1001 Albums Summary

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AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
5 2.94 +2.06
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
5 3.09 +1.91
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
5 3.13 +1.87
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
5 3.14 +1.86
Being There
Wilco
5 3.23 +1.77
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
5 3.25 +1.75
Me Against The World
2Pac
5 3.25 +1.75
Beautiful Freak
Eels
5 3.26 +1.74
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
5 3.29 +1.71
Liquid Swords
GZA
5 3.29 +1.71

You Love Less Than Most

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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
1 3.43 -2.43
Smash
The Offspring
1 3.36 -2.36
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
1 3.03 -2.03
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
1 2.89 -1.89
You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
1 2.87 -1.87
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
1 2.84 -1.84
Ys
Joanna Newsom
1 2.8 -1.8
Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1 2.7 -1.7
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
1 2.7 -1.7
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
2 3.65 -1.65

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Blur 2 5
Kings of Leon 2 5
Radiohead 2 5
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The Cars by The Cars

Fun listen drenched in 80s vibes

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

Donovan’s albums have always struck me as disjointed. There are invariably layers of extra production cluttering the mix - sitars, orchestral strings, harpsichords, additional percussion, and more. The overall impression is of an artist who set out to make an early-60s British folk record in the vein of Dylan, only to have the label get their hands on it. You can almost hear the notes being passed down: make this one feel more like Revolver, give this track a Stones edge, polish this one up for radio. The result is an album that never quite settles into its own identity.

Young Americans by David Bowie

The “Plastic Soul” album. It stands because it helped introduce soul and R&B to a much larger audience, but it’s also clear that Bowie was wading foreign waters. ‘Fame’ is an all-time favorite of mine, the cultural significance is there, the songs are largely middling.

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Amazing album that balances industrial sounds with delicate melodies, creating a poignant and influential sound that demonstrates depth and emotional resonance.

Blur by Blur

Classic BritPop with London swagger

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Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel
Jul 20 2025

Better than I expected. Fun and a little more loose vs what I was anticipating.

Parklife by Blur
Jul 21 2025

An all-time great album.

Kenza by Khaled
Jul 22 2025

Only able to listen to a few tracks that are available in the US. Chill

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Jul 23 2025

Birth of EMO A few genre defining songs

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Jul 24 2025

The birth of heavy metal. Heavy guitar and lyrics that haunt.

Trafalgar by Bee Gees
Jul 25 2025

Heavy on ballads and a clear focus on vocals. More yacht rock pop vs disco, but the disco roots are starting to take hold with the thick drum and bass lines. Uninteresting at best.

Moby Grape by Moby Grape
Jul 26 2025

Album is only partially available in the USA on Spotify. It was a mix of 60’s HAIR mashed with telecaster sparkle guitar licks.

Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Jul 27 2025

An album that I know is a classic, but I just can’t get to it. The melodies are gorgeous, the lyrics are undoubtedly beautiful, but for some reason - I can’t reach it.

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club
Jul 28 2025

Helping alt-kids dance since 1981. Alt-Dance was born with this album, and that cannot be denied. The songs are maybe on the long side and might benefit from additional mixing, but it’s classic status and importance cannot be denied.

Jul 29 2025

All time prog-rock classic. Samples by hip-hop royalty and covers by rock gods only cement the importance of this album.

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
Jul 30 2025

When this was recorded, guitar rock/pop music was only 10 years old. They are caught somewhere between wanting to sound like early Beatles and Sgt Peppers Beatles. Time of the Season is a classic, but This Will Be Our Year is a personal all-time favorite.

Dare! by The Human League
Jul 31 2025

A classic. Just not for me.

Aug 01 2025

A really fun listen. No tracks shined brighter than the others, but as a whole, it’s a great album. So In Love seems to be the most popular song from this record and it’s a jam for sure. The horns!

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon
Aug 04 2025

A classic alt-garage-southern rock album. Literally every song on this album is worth a listen on repeat.

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Aug 05 2025

An all-time great album with songs that will be played forever.

