1001 Albums Summary

First venture into East coast rap. Some good beats and overall quite fun, if a little of its time in places.

Absolute classic album

The sort of album I wanted to find when I started this. Would have probably never listened to it otherwise, and very glad I did.

So much energy in his live performances, makes me wish I could have been there!

Such a fun and energetic album with some really beautiful songs in there too, amazing range that keeps a 1h 45m album interesting

Expected the dreariness to put me off but if anything it give his words more gravity. Some beautiful poetry and overall a pleasant surprise

This one takes me back lol, maybe slightly biased as this is an album I've treasured for many years now but I think as far as pop albums go it's a collection of excellent songs

Maybe this just isn't for me but I found what is essentially just 45 mins of guitar solos a bit of a slog to get through

Fairly chill, pleasant album

Not sure I necessarily 'get' this album - fun and whimsical in places but does feel like a bunch of snippets of songs. I haven't listened to other beach boy songs and maybe in context it makes more sense

Some fun songs but ultimately not all that much grabbed me

Not sure much needs to be said here, excellent album (although not my absolute favourite of the Beatles)

Never properly listened to the kinks but this was a great introduction, will be listening again

Obviously Cash is a great singer, and this is a significant album, but at the end of the day it did feel like a bunch of covers, and I maybe haven't listened to enough cash to be able to resonate with it as much as others have

Probably my favourite album from the Beatles, it has a great sense of fun about it and some excellent songs

As someone who's quite a big fan of the garage rock revival sound, I was a little disappointed by this. Certainly not bad by any means but I didn't find much here which i felt stood out.

While I'm not inherently against heavier music, it's certainly not my fave and slipknot haven't really done much to win my over.

Some very good songs in here, but also a few songs which do drag a little

Some very fun songs

Altogether quite fun, although not a lot stood out . Have never been a massive fan of love fool but was pleasantly surprised by their other songs

Absolutely electric. I think if I’d discovered this when I was younger I would have been absolutely obsessed, which does somewhat surprise me as I’ve always known of the prodigy and their songs but never dived much into them

Absolute classic, just amazing

Short and sweet, gets its point across in 15 minutes, would have maybe tired a bit of it if it was much longer, but certainly can’t complain for what it is

Part of me wants to be contrarian and rate this lower but tbh what this album manages to achieve is exceptionally impressive. I love the jazz samples and I think it captures the political atmosphere of when it was released, so it’s defo earned the 5

Was surprised by how many songs on this I recognised. Wouldn’t necessarily be my taste but from the very first chord this album is so unapologetic in its sound I have to respect it

A wholly enjoyable time with classic country, not something I’d necessarily come back to a lot but I can’t fault it for what it’s meant to be

Really enjoyed this. Some very nice ambient work, will definitely revisit

Very listenable, but not all that much stands out

Pretty fun, maybe need to give it another listen

Enjoyed this a lot, very jazzy, also a surprisingly good running album

Excellent

Classic

A beautiful but equally tragic album. One I’m really glad to have listened to twice as I first enjoyed the songs without listening to them too deeply, and then was blown away further upon actually listening to the lyrics. One I will certainly come back to again and again.

Quite fun album, and one which benefits from reminding yourself when it was made to properly appreciate the influence it has

Very enjoyable chill album, got me through a very sleep deprived early morning flight

Need to listen to fully again, but undoubtedly great album

Great running album, very fun, will listen again

Can certainly see the influence this had on bands such as the strokes, but this means in hindsight it can feel stale in places listening now. Regardless it was an interesting listen to an important part of music history

Some brilliant songs on this, although the Thom Yorke collabs are perhaps highlights

The beats were probably my favourite part of this, but some quality lyricism here too

As a general fan of the French touch sound in electronic music this had some great moments in it but didn’t quite pull me in as much as I hoped it might

Fun bit of trip hop, can’t fault it really

SO DAMN FUNKY

Excellent. An album with such a unique identity and so fun. Will definitely be coming back

I can’t explain why but this gave me a bit of a sore head (might have been dehydrated and at the gym tbf)

Was surprised by how much I enjoyed that. Maybe I do like folk. Old man is a banger even if I did feel bad for recognising it from insta reels

The most interesting thing about this is how far they’ve come compared to their later albums

Turns out I enjoy the 90s rap sound more than I thought I did, that being said nothing majorly stand out on this

More Stevie wonder, what else can I say? Not quite SITKOL but not much else is, a pleasure regardless

Ofc the title track is classic but I didn’t necessarily feel much else

Classic

Undoubtedly solid album with some classics on it. Does get a little samey but I can’t fault it too much

LCD are great, though this isn’t my fave of theirs, but still some great grooves on here. A couple songs felt a wee bit long but this world quite well as background music because of it

Gorgeous timeless feel to it and v creative use of samples