1001 Albums Summary

Dancing Queen, banger Knowing Me, Money, also bangers. Album growing on me 6 tracks in. Back half of the album not catching me as much. Solid 3 stars.

This style of vocals keep me from liking a lot of bands that get labeled psychedelic rock. Guitar part in Waterfall is catchy. This and Shoot Your Down, This is the One, I Am The Resurrection, Fools Gold are my favorite tracks. Cut it down to just these songs it's a solid 4 star EP. Lots of songs that are objectively good, but overall it's not really for me. Back half of the album just pulled it up to three stars.

5 starts, if I've heard this album 100 times if I've heard it once. Doing the 1001 album challenge with my Mom who got me the tapes of this, Pearl Jam - Vitalogy, and Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club for Christmas one year.

This is my first listen to this album (or any of their albums) , never got into the Killer's past hearing them on the radio. That is so many hits at the top of the album. Probably should be four stars based on just the first five tracks (back half is forgettable), but doubt I'll ever put this album on again, and I think wanting to listen to an album again will be a requirement to get 4 or 5 stars.

Maybe it's because I just started watching VCV Rack videos again, but with headphones on this album ruled.

Was between a 4 and 5 star rating, but if I don't give something like this 5 stars, I'm barely going to have any 5 starts at the end of this.

Out of the initial three albums by Arcade Fire, probably the only one that isn't five stars. Their ball drop at Coachella in 2011 is prob in my top 10 concert moments. That all being said, this is probably the first time I've listened to one of their albums since the reports against Win were made public a few years ago.

Never really listened to Rod Stewart so this album really surprised me, enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to, almost got a 4.

Finally admitting to myself that I'm just a Ziggy Stardust fan, not a David Bowie fan. First album where I was looking forward to it being over, Changes, Life On Mars? and Andy Warhol kept this from being a 1 star.

Recognize how influential they are and their radio hits are fine, but have bounced off of any of their albums I've tried to listen to, this one included. We Walk was the standout track.

Solid album, even if all of the tracks kind of sound the same to the point that the album felt long. Won't ever put it on again, so three stars it is. Best track was no body, no crime followed by long story short.

Humpty Dance is a classic. Really don't know how to feel about this one, but was bobbing my head to the beats a lot, so three stars? The concept album really coming out in those last few tracks......

Instrumental intro to the first track was so good, though maybe I was about to find a second Bowie album I liked, then his vocals started and just killed it. Least favorite album so far. The bass lines are far and away the best part of this record.

I've not listened to many Stevie Wonder albums straight through, so this was a great pick for today. Really solid and funky, just a few slow moments and weird stereo panning I didn't click with that kept it from five stars. Maybe your baby was the standout track, with I Believe second (not counting Superstition)

First track was a killer, from there music stayed pretty solid while vocals were a mixed bag at best.

Solid album, though the best tracks are those with Del the Funky Homosapien. Enough tracks that are just fine to keep it from five stars.

Really solid and varied album. Only other experience with Manu Chao was them opening for RATM at their 07 reunion show and they put on a great concert then.

Listened to it yesterday, happy to listen to it again today or any day. RIP Brian Wilson, fuck Mike Love.

Not a huge fan of U2, but enjoyed this more than I expected too. Was even thinking four stars for a bit, but the back half was weaker and brought it down to three.

This album is funky as hell.

Some really interesting things musically, especially the horns, but can't give it more than three stars with those vocals.

I could totally see this being a five star for some people

Cult of Personality is so good, but the rest just doesn't catch me and retains too much 80s rock.

"musically they're amazing but the vocals are so bad I can't get into it." Going to be a copy and paste for way too many early prog rock albums, at least this one has Tom Sawyer and YYZ.

This is a tough one. Legit a great album, but I self-admittedly never actively listen to Springsteen and I set my four start cut-off to albums I'd choose to listen to again. Don't know if this will be 3 or 4 stars until I hit submit later tonight.