The Doors by The Doors
Aug 06 2025

It's been a really long time since I last listened to this album. Its alchemy cannot be denied. The magic of music is that it can transcend time and place. Listening to a song can instantly transport you from whatever mundane middle-aged moment you're experiencing and place you right back in the middle of an exciting memory that you haven't thought about in 30 years... The relationship between this album and me personally - that's exactly the problem - too many memories... When I hear the brooding music and the mysterious lyrics, it places me dead center of so many dumb antics from my teenage years that it's a tough record for me to listen to... Attempting to separate myself from my memories, this album is the culmination of a lot of great rock bands that preceded it, as this album also gave birth to exponentially more bands and even more want-to-be front men. I don't know how you give this album anything other than 5 stars. Every song triumphs (except for maybe 20th Century Fox.) I just really wish I wasn't such an idiot teenager.

evermore by Taylor Swift
Aug 07 2025

As a proud dad of two amazing daughters, I’m comfortably in my Swiftie era. Evermore is a slow burner and offers a more mature take on her song writing…

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash
Aug 08 2025

A classic, but didn’t capture me on this listen.

Survivor by Destiny's Child
Aug 09 2025

An album that celebrates women is always a great thing, and this album is arguably one of the best at doing so.

Abraxas by Santana
Aug 11 2025

Spiritual experience.

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
Aug 12 2025

Seminal! A timeless blend of shimmering guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and swaggering vocals. After all these years, its infectious melodies and psychedelic groove still feels fresh, cementing it as one of the most influential British albums ever made.

Kid A by Radiohead
Aug 13 2025

A masterpiece that trades guitars for glitchy beats, haunting synths, and atmospheric textures without losing emotional depth. Its daring experimentation and otherworldly beauty reshaped me as a young adult. I learned of my grandmother’s passing while listening to this album, and this album helped get me through that time.

Stankonia by OutKast
Aug 14 2025

Stankonia is a kaleidoscopic burst of creativity. An all-time classic and a major part of the soundtrack to my college experience. Break!

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
Aug 15 2025

A dazzling glimpse into a mind unafraid of theatrical excess and razor-sharp songwriting. The mix of glam swagger, surreal lyricism, and Mike Garson’s wild piano runs - it all feels like a fever dream.

Scum by Napalm Death
Aug 16 2025

Minute long songs are ideal in the world of streaming, but this isn't my jam.

Aug 18 2025

The music, the lyrics, the vibe = I love it all. It’s the heart of punk. I just can’t (I know this is lame) can’t do the vibrato… Said another way, I just wish the lyrics were sang the same way as “Stealing People’s Mail” on every song.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy
Aug 19 2025

I really enjoy this album. The music-scapes are gorgeous and the lyrics are beautiful. My only hang up here is in the production. It’s almost as if they attempted to make it low-fi by “dirtying” it up digitally. The highs are really high, the middle is muddled and the lows don’t exist. The production seems to steal from the multiple instrument layers, where it could be so much more.

Queen II by Queen
Aug 20 2025

Theatrical and fun listen

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Aug 21 2025

Interesting listen. Moody, emotional and wide open

Bossanova by Pixies
Aug 22 2025

I love this album. It’s punky beach vibes hit just right. In my mind it rounds down to a 4.5, but I can’t give it a 5 because there are a couple of weaker moments (Cecilia Ann, Blown Away) and 5’s should be reserved for masterpieces.

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams
Aug 23 2025

I have a soft place in my heart for late 90s Robbie Williams. So many fond memories. The happy pop music and entertaining lyrics equal a big fun listen!

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos
Aug 25 2025

Deeply personal and very raw. It’s a statement piece. I view this more as a self-portrait, and it’s beautiful and a little broken; just like all of us.

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Aug 26 2025

Punk goddess and gods. They punch, they sore and they come back for more!

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth
Aug 31 2025

Wonderful noise jangle rock

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Sep 02 2025

Great record and wonderfully produced. Cinnamon Girl is an all-time favorite of mine.

Station To Station by David Bowie
Sep 04 2025

Amazing album and the birth of the Thin White Duke, and the springboard album to move production from LA (where this album was recorded) to Germany - where the Berlin trilogy will occur.

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz
Sep 05 2025

I wasn’t aware that this album existed until now. It’s proto-Lenny and a fun listen. Straightforward in its pop rock approach, but glimpses of what’s to become shine through.

Sep 06 2025

War is a wild ride - never quite settling in but always having fun.

Heavy Weather by Weather Report
Sep 07 2025

The birth of yacht rock? Maybe. Jazz deconstructed with funk bass lines and a desire to lay low and chill.

