1001 Albums Summary

It's cool. Like the stories, but honestly nothing too crazy here.

pretty weird album, i guess i just don't really vibe with it

Really, really love these 90s instrumental hip-hop albums. Reminds me of Nujabes / J. Dilla, and very influential as well. Didn't get 5 stars because it didn't absolutely blow my mind away, but well-deserved 4.5 stars.

i like bjork. bjork is good.

Guns N' Roses does what many other hard rock bands cannot - balance an unapologetically punk attitude, with emotion, meaning, and lyrics that truly reflect the cynical attitude of 1980s LA - raw, hedonistic, and alienated. “Welcome to the jungle, it gets worse here every day / You learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play” “They’re out to get me / They won’t catch me / I’m [...] innocent” “I used to do a little but a little wouldn’t do it, so the little got more and more”

it's okay

the first track is genuinely mind-blowing

fucking awesome

my first that I've listened to before! an absolute, absolute classic rap album with absolutely incredible flow, lyrics, and production, definitely one of the best rap albums oat.

just so, so boring and derivative. no-replay value for me unfortunately

my ears hurt

Some tracks are lowk really quite good, e.g. How I Could Kill a Man, and the sound style is very, very influential. With that being said, the second-half of the album ended up just blending together and becoming somewhat bland, so I didn't really catch any stand-outs - it just started sounding like noise.

love this guy, neil young. lowkey one of the goats

i love this guy, paul simon

3/5 for influence.

lowk was really really tired when listening to this, but what i heard sounded pretty damn good im negl

There's something always endearing about listening to earlier projects of artists. In fact, sometimes I like it even more than their most acclaimed album (like Section 80 w/ Kendrick). That is not the case here, so the 5 star rating will be reserved for the other Tribe Called Quest album.

ya like jazz?

just boring and uninspired, in my opinion. also, why is the band called Japan if they have nothing to do with Japan?

don't overthink it God Only Knows and Wouldn't it be Nice are literally all-time great tracks, and the rest of the album doesn't slack off either.

really nice. not much to say - it's a classic record, and it has respect, soo..

will i listen again soon - no did i enjoy it - hell yes conclusion - 3/5

Beatles = chameleon

hold up..! his writing is fire?

I listened to that entire album and genuinely can't remember a single track I listened to.

nothing short of a masterpiece of vocal performance that leaves behind a titanic legacy.

I've heard great things about this album, but for me, while being enjoyable, it simply wasn't all that memorable.

this album is like 50% mid and 50% pure awesome peak amazing best thing ive ever heard. who cares about the mid? the peak is remembered and immortalized forever. 8/10

this album is like when you're in a shitty abandoned parking lot watching the most beautiful sunset you've ever seen 10/10

ya like jazz? edit: ok, I listened to this a few more times, and can definitely say that jazz grows on you. 7.5/10

strong start, weaker finish

very, very raw - most tracks are a hit or miss for me.

cmon its literally ABBEY ROAD 10/10

this is another one of those folk albums where its enjoyable when you're listening and then you look back and realize you can't remember any of the tracks. 6/10

almost goes off the rails but manages to stay on in the end. 8/10

pretty boring, besides like 2 of the tracks. 5/10

7/10 very goth

ill be listening to it, and ill be like, okay okay i get the point that's enough and then i look and there's still 8 tracks and a part of me dies inside 2/10

its like bad radiohead still decent - 6/10

bass + hiphop = good album more bass + hiphop = great album my experience in alt-hiphop in a nutshell good album - 8.5/10

tightest set of tracks ive heard during this journey so far absolutely no bad tracks here perfection - 10/10

my first exposure to sonic youth was absolutely pretty crappy but this album is actually decent 6.5/10

bri'ish raves 6/10

mmm its alright. enjoyable in the moment but not super memorable - high 3

good ol' 50s jazz vibes that are immaculate as always 7.9/10 just cus im not too good at distinguishing b/w jazz tracks

i read a review about this being music for ford ads and now i cant get the idea out of my head and i hate it and it instantly reduced my enjoyment by 50% 5.4/10

incredibly self-indulgant i love it 8.2/10

you know what, maybe I'm just not a fan of British hard rock, and that's okay. can't love everything!

we are out of the rock-pocalypse :tada: soft pop

rip legend, ozzy osbourne! 22-7-25 with that set aside, this was actually a pretty cohesive and enjoyable project. 9.2/10

moving, beautiful, absolute cinema wonderful - 10/10 these last few days have been the generators apology for the miserable spell it put me through before that

classic rock record, legendary solo, has some forgettable tracks though

there's nothing wrong with the album perse (besides it being pretty boring), but it doesn't belong on the list.

