1001 Albums Summary

Album #1 - this is a rough listen. It's a mish-mash of songs. No songs stand out. Love the creativity and Syd's voice. Mostly this album sounds like outtakes and throwaways from The Wall. Then the album falls apart. It's a concept album missing a concept or common thread.

Album #2 - This is a good album, but it's not my jam. I don't like the psychedelic aspect. There are a few all-time classics, but the overall album isn't great. Best songs Little Wing Spanish Castle Magic If 6 was 9

One of music's historically great albums. I've listened to this album many times before and I know all of the songs. This is their 3rd album in the "Classic Beatles" sound. There are several great/good songs. Best Songs A Hard Day's Night I Should Have Known Better If I Fell And I Love Her Can't Buy Me Love You Can't Do That I'll Be Back

Never heard of the artist or any of the songs. This is a solid album with a few decent songs - nothing sticks out as bad or great. I'm not exactly sure why this was so critically praised. It seems like a an 80's cover band wrote their own average songs. This isn't a bad album, but not one that I will revisit. Best songs Under the Pressure Red Eyes Burning

There's a reason that I've never listened to a Metallica album. I totally respect the obvious musicianship and talent. I just don't live in this neighborhood. I'm sure that if this is your jam, this is a really good album. Best Songs There are no notable songs for me.

Sigur Rós: Ágætis Byrjun This was a really interesting album - even in Icelandic. This is great for background or soothing listening.

Decent album. Didn't give it my full attention. Nothing really stood out.

This is a classic Kinks Album. Very much in the "Beatles" style that was driving a lot of groups at the time. Best Songs The Village Green Preservation Society Picture Book

This is my first Dolly Parton album to listen to. I'm not exactly a fan of country music, but Dolly's a legendary icon. Not an album that I'll add to my rotation, but can't deny the reason for her legendary status. Also, there are a lot of songs about "Momma". Best Songs Coat of Many Colors If I Lose My Mind Early Morning Breeze Here I Am

Punkish music released in 1986 - never heard of them. They're talented, but uninteresting. Best Songs Passing Complexion Kerosene Strange things

Never heard of Tricky. Some of the songs are interesting and it's not a bad album. Best Songs Black Steel Aftermath Brand New You're Retro

This is a good album. It's an interesting mix of country, blues, and alternative. I had only ever heard the song "Sweet Jane" previously. There are a few great covers of old songs as well. There is only 1 song I didn't like - the rest of the album is good. The lead singer Margo Timmins has a very soft and wistful voice. The album is very melancholic, but pleasant to listen to. Best Songs Mining For Gold Misguided Angel Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis) I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Sweet Jane Walking After Midnight

I've heard of Wilco, but can't name a song and never listened to an album. The album is good, but seems more like a "critics choice", than well liked. There are several songs that contain or end in noise, which isn't my favorite. Having listened to this, Wilco has a better album - Lay It Down Best Songs Jesus, Etc. Heavy Metal Drummer

This is NOT a must listen to album. This a neo-disco dance music album. Definitely a groove, but not essential. It's actually not a bad album. Even though it's outside my norm, there are a few songs with catchy funk grooves and worth listening to. Best Songs Time To Get Away Someone Great All My Friends Us V Them

They're alright. I was totally unfamiliar. Nirvana knockoff. Not terrible, but not required listening. Best Songs Homesick Country Yard Mary Jane

Well known group and debut album. This album has their well known hit - Last Nite - this album is really good. No surprises and nothing to add. Best Songs Is this it Someday Last Nite Hard to Explain

The Fall are an influential English punk band. I've heard of them but don't know ANY of their songs from their 31 studio albums. They're influential, but not important and don't need to be listened to - especially not 3 albums on this list. Best Songs Frightened Rebellious Jukebox Mother-Sister!

Only 4 of the 17 songs are available on Spotify. This is a live album and I'm not sure why it's a "required album". They're a talented band with decent 70's rock band success. Best Song The Boys Are Back In Town

Due to my dad's love of 50's Rock 'n Roll, I'm familiar with Fats Domino, but this is my first album. Elvis credits Fats as the "true king of rock 'n roll" and it was his inspiration that created Elvis. This belongs on a must listen to album. Best Songs Blueberry Hill Blue Monday You Done Me Wrong Poor, Poor Me

Listen to Dream Letter instead. The most notable thing about Tim Buckley is that he's Jeff Buckley's absentee father (they only met once). His music was creative and every album was a different genre/iteration, and he was never able to find commercial success. Listening to this album seems like a music appreciation project in college - intended to expose you to music that exists. However, it's not particularly enjoyable. It's listening to musical experimentation. No Best Songs

Not a heavy metal fan. This album is likely on the list because it's credited as being the first heavy metal album. However, it's not a notable album. There are no Best Songs. Recommend instead listening to Black Sabbath - Paranoid.

