1001 Albums Summary

Sounds like Beth Gibbons singing.

Prefer Metallica's thrash-ier stuff but a lot of great riffs on here. 6.5/10. Lot of same sounding songs but not a bad way to spend an hour

Funky. Jazz/soul? Great drumming especially Happy Feeling and Africano. Some songs I recognize others I'm hearing for first time.

RIP, I thought this was a random generator, clearly not! Pretty amazing album, love the layered vocals and instrumentation. Mostly cheery but some sad/ominous moments as well, Mrs. O'Leary's Cow in particular.

I AM THE WORLD'S FORGOTTEN BOY. Quick and dirty punk album. Vocals and guitar are clearly the focus.

Soothing rainy Saturday music. Definitely will revisit this!

Listened while mowing the lawn. Just not my style but the guy has pipes

Catchy punk jams. Found myself humming along on first listen to some of them

I Zimbra and Mind were a great start. Life During Wartime is a classic and maybe my favorite TH song. Drugs was an interesting finish. Enjoyed listening to this very much!

At first I was like eh then I kept listening and listening and listening

Dead Drunk and Naked. Something about George Wallace. Good album

Fantastic

Jazz I guess

I'd rather listen to Gorillaz

Good record

This was fucking amazing

I don't even think I've heard of The Fall but this is awesome. Maybe my favorite album from this list yet, I've gone back to it more than any other. NO CHRISTMAS FOR JOHN QUAYS!!!

Just boring tbh

Great album. Obviously Ziggy and Suffragette are classic but Five Years, Soul Love, Starman stuck out to me too!

~The Beatles~ Great record - Paul Rudd

Respect the hustle but not for me

Why so many concerts at prisons

What in the hell even is that

Fine but nothing jumped out at me. Better than Dirty Projectors though...

Some great guitar work and interesting songs. Some bland parts to start and round out the album

Too long but solid album with some nice folky tunes

First genuine wtf, no thanks

Bluesier than I would expect from the Stones!

Soft and sparse. Enjoyed listening to this but probably not something I will revisit too often, alot sounds the same. Suzanne was the peak imo

Brit pop never really been my thing although there were some interesting songs here. Sidewalk serfer girl, a touch sensitive, no sympathy in particular

Enjoyed this. Nice easy breezy listen. Especially the stretch from Oh Susanna to Blossom

Such an incredible album. All the songs are short, to the point and catchy. Revolver was good but this blows it out of the water!

I feel like I've heard the opener Stolen Car. I dig Pass in Time! Not really my style overall but this was nice to listen to and she's got a beautiful voice!

Holy fuck. A must relisten. All of the songs blended together on first listen and I never lost interest the entire time. I think "So Real" was my favorite the second time through, but so much greatness it's hard to say for sure. Wow wow wow wow wow

Great album but I can't help feel I'm still recovering from "Grace"

Solid punk. Tight instrumentation. Nothing stands out to me though.

He's undeniably a good song writer but his music approach and voice kind of bore me.

2 listens, prog bro!!!

This seems like an odd choice but definitely appreciated the Scott Walker vibe songs and didn't mind listening to this. Especially the last song

Silly folk songs are good

Incredibly unique voice. Hearing Lilac Wine just a week or so after hearing Jeff Buckley's version was a nice touch. Recognized Four Women's piano from The Story of OJ - Jay Z!!!

Powerful record. Fast Car is an all time song, I also love the simplicity of most of these songs especially Behind the Wall. Compact songs that don't overstay their welcome.

All time classic, RIP Ozzy. Will be listening to this today but no additional analysis is required since it is and always has been an easy 5/5. War Pigs and Hand of Doom are maybe the most epic songs ever recorded.

The Low End Theory is my favorite. This is good and clearly influential but doesn't hit as hard as TLET in my opinion. This is also the first hip hop album for me on the list!

Some classic songs here. Prince is undeniably a talented vocalist and talented artist in general. Unabashedly 80s which comes off slightly corny to me. It's fine but not something I see myself ever getting very into.

Carole King influencing-ass music. This just never grabbed my attention

We Will Fall was half the album. It's decent, definitely a little basic sounding to me, but understand it's influential.

Some classic songs here but overall I'm just kinda bored by Eagles. Everything sounds the same.

Glam jams. Kiss+Alice Cooper esque.

Every song is enjoyable. The Boxer is an all time song, the rest is good to great

The instrumentation is really good but these songs just drag too long for my non-jammy tastes

Running up that hill! Nice artsy pop songs. Waking the Witch is nuts and the back half of the album is where it's at. Out there for sure

My kinda country. Compact sing song tunes, soft and buzzy. This is an album.

Rush is always decent. The 20 minute opener was more engaging than I would have expected from a freaking 20 minute song.

Some all time classic jams here. Eruption and Ain't Talking About Love are my favorites.

Sludgy with some unexpected doom metal vibes. It's a good album with some classic songs but I feel like there's not enough going on to justify such a long run time.

Saw the length and shuddered. Three Dylan albums in the first two months of this. Not every song needs to be 5+ minutes long Bob. 16 min track to end it? Sheesh!

Marcus Garvey Mon. Reggae.

Beatles and Bob Dylan mania early in my journey! Full of classics, enjoyable deep cuts, fuck they were high as balls on LSD for some of this.

Nothing spectacular, but didn't mind this at all! Good vocals and catchy 80s vibes

Teenage Riot alone got this to 3 stars, always have loved this song. Really enjoyed the rest as well, something that I can't put my finger on is keeping this below 5 stars but it's a great album nonetheless.

Some lovely trip hop with a bit of British weirdness. Recognized the "diamonds in the back" section of "Be Thankful for What You've Got" from the Ludacris song! Have always loved "Unfinished Sympathy", "Daydreaming" slapped immediately.

Good 80s record, very anthemic. F-F-F-Foolin! is my favorite. Liked the last song especially the final minute/hidden track!

