1001 Albums Summary

fukn draft dodgers

basic bitch

is the template for the how it started/how it's going meme?

Around the time of Earthling, David Bowie played 4 small club shows on the east coast of the US and I somehow found my way into the Boston gig. The man who plays stadiums in a 2,000-person club. I went with my friend Alyssa and Low is her favorite David Bowie album. I picked it up around that time and went "eh". I knew of Brian Eno as an ambient pioneer and working with U2, so I was honestly expecting a whole album of side 2. Haven't really listened to it since. Now that I know Brian Eno from Roxy Music as well, I totally get side 1 now. 4 lads from Manchester formed a band called Warsaw inspired by Warszawa, but since that name wasn't dire enough, they changed it to Joy Division. This is a great album, but I think the legend precedes it a bit.

It wasn't until a few years ago that I realized The Fall were covering Victoria. This album was downhill after that.

don't @ me bro

"Why don't you dance with me/I'm not no Limburger" was how I felt about every boy in 1990

Didn't hate it, wouldn't choose it.

It had moments

One day a guy walked into WFNX in Boston with a white label 12-inch and dropped it off. That guy was Beck and the track was Loser, and for months I had folks looking to buy it at the record store. I remember the first one I brought over to Jeff Beck and he looked puzzled. Having to say "no" every day for months kinda soured me on Beck. This was probably the first time I heard this start to finish since it was released, if ever.

Clint Eastwood was heating up when I was vacationing in London and I'll always remember that.

Kinda cool idea, but also didn't make an impression

I was taking the escalator up into South Station when Mea Culpa was playing and everyone was running around like insects.

girl bye

Never heard front to back and better than expected.

mostly cheese

“What kind of music do you like” “Oh, I like everything. Except reggae.”

I was ready to go all in 5 stars on this but after revisiting- this was on fucking sophomore slump, huh?

I thought this might be good at one point and then it wasn’t

Fine

I really wanted to knock down to 4 stars but I bought his on vinyl when it came out.

I've only heard this a few times.

glad I heard it

I recognized a track. Wouldn't listen to again though.

not as good as I expected

in 1988 I was tripping on acid and lying on the floor in Kristen's dorm room, and she had a poster of this album cover. I became convinced that the cover was a secret code showing that Simon and Garfunkel were lovers, and to this day I have to remind myself they were not. Or were they? I'm still not sure.

I like this - I probably would have loved it at the time it was released.

agree - listen before you die but this isn't definitive for dk

This was not nearly as terrible as I expected

I expected this to come it at a 3 but it didn't. Was never a fan outside of Girls and Boys.

choices.

This is the first Bjork album I hated. Listened to it twice upon release and once again now.

Much better than I remember it.

pu-say

Better than I remember it

Not the first Neil I would reach for.

I almost listened to this twice.

never heard it before, just the hit

/giphy goth dance

I'd listen to this one if I wanted to hear The Doors

Everything I listen to says I should love this but I don't.

I don't think I've ever heard this one and it was better than I expected.

oh my god

interesting

very good

Wire did it better

ugh

i liked the other one better

sandwidge

i feel like i should change my rating criteria. i'd never heard this and probably won't listen to it ever again front to back. but it was good while it was there.

They have others I like better

I like this kind of jazz

Never heard this and better than expected.

generally in rotation for me.

not the neil i would reach for

it was almost saved by farther along

don't @ me bro

I just can't quit you

a rough debut

not the beatles i would reach for. almost a 1

better than the other one

not bad, i was never a huge fan

what did david bowie see in these guys

it's a no from me dawg

eh

still not a huge fan, surprisingly

eh

great songwriter when covered

i listened to it, but don't remember listening to it

not as bad as i expected

desert island disc from day 1

just barely a 2

not as good as I remember

I've tried to get Kendrick from the start, but I must be genetically deficient. On relisten, I did like this one better than expected so I may be warming up.

not as bad as I was anticipating

this was popular at the time

not my thing but wasn't especially painful

not the kd I would reach for

I was ok with this until hours later i still had the weight stuck in my head

noisy. better than expected

it was short

I keep thinking 'this is not the album by X I would reach for'

its almost like it was a greatest hits record

i like peg

this was the height of me hating 90s popular music and it hasn't changed

i liked the weird parts

not bad, surprised i'd never heard of them

mother would have hated this

better than i expected

By the summer of 1988 I was taking acid once or twice a week and this album is woven into the fabric of that time period.

i did not need to hear his before i die

wasn't worth the trip to youtube

sounds like the other one

i hate opera but this wasn;t bad.

too long

better than expected

i already don't remember this

not that bad

this is the beatles i would reach for

probably my favorite album of all time

i enjoyed this

i used to say only the first two solo albums were good but i was wrong.

grade school art teacher used to play that starry starry night and we all laughed at her

i thought this was supposed to be legendary/amazing. it's fine.

i was busy and this (surprisingly) made no impression on me

ok

not the arcade fire i would reach for

i wonder what ever happened to these kids? oh.

even contemporary morrissey can't ruin this for me.

i'm mad at how plain this alcum was. i didn't need to hear this before i die

granny always said a shitty xx album is better than the best beck album

see, i did need to hear this before i died.

better than the other one

very good

the pinnacle

is this really the Elton John record I should hear before I die?

I guess this means their followup Cruise Yourself is 6 stars

pretty boring

i thought this was better than the other one but not really

bloated

I used to cry myself to sleep to this as a teenager when it came out

god this band is terrible

I'm not crying you're crying

remember when you smeared honey all over joe's dorm room door because he fucked a hitchhiker even though you were fucking both Chris and Sean and finally when driving route 90 clean came on and you were crying so hard you had to pull over? good times

can you believe I've never heard this? but I did see Fugazi in 1990 tripping on lsd.

