Not really my cup of tea. It has that post-Beatles late 60s/early 70s melodramatic soft-psychedlic sound I've never been too big on, and John Cale's voice ain't all there for me. On the positive side, Child's Christmas in Wales, Macbeth, and Paris 1919 actually did hook me in a little bit.
I tried to give this a genuine chance, I've heard many of the songs off this album before since it's undeniably a classic in the sense of how successful and influental it is, but I've long hated Bruce Springsteen and the second his weird, warbly voice kicked in, I instantly had to shut it off. That husky vibrato he does is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I've never really listened to much of The Who outside of their hits and was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this album. The songs are all super catchy, and I dig the way the sound kind of bounces back and forth between rock and R&B. I was also interested to learn the album came out in '65 only because the title track sounds so ahead of its time, like I've heard it a thousand times and sort of assumed it came out sometime in the 70s when punk was starting to really become a thing, between the lyrics and the fast, punchy instrumentation, it sounds like a full on punk song.
This was a fun album, though honestly probably not something I'd go out of my way to listen to again. I dig folk punk but this one just didn't totally grab me in that way.
Just an insanely boring album, I couldn't even finish it.
Not bad, but not my cup of tea, I thought it was a little samey and repetitive. Jeepster was a bop though!
I've never been a huge Elton John fan but was surprised I actually kind of enjoyed this one. While I probably wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it again, it had some good enjoyable moments, with Funeral For A Friend being the definite highlight, I actually really dug that one.
I wanted to like this one because the atmosphere and production kind of intruiged me, but I found it to be relentlessly boring. Every single song is a basic endlessly repeating drum beat and bassline with bland, repetitive vocals and instrumentation dropped on top of it. I just couldn't do it.
I'm a huge fan of rap but I somehow have never gotten around to giving this album a go for whatever reason, which is a shame because I can totally see why it's such a beloved and influental album, it's just nothing but bangers front to back. I swear this is gonna be my listening obsession for the next week.
This is a super solid piece of folk rock, I'm really digging it. I think it's cool how it kind of plays around with genres a bit, like for the most part it's straight up folk rock, but then you have songs like the the accordion heavy Si du tois partir, the blues-y Autopsy, the rockin' slide guitar driven Cajun Woman, and the single along sea shanty style of Percy's Song. It gives the album quite a bit of variety and makes it overall really fun to listen to.
t's amazing how an album that's so offbeat can be so dull to listen to, it's like the band decided to be weird for the sake of being weird and totally forgot to make actually interesting music. Each song just seems to drone on and on, and I wound up only being able to get about halfway through it before shutting it off, and even then I was forcing myself through each song. Absolutely terrible.
I've always been kind of indifferent to The Beach Boys, like I don't mind them but their music has always sounded more like something you'd throw on in the background at a party than something I'd actively sit down and jam out to, and this album didn't really change that opinion too much.
This album pretty much falls into my "Not bad but not my cup of tea" category. I really enjoy jazz, but this was just a bit too noodly for my tastes.
I wasn't too big on some of the vocals on this album but for the most part I enjoyed it, there was some really good funky instrumentation up in here.
This is one of those albums where I'm super familiar with the hit single (Sledgehammer) but haven't heard the rest of it, and yeah, it's a pretty solid bit of 80's pop rock. The slower ballad tracks are a little sappy for my taste, but tracks like That Voice Again, Big Time, and previously mentioned Sledgehammer are tons of fun.
It's weird, I can't say I was actively engaged in listening to this album, but I had it on my way to work on a rainy day and there was something about it that made for a really nice atmosphere.
This was a listenable but kind of forgettable bit of 60s pop rock. Honestly, the whole time I was listening I couldn'r help but feel like the band was trying to cash in on Beatlesmania, though I say this as someone who isn't super familiar with the band outside of their hits like You Really Got Me, Lola, or All of the Day and All of the Night.
Not one of my favorite Beatles albums, there's some good tunes on here bit most of it kind of goes in on ear and out the other.
Good god, what an awful album. I swear to god every track was cobbled together with basic Garageband loops, and whenever he does throw in something original, I found myself wondering if he was actually tone deaf. Added to that, his rapping just has nothing interesting or charasmatic about it, and on some tracks it sounds like he was half asleep while recording vocals. It's boring as hell at best and borderline unlistenable at worst, i absolutely hated it.