The community reviews for this albums are all 1s and 5s and that makes sense.

spending a lot of time over at whosampled.com thanks to this website (Elastica and Three Girl Rhumba in this case)

That voice and those bass lines

Listened to the Thriller cassette tape a bunch when I was young, but first time listening to Bad. The radio hit are still bangers (even if AAF's version of Smooth Criminal is better) but the rest is pretty meh.

Dylan is a great songwriter and I love listening to people cover his songs, but I'm squarely in the camp of hating his vocals. They made this a rough 51 minutes.

Thought I had listened to this before, but I guess not that closely. Between Lust for Life and The Passenger + The Stooges I expected to like this more. Minus a star for Sixteen. The number of musicians that wrote songs about lusting for underage girls in the 70s/80s is unbelievable.

There's enough interesting stuff in the music to keep this from being one star. Replace/remove the vocals and this goes up a star, maybe two.

It's not the 1 star I thought it was going to be a minute in, enough catch elements to snag a second star.

I don't consume enough blues music, live or recorded.

Imagine releasing 15 albums and having enough left in the tank to drop this.

As an instrumental album this would be four stars.

Such a solid album. Could listen to The Weight all day long

I'd listen to it again, and I'd definitely listen to other Sly albums again, but didn't pull me in as much as I expected.

This Sinatra guy has a good voice, he's got a bright future ahead of him.

Amazing album, but enough circusy stuff that was amazing production in the day, that sounds a bit dated now. 4 stars.

The story behind this album is way more compelling than the album itself. 2

Totally get why people would love this album, the style just isn't for me.

Textbook three stars. Fine, but as someone not super familiar with the Talking Heads, not as compelling as I was expecting.

Incredible album

Definitely would have preferred a Ray Charles album that wasn't a batch of country, folk, and Western music standards.

Musically this album is amazing, would be 5 stars with a different vocal range.

Easiest 5 star so far. While this is here for Ozzy, for me Iommi is what made Sabbath, followed by Geezer.

As good as thrash metal gets?

Just imagining how good this would be with a different singer.

Main detractor from this album is how comical reality tv made "yeah boooyyyyy"

Liked it more than I expected to

A perfectly competent rock album from a 200X band called The XXXX. Prob could be four starts, but realistically there's so many similar albums from this period that I have nostalgia for that I'll prob never put this on again.

quite a change of pace

Made me miss Desert Daze, definitely feels like a band we would have seen there and really enjoyed.

Enjoyed that a lot more than I expected to. Just shy of four stars.

Almost enough silly moments to get a second star but nah, that was not enjoyable

Bluebird Wine was so good, but also the highpoint in the album. If everything was close to that level it'd be a 3, maybe 4.

Some great toe-tapping playing and fun banter from the musicians. Also another song about wanting to get with a 16 year old.

The Smiths feel like a 'you had to be there' group. Bass line on Barbarism Begins at Home was easily the highlight of this album. Easy Money by Johnny Marr might be the only Smiths related song I've ever really enjoyed.

Amazing for what it is, just not sure I'd play it again.

Oof.

When I say I generally don't like music from the 80s, this is the perfect example of the type of music I'm talking about.. Thought Sledgehammer and In Your Eyes might have been able to bump it up a star.

Best new to me album/artist in weeks.

Surprised to not know any songs on this album, but still generally enjoyed it and got to listen to this one on vinyl. Ogre Battle was definitely the best track.

Don't know M.I.A. outside of paper plates, but this album is super catchy.

How many Bowie albums are on this thing....... Some of the instrumental stuff towards the end would have been interesting in a different context, but by the time it got there I was already done with the album.

Really enjoyed this! The lessons at the top of the tracks were pretty cool too.

we can in? The easiest five star yet. Roger Water performing this in 2010 is still the best concert I've ever been to. While in the pit at the Bowl, Gilmour's Comfortably Numb solo is one of the few concert moments to bring tears to my eyes (along with everyone else seated near me). While I generally like the collaborative Floyd albums over the Waters led ones, my love for this record grows every time I listen to it. Isn't this where

Such an excellent, chill vibe and an album that definitely benefited from listening with headphones.