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Sep 08 2025

Amazing album that balances industrial sounds with delicate melodies, creating a poignant and influential sound that demonstrates depth and emotional resonance.

American Pie by Don McLean
Sep 09 2025

American Pie holds a very special place in my heart. It was the first karaoke song I ever did with friends... JMK Nippon's in Rockford for a high school dance dinner. Outside of that song this album is boring. It's honest and emotional, but ultimately just boring.

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers
Sep 10 2025

Aimless and rudderless with loads of imagination. Absence of melody makes it difficult to approach, but there are glimmers of great. Wish the production / mix was more coherent.

The Poet by Bobby Womack
Sep 11 2025

Bass lines are real

1984 by Van Halen
Sep 12 2025

Seminal record!

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull
Sep 13 2025

Similar voice inflections to the mom from Mary Poppins.

Soul Mining by The The
Sep 14 2025

Fun album to listen to.

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Sep 15 2025

A few gems, but literally thousands of samples

Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
Sep 16 2025

Iconic album, full of hits, but not in my window.

Zombie by Fela Kuti
Sep 17 2025

Original LP was 2 songs that were over 12 minutes each. The reissue doubled the tracks to 4 and clocks in at a whopping 53 minutes! The godfather of afrobeat!

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's
Sep 18 2025

Undeniable talent and thousands of samples have been ripped from this album, but it doesn’t move me.

American Beauty by Grateful Dead
Sep 19 2025

Classic album with a handful of all-time great songs.

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon
Sep 20 2025

One of the most important albums to me personally. Every track is great!

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Sep 22 2025

Classic album with so many great tracks!

The Clash by The Clash
Sep 24 2025

I prefer the US version of this album, but this is my teenage years. This cassette was literally stuck in my car and the only thing we could listen to - and we listened to it over and over and over again! Happily

OK Computer by Radiohead
Sep 27 2025

One of the greatest albums of all time, but even more than that - one of the most important albums to me personally.

Hms Fable by Shack
Sep 30 2025

I love britpop more than most, and this is another good album.

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
Oct 02 2025

Heaven is all time favorite

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow
Oct 03 2025

It feels at once hypnotic and fragmented, drawing the listener through shifting textures, layers, and emotional tones. There’s also a melancholic, almost spiritual undercurrent — a sense that Shadow is archiving forgotten cultural fragments and giving them new life.

The Blueprint by JAY Z
Oct 04 2025

Seminal album and a pivot point in all of hip hop

Violator by Depeche Mode
Oct 06 2025

Classic album and perhaps the official sound of the transition from 80s to the 90s. A few tracks that have stood the test of time and forever will.

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters
Oct 07 2025

An all time great. Rising from the aftermath of the untimely end to Nirvana, Dave gives the world this masterpiece.

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies
Oct 08 2025

First time hearing this album. They are clearly influenced by The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and blues soaked British Invasion. This is an amazing album! The American version of Dr Feelgood

I See You by The xx
Oct 10 2025

Didn’t know this album existed. Fun listen

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D
Oct 11 2025

Amazing album and I’ve loved it since it landed in 2004.

Sea Change by Beck
Oct 12 2025

Sad. Depressing. But amazing!

Oct 13 2025

An amazing look into the energy, emotion, creativity of a legend and his band at the top of their game.

The Wall by Pink Floyd
Oct 20 2025

Great album and so many tracks that are loaded with meaning. An album that worthy of a full weekend experience to listen to the album, watch the movie, digest and discuss.

The Undertones by The Undertones
Oct 21 2025

16 tracks in under 35 minutes. What could be better?!?

Berlin by Lou Reed
Oct 22 2025

Interesting point in time performance. Love some of the unique takes on the songs.

Tapestry by Carole King
Oct 23 2025

Genius album of self exploration

Smash by The Offspring
Oct 24 2025

💩💦🚽

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
Oct 25 2025

Fantastic album open to close

Melodrama by Lorde
Oct 26 2025

Somber Happiness

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
Oct 28 2025

All-time great album and means a whole lot to me personally.

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Oct 30 2025

A couple of all-time great songs mixed in with classic Elvis Costello jams.

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper
Oct 31 2025

Theatrical concept album that’s both pure 70s and pure Alice Cooper. Couple of standout tracks with the biggest being ‘No More Mr Nice Guy’

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
Nov 01 2025

The UKs response to NY’s 2000s Post Garage. Filled with happy dance pop music

GI by Germs
Nov 02 2025

The USA answer to Nevermind the Bollocks. We win.

