1001 Albums Summary

First time I listened to them by choice. I enjoyed the listen-through, but started checking how many more songs after the 5th one. I appreciate the ingenuity, but not for me.

I'd never listened to this album in its entirety, but have heard most of the songs before. I very much enjoyed it except Goin' Home which goes on a blues odyssey - Spinal Tap would be proud. Other than that, I enjoyed the album and I guess it's a classic Rolling stones release. Songs I've known since my childhood.

Wow! Social injustice, war, police brutality, environmental destruction - I had never heard this album and it's not my typical choice of genre but this album was great from beginning to end.

I had never listened all the way through. I couldn't wait for it to finish. I understand that it politicised a new generation of kids, so that's good but it is so repetitively boring - and this is coming from a hard rock/punk fan. It is also overwhelmingly depressing. I like a couple of songs, but overall - never again.

No time to get bored!

I really enjoyed this album. I've probably heard it before and will happily listen to it again.

First time I listened to Revolution 9 all the way through. Never again. We're they making fun of different genres of music? I'd never thought that before. Enjoyable but I prefer Sgt. Pepper's.

Weirdly familiar country music

Ok. I've listened to it only as I decided to listen to every album. It is truly not what I like. Some of the music was good for me, but his singing was an ordeal as was the experience listening to the album but, hey, I listened through. I hope noone ever invites me to have a smoke and listen to it as I would be stuck in an eternal hell.

I had to read about the significance of this album and the new direction it represented for the Beach Boys. It reminds me of my childhood - not always in a pleasant way. Easy listening of the highest order.

I didn't like the Smiths then and I can only just tolerate them now. I now accept that the music is really pretty good but I can't handle Morrisey's wailing for too long. I did listen to the whole album but it was, for me, as their music always has been, filled with doom and gloom. It's taken me 40 years to listen to a Smiths album from beginning to end. I'll wait another 40 years mimimum before I listen to another one.

Although this isn't the sort of music I listen to regularly, it was truly easy to listen to and JM's stories put to music were pleasant to hear. I wouldn't listen again by choice, but also wouldn't be irritated if someone slapped this album on.

I was too immature to appreciate this album when it came out. Listening to it now, it has a very calming effect. A great collection of songs which, after listening through, I'd happily hear again.

Wow. Prog rock that doesn't get lost up its own fundament. I really enjoyed this album which, embarrassingly, I've never listened to before but which I happily listen to again in the future.

I imagine that in 1981 this would have been revolutionary and new. In the 2020s, it was tiresome for me. Some of it is humorous, but mostly tiresome. 3 out of 5 for being revolutionary and influential on later industrial artists.

That was a very familiar album. For me, it was easy listening and very enjoyable. I think I'd pick up a copy if I saw one. Would listen again. Their singing is flawless and beautiful.

I'd never heard this album before. It's not my cup of tea but it is very good and, for me, a pleasure and very easy to listen to. For sure, I'd happily listen again.

I don't think I'd ever listened to a T Rex album from start to finish. It was fun. Would listen again. EDIT: I've listened again; it's great!

I had never listened to the album all the way through. It's alright but a bit repetitive.

I haven't heard that album for a long time. It's pretty timeless. It rocks. 100%. 5 out of 5.

I had heard of Nick Drake but until now I had not knowingly heard any of his songs. It's not really the sort of music I choose to listen to but it was a truly beautiful album.

I'd not listened to this album in its entirety before. It was an album which, when it came out, some people were saying that I would love it. It started off, however, with a 'this is going to be a long ordeal' on my mind but it somehow transformed into a very cool listen. I enjoyed it.

Never really got into Black Sabbath. I understand their importance in the history of metal and so on but I always preferred other metal. I guess I can say it was heavy before its time and that's cool but it was tedious.

I enjoyed this. It was a fun change from the other albums. I hope there's more of this sort of stuff.

I always wanted to like Beck. I thought it was the cool music that cool me should be listening to. Nope. There are too many random beeps and bells to make it sound deep. It is music that, if you say, 'I don't like it', someone will inevitably reply, 'You just don't get it.' I just got a whole album, thanks. 2 stars instead of 1 because there are one or two good tunes here, but they've been connected together by irritating collections of sounds.

I very much enjoyed this album. 21st century Bob Dylan mumbles a bit too much, 1963 Bob Dylan clearly sang some great stories, which, unfortunately, 60 years later still remain relevant.

Timeless.

That was an ok listen. For me, born in early 1970s, it's old people/parents' music.

I thought this was going to be a struggle for me but once we got to the third song, I was happy to listen to it. The vocals are very minimal and the the music is celebrating every knob and dial available to the composer to twist, but it works. I think they have been done a misservice by having that one song of theirs on loop on the radio. I guess I would happily have this as background music if I had guests and felt the need to have background music.

If they stuck to their heavier tunes, it would be a great album. Someone decided to have some discordant 'deep' numbers and, in my opinion, they drag down the better songs.

Great album. Simple can often be better.

Fantastic.

I prefer protest Marvin Gaye to sexy Marvin Gaye, But this was a relaxing listen. After having sung all of those songs, I really hope that he did get it on and it was worth it.

That was the first album I chose not to listen to on my headphones - it would have been too much. I'm pretty certain, I heard this when I was really small. It becomes almost hypnotic after a couple of tracks. Would 100% listen again as background music.

This album was really popular with the drug crowd back in the day. I'm listening to it on a rainy Sunday morning, which seems suitable. Great music but a little bit too much of a downer for me. 5/5 for the compositions, 1/5 for its influence (negative) on so many people I knew. 3/5 overall.

"Hey Lauryn! We're going to record an album. We've got two or three banging tunes but we don't have material for the rest of the album. We'll just make some rhythmic noise with different time signatures to fill the gaps between the good tunes and no-one will ever notice."

This was fun. Not my cup of tea, but the humour and the unedited errors make for a great listen to a great performance. I would have difficulty understanding how anyone would not like this album.

I never got into The The. I think it's his voice. Anyway, this was a good listen. Apologies to Mark, who spent much of the early 1990s trying to get me to appreciate the band! It was good: the music, the message, but his voice still grates my ears.

As an album, it kind of works. I'd never listened to it all the way through and I was never a fan of Ozzy's singing voice but this album is OK. Bonus drum solo too - something you don't get much of on albums these days!

That was awful. A lot of country and folk music conjures up images of a mythical world of freedom and justice and whatever. To me it sounded like stolen music listened to by white men with red necks and racist thoughts.

This album reminds me of the Blink 182 music video of First Date. The video is supposedly set in 1974, but 1984 very much felt like that vibe too. Rock songs about getting girls and partying. I was a little young for that in 1984 but this album was floating around back then. 4 out of 5 for the, not always great, memories.

I imagine I've listened to this album all the way through in the past. Songs of my youth that I remember. I've added it to my background music list. 5 out of 5.

Yeah, I'm not going to listen to that all the way through. The music was inventive but then the narcissistic, sexist, homophobic ramblings over the top of it somewhat spoilt it.

It's all pretty samey and depressing but it was OK. I'd prefer not to have to hear it all the way through again.

After the first song and a half,I was ready to turn it off but someone found a drumkit and it became less irksome. After listening all the way through, I'd say it was a sometimes very pleasant experience and sometimes it felt like, 'is that weird enough guys?' . I'd rather not have to listen to anything by E.Smith again but it wouldn't be the end of the world if I did.