I had low expectations going in, but that was pretty enjoyable.

Through the first third I was like, it's not totally for me, but I get why people like this and I'm bobbing my head, but it sure just kept going.

10 seconds in I thought "I'm not going to like this and it's going to be a looong listen" and I was unfortunately right.

Solidly 4 stars

I like the albums this inspired more.

There's elements within this album that I like, but I really didn't enjoy how they all came together.

Exactly what I'd want in a Cash album.

Guitars > Vocals on this one, and I like Iggy's vocals.

Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, and Free Bird all on a debut album? I mean come on!

Awesome to have been introduced to Malian guitar work.

The songs felt like a worse version of a bunch of other bands.

Similar to British Steel, I like the music this would have inspired more.

Understand why the album got the praises it did (prior to Kanya going all nazi). Interested to relisten to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy when it shows up.

Love Zappa, plus this being mostly instrumental means the chances of hitting a lyric that didn't age well is much lower.

Not in my wheelhouse, but no denying this is an amazing album.

Don't think there was anything in the music that caught me, but couldn't get past those vocals to be sure. Back half of the track Giant was easily the best part of the alubm.

Wonderful, chill, jazz album.

Hits are still bangers, but a bit of filler.

Not my favorite Radiohead album, but one of the easiest 5 stars so far.

After a while thought this is a really good album, got to be near the end right? wait, there's 10 more tracks?

Enough interesting ideas in the first half to get a second start (even if I didn't connect with it) but that back half was rough.

They had so many hits

Depending on the day, this might be my favorite Floyd album. Maybe not today, but still an easy 5 stars.

Too low-key for me.

Fun concept and a few good tracks but never hooked me in. Also can't say I enjoyed Daltrey's vocals on this album.

Oof, I didn't enjoy this.

The Cure grow on me the more I listen to them, guessing a greatest hits album of them could reach four stars for me.

Like this more than I expected to, but not sure I'll be going back to it.

Like his political songs more, but still great stuff

Not my style, but a handful of interesting elements.

Never got into Frank Black's solo stuff to the same level as the Pixies. Did remind me of this amazing show from sixteen (!!!!) years ago https://www.stereogum.com/105231/pixies_weird_al_flea_tenacious_d_echoplex_la/photo

Loved getting this a day after a Frank Black solo album. Not my favorite Pixies album, but still a solid 4 stars.

Another Rush album that would be four stars with a different vocalist.

This was a slog, 1 star if it didn't have Song 2 and Essex Dogs.

Didn't have much expectations heading in, but this was really solid.

Enjoyed this a fair amount, but doubt I'll ever put it on again.

Sounds shocking modern in some spots, especially 1/1.

More hits than I realized

90s grunge is a genre where my enjoyment of swings overtime, but this album today has got to be 5 stars.

Good, just not for me.

A bit all over the place and feels a bit dated, though prob felt anything but in 91.

Expected a 1-2 star album, got a 4 star!

Really enjoyed the vibe of this album, will likely check out his other albums.

Some high highs, but not consistent enough to pull five stars.

Really solid background music, would totally throw this on again while working.

There's a 3 stars EP in here.

10 seconds in I was worried and by 2 minutes into the second song I was ready for this album to be over. There were just enough fun elements through the rest to keep it from one star, but just barely.

Really good, groving through the whole thing. Not far off 5 stars

Never really gotten into R.E.M. but this was pretty decent.

Glad to have hear this album.

Imagine releasing 10 albums and then dropping this.

One of those artists where it's easy to see why they were as popular as they were.

Definitely not my usual style, but def enjoyed this.

Way too chill and stripped down without drawling me in elsewhere. Was very ready for it to be over by the end.