Roots by Sepultura
Nov 04 2025

Loud. Very loud.

Movies by Holger Czukay
Nov 08 2025

The link between prog rock and techno. A really fun listen.

Arular by M.I.A.
Nov 11 2025

Early 2000 soundtrack

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons
Nov 14 2025

Just can’t get to it.

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne
Nov 15 2025

Wonderful album that was off of my radar. A touch BritPop, a touch Twee, a touch Serge Gainsbourg. Really surprised this wasn’t on my radar before now.

Nov 17 2025

Everyone knows ‘Brimful of Asha’ - especially the Norman Cook mix, but it’s all worth a listen. This album has always reminded me of the 60s party albums. So to me this is the BritPop party album - it’s a little disjointed, a little rough, but fun all the way though.

With the crowd jeering and pleading for him to go back and continue the acoustic set - Dylan instead turns to his band and says “play it fucking loud!” we witness the birth of punk rock! Another stand out moment is when a crowd member calls Dylan “Judas” - but the band continue on and play their plugged in jams.

Ramones by Ramones
Nov 19 2025

All time classic!

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
Nov 20 2025

There’s nothing more smooth than Marvin’s voice. Nothing.

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg
Nov 21 2025

I loved this album when I was a kid and still love these songs. Listening to it again now - there are a lot of skits and interludes. Just a fun album!

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Nov 22 2025

Classic rock classic

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield
Nov 23 2025

A few all time classics packaged in a blue-eyed soul masterpiece

Graceland by Paul Simon
Nov 26 2025

Melodic and purely Paul Simon at his finest.

B-52's by The B-52's
Nov 27 2025

It’s a me problem but I just can’t get there…

Nov 28 2025

I loved this album when it came out and turns out I still do. I always felt they were the happier version of The Coral and love how they weaponized the saxophone.

Blunderbuss by Jack White
Dec 01 2025

Modern Guitar masterclass!

The Score by Fugees
Dec 03 2025

Lauren Hill’s voice shines, the production is solid and the vibe is legendary. Still wish Pras had more bars, but amazing album!

Rocks by Aerosmith
Dec 04 2025

Just not able to find my groove here.

Joan Baez by Joan Baez
Dec 05 2025

I just can’t get here. I have nothing but love and respect for Joan Baez - especially her song writing, but it’s just not me.

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons
Dec 06 2025

Just not my personal cup of tea, but interesting backstory.

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Dec 07 2025

Mixed results, but the blueprint is clearly in place.

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction
Dec 09 2025

Fantastic late 80s album that helped usher the world into the 90s.

L.A. Woman by The Doors
Dec 10 2025

Haven’t listened to this album in a LONG time and it was well worth the spin. The bluesy - straightforward rock sound is vintage Doors.

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters
Dec 11 2025

A wonderful recording of a seminal time in music.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners
Dec 12 2025

Interesting to listen to this album - a departure from their more popular songs, but found myself enjoying this much more!

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dec 13 2025

Terrific album to round out the aughts!

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney
Dec 16 2025

Grrrl Rock goddesses

Groovin' by The Young Rascals
Dec 17 2025

60s pop at its height.

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
Dec 27 2025

Just can’t get to Nick Drake. I try, but can’t get there.

Mott by Mott The Hoople
Dec 28 2025

I love glam rock but I can’t shake the feeling that they’re trying to be something that they are not. The songs are strong and production is great.

Master Of Puppets by Metallica
Dec 29 2025

Every song is too long, however, the energy is undeniable.

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
Dec 30 2025

I do like this album, just didn’t hit at the right time for me. For me, this is for late winter. The songwriting and milieu are both somber, but the faint glimmers of hope come from his innocent sounding voice.

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
Dec 31 2025

Legendary album from the queen

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt
Jan 01 2026

No denying her talent, but not for me.

Hypnotised by The Undertones
Jan 03 2026

A solid album / but not my favorite from them

My Generation by The Who
Jan 04 2026

Important Brit invasion album

Triangle by The Beau Brummels
Jan 05 2026

Unimpressed. Late 60s pop-psych-drudgery.