Fantastic.

The Doors were the cool band that split up before we were born of the 80s. It's alright.

Easy listening overload. Not my type of stuff, but I can appreciate it.

Bleh. I missed this band completely throughout their existence. Apart from today's blip, I hope that will continue to be the case for the rest of my existence.

To quote Lard: 70s Rock Must Die. I have always found prog rock/aor/this stuff boring. Unsurprisingly, I find this boring too. The band are great composers and musicians (so they get one additional star) but they should have learnt how to finish songs succinctly, rather than endless fadeouts after the next additional jazz odyssey. Please don't let there be more Supertramp in this list. 45 minutes of my life I won't get back, which felt like 4.5 hours.

I like David Bowie's music. I didn't so much when I was younger but now I'm older.

That was a great album although the feet song is weird.

Listening to this album on a train has a very soporific effect but in a good way. Not fantastic, but not bad at all.

Until last week, I'd never heard more than a couple of their songs. I was at their concert, it was good. This album is fun too.

The MSP's were the first band I saw twice at different festivals. This was when they were still a foursome. The gigs had great energy. Some of the songs on this album hit differently when we learn it's the first album after Richey Manic disappeared. It is, like all of their albums, a great collection of songs.

I can confirm that this is an album by Depeche Mode. It sounds like them. 4/5

I consulted ChatGPT to tell me why this sounds like music for psychopaths and it was an interesting reply - it is so perfectly cut and there is no 'unnecessary' sound anywhere - it is the antithesis of the music that I like. However, I listened to the album all the way through and appreciated - and respected - but did not enjoy and I think would not have enjoyed at any point in my life.

I don't remember listening to this album all the way through but for sure we would have turned off the final track before it had finished. I guess I know a lot of these songs pretty well and the majority of the album is great. I imagine that I'd enjoy the descent from waking up to being completely wasted on heroin, which seems to be how the album tracks, more if was a junkie - but I'm not. Despite that it is still a dangerously beautiful homage to drug addiction. 5/5

This would be awful if it was a recent release but the fact that it is some proto-punk/metal from way back in the day makes it less awful. By the end, I was enjoying it and smiling along to the lyrics. I will probably seek out some more Dictators in the future.

A whole album of this is too much for me. I guess it was cool in its day but now it's rather tedious. 3/5

The songs which are not on greatest hits albums are much more entertaining for me. There are good old freak-out hippy guitars and so on. As a band, they were great.

Only ever heard individual songs and seen impersonators do JBs thing. I listened to this album on a plane and it was difficult to keep still in my seat as the whole performance is infectious 5/5

Never liked the Smiths. Still don't, but I can tolerate it better than in the past. The penultimate song had Mr Morissy singing and gargling in the bath or some sort of profound crap. At least I listened to the whole album through, but as has been my position for the past 40 or so years, I really hope I don't have to in the future.2/5 - the music gets an extra point over the threshold of 1 for absolute tosh.

There's that single which is a great song - the rest of the album seemed to me to be a filler for the one song. We get it, she's got a voice like a delicate flower and it suits certain songs but not all whatsoever. It was irritating after an album's worth of songs. It was going to be a 2 but after all these songs, this last one has managed to demote the album to a 1. Please never again, except for that one song.

This is the only Bob Dylan album I ever bought on CD (one other on cassette and none on vinyl). Actually, I don't know what happened to that CD... Anyway, I like all the electric songs and I guess it would have been mind-blowing to have one side electric and the other acoustic for the folk who bought the album back in the day - they were simpler times. So a Bon Dylan album with only 4 acoustic songs and some banging tracks to start with is perfect.

An enjoyable listen.

I haven't heard this album all the way through since the 1980s. I appreciate it much more now than then and the final tracks totally took me on a trip and brought me back with a boom as I was doing the ironing. Wow! I'll bet you that Kate Bush had listened to our two famous albums in our list here - by Throbbing Gristle and Einstürzende Neubauten - and was able to harness and tame some of the themes that they created, as we can hear some of that in this album. It's great. I like Kate Bush's music.

Not sure why there's an Ian Dury album in this list, but I'm happy there is.

I like The Saints, but I've got to say a whole album of Chris Bailey's singing does get to me. It seems that the sound engineer on this album had a similar thought as I felt that the vocals were being slowly turned down against the other tracks. Anyway, I was going to give it a 3 but the last song swayed it up to a 4 as it was a fun end to a good album.

I think I've owned this on vinyl, cd and cassette. It was incredible when it came out. It's still pretty good. I hadn't heard the whole album for a while but it's a good goth starting point to this day.

I enjoyed how the album started but as it progressed, it seemed that NS was getting less and less trusting of her boyfriend and his fidelity. She also increased her vibrato to 11 and it started affecting my ability to enjoy. I'm writing this subjectively while ironing in 2025, I appreciate the importance of Nina Simone in musical history but, for me, it was a strong start that ended in my relief that the album had finished.

I like Prince's music, and I have done since I first heard the singles from this album when they came out. One of my first mix tapes had When Doves Cry and then Highway to Hell by AC/DC after it. I think this is the first album after about 70 or so where I just started singing along. 5/5

White Stripes are great. This was nothing new or revolutionary - no idea why it's on this list. It wasn't bad but only 2 stars for 'could do much better'

By the time you read this, the album might have finally finished but its certain type of blandness will continue to haunt me for a much longer time. I'd heard the name of this band back in the day - I think it was one of those bands that the cool people had heard and if you hadn't, you weren't as cool as them - I am happy that I wasn't one of the cool people. In a different vein, I have a friend I told the 1001 albums project about. They said that they wouldn't be able to handle the indie rock sort of music that they would inevitably have to hear. This album is the sum of every single one of their fears - it ticks all the boxes and as a result it is flavorless. It is no surprise that this band remained only for the cool kids. Update: it still hasn't finished. Now a profound acoustic intro and some moaning and big rock chords. It's not the Doors, or Echo & the Bunnymen or World Party but sounds like what a crap AI would produce if you lazily prompted it to come up with a mash up of those great bands' most bland moments. This is the second album (out of 74) that I couldn't handle finishing.

Hm. I listened to it all the way through. The music is fine but many of the song lyrics' topics remind me of 80s cock rock - which is not a compliment. When there is a good tune+lyrics, it's pretty good but it's also combined with, in my opinion, too many n-words, which reduces the power of that word.

The first time this album came out, Nirvana had already become parodies of themselves. Grunge & heroin - not my cup of tea. I didn't like this too much then and I don't much like it now.

Well, I really don't like jazz recordings - live jazz I enjoy. Ok, this is a live jazz recording - still don't enjoy listening but I can appreciate its historical significance and it's wonderful that a recording exists. I am also really happy that I listened to only the original track listing and not two hours of this. I'll give it a 3 as I did not enjoy listening to it, but I can get its importance and also the musical skill that resulted in it being here.

This was the fun Elton John I grew up listening to. I really enjoyed the first half of the album but the second half began to drag a bit. It's completely not what I would ever have chosen to listen to in the past, but I think it will go to my 'background music' playlist. For me, not quite a 5 but a strong 4 - a bit too much pathos for me.

