1001 Albums Summary

Funky, brief, good Not great. Would relisten

Liked the first song, kinda fizzled out after

Couple good tracks, a little sloppy eh

Def an album I would’ve never listened to otherwise

Kinda boring, not much variety

Some catchy tunes, not super memorable

3 bangers on the track then pidder ditters into borderline boring emo gobbledeegoops

Meh

Good but like not great

Not right now, maybe never

Meh

Heard one, heard em all

Album was a vibe, a sexy one

80s melancholy with a dash of electro. Not a single hook on the whole album but somehow still pleasant

Can’t get past the ridiculous screeching vocals.

Billy Corgan can’t sing… plus I hear he’s a free market libertarian

An album I’d never heard of but enjoyed

Yea ok interesting find, but still a little boring at times.

Great album start to finish

A few classic bangers and the whole album was very listenable

Bookoooooooooooring

Pretty good

Seemed like ambient music. Not very interesting ambient music

What a trash album. Every song was boring and went on for like 6 minutes.

Def a couple bangers on here with you shook me and back in black, but overall just sounds generic. Dude can shred a guitar but missed the part about how to write moving songs, drum and bass add next to nothing, vocals are at least unique if completely lacking any range

What a depressing slog. I’ll never listen to a single song from that album ever again

“arguably one of the most influential rock albums ever recorded”

I really wanted to hate this album, but I listened a couple of time and didn’t? Can’t say I liked it tho

An album full of memorable tracks, easy listening, delightful melodies and harmonies, with great composition. The differences in songwriting between John, Paul, Ringo, and Harrison are on full display. The Beatles are in a class of their own, this isn’t the best Beatles album but still an easy 5/5

It was ok, nothing special, not terrible.

Good ol euro pop. Easy listening, not much was memorable

Yea good eh

Our second pure jazz album, first was Mingus. At least Mingus stirred some emotion, this didn’t really do anything.

Utterly unremarkable. Listened to it twice and both times it didn’t catch my attention once. No context cred either Cody.

5/5 no context needed, easy album to listen too several memorable tunes

1 of a million generic sounding British gobbledygook

Great album, only downside is it’s hard to find. Had to go to YouTube to listen. Apparently there’s a licensing beef

Clearly didn't hate it as much as everyone else...

Hotel california carries this album, life in the fast lane and New kid in town are classics, but then the last 6 tracks are all disposable.

Orange Crush baby

Hey I liked it. Better than a kick in the nuts

Passable

Good mid classic rock

Pretty good

La grange surrounded by a bunch of boring mid tier songs

Up on cripple creek and Dixie are classics, suck it Kris

It's simple, either you recognize the greatness in this album, or you're retarded. A friend called Joni Mitchell a budget Sarah McLaughlan. He's retarded. 50 years later we're still listing to this album for a reason. Sarah McLaughlan, on the other hand, can't be forgotten quick enough.

Hot for teacher might be the best 80s song. Jump might be the worst. Yin and yang bitches

Too bad some people will instantly disregard cause the artist or the genre. Long before he was whack job he was a seriously talented artist. First half of this album is a 5 then is trails off near the end. Will revisit for shre

Certainly not unpleasant, just a bit stuck in time

Cavalcade of hits

Threw this album on, listened to the first two tracks then the rest just kind of blurred into the background. I guess that's the problem with reggae, even a really great album just sounds meh. A very generous 3 stars here

fuck Devo and fuck everything they stand for.

Yap yap yap blah blah blah

Well I woke up this morning and grabbed myself a beeer

I mean, wtf. This is the kind of album that makes people hate jam bands. No structure, no melodies, no progression in the songs, they just seem to meander forever with no resolution.

Wow, typically hate everything 80’s related but this wasn’t bad. Enjoyed it

Delightful South African jazz

Talented multi instrumentalist and good songwriter, some interesting melodic songs, but the vocals are poor

Love it

🍆 = no

Yea def fell into a whole groove thing there. Liked it much more than I was thinking I would

Bit torn on this. It’s clearly a well written beautiful sounding album, but definitely requires active listening or it just fades into the background. Could be a 4 but because it didn’t grab my attention it’s getting a 3

Good, not as epic as my childhood self remembers tho

Not that it was bad, just nothing caught my attention. It definitely sounds of an era