That was a long, boring hour. Not thrilled to see the other reviews mentioning there's a lot of Nick Cave on this list.

At least this was 25 minutes shorter than the Nick Cave album yesterday.

Some head bopping good dance tunes.

Isaac Hayes was out here dropping 18+ minute tracks?!

4.5

Incredible indeed! Listened to the LP release first, then ran it back with the full track listing on spotify.

This album and him as a person have aged like shit (especially him as a person) but have to admit this has some songs that were viewed as bangers in late 90s. Saw him open for the Smashing Pumpkins at a one day festival back in 2007. He spent part of set going to all of the instruments to try and show off, only to do the simplest things imaginable on each including the Smoke on the Water riff. One of the most embarrassing things I've seen at a concert.

At least it was only 37 minutes long.

Boy this one is hard to rate in 2025. There's no denying the homophobia and sexism of the late 90s. But there's also no denying how impressive a vocal and lyrical performance this album is. Also impressively open and self reflective.

The ability to create a cross-over jazz hit that people still know 65 years later is so impressive. Has that long drum solo in Take Five always been there? Solid 4 stars, though I expected a 5.

Give me late Beatles and early Stones

Perfectly competent but did nothing for me

Just a really enjoyable listen.

As someone who doesn't absorb lyrics, especially on a first listen, an album like this isn't set up to get a high rating from me.

Often scan the reviews while listening to an album, but this time can't unhear all the notes about this being full of (b-rate) theme songs. There's also some carnival stuff and a decent song or two.

The high, wispy singing in White Dress is some of the worst sounds I've heard on this journey so far. The rest of the album was inoffensive enough to pull out two stars, but no songs on here I'll listen to again.

Bruce is someone I like seeing in concert, but don't ever put on their albums. Not sure how much of this rating is tied to nostalgia of scream-singing Thunder Road and Born to Run with friends for the last 20 years.

Vitalogy was definitely the Pearl Jam album of my youth, but this one has so many bangers in the first half.

Good, but without knowing what to listen to it kind of became background music.

I mean, I understand why this is on the list, but I was ready to be done listening 10 minutes in. Fortunately the beats keep it interesting through the rest of the album if I kind of zoned out on Cube.

There's enough interesting sections to keep it from one start, but not sure why this one made the list. Checked Spotify thinking it must be close to over and there were nine tracks left.

I understand why I should like this album more than I actually like it.

Been dreading this one. Not as bad as I remember, maybe that's after finding out how much I dislike other Bowie albums thanks to this project. Still, a very unpleasant 41 minutes.

Solid, stripped down rock.

A bit repetitive (funny to say for a 27 minute long album), but Raining Blood is such a killer song.

Musically a 4, vocal an -1 Electric Set > Acoustic Set.

CCR is so good and this album is incredibly stacked

The first album was world's better than "Ghosteen". There were large sections that I kind of enjoyed. Closer to a 4 than I would have expected. Second album was pretty meh.

That was a lot filler to get to Pinball Wizard

It's a shame Duane Allman died but Eric Clapton got to keep living.

Oof, Clapton right into Spector. Taking him out of it, this album is incredible, especially the sax playing driving so much of it.

Some great big band!

Rio and Hungry Like the Wolf are always fun tracks, but the rest just isn't for me.

Apparently they set out to make Oops! All Hits and you can definitely hear it. Diving hard into the pop side makes this more enjoyable in 2025 than I expected.

Chill, background, eletronica. Not sure why it's on the list, but was happy to listen to it.

PFunk Rules. Running this back for a second play.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters was my intro to Fiona past any radio play. Love that album, surprised it took until this for me to go back and listen to her first record.

Damn what a solid album.

Not sure if it's good or enjoyable, but glad it's here.

I guess this is here because it laid the foundation for britpop? Unfortunately that's a genre that I've never been able to get into.