I love q-tip 9.1/10

not usually a fan of britpop, but this album is just fun 8.5/10

definitely one of the rock albums of all time. could have went without hearing it before I die, tbh

boring, and depressing. -100/10 i would give it a 0 if I could

paul simon is a master of combining unusual chord progressions with strong melodic sense and songwriting. it's fair to say that he has earned his spot as one of the most renowned lyricists in Western popular music. 8.5/10

well, it was definitely a piece of music. moderately enjoyable! I'm thinking.. 6.1/10

can't understand a word they're saying, but the vibes are simply immaculate

7.5/10

the sound isn't terribly unique, nor memorable

it's just alright. the tracks feel a little bit scattered and all over the place, though.

very ethereal, sound that somehow still ends up being cohesive. quite enjoyable - 8.2/10 shame that it's not on Spotify anymore though. Could someone like this review when its back?

well, it's just fine. not really sure what the hype around Rolling Stones is about

almost didn't make it all the way through this boring, un-original, slop-filled work. felt more like a collection of loud, annoying songs than an actual album. 1.5/10

A shame that someone with such undeniably great music also happens to be Morrissey. With that being said, I can't overlook the undeniable quality of the music. 3/5 Remove some of the questionable lyrics and have another artist, and it's probably at least an 8/10

very dissonant - really embodies gothic rock quite well

again, this morrissey guy is unfortunately very good at making music

there's nothing strictly wrong with this album besides being a generic and pretty uninspired. it's aight.

it got a tad bit TOO experimental at the end

hot take: I did not enjoy this album that much it was just annoying to listen to, and not in the "hard-listening" kind of way, in the "this doesn't sound good and I'm not enjoying it" kind of way

wonderful album - really stays cohesive throughout as well

optional challenge: try to count the number of times the word "funk" is said in this album

its aight

the main problem with this album is that it's too bloated - there's quite a few pointless tracks here and there. the tracks besides those are quite a vibe though. overall, probably around a 6/10?

i love bossa nova holy peak

really solid

pretty standard grunge

the first 4-5 tracks go incredibly hard and then afterwards it's just mid. 5.5/10?

his voice is really annoying ngl its super shaky and it sounds like he recorded it in his basement and even if we overlook that, the songs themselves are not good truly ass 0/10

holy shit, that three track run from someone great - all my friends - us v them is astonishingly good even though the rest is not quite as good, I think this album gets at least an 8/10 just for that

loops and loops

hypnotic loops, and loops, and loops solid 7/10 - can appreciate how foundational this work is to the ambient genre also fun fact, jarre had one of the biggest concerts of all time - 3.5 million in Moscow!

the end of the performances kinda killed it for me ngl

random collision of a bunch of dissonant sounds with random dentist noises in the background and whatever the hell else they recorded this with. chaotic, and weird, sometimes in a good way - mostly in a bad way. 4/10

doesn't quite live up to classics of the shoegaze genre - this work is more scattered and less cohesive than their previous albums, for instance. still high 3/5, i quite enjoy shoegaze

for me, the rolling stones is the "best" (most critically-acclaimed) band, that still falls firmly into the "mid" category for me. So mid. 6/10

well this was... interesting to say the least i started losing my sanity a little bit halfway through when I thought I was listening to an ad for powertools rather than an actual album

yay my apology for kollaps thanks generator!

stone cold cult-classic

bluesy-rock really nice - 8/10

another prog rock masterpiece from Yes

mind numbingly boring unfortunately

amazing vocals, extremely cohesive backing tracks, what else is there to love?

