1001 Albums Summary

Decent. Catchy generic sound, but on the back end hasn't aged much.

Kind sweet until the last song, which is so bad and inconsistent with the foregoing that it lost a star

This was not good at all. Y’all must be drunk [in love]

Weird Indian sidetrack mid album

Don’t know that I needed the song straight up repeated.

If you like listening to variations of shitty guitar feedback, this is the album for you.

Crazy takes here. This is a classic album

For Your [Moderate] Pleasure

Nice subtle commentary

Decent.

Fan of the sound of the album (outside of much of the singing), but otherwise could be rough at times.

Maybe hire a singer

Dudes got pipes and there’s consistent musicianship with variation between songs. Guitar sound is a bit grating, I’d like to hear them with modern polish on the recording.

Fine

Solid

You could cross the Pacific Ocean in the time it takes to finish this album.

Solid

Never actually listened to the full album, and didn’t realized that it basically contains all their jams.

90 percent is so bad that I can’t give the decent parts any star-based credit

Kinda funk

The worst Radiohead album I’ve ever heard. Any other band and no critic would have put it anywhere near this list

Slash hard carrying this album. Hard to rate because of the highs and lows.

Weirdly good?

Finding this one really hard to rate. Some of that is the weird context of the album, but the production is great and I’ve never heard an album flow from one song to the next as effectively—it plays like one fever dream.

Some highs, but the lows really dragged this

Every member of the band killing it for their part, consistent themes and sound, no bad songs and a few all-timers. An easy five irrespective of Ozzy’s death or its outsized influence.

I’m going to veer from the group and rate this highly, classic singles but even the deep tracks are mostly solid. I wish these ratings were out of ten, because really I think this album is an 8.5, but I guess that means I’m rounding up.

All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child truly save this album

Just not good. There’s a huge quality gap between this album and Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Realizing that I enjoy live albums. Honestly considering 4 or 5 for this. Also rare that a live album song version is the definitive recording (I want you to want me).

I would ride this album like the haradrim

Not my taste but decent. My heart didn’t find the groove of some of the deeper tracks

Surprised by how little I enjoyed this. Lyrics are good and some solid tracks—but my man, if your voice sounds like that you can’t also be absolutely blaring mediocre harmonica. If the point of an album is to make enjoyable sounds, then shouldn’t your sound be good?

Unexpectedly good album

Weird move Bowie

Good.

Halfway through the album I stopped and realized this was rad yo.

It was mostly fine, but that’s about all I’ve got

No comments necessary

Somewhere between a 3 and a 4 for me. Good and kinda jammy, but not memorable.

Familiar with the single but not this album. Pretty impressed. the album falls off a bit towards the end, but a nice mix of like Kinks/REM/acoustic-heavy alternative. On the borderline between 4 and 5–if it had another solid single I’d bump it up easy.

Liked the sound and vibe, but not enough of the individual songs

Hard to review without understanding the lyrics or context, but the music itself was enjoyable enough

The depth of this album is almost unparalleled, and if we just forget that Oh Daddy exists, doesn’t hit particular lows.

Fairly dense. Both carried and undercut by Eddie’s great/overdone guitar playing

A rock opera with a story I really couldn’t follow or get into, and not too many great tracks. Gains a point for the attempt and influence.

All over the place. I just can’t rate an album highly if I have to listen to a (total shit) song about graphically killing your ex that lasts two minutes longer than your single.

The album was deeper than I was expecting. I don’t necessarily love or hate Joplin as a singer on singles, but her tone with the quality of the old recording does grate after several tracks.

Pretty good. GF called it elevator music, and it was hard to mount a credible counter argument.

Easy 5

Damn catchy.

Listened while driving around Scotland’s highlands, and the vibes still didn’t carry this album too far.

Fine. Overproduced and underwritten

Generally solid throughout.

Generally enjoy the sound and style, but wish there was another great song or two in the album

Some was fine, but only really enjoyed a song or two.

When I think of what rock music should sound like, the guitar tones from this album are the first thing that come to mind.

Influential album that I think is a bit overrated. The few good tracks can get lost in the noise and mediocre ones.

Enjoyed generally, especially some of the harder songs

Not a fan

Lost cause is great, but the album wears on you

Decent I guess. Bland generally.

Pretty Decent

A who’s who of tracks and hits. Fantastic.

It wasn’t actively bad, but never pulled me in.

It was impressive how effectively they would abandon the enjoyable parts of their songs for ambient dog sounds.

Produced well. Often great beats and catchy. Lyrics lacking. Not a fan of non-music tracks

Kind of a jam

An improvement on their first album, AND a gollum reference. Easy 5. I don’t know what’s wrong with the Harris boys.

Between a 3 and 4, much better than their previous album on the list, but still had some low tracks

Enjoyed the album quite a bit, but not a lot of individual songs that I’m drawn to.

Great and the beginning through the middle, but significant falloff.

Good album generally.

There’s way too much Brit pop on this list.

Favorite of her albums so far.

Not totally down with singing that’s almost in tune. Nonetheless, the album started strong but was a slog by the end

With most albums I dislike, I can at least understand why they are on this list even if the are not to my taste. This album is the exception.

Pretty good, a bit inconsistent

Even if not my genre, a clearly great album.

Normally a classic song will bump an otherwise bad album up a star… but man every other song was rough

Kind of a weird jam

Often good. Often a bit much.

Not only a great composition (if some questionable songs therein), but my favorite Stones sound.

Starts off strong but falls off significantly.

Enjoyed more than I was expecting on a full listen through, and you can hear it’s influence on subsequent music.

Enjoyed this considerably more after re-listening to a few of the tracks

Good but not his best. Not a fan of the sound and tone.

Biggest album of my generation, but on fresh listen through quite a lot fell flat, especially toward the end. Tough one to rate

Lyrics: mostly dumb. Band:often insufferable. But damn if this isn’t arguably the catchiest album ever written.

Much better than I was expecting

A jam