Not as good as I expected it to be. Got better as it went along. Been a while since we got an album about a 30+ year old man lusting over a teenager. Also, fuck Eric Clapton.

Fine, but my brain just didn't latch on to it.

Really solid, both feels like 1964 and much newer.

What a stacked lineup of musicians on this album!

Imagine hearing this in concert in 1960.

Not really for me, but definitely see why it was popular. Karma Chameleon still fucking slaps though.

Fair amount of forgettable tracks, but the good ones are very good.

Not his worst album I've been fed so far, but sure feels like a wasted space on this list. Thankfully only 4 Bowie albums left and one of them is Ziggy

Even if most of this album is covers, can't imagine how much fun it would have been to be at this show, before it was common knowledge that JLL was an abusive, cousin marrying, pedofile, and possibly a murder. Four stars for the recording, a "burn in hell" for the man.

There's plenty to not like about this, but at the end of the day there's enough catchy sections and three absolutely massive hits that combine to more than 4 billion streams on Spotify.

Some perfectly fine 50s folk/country. Enjoyed this from Wikipedia: Woody Guthrie had the greatest influence on Elliott. Guthrie's son, Arlo, said that because of Woody's illness and early death, Arlo never really got to know him, but learned his father's songs and performing style from Elliott and, according to Arlo, Woody Guthrie once said that Jack Elliot "Sounds more like me than I do".

One of those days where I can't wait to hit play. The titular track is unbelievably good and side B is no slouch either. Eddie Hazel's playing on this album is wonderful, with Super Stupid being the other standout.

New from the first 10 seconds it was going to be a good one.

Feel like this was on a lot around the house growing up. Steamroller Blues, Country Road, and Fire and Rain are so good. Not my style enough to get four stars, but it's a well respected 3.

Was not surprised to see a lot of results when googling to see if people thought Carina Round sounds like PJ Harvey.

The building blocks for Pet Sounds are definitely there, but never reaches those heights. Help Me, Ronda is catchy as hell.

Musically there's some really interesting stuff here, but oof those vocals are rough.

Sure it feels a bit repetitive, but you're tapping your toes for the full 30 minutes.

I've always been a like them not love them with Nirvana, but I don't think there's any denying this is a 5 star album and one of the ones most worthy of being on this list.

A case study in just because an album contains a lot of great elements, doesn't mean it's enjoyable

U2 ran so Foo Fighters could jog.

Surprisingly forgettable

Power Out and Wake Up are some of the best song in a live setting I've ever heard. I mean, seriously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nze9-4ywpk Argument could be made there's enough filler that it should be four stars, but the high points are so high it's gotta be a 5.

Surprised how how badly written so many of these songs are, even for the time. It's not 1 star bad, but just generally disappointing. People really heard Senorita and were like yeah, give me 60 more minutes of this.

That sure was 35 minutes of music.

Daft Punk should 100% be on this list, but Alive 2007, Discovery, and maybe even RAM should both be on the list before Homework gets added.

That all of this the fullness of this album is just one guy improving on a crappy, practice piano is nuts.

That's some straight up solid rock and roll.

It's great for what it is, gets three stars just because it's not something I'm not going to put back on again.

Lot of songs on here I liked way more than I expected to. That guitar lick at the top of Preachers Son is fire. Probably going to relisten to the mono mix at some point as the stereo mix in the car had some stuff distractingly panned.

Woah, way more varied and experimental than I expected, really interesting listen.

Rocking, powerful, what's not to love

Started off interesting 3 stars but was zoned out of it by the end.

Some really strong tracks and guest spots on here

Judy Blue Eyes, Marrakesh Express, Wooden Ships, some absolutely killer tracks on here. A little inconsistent to hit five stars, but not far off.

Feels like a good example where a good 35 minute album got pushed to over an hour because record labels thought they needed to use the full length of a CD.

It's good, it's important, but I fluctuate on how enjoyable it is to listen to.