Young Americans by David Bowie
Jan 07 2026

The “Plastic Soul” album. It stands because it helped introduce soul and R&B to a much larger audience, but it’s also clear that Bowie was wading foreign waters. ‘Fame’ is an all-time favorite of mine, the cultural significance is there, the songs are largely middling.

Pornography by The Cure
Jan 11 2026

The beautiful place somewhere between industrial and early 80s pop and shoegazer. No clear singles. No obvious melodies. Yet it keeps hold of your ears the whole way through.

Ace of Spades by Motörhead
Jan 12 2026

Act of Spades instantly brings back hours and days if playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 in my college dorm.

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
Jan 13 2026

Several legendary tracks but this album has always felt uneven and perhaps a little disjointed.

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand
Jan 14 2026

This is late 90s pop folk - post emo-core, post glib.

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses
Jan 15 2026

Was only able to find this album on YouTube - it was a recording from a cassette. Throwing Muses is always fascinating, and this album lives up to that.

Pump by Aerosmith
Jan 16 2026
Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen
Jan 17 2026
Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Jan 19 2026

This is what I’d vote as the most punk ECA album

Jan 20 2026

A seminal album that brought the Kinks into the next phase of their greatness. This is arguably the first concept album - various takes on the thought of what it meant to be British. With multiple influences (American, European, Indian, etc) shaping new parts of the British life - the songs work as windows into that shapeshifting.

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
Jan 21 2026

I have never been able to go all-in Kate Bush. I have all of the respect for her music and appreciate how avant garde her stylings are and certainly were. I’m thankful for her experimentation and dedication to taking risks. She’s amazing and incredible.

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter
Jan 25 2026

A couple of great tracks here, but I just can’t get to it.

Pearl by Janis Joplin
Jan 26 2026

Beat posthumous album - maybe ever. Stacked album that was only beginning to show where she was taking the industry.

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé
Jan 27 2026

2000s queen

Odelay by Beck
Feb 01 2026

A stacked, all-time great album!

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets
Feb 02 2026

The 80s bad that Kurt Kobain saved!

Dookie by Green Day
Feb 03 2026

An all-time favorite of mine and loved it from the first listen - bought this the same day as the police slow motioned chased OJ’s white Bronco down the Los Angeles highway system.

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
Feb 04 2026

Funky grooves that melt into the next movement - what more could you ask for?!

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
Feb 06 2026

I’ve tried really hard to get to Nick Drake, but I just can’t get there. This is my favorite of his 3 studio albums. The songs are pretty and the melodies float gently around the lyrics. I think this album and its production offers the best visage of his music.

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas
Feb 07 2026

Crunchy industrial meets flowing pop and for the most part it works

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
Feb 08 2026

I loved this album from the first listen back in the middle aughts.

Manassas by Stephen Stills
Feb 09 2026

Showing his knack for creating great melodies and building strong song structure.

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
Feb 10 2026

The more I listen to this album the more I continue to find new things I love about it.

Stripped by Christina Aguilera
Feb 11 2026

Just can’t get to it.

Feb 12 2026

I lived this album as a kid - mostly because I loved the video for Take on Me. Still one of my all time favorite videos. Several great songs here, a couple stinkers too. Loads of nostalgia

Vulnicura by Björk
Feb 13 2026

Emotional journey through the lens of the Icelandic goddess

Ys by Joanna Newsom
Feb 14 2026

Not available on streaming.

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys
Feb 15 2026

An all-time great album stacked full of bangers

Feb 16 2026

An amazing early 90s time capsule. Many of these songs continue to stand on their own by taking new shapes and covering new ground by being timeless and fitting culture in ways that couldn’t have been considered in 1992.

NEU! 75 by Neu!
Feb 17 2026

Sounds like the soundtrack to an 80s movie about temptation and regret.

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
Feb 18 2026

I’m certainly not as high on this album as the press was when it landed. Over the years it has grown on me a bit more. It’s a good album and the storytelling is great, the beats are spacey and the mood is impossible to escape.

Revolver by Beatles
Feb 20 2026

The best album title of all time. One of the best covers of all time my time. Jam packed with done if the best songs of the Beatles catalogue.

Pink Flag by Wire
Feb 22 2026

Punk greatness

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Feb 25 2026

I’ve only recently connected with this album. The sonic layers are amazing and the lyrics are so personal

Feb 28 2026

My personal favorite 2Pac album because of how direct and personal the lyrics and feelings are here in every song.