Can definitely hear the influence of this album on 80s punk and on. Slow paced and methodical. Listened to this twice. Great use of reverb and unique drum patterns

It's alright? Probably won't revisit this, tough to hear how this is so influential.

Happy Friday! Love getting hip hop mixed in here every once in a while. Classic g funk. I've never heard this album in full before today but recognize so many songs. The run from Gin and Juice through Who Am I? Is incredible. But honestly the whole album is bangers.

Solid soul album. Obviously "That Lady" is a classic, other than that I think I liked the two covers I recognized best. "Listen to the Music" and "Summer Breeze".

It's totally fine

Whiny Brit pop mixed with carnival music or something. Second half was better than the first. Better than Modern Life is Rubbish but still not really hitting for me.

Early pop punk? Perfectly fine but very samey throughout, songs are 3 minutes or less so easy to breeze through.

Victorian era ass Radiohead. I don't think I could ever get into music like this.

Sweet Dreams is a classic and I really liked Jennifer immediately following it up. Felt like Sweet Dreams kicked the album into gear as the first half was less interesting than the second. Definitely better than Rufus Wainwright.

Real shit. Charlie Brown be bopping.

Calm and soothing country for an early morning drive. "Ooh Las Vegas" was a nice late album change of pace. Emmylou Harris!

Fascinating

Dolly Parton, big tits and a bigger heart

Detroit Rock City is an all-time banger. The rest is enjoyable inoffensive glam rock.

Lover boyyyyyyyy

Hmm. Definitely a lot of Bowie behind the scenes on this one. Iggy's voice is too removed and distant for my tastes but the instrumentals and structures are interesting. A second run through as with most albums was more enjoyable! Strong 3. NIN sample of "Nightclubbing" at beginning of Closer?

Brad would be so happy for me. Hello is a banging track to kick this album off.

IT'S LIKE RAIIIIINNNNNNNNNN Dug the reprise of You Oughta Know/hidden track to end it

Pretty sure Alanis Morrisette references Joni Mitchell on the last song of Jagged Little Pill, then I get this the following day. Listened to this during a nice run on the beach, didn't know what to expect but enjoyed this!

Prince man. He sounds so corny. I don't like this. But then all the sudden "Something In The Water" and "Lady Cab Driver" come on and I kinda like it? And then "All the Critics Love U in New York" low key blew my mind?

I like this more than I expected to. Wayne Coyne's voice is not my forte but the songs are very weird and unique with some psychedelic, catchy, poppy moments throughout. Pt 2 of Yoshimi, Ego Tripping, and Do you Realize are highlights for me.

Orange Mocha Frappuccinos!

Influential, German, trance-like, repetitive, atmospheric, ahead of it's time cyborg music. Not something I would listen to every day but I think it deserves a 4. Can't imagine what this would have sounded like in the 70s. Been listening to a lot of Joy Division and New Order lately, the influence is evident!

Operatic hard rock. Bohemian Rhapsody obviously is the classic here. '39 and Good Company were two I was unfamiliar with that caught my ear.

Hell of a voice. I like the funkier stuff by JB better

Love Steely Dan. Aja and Gaucho are better albums but this is great. Don't understand why people don't like them. Funny lyrics.

Might have hyped this up in my mind a bit so feeling a tad disappointed. But it was still a very enjoyable album, really like the closing tracks random vocal samples. Some really nice drumming.

The King is boring baby

"Hymns" or "Dirges" or some shit

Goth rockabilly glam noise ... Kinda fuckin wit it 😎 Just had Elvis' version of Fever earlier this week!

Happy Friday indeed. I've been excited to get this album, have never listened to it in full but have always liked songs I've heard from it. Big Iron is an undisputed banger to kick things off and this thing never loses steam from there. Classic sing song storytelling outlaw yeehaw country. Dude has a powerhouse voice.

I don't know why I'm surprised the folks who made "Dance Yrself Clean" made an album of this quality but this blew me away. Tough to pick songs for my 1001 highlights playlist when every song is this good.

Nothing really stood out to me besides the classics.

Two Steely Dan's in just over a week. This is my least favorite of those I've heard in full so far, but it's still solid. A number of shorter tracks which I'm not used to from them.

Hmph, first album I can't play on Spotify. Maybe it was the lack of flow from Youtubing every song but never got into this one.

This is probably the furthest out of my musical realm of 99 albums so far. I've never heard, or heard of Rai music. The Imagine cover surprised me. I will almost certainly never listen to this again but that doesn't mean it wasn't somewhat enjoyable!

100 albums in and I get hopefully the last album from this group ... Liked this better than Walking Wounded...80s vibes fit this band better than the cold electronic music on WW...but overall it's still very cookie cutter and unmemorable to me.

A thoroughly enjoyable album bookended by two absolutely legendary songs with a lot of good-to-great in between! Keith Moon is such an epic drummer. The final minute of Won't Get Fooled Again might actually be the best minute in recorded music history.

Album cover made me think this would be a lot darker than it was. Good album. Beach Boys intrigue the fuck out of me. Sonically interesting and shit. Last 4 songs bang

Unique voice, a bit psychedelic. Hi Nico, bye Nico.

One of the first and only rap CDs I ever owned. As a kid I only listened to the hits, a lot of this sounded vaguely familiar but mostly new to me. Speakerboxxx is incredible from front to back and in my opinion superior of the two. The Love Below is a bit bloated but so out there you have to respect it, along with two of the biggest hits of the 2000s right in the middle, and "A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre" is a masterpiece.

"Common People" was a decent jam and it kind of made me laugh when he said he was working on kissing my dad. But that was the second song and most of the rest seemed overly camp, straight cheese. Probably the intent but doesn't mean I have to like it.

King of Ndombolo my ass!

Have been listening to so much Joy Division lately but have tried to avoid songs from this album as I knew it would be coming up. I'm glad I didn't have to wait long! Incredibly consistent all the way through.

It's enjoyable. But a lot of blues just sound the same to me? Love the gruffy voice though. Help the Poor was a nice finisher.

