1001 Albums Summary

Cold, impartial, repetitive, soulless, relentless, endless, etc etc. Void of all human emotion.

One PSB song (not on this album) is enough to last me my whole life.

Typical Costello.

Perfect soundtrack for the times. Still relevant.

Scathing soundtrack to the violence of the time. Fear, unfairness, uncertainty and at the end, hope.

Iconic operatic glimpse of love, lust, coming of age.

Landmark album for the Peppers. Good listen all the way thru.

Very difficult to listen to. Couldn't do it.

Fantastic album of collective dissonance, upbeat rock tunes and introspective songs that are diverse enough to keep you interested yet cohesive enough to present a sense of place throughout the album. A must listen all the way thru.

Classic Sinatra but gets pretty tedious by mid-album. Better arrangements of some of the songs can be found elsewhere. But, sets the mood back to the 50's and 60's for dancing, boozing, and smoking.

Not my preferred genre of music, but I get it. I especially like the music intermissions with the classroom recordings. I hope Lauren found what she was looking for.

Excellent collection of roots rock classics. elements of american blues and rock and roll. this one should be listened to over and over.

One of the finest Live Albums in Country Music. The audience was "captive" throughout the performance.

Brilliant album start to finish.

17 songs of over-dramatic screaming negativity.

Video game music

WTF? Incomprehensible. Thought I had an open mind about music but I couldn't get into it.

Swingin' music of the times.

Meh

couple of great songs here, rest are forgettable. because my girlfriend in HS had this cassette and listened to it all the time. I don't remember any of the songs but 2.

Great album. Classic Dylan

Love the Pixies, love this album.

Great live album performed by a captive audience.

Sorry. Bored as hell listening to Morrissey's monotone. This album sounds like 1 song played over and over. Sorry, don't care how deep his lyrics are, if the music isn't interesting, it gets 2 stars for valiant effort.

Nice find!

Waterfalls is catchy--until the nasally rap-then falls apart quickly. A few nice harmonies, but not enough to keep it interesting. The interludes were the best part.

Glad this album was suggested. I've never explored Phair's music before. Girl power all the way. Songs are paired down to the bare minimum using only her voice and a single instrument but they could easily be paired with a full band to produce a bombast. Good job Liz.

Solid rock album. Should be on the Top 100 of all time.

Technically beautiful but mostly forgettable. Production is late 80’s so sounds like everything else that was put out during that time. Glad to re-live it, but I’ve moved on.

Smooth jazz. Not my jam since early 90's. But they've got it going on. Just not goin on my playlist.

Brilliant. Ahead of its time. Wonderful start to finish. Bowie.

A steady drone of boredom. You must be way stoned to perceive any satisfaction from this album. A song starts, you expect it to build over the next 3-10 minutes, but it doesn't. Then you keep listening to see if it could get any better, but it doesn't. Then you fully expect some sonic release by the end of the song, but you finally realize you've been duped, you're left unfulfilled, and disappointed in yourself for wasting an hour of your life. Can't get it back BTW. 1 star for the fact they actually get this stuff recorded and 1 star for a few riff ideas that could be made into real songs.

Was a dancing good there that night I bet

Blues rock masters

Brilliant

Filled with interesting driving organic percussion beats and typical newer Radiohead vocalizations, this album is interesting at times, but exciting very seldom. It's not their best effort, not an album to listen to over and over. I love Radiohead but this one I only pulled a few track and pitched the rest.

Meh

Catchy. interesting lyrics

Meh

Weird. Thanks for suggesting, but I won't listen again.

not bad.

Excellent examples of NY from acoustic to hard rock. An important listen.

Pleasant enough, but I don't feel like sleeping right now.

Nice one. Didn't know this existed.

Is this supposed to be some groundbreaking R&B album? I must be ignorant.

Sorry, couldn't listen to this even part of the way through.

I like Prince. I do not like this album. Awful.

Top 100 albums of all time. Classic.

Not for me, but thanks

For an album listed as a top 100 of all time, i'm not sure. Yes, some fantastic grooves and interesting tracks, but as a whole it would be down on my list. I'll listen again and maybe I can find that collective album spark.

Never listened to this album all the way through. Blew my mind!

Deep, man, deep.

Masterpiece of a live concert by one of rock’s greatest bands.

Love the "Break!"

Brilliant guitar work, dark and brooding lyrics. An interesting listen but not something that needs to be on my playlist.

I want to scream and smash things. I guess I like it.

Couldn’t find this album

Different from other MD recordings. Brilliant grooves that ebb and flow bring the listener along on an interesting journey. While most MD recordings leave me bored, this album kept me waiting to hear “what’s next!”

The Cure. Nothing different. But, The Cure.

Yeah, OK.

Beautiful voice.

Glad to give this a listen. Some old Pixies in there, but otherwise a basic alternative/garage band album. A few cuts were worthy of downloading but the rest were average an forgetable.

Using all stellar artists for a backup band, it was hard to tell who was in control of this album. Most cuts were messy instrumentalists vs intramentalists vying for attention. In one song, it sounded like 3 guitar solos going on at once while pitted against the harmonica. A bit of a mess. I don't think this is the Muddy Waters that I want to be associated with.