In theory, this band should be one of my favourites, but they're not quite there. Maybe if I saw a live show, I'd change my mind. When I'm focusing on the music, I think it's Wayne Coyne's voice that gets to me. I know there's another album in this list and I look forward to listening to it.

1981?! That was incredible and hasn't aged. I'd never knowingly heard any Brian Eno tracks before today and it was great. I'm curious how it is possible that the average for this is below 3.

I never really knew if I like Sonic Youth. I have a hard copy of another album and it just sort of sounds like this one. I have a feeling of emperor's new clothes about their albums - it's the same 'cool' noise.

That wasn't half bad. I had the displeasure of listening to a more recent album by Mr West and just turned it off. This is a good album although it's completely not my thing.

Wow! That was fantastic. I'd only heard greatest hits compilations of Funkadelic before but this album completely took me on a trip away from the grey evening here while I endure another bout of covid. I'll be buying a vinyl copy of the album for myself this week. Magical.

Maybe this was cool and groovy in 1971 - but it isn't now, unlike a lot of other albums on this list from even before that year. It's ok enough to have in the background but I'll be happy never to have to listen to it again.

In an alternate universe where I am a terrorist holed up in Guantanamo Bay, this collection of tunes blasting out would have me confessing to being John Paul II (who I wouldn't actually be in that alternate universe) within seconds. When I started this project, I vowed I'd listen to every album from start to finish. This is number 80-something. I will not listen to it to the end. Maybe some miracle happened before the end? I don't know. They chose those first couple of tracks for the first two on the album and, for me, it was pure torture. Why on earth is this on the list?

This was cool and that when it came out. I made a copy from someone's record. Their voices were, and remain, irritating on this album so 4 out of 5.

Hm. It is a little bit pretentious, especially when you read about the making of it but I have to say I quite like it. Not quite a 5 but a sturdy 4.

Before I started the 1001 journey, I had a couple of songs from this album on a playlist somewhere. It's Run DMC. I'm an ex-teen of the 80s. I like it.

We had this on CD back in the day. I never took time to listen to it properly. It's a good album. I had the displeasure of listening to the Lauryn Hill album on this list. I guess they were trying to recreate the vibe that was on this album and they failed massively in copying a great collection of original and cover songs along with the fillers that work. I'm adding it to my background music playlist and it is good. I think I'm going to give it a 5 as I really don't remember it being this good...

I appreciate the music but it's not my cup of tea. CM's voice is a little too high for me. That's it. A solid 3 and maybe should be a 4 or even a five. If the sound engineers turned up the musicians in the background more, it could have been better for me.

That was fine easy listening. I'm adding it to my background music playlist. A solid 4.

I've owned this album since it came out and saw them on that tour. It was great back then but I don't quite rate it a 5. My side 1 has been overplayed and side 2 not so much. It does get a bit samey after a while although it was really refreshing and that in the early-90s.

That was good. I had a copy of this album on cassette kindly gifted to me by a friend a really long time ago. It's not my normal cup of tea but it was a pleasant listen

This started off good - I'm surprised I'd never heard (of) them before. The album started off with a bang but then deflated to an elongated squeal. One song here and there on a playlist would be ok but a whole album of warbling over, admittedly, good guitar tunes is a bit too much for me. There's a song later in the album where the singer isn't screech-warbling for the first few moments and but give it a bit and we're back there...

I fell asleep. I have no idea why this album is on the list. It wasn't super-irritating so 2 out of 5

Nine years before this album, Masters of Reality released their first album. I'd understand why that album would be on this list but not this one. QotSA are a cool band and have cool songs but a whole album of this music? Meh.

Enjoyable Elvis.

This album is pretty good. I was going to give it 3 stars as I'm sorry to say O.O.'s voice really irritates me but the music is magnificent and not boringly repetitive like the Oz's voice. It's amazing to think that this was released in 1972. It must have been mind-blowing at the time.

I'd never heard knowingly Slipknot. Now I have. Ho-hum. Edgy lyrics, pretty good music. I prefer System of a Down.

That was nice. As most of these albums, not my cup of tea but I'm happy to have heard this album in its entirety. It's interesting how our tastes change with time.

This was a fun album that I'd not heard before and it is a proper fun up-beat guitar band collection of songs. I guess I'll give it a 5 as it was overall a pleasant listen for me.

That was a pleasant listen. It's nowhere as good as the first album but because of its less intrusive nature it goes on my background playlist. A solid 4 out of 5

I'd only heard the Alone Again Or on account of The Damned doing a cover of it in the past and me chasing up the original. A very pleasant album with some nonsense rhymes and some more serious. Added to my playlist.

When this came out, I was in hard rock mode but this album was also cool despite them being baggies or Manchester or whatever. In my opinion, it still remains a great album and stands the test of time.

Deeply unoriginal music which helped a British audience avoid having to buy music made by black American artists. Also features a special appearance by far-right racist Eric Clapton who, once racism had become less popular, claimed he regretted his public racist statements. Maybe later John Mayall is more original, but this sucks.

That was entertaining enough. If heard it again that would be ok, if I didn't; same.

That sounded like I thought it would. It is bad - no. Is it incredible - no. Does it sound like 70s rock with musicians on unknown stimulants going on and on with their musical odysseys - oh yes. Does it sound like Spinal Tap - yes. So a 3 out of 5 for being the genesis of Spinal Tap

I always appreciated the Pet Shop Boys. I think I heard this album in its entirety when it came out. It's pretty good. I'd happily listen to it again. Not quite a 5 but definitely a solid 4.

Ooh. That was a guilty pleasure. I suppose I've all these songs in my lifetime. Yes, it's 70s rock but it's not too pretentious with extended guitar solos and the rest. I've known about this album's existence for decades and some decades back I would have said it's no good because it's not cool. But now, I've got to say it rocks. Sorry, ghosts of cool past, I'm giving it a rockin' 5.

That suited my mood when I listened to it. It was entertaining but a little annoying towards the end.

After listening to this album, I understand that Abba were a singles band, not an album band. 3 1/2 classic Abba hits with some other songs of dubious quality - Dum Dum Diddle wins the prize for the most dubious.

That's really not my type of music but I enjoyed it. I'd be happy if someone put it on in the background, but that person wouldn't be me.

That was a pleasant listen. I'm not enough and expert in North African music to say much more but it was fine.

This.album started off really strong and i was thinking it was going to be an easy 5 for me, but then it got to the more profound, stuff towards the end and I'm not giving it a 5. I totally appreciate PJH, it's just not my cup of tea and that has always been my relationship with her music.

It was fun. I guess it was far out when it came out but nowadays it sounds like early Frank Zappa (and the Mothers) and it is fun.

I liked this. I like Frank Zappa...

It started off promisingly and I thought that it was going to be really good. It was quite good. At least that effing song wasn't here and it's cool to have listened to so many Eagles songs without hearing that one. It's got a groove. 3 or 4? 3, I guess. But a close 4

Wow. That was fun. The Kinks are a band that fly a little under the radar. In this album, I've heard ideas repeated in System of a Down and of course Blur, to name a few. Why weren't they more popular or why did they not stay in the public eye as the Beatles and the Stones did? I guess a solid 4 for being the source of influences for so many more modern bands. EDIT: this is proto-punk -> 5/5

That was really good. It's probably to do with the fact that I was young and cool when it came out and for sure someone put the album on back then. I wasn't a big fan then, but, with time, it has grown on me. 4.5 out of 5, but I'll give it a four.