These songs just seem like they are from a musical and I just ain't in the mood for it today. Props for keeping these mid songs short.

A bit generic sounding to me, but also pretty enjoyable. Solid easy listening soft with some interesting instrumentation here and there.

He comes off a little ironic to me at times but there's a lot of interesting stuff on here. Strong finish with the last three songs. High key 3

Only knew Knights of Cydonia coming in; Supermassive Black Hole sounds familiar; sick riffs throughout, especially Map of the Problematique and Assassin; the album was basically the exact length of my run, seems meant to be.

This is a political album? I have no idea what she's talking about at any given moment of this. Eastern Anthemic pop gibberish. It's awesome

Album cover + title had me expecting something way different. Decent alt... Country?

Yup, perfect Southern Rock record. These boys were shreddin'.

More bluesy, Beatles-y than I would have expected. Loved The Ox to end it but was just fine with everything else.

When the first six songs on a record are stone cold classics sometimes you just gotta smash that MF 5 star.

Great voice and the audience is loving it. Doesn't blow my mind or anything though, just sounds like a good time set to some fairly standard soul music.

Weirdly compelling for an album I had to listen to on YouTube. Half AM Half PM. Revisit please especially opening track and the last 4

Mott's Hoople Juice HARD 2 rounded up to a 3. Definitely hear a little Dylan.

Some interesting parts but too repetitive for my tastes.

She's pretty good

Better than Faith. Prob good on GM for rest of list though

3 blinks off the Pen Stiller and this >>>

Two great prog rock albums back to back! Slightly edges out Can but can't quite smash that MF 5 star. Have a Cigar is my favorite, the intro to Welcome to the Machine is incredibly eery.

Real bluesy. Piece of My Heart is an all timer

Funky soul goodness. It goes on a little too long like a lot of this jazzy expressive shit does. Does the last song on an album always have to be the longest? Hard 3 close but no cigar on a soft 4.

Honky tonk my baby left meeeee

I'm not typically a singer songwriter guy but Elliott Smith just hits different. This album is so good, so quietly sad but uplifting at the same time. "Everything Means Nothing to Me" is such a unique song and will not leave my head today.

No "Maps"? No thanks.

If I was listening to this live in a dimly lit lounge drinking a Manhattan and wearing a cardigan sweater, it would probably be a 4.

Band on the Run is an all time album opener. The rest is like a jazzier, less psychedelic Beatles. Bit hit or miss. Don't really like Jet but I like the callback to it on Picasso's Last Words so it's making the playlist.

Wasn't really vibing with this but it shifted to weird spacey electro funk towards the end and I liked it more.

Too long. This doesn't pop to me the way Massive Attack or Portishead do. Black Steel is definitely cool though.

Rock on brother 🤙It's not quite Paranoid, but even on first listen wow is it close. A lot of nice touches outside the pure heavy metal sound too.

I like a lot of the tempos and textures, the noise rock and trance-like elements, I really do. Bob Dylan-Bruce Springsteen vibes vocally. BUT WHY IS IT SO LONG

High energy, over in a jiff. Moving on.

Everytime they start talking about the Shogun and lords and shit, then another GRIMEY ass beat kicks in I'm just like "5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars" But seriously there is nothing even approaching a bad song on here. Moving on ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

All time run to start an album, not a big fan of Songbird, after that is great to good.

Patton's voice is definitely something. With how weird he is I'm not surprised this album takes some strange turns. I enjoyed it more than I expected, great run from Epic (the only song I knew prior to this) through The Real Thing (did Coheed & Cambria base their entire style on this song?) and I really liked Woodpecker From Mars as the closer. Very solid War Pigs cover and a weird jazzy bop as bonuses.

Cover art freaked me out a little when I first opened this around 4am. It's a good fit for the music. Never heard anything like this.

Easy breezy listening. Can't hate an album that's 12 songs and 27 mins. Love Hurts is a staple and there are a few others that would be nice to slow dance or shuffle to with my girlfriend in 1963. RIP JFK.

Hot streak continues. Lazy hazy gloomy riffing and great drums. I'm not 100% sold on the voice but half the time you can barely hear it.

I love Peace Sells. The rest of this is thrashadelic cornball riffage

Maybe it's the big swing from Megadeth to this in one day, but it took me a bit to get into this. The If I Were President skit got this going for me and it was smooth sailing from there. Light-hearted, crude, skillful, soulful, funky backpack rap.

I'll listen to this in an Irish pub, or driving around in a clown car, otherwise I'm not really interested.

NO MORE,.MR NCIE GUY NO MORE, MR YEE HEE HEE HEEE

Booooring. Nothing goes anywhere

Easy money. Perfect as is. Stunningly produced. Aja and Josie are the worst songs on the album and I'm in love with both. MICHAEL MCDONALD ON I GOT THE NEWS. It's between this and Gaucho for the best Steely Dan album. Gaucho not being on this list is a travesty.

Eclectic, jazzy, robo, funky, theatrical, Big Boi, folky, theme music, BABOPBYEYA!

Overall, gas. Personal vendetta against ending a DOUBLE album with a 15 minute song (it kinda rocked). Put it anywhere else

I can never tell which Beastie Boy is on the mic. Incredible sampling

That was the Meat Puppets. My favorite live album ever. One of those where you wish you could just SMASH that mf 5 star as soon as it generates. Where Did You Sleep Last Night is so fucking haunting.

A bunch of songs I don't know that sound weirdly recognizable. Good on ya Rod, I'll prob still only ever remember Maggie May as this all kinda sounds the same even though it's pretty good. The final track is the only one that feels and sounds different.

Weird as expected. Doo-woppy? Fucking tapped lyrical experience. Interesting choice ending an album where every other song is 3-5 mins with a 12 minute song about cream cheese.