Really wanted to like this, but it was like nails on a chalkboard. A 23 minute opening song that takes forever to built then goes nowhere, another track that’s literally just called feedback is a 7 minute slog of guitar feedback. None of the musicians seemed very good or like they were even listening to each other. Painful

It’s good, this genre just suffers cause at that pace all the songs just end up sounding the same, glad I heard it but if I want thrash I’m turning to Rust in peace by Megadeath

I don’t know, I get there’s something there, but having a hard time finding it in just one day. this album really feels like something I’ve heard before but I can’t place where. Will file this one away and relisten on a dud album day

Infinitely better than the other Sonic Youth album we've already had, E.V.O.L., but that really doesn't say much. Pretty unremarkable and had to skip through a couple songs as they were unlistenable.

Some interesting stuff, but trying too hard to be edgy

Interesting enough, might revisit a song or two from this album, but largely indistinguishable from other records of the era.

Not sure what’s important or memorable about it to deserve inclusion on the list

About 30 mins, 15 of it is just “avant garde noise rock.” I imagine this album is a big deal because it’s “different” but as a stand alone piece of art it kinda sucks

Nice getting these actual great albums sprinkled into this list. Been quite a week of 1-2 star albums

Pretty approachable for a jazz album

The weird to focused ratio too far off

Not terrible but also fairly unremarkable

Sexy cool

Unfortunately these “you had to be there” albums don’t translate very well if you weren’t there. I’m sure they were making a statement that was “avant-garde” at the time, but it’s a poor musical effort bordering on unlistenable

Sexy

1 star for the fight club song, 2 for boobies

Expecting the worst when I saw “Bristish grime rap” but it was ok. The skits were dumb as shit fam

Great album, will revisit

Is it just me or does every song sound the same? Lazy singing, lazy guitar work, the rhythm section actually seems to want to go somewhere but can’t. Very yawn inducing

A whole bunch of meh 80s music

Yea I mean pretty good, not sure there was much memorable on here. The skits were nice and jazzy, the rest was just a bit too goofy.

Can we just be honest when there's a bad album. This is objectively bad music. It might've been making a statement 40 years, but who cares when the music is so bad. No thanks

Starting to think Bowie might be overrated. Fame is a banger, young Americans is pretty good, most the other songs are mid to boring, then the across the universe cover is pure trash

Just unremarkable

I know half dozen kinks songs, none of them on this album. Seemed a little goofy maybe, or like a budget Beatles. Pretty mid

So this is bjork apparently. Didn't really realize until I was almost through the album, so had to do a relisten. Not that I like Bjork or know anything about her other than she was a diva at some point. Track 1 starting with 20 seconds of silence, like why? So I crank the volume trying to hear something then it blasts me away once it finally starts? Definitely diva behavior Bjork, I don't appreciate that.

First listen through I though the album was pleasant, but found myself wanting to return to it a few days later when there was a dull album. A solid 4

Bloody well right and Dreamers are bangers. The rest is very forgettable innit it

Boring queen

It was pleasant. A good listen, nice quick little catchy tunes, but like nothing to revolutionize your life.

Meh

Was it bad? Not really? Will I ever listen to them again… not really

Meh

It was a good listen, great storyteller

If someone says they’re a Beatles fan then lists this as their favorite album… well… they’re more of a Beatles tourist than an a fan. Interesting concept, some interesting songs, but not heir best work. Still a less than great Beatles album is always a 5 in my books

Kinda meh

Wasn't thinking very much of this until I read one of the reviews saying it's a headphone listen. It is. So many more layers and complexity to it. Still, a bit too much of the self-indulgent crap that prog rock is always guilty of, ie) two minute long meandering intros to 10 min long songs. TIghten it up King Crimson!

I enjoy the occasional metal like megadeath or Metallica, but this just kinda sucks. Guitar seems a bit amateurish, drum is just double bass to death, and every song just sounds the same. Could not listen through full album.

Good album, a good amount of recognizable and catchy songs, but with all Beck there's just something missing. Maybe it's overproduced, maybe it's the lack of passion, it's just too steady eddy. Nothing really moving enough to make me want to keep it in the regular rotation.

Writing this review after only 7 songs but whatever, it's a banger, happy to give this a 5. Love that they took their classic songs, added full orchestration, then performed it live. At 2 hours a bit long in the tooth for a one day listen but that's my only complaint

Some quirky songs

Timeless? More like too much time, am I right? At an 1:53 this is about 1:45 more drum and bass than anyone could ever really need. I see 14 songs listed in the track listing, I have to believe it cause it just sounded like an endless drone. Every song sounds the same, boring as shit.