its aight

absolute classic.

a foundational album that everyone needs to listen to at some point in their lives.

a little bit aggressive, a little bit annoying. mostly the later.

is this the mumble rap of post-punk because maybe i just dont get it but its not good kind of just sounds like a mess to me

it's just.. not.. that.. interesting... zzzzz

some of the lyrics are certainly outdated as others have mentioned... with that being said, this is one of the most important albums ever. its raw, real, unfiltered, and forced people all over the world to confront raw, unfiltered realities of life in LA at this time. yes, some of the language and perspectives reflect a specific time and mindset, and they can feel uncomfortable today. but to dismiss the album entirely because of that is to ignore its context—and its impact. N.W.A gave a voice to a generation that felt unheard the production is sharp, funky, the delivery itself is still incredible, even by today's standards. its imperfect, but essential, all at the same time. "do I look like... a role model?"

full of hits. some of the hits (notably, scar tissue, hit really high points). but the rest of the album is just too inconsistent to be amazing imo (6.5/10)

really not sure why this isn't more popular. really solid, lush and dreamy textures, and some-what "folkish-sounds". great! 8.5/10

solid stuff 7/10

the mid is kinda ass but the rest of the album is so good i dont even care

this album is approximately twice as long as it should be

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holy shit they're cooking

classic from a classic period of a classic artist

cool, but I'm not too big of a fan of live albums.

really solid & groovy ibiza dance album low 5 stars - 9.01/10

not the best beatles album, but still a 4.

torturous listening experience 4/10

severely underrated by this website to be honest. the vib is literally only annoying for like 1-2 songs, and the rest is just beautiful chamber folk

maybe just a bit too long ?

could definetely think of at least like 5 hiphop albums that probably should have been on the list instead of this

I didn't expect this album to be so versatile, to be honest. Low 5.

sunny, ethereal pop album. embodies LA kind of sound really well - 7.5/10

chill party vibes. prince is the washing machine, and we're the laundry. feels like every other track we're going from pop to rock, funk, new-wave, or whatever else. with that being said... bro dropped like 3 hits at the start and then made like 8 9 minute long tracks about having sex or smth?? solid 3

not for me.

really vibing with this

holy peak but that one "master" at 3:35 in master of puppets made me jump out of my skin a bit besides that, extremely clean but also goes really hard 9/10

not sure why this was chosen over songs for the deaf - it's still okay, but still... cmon

its aight

grime isn't for everyone, I guess. still, undeniable quality despite being a grime album. 6/10

solid! funk funk funk funk funk funk funk funk funk funk

high 3 - not their best project but still really solid

well its aight

hurts my head to listen to why does he sound like that i think I'm gonna have an aneurysm

quality & also packed with hits love abba - 9.1/10

temu bob dylan

genuine ass :sob:

yknow what, it's really long but actually pretty enjoyable

boring!

solid stuff!

genuine ass

really nice no skips

solid, but some weaker tracks / some of it feels like filler

the more melodic tracks are quite nice and everything else is really bad and unlistenable. so, perfect 3/5

-1 star for Morrissey not sure why this book's author is obsessed with his more mediocre albums ngl

too long, and a lot of pointless tracks.

much better

i mean... this is not really a debatable placement lol 9.5/10

really good stuff. nice little ambient break in-between all the madness. and, yknow, brian eno produced it, because brian eno apparently had his fingers on every piece of music to every exist.

well, its aight. its one of those albums that has a very strong feeling of "timeliness" like its being bounded to that one era it was created it or whatever. still solid

Perfection. The greatest Prog Rock album ever, and one of the greatest ever in general. An enormous, influential, chaotic, genre-defining album that (for me) can be regarded among the greatest pieces of music ever created. It's the Mahler 2 of Prog Rock.

The audacity to make an album this terrible and make it 73 minutes long needs to be studied.

I'm not too knowledgeable about Malian music but every track sounds very similar to me. might just be unfamiliarity.

