ya and that counts for something i think

British blues rock has a tendency to come off as weak to me, so i'm happy that a few of the tracks here are proper facemelters (thank you Jeff Beck!). generally the more weird and psychedelic songs are the better ones. good album overall. scrappy n youthful n very of its time in a charming way deserves to be one of the 1001? wasn't expecting to say so... but yes

i loathe Rod Stewart. his cover of Downtown Train is among my least favorite commercially successful pieces of music. many of hits are complete dogshit and the ones that don't suck don't really do much for me either. Maggie May is not an interesting or compelling song. but other than the lattermost, this album is from a different period. Rod still has a thoroughly unpleasant voice, but these songs I can at least understand the appeal of. still sucks though. deserves to be one of the 1001? no but i can get why someone would defend it being here

i don't think it's a coincidence i get this album today. Brian Wilson's work with the Beach Boys is some of my favorite music ever. he had such an ear for melody and a truly whimsical and wonderful sense of creativity. i miss him dearly already. i hope he's up there reuniting with Carl and Dennis. rest in peace </3. this is in a strange spot since the 1967 unreleased Smile Sessions officially came out in 2011. generally speaking, the 2011 Sessions are pretty similar (a few finished recordings were used here), but the flow between tracks is much more modern and smooth and Brian Wilson gives new vocal performances. i generally prefer the 2011 release but this rerecording of Child is Father of the Man fucks pretty hard. 4 stars but the Smile Sessions is a 5 deserves to be one of the 1001? in some capacity absolutely, with my preference leaning towards the archival release

my least favorite of the first 5 Talking Heads albums. not necessarily bad, and Psycho Killer is a really iconic and important song, but flat and a bit underdeveloped compared to their later work deserves to be one of the 1001? eh they have 4 albums on the list. the argument for it is there, but the other 3 albums i would leave on before this. so no. /shrug

bloated? absolutely. has some complete stinkers? oh for sure. has some of the stupidest, most experimental, and weirdest songs released under their name? yes, and that's awesome. god bless this mess. everyone agrees that this is inconsistent, but there's little agreement on what the peaks and nadirs are. that's cool! Revolution 9 is one of the peaks btw. deserves to be one of the 1001? fuck i mean there are 7 Beatles albums on here and that seems like a bit much. not *too* much, but you could cut it down to 4 or 5, which I think is the most any artist deserves. shit though, cutting this album would feel Wrong. cutting most would feel wrong. I would make my top 4 one of the early ones, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, and Abbey Road. but that leaves both this and Rubber Soul off... i mean i guess Revolver is less important than Rubber Soul to understanding the band but it's also my favorite. hmmmm. this album could be left off and i would understand it but i would have trouble cutting it if i were making the list. or not. they're The Beatles, they can have 6 albums, fuck it.

good and thoroughly well put together, but a little bit flat and lacking in the emotion a lot of what she's throwing back to excels at deserves to be one of the 1001? maybe. probably not as much as Back to Black

i like The Byrds more when Gram Parsons is involved but this isn't bad, not bad at all. a little bit of country flavor but this is closer to straight psych rock, with some folk rock thrown in. i liked the simpler songs that preview the future of this band the most. deserves to be one of the 1001? maybe

i mean. it's a great collection of soul. Al Green wails and lays himself all over these tracks in ways that make you feel like you just sat down after a hard day standing at work. speaks to something deeper than just what the lyrics dictate. deserves to be one of the 1001? yeah!

fuck the nazi behind this. and fuck him for making me wrestle with the fact that his first 5 albums are almost certainly the greatest 5 album run of any rapper. rightfully considered his masterpiece, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy represents the gold standard of maximalist pop music. i haven't returned to this album, or any other of his, in years, but i cannot lie to myself. this is 5 stars. i hate ye so much. deserves to be one of the 1001? ..... yes :(

perhaps a bit juvenile and edgy, but has enough charm to its funnier songs and enough prowess on its serious ones to be a good time. i like this more than the MMLP. gets really good at the end. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes and i'm kind of surprised there's only this and the follow up. The Eminem Show should probably be on here too.