Fun and funky with a traditional African flair, this was a pretty entertaining listen!
Pretty good bit of jazzy rock.
I've never delved too deep into Steely Dan but this album was an absolute delight from front to back, it's super funky and catchy and has me wanting to go back for more.
This was an easy ome, it's straight up one of the best prog albums of all time.
Not bad but not really my cup of tea.
Instrumentally it's great, but Billy Corgan's voice has always been really grating to me.
Straight up one of the best country albums of all time. Marty Robbins voice is crazy pleasant to listen to, and every song on it will just stick in your head totally rent free for the rest of time in a way that you'll find yourself belting along to them in the car every time you relisten to it.
It had some really catchy moments and a cool, unique vibe, but I ultimately found myself zoning out for large chunks of it. Tightrope was a definite highlight, though.
The Who's great but I'm super picky when it comes to live albums, and this one was super rough for me. I thought Roger Daltrey sounded painfully flat and off key and it made it impossible for me to get past the first two or three songs.
I didn't mind it but it made zero impression on me, it's a good background album more than anything else.
It was fun going back to this album, I was a huge fan of it back in high school, and Metallica was one of the first metal bands I ever got into and were what helped turn me into the massive metalhead I am today. While I'm not quite as into it as I was back in the day - these days I prefer Metallica's early stuff to the much more radio friendly Black Album - it's still a really fun album with some absolutely iconic riffs.
Just an all around very solid country album, Nanci's got a great voice and there's some total earworms on here. I really enjoyed it.
Not a huge fan of Johnny Cash or live albums but this was fine.
I was a little iffy on this album at first because of the more old school style of hip-hop/rap it goes for - it feels a little "My name is De La Soul and I'm here to say, I gonna rap and rhyme in a major way" at times - but it started to grow on my a fair bit the further I got into it. There's some fun catchy stuff on here, and it's got me interested in giving it a second chance.
This album was shockingly awful, like there's so many talented names on this thing but then Ute Lemper's singing just sounds like she's badly improvising the lyrics, and the way she belts them out makes me wonder if she's tone deaf and has no sense of rhythm.
This was one of those "I listened to the first 3 songs and had to nope out" albums I've been coming across from time to time doing the 1001 Albums thing, the instruments just sounded like a wall of noise to me (this is coming from a fan of grindcore too) and the vocals were basically unlistenable.
Meh. It's listenable, but out of all the country albums out there, it's certainly one of them. None of the songs really grabbed me or made an impression on me, and Gram's voice was a tiny bit grating to me at times for some reason.
Nice bit of funky jazz, but I found myself zoning out for most of it, and I found the whole album sounded pretty much the same to me, like I was three songs into it before realizing the first song had ended a while before. Not bad, just not really my jam.
I was pleasantly suprised how much I enjoyed this, it's super chill and atmospheric and has a sort of slightly gloomy feel to it that almost made me feel like I was listening to a goth/dark wave album at times. I definitely can see myself coming back to it, it'd be a perfect soundtrack for a nighttime drive.
I dig he fun 80s pop instrumentation but I've just never been a fan of Prince's vocals. I will say even though I didn't 100% vibe with this album, I can see myself giving it another go someday.
I dug the instrumentals but the vocals weren't really my cup of tea.
System of a Down's such a fun band.
This album actually bummed me out because it'd be an easy 4/5 if it wasn't for the fact the singer's voice is absolutely god awful, he sounds like if Mandark from Dexter's Laboratory joined a band.
Another masterpiece from Rush, these guys really are the GOATs.
Meh. Never been much of a Queen fan and this didn't do anything to change that.
Makes for some chill out and vibe background music.
I've always disliked U2, and despite going into this album with an open mind, I found it only made me dislike them even more. The whole album's just so bland and the songs so same-y and basic that I found myself completely checking out before I even made it halfway through the album, I genuinely felt like I was listening to the same song over and over again. Like, the choruses of Where the Streets Have No Name and With Or Without You sounded almost identical to me. I simply couldn't finish it.
This album was almost fascinatingly bad, it really does sound like rejected songs that Lily von Schtupp was supposed to sing in Blazing Saddles, as another 1001 Albums Generator user pointed out. Maybe I just don't get it, but all I know is I listened to the first 10 minutes with what must've been a hell of a "What in god's name am I listening to?" look on my face before having to change it over to something else.
Could've been a pretty good album but the vocals just kinda break it for me.