Weird to say, but a lot of this album felt like a slog. Probably won't ever listen to this full album again, but there's definitely some standout tracks that I'd happily put on.

Enjoyed that much more than I expected to.

Even in a take down on institutionalized racism, it's wild to hear Randy Newman drop hard Rs

I get why people would like it, but this is just not for me, barely a 2.

The one thing that might bring this down to four stars is the number of covers on here, but there's so many catchy pop hits that have stood the test of time how can you not give it five stars.

The story behind this album is great, but outside of maybe Atlantic City there's nothing on here I'm actively choosing to listen to.

If this journey did nothing more than get me to listen to classic jazz albums I haven't heard yet, it would be worth it.

3 stars on headphones, 2 stars on speakers.

This one really took me by surprise. The production was incredible and didn't get bored during the hour. 4S

Outside of Janie Jones and White Roit I found this oddly forgettable.

It's a four for me, but if this style of rock is your jam it's got to be an easy five stars.

It's not my favorite 2Pac album, but it's still 2Pac

There's certainly interesting stuff in here, but don't find it that enjoyable

Not sure it's quite four stars, but enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

Just packed with hits.

Liked this way more than I expected to. Different vocals and it's probably a 4.

Liked this a lot more than Soul Mining. More than a lot of albums that sound this heavily of the 80s. Probably won't ever listen to it again though.

Bit all over the place and definitely taking music from all over the world. Surprised this was released in 1983, definitely sounds newer.

It's good and chill, Martina's vocals > Tricky's, but it's not like anything really stuck with me from it.

Like the rest of her albums, totally fine but doesn't hook me and have me coming back for more.

Gotta stop browsing the user reviews on this site.

Don't think I've actually listened to this before, it's damn good.

A perfect example of how 1 star albums can be more worthy of being on this list than 2 stars, because they at least make an impression on you.

The opposite side of the 1 star can be better than 2 star albums. I really disliked listening to this, but it at least was trying to do more than yesterday's Trafalgar.

Just super blues rock solid. With more listens I bet this rises to a 5.

I mean yeah, it's one of the greatest straight forward rock albums ever made. Guitar tone on this is so good.

Starts a bit slow, but once Sir Duke hits, the rest of the album is a good ride.

Some good tracks in there, but enough that I didn't connect with that I'm not going back to this album. Maybe the jam album.

Really surprised by this one, surprised I haven't listened to them before.

Just some solid rock. Wouldn't mind if the full album had just been the La Grange guitar licks.

I liked what it was trying to do more than what it did.

Solid background working music, dead on three stars, don't know enough to know why it's here over similar albums.

Musically there's not enough to pull Neil's vocals up to a four star. Almost, but not quite.

Man, there's over 1000 albums here, maybe I don't need to write something for every one. Maybe some just get a number and I move on with my life.

I really should pickup the book to see why some of these albums are on here. Suicide was definitely the best track, and a full album of that easily gets three stars, maybe four.

Feels like two EPs thrown together, neither which I want to explore more of.

Man the Pixies are good. This one just misses five stars, but Where Is My Mind? is as good as songs get.

My time has come. It's obviously great, but my limit for four stars is that I'd put the album on again on my own time, and I'm never listening to this as an album again, so three stars.

Perfectly whelmed.

Great performance of a lot of covers, even though I associate most of the songs with covers by different artists.

Solid zone out / background music. Low four stars, but there's a high four stars 40 minute cut in there.

While their radio hits are catchy, they never drew me in to really dive into their catalogue. Really solid album though.

That's some good shit.

Deserves to be on the list, glad to listen to it again, still don't find it all that enjoyable to listen to.

Imagine being a male pop vocalist during the 80s and having to be compared to Michael Jackson at his height.

That is just some upbeat fun music.

This should be right up my alley, but didn't connect with a lot of it.

Straight forward, solid enough, blues rock.

Always feel like I should like Björk's music more than I do.

This has definitely made me realize how many genres of music I'm not knowledgeable enough about to know if it's good, just if it I like it or not.