A bit frantic, crisp rolling drum lines. There's some screaming here in the mix of some (most?) songs. Definitely of it's time. Good not great. Favorite - "It's Not Over Yet"

Drums were a highlight. Seventeen Seconds did a lot more for me, but there are some nice tiddlywinks here and there.

Black Francis dropping 6 7 references in 1989. Don't love every song on its own but sum of its parts or whatever. Tame is hitting HARD this time around. Gosh I love this project

This was a great Sunday soundtrack while making chili. I've never seen Shaft. This makes me want to see Shaft. Sample recognition "Elle's Love Theme"

Good listening to this for the billionth time, first in a while. Safe to assume Poetic Justice will remain the only Kendrick + Drake collab. Beat change in m.A.A.d. city blows my fucking mind. Part of me thinks Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst should have ended the album, Real and Compton are by far the weakest songs here.

Boring, by the book 80s metal. Some decent riffs but nothing memorable. A totally mediocre Born To Be Wild cover is one of the best songs on here by default.

She Bop indeed. I kinda fuck with this, having two huge pop songs of all time helps, but some of the deeper cuts are interesting too. Witness has a little reggaeton island vibes, ton of synthy 80s energy throughout.

Is this sophistipop? It's solid. Not my style of music and his crooning sounds sarcastic, or just Scottish. Island vibes, jazz mixed with jangle, Morrisey, Scott Walker, Talking Heads, Steely Dan.

Probably my favorite of 3 Cohen albums so far. Title track was baller, the rest was strongly, somewhat boringly decent.

I don't know how to Politti-ly say this but Scritti Politti sucks. More like Shitti Politti

Beat my expectations. Some really funky jams with undeniable style. Love Phife and Busta showing up, and 3 Stacks to end it! Maybe the strongest 3 yet (but still a 3.)

Obviously

... obviously... Any Colour You Like sounds like Down by the River

All over the place, I don't mean that in a bad way. Unique combo of heavy metal, soft rock, punk, opera. No Doubt, Coheed and Cambria, Stone Temple Pilots. Great voice but I'm not sure it's speaking to me. Throw in a few dank heavy riffs for good measure.

Not gonna complain about more post punk. A ton of catchy melodies, the stretch from Return the Gift to Love Like Anthrax was very nice. Kinda wish his voice was louder in the mix so I had any idea what he was talking about - maybe next time.

Yeah mon

White whale time. This is a particularly difficult album to not be on Spotify (just got removed a month or two ago of course) and listening to it while cleaning my kitchen on a 10 year old Alexa speaker probably wasn't optimal. I'm impressed, very singular sounding, enjoyed getting lost in the noisy guitar and hazy vocals. Looking forward to revisiting on streaming with a pair of headphones in. Holy shit To Here Knows When is incredible.

Shoegaze marathon continues after Loveless yesterday. But this is more like shoegaze-Brit pop-island music-chanting. The best drumming on the album is buried under the guitar heavy mix.

Pretty, not particularly memorable, French. Easy listening on a WFH Monday.

The opener, the title track, is obviously a fucking banger. I shouldn't be too surprised but there's a ton of good, catchy pop on here and some variety to keep it interesting. Not a lot of lowlights or filler, pretty amazing for a 51-minute 80s pop record. Just a tick beneath what I would need for a first listen 5. Cherish, Oh Father, and Keep It Together were the culprits. Overall though, bravo.

Slow paced and spacy. Shoegaze-adjacent. This one mostly bored me though. Nothing really stuck with me and the back half is a slog.

I play some pachinko, I plaaay Parcheesi.

Kinda loses steam after "All These Things That I've Done". Deserves a 3 but it's getting a 4 from me dawg.

I love old stuff. Only come here if you like that stuff.

Surprise, it's more Rod Stewart. Wait, that's not Rod Stewart?

Was unenthused about firing this up but it's actually really good. Love the mix of studio and live recordings. Also dig the distinct two halves of the album. 9 songs, 38 minutes, sign me up. Neil Young loves reprises huh?

I'm pretty sure I listened to the right one. 2 fackin hours. Grasshoppers. Background music. Repetitive. Galactic. I liked it more than I thought I would.

Have not heard of this group, I love the show though. Didn't know what I was going to get - turns out it's some classic 90's rap with bass heavy, funk-ass beats that flows really nicely. Reminds me of De La Soul, Slick Rick, Kanye, OutKast. Recognized 'Tennessee" from somewhere.

I remember the Stax museum

The End is so fucking sick

A long, awesome rock sesh for a quiet Saturday morning at home. Only 7 tracks! I'm usually skeptical of double albums, and 20 minute album closers, but the live element makes this great the way it is.

Some great songs. Pretty generic radio rock which isn't always a bad thing. Do You Feel Like We Do is a classic, shout out Guitar Hero 5. A 3 feels right for Frampycakes

I did not find this very compelling at all. A few interesting little tiddlywinks but overall this one just kinda washed over me.

I've either heard every song here in an SUV commercial or find it tolerable, fuzzy. samey blues rock. The hits keep this at a light 3.

Seems like I'm getting bombarded by live albums lately. Overall enjoyable. Hello There kicks the record off strong. SURRENDER

Great vocals, synthy drum machines. He sounds like a more charismatic Bernard Sumner to me.

Easy listening power pop. Tough to dislike anything here but not really blown away by anything either.

Definitely interesting. Dark, heavy, LOUD carnival music. Guttural. Some cool riffs but not a big fan of his voice (or French people). I'm going to go with 3 because I've never heard anything like this. Gonna pass on the bonus tracks though.

More bluesy than I'd expect from a Beach Boy. Dennis the Menace never really grabbed me

Great way to kick off Christmas week! AT YO DOOOOOOHWOAHWOAH

Solid power punk pop. Vocals are like The Fall mixed with The Doors.

Creepy and French on Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas from a murderer!

Started hot, lost a bit of momentum but enjoyed it overall. Judy Blue Eyes is awesome. Was sitting back enjoying it not realizing it was the DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO song, goes so hard.