really great portrayal of youthful angst. would be massive in the development of alt n indie rock as rejections of the glitzy mainstream rock of the 80s. especially 1984, a year known for being perhaps the biggest year of pop music ever. Seen Your Video is an explicit rejection of MTV culture. it's nice and rough and gay and *real*. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes

god damn this has been my "1001 albums filler" punching bag since i started this, and i get it now? 38 albums in? jeez... not for any musical reason, mind you. just cause Moby Grape sounds dumb. it's a fine enough record. fairly standard for late 60s fare. i'm more excited to listen to Oar once it gets rolled deserves to be one of the 1001? probably not, but if you disagree i won't be mad

Jamiroquai! v happy to get this. what other band has a didgeridoo player as a member? shit's awesome. also the Jojo Weather Report connection but that's neither here nor there on this album. less disco-pop and more jazz-funk than their later work, which may be a positive if you have a proclivity for that sort of thing. personally this is so clean and slick to where i like it more when they give in to the pop sensibilities and use those to play off the jazzy structures for maximum groove. but this isn't bad; not bad at all. deserves to be one of the 1001? i'm maybe a little surprised this was the one instead of Travelling Without Moving (Virtual Insanity ;-;). but i liked it enough to be ok with it since it means Jamiroquai gets on this list

as far as boomer blues rock from the time and place goes, i'll take the Stones over pretty much anything else. deserves to be one of the 1001? hell yea brotherrr \m/

to many this is the definitive Sam Cooke album. it's always interesting when a live album holds that distinction. Sam Cooke, granted, rose in the era before albums became the dominant release format, and this performance ties a lot of his best singles from the early 60s up in a little package. albeit the energy here is a lot scrappier, and more appealing to rock sensibilities. god does it make for a compelling mix. hard to beat Sam Cooke. deserves to be one of the 1001? for sure!

very tasteful bedtime pop music. has a weird thing going on where it's extremely British, but has a lot of country flavor to it. not sure I like that mix. leave it to us yanks ok? but it's not bad. subtle music with careful intentions. it can get bloody gorgeous at times; The Ocean is a great example deserves to be one of the 1001? google "rng". if the number is a multiple of 5, then yes. i suspect it's here primarily due to Hawley's involvement with Pulp

damnnn okayyyy. something interesting for once. thank you generator. the best and most evocative songs are the ones where Van Halen Jump synths are combined with this militaristic marching and chanting. this album has more reviews with the keyword "nazi" than any other album besides the three Kanye ones. the whole "posing as a fascist" thing can be offputting, but i have a higher tolerance with industrial stuff since being edgy n shocking is half the point. i'll get proper annoyed when it's clearly genuine. or has a Peter Sotos collage. did you know that Laibach were the first Western rock band to perform live in North Korea? not kidding! deserves to be one of the 1001? yea! i was gonna make a copypastacore joke but Laibach aren't on there wtf deserves to be one of the bottom 20? no! but i'm less offended by its appearance compared to some of the others

you know, i don't really find the bangers here that bangin'. i like the folkier boogie stuff more. good grooves in there deserves to be one of the 1001? this is one of the most important glam rock albums so i'm going with yes

it's The Fucking Dark Side of the Moon deserves to be one of the 1001? i don't know, you tell me

in terms of more subdued, relaxing ska, i prefer the first wave Jamaican stuff. in terms of fast paced, hyperactive ska, i like the third wave punk stuff. but there's absolutely something special about this moment in British music history. a multiracial middle finger to thatcher. deserves to be one of the 1001? as arguably the definitive 2nd wave ska album i would say Yes, Absolutely