Familiar with this album. Some great songs, but not her best album. Best Songs Hello Send My Love (To Your New Lover) When We Were Young Love In The Dark All I Ask

Long album. Best Songs Tonight, Tonight Bullet With Butterfly Wings Take Me Down 1979

This is truly one of the all-time great albums. This is a classic. Best Songs Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding Candle in the Wind Bennie and the Jets Goodbye Yellow Brick Road This Song Has No Title Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) Harmony

Never heard of Thundercat. Allstar lineup of collaborators. This is a great funk/jazz/fusion/R&B album. Pitchfork: 8.5 Best Songs Uh Uh A Fan's Mail (Tron Song Suite II) Show You The Way (w/ Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald) Walk On By (w/ Kendrick Lamar) Tokyo Friend Zone Them Changes Drink Dat (w/ Wiz Khalifa) 3AM

I know many of these songs, but have never listened to the album. There are several all-time classics. Best Songs Changes Life on Mars? Kooks Queen Bitch

Never listened to a QOTS album. To me it sounds like Soundgarden lost tapes. This isn't their best album (Songs for the Deaf) - why is it even on this list. Best Songs How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat)

Didn't think I ever listened to this album before, but totally recognized it. Marv listened to this. It's a GREAT album. Pitchfork: No Pitchfork score. Rolling Stone magazine Top 500 Albums #41 Best Songs Gimme Shelter Country Honk Let it Bleed You Can't Always Get What You Want

Haven't listened to Oasis, but am familiar. This is a very impactful album at the time - reviving English rock, introducing a new direction for alternative music from Grunge. Pitchfork: 8.8 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #217 Best Songs Live Forever Supersonic Slide Away Married with Children

This is a GREAT album. My favorite LBM album is Thuthukani Ngoxolo, but this is another fantastic album! Won Grammy in 1988 for Best Folk Recording Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs (It's hard to pick them - they're ALL great) Unomathemba Hello My Baby King of Kings Lomhlaba Kawunoni How Long Yibo Labo Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain This Little Light of Mine (bonus track on 30th anniversary edition)

I'm sure I've heard several of the songs, and possibly listened to the album - I'm not sure. This is a monumentally important and influential album, but is it good? Yes, it's iconic for a reason. This is the only studio album by the Sex Pistols. Intro/riff of Holidays In The Sun sounds just like The Jam/In The City, which was released 6 months earlier. Pitchfork: 7.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #80 Best songs Holidays In The Sun God Save The Queen Seventeen Anarchy In The UK

This is a live album. It is a great live recording. It is, however, live recordings of existing material - primarily Tommy - which is better. This isn't required listening. Not going to listen/rate. Pitchfork: Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #327

I've listened to a lot of Marley and reggae. I've heard this before. It's not a must listen to album. Exodus and Legend are WAY better. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #140 Best Songs Stir it up Midnight Ravers High Tide or Low Tide

Familiar with several of the songs, but never listened to the album. This is a great album but on some songs they've done an annoying thing with the dynamics. It's all acoustic, so sometimes it's really quiet, then they make it really loud. So, either you can't hear what's happening, or it sometimes gets really loud. That's costing it a star in the rating. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #205 Best Songs Where Do The Children Play? Hard Headed Woman Wild World On The Road To Find Out Father And Son Tea For The Tillerman

I wasn't a huge fan of Definitely Maybe. (What's The Story) Morning Glory is supposedly the 'pinnacle' of Oasis. Pitchfork: 8.9 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #157 Best Songs Wonderwall Don't Look Back In Anger Champagne Supernova

Smooth East Coast sound from the early years of rap. This is a great album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Step In The Arena Who's Gonna Take The Weight? Lovesick Just To Get A Rep The Meaning Of The Name

I hadn't listened to this album and was more familiar with Yoshimi. This is a really good album. It's a very strange dichotomy that this album has a Pitchfork rating 10/10, but isn't on the Rolling Stone Top 500. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Race for the Prize The Spark That Bled Waitin' for a Superman Feeling Yourself Disintegrate Sleeping On The Roof

I've listened to this album before and not been impressed. I'll give it another spin and see. I struggle with the post-punk introducing Joy Division that was inspired by Iggy Pop/Bowie with the only song I knew growing up, the edgy alt-synth hit Love Will Tear Us Apart. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #211 Best Songs Disorder Day of the Lords New Dawn Fades She's Lost Control Shadowplay

This is a good album. I can see why it's on the list, but it's not my jam. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #90 Best Songs Tell Me Why After The Gold Rush Only Love Can Break Your Heart Southern Man Don't Let It Bring You Down

Country music....Listened several times. Don't know why it's on the list. Not even his most highly regarded album. Not my jam. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #489 (2003), now not ranked (2020) Best Songs Guitar Town

I've heard a bunch of these songs on the radio. This is a great album, but it is VERY explicit. I really like the album, but really can't listen to it. Spotify doesn't have a clean version of the album, even though one supposedly exists. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #340 (2023) Best Songs Gin and Juice Tha Shiznit Murder Was The Case Who Am I (What's My Name)?

This is a punk album - probably the first. This is a good album - not every song is a gem, but a really good album. Pitchfork: 9.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #301 Best Songs Personality Crisis Lonely Planet Boy Trash Subway Train

Another Neil Young album... This is good album. Pitchfork: 9.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #311 (2020) Best Songs Walk On See The Sky About To Rain On The Beach Motion Pictures (For Carrie)

This is one of the best Beatles albums - absolute classic. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #35 Best Songs Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Nowhere Man Michelle Girl In My Life

This is an OK album. punk/pop-punk. NOT a must listen to album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs More Songs About Chocolate And Girls There Goes Norman Boys Will Be Boys

This is a popular "Dance Club" hip-hop album with several notable songs in early 90's hip-hop. Good stuff. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Connected Everything Sketch Fade Away Step It Up Chicken Shake Creation

This is somewhere between trip-hop and hip-hop. Some DEFINITE grooves, but it's not a fantastic album. It's good though. Pitchfork: 9.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #241 (2023) Best Songs Safe From Harm Unfinished Symphony

This is a really short album - 6 songs, 38 minutes. This is more important as an artistic transition than a great album to listen to. The most notable song is Golden Years. Pitchfork: 9.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Album #52 Best Songs Golden Years

This is a good album, but not great. It's not even ranked as one of their own top albums. I do like the way it was recorded with a drum-forward sound. It sounds good. Pitchfork: 7.3 Rolling Stone: n/a Best songs Blue Orchid My Doorbell Take, Take, Take