Glad to have heard it, but won't be going back to it

Just a solid, expansive album with solid creativity all over it. Going from the muddy production of The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators to the crystal clear production of this album was such a whiplash.

Some good moments, but overall just fine/forgettable

This album came out of nowhere and really blew me away. A bit too inconsistent to get five stars, but will definitely be checking out more by them.

Started as two stars, but the longer it went on the more I was ready for it to be done.

\m/,

Full of some of the biggest hits of all time, but production is just a touch thin and "80s" sounding to get the full five stars.

Enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to.

Catchy as hell, haven't listened to this album in too long.

Albums like this are why I'm doing this. Steve Albini was in a punk band in the 80s that helped give way to industrial music? What a banger of an album.

Enjoyed this more than I would have expected given its pitch.

Lovefool is a 5 star track, and while the rest of the album doesn't hit those heights, it was better than I expected.

Some good stuff musically, but couldn't get past the vocals.

Never would have placed that as a Beach Boys album.

More interested in the beats than the lyrics.

Weird to say I'm surprised at how good that McCartney album was

Overdue to check out Frank Ocean, interesting ideas musically, but vocally / lyrically not for me.

Interesting meeting of punk and new wave

Imagine how good the albums would be if Dylan had even a half-way decent singing voice.

TBD if I enjoyed it, will need to listen to it more, but I bet a lot of bands I love would cite this as an inspirational album for them.

Enjoyed this more than I expected to, a few tracks I'd come back to.

Surprised that I don't think I've ever listened to this album before. The highs are real high, but there's enough that's just ok to keep it out of five star range.

Deserves to be on this list more than a lot of albums.

Bang a Gong and the cover art are iconic, the rest goes between fine and decent.

Not the biggest U2 fan, but this is a really solid album.

Good stuff, even if I often shy away from vocals in this range.

Got to listen to it on vinyl today.

Another album where I like the bands it inspired way more than I like the album. Was just holding onto 3 stars until the last two tracks.

Enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. Need to give it a second, more dedicated listen.

An album that should def be on this list and where all of the praise and criticism (save for the blatantly racist stuff) is valid. The beats are incredible.

Decent highs, but a lot that's just fine (albeit still interesting).

While it might not have caught me, albums like this are why I'm doing this challenge.

Not my thing, but real solid voice

It's a special album, and hurt is a 6 star track. I don't know if I'll listen to it again, but doesn't feel right giving it three stars.

Surprised I've never listened to them before, hell of an album!

Surprised I haven't listened to more Alice Cooper.

There's some interesting stuff in here, glad to have heard it once.

Fuck Johnny Rotten.

Album #300! Damn, there's some bangers on the back half of this album.

Shocked to find I gave another album by Cohen 3 stars, because these vocals were unlistenable.

There's is some good stuff scattered through the album

Surprised how much I enjoyed this. Expected it to be down hill after Tiny Dancer/Levon but it stayed solid

Finding back to back Elton and Joel albums that I might put on again is surprising.

Didn't find 50s rapping to be that good on this, the choruses and instruments on the hits doing a lot of heavy lifting on this album.

Well, at least it was short.

Starts and ends with clear 5 star songs, the rest is pretty good to fine.

The singles and Kiedis' vocals hold up better than Californication. Went in with really low expectations and am surprised this came out at 3 stars.

Totally fine, but never pulled me in.

Surprised that this album is included and also their best selling album, would have figured both went to self-titled.

Some real good stuff, just not consistent enough to pull a full 5 stars

I guess there's some 3 star stuff in there, but an album that's not for me.

Can't see myself being in the mood for this sound and putting on this album instead of the pixies

Got to see the band perform this album live a week ago and it fucking ruled

I mean, of course it's five stars.

Why don't I spend more time listening to P-Funk?!

This is the Beck album I'm throwing on if I want to listen to Beck.

I respect it more than I like it