I think I like the other one better but this is still good

the (only) talking heads that i reach for

i first thought 'this one'? but it is good.

I kinda only needed to hear one Black Sabbath album before death

not the fall I would reach for

for the album cover

in one ear and out the other

eh

overrated but also not bad

better than I expected

kinda repetitive

i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry

more unnoticeable than i expected

oh wow, i had a song from this already saved

who is this

i did not think i could like meat puppets less

unremarkable

cartman did it better

how come i never liked this? i guess it's just not depressing enough and the songs stop once they get started

really 4, but +1 for nostalgia

didn't like it at the time, but it aged well, but morrissey didn't age well.

is this the best one or 2nd best?

better than i expected. they kinda don't get a lot of credit for their sound.

this needed an editor to cut the runtime by half

is this the original sadcore?

oh my god

better than i expected

how do i know this back to front without ever having owned it

nice to see here

i think that SNL skit has ruined Abba for me

of course

idles like it

they really are a singles band, huh

actually disappointing. i wanted to hear this for the first time and like it.

how many albums in and i finally get a nice surprise?

if i inflict the pain then baby only i can comfort you, yeah

better than i expected and there was a song about feet.

god this cunt is insufferable

of course

didn't like it then, don't like it now

hot chip did it better

on its own it's really just 4 stars, but it did change a lot of things

long but not as horrific as i expected

what is wrong with you

should have made heaven or las vegas 4 so this would be better

surprisingly mid

reggae is never going to get more than a 1 from me, just be glad i listened to it to make sure.

Did people actually like this? +1 for kool keith

i had this on cassette tape

i always forget sunworshipper is here, but boy this falls off once the bangers stop

not terrible

fine

not my thing

never listened to an album by them but knew the name, and did recognize two songs

pretty much just born at the wrong time for this

slept on this one

negative stars if i could

whatever

it was fine, it went a little long

unhhh

not the 80s i would reach for

not the U2 I would reach for but a great throwback

better than the other one. the highs were high and the lows were low.

i remember when this came out

whatever

not the bill callahan i would reach for

an unpopular opinion but i never liked her

more?

remember when the music league theme was songs about eating ass and someone dropped 'down in a hole' and you died?

not even the brief tolerable moments could bring it out of a 1

It does peter out at the end.

NOT THE HOLE I WOULD REACH FOR

very good - should listen to it more

kinda cool

could have been worse.

they are a singles band

i only remember the hits

I like this one more every time I hear it

kinda more like a one hit wonder

cute. had it's moments

the worst part of the 90s

i've already forgotten it

I thought I would like this more

wasn't terrible i suppose

i remember the hit

not the TD i would reach for

some was above average

she was looking at 2 stars until that cure cover

no. we have britpop at home.

not the hardcore i would reach for

i feel like this will only get either 1 or 5 stars

why do people like him

idk. i just can't with 1990-205 rap and hip hop

not the flaming lips i would reach for

i want to trust this book that it provided the best in class for this jandra but i don't

ignorance is bliss? i don't know that much french

better than the other one

i was thinking 4 so i could give FOABP 5 but i can't count that one is included

didn't win me over

never a fan

"what is this, a freak out?" - v. beauregarde

i actually don;t like the pixies very much

he's done both better and worse

was in 3 territory until i had to suffer through stand by me

is that MC Chris?

peak gillian?

no notes

there's actually enough cheese here that maybe it wasn't that good after all?

it was fine

Not the PSB I would reach for

it had a moment, and certainly experimental

better than the other one

good for her!

i'd rather hear a don henley album

who the fuck samples these drums? was it ciccone youth?

is this the best he does?

never heard this and was very underwhelmed

i bet that was a good show

no

no idea they wrote we will fall

her?

this one didn't need to be a double album

enjoyable

this is pretty unremarkable

fuck my pussy doctor

huh, a nice surprise

fine

better than the last one.

overrated

i hope pornography (the album) shows up too

this is the stevie wonder i would reach for. why are the other albums by him even on here.

i bet she's done better

still a classic

this was fun

it was fine enough for something of this jandra

better than i expected but not his best

don't like it

i feel like i already heard this?

this is terrible

bob's last great guitar album

just play loser

this was fine enough but not good

surprisingly mid, but short. it is the pixies I would reach for.

you made me go to YouTube. minus 1

I firmly believe that all of stereolab's good output after the 3rd album would barely fill an EP. this goes on forever.

this IS the flaming lips I would reach for and I forgot this was good.

this aged well

I'd never heard this, nor really any WTC and this is the content I'm here for.

i don;t get it

basic. a song to hear before i die, not an album.

not the Giant Sand I would reach for.

listened to it twice a day for months at work at newbury comics

I almost didn't make it through this because the whole album uses that fucking keyboard that sounds like the air being released slowly from a balloon.

overrated

i'd probably just listen to the repo man soundtrack instead

i think this book should just be 1001 songs and then we could hear maybe i'm amazed without the rest

it's my 3rd favorite u2 album but 3 stars felt too low

toe tappin!

this all sounded the same after 3 songs

What a find - Dolphins, Everybody's Talkin and the rest.

I don't ever remember listening to it

pretty good i guess

i don;t remember it now

was that his thing, playing at prisons?

jj i'd rather hear serge gainsbourg

+1 for x-static

fun fact! radiohead were terrible until OK Computer

where are the hits, david

glad i finally checked an album out by them

why do punk rockers like this?

Not the AC I would reach for, or really even put on this list.

it was good. above average?

this was just a single to hear and you know it

scream at me like your french girls

Hell yeah

if you told me she was an alien or time traveler i would 1000% believe you