The debut album of the Talking Heads. You can see how they evolved into legends. There are several all-time greats on this album. Pitchfork: 8.8 Rolling Stone: Top 500 albums #290 2002, not on 2023 list Best Songs Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town No Compassion The Book I Read First Week/Last Week....Carefree Psycho Killer Pulled Up

I am sure that this album is somehow important in the evolution of The Cure, and likely had an impact on the music of the time, but it's not a great album to listen to. There's not a single song on this album that is in their top 10 best songs. Pitchfork: 8.4 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs

Grammy winning album. Is good. Indie rock. Mostly meh for me. Pitchfork: 8.6 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs The Suburbs Ready to Start Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

This is hard to categorize. psychedelica house music. I'm sure it's a 10 from Pitchfork for artistic value. It's a good, not great album. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Movin' on Up Slip Insite This House Loaded

This album has tremendous production quality. Lots of studio musicians and great arrangements. This is a great record. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: 63 Best Songs Deacon Blues Peg Josie

This is a good - not great - album. I'm not sure why it's on the list. It's good, but kinda blah. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Novocaine For The Soul Susan's House My Beloved Monster Your Lucky Day In Hell

Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: #283 (2003) - no longer on the list. Best Songs Time Has Told Me River Man Way To Blue 'Cello Song Thoughts of Mary Jane Saturday Sun

Fantastic album. One of the best all-time debut albums. Pitchfork: 9.1 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Blister In The Sun Kiss Off Please Do Not Go Add It Up Gone Daddy Gone Good Feeling

This is an interesting live, jazz album. Not great, but interesting. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs

Very energetic. Seems VERY produced. It's a good album, but not for usual casual listening. Pitchfork: 4.2 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Starlight Supermassive Black Hole Assassin Knights of Cydonia

Stupid Album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Smoke 'Em

Pure Americana. Late '60's folk/country. Not terribly interesting - although highly rated for some reason. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #46 (2020) Best Songs Across the Great Divide The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Up On Cripple Creek King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

I didn't think I'd like this. Didn't really like it the first listen through. The more I listen to it, the more interesting it is. It is absolutely growing on me and it is a great album. Pitchfork: 6.8 Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums: n/a Best Songs Back at the Farm Street Joy River to Consider Bess St. Keys

Quintessential '70's music album. Pitchfork: 8.6 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #168 Best Songs Do It Again Dirty Work Only A Fool Would Say That Reelin' In The Years

One of the best albums of all time. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #34 Best Songs Living For The City Higher Ground All in Love Is Fair Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing

Debut solo album that introduced Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, and Ronnie Wood to a larger world. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Let Me Love You Rock My Plimsoul Blues Deluxe I Ain't Superstitious

They sound like a Great Value Erasure or Yazoo. I'm not hearing anything new or interesting. Pitchfork: 8.0 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Flutes

Country-folk music. Kind of has a Dylan vibe to it. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #149 (2020) Best Songs Illegal Smile Spanish Pipedream Sam Stone Angel from Montgomery

Bill Evans is one of the absolute top jazz pianists, and this is one of his best albums - and was recorded live. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs (really, any of them) Solar Alice in Wonderland - Take 2

Psychedelic rock. Includes Clapton. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #114 (2003) NOT on 2023 list Best Songs Sunshine Of Your Life Tales of Brave Ulysses

There are 4 songs on this 41 minute album that is a blend of jazz/funk. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #254 (2023) Best Songs (There are only 4) Watermelon Man

This is a classic Americana album from the late 60's - 70's. A mix of country/folk/blues/rock/etc. I'm sure this was influential somehow, but doesn't grab me. Pitchfork: 9.4 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #100 Best Songs The Weight

This is a really good album and is fun to listen to. Several familiar songs. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs If I Should Fall from Grace with God Fairytale of New York Fiesta The Broad Majestic Shannon Sketches of Spain

Debut album. Interesting with some perennial hits. Pitchfork: 7.0 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Rockin' Around (With You) Breakdown American Girl

This is a well respected and clearly coherent Rap/Hip-hop album, but is just too hardcore for my delicate sensibilities. Also, it's long; It's over an hour with lots of songs and interludes. Pitchfork: 9.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #64 Best Songs So Fresh, So Clean Ms. Jackson

This is a really weird concept. It's an instrumental soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist. It's essentially a resume/ad/business card trying to get work as a score writer for film/media - which makes it interesting. However, it's not interesting to listen to. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Under wraps The Swinging Detective

Legendary album that really made Bowie a star. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #40 (2023) Best Songs Five Years Starman Ziggy Stardust Suffragette City

Recognized the first song right off the bat. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Roundabout Long Distance Runaround

Parental discretion is advised. This is beyond my range. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #27 (2023)

Classic blues album by influential and legendary guitar player. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Mannish Boy Bus Driver Jealous Hearted Man The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll Little Girl

Psychedelic 60's Brazilian rock. Sounds like a soundtrack to a Brazilian Austin Powers movie. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs

Morrissey's 2 best solo songs are on this album. Also, as his first solo album, it is still most like the Smiths. However, despite the high points, the album doesn't grab me. Pitchfork: 7.3 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Everyday Is Like Sunday Suedehead I Don't Mind If You Forget Me

Pitchfork: 9.2 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs

One of the most famous albums ever, but only their 3rd or 4th best album. It's a long double album with multiple throw away songs - that are still charming and work. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #29 Best Songs Dear Prudence While My Guitar Gently Weeps Blackbird Why Don't We Do It In The Road? Julia Mother Nature's Son Good Night