It's all very nice and that, but I got bored - maybe because I forgot to just listen to the original version and not the collector's remastered bonus bla bla bla...

So that was the first tour I saw Metallica on. We sneaked out of our house and got a train up to London, we missed the last train back to where we needed to go and started walking. A guy picked us up - he was on his way back from Jean Michel Jarre. This was a major transformation for Metallica to more technical (and weird drum sound) music. It rocked then. I haven't heard the album on a really long time, but I still like it - apart from that fxcking song which everyone knows (it was good the first several hundered times)

I guess his first album created great expectations and I imagine at the time, this was well-received, but with hindsight it's not as good as Are You Experienced.

This is the sort of bs they would be able to torture anyone with in one of their secret prisons. He's not a kid and he doesn't rock. Parental advisory is not necessary because any kid in the known universe would cringe and run away from this god-awful fake music.

Pleasant easy listening. I didn't even notice the album had finished and found myself listening to Dionne Warwick. A solid 4 out of 5.

I guess this was an unfinished album. I remember vividly when Blackstar was released and when Bowie died. That song is epic and incredible. This album is great but I'm assuming he needed more time to finish it to his liking. I like it, but it's not quite a 5.

That was fun. On reading about the album, it's cool that someone from the home of the sitar did their thing with anglomusic rather than the other way round. As I write this, I think it's going from a 4 to a 5 - I look forward to owning it on vinyl...

I prefer his first album. It is completely not my 'type' of music. However, it truly is lovely but I'm going to have to give a 4/5 for this one.

That was pleasant enough. That's what my aunt would to listen to in the 70s when she was the age that I am now. I shan't start listening to Carols King but I certainly wouldn't turn it off it was playing.

Yeah. I'll listen to this after the collected works of Rolf Harris, Skrewdriver, Gary Glitter. I appreciate that this guy has talent; Adolf had talent in genocide and we don't celebrate him - unless we're seriously fucking stupid. I suppose I could illegally download it, but that would also appear in some list of popular downloads, so: nope.

That was considerably less annoying than his first album, which I listened to as part of this project. The music is great, but still he hadn't conquered the mumbling!

I started to enjoy 70s+ David Bowie much later in my life - after I'd seen him live on the Sound+Vision tour. This album harks back to his 60s stuff with the famous songs thrown in too. It gets added to the albums I need on vinyl. 5/5

This is the first time I've heard this album by myself and by choice. It rocks. I used to be team Iron Maiden, but I'm beyond that now. Another one to add to the vinyl collection.

That was ok. I like older hip-hop.

That was good. The singles are classic and timeless but also perfect 80s music. Never was my music, but it really is a good listen.

That would have been absolutely amazing if I had heard it at Woodstock. I think I'll watch the movie as a result of listening to the whole album but it's not as mind-blowing in the 2020's as I imagine it was back in the day.

Well, that wasn't enjoyable for me. I found it incredibly irritating and a bit all over the place. I do appreciate that it's been composed and performed by very competent musicians, but I just didn't like it.

I can confirm that this is a Neil Young album. I kind of like Neil Young and really like some singles. This is a great album but from my objective perspective not quite a 5 but truly a glorious album. I've added it to one of my playlists

PIL got so much better after this album. It is great but nowhere their best. Mr. Lydon should give it a break now, but this was groundbreaking at the time but also a bit annoying. 4 out of 5

This was a great listen. I already had a couple of songs in playlists. For me, not quite a 5, but would happily listen again.

I am slowly being consumed by a love of the soul and funk of the late 60s and early 70s. This is a great listen. I had always associated EWT with their later disco stuff, but this rocks (funks?). A funky five.

There's something about Elvis Costello that I have never enjoyed. I don't know what it is - it could be that my mum said that he's no Buddy Holly - but that's a conversstion for the therapist. It's not bad, this album, but I also don't love it.

This was the first time I have listened to Bob Marley without irritating, and often pretentious, people wanting to skin up a joint and and speak in a mock Jamaican accent, while pulling out their Bob Marley Greatest Hits. This album is great music, which I look forward to enjoying listening to in the future.

This is one of the albums that I had to buy on CD in the awful days when records disappeared. I still have 2 copies of this album with inserts about the 1986 tour. I missed that tour. This album totally changed heavy metal. The crispness of it along with the heaviness of it was literally unheard of before this album. The last Cliff Burton and Dave Mustaine album. Peak Metallica - in my humble opinion.

That was pleasant. I would enjoy listening to it again.

I didn't particularly like it; I didn't particularly dislike it. Not my favourite genre of music by a country mile.

I became a Queen fan a bit after this album came out. It's epic, but not quite 5 star epic for me...

The singles remain good, but there's some right shite on this album. Sure, it's kind of experimental, but some of it sounds like filling up the album with any old crap. I really wanted to like it but I didn't. Damon Albarn's voice can be incredibly irritating.

It started out promising and descended in the tortureous jazz odyssey that I personally despise. I was relieved when it was finished.

That was certainly Dire Straits. It was so bland/easy- listening, that I didn't notice I was listening to the next Dire Straits album...

I'd only ever heard their hits. This is an ok album for me. They really stretched out the songs there...

I'd never heard of Randy Newman till all his animated soundtrack fame. It's entertaining and amusing background music.

I really enjoyed this. I like country music like this - each song is a clearly-sung little story.

I can confirm this is The Doors. It's fine and has stood the test of time - wow, I can rhyme like Jim M with a fine wine.

I'm not sure what this was. It was pleasant enough but, for me, verged on irritating. The guy's got talent but he used it to create output that doesn't completely agree with me although for 1974 is pretty ahead of its time.

I hadn't heard the Small Faces before - it was an enjoyable album and I'd listen to it again. Don't love quite enough to buy a vinyl copy of the album...yet.

A classic album which paved the way for punk.

That was surprisingly enjoyable. Totally not what I would ever choose to play, but I can now confidently say that I would never complain about it being played.

It was alright.

For me, it wasn't spectacular. I listened to the original track listing.

I like REM especially the older stuff

I've always liked Hawkwind and am lucky enough to have heard stories from the inside. This remains a great album, but I don't know if would have included it as one of their best in this list - maybe there are a whole bunch of their albums on this list. Anyway, Hawkwind rock.

Yup. This is REM. Enjoyed it.

That was fantastic until the saxophone came in. The first track had me thinking this is a solid 5 but then the bloody saxophone drowned everything else out. I'm looking forward to listening to more Jimmy Smith as long as he left the sax player at home. Four stars for letting me discover this artist, minus one for the irritating instrument.

I enjoyed that album. It's not really my thing but it was a good listen.

I had not heard this before. I bought I Should Coco when it came out and loved it and continue to enjoy it. This album seems like the big record executives said something like: now we need to break the north american market, make something that will appeal to more people and make it sound like the other stuff that's coming out. And to me, that's what it sounds like - disappointing

That was very enjoyable. I didn't think it would be but I was very pleasantly surprised.

Another enjoyable listen. Not my first choice, if I was to look for something to listen to but I liked it.