Some good tracks eh

I listened to this full album, just so I could post a sincere 1 rating. This type of music enrages me as it inevitably leads to wankers declaring it a masterpiece, avant-garde, a piece of art, etc. You need to really listen to it a few times to appreciate the musicianship, they say. No you don't, I say. This is crappy music. This is complicated for the sake of being complicated, it strips all the fun out of music leaving a barely functional purely technical pile of slop. "Oh wow polyrhythms and polytonality, these musicians are so great" no they aren't, fuck off, it sounds like shit and just because you heard someone call this experimental and you want to attach yourself to it because you think it makes you seem complex is bullshit.

Beautiful voice, greats hooks in Turn me on and Come away with me. Would relisten.

1979 England isn’t usually what I think of with ska so interesting in that sense

Techno slop

Boring, trying too hard to be prog that it fails as classic rock, not quite good enough to be prog rock, just a bit of a slog of noodling nonsense.

Repetitive droning

I mean it’s about as good as budget bob marley reggae can get

Disposable trash.

It certainly is jazz…

Listened through the whole thing, it was a good time capsule of 90s Brit alterna pop

Couple bangers eh

Somehow, every song sounds the same.

Something interesting

Something different, that's fer sure. Couple interesting tracks I'll revisit

An artist I never heard of, clearly a guitarist as his voice is not great. Couple interesting tracks but won't revisit.

A for effort with the 5/4 time track, but I'm not a fan of albums that put noise on them just for the sake of it.

Depressing af

Beats a kick in the face, kinda

Yea it's a 4

Grace slings vocals are a 5, the rest of the album, while interesting enough, just a 3, 4 overall

nope, must've been a "you had to be there" album

Moderate rap fan, but if I had to take one rap album with me to a deserted island, this would probably be it, close call with vintage Kanye

I get the hate, if you're not into it you won't be convinced until the time is right, if ever. Enough tracks on here for a 5

Great album, eminem's skill is undeniable but the lyrics are just a bit too cringe. He really leaned into the offsensive for the sake of being offensive and it takes the shine off what's otherwise a 5/5 album.

A little forgettable, saved by the smasher Superstition and to a lesser extent Sunshine of my life. If you're a fan of Jack White check out his cover of the latter

Hearing all kinds of 90's bands here when I listen to this. A little Greenday, one song reminder me of the friends theme song, etc., Unfortunately the songs are pretty boring, no noticable hooks, melodies, rhythms, and every song just kinda blends into the next. Pretty boring overall.

I’ve heard worse

not unpleasant, also not not unpleasant

Listened through it twice and can't remember a single song

I recognize one of these songs

Yea it’s like 21% country, deal with it

Would be better without him reading his shit poetry over what’s otherwise interesting well played music

Was lookingforward to this but boring as shit

better than a punch in the face I guess

Boring as shit

Occasionally interesting, mostly boring and depressing

Some good tracks on here but a bit overindulgent at 27 songs and 1 hour 55 min runtime. Probably could've put together a really solid 45 min album instead of this meandering mess

Utterly unremarkable

I liked velvet underground, but this one's not for me

Aged horribly

This appears frequently in "best of" lists due to its high quality production. I've definitely listened before and didn't think much of it, but this time much more impressed. Definietely one of those albums that can be appreciated more with active listening

The beats are great but their voices are just too whiny

Sounds pretty enough, well produced, just a little boring? Did not need to be 75 minutes long

I dunno, there might be something there, I can see this connecting with people, but not me.

I wanted to hate this album, so I did.

Let's Stay together carries this album, a couple other funky tracks but mostly forgettable.

like why tho? Is that an Irish ditty 22 minutes into the second song?

unremarkable

Geez y'all gave this a 1?

was pleasantly surprised eh

5/5 minus 1 for general corniness

Would like to know who actually thinks this is one of the greatest live albums of all time? Do people actually believe that, or did some reviewer at some point suggest that and now we take it as fact?

A bit hard to get into, lyrics are corny as shit "we are the guardians of the temple or Syrinx"? Sure you are buddy.