Early 2000s hip-hop album. it's ok. Pitchfork: 6.1 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs What's Golden

Really good album with a few recognizable hits. Pitchfork: 9.3 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #134 (2023) Best Songs Ready or Not Zealots Fu-Gee-La Killing Me Softly with His Song No Woman, No Cry

Mellow jazzy/funk album - but without real drive. He's talented - playing all/most of the instruments and producing the album. It's interesting, but bland. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Aht Uh Mi Hed Strawberry Letter 23

This is a good, mellow R&B album. Nothing terribly exciting, but good. Pitchfork: 9.4 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #158 (2023) Best Songs Didn't Cha Know Orange Moon Bag Lady

Eric Clapton and Duane Allman make a compelling rock/blues album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #226 (2023) Best Songs Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Have You Ever Loved A Woman? Layla

Nick Drake is fantastic. But this isn't the best/most exciting of his albums. Pitchfork: 9.7 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs One Of These Things First Northern Sky

I get it. This was my father's high school music that he loved. There are a few legendary songs on here, but I don't need a whole album of this. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Oh Boy! Maybe Baby That'll Be The Day

This is the first time I've been unable to even listen to an album all the way through. Not interested in this at all. Pitchfork: 8.9 Rolling Stone: Best Songs

60's groovy rock. Good harmonies. couple of good songs, but only a meh album Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs How Can I Be Sure Groovin' You Better Run

This is an awesome example of why The Who are legends. There are several all-time classic hits in this album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #79 Best Songs Baba O'Riley Bargain Getting In Tune Behind Blue Eyes Won't Get Fooled Again

This is a great live blues/rock album. One of the best. Pitchfork: 9.2 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #49 Best Songs Statesboro Blues Done Somebody Wrong

This is Radiohead's 3rd or 4th best album - don't know why it's on the list. Why do we need so many albums by one artist? Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #276 (2023) Best Songs High and Dry Fake Plastic Trees Black Star Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Space rock? No thank you. I didn't make it through the 2nd of 21 songs. 10 minutes was enough to know that I won't subject myself to 2 hours and 12 minutes of this.

One of the best albums ever. Enough said. Pitchfork: 8.9 (4th highest for U2) Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #135 (2023) Best Songs Where The Streets Have No Name I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For With Or Without You Running To Stand Still Red Hill Mining Town In God's Country One Tree Hill Mothers Of The Disappeared

This sounds like a 1982 version of Bob Dylan. Singer, guitar, harmonica. Pitchfork: 10 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #150 Best Songs Nebraska Atlantic City Mansion on the Hill Johnny 99 Used Cars My Father's House

Neil Young's most commercially successful and most critically acclaimed album. Album includes several guest vocalists. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #72 (2023) Best Songs Out on the Weekend Heart of Gold Old Man

Not available on Spotify. Mellow EDM/tech music. It's actually not a bad album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Wilmot

One of the original co-founders of Velvet Underground. His career spans a lot of very experimental music, but this album is mostly rock/pop from the early 70's. Pitchfork: 9.5 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Child's Christmas In Wales Hanky Panky Nohow Andalucia Paris 1919 Half Past France

late 2000's pop. A few good songs. Meh. Pitchfork: 7.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 albums #493 (2003 - not on current list) Best Songs Time to Pretend Electric Feel Kids

Alt rock/punk. One GREAT song. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #390 Best Songs Where Is My Mind?

This album is interesting, but not her best. Pitchfork: 4.9 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Stronger Than Me F*** Me Pumps October Song

His last album before he died. Lots of covers and a few re-recordings of his own songs. Very melancholic album. Pitchfork: 6.9 Rolling Stone: Best Songs The Man Comes Around Hurt In My Life Danny Boy Desperado I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Streets Of Loredo We'll Meet Again

80's thrash metal. No thanks. I tried to listen, and failed. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time #6

Great baritone voice. Good record. Pitchfork: 8.1 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Jim Cain Eid Ma Clack Shaw The Wind and The Dove Too Many Birds Faith/Void

Some really classic hip-hop songs on here. Pitchfork: 8.5 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Right Here Right Now The Rockefeller Skank Praise You

Classic metal. Lots of guitar wailing and screaming. Not interested. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs

Punk/metal/?? Pitchfork: 9.3 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs

Not a new album to me. One of Barrett's favorite albums. Pitchfork: 9.2 Rolling Stone: Top 150 albums of the 21st Century #133 Best Songs Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland, Illinois John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Chicago Casimir Pulaski Day

SO MANY F and MF bombs. This far exceeds my ratings limits... Pitchfork: 9.7 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #144 (2003, dropped in later revisions) Best Songs (that I can listen to...) If It Ain't Ruff Express Yourself

90's synth-pop. Not particularly notable, but pleasant. Pitchfork: 5.6 Rolling Stone: n/a

Precursor to punk - very influential at the time it was released. Not great to listen to. Pitchfork: 8.3 (2010 rerelease) Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #128 (2023)

Pop-ish, but much more interesting with a sometimes ethereal/synth sound. Fairly unique. Pitchfork: 9.3 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Tonite It Shows Goddess On A Hiway

"80's music. Not bad, but nothing stands out too much on this album. Pitchfork: 7.8 Rolling Stone: Best Songs Darklands Happy When It Rains April Skies About You"

One of the best R&B/Soul albums ever released. A true classic. Including the acclaimed Stax house band - Booker T. and the M.G.'s + the Mar-Keys horn section, and "pianist" Isaac Hayes. Pitchfork: 10 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #178 Best Songs Respect A Change Is Gonna Come I've Been Loving You Too Long Shake

A great big band recording from the late 50's. An all-time jazz legendary recording. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs The Kid From Red Bank Duet Whirly-Bird Splanky Fantail Lil' Darlin'

Not my jam. I probably should like the Pixies, but I just can't find a consistency or reason to latch onto them. Pitchfork: 9.1 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs

This is a really good album, but no particular song grabs me. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Sunflower Wild Wood 5th Season

Nothing particular of interest. 1993 album recorded by punk band. Sounds like b-side alternative music from the 80's. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs

70's funk Temptations. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Papa Was A Rollin' Stone Do Your Thing

This is a really good jazz album that is percussion-centric. Pitchfork: Rolling Stone: Best Songs

Metal. Too much metal. Decent album with a few recognizable songs. Too much metal. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Rooster Would?