That was an ordeal. Rock music? Yup - good. Canadian? Yup - good. Screeching voice for half an hour. Nope - an ordeal. I appreciate that Rush are accomplished musicians, but I don't like the things they accomplish.

I've owned this album for decades and I hadn't listened to it for decades. It is much better than I remember, maybe I've grown into it. Also I think I remember reading that it's the Led Zeppelin album with the fewest 'babe/baby's' of all their albums so maybe thats why I like it so much.

I'd never listened to more than one Smashing Pumpkins song in a row. This was a great collection of their songs. I kind of missed them first time round, but I think I'll grab a copy of this on vinyl.

This was another of those albums where I completely appreciate the quality of musicianship but I just don't like it. SV's songs sound like every other SV song.

I'd confess to anything to make this stop. When I set out on this project, I promised myself I'd listen to every album in its entirety. Thanks to collections of sound like this, I have broken that promise several times. I lasted under 3 tracks - on the third one they'd discovered the reverb knob on their synthesiser/computer program and were wriggling it backwards and forwards to particularly torturous effect. Just say no.

Great fun and incredible artists. I look forward to listening to it next Christmas.

His best album?

It started off as a great listen, but it got a little tiresome after a while.

That wasn't bad - 3 for being good musicianship but really not my cup of tea.

That was ok.

No.

Robert Wyatt made this album so that others wouldn't have to. I can get what he's doing but I didn't like it.

It could be worse, but not much.

That was scary for me. It's very well-made but scary.

I've always liked Alice Cooper - this has got done great things on but not quite a 5 for me.

That is fine as background music but incredibly cheesy if you actually focus on what he's banging on about..

I like David Bowie.

That was really quite enjoyable which, if you knew me, would be a surprising thing to hear me say. I listened to the whole album and it was good.

This is the second Beck album I've endured and I just didn't bother after the first few songs. A quick scan of the others showed it to be a collection of sameness and I'm really disappointed. I always felt I should 'dig' Beck, I can now affirm that I think his music sucks.

I enjoyed that. Nowhere near what I would usually choose to listen to but compared to the other hip hop albums I've listened to, this is in a different league. Would happily hear more GZA.

I very much enjoyed that. I'm sure I've heard the album before. JJ had an incredible voice and the band are too shoddy either.

That was ok. Not as good as I thought it was going to be, but a solid 4.

I preferred 'Blue'. This isn't my usual choice, but it's alright.

This wasn't half-bad. After reading about its production and recording I could recognise the creative powders involved in its birth. It's alright.

For me, each of these tracks is great but an album of them after I've been working all day is a bit too intense. I guess as some background music, this would be perfect but as something to actively listen to, it's tiring for me.

The famous song is good. The rest of the album not so much.

2/5 for sounding like it came from the early 80s, because it does. I really don't enjoy stuff like this.

I enjoyed this and would happily listen to it again.

That was surprisingly ok. I suppose credit needs to be given to the people who composed, performed and mixed the album in addition to CA, who sang them. It's an incredibly inoffensive collection of songs.

I haven't heard that album through for ages - because someone made off with my copy... This is music from when I was a teenager and it is very simple, formulaic rock music. It's quite funny that this was the end of western civilisation back then as it's melodic music with lyrics about popular culture. 5/5 and I need to get a new copy of the vinyl.

I like old Cure - I probably had heard this album before at someone's house but it's been decades since I heard it. I really enjoyed it.

That was good. I have come to appreciate ska music more as I've got older. It was confusing at the time.

That was alright. I knew the name but had never knowingly heard his music. It seems like a good segue to the 80s of real country music where the protagonist is still fighting against the man rather than voting for fascists. I'll listen to more Steve Earle...

No idea how many bloody Beck albums there are on this list. I think this is the 3rd I've heard and it's the first one I enjoyed from start to finish. It's how I imaged a Beck album would sound - a good collection of compositions.

I have always liked Echo and the Bunnymen - not fanatical - I never bought any albums. They were on mixtapes that I made. It was a pleasure to hear this album all the way through since I don't know when.

I can appreciate the talent, but it's not my cup of tea.

Alright innit.

I honestly don't believe that this represents one of the top 1000-and-something albums ever recorded. Joy Division, The Smiths - they did it so Elbow didn't have to but, unfortunately, they did.

This is an interesting album - there are some bangers on here and some examples of musical masturbation. Thankfully there was more banging that masturbating.

That was great and pretty funky.

I really enjoyed this. I'd read about them and in my mind they were not as good as this album turned out. It's not really my cup of tea but it was good.

I have appreciated Ice T and this was an enjoyable listen.

This would be so much better if Missy allowed her voice not to be in competition with insanely irritating and distracting noises which took away rather than added to the overall sound

This is the second Arcade Fire album I have ever listened to and it was miles better than the other one. They know how to make a good tune but the more downbeat ones are a little too theatrical for me

Did I enjoyed listening to this? Sporadically. Would I choose to listen to it again? Nope. Do I think it's bad? No. I sort of get it, it's just not my type of music.

I thought it was going to be better. It wasn't.

Wow. I'd not heard this album before. I listened to it while watching the opening of the 2026 winter Olympics. It wasn't quite Dark Side of the Moon + Wizard of Oz but it certainly added to my enjoyment. I went from streaming it on yt to buying the vinyl and digital download on bandcamp. I was never a big fan of such tunes, but I guess our tastes change...

Enjoyed it. They were long tracks, but didn't feel like it.

This album is a true mixed bag. It started off great and there are some bangers here - the more up-tempo songs are great but the slower ones drag on for an eternity, each of them. 3/5 as it's not bad but it could, in my opinion, be so much better.

That was ok. I only know The Police for their singles - I guess I'll keep it that way.

Eminently forgettable. Not bad but not really sure why it's been chosen for this list.

I bought this album back in the day and listened to it loads. It's a good album. 4/5

I enjoyed listening to that. The only Rolling Stones albums that I currently own are the predecessor and successor to this album so I suppose it's the era of their music that I like the best.

I enjoyed that. I understand why this album's on the list with its influence on the music that followed. I'm glad I've learnt a bit about The Sonics. 4/5

I don't remember listening to this album all the way through although it's very possible I did back in the day and just, er, don't have any recollection of it. It's good. I imagine I would have rated it higher if I was still smoking and indulging in other alternative entertainment. Would I want to hear it again? Not necessarily but it's some good sounds for the early 70s.

It's difficult for me to rate this. It's repetitive and verging on very irritating but I appreciate that it may have influenced later duos of guitar twanging yanks. I did get through the whole album though. Thanks guys. 1/5

This album is ok but why the fuck is it on this list? I gave up on the last track as it is objectively crap.

This reminds me of a hungover Sunday lunchtime at someone's house after a party in a dreary town in the north of England - I imagine that's because that was where I heard it before. I don't particularly want to return to a 90s hangover up north and so I would prefer not to listen to this album again. It's a good album but a bit melancholic for me.

This started off with a bang and remained ok.

I enjoyed that. I'd not come across Thundercat before and I'm very happy to have listened to this. It's nice to have guests on your album, I suppose, but I preferred the songs without guests.

The first track had me thinking that I was going to hate this album. It gets much better and overall turns out to be a pretty good album. I'll be skipping the first track in the future though.

I never really liked Elvis Costello. This album is great - before his singing affectations became too much. A very enjoyable listen.