It's fine, but a lot of unnecessary tracks. The concept is wonderful though. Especially "Pinball Wizard".

chill album but worse than getz/gilberto

this is THE definitive rock & roll album

i did not need to hear this before i die 💀

its not good. not only that, it is way too long as well. the classic 1-2 combo.

corny, fun new-wave

If I speak I am in big trouble.

I just don't think I'm a fan of punk lol. Thankfully punk tracks are pretty short, but even so, I would love for them to actually GO somewhere.

Yes 👑

A beautiful, complex, novel piece of work that is lush, ambitious, and gives me the same feeling that Nujabes gives me in hiphop in the electronic field.

Man I love Marvin Gaye but even I can admit that an hour and fifteen minutes is maybe a hair too long.

One of the greatest ever.

be sweet is really good; everything else is pretty unenjoyable

while I can acknowledge this album is enormously influential, I also kind of hate everything about it.

really nice, love this guy neil young, what a goat

generational carry by lauryn hill but still mid ngl

timeless. you would not think this album was released in the early 80s.

I think one of the benefits of this project is giving us the ability to identify ass from peak. this is ass. 1/10

this album gets carried so hard by its end (last 3 tracks)

I think I just don't like Grunge. Nothing against the artists personally though.

what the FUCK is krautrock?

solid uh... 3?

yes, i would like to listen to dentist noises today, Spotify

pretty solid

👑

Elvis might be the most overrated artist of all time.

Some really stand out tracks, but they don't really work together. It's like a lot of different ideas mismashed together but they don't all stick.

Perfectly mid.

It's really long, but somehow it feels really short.

well the title of the album is certainly accurate

not his best work - maybe his 4-5th best album?

this is better than pantera but i cant explain why

about as good as commercial pop gets

literal garbage - corny, generic, way too long

the 1st half of the album is shit, the second half is decent 4/10

glad this generator recommended me this to show that even Radiohead has bad albums

forgettably pleasant

starts out really strong, and then kind of shit

pleasant, but also forgettable

I actually kinda like his voice

I would rather listen to Einstürzende Neubauten ngl

wtf

not a huge fan of this style - hugely influential but I'm also kind of an old-head when it comes to rock

lmao alright

give a man a generic 1990s rap album and he'll give it a 5/10

sounds exactly like its cover

I did not expect this, but this album is actually really, really goated. so eclectic and weird and jazzy, but also weirdly coherent at the same time. I guess that's the beauty of psychedelia when it actually sounds like something. underrated gem, really awesome stuff. 9/10

pretty boring outside of free bird

not a big beat fan, it is what it is

well it's alright

Absolutely fantastic album, but just a few weak tracks in the middle. Overall loving this new discovery though, never knew about this group before this project.

quite the set of nothing-burger tracks, innit?

well it's alright

the stones are the most overrated band of all time

very surreal album

solid

definitely could have gone without hearing this before I die to be honest

great album. "pretentiousness" always has been more of a value judgment than an actual technical flaw with an album. not cultural appropriation by the way, no idea where that came from.

I like

I always have loved Jay-z's production style.

some real highlights from this one, but the middle tracks just dont hit

brian. eno!

what an actual nothingburger of an album. a one hour nothingburger. at least some of the other nothingburgers are short.

this is almost certainly the best Deep Purple album in this book and also a classic rock record. some of the tracks do feel mildly bloated though.

short and sweet but ultimately a bit forgettable

surprisingly solid

bombastically unapologetic

This album really shows David Bowie's artistic versatility - the sound is absolutely different and darker compared to Ziggy Stardust or Aladdin Sane. I just wish some of the middle tracks had the same vibe as Station to Station. For instance, "Stay" is kind of a departure from the rest of the album stylistically speaking.

very cool album cover, but the songs are pretty boring

utter shite innit

This IS It

many albums on this generator give me a feeling of timelessness - that they would be great projects no matter what era they were released in. this project on the other hand is very dated. It's a great look into the music of the 50s, but besides that it just doesn't really hold up.