Absolutely, no thank you. Also, not interested in music promoted with so much satanic imagery.

Another Neil Young album....and not one of his top 10? Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a (there are 7 other Neil Young albums on the top 500) Best Songs

This is talent, but it's not for me. Pitchfork: 9.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #445 Best Songs

This is an outstanding rap album. The vibe is fantastic. However, the explicit nature of many of the songs exceed my ratings limit. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #44 (2023) Best Songs

Innovative and inspiring in its era. The original concept album that inspired Sgt. Pepper's and therefore all others. a few all-time classic hits, but overall a great album. Pitchfork: 9.4 Rolling Stone: Top 500 albums #2 Best Songs Wouldn't it Be Nice Sloop John B God Only Knows

Interesting Indian pop/electronic music. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Nadia

70's classic rock - similar to the Rolling Stones. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs

Sometimes regarded as the best Christmas album of all time (DISAGREE!), this is a prime example of Spector's "wall of sound". It's a good album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Sleigh Ride Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)

This is a fantastic classic album! One of the all-time greats. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #3 Best Songs All I Want Carey California River A Case of You The Last Time I Saw Richard

Classic rock-ish. Nothing of particular interest on this album. Why is THIS Kinks album on the list? Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

This is a GREAT album from the early 90's. No notes. Pitchfork: 8.4 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs (seriously, all the songs....) Confetti It's A Shame About Ray Rudderless Bit Part Alison's Starting To Happen Hannah & Gabi Kitchen Frank Mills Mrs. Robinson

This sounds VERY MUCH like 80's - 90's girl-band electro-pop. It sounds very much like someone, but I can't put my finger on it. Pitchfork: 7.9 Rolling Stone: n/a

This is every bit the sound of the Pet Shop Boys, but in a much more mature way. Less dance hall pumped up jam, and more just electronic alternative jams. This is a good album. Pitchfork: 8.5 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Being Boring Only the Wind My October Symphony So Hard Jealousy

Late 70's rock opera-esque. OK, but not my jam. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

One of the best debut albums. Fantastic jazzy/bluesy album. Several standout songs. This introduced a unique sound at the time. Pitchfork: 7.5 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs (SO MANY great songs) Don't Know Why Seven Years Cold Cold Heart Come Away With Me Shoot the Moon Turn Me On Lonestar Nightingale

Late 60's jam band rock. Only a couple of songs have lyrics at all. Cool music, but not an album to listen to for anything other than background music. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

Although this album might reflect an inflection point for Radiohead, this isn't one of the greatest albums of all time - not sure why it's on the list. There aren't any notable songs on the album. Pitchfork: 8.6 Rolling Stone: n/a

I didn't think this album would age very well, and I'm not entirely wrong, but it's better than I remember. I had this album when it came out. However, it got worn out on the radio and I haven't listened to Cyndi Lauper in MANY MANY years. It's a decent album and a very good representative of the alternative pop of the time. Pitchfork: 8.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #184 (2023) Best Songs Girls Just Want to Have Fun Time After Time She Bop All Through the Night Witness

Weird but listenable. All vocals, no instruments. Pitchfork: 7.2 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Who Is It (Carry My Joy On The Left, Carry My Pain On The Right)

Pleasant singing voice. Not terribly interesting. Meh. Pitchfork: 8.6 Rolling Stone: n/a

I'm really only familiar with her song from the Grammy Nominee CD we have. I know she has a powerful & impressive voice with influences from several genres. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Ain't No Other Man Understand Candyman Hurt Mercy On Me The Right Man

70's pop-rock. Yacht rock a little? Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Rikki Don't Lose That Number

Classic rock album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #259 Best Songs Cry Baby Me and Bobby McGee

Interesting and ethereal. Great for background listening. Nothing noteworthy jumps out though. Pitchfork: 7.2 Rolling Stone: n/a

Released in 1986, but sounds more like classic 1960's jazz. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Mandela

R&B/Jazz/pop. Not bad, but not notable. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

Classic vocal jazz in the vein of Ella. Very good. Live recorrding. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Willow Weep For Me Just a Gigalo

Nice sound. Lots of foreign language songs (or I just can't understand them). I don't get why this is so highly rated. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #245 Best Songs I Wear Your Ring

Another good album by Radiohead. Pitchfork: 9.3 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #387 Best Songs Nude Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

Legendary band's legendary debut album. Pitchfork: 9.1 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #101 Best Songs - so many.... Good Times Bad Times Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Dazed and Confused Communication Breakdown I Can't Quit You Baby

Fantastic debut album by legendary new wave pioneering band. Pitchfork: 9.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #198 Best Songs Planet Claire Rock Lobster

Fantastic inflection point in the story of rock music. There is more than one song that I skip on this album that keep it from 5 stars. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #6 Best Songs Smells Like Teen Spirit In Bloom Come As You Are Lithium Stay Away Something In The Way

Interesting and well done, but nothing terribly noteworthy. Pitchfork: 9.2 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Temecula Sunrise Stillness Is The Move No Intention

The Specials are integral to the 2-Tone sound and revival of Ska music, but this album is not remarkable, and doesn't contain any of their "hits". Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Sock It to 'Em J.B.