The rapping's a bit meh to me, but they do have some super solid beats/instrumentals.
Bleh, it's boring and honestly kinda grating to listen to.
I've never been the biggest fan of the King, but he's definitely one of those musicians where I completely understand why he was so successful and beloved.
Fun disco pop. I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it, but I wouldn't complain if it came up on the radio either.
It feels like ABBA went a more somber route on this one and it just didn't really do it for me.
The further I get into the 1001 albums, the more I have to wonder if some of the albums on it are listed because of how bad they are. It's a list of albums you have to hear before you die, not a list of great albums you have to hear before you die, and this album's a perfect example of why I think that. It's a comedy album that's neither funny nor enjoyable to listen to, and all it does is make you appreciate the fact that there's good music out there.
Really clunkily thrown together old school hip hop, and reading how shady the making of it was makes it an extra turnoff.
Pretty enjoyable! I always dig hearing music from other countries.
God, music from Africa is so good.
Meh, being more mellow doesn't really work for The Beach Boys.
Pretty typical 80s pop. Not bad but not my thing.
Never really listened to a full Billy Joel album before, it didn't floor me but I kind dug it.
It's disappointing, this would've been a pretty solid album if the warbly obnoxious singing hadn't ruined the whole thing.
A total classic, I'll never say no to some Yes.
I just can't deal with vocals.
It's good, but I feel like if I listened to it while I was driving through rural country it'd be an amazing 4/5 vibe.
I've never been a big fan of The Police to begin with, and man this did absolutely nothing to impress me. It's just repetitive, grating, and borderline unlistenable.
I always love listening to people strum a bunch of power chords while someone sings tuneless over them, it makes for such interesting and pleasant music to listen to.
I'm not gonna lie, I've never really understood the hype behind Nine Inch Nails. I don't mind them, but they're one of those bands where I hear their music and think "That was certainly one of the songs of all time." The Downward Spiral just sort of came and went for me, like I listened to it and it honestly just went in one and ear and out the other. I think Trent Reznor's music just simply isn't for me.
Total snoozefest, I literally have nothing else I can say about it.
I feel like with a few more listens it may one day grow on me, but first impression... I don't get it.
This is one of those albums that could've been good but gets ruined by completely awful, unlistenable vocals.
Entertaining enough 60s blues rock but not something I'd go out of my way to listen to.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young have always been a band I've sort of judgementally avoided because for some reason I had it.in my head they were the kind of guitar-plucking, soft singing 70s folk group that would put you asleep behind the wheel of your car. Much to my surprise, I actually really liked this album and have heard their stuff before without realizing it, it's just really solid folk rock with some great vocal harmonizing and total earworm choruses. Definitely gonna be coming back to this one.
I was pleasantly surprised by this album; aside from the goofy vocals, it's a very good, atmospheric bit of music that you can let your mind wander off to.
I can't deny Stevie Wonder's an extremely talented musician, but I've just never been able to get into him.
It's just an extremely dull, droning piece of 70's psychedelic rock, I made it through the first two tracks before I was too bored out of my mind to want to keep listening. I can't even fathom sitting through all 2 hours of it.
Never been big on the Stones but this was a decently fun blues rock jawn.
There's some good beats on here but Common's flow doesn't do it for me.
Not bad but not really my cup of tea.
I feel like I need to be a middle aged dad with a Strat that he sometimes jams on to really appreciate this album.
Super duper dull, and John Martyn's voice is like getting sung at by a guy who's half asleep and severely dehydrated.
At first I was put off by how aimless and meandering the music is, but then I kind of started to appreciate that and sorta enjoyed the overall vibe.
I really don't get the hype for this album, I find the music to be kind of boring, and Jack White's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I just got Elephant before this and really didn't enjoy it, and this one was even more of a step down to me. Between Jack White's shout-whining voice and boring instrumentals that seem to be trying to do some sort of quirky, slightly experimental thing but are ultimately just tryhard and repetitive, I didn't get a single ounce of enjoyment out of this album. I straight up couldn't even finish a single song on the whole thing.
I normally love Ghostface but this album didn't 100% do it for me, like it's good though I feel like his raps overstay their welcome a bit and don't really let the track or the listener breathe. It's like listening to the musical version of a run-on sentence.
I've never been big on Queen but this one actually struck my fancy, I liked how it was a little less theatrical and leaned more into somewhat in your face hard rock.