not too long before Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) The Offspring were a pretty respectable punk band! much rougher than the pop punk before or after, Smash still managed to be a huge turning point for the genre. this is closer to My Chemical Romance than Screeching Weasel. and i should probably say that i like pop punk so that's not a bad thing at all. but even if one doesn't, this album will probably manage to do the trick nonetheless deserves to be one of the 1001? probably yes

i forgot how great this album is. so dark, so dingy, so scary, yet so tender, so melancholic, so lovely. amazingly goth deserves to be one of the 1001? absolutely

a very important one here. kind of the genesis of abstract hip hop as a defined movement. at least when it crystallized into something distinct. morbidly funny and wildly creative. Kool Keith going in this direction is really cool and shows how much he matters to hip hop. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes, despite its slipping position among younger hip hop heads

Q-Tip is the best part of this. the hardcore punk callbacks to their roots are cool. the jazz-funk is not. i don't really care for the Beastie Boys despite their importance, unfortunately deserves to be one of the 1001? probably not compared to their first two, which are also on the list

avoided the issue on spotify since that removes a few samples (man, copyright law makes me so mad). god this album is so great. cracked wide open the possibilities of what hip hop music could be. sunny and bright, and with brilliant production courtesy of Prince Paul. delightfully on the same wavelength as the acid house from across the pond, but in a completely different context. Me, Myself and I is a massive tune. fairly backloaded but god is that back half good deserves to be one of the 1001? mhm mhm! a rare album that really could not be made today in all its sampledelic glory. simply essential. one of the most important 80s hip hop albums

the positives: Dirge is massive. builds and keeps intrigue as it adds increasingly dense layers of feedback and texture to the underlying trip hop beat. otherwise this is just a pile of mishmashed trip hop n neo-psych tropes with little flavor or depth. thin songwriting on here deserves to be one of the 1001? no. trip hop is weirdly overrepresented. probably the only electronic subgenre where that's the case. make sense though, since it's not ravey or energetic or cerebral or experimental... it's just vibe music. it can be great for sure, but don't look for that here

Strength of Your Nature has a Talking Heads thing going on. Tracey Thorn from EBTG is on here, which is pretty cool. hey quick question why is the guy from The Jam rapping? there's a lot of shit being thrown and the wall and not much of it sticks. it's fine. deserves to be one of the 1001? no

despite their importance to shoegaze (pronounced like Fugazi) as a genre, the only MBV i've heard is Loveless. that album sets the shoegaze bar wayy too high i think. but this is a different album. a scrappier one. less like the warm enveloping avalanche of Loveless and more like a rough and tumble slacker indie album from its time. it gives The Microphones and sludge metal at points. not super electrifying but i enjoyed my time well enough deserves to be one of the 1001? i lean yes but i don't have super strong feelings

i've been loving my fair share of ELO singles so i think it's a bit late to get around to an album. but whateva man im doing it now. could this have been condensed into a single album? probably yea. does Electric Light Orchestra's sound tickle my ears better than any other late 70s pop? also probably yea. still only my second favorite progressive pop album from the late 70s with this album title. Blue Gene Tyranny takes precedence. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes. maybe another album of theirs could be on here too but i haven't explored their catalogue enough to say

pretty insane tbh. facemeltingly futuristic and utterly awesome. the musicianship is tight and the grooves are constantly moving in awesome directions. Herbie Hancock was in 2073 for this. and his other work at the time, too deserves to be one of the 1001? without a doubt YES

you know, Ozzy Osbourne passed away today, and i got this album. it has a War Pigs cover! how fitting. rest in peace to a legend though, wouldn't be shocked if we all got Black Sabbath albums tomorrow to commemorate. either way this album has gotta be the most normal thing Mike Patton was involved with. not a knock, per se, though. Epic is awesome for a hit in 1990 and the rest of it has a very forward thinking alt metal sound. some banger deep cuts too. Woodpecker From Mars goes dummy deserves to be one of the 1001? probably not over Angel Dust but it's good to have Mike Patton on here in some form. a Mr Bungle album should be on here I reckon too :eyes:

i anticipated something like this... rest in peace man :( i should revisit the first 3 Sabbath albums and see if i like them more now that a few years have passed. i have more of a taste for heavy rock music of this era and style than i used to. when this album rips, it rips. i do think a lot of the slower folky songs are a bit meh though deserves to be one of the 1001? eh I would rather have Master of Reality but there are less deserving artists with three albums on here anyway

would the people be mad at me if i said this was the weakest Jimi Hendrix Experience album? probably. still rips tho deserves to be one of the 1001? for sure

i’ve heard this so many times in art class. makes it an old friend in a way. very important to 2000s indie and a great album in its own right deserves to be one of the 1001? v much yes

randian bs aside, i don’t like the vocals at all deserves to be one of the 1001? maybe but i’m cool with just Moving Pictures tbh

any comment i make about the mood of this would quickly dissolve into insecure bitching on my part so let's not do that. i know the racist shit is supposed to be satirical but it is goddamn difficult to buy that something this fratty has any layers to it. also not really punk sounding tbh especially for the time period but that's not really a critique. still, putrid vibes. deserves to be one of the 1001? nope

i remember listening to this when i was a kid since my parents were old enough to be caught in the storm. shit, i hadn't heard Rumour Has It in over a decade but i could still sing the chorus. this was a moment. i was expecting the Lovesong cover to stink but the bossa nova flair makes it very tasteful. good adult contemporary. but the soul aspects of it feel a little white bread to me deserves to be one of the 1001? for its sheer popularity? probably, but keep just one Adele album (probably)

the beginning of the end for thrash metal's biggest stars. their Black Album is a departure from their 80s work that's dumber, less interesting, and less worthwhile than anything before. but listen, Enter Sandman does fuck, despite some poor lyrics. you hear those riffs? i ain't above dumb fun deserves to be one of the 1001? yes. but as a cautionary tale

hey im gonna blow yr fuckin mind: that's a book on the cover. people will get mad at you for calling this table scraps from Kid A but it's not like, wrong? i think at one point this was my least favorite Radiohead album other than Pablo Honey. i don't stand by that anymore though. i've learned to appreciate the weirdo aspects this album has as a metaphorical little brother with weird niche interests to Kid A. Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors is so underrated tbh, which i have a pass to say because i listen to a lot of electronic and i know good idm goddammit deserves to be one of the 1001? no. Radiohead has plenty.

i'm such a fuckin yank. Damon Albarn's voice in this context rather than Gorillaz is jarring to me lol. this is honestly a pretty well-rounded album. a lot of studio fuckery and experimentation that gives each track its own flavor. perhaps all the American indie rock influence piped into this made it easier for me to latch onto than britpop. deserves to be one of the 1001? i mean if you're dead set on having 3 Blur albums this one does have its own character and importance. but i would lean on Parklife and probably 13 as the only inclusions. but if you choose this over 13 i won't be mad

there are 3 albums released in 2018 represented on this list. they're an odd bunch, not really being the most notable releases even in their niche. i guess i listened to Golden Hour and liked it? this isn't even that bad or anything i'm just incredibly confused that this made it over the plethora of great indie stuff put out that year. doesn't mean it's that good, either. very middle of the road and uncompelling. it exists. the krautrock song is pretty okay deserves to be one of the 1001? it's maybe the easiest no of the entire decade

queen are, fundamentally, a singles band. this album has no recognizable smash hit singles, at least to me. how does that work out for them? well, it does mean that a more unified identity is displayed here. i don't love much of it but the storybook fantasy flair is memorable and pretty fun. this is kinda tangential but the 2011 remaster is really muddy and the original mix isn't great either. deserves to be one of the 1001? fuck i mean maybe. would just have A Night at the Opera and something else. maybe this album gets to be that something else! who knows