Before even starting to listen to the album I'm excited! Produced and arranged by Book T. (Willie's neighbor). Pitchfork: Rolling Stone: Best Songs Stardust Georgia On My Mind September Song Moonlight in Vermont

Incredibly skilled, but not my jam. If this is your thing, I can completely see why this album is highly rated. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #97 (2020) Best Songs Master of Puppets

Willie Nelson has such an iconic sound. This is a truly fantastic album. This is a concept album telling a story. Every song works. Pitchfork: 9.3 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #237 Best Songs Time of the Preacher Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain Medley: Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger Red Headed Stranger Can I Sleep In Your Arms Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming) Bandera

Iconic album cover, but the sophomore Beatles album is lacking. There are a couple of classics, but the "cover formula" is weak and after this they transitioned to all/mostly original songs. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs All My Loving Till There Was You Money

I guess not everything from Iowa is "Nice". Heavy metal, with the emphasis on heavy. I can't listen to songs that are ALL growling and screaming. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

One of their most critically acclaimed albums because of their use of recording studio usage and innovations. However, not one of my favorite albums of theirs to listen to. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #11 Best Songs Eleanor Rigby I'm Only Sleeping Here, There And Everywhere Good Day Sunshine For No One

One of the most innovative, influential, and popular jazz albums of all time. Recorded the same year as Kind Of Blue and Giant Steps, this is one of the most accessible and successful jazz albums of all time. This is a great album with some of the best known jazz songs ever. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Blue Rondo a la Turk Strange Meadow Lark Take Five Pitchfork: Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums # Best Songs Blue Rondo a la Turk Strange Meadow Lark Take Five

80's-90's pop country. Very blah. Nothing interesting. No stand-out songs. Pitchfork: 7.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #492

C'mon - James Brown. This is music that my dad introduced me to and I've heard these versions of several of these songs before. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #54 Best Songs

80's-90's pop country. Very blah. Nothing interesting. No stand-out songs. Pitchfork: 7.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #492

A good album. It is a British interpretation of multiple American musical influences. It's kind of a hodge podge, but only 2 songs really stand out, and "Sympathy" is the only song in the Stone's top 10. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #185 Best Songs Sympathy For The Devil Street Fighting Man

One of the best Frank Sinatra albums made in collaboration and with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs You Make Me Feel So Young Old Devil Moon Love Is Here To Stay I've Got You Under My Skin Makin' Whoopee

This is an EDM album, but not aggressive. There are some vocals, including John Lydon the singer from PIL & Sex Pistols. It's an interesting album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Original Open Up

The Dead, but a studio album. Includes some classic Dead hits. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #215 Best Songs Friend of the Devil Sugar Magnolia Ripple Truckin'

Rod Stewart's 2nd album. It's a mix of covers and originals. The album is good, but there's only one notable song, and none of his top hits. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Gasoline Alley Only a Hobo

Glam Rock innovator and influencer. Pitchfork: 9.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #188 Best Songs Bang a Gong (Get It On)

Literally the birth of cool jazz as an alternative to bebop. Slower, more melodic and harmonic. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Jeru Venus De Milo Israel

Boy, this didn't age well. Not sure why this is a "must listen to" album. No thank you. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Hotel

1970's rock. Some questionable topics and takes. Only 1 standout song. This isn't a standout album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs No More Mr. Nice Guy

Best album of all time? This album is amazing. It was a cutting edge concept album with all songs running together. I wouldn't vote it #1, but it *IS* great and has aged really well. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #1 Best Songs What's Going On Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

This was monumental at the time. Most of the songs didn't age well, but there are several great songs on here. Pitchfork: 9.2 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #127 Best Songs Bye Bye Love You Don't Know Me You Are My Sunshine Oh, Lonesome Me Your Cheatin' Heart

A foundational rock album. Maybe a 5 star, but I need to listen to it more. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #21 Best Songs Thunder Road Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out Backstreets Born To Run Jungleland

The Byrds. 60's mellow rock. Two of their top 10 Spotify songs are from this album; I didn't recognize them or care at all about them. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

This album is really interesting. I don't know what it is about it, but all the songs are different, and yet cohesive. I need to listen to this album more to figure it out. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Hang Out And Hung Up On The Line Safesurfer Soldier Blue You Las Vegas Basement

I listened to the album through the day and nothing jumped out at me. It was OK, but even the big hit off of the album I didn't recognize and it didn't grab me. Pitchfork: 8.1 Rolling Stone: n/a

The follow-up album to Ziggy Stardust. Glam Rock. Maybe influential and important, but I don't like it as an album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs The Jean Genie

This is a FANTASTIC record. There are a lot of great songs on here, but it's not QUITE a "5" for me - so close though. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Green Onions I Got A Woman Behave Yourself Lonely Avenue One Who Really Loves You A Woman, a Lover, a Friend

This was my 1st album that I bought with my own money. Amazing double album. Pitchfork: 8.1 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs (so many more...) Turn to Stone Across the Border Starlight Jungle Big Wheels Summer and Lightning Mr. Blue Sky Sweet Is the Night Wild West Hero

This singer is very well respected by some great singer-songwriters (Elvis Costello, Elton John, Phil Collins), has had no commercial success. This album is very theatrical sounding. But it's understandable why there's critical success, but NOT commercial. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

Classic 80's music. Not originally a huge fan. Too "pop" and not alternative enough for me at the time. Pitchfork: 8.9 (2017 review - seems like cheating - posthumous rating) Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Shout Everybody Wants To Rule The World Mothers Talk I Believe Head Over Heals / Broken