This is a good album but I'm not sure by what justification it makes this list. I've known the name since he appeared. I think I assumed it was some emo band or something and avoided. I can now happily tell people I've listened to Badly Drawn Boy's debut album and feel proud that I can step out into the world tomorrow with that power.

I do not like prog rock. However, this is pretty much acceptable to my tastes. I'm not sure why. Maybe because despite all the musical masturbation, they still seem pretty grounded. Also armadillo tank record cover is quite cool. ELP is my favourite prog rock band so far - this doesn't mean much, but there we go.

I'd only listened to that once all the way through when someone had brought their cassette over a million years ago. The singles are all fun and that - maybe I'm associating them with the music videos? - but an hour of that without some heavy medication is too much.

That's a good album. A couple of songs on 'greatest hits' compilations and a bunch of others that could also easily be too. I look forward to finding this on vinyl.

That was pleasantly odd. I had no idea what to expect and so some pop songs with intelligent lyrics were a weird surprise.

I prefer his 'Dick in a Box' phase. The last track on this collection of highly produced sounds is Never Again. I agree.

Wow. It's so different.

Sounds like Lou Reed.

I actually quite enjoyed that. Not my normal cup of tea, but it wasn't bad. It's rather dated and its subversion is long gone, but of its time, it's a good album.

If they stuck to their original songs and didn't go off on blues odysseys, this'd be a perfect album.

That was a perfectly fine album, but I have no idea why it's made this list.

One song - fine. A whole album? Not fine. I started to listen to this in the morning before work and I swiftly turned it off as it wasn't a very moral-boosted pre-work listen. I listened to it after work and feel low, depressed and beaten. One song - if I have to. A whole album? Never again.

I have never taken the drugs that make this alright music. Tedious and repetitive.

I thought there was going to be more funk. Four tracks in the early 70s makes it prog. It was fun. But there was no k. It was prog funk.

It was cool when it came out - but I never really liked it. It's innovative and that but I wouldn't choose to listen to this again.

Wow! That was fun and odd. I wouldn't necessarily to choose to listen this album from start to finish again, but it would be fine if someone threw it on.

I remember my mate's sister bought this the same day I bought some heavy metal album and we were sneering at its cover. Fast forward about 10 years after that and I had every Pogues album on CD. Fast forward to now, I still listen to The Pogues, the heavy metal album is with my records but very seldom thought about. I'm looking forward to finally buying this album on vinyl. It's fantastic.

I've liked this album since it came out. I never had a copy - I just had the Just Like Honey 7" but someone nicked it about 30 years ago. As I was listening, I was wondering is it too much for one session. By the end, I'd decided no. I enjoyed listening to this after a long break and look forward to listening again.

At first, I was thinking this was going to be an easy 5/5 - a couple of classics to get us going. Then the drum solos and guitar solos kicked in. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed listening to this album but I'll happily not listen to it all the way through again. In my opinion, Hawkwind do/did a better job at dragging out songs. It does seem that Deep Purple were having a lot of fun during the performances and I'm certain that there were a couple of moments which inspired Spinal Tap. A great listen not to be repeated.

I get that it is an iconic album heralding punk etc, but it's also a bit of a mess. MC5 - fine; this album - not so much.

Good album but I prefer other albums.

A whole album of that was taxing. About halfway through, I wondered where these songs were coming from and discovered that Jacwues Brel is the source - I look forward to hearing his album on this list.

Listening to this irritated me. Why? The streaming version of the album is the 6-hour 25th anniversary re-release compared to the original sub-30 minute collection of songs. I liked Mudhoney back in the day as an original grungester but why the fuck is it on this list?

I enjoyed the more funky songs. I didn't enjoy the other ones so much but I'm happy to have listened to this album.

That was hilarious. I deeply dislike jazz music and this ensemble demolished it and, in my opinion, showed it up for the pretentious crap it is. Each track is nasty, brutish and short - a bit like life, maaaan. In the words of the Fast Show: Niiiice.

Goatee espresso wankers.

That was disappointing. I'd never really listened to Bad Brains but pretty much everything I'd read had me thinking of something different to this album. I get its importance in the evolution of hardcore so great but as I say my imagination had greater things in mind.

I can confirm this is Elvis.

Their first album was ground-breaking. This album sounds like they shifted the ground a bit but no breaking going on - it starts to get a little irritating after a while.

I guess this is 'the famous one' of Lou Reed's albums. I enjoyed it.

That rocked in a cheesy old way but also in a timeless rock way.

If I'm in the mood, this'd be OK. It's fun to listen to Nick Cave when he was a cheeky scamp.

It does what it says on the tin. I guess as the first full ambient album, it's pretty cool but I would've happily read about it rather than listened to it.

That was alright. I don't remember if I'd heard the album all the way through before - Happy Mondays were way up there in the early 90s. I'm guessing their next album is on the list as it is THE album. Not entirely certain what gets this on the list...

Please no more bland psychopath dross.

Before I saw the album to listen to on this day, I had chosen to wear my Damned t-shirt from when I saw them last year. This review will probably be biased... This is my favourite Damned album. When I first heard it, I didn't understand that punk music could be more than only shouting over screeching guitars. A great album with some great songs.

That was OK. I managed to avoid Pavement throughout their existence - it was pleasant to listen to them, although I think they probably listened to quite a lot of The Fall before they started making their own music.

That was groovy. No idea why it's on this list, but I enjoyed it.

This falls into my 'when u2 were ok' collection of albums before they'd listened and copied Big Country's sound. It's OK. The two singles stand out from the rest of it.

Not sure why this is on the list. I was able to tolerate the last track on the original album's content. Then the bonus album started belting out some good songs which had a bit of life to them.

I enjoyed that. For my sins, I'd only ever heard the one famous song of theirs. I look forward to exploring their music more.

It started off sounding like the start of a movie with John Candy and it remained an entertaining listen all the way through. Will listen again and pick up a copy when I find one.

I think I really liked that. I now realise I have gone for decades thinking that songs that I thought were unknown Levellers songs were actually The Waterboys. I'll need to revisit it soon...

Aerosmith sound like a parody rock band of the 70s/80s. I think that's a sort of complement. Not a big fan but it was OK.

The singles remain solid and the other songs seem like fillers compared to them. I didn't like this when it came out; I dislike it a bit less than then.

Another Nick Cave album. Hurray.

Dr. Bland and the Blanditrons.

I really enjoyed that. I'd never heard this album or anything beyond Sinead O'C's singles. I don't think I would have enjoyed it back in the day but the album is a interesting mix of traditional and contemporary styles. This is the sort of album that I was looking forward to hearing on this project rather than the collected works of Neil Young and Nick Cave...

That's undeniably a great and talented collection of musicians making music. I'm not a big fan of jazz, but this was good.

I totally appreciate the skill that necessitated the creation of this album but I don't like it - it's the musical interpretation of an ADHD mind. Yesterday I received in the post a vinyl copy of another Miles Davis album that I first heard on this list, but I'll not be getting a copy of this one.

I've owned this album since it came out. It is a great piece of pop music.

I enjoyed that. Only known Van Morrison's greatest hits. This was good fun.

That was a blast from the past, which I would have hated back then but now offers fun and fuzzy memories.

That is great fun. I also listened to Ass Cobra on the same day. Look forward to hearing more of their stuff.

