"Teenage Head" serves as a garage band's take on classic rock n roll, and delivers as expected. The singer's vocal style starts off grating, but over the course of the album settles into a more palatable tone. This is an album that could have been great, but a few shortcomings lead it to just okay.

"The Score" has been described as one of the best alternative hip-hop albums of the decade, a title the album truly deserves. The Fugees draw clear inspiration from other east coast acts of the time and still manage to make the music their own. The melodies are largely sampled throughout the record but often interpolated into something else, indicating a level of care not often seen. The lyrics are heavy hitting, thoughtful, and paint a vivid picture of the culture the group was experiencing at the time.

While not my favorite Springsteen album, "Nebraska" delivers the gritty American folk one would expect from the artist. The record draws inspiration from other great American folk singers like Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan, which gives it a sound that is familiar, yet with a twist. That being said, not many tracks from this album stand out and none are Springsteen's best work.

Elvis Costello's debut album "My Aim is True" is an average example from the decade. Drawing clear inspiration from his original namesake, the album's sound is reminiscent of American rock from years prior retuned to fit the up and coming punk rock scene. While influential, the album suffers from poor mixing, lending the tracks muddy vocals and robbing much of the 'oomph' the music could have. This causes the listening experience of the album to be somewhat dull, with a few standout tracks, particularly the single "Alison".

Creedence Clearwater Revival serves up audible nostalgia in "Bayou Country". Their second album, this is the one that put them on the map, and rightfully so. The singles off the album, namely "Proud Mary," are heavy hitting blues rock tracks that deserve to be classics. While the rest of the album is more varied in quality, overall CCR brings a great performance.

"...And Justice for All" is one of Metallica's most acclaimed albums, for reasons I fail to understand. The guitar work is good, but overall I find the album uninteresting. The tracks don't feel different enough, the drums are tinny, and the bass is non-existent.

Warm, rich jazz set apart by its use of an organ, "Back at the Chicken Shack" is a great listen. This album is influential in the evolution from jazz to soul music.

Hendrix provides an amazing blend of soul and psychedelic rock in "Electric Ladyland". The mixing is great, guitarwork is fantastic, and overall is a killer album.

"The Stranger" provides a rich sound with cold lyrics. A cynical take on the American Dream, the album's lyrics remain relevant today. The tracks are some of Joel's best works as a songwriter, feeling varied enough to not be boring but not too much to feel discordant.

Revolutionary in the development of the genre, "Paranoid" is one of the best heavy metal albums of all time. Crunchy, rough sound gives the record an edge that Sabbath became known for. Typically, just because a musician is the first to do something they are not necessarily the best, but "Paranoid" as well as Black Sabbath as a whole stand the test of time.

"Neon Bible" is a confusing choice for one of the 1001 essential albums. Arcade Fire may have been early to the scene for indie rock, but when I think of indie rock classics, Arcade Fire does not even cross my mind. The songs feel the same, the instruments are distant, and overall I was waiting for this album to end.

I was pleasantly surprised by "Stardust." I quite enjoyed the gentle, bossa nova & jazz influence on Nelson's typical outlaw country.

Relaxing, somber, old fashioned country music is the core sound of "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive". The album was well written and sounded great.

I quite liked the lyrics, and the music was well written, but overall "Sail Away" was an average album.

I love Dylan's songwriting, and "Blood on the Tracks" is no exception. Classic American folk music, great guitar, and strong lyrics.

While listening to this album, I wish I wasn't. Truthfully it's not that bad, but a shocking pick for one of the 1001 best albums of all time.

Black Sabbath's self titled debut album is legendary. With it's gritty, heavy, rough sound it brought something entirely new to rock at the time, and defined what metal is today. The record contains what are still some of the best riffs played on a guitar. The lyrics may be a little edgy, but this is peak counterculture. I could only imagine finding this in a record shop when it released.

"LP1" is interesting because it was pretty ahead of its time with its hypnotic, rhythmic, avant- pop sound. For experimental music, it's great. However, tracks began to bleed into one another, and I was ready for it to end.

"The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" had interesting classical music influence that I have not seen in jazz before, but unfortunately it was still instrumental jazz. It's great for 10 minutes, not for a whole album.

This was alright, decent alt rock.

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One of the best live albums I've listened to. Definitely some classics

Nas delivers fluid, complex lyrics with an incredible rhyming style in "Illmatic". Understandably one of the best rap albums of the decade.

The standout tracks were great, and are famous for a reason. The tracks in-between left me wanting more.

I was quite surprised by "Odelay". It stands out from much of the alt rock of the time with a genre bending style and sound.

The amount of sheer talent in this album is insane. Every song is wicked famous, and stands out in its own way. The album is so sad and somber in a beautiful way.

The passenger was great, the rest of the album muddled together. All in all, it was aight

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I like the sound of this album, incredibly reminiscent of Jefferson Airplane. Unfortunately, I think Jefferson Airplane did it better.

This was groovy, I quite enjoyed listening to it, but can't recall any of the tracks a few days later.

This album feels like a definition of heavy rock in the 70s. Everything had the right sound, but none of it is the best example of rock at that time.

This album did a great job achieving what it set out to do: offer up a dreary, gloomy soundscape to wash over the listener. The music was good, several tracks stood out.

Refreshing, experimental pop in a good way. Kinda Yoko Ono but better.

Sufjan Steven's songwriting in Illinois is incredible. The album is arguably a little long, but I feel like every track has a place. The lyrics lack much meaning, but hearing every single piece of the music come together into a whole is beautiful.

This album's musical style is all over the place, but in a good way. Each track was refreshing to listen to, and I am a fan of the 60's psych influence throughout.

This was a very fun album. I love the way Cash interacts with the crowd, which helps bring a lot of the spirit of the album to it. It is a shockingly good live recording.