Salsa music is just so pleasant and I will probably never listen to any of it outside of being forced to

I was excited when I saw this album pop up today. More disco/dance rock than the fast, loud punk on their first album. Not quite as good but I still very much enjoyed it. Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room is an all time song title. Lights / Fireworks was a great finish, what a weirdo

The generator had a proggy classic Monday in mind for me and I'm pleased with it's decision. The ambient, empty ass middle section of Moonchild was probably my personal highlight, but the whole thing lived up to its rep.

I liked it to start but everything felt the same by the end. Somehow "I Wanna Sleep With You" and "All of This and Nothing" reminded me of Dimebag Darrell riffs.

INTO THE FLOOD AGAIN

Nothing wrong with kicking off the year with more Heads. 3/4 of their albums so far. This one's not quite as good as Fear of Music or Remain In Light, a little more stripped down but still very enjoyable.

Just finished Stranger Things Season 5 last night, what a coinkydink.

I got both MBV albums on days where I am frantically cooking something for a party in the kitchen while I listen and can barely focus. It's beautiful though. More punk rock on this one than Loveless but still a lot of spacey noisey stuff. Will revisit when they figure their Spotify shit out.

This blows. The drum samples/loops seem out of place. The music is uninteresting and his vocals and lyrics make me cringe.

I've never heard any of these Queen songs and I may not ever again

Easy breezy jangle folk country pop. Ethereal, quiet, comes in, does it's thing, promptly leaves.

Damn this album is good. Plenty of songs that I've heard somewhere before, and a lot of warm, poppy country with great songwriting. High Horse and Rainbow are truly amazing ways to finish out the album with the decent title track sandwiched in the middle.

Was expecting more Pogues style music but liked it a good deal more than that laddy.

65 minutes of metal bliss. Blackened hits so fucking hard as an opener. The drums on the title track are gorgeous. One was the most played song on my iPod RIP. The album never loses steam.

Some songs start interesting but putter out. STAY OUT OF MY TERRITORY. Overall this just kinda pisses me off

The same song over and over. I like this song.

Love the hardcore punk parts. And basically everything on here

Dude can't see shit

I like these German electro fucks. Afrika Bambaataa, what's good buddy, you still a pedo?

Workin' Day and Night is INTERESTING. She's Out Of My Life is beautiful. The album is frankly pretty fire.

Learning today that "Funk Soul Brother" is not the name of the song, it's "The Rockafeller Skank". On a good little run

Didn't like the first two tracks and thought I was in for a snooze. Cobra Bora is kinda dope. Overall pretty good. Two straight electros.

Otis sangs the hits in his own fashionable way

Blue Rondo à La Turk all day on repeat

Meh disco. Some grooves and melodies are nice but they stick around too long.

Better than Pulp or Blur but still brit pop and I just can't fully vibe with it. Have definitely heard "Alright" before. The second half of the album, minus "Sofa (Of My Lethargy)" was better than the first.

Haunting, beautiful in places, but mostly kinda boring to these untrained ears of mine. Music theory and shit, vibraphones, whatever, next

It's not good Neil it's not bad Neil it's decent Neil. Walk On, Vampire Blues and Ambulance... Blues are the highlights for me.

This album started hot. Lost a little bit of steam after Me Ship Came In! But overall I didn't mind this at all.

Fucking incred. What a thrill post wedding pre shit storm snow storm go Pats.

"I've got a song about an Octopus." "Jam it up your arse. You're lucky we still let you play drums!" 4/7 proper Beatles albums done ✅

This was cool. Reminded me of that Orange Juice album from a while back, but a little more creative and jangly. Strong 3. Didn't dislike anything on here, but not sure I love anything either. Well actually I loved the warped galactic ass harmonica on "Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?" to end this one in style.

Ooo! Fun! I can't quite give it a 5 but this is a classic. Jackass theme song! So many great quick punk jams. Actually, I'm giving it a 5. See ya!

Ugly, creepy, and disorienting. Barely music. Categorically not the worst album on this list. Haaamburger lady.

Bright and soulful after getting dick punched by Throbbing Gristle yesterday

I always shudder a little at the sight of the 70's rock double album format but Thin Lizzy is good stuff. The bass guitar on this version of The Boys Are Back In Town is absolutely pummeling brother. The drums on Sha-La-La gave me no choice but to add another star.

Beach House-MBV-Kate Bush. All of that but you can't understand a word she's never fucking saying. Listened to it twice to confirm, it's APPROVED.

The title track is dope. It ain't Ziggy Stardust but it's alright. Plus a Stones cover.

City, Country, City is a jam. A methodical, soulful, jazzy, politically motivated Tuesday morning it is.

I thought about giving this a 4 but it's not that good. It is good though.

Surprise surprise. No idea what or who this is but I thought it was good, cohesive. Not as psychedelic or as dark as the album cover made me think it would be. Pretty jazzy and there are some signs of big loud stadium rock here.

Modern classic that I've never fully bought into... The highs are undeniable. Earl Sweatshirt shows up, love how slow and lazy Super Rich Kids sounds throughout. Pyramids is straight up stunning. Great use of snippets and skits.

Meg White is an awesome drummer. I knew this would be good but not this good. Black Math. Ball and Biscuit. Little Acorns. Well It's True That We Love One Another. The whole fucking thing rocks

Just like the first one I got from these guys...snooze fest imo. Sure there's some pretty music but the songs always go nowhere. Cohesive I guess but just sooo fuckin meh. 17 mins of noise crap for the final track gets this dangerously close to one star territory.

Wassup Nico. I like her songs the best, her voice is one of a kind. I'll Be Your Mirror was probably my favorite. Overall I enjoyed listening to this and checking another white whale/cultural milestone off the list.

Pretty impressive she was a teenager when this came out. Shadowboxer and Criminal are both very good songs.

A nice surprise. Slow but beautiful and a little bit haunting with the right amount of country twang and a gorgeous Beth Gibbons esque voice. The Elvis tribute is fucking awesome.