I had only heard their greatest hits until I heard this. I don't think there are many differences with the other songs on the album. A good solid album. Not really sure why it's on this list.

That was OK.

This was the last Metallica album I bought. I bought it because I hadn't heard it. Before today, I hadn't listened to it for decades.

This album, along with Appetite for Destruction, was the soundtrack of a badly-behaved teenage summer of 1987 for this listener. Both of those albums were also great material for mediocre wanna-be rock bands to play as the songs are so simple. Great fun and memories.

I've liked this since it came out. A fun and funny and lovely album.

I find synthesiser sounds like this scary - probably some repressed memory from my childhood.

I enjoyed (most of) that. There are some very smooth sounds and it was a good listen - there were a couple of exceptions but, as a genre and period that totally don't usually have a positive effect on me, this album was fun. 4/5

As with many albums, no idea why this is on the list. I only knew their singles. Great music, fun lyrics but a whole album of the pained 'singing' is a bit too much for me.

I'm old and this is parents' music. In the 80s, as teens, someone bought this album on cassette and it was cool to listen to the last part of The Chase as it was the Formula 1 music - we didn't listen to the rest. Now that I've finally listened to the whole album, I can't deny that the songs are great compositions etc but it's not my cup of tea.

I have always wanted, but have never been able, to like Rush.

Why on earth is this on this list? It's alright but is it really one of a handful of albums worth listening to? Nope. A variation on the White Stripes from way back then. I didn't know whether to give it a 3 or 4 but the end of the album just turned into nothing spectacular whatsoever so a (possibly generous) 3.

I guess this was peak Rolling Stones and then afterwards they honed the sound and surfed on through the decades with that. It's alright.

I'd always known of them but never got around to knowingly listening to any of their albums. I enjoyed this - I wouldn't necessarily want to listen to it repeatedly but I did enjoy the experience.

The dross is strong in this one.

Thank you very much.

That was a great listen. Would I choose to listen to this whole album again? Nope. Would I mind if someone put it on? Not in the slightest. 4/5

I've intensely disliked Morrissey and his singing from way before it was cool and he revealed himself as a right-wing dickhead. I remember when this album came out and - surprise, surprise - I hated it when friends were playing it. Well, several decades later, I've sat through a whole Morrissey album. Still hate his singing, but, as with The Smiths, it's undeniable that the music and musicians are incredibly talented so rather than my gut reaction of a 1, I'll give it a 2 but it still frigging hate his singing and persona.

That was OK. Unsure as to why it's on this list.

I bought the record when it came out. I listened to it all the way through once or twice as it's such a heavily dark album and that's where its brilliance lies.

That was OK. Very much late80s/early 90s, but that's fine. As increasingly seems to be the case, not sure what this album did to have made the list but I'm glad I've listened to it.

I'd never knowingly listened to any Fairport Convention - this was a very pleasant listen. When my partner came into the room, they asked if I was listening to Chumbawamba! I will be happy in the knowledge that I'll be able to recognise their music in the future and may well play it by myself.

This is my sort of music but a double album of 2-3 minute punk songs does go on a bit...

For various reasons, I never got around to listening to this album for 30 years. For the one reason that's its annoying, I hope that it'll be at least another 30 years before I have to endure it again.

This started out really promising and then descended into 'yeah, that sounds edgy enough and still will keep most of the target demographic happy'.

It was a big thing back then. I guess he's good at what he does.

I tried listening to this in the past but I was in a dark place and it was difficult to get through. It's easier now. I'm a fan of JC and this is a good collection of songs that he made. I wouldn't want to listen to it again, as its poignancy outweighs its entertainment value.

Stevie Wonder + Rolf Harris. This lot were fairly hated 30-something years ago for repackaging SW's music and adding a didgeridoo in order to tie itself to the eco-revival movement of the early-90s and more authentic bands. It was toss back in the day; it's good unoriginal music nowadays.

Wow. I didn't realise this album was so early before everything else that sounds like it. I never really liked Dinosaur Jr and on relistening to this album, I can say I still don't. The music is fine but his 'singing' does my head in. Their style predates so many other bands - famous and not-so famous - both liked and not-so-much liked by this listener. So this a rare high score from me for a band I don't like but I can totally appreciate the album's influence on music that followed.

For sure it had more of an impact 50-something years ago. It's still a fun album with some classic singles on it.

This is one of the reasons I enjoy doing this project. I sort of knew the name from here and there. Now I've heard Harry Nilsson and I like his songs. I guess I'll listen to some more.

Started out good, became fairly samey after that.

I didn't listen to all of this - it is very good but several hours of it would do my head in.

I like Talking Heads, I guess. This album was good, I guess.

This is considerably better than the other ABBA album I endured here but to me it underlines that they were a phenomenal singles band rather than an album band. The first song was great (and was released as a single...)

That was fun. Would it be an album I'd listen to regularly in the future? Nope, but I enjoyed hearing it and there are some pretty revolutionary sounds in there which nowadays are not so revolutionary. Great album.

Meh.

Meh meh meh

I remember this album from back in the day. It's a bit shoegazey for me but it's alright.

I like a bit of Simon & Garfunkel; this was a bit and I liked it.

This lot found a winning formula and stuck with it and rerecorded it again and again. Like Kiss. This is not a complement. I don't know if this band allowed for their crap to be used to torture america's kidnap victims in Guantanamo Bay and other 'black sites' but it surely would have worked wonders almost immediately.

That was OK.

That was objectively a good album.

After listening to this, I wrote to a friend who played me the album 35 years ago. Back then, I didn't really like it that much. When I listened to it this time, I loved it. I guess our music tastes change.

The famous songs are great but the rest of it isn't that remarkable.

I always got the feeling that Sonic Youth are really trying to be alternative, man. Sometimes it comes effortlessly and it's really good; sometimes it seems forced and it's not so good. This album is one of those compilations.

That was really pleasant to listen to. I'd listen again.

Great album with some beats that are difficult to ignore. I enjoyed listening to this.

The cover and the blurb on Wikipedia got me pretty interested and then I started listening. This album has the rare honour of being one of the few that I could just not bear. They are competent musicians and have skillfully blended a lot of other people's original ideas into a 'will this do?' pile of plop. I think I'd choose the 'die' part of the book rather than listening to this beige-fest.

I hadn't heard one of their albums all the way through before. It was a joy to listen to and it's another artist that I knew about but never got around to listening to until today.

Eminently forgettable

This is an odd one. I hadn't heard of this guy before and I don't particularly like it but I'm very happy to have heard it and I think it's a magnificent and original album deserving of a five.

Q: Why did you listen to hard rock and rap in the 80's? A: I present you Exhibit A. I guess this light rock shite was a progression from the prog rock shite of the 70's. As an ex young person of the 1980s, this sucked then too.

That was tedious.

This is my second SW album and I'm enjoying it.

I like JC and this album is good.

I had never realised that this is from the early 70s. That being the case, this is an incredible album. It's new wave before some new wave artists were out of primary school. It's another album that I really appreciate but wouldn't necessarily choose to listen through from beginning to end in the future. 5/5 without a shadow of a doubt.

I could imagine my brain melting on a very high dose of lsd on hearing this in the late 60s. Thankfully, no lsd here and it's the 2020s.