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black
Mar 02 2026

Uneven, but that’s part of Black Francis’ charm.

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Mar 04 2026

Nope.

Bummed by Happy Mondays
Mar 05 2026

Late 80s party

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
Mar 07 2026

A couple of real gems on this album and the melodies are class throughout.

Suicide by Suicide
Mar 08 2026

I appreciate what this album is aiming for - and understand it was way ahead of its time. But because it’s not my first foray into the genre - I don’t see myself coming back.

Blur by Blur
Mar 09 2026

Classic BritPop with London swagger

Run-D.M.C. by Run-D.M.C.
Mar 10 2026

Classic greatness

Da Capo by Love
Mar 13 2026

Good vibes

Le Tigre by Le Tigre
Mar 14 2026

Always pushing the envelope of melody

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye
Mar 17 2026

It’s tough to hear Marvin not be happy. It’s not typically the vibe you’re looking for when you put Marvin on, but the album is strong and no doubt about it being pointed. But the cover art is awful.

Actually by Pet Shop Boys
Mar 18 2026

80s doing 80s

Urban Hymns by The Verve
Mar 19 2026

All-time great classic stacked with songs that have only grown more and more popular through time

Whatever by Aimee Mann
Mar 20 2026

Fun 90s listen

There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
Mar 21 2026

Epitome of 70s funk with a message. All time great and culturally important record.

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction
Mar 22 2026

A great album. A bit disjointed in moments, but it’s greatness cannot be underestimated

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Mar 23 2026

I was obsessed with this album when it first dropped. I even have the OG Superman copy. Lol

Mar 24 2026

So good they made a documentary about it! Genuinely a personal favorite and one of the most important albums of the early aughts.

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Mar 25 2026

Shoe gazer greatness!

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys
Mar 26 2026

Conflated. This album is ambitious, but would’ve benefited from additional production and a heaping of artistic focus. You can hear the shoegaze, the pop sensibilities, the reggae influence, the orchestral swell, but they’re all very much individual and just kind of smooshed together.

Shaft by Isaac Hayes
Mar 28 2026

What you say about Shaft? You’re damn right.

Superunknown by Soundgarden
Mar 30 2026

One of the last truly great grunge albums.

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel
Apr 01 2026

French showmanship at its zenith.

Guero by Beck
Apr 04 2026

A solid album - with an even better companion album!

Butterfly by Mariah Carey
Apr 05 2026

90s pop happiness

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes
Apr 06 2026

Loud and ambitious!

Konnichiwa by Skepta
Apr 09 2026

I have always loved that Skepta’s first album was called Greatest Hits. Just amazing! I’m team Dylan Mills, but Skepta’s grim is always worth the jam! The Streets

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads
Apr 12 2026

An all-time great album that is a building block for music to this day.

21 by Adele
Apr 13 2026

So much goodness!

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Apr 16 2026

The home of Proud Mary

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop
Apr 18 2026

Amazing and in your face!

Bone Machine by Tom Waits
Apr 19 2026

This album scared me as a kid, and is one of the most textured albums of Waits’ catalogue

Vivid by Living Colour
Apr 21 2026

I’ve heard Cult of Personality hundred - if not thousands - of times before, but pretty sure this is the first time I’ve listened to the rest of the album. It’s still very late 80s, but some of it is way more Huey Lewis sounding than I expected. I hear the mid-80s melodies and late-80s bass drums. I certainly appreciate their impact on 90s music much more after listening to the complete album.

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Apr 22 2026

I love Nick Cave. His imagery and characters are always so vivid. I would hate to be inside his mind.

Smile by Brian Wilson
Apr 24 2026

The sound and melody Brian always wanted the world to hear.

The Libertines by The Libertines
Apr 25 2026

A great early 2000s masterpiece

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground
Apr 26 2026

The songs are too long, the production is too compressed, but there’s no doubt that the distortion is where punk found its anchor.

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Apr 27 2026

Art rock experimentation that confounds. Don Van Vliet pushes the boundaries and sometimes stumbles upon something interesting, but most of the time it’s just aimless.