A little non descript, but kewl

Damn Phil can play the drums

I understand why it only ever heard one song from this album now

If you can listen to freebird and not give this a 5… it says a lot about you

Pre-crazy Kanye slaps

I dunno, kinda boring. Ice Cube sounds the same on every song

Yea 3 for Sledgehammer alone.

wow, wasn't expecting that. Sounds beautiful

Goes a bit long, but I'll revisit at least a few of these songs again.

Love it, probably a couple filler tracks on here that could’ve been omitted but overall enough bangers to carry this

Kris is right, every song kinda sounds the same

fuckin lame

Pretty unremarkable

good flow, bro

First couple tracks started out strong, completely lost me track 3-9 before American Girl with the solid finish.

Pretty non descript British rock. Gloomy, dark, sometimes good, often bleak and depressing. Most songs sound the same.

Liked this one I lot more than I ought to have

10 tracks of 3 chord do-nothing songs. No rhythm, no grooves, no melody, no harmony. Didn't really listen to the lyrics cause, well, it's Springsteen. Pretentious dipwit. Famously from New Jersey, takes us on a tour to where? Nebraska? Bruce, you are not bob dylan. Fuck you

Groovy

A soundtrack made for a movie that was never made? Exactly the type of pretentious crap I live to hate, but alas this puppy slaps. 4 slaps outta 5

Some funky shit

Neil young is proof you don’t need to be able to sing or play guitar to be a successful singing guitarist

Kinda meh, but not as bad as I was expecting

Not terrible, but also unremarkable

Not sure it would be possible to rate a Beatles album less than a 5. Will never know

I’ve grown out of reggae but credit where credits due, this has many great tracks

Neither a 1 nor a 4, a little boring though

Typical Van Morrison, music sounds nice enough but not really catchy.

300 albums in and this is one of the first ones I had to skip through every track.

Meh

fun on a bun

I wanted to give this a 1 based solely on Billy Armstrongs Haircut. Also wanted to give it a 1 as it comes off as pretentious drivel, a punk opera with an 8 minute song? Go fuck yourself. Also wanted to give it a 1 because the power chords, learn music you dick fucker. But alas, there are some hits, even if they've been so overplayed I would be happy enough to never hear them again.

Sorry this sucks, Dr Seuss level rhyming every song with the same Dylan bob at the end of every sentence, annoying.

These 20/25/30/etc reissue albums aren’t doing these 1001 albums any favors. This album was originally 35 minutes long but is now over 2 hours with all the special releases. Like they only thought 6 songs were good enough to release in 1970, but then some idiot convinced them to rerelease with 100 tracks, 90 of them just a sonic assault on your senses. Boo

never heard so many la la la la la's in my fucking life. What a goofy gringe shite album.

Wu tang ain’t nothing to fuck with

Some good classics on here, could've done without the excessive swearing but I guess I'm just old and out of touch

Some of these songs are out there, good on her for being creative but not really my cup of tea

I think I’ve heard enough steely Dan, thanks

dreg

Decent yall

Every song sounds the same, kinda rocks but also kinda sucks eh. No bonus points for name or whatever it is they stand for.

GOOD STUFF! Finally after what seemed like weeks of dregg

this one didn't really age well... not getting it

Oh fuck yea, funk me up

holy mumble ambient noise batman

that 70's show song...

Boring, every song sounded the same

Games without frontiers is the only memorable song, and it's been overplayed for 40 years now.

not my fav Metallica, but hey better than a kick in the face from Cody

what the fuck is this horseshit

mr brightside and somebody told me were aight, the rest all sounded the same

tickled my fancy... or something else, if you catch my drift?

That Adele lady can certainly sing eh.

Somewhere there's a latino person saying all white people music sounds the same...

I know that one song

Funkay

VERY MEH! I WANTED SOME SALTY CHOCOLATE BALLS!!!

budget ass shitty 70's glam rock derpy derp

harmony into my veins

3/5

Poppy, too poppy

as a musician, always heard about how talented and revered jazz musicians are. but let's be frank, this shit is boring. Yea they can noodle for days over complex chord progressions, but where's the hook, the melody, the harmony, or anything memorable? Snoozefest.

Better than I remember eh

Nothing really remarkable that hasn't been done better by other artists? Why is this an album I need to listen to?

just a bunch of noodling

Conflicted here, some definetely bangers but overall a weird sloppy feel to it...

not bad, but also not not bad

Interesting 90's melancholy vibe, but that can only go so far, amirite