it has like two good tracks and the rest is bad

how is the rest of the album so mid when theres 2 godtier tracks on here

nice

congratulations, you get the honor of being 1/3 albums I literally couldn't get all the way through so far! garbage; -100/10

music I imagine a character would listen to late at night in a period film

awesome stuff - love how much flute there is on this album, definetely haven't heard that before

my least favorite David Bowie era - plastic for a reason...

starts off with an amazing song and then its kinda just like that

big meh

john. lennon.

its alright, but I can think of at least 5 better options for post 2020 RNB albums. considering the lack of other albums from the 2020s and beyond, I find this a pretty strange inclusion to the list.

more of a historical fascination than an actually enjoyable listen.

there's a reason no one actually listens to this album outside of like 2 tracks

I think at this point in time U2 has gotten mildly over hated actually.

pretty normal 90s altrock album

Reading a bit into the background of this album, looks like this album is in a very similar vein of 90s artists trying to push trippy club music towards a more "avant-garde" / storytelling perspective. Unfortunately, this album is essentially Endtroducing without all the elements that made Endtroducing such a compelling album. While Endtroducing sounds alive and interesting, I can't help but feel this album just sounds dead.

didn't like the whistling but liked everything else

truly I don't know if this is my own fault for not listening to enough rnb but every track sounds the same. pleasant, but not interesting, like if you put too much soap on all the tracks and then they all started melting into one undistinguishable soapy mess

what the fuck pink floyd

The tracks are too long for my liking - they don't really stay engaging throughout.

There is absolutely a distinction between experimental music and music made for the sake of experimenting.

I've learned my lesson to not listen to double albums in one sitting.

Hypnotically cool, but not boring.

In the same way that Sgt. Pepper, Revolver, and Pet Sounds are acclaimed as 60s pop masterpieces, this album belongs right up there with them. The difference is popularity. The album was never really discovered during the 60s - the Zombies had already broken up by the time the album was released. As a result, the album has less visibility. But in terms of quality, from the lush pop arrangements, to the baroque feeling it gives, it certainly doesn't lack behind its more famous 60s counterparts. 5/5

oh fuck off

Too lazy to write a full review but enjoyed it a lot!

Pretty good, but could be shorter. Definitely one of the better 21st century prog rock albums. Crazy cover by the way.

As much a golden age Kanye album as an incredible Common project. Unlike a lot of rap projects, it is actually pretty concise and avoids a lot of the bloat that makes other projects worse. I can definitely hear a bit of inspiration from J Dilla in the beats as well.

An album that sounds remarkably futuristic and retro at the same time. The Disintegration of the electronic genre. Moody, dark, perfect sound.

This album has a fantastic looking cover so I came in with high expectations and was unfortunately let down from the boredom of it.

It is my honest opinion that almost every folk album from the 1950s & early 60s is virtually indistinguishable from each other. They are all pleasant, but completely generic and forgettable.

Mezzanine is the better album and I wish it was also included along with this one. Great album though - very atmospheric. I especially appreciate Unfinished Symphony as using strings in that sense was quite groundbreaking at the time.

Before moving towards a more stripped down sound, Steely Dan was still one of the most polished rock bands of the junction between 70s rock and polished jazz sound. The sound is exceptionally polished, and its both compliments and detracts from the album. It's very pleasant, but a lot of the tracks lack something interesting that really stands out, and makes you stop and listen more closely.

One of the most soul-crushing albums ever. Very rarely do you see fantastic projects from aging artists, but this project is an exception.

Mostly uninteresting.

How many more ridiculously bloated soul albums with a bunch of no-substance, no-brain tracks is this generator going to give me?

;-;

I mean I guess it's alright. The lyrics are very upbeat / optimistic to the point where they become a bit of detrimental because there's not much that's actually interesting buried in the lyrics.

A foundational Madchester album and one of the smoothest, most groovy pop, rock, rave fusion albums ever. And, if that wasn't enough, it's also one of the most influential albums ever.

An incredibly trippy, psychedelic, immersive electronic album that focuses more on atmosphere then a specific, concrete message. A really great Aphex-Twin-esque album that shows how minimalism in techno often creates a more interesting end product.

I see the appeal but it's lowkey kinda annoying

Big and bold, to an almost corny extent.