Yeezus by Kanye West
Apr 28 2026

Great album by a troubled dude

The Dreaming by Kate Bush
Apr 30 2026

I appreciate what Kate Bush is and her approach to her songwriting. She pushes when others pull. She zigs to the industry’s zags. I love that a whole lot folks discovered her with Running Up That Hill found second-fame in Stranger Things. Well deserved. The samples and tones she employs here were truly avant guard when this was released and that’s worth celebrating. Her song craft has been directly and indirectly ripped off a million times over since. I just can’t get to this album. I’m the one who’s too thick and shallow to fully appreciate.

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
May 01 2026

My dad had this album when I was a kid. I remember holding it and thinking the colors were cool and the space shuttle pulling into the giant SIMON game was neat. It was “old people music” to me then and it’s “old people music” to me now. The melodies are contagious and the lyrics are often thoughtful, but unless you were born before maybe 1970 - it’s probably not that interesting. It’s quintessential 70s radio pop - complete with too much production and it’s overly layered with orchestral strings and vocals. Dancing with my mom in the living room to Mr Blue Sky is a happy memory.

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees
May 02 2026

Summery. Light. Floating. Enjoyable.

The Cars by The Cars
May 03 2026

Fun listen drenched in 80s vibes

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
May 04 2026

The birth of rock and roll for white people. Elvis never wrote a song and never used original material, but he knew what was great and brought it to the airwaves and radio waves.

Out of Step by Minor Threat
May 05 2026

While the world needs more 22 minute albums of pure punk - I can deal without the straight edge tude. (Embracing people where they are is the win.)

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure
May 07 2026

The jangly guitars, the emotion and the styling is all here - the part missing is arguably the melodies.

Sunshine Superman by Donovan
May 08 2026

Donovan’s albums have always struck me as disjointed. There are invariably layers of extra production cluttering the mix - sitars, orchestral strings, harpsichords, additional percussion, and more. The overall impression is of an artist who set out to make an early-60s British folk record in the vein of Dylan, only to have the label get their hands on it. You can almost hear the notes being passed down: make this one feel more like Revolver, give this track a Stones edge, polish this one up for radio. The result is an album that never quite settles into its own identity.

Since I Left You by The Avalanches
May 09 2026

Soaking wet layers of samples snipped and snapped together to create soundscapes that take you away

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
May 11 2026

An all time great and possible the best triple studio album release ever.

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
May 14 2026

I remember when this album dropped and Pitchfork and the burgeoning music blogs all collectively loved it. I didn’t get it then. Still don’t get it. I promise I’m trying.

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
May 15 2026

I love glam, and have always had Roxy Music as a band to “explore more” but haven’t ever really committed to making the time. Took this opportunity to really listen to the album. All of the ingredients are there for me to love it: layered guitars & synths, punchy lyrics, driving percussion, and inventive melodies. However, I do feel that the horns are often more distracting than additive. It’s clear to hear their influence on other acts that I love: Talking Heads, Nick Cave, Pulp, the broader Cool Britannia scene and many more. There’s just something keeping from really being able to connect.

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke
May 16 2026

I love his voice and what he brought to the record was always his best.

Madman Across The Water by Elton John
May 17 2026

Tiny Dancer is an all-time great track. Levon is also a plus track. However, most of the rest of the album suffers from a lack of focus and/or comes out as bloated.

The Stooges by The Stooges
May 18 2026

A genuine classic

So by Peter Gabriel
May 19 2026

The three singles are the only songs worth playing. I’m sure this album made more sense in the context of the scene it landed in - but without the familiar melodies of the singles there’s nothing pulling me in to listen again.

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5
May 20 2026

J5 is golden. I really enjoy this album. It would’ve benefited from some additional clipping, however. Clocking in at just under an hour, it would’ve been an even stronger effort if was 45 minutes.

Destroyer by KISS
May 21 2026

I’ve tried many times with Kiss, but can never find my way there. It’s a me problem.

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
May 23 2026

Prog Rock 🫠

Debut by Björk
May 24 2026

A magically enchanted electronic album fuses folk and jazz.

Copper Blue by Sugar
May 25 2026

Melodic Husker Dü, and that’s what it’s supposed to be. Listening to this, you can clearly hear Bob Mould’s influence on Husker Dü. His "loud-quiet-loud" song craft is here too, which is where you can also hear Mould’s impact on bands like Nirvana. Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic said that Nirvana's musical style was "nothing new; Hüsker Dü did it before us."