What the fuck. I wouldn't say I liked it but it's interesting. Demented deranged SpongeBob music Bugs Bunny happy birthday.

Relaxing, almost too much so. Everything kind of blended together besides both standout versions of the classic Girl from Empanada. I mean The Girl from Ipanema.

Freak On A Leash is a classic, no doubt. The rest of this album is absolute garbage dated edgelord bullshit. The songs with features, in particular, are BAD. The bagpipes on My Gift To You were exciting at first but then I realized, shucks, this song blows too.

The title track is nice, if a little too long for it's own good. Yea it's elevator music but people say that like it's a bad thing. It's better than a Korn album.

The Man Comes Around is flames. Buncha weird but good covers

MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER. Fuck Marvin Gaye's Dad. Annie rating 4/5.

Classic. Every song is good but there isn't quite enough pure riffage and excitement for me to go full 5 stars. Black Mountain Side, yes please.

First Bjork...meh. 4 songs in....meh. Finished the album, appreciate it but still meh to my ears. Some cool, clearly expensive production but it's just too cold and operatic overall for my tastes. I feel like most of the songs don't really build, or resolve, they just exist.

It's not quite Doolittle but it's clearly building towards it. Feels like Where Is My Mind? Should be the closing track, no?

Annie and I agreed, 3/5 for Mr.Rogers doom country folk extravaganza

First Elvis Costello! Gonna be a big fat NOPE from me dog. Brutal indeed. If this is a sign of things to come I am in for some pain.

Shout out Reverend Garrett. Looks like that wraps up Johnny Cash for me and the rest of this list with 800+ still to go.

Wraps up The Cure on this list for me. I'd put this right between Seventeen Seconds and Pornography. Gloomy doomy, some nice strings.

Generationally ubiquitous album that is pretty damn corny at the end of the day. Green Day trying to be artsy with 9 minute song "suites" seems like a reach to me. At the same time, half of these songs and riffs are coded to my brain forever so I'll just give this a three and stop thinking about it.

Tit Smoking in the Temple of Artesan Mimicry? I hardly know her!

More Neil. One of his best. Still waiting on Down By The River ...

My immediate reaction is Alt-J took this style of music and made it worse. Human Being turning into a straight up rock song at the end was gnarly. Life is weird as fuck. So is Eclipse. What kind of music is this? I thought it was interesting

This album sucks. When the last song came on and it was 10 minutes long I wanted to kill myself. The hidden track was a jump scare and, predictably, sucked like the rest of this album.

I literally said to myself last night I'm due for another Bruce album. Well I got the big one and it's alright.

Sonic Youth #2 for this guy. Never heard any of these tracks. So much noise but there's some great musicianship buried under there, as expected. I definitely prefer Kim's vocals, and the songs where she leads, to Thurston's in almost all cases, across this and Teenage Daydream.

Sounds like music from Rent by a British dude who HATED Rent. It's so over the top that it works. I see the correlation between this and the same guy doing the Wonka soundtrack. I appreciate this, but won't be listening regularly.

Way better than Brutal Youth but still... Don't do the vooooiiicceeee

Stone cold classic. This album could brighten any day. No skips, but Glad Tidings is my favorite of the bunch and such a great way to close it out.

Yup

Gut reaction to the first few tracks is Indian Sugar Ray, not bad at all. It actually gets a lot weirder/varied than that as it goes. Ragamuffin

Some beautiful, groovy songs about coke and stuff, bravo

Pretty confused on the hype for this one. Best album of the 2000s? Come on, it's good but come on.

This exceeded my expectations. The title track is great and very danceable. Despair gives me some NIN vibes and is quite haunting. Really enjoyed the VU cover. If the vocals weren't so stereotypically new wave this might go from a strong 3 to a lowest key 4.

Beyonce is a pop robot created by corporate blowhards. This was pretty good. Raunchy

Instantaneous 5. Excuse me while I listen to Lounge Act one million times in a row

Something is irking me vocals wise but I was somewhat jiving with the rest of it

Incredible off kilter poetic strangely beautiful hilarious album from a hungover stoned British man. Well done bloke. Wa'a bo'oh

This feels like an album that could be a 3 on the right day but today I was just not engaged

Fuck ass album cover. Overall, I am just not a fan of most electro, and especially not for an hour straight. Yo Yo was goofy and ridiculous as fuck and I feel like if they leaned into that the rest of the way I might have liked this more.

It's a great album no doubt, but there's too many skits and overall it doesn't consistently reach the peaks required for a 5 in my book. I don't care how good it is, 73 minutes is a LOT for one album. I have similar feelings to this as S/TLB but would probably give this the edge overall.

Licorice Pizza two nights ago... IS THAT REX DAMN BLAU?

I WANNA LIVE WITH A CINNAMON GIRL

The first disc is better than the second like most double albums. Why are there so many double albums. Hip hop vibes. I liked the Thank You track and the throwback hits are good too.

Banger opening track, pretty good record by this boy.

Too much baby oil, sex skits suck, none of this can stop fat man

Pretty good happy groovy psychedelic dance music

Really good. High and Dry and (Nice Dream) are the standouts after a day of listening to this little number.

Incredibly British song titles. Nice bass tones and drums throughout. Goes from pretty schmaltzy and ironic to scream punk pretty quickly. Thanks for showing me this.

The title track is so steez. Soooo 80's, kinda gay. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO MEEEEEE

First time listening to an R.E.M. album front to back. 's a good album but didn't blow my socks off.

Jangly, kinda boring but nice enough to get this to a soft completely forgettable 3.

Another highly regarded Brit Pop album that is totally fine but what's with all the glazing.

One review said landfill indie and I certainly cannot describe this any better than that.

I thought this was the "Heat Waves" guys at first. Nope. This is cool enough. Electronic, tribal, ethereal, kinda Beach House-y. "My Girls" is instantly recognizable from...everywhere. Headphones are key to appreciate the little twinkles and sonic tiddlywinks on this one, otherwise it just sounds like noise.

