1001 Albums Summary

Went back for a second listen

Just a bit too much of it

More panpipes than I was expecting

Effortless voice. Still a bit boring though.

Went back for a second listen

His voice surprised me with every new track.

Happened to get this as I was watching the mass ascent of about 60 hot air balloons. Needless to say, 👌

Couldn't finish

I love rock and I love metal but I think I can admit that I don't like Metallica. Is it even heavy? Or if it is heavy, it isn't anything else. Still, better than some of the nonsense on this list

Here we go :)

I get that it's kind of inconsistent but - Brit pop: good. Glam: good. Rock: good. Psychedelia: goooood. What's not to like?

Went back for a second closer listen.

Eh...

Hmm. Fun music, not fun lyrics.

One of my favourites. Just lovely

He feels like a serial appropriator. A hard and embarrassing listen, reaching new lows with Only God Knows Why.

Great music, weird interludes

New to me: surprisingly fun

Better than ...And Justice For All by a long way.

This one was a struggle. The Sex Pistols was an experiment that worked. This was an experiment that didn't.

Sounds like 90s films. Better than most singer songwriters I've been given so far

Great fun

Surprised by this :)

It's just cold and dark and rainy enough for 3 stars

Didn't realise I liked the Pixies :)

Probably not different enough from real blues to be good.

Bit of an endurance test, but pleased to have listened to it through

Pleasantly surprised that I didn't have to be sadder to enjoy this

The horrendous misspellings are a key part of this album's charm

I hadn't heard this before. I enjoyed it

I wasn't sure what to expect from a band I'd heard of but never consciously listened to, but I think I'd thought I'd like it more.

There's better punk

Not what I expected from the Bee Gees?

Desperately dull. Almost angeringly so

Nice to find that weird doesn't have to mean unlistenable, unlike most of the experimental albums on this list

There are some really boring Americans in the reviews who seem to think that 'British' is its own genre that only has room for a few bands. This is great

Too long and too country

Not my favourite vocal style these days but good metal

Darlene Love is great, and I'm glad I didn't have to listen to this at a different time of year, but it's still Christmas music

New to me. Really liked the chilled, groovy experimentalism

More American nonsense

Obviously excellent

The guitar solos are pretty good but they don't fit with the rest of the song

No fun

New to me. Great fun

Clearly a fantastic time, worth being a live album

Some bits were a little too weird, but mostly awesome

A nice opportunity to listen to something through properly

Really enjoyed this

Sure

dnf

Sounds like films from the early 2000s

Cool and unusual. My first time hearing New Orleans R&B psychedelia

These songs have no business being 5+ minutes. The best thing about it is some songs sound like the end of a rom com

Weird and cool

Really liked some of it but definitely not all of it

Streaming platforms love giving me Stepping Stones. The rest of the album is pretty good too

Definitely the best solo Beatle album I've heard, but also definitely a bit too long

I remember feeling confused and annoyed when Arcade Fire headlined Reading. I still feel vaguely confused and annoyed

Abrasive beat, not my kind of music

Just gorgeous

I guess I can see why it was influential but dnf

If one of my friends had had the CD to rip, I'd have been listening to this for years

Bit jangly but not bad

Bit boring

Just classics, all the way down

Not great for the interval run I was doing. Was going to give 2 but then that last song really drove it down

Couldn't do it

More enjoyable new wave than lots

Sounds like Swindon

My husband: 'there's better post rock...'

Not completely my vibe but clearly a banging debut

Obviously this is pretty flawless

Not good enough to be this long

Had lumped Jane's Addiction in with the boring indie from that time but nice to find it's better than that

Great stuff

Honestly it sounds like Elvis wants to be here about as much as I do

Had fun with this

Completely new to me and excellent. Love the extra horns

Some of the more listenable weird 80s on this list

I think Kings of Leon might have suffered somewhat from the excessive success of Sex on Fire. Rather liked this album

Not bad, if you're in the right (sad) mood

Apparently a good example of a genre I don't like. Extra star for that

A great genre improved by this band

Nice

Quite enjoyed the weirdness of this one

It's just so good

I didn't listen too hard to the lyrics of Sex Dwarf, but I'm not completely sure about it. Sounds quite like a parody album (Memorabilia particularly fun), so up a star for that

Truly dreadful. The Rescue Blues is a proper misnomer. Honestly embarrassing

More boring than I expected? Disappointed

Good weird

Surprisingly interesting

Not bad

Lovely for a warm May evening

I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't an Iron Man cover. Obviously it's nothing on the original but I didn't hate this as an album

What a good day :)

Not usually a huge hardcore fan, but this is clearly pretty good

Sounds like a 90s heist movie

I enjoyed the music but not really the lyrics

Enjoyed this much more than when I first listened to it

Pretty interesting actually

A bit more variety than I expected from Joni Mitchell

Loved this!

Gross. Boring

Glorious

Surprising and great

Not my usual genre but I think this is rather good. Surprised it was 2020 - felt 90s in a great way

I really like the Rolling Stones but the misogyny is rough...

Went to listen to this only to realise I already listened to it two days ago... Which isn't a good sign

Still not a Joni Mitchell fan