1001 Albums Summary

This grew on me on second listen. The back half of the album was more engaging to me than the first with the stand out being We Rule The School

A great album I’m familiar with. The piano work on this album is excellent.

A great album I’m familiar with. The piano work on this album is excellent.

This album grew on me on second listen Gimme Shelter, Let It Bleed, and Midnight Rambler are the standouts. I realize I like The Rolling Stones more than I thought.

Classic sound with the blues organ that is very pleasant to listen to. Found these songs getting stuck in my head.

Honestly pretty juvenile. I feel like the lyrics are super woe is me and Billy corrigan’s voice annoys me. Not a fan and I don’t really get the hype. Not unlistenable, just not good.

Enjoyable album with soul covers of some good songs

Interesting band. Very short catchy songs. Kind of like an indie mix of neutral milk hotel with a bit more psychedelic. Not bad, but not super memorable.

Nice album that was a pleasant listen. No standouts or anything especially memorable but I like it.

Great Beach Boys album. Very pleasant and accessible. The song about student protests in LA was super prescient…

This wasn’t bad. I like talking heads generally but there weren’t any standouts on this album. I could see how this album and their early sound generally was very influential.

Decent album! Suprised I’ve never heard this band. A very eclectic album with lots of styles. Good background music.

Take me to the River is definitely the standout here. Talking heads albums just get repetitive after awhile.

I feel like there were ups and downs with this album. Some good songs, some okay. Middle of the road as far as a Dylan album goes for me.

Classic album. I didn’t finish this but enjoyed it. Need to give it another listen probably.

I do love the Doors and this album specifically. Not a five star but close. Peace frog is one of my favorites.

An iconic album that is a pleasant listen start to finish.

Great album. Little Wing is my favorite song.

Caleb asked if this was Louis Armstrong which is fitting. Okay album!

Great 70s folk rock album. Tim Buckley vibes with a female singer. Percy’s Song was a standout.

I feel like this is the spiritual precursor to Morning Phase which is a beautiful album. I liked Sea Change but not as much.

This was a super enjoyable album that I can’t believe I’ve never listened to in its entirety. Perfect day and wild side are the standouts. Definitely Leonard cohen vibes.

An iconic Dylan album with some really famous songs. Not a ton of variety here but still a good listen

This was a surprisingly delightful album! Oasis vibes and just a lot of energy.

Classic album. Repetitive after awhile. It’s good to listen to individual songs but not all together.

Another classic I really love. Thunder Road is probably my favorite.

A good live album with some fun blues!

Good easy listening r&b

Incarcerated Scarfaces is a standout. I didn’t like this as much as a lot of rap from this era.

I always want to like this album but find it a bit overrated. I think the second half of this album is much stronger than the first half. Imagine is basically a cliche at this point which hurts it I think. Standouts include: Oh My Love and How Do You Sleep?

I actually liked this one more than I thought!

Not something I would listen to again. The last two songs were the best.

I love Rufus wainwright’s creativity and the classical nature of some of his pop music

This was actually really good! First half was acoustic and that was the highlight!

This was a really enjoyable listen. Long songs, good background music. Four Cornered Room was the stand out.

Great dancey indie pop. Kind of reminded me of pheonix. How Do You Do? Was my favorite song.

This isn’t my favorite Black Sabbath album but I do still like it!

I like the Grateful Dead every time I listen to them but rarely do. For such a jammy band reputation, these songs were very tight.

This is less silly than some Who stuff and had some really cool blues on it.

I actually don’t love this as much as some other Led Zeppelin albums. Still a great album though.

An awesome album that is very interesting and easy to listen to. As Victoria said, an easy cruising album.

This album is a beautiful and soft acoustic album with so much heart and soul.

This was a very underwhelming Aerosmith album. One that barely held my attention.

A lot of great blues on this one

I liked this one more than the Raekwon album. Catchier songs.

Decent afro jams live album

This wasn’t awful. I always just wonder what this music is for. The really electronica stuff is not really for me.

I love this album. It might be my favorite Bowie album.

I really didn’t enjoy this. It feels like just noise. Truly.

I really enjoyed this album and will probably come back to it. It has so many interesting styles and twists and turns. Some good Pink Floyd vibes in places.

For sure one of my favorite Bob Marley albums.

A very enjoyable Cuban album that was a lot of fun.

Average Brit pop 80s album.

This was a really fun album

Reminds me of Aretha

Not horrible but very redundant and boring by the end.

Nice solid soul album

I knew the famous songs from this album but really liked this one overall!

This album was much better than I remembered. I think it especially hits well as a cohesive piece. A lot of these songs were overplayed so it’s good to hear them in context.

This was a really cool album! His low voice and the variety of styles kept me engaged the whole time.

This album grew on me. Musically, it’s very good and eclectic but didn’t have any super memorable songs

A middling album as far as I’m concerned. Definitely thought it was fine but didn’t really wow me.

I’m biased on this one. A nostalgic album for me and one that I think is really awesome overall.

This album was so cool! All the samples and jazzy hip hop vibes.

Not as bad as I would’ve expected. Porcelain was the highlight

A mixed bag as Pearl Jam often is. Release is really good song.

I actually thought this album was awesome and can’t believe I’ve never listened to it.

I’ve had this album for years. Buckley’s voice is beautiful and while the album feels a little dated, I still love it. I discovered this from the song Once I Was aSoldier which was on a Vietnam documentary I watched. It stopped me in my tracks it was so good.

Not bad! Other than limelight and Tom Sawyer it didn’t really engage me that much.

I can definitely here the influences of mewithoutyou and other bands here.

I had trouble listening to this whole thing as it wasn’t on streaming. But it was a good funk album!

A classic and fun album

Dated and underwhelming

This album is kind of rollercoaster. Solsbury hill is unassailable. Here comes the Flood is great. As an album it’s a bit incoherent.

This album’s second half from Karma Police on is pretty great.

Awesome album. Running up that hill is iconic

Pretty good Latin jazz album with lots of hand drums

This was an enjoyable album but I honestly thought I’d like it more given that it’s Prince

Really enjoyed the one!

This album grew on me. Better second half

The mess we’re in with thom yorke was the highlight

Solid classic dance album

One of the best live albums

Enjoyable country/blues album

Just a really enjoyable album

Very intense but poetic

I liked the slow songs. In a different world I could see liking this bad if it wall like that. The lyrics were so self-pitying

This was a really good electronic album with some singing which mixed things up

Very eclectic almost classic rock/ modern pscychedelic

I’m not a huge fan of this era of punk. I get that it influenced other stuff but it’s not really appealing to listen to and just seems kind of juvenile lyrically.

Not as iconic as some other psychedelic music but a pretty good listen.

Good and cinematic but too long!

I was really wowed by this album! Every song hit and it finished really strong with Mystery Achievement

Decent classic rock album but not iconic