Texas blues rock. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Waitin' for the Bus Jesus Just Left Chicago La Grange

I remember a song or 2 from this album when my kids were in high school, but the album doesn't stand out. There's a couple of notable songs. I don't know why this is on the list. Pitchfork: 7.2 Rolling Stone: Best Songs Howlin' for You

This is a definitive classic rock album. Amazing. Pitchfork: 9.1 (reissue rating) Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #58 Best Songs (nearly every song) Black Dog The Battle of Evermore Stairway to Heaven Misty Mountain Hop Going to California When the Levee Breaks

Maybe I wasn't in the mood for this today, but this wasn't interesting. I like Latin music and jazz - but this just didn't work for me at all. Also, this is a compilation album; this is the "best of" and isn't great.

This album became an archetype of future synth/new wave songs. There are a couple of all-time great songs on here. Pitchfork: 8.7 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Souvenir Sealand Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) Georgia

Pitchfork: Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #86 (2023) Best Songs Break On Through (To the Other Side) Soul Kitchen The Crystal Ship Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Light My Fire The End

One of the best ever albums - and an all-time punk top 5, however, I think this album could've been a single album. Pitchfork: 10 (25th Anniversary re-release) Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #16 Best Songs London Calling Hateful Rudie Can't Fail Spanish Bombs Lost in the Supermarket Clampdown Train in Vain (Stand by Me)

What needs to be said about this album? Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #26 (2020) Best Songs (what songs do you leave off?) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band With A Little Help From My Friends Getting Better Fixing A Hole She's Leaving Home A Day In The Life

Not a necessary album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best songs Feelin' Alright

This is an early synth-alternative album. Interesting, but not great. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

Commercially successful rap album (1989) with several hits. This is a fantastic debut album. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #103 Best Songs (3 Is) The Magic Number Eye Know Say No Go Buddy Me Myself and I

This is a great 70's funk/soul album. There are multiple songs that I recognize from radio play in the 70's/early 80's. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #420 (2020) Best Songs Shining Star That's the Way of the World Reasons Africano

Guided the beginning of the 70's soft rock genre. Good album with a few noteworthy songs that anyone alive during that era would recognize from the radio. Pitchfork: 8.4 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #120 (2023) Best Songs Moondance Crazy Love Into the Mystic Glad Tidings

There are 2 songs: 18 & 20 minutes. Fusion jazz. Unstructured and includes electric guitar and Hammond organ. Once again proving Miles Davis' position as a primary trendsetter in jazz music as he breaks ground again for another genre of Jazz music. Very mellow. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

Southern rock pioneers. I liked this album more than I thought that I would. It's not really my thing, but there are 3 of the 8 songs that are historic, one is even legendary. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #381 Best Songs Gimme Three Steps Simple Man Free Bird

This is a great album. It's not overly psychedelic. I've never noticed the electric guitar "textures" before. Aside from his solos, it's easier to see how Hendrix influenced electric guitar - as a non-guitarist, this is the first time I'm noticing this. Also, I didn't realize that Hendrix only released 3 studio albums before he died. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #53 Best Songs Crosstown Traffic All Along the Watchtower Voodoo Child (Silent Return)

Wasn't ever a huge Depeche Mode fan back in the day. Personal Jesus is still not a favorite. However, this is a good album. Pitchfork: 7.9 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #167 (2023) Best Songs World In My Eyes Personal Jesus Enjoy the Silence Policy of Truth

Album was a total commercial failure and is interesting only because it was driven by Graham Parsons and largely created the genre of "Country Rock". Parsons was only a member of the Byrds for this album and then left the band. This isn't a great album, but was influential. Definitely NOT my thing. Pitchfork: 9.7 (2003 review) Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #274 Best Songs Nothing Was Delivered (Dylan cover)

Stephen Stills debut solo album. Folk/Country/Country rock. Nothing stands out. Not sure why this album is on the list other than it's Stephen Stills' debut solo album post Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. Lots of people love it, but not me. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

No surprise, this sounds just like Steely Dan. This must be on the list because it's one of the first fully digitally recorded albums (1982). It's not a bad album, but doesn't diverge far from the Steely Dan path. Pitchfork: 8.6 (2019) Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs I.G.Y. New Frontier The Nightfly

Strange (of course) album, but GREAT. Pitchfork: 10 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #143 Best Songs Candy Says Pale Blue Eyes After Hours

The (mostly) Unplugged album is a classic. This is a great album. It's really a cover/live album. It's not an album in the traditional sense - but still great. Pitchfork: 9.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #279 Best Songs Come As You Are The Man Who Sold The World (Bowie cover) Polly Something In The Way Lake Of Fire (Meat Puppets) All Apologies Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Lead Belly)

This album is magical. It's not a perfect album, but it's fantastic. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #182 Best Songs Sweet Baby James Steamroller Blues Country Road Fire and Rain Blossom Suite for 20 G

This is an unusual mostly instrumental album. It's hard to believe this was released in 1976 - it's aged well, or was way ahead of its time. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs

This is an album full of beautiful and well written songs. The more I listen to it, the more I like it. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs American Pie Vincent Empty Chairs Sister Fatima Babylon

Brazilian Samba/funk. I don't understand it, but I like the vibe. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Ponta De Lanca Africano Taj Mahal Xica Da Silva Cavaleiro Do Cavalo Imaculado

This is fun, funky, Blacksploitation music from the 70's. There's not anything outstanding here, but a good representation of the genre. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

This is an easy listening jazz-ish album. Not bad. Not great. Not sure why this is a "must listen to" album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