Kinky! Totally fine 60's rock, I'm not sure I followed the concept at all but I also wasn't terribly invested.

For some reason I always confuse Little Richard and Boy George.

"It's just that I won't use real silver. You know, like the big, old, heavy-ass forks and knives, I can't do that. It's the same thing as the antique furniture. I just don't like old stuff. I'm creeped out by it, and I have no explanation why ... I don't have a phobia about American antiques, it's mostly French—you know, like the big, old, gold-carved chairs with the velvet cushions. The Louis XIV type. That's what creeps me out. I can spot the imitation antiques a mile off. They have a different vibe. Not as much dust." - Billy Bob Thornton

Feelin' Alright? is a classic but the Joe Cocker version is a million times better. Some nice sax and piano. Overall, no urgency. Speak up buddy I can barely hear you. Bit of a boring stretch of albums I've found myself in.

The mid streak ends with this gem. God Only Knows is one of the best songs I've ever heard despite its ubiquity. Sloop John B and the instrumental tracks were some other nice discoveries. I think I actually like Surf's Up a little more, though!

Aaaaand I'm bored again. Eh, I did enjoy Basement Scene and Helicopter back to back though. And the last track is maybe a bit long but a decent finish. Soft 3. Harder 2.

Highway Star rocks so fuckin hard. So does most of this album.

This was fun. Brit poppy, nympho, somewhat Beatles-esque psych, short and sweet does it's thing and gets the fuck out of there. Insanely Jealous was an immediate vibe for me.

Cool story, out of my wheelhouse, comforting I suppose.

Probably not the best music for a baby shower

Influential yadda yadda haven't heard a Byrds song yet that I really love but they're all fine?

A little underwhelmed when I first saw it was my album today, but holy shit these guys were awesome at their peak. Kiedis' vocals occasionally push into so-cringe-they-actually-work territory. Suck My Kiss, Give It Away, even Sir Psycho Sexy somehow goes so fucking hard. A lot of great softer songs too. I love They're Red Hot so much as a closer. I'm usually a 30-40 minute album guy but this right here is a CLASSIC.

It's not terrible... But, what? Why? I didn't need to hear "Nixon" by "Lambchop" before I die. "The Butcher Boy" was the one track that made my ears perk up even the tiniest bit and of course, it was the final and the shortest song on the damn thing.

Morrissey deserves praise as the ultimate pretentious douchebag. No one else does it like The Smiths. Not a weak song on here, flys by. The opening bass pluck of Cemetry Gates might be the apex of recorded music history.

Hearing the name U2 makes me cringe at this point but 40+ years ago? This album is consistent as hell and the hits are hits for a reason. Awesome bass. Sunday Bloody Sunday is the best track but the album doesn't lose much steam afterwards.

Big influence on Brit Pop which might explain why it's totally decent but just not something I'm itching to spin back or ever hear again.

Chud Scott Walker vibes. I think I secretly wanted to give the other Divine Comedy album a 4 so here you go buddy.

I enjoyed listening to it, even though it went a bit off the rails towards the end, and the ensuing wiki/reddit rabbit hole I went down about Syd Barrett was pretty chill.

Longest song is 2:43. That's badass. This is a good record, mate.

Blowhard Scottish trip hop Brit Pop but it sounds pretty nice I guess

First listen 2 second listen 3. Gravelly ass

So you're telling me this isn't the Talking Heads guy with more saxophone and piano making cool but sometimes unnecessarily long songs?

Quick and groovy! The ol five piece sang songers.This is just a hunch, but albums always hit harder on Fridays as I phase out of the corporate hellhole I exist in for a glorious weekend respite!

I was expecting to be lulled to sleep by this after feeling very meh about Aha Shake Heartbreak. Maybe it's just a beautiful Saturday but this album kinda fucking rocks. His voice kinda pisses me off but I also think I love it.

ID Buddy?

Whiny angsty acoustic bullshit, rocks so fucking hard

Something doesn't sit right with me. Mr. Blue Sky is a classic I guess. Too fucking long. The mixing throughout sounds off, vocals seem drowned out by the most stereotypical 70's pop quasi prog rock imaginable.

Bob wanted to bomb a church, mon?

Immediately recognized and enjoyed the opening track. Largely decent background music otherwise.

Two straight albums, fire opening track, followed by muzak

RAW as fuck. What language is this. These noises please me.

Sounds like George Costanza's mom smoked a billion cigarettes and then made a kinda edgy album

I kept thinking Hot Blue and Righteous was gonna turn into Purple Rain for some reason. La Grange will always bang. You know what you're getting from these gents.

Uh, yea, THAT'LL DO. Some interesting stuff here. Obviously the classics. Pigs in Zen is an awesome closer.

If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis. GOO!

Joy Division. Too long. The Suit

It's better than Saltine or whatever. Almost a 3 but her voice

Creepy cover. Enjoyable inoffensive blues

French carnival trip hop

First 5 songs are all absolute classics. An all time run to start an album and career. Last three tracks are less recognizable and I can do without all of em.

.....nah.

This version of Coldplay is pretty good. Like a less talented, more gay Radiohead.

Seems like this droning, repetitive BS from Spiritualized and Spacemen 3 has an audience, it's not me though. Done now!

ΗEY, listen MOTHERFUCKER, we only sing '80s Joel!

Cornballs. Don't remember much, but I enjoyed it

I've reached my limit with generic unmemorable 90s Brit Pop while being less than a third of the way through this list...

Completely tubular and totally awesome man

I have never in my life heard of these guys. Cornball 90s hip hop before the 90s with a couple very cool beats and samples that goes a little too long for it's own good. Sunshine, Good Newz Comin, and the title track were my faves. Not on Spotify, hmph

~~synthy explosion~~ I SEE A SHIP IN THE HARBOR

2 songs, 25 mins, political, sure. More importantly, hours after completing this. my first child, my beautiful daughter was born today 🙏

Quintessential dad rock on my first full day as a dad to our beautiful Faye ❤️ this album loses a bit of steam in the back half but overall, hell yeah.