Dirty by Sonic Youth
May 26 2026

I fell in love with this album just now!

May 27 2026

Only a few tracks are available for streaming so I wasn’t able to listen to it all the way through, but realized it was a gap in my collection - so I’ve ordered the record 👍

Third by Soft Machine
May 28 2026

I just didn’t get it

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
May 30 2026

One of the greatest alt dance records of all time.

Hot Fuss by The Killers
May 31 2026

Loved this album when it was first released, and obviously continues to make its imprint on the general public

Justified by Justin Timberlake
Jun 01 2026

Dance! Dance! Dance!

Jun 02 2026

Can you explain the 80’s without this album?

Being There by Wilco
Jun 03 2026

The album that introduced me to Jeff and the gang back in the early 2000s. Am all time favorite

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett
Jun 05 2026

I spent a lot of time with this album in college. I remember wondering why/how he was so comfortable with the guitar mistakes, spending hours deciphering the lyrics and wondering how he was able to craft such imagery with his word choice and how the uneven production was ‘approved’ by the record company at a time when the label had all of the power… I love this album in the way one would love a spouse’s art project - you love it because they love it. Ice cream ‘scuse me I’ve seen you looking good the other evening!

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Jun 07 2026

One of my favorite parts of this exercise is trying to imagine the album of the day in the context of when it was released. Trying to imagine what it must have felt like to take each album home - not knowing what was hidden in the record grooves and exploring the record, the sounds, the textures for the first time. I never understood why or how Elvis Costello was/is considered punk. It’s power pop. Pure, straightforward, pop.

The Next Day by David Bowie
Jun 08 2026

Is this Bowie’s greatest album? Not close. However how many bands still put out a great record at studio album #25? Dylan’s was Down In The Groove (his worst?) Rolling Stones is Foreign Tongue (comes out next month - their worst cover? lol) Neil Young - Silver & Gold So in context of rock gods making their 25th studio albums - this one holds up.

Liquid Swords by GZA
Jun 09 2026

One of the most important hip hop records of the 90s

Jun 10 2026

I found this album, like many of a similar age, via Wayne & Garth. I’m grateful for that introduction. It’s fostered many memories and enlightening conversations. There are a couple of stinkers here, but for the large part, the songs are solid. The production throughout is near perfect.

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey
Jun 11 2026

Great album and the real intro of PJ Harvey to the world.

Slayed? by Slade
Jun 12 2026

70s glam happiness

All Directions by The Temptations
Jun 13 2026

I loved this album. Before this listen, I don’t know that I ever listened to an album by The Temptations - it had only been singles and “radio songs” but what an enjoyable experience.

Odessa by Bee Gees
Jun 14 2026

Early Bee Gees is the best version of The Bee Gees!

Van Halen by Van Halen
Jun 15 2026

And with this album 80s hair metal is born and the shockwaves continue to be gyrated and the Aqua Net keeps spraying.

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground
Jun 16 2026

The album that introduced me personally to the Velvet Underground. It wasn’t the first time I heard or even had friends tell me to listen / but the first time I “got” the Velvet Underground. Candy Says and What Goes On felt like “my” songs.

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow
Jun 18 2026

I loved this album when it came out and it still has a spot in my heart

Green by R.E.M.
Jun 19 2026

Masterpiece

Surfer Rosa by Pixies
Jun 21 2026

An all time favorite. Only wish this album was longer!

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen
Jun 26 2026

There’s no doubt about the talent, the importance and the impact of this album - however I’m not sure there’s much of a reason for me to come back to this album for additional listens. Do It Clean is my favorite song on the album, and it’s on a playlist or two in my library, but for the most part I prefer to play the bands that were born from this record.

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott
Aug 02 2026

An all time great release.

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood
Aug 06 2026

I was surprised by how many of these songs I knew, but quickly realized how instantly forgettable every song actually is.

Beautiful Freak by Eels
Aug 13 2026

I love this album from front to back. Such vivid stories and the epitome of 90s indie

Phrenology by The Roots
Aug 14 2026

When this album came out it was my winter soundtrack, then it evolved into my spring soundtrack and found its full glory as the summer of 2003 album. The layers and imagery that are unleashed in this album are infinite in their greatness

Achtung Baby by U2
Aug 19 2026

A great album / with a few stinkers mixed in

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy
Aug 21 2026

Meh.

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