Kanye's a nazi with a God complex. The album is FULL of explicit language. It may be pivotal or influential, or creatively a rap masterpiece. I listened to it and I have no love. There are a few songs that could be interesting, but I refuse to spend more time. Pitchfork: 9.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #269

This is very interesting. It involves some 'education' to Western listeners about Eastern Hindustani music. Ravi Shankar influenced the Beatles and MANY other artists. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Dadra (only song without educational introduction)

This album was released while I was on my mission. I wasn't as familiar with it, but it's really good. Pitchfork: 8.4 (25th Anniversary Deluxe reissue) Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Pop Song 89 Get Up You Are The Everything Stand World Leader Pretend Orange Crush Hairshirt I Remember California

Beck's sad breakup album. Totally different sound for him than prior albums. Some songs sound like Nick Drake, some a little like a Nirvana ballad. It's good, but nothing truly great. Pitchfork: 6.9 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #436 (2020)

Senegalese music. Interesting and enjoyable - like other world music that I like. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

Dylan's transition from acoustic to electric. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #18 Best Songs Like a Rolling Stone Queen Jane Approximately Highway 61 Revisited

This is an interesting album created as a soundtrack to an imaginary movie. Not every song is great, but it's not boring and is enjoyable. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

This is a fantastic album. There are several great songs. It's just not really my jam - otherwise it would be 5 stars. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #25 (2020) Best Songs I Feel the Earth Move So Far Away It's Too Late Beautiful You've Got a Friend Where You Lead

Classic 80's music. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Gimme All Your Lovin' Sharp Dressed Man Legs

This is a highly regarded and commercially successful live album from the 70's. There are couple of great songs, but the album is average. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Show Me The Way Baby, I Love Your Way

There are a few GREAT songs by 'the The', but this album doesn't have any of them. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a

Wu-Tang offshoot. Good, but definitely not for me. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #219

Early punk band. First punk band to play CBGB. Debut album. Pitchfork: 10 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #107 Best Songs Marquee Moon

For several summers in a row in the early/mid-80's, several friends and I had VIP passes to the OP Pro surfing championship in Huntington Beach, CA. In the summer of 1985, when we arrived and were entering the gated area with our cooler and beach chairs, we were invited to sit in front of the bleachers next to the MTV people - we agreed since we would be in the shade of their umbrella and got a better location. We visited with several MTV personalities - specifically Dweezil Zappa - and some of their guests. The most memorable guest was Mark Knopfler. We told him about the Laserium show at Griffith Park Observatory that was currently featuring Money For Nothing and how great it sounded in the Planetarium room with the 2,000W system and 20 JBL monitor speakers. We hung out for a while and chatted. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #418 Best Songs So Far Away Money for Nothing Walk Of Life Why Worry Brothers In Arms

Mid-60's country music. This album includes a lot of country standards (covers). I'm not sure why this is on the list. Not my thing. No thank you.

This is an interesting, but not terribly notable album. Pitchfork: 9.0 Rolling Stone: n/a

Interesting album - one TRULY notable song. Pitchfork: 8.1 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Beetlebum Song 2

I am SURE that this is a phenomenal album, but this *CLEARLY* exceeds my ratings limit - F-word, M-F'er, etc.. in EVERY song, plentifully. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #37 Best Songs Nuthin' But A "G" Thang

This is a concept album where the concept is baby makin' music. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #422 Best Songs Let's Get It On

Standout album in the 70's folk/rock genre. There are a few legendary songs, but the album isn't something that I want to listen to repeatedly. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #220 Best Songs Carry On Teach Your Children Our House

Seminal punk rock album. Very influential and groundbreaking, but not actually a great listening album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #47 Best Songs Blitzkrieg Bop Beat on the Bat

As a Talking Heads 'side project'? it's even weirder? Genius of Love is one of my favorite all time songs since it came out. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Wordy Rappinghood Genius Of Love Lorelei

Disco album from the late 70's. I remember hearing several of these songs on regular radio rotation. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Le Freak I Want Your Love

I have this on original vinyl from my parents' collection. All-time classic. Pitchfork: 9.4 (archival review) Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #172 Best Songs Bridge Over Troubled Water El Condor Pasa (If I Could) Ceceila Keep the Customer Satisfied The Boxer Baby Driver The Only Living Boy in New York

1958 country/folk album. Interesting - not interested.

This album is on the list because of its introduction/influence on early psychedelia, the future influence and success of Pink Floyd, and the legend of Syd Barrett. If you're not a historical psychedelia fanatic, then there isn't anything notable on this album. Pitchfork: 9.4 [40th Anniversary expanded edition] Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #253

Psychedelic country-soul. No songs stand out. Pitchfork: 9.3 [Deluxe reissue 2019] Rolling Stone: n/a

This a great album from the late 80's. It's a return to the Cure's classic goth-alternative roots. Pitchfork: 10.0 [Deluxe Edition reissue] Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #116 Best Songs Pictures Of You Lovesong Lullaby Fascination Street

This is a very good and innovative album that reignited British soul music. Pitchfork: 6.4 [with controversy] Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #33 Best Songs Rehab You Know I'm No Good Back To Black Tears Dry On Their Own

This album has a 60's pop and groove to it. Sometimes is orchestral, sometimes it sounds like a soundtrack. It's fun and good. Pitchfork: 7.5 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs The Age Of The Understatement Standing Next To Me Calm Like You My Mistakes Were Made For You

This is a good rap album. Not historic, but good. I'm a fan of Common. Pitchfork: 8.6 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Be (Intro) The Corner GO!

I am unfamiliar with her, but her cabaret-pop styled covers are interesting. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best songs Little Water Song The Part You Throw Away