Raga Bhoop is tuff, Nat Bhairav low key goes hard. Peaceful, not on Spotify, fell asleep woke up to more auto play Tikka Masala

Legendary album for a reason. My first time listening in full, it's long but it's worth it! Incredibly varied, awesome production that's oh so easy to find yourself tapping your feet to. Very little filler for a double album - punchy jams that say what they want to and move on to the next banger.

Just like with BSSM, disappointed when RHCP first generates, get a couple songs in and they all fucking rock. The opening stretch of songs through the title track are all immediately recognizable, except for Parallel Universe, which melted my fucking face. Porcelain is the first song that lets off the gas, it's beautiful. You could argue the second half of the album is a little weaker, but it's still awesome. Road Trippin' is an amazing change of pace closer. I thought BSSM was their peak... I guess it's not, because this is.

I am stunned and confused by how much I enjoyed this. It's nu-metal but also country rock and also cringe god edge lord simpleton hip hop. It's definitely objectively bad. But it's subjectively so-bad-it's-good. I laughed out loud at several moments. Kid Rock seems like an absolute chud and I'm so happy this album exists.

Bit of an unexpected heater to continue the hot streak. Lively instrumentation, Maggie May is a classic but I enjoyed basically everything here!

It sounds like I'm on a beach in paradise at night and this band plays a few songs at a dreamy dive bar and there's only like 12 or 13 people there and my feet are in the sand and I can hear the ocean and I'm like hell yeah this is nice music

The album was mostly good, the Attractions are a nice band, I want to rip Elvis Costello's vocal cords, out with my bare hands.

Holy fucking double album SNOOZE FEST. There was maybe 5 total minutes of this hour plus slog-a-palooza that my ears found interesting at all. I never want to hear this again.

Already done with The Beach Boys on this list, just under a year in. Mostly wonderful chud harmonies

Excited to finally give this a spin. The band is clearly trying to expand their sound here, and while I'm definitely a fan of The Smiths trademark sound over this, there was plenty to like. Death of a Disco Dancer is amazing. Girlfriend In A Coma is hilarious. Unhappy Birthday is so on the nose it's a bit off putting but I can see it growing on me. I Won't Share You is a beautiful final track.

Hell yes! Aggressive, funny, weird, maniacal. Mostly straightforward hardcore punk, with some nice little flourishes along the way. Naming a song "I Kill Children" is so fucking funny. My wife absolutely hates this. POL POT. My only complaint is that my favorite DK song, "Nazi Punks Fuck Off", is not on here.

One of my biggest takeaways from doing this has been how much I dig 80s music that I previously thought was corny. Not every song here is great but I definitely see the appeal. A bit dark and dreary in spots. Favorites were Strangelove and Behind The Wheel.

The (mostly) hot streak since beginning fatherhood keeps rolling (Manassas still sucks). Gun to my head I would still take Toxicity over this, but it's way closer than I would have said before today. Relentless, balls to the motherfucking wall. No Daron lead vocals, which is my preference, Serj is incredible.

And that's a wrap on Deep Purple. My least favorite of the three on the list, but overall it's an enjoyable rock/early heavy metal record.

The same decent, unremarkable, funky, British 80s song, played 12 times in a row.

Hazy heavy drone metal. Great riffs, I had fun. Regular John is a banger to open. The speed up at the end of I Can't Quit You Baby is awesome. If it's a reissue or bonus track, I ain't listening #purist

I just can't get into this album as a whole but it deserves to be here. I just feel like the concept could be accomplished in less time and with less bullshit. March of the Pigs, the bridge and outro of Closer (not even really the rest of the song), A Warm Place, and Hurt are all incredible.

364/1089, officially more than a third through the list as it stands today. Very good record. Love the pace, nothing lingers too long. Not as life changing as Elephant a few months ago, but enjoyed it nonetheless.

Enjoyed the road trip with Joni baloney.

And that was The Cars by The Cars!

Son of A Preacher Man is a jam. Nice voice on this broad.

All over the place. Basically a bunch of carnival music mixed with some epic moments with horns and strings and weird synths and Phil Collins oh wait that's Peter Gabriel plus Solsbury Hill.

Great lawnmowin' music. Not a bad song on here. Flows very well from start to finish. Not really a big folk guy but this goes a bit beyond that, there's just something so genuine and unique here.

As soon as I saw the album version of Grapevine was a glorious 11:07 long this record's fate was sealed. Whole thing is nails.

Loved the first two tracks and thought I might be in for another Sound of Silver experience. It can't live up to that but it has its moments. The shortest songs are too long and the longest ones aren't long enough.

This album is absolute cheeks. Buns, start to finish. Sounds like Latin Hamilton but they listened to it and it wasn't terrible enough so they went back in the studio and made it even worse. Hamfisted. I don't remember Saturday Night being in Madden 05, probably because even as an 11 year old I blocked that garbage from memory retention and Hit Sticked motherfuckers instead.

First Smiths album at 309, all done at 373. Well I Wonder is the only song I knew well prior to listening and probably the highlight, but this album is absolutely amazing front to back. Morrissey makes me laugh out loud and want to hoarsely cry. Licks left and right.

First record from Bobby in a while after a lull. He probably deserves at least one 5 and it's gonna be this one. Tangled Up In Blue kicks it off strong and has always been my favorite Dylan song as someone who has never done a deep dive. Simple Twist of Fate; Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts; Buckets of Rain are my highlights, but this is about as close to perfect as you can get.

I have never listened to this in full prior to today. After two straight listens I've seen the light. First time with three straight 5 star records... What will the generator cook up next?

Definitely the best album I've had to listen to on YouTube. Riot girl wow. Like Sonic Youth and Blondie combined. Hooked me right away

All done with Sabbath on the list now, uhh they might be the best band ever?