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That was OK. Travelling Man was a hoot.

I bought this when it came out and saw them on that tour and even had the t-shirt - it was great. The first side of the album is much better than the second side, in my opinion but it gets a 5 overall...

I like the Beastir Boys and I like this album. I think Licenced to Ill remains my favourite due to it coming out when I was a teenager but this isn't bad.

I can easily say I've never listened to a Duran Duran album from beginning to end till today. I was a kid when this came out and the singles remain great. Some of the other songs are pretty good too - it's more fun/experimental than a lot of the pop music from the early 80s

This started out promising but just followed to the next kooky track ad infinitum.

This is one of the albums that I don't particularly like but I can appreciate why it's on this list.

Wow! What a great album. The one thing that this project is on course for achieving is to get this aging punk into Stevie Wonder big time!

That wasn't half bad. Not my jive, folk music but this was OK.

This started off promising - he knows how to create a song - but concluded a bit shite. There are a couple of songs on here that are good, but I can't say I enjoyed the rest of it.

I appreciate that this is an important album in the history of hip-hop, but I didn't particularly enjoy it.

I usually reach for the skip button when I hear R&B music, but this album was really lovely listening, with a few minor unlovely moments but overall an incredibly good album.

I'm amazed that I enjoyed that. This is the first non-us rap that I've listened through and it was much more understandable for me. The one thing that bugs me is the use of the n-word by a non-us performer - it just sounds weird. It's like a British or Australian performer unironically using 'y'all' in a song. Anyway, great album.

Hm. I suppose this was pretty experimental at the time. It hasn't really aged well, in my opinion but it's not totally crap.

I rated Bryter Layter 5/5 - I think this deserves the same. My partner came into the room where I was listening to the album and was equally as surprised when we discovered it's from 1969.

In retrospect, this album probably shouldn't have been recorded or encouraged. It was though and it's rather sad to hear the voice of someone who was seriously fucked up. I had a copy of this decades ago and thought it was cool, now it's just a bit sad really and not desperately cool at all.

What makes this collection of jazz compositions better than another collection of jazz compositions beats me.

Ah! Part of my misspent youth. Can't be anything but a 5. I'm curious if Doolittle (the previous album to this) is on here, I'd suggest it's more ground-breaking...

A collection of tracks which are pretty good. Listening to one after the other is pretty irritating. I bought this album on cassette when it came out and it's a great illustration of why people stream their favourite tracks rather than listen to albums. You can't listen from start to finish unless you're off your nut on something. Again, each track is great but I'd argue this isn't to be listened to as an album but seperately in a random collection of individual tracks by multiple artists - a playlist. This album is illustrative of why albums became less popular in the 21st century. So, sure, have a listen to hear what an album should not be.

Yeah. This is their transition from goblin rock to stadium rock. I prefer Queen stadium rock songs.

This, for sure, is an album that anyone interested in the history of music should listen to. Although I've had a copy for a long time, I don't particularly enjoy listening to it but its place in the importance of the post-punk sound is undisputed.

I'd never listened to a whole album by Jethro tull. It's alright.

Another 'is this good/cool/weird enough?' album. They evidently have the ability to create good tunes but chose not to on this album.

364 days ago, I started this project with another Cocteau Twins album and gave it a 3. That seems to be the standard for them. This is the second time I've listened all the way through a Cocteau Twins album and, with luck, will be the last.

The first time I got stoned was watching the movie The Wall. Listening to it decades later, it's a concept album to overconceptualise other albums. It was always pretty scary for me and it remains menacing. A strong 5 for all the horrific memories.

I've had this on vinyl for decades and haven't listened to it for decades. The famous songs are good and the rest is OK.

Is this really a show stopping top album of all time? Nevermind should be, and is, on this list but this?

I think I knew I was going to dislike this album. I can totally appreciate its appeal and the unique skill involved in making it and also its influence on artists that followed, but I don't like it so I'll give it a neutral 3.

There's no denying that this band had a massive influence on artists that followed. I always wanted to like Siouxsie and the Banshees but I'll leave my appreciation at the place where they made the sounds that meant that others could build on them later...

This is what I was hoping there would be more of in this list (I'm just over a year in). What a fresh change to Nick Cave and Elvis Costello's entire back catalogues. I'll be searching out more Femi Kuti as I'm guessing this is only album here...

Life before Bjork was Bjork. It's interesting to hear what she was up to before becoming a solo artist but should it be on this list..? Nope.

This came out 30 years before I was 16 years old. I was into heavy metal and punk back then but I still had respect for a bit of Little Richard it was considerably less crap than other old music that was floating around. 30 years ago from now (1996 & 2026) is after the death of Kurt Cobain and kids still listen to Nirvana. I'm sure a family tree of music will snake back from the present through Nirvana all the way back to this album via so many other iterations of rock'n'roll. A timeless classic.

This is alright music. As too often, I don't really understand why it's here but I can now say that I've listened to (the?) Eels and they're alright.

Back in the day, this was good. Back in the day, we were also all on drugs. This is another good example of why albums disappeared. Individual tracks are fine, but an album of one band making this stuff continuously is monotonous, especially if the listener has no drugs on the go

Why is this here?

A whole album of Stereolab is a bit too much for me. I was given a promo copy of the single from this album back in the day and enjoyed listening to it and added it to a mix tape. The soundscapes they create are wonderfully dreamy but a whole album is a bit too much. The Noise of Carpet gave me Hawkwind vibes, for what it's worth.

This is the second Kinks album I've heard during the course of our 1001 and it's also fantastic. We all only ever here 'You Really Got Me' but their later songs/albums are superb and so obviously influential on later artists. This is the sort of stuff that deserves to be here.

Wow. I'd never knowingly listened more than about 2 Leonard Cohen songs in a row. I'm thankful to this list for bringing this album to my attention. I'm going to have to listen to it again in the future as I've been making bread while listening. It really is good...

I loved this album and was really happy that it was Muse's breakthrough album as they were a bad that I had always wanted to like but just couldn't quite get it. This was it! Then, unfortunately, we saw them live and I have avoided listening to them since then. The show was a performance that we, the audience, happened to be present at. Zero interaction. A huge number of the audience seemed interested in watching the concert through their mobile phones. Bogus concert for bogus fans.

Well, I've heard The Band now. Let's leave it like that.

Ha! This was the first album I 'owned'. I played my friend's cassette in my dad's car's tape player and held my portable mono tape recorder and recorded the whole album in the car. I would listen to my recording repeatedly until I bought my first original cassette - it was Motorhead...

This sounds like one of the Muppets singing arrangements of well-known songs. I like the Muppets and I respect Willie Nelson but I'm unsure as to why this album is on this list.

I like Cat Stevens and unsurprisingly I like this album.

It's obvious that Frank S was a talented singer and it's interesting to learn that he sought out the best teachers to make his voice stronger but this is not for me.

Obviously it's a classic album. It also spelled the death-knell of grunge music and changed it into pop music. Fwiw, as alternative music fans in our early-20s when this came out, we all saw it as a sell-out. Weird Al Jankowic's parody, Smells Like Nirvana, is my preferred memory of this album.

I didn't think I would like this as much as I did. It's very good background music.

One of the many things I have discovered on this musical journey is that Stevie Wonder is so much more than his late-70s and 80s singles. This is a great album...