Interesting.

Madonna is talented. This record doesn't reflect that. It's basically an autotune irritation. But, as I was quickly dismissing track after track, I came upon "I Deserve It" which is an acoustic guitar backed track featuring her voice. Nice. Why doesn't she do a whole album like this instead of that crappy electronic poppy bullshit? Couple of other tunes that bear mentioning: "Paradise (Not for Me)" has a dark and brooding vibe with a really cool backbeat groove and the ending tune "Gone" is a quiet, self-reflection that closes out a 3 song album. The rest is noise.

This may have been a groundbreaking electronic album when it came out 47 years ago, but it didn't age well. Sounds silly and juvenile. Probably a must listen if you're really into electronica but there's so much better stuff out there.

Girl don't waste that, swallow it all! Terrible and disgusting.

Couple of stellar tracks here, the rest gets tossed into the "old music no one listens to anymore" bucket.

classic 60's pop. haven't really explored their dark side yet.

Hard to believe this band took itself seriously. Or maybe I just don't get it. Or maybe they don't take themselves seriously and this is all a silly joke. I remember hearing about the band back in the day but never really knew who they were. This app forced me to take a listen. I hadn't missed much.

Brilliant masterpiece by one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time.

Wow

This album is a gem. A museum piece of Americana. Stories of youth, love, desperation and hope. Superb musicianship and storytelling, this should be in your top 100.

Love this! Can just put this on and you've got a groovy reggae beat and soulful tunes that just glide across the air. Good suggestion!

I've never listened to this album all the way thru and this was no exception. Despite the fact that MJ was a talented artist, the album title says it all: BAD! This album is reaally bad. After the 15,000th breathy hiccup, my eyes rolled back so far in my head I couldn't see. My ears were suffering from such disappointment. MJ was trying really hard, WAY TOO hard. While there are some popular songs on this album, that doesn't mean it has any lasting value. the sound the songs, the lyrics--nothing aged well.

Brilliant! A giant eff you to the establishment saying I've got your attention now, so listen to what I've got to say. No more boxed into a corner, Dylan just lets his mind go where it wants to go. Brilliant!

Not terrible, just not my thing.

I hear some hints of old time R&B/Soul and nice use of horns.

Monster of an concept album. Exciting from start to finish, this is a must listen.

All of psychedelia all wrapped up into 1 album. It's all in there. Groovy.

Influence for New Wave? I don't know, but lots of bands did this style much better.

It's a collection of annoying Christmas songs that I never want to listen to again.

2 hits on the record, both classics. A mostly upbeat, positive album. Won't likely hit my "listen again" list though.

Well, as elevator music goes this is pretty good. Fell asleep about halfway thru the first tune but I'm sure the rest was good too.

In the vein of The Cure and Depeche Mode. Dark and brooding, heavy bass and droning vocals.

Classic Springsteen. Americana at its best while also protesting America. Brilliant.

Another classic by Springsteen. A cathartic collection of songs dealing with grief, anger, hope.

Early Queen was quite special. Rock opera specialists. Love this.

I hear this was groundbreaking at the time it was released. OK for some background noise, interesting in parts, relaxing in others, exciting sometimes.

Soulful tunes from the R&B master

Hard to be negative about John Lennon, but this album doesn't grab me like one would if he were part of the Beatles. Sure, Imagine is a meaningful, classic song, but the rest of the album just doesn't give me anything but partial vibes, fuzzy musical landscapes, and OK lyrics. I may be off the mark--haven't read what everyone else posted here, just my take.

Sappy

Punk/rock/garage, not sure. Dudes hopefully learned a few more chords later in their career.

The name "Melodrama" basically sums up this album. It's exactly what I would expect a 14 year old girl would want to listen to while she cries about her girlfriends being mean while her boyfriend won't keep asking her for a handjob in the car, then quietly cutting her wrists just so she can feel something.

If you want to listen to an album that is basically the same song for 11 songs. I just couldn't.

this is some awful bitch-ass shit. Can't listen to much of it with all the autotune whale cries but the message I got was "girl power." That got her a second star.

3 major classics here, the rest is filler. Not their best album but it was a preview of the greatness to come.

Brilliant album from a Texas treasure. She blew us all away with this album!

Some cool stuff in there, just got to wade through it to find it.

Not terrible, not great.

Classic, must listen.

WTF is this? XTC wasn't listenable in their heyday and they're still difficult. Very odd. They get an extra star for the multilayered sounds using strings and horns and everything.

Fun and unique.

The most annoying and beautiful voice at the same time. Incredibly talented but her style and vocalizations did not stand up to the test of time.

Solid songwriting.

Yeah, OK.

This is the type of music that you hear but don't hear during a movie. Not needed on this list.

nothing offensive, nothing exciting. Not bad, kinda lost interest. So many bands do this sort of style much better.

Groundbreaking metal album with dueling lightening speed guitars, driving rhythms and thundering bass all pulled together with soaring operatic vocals that will tear out your ears as you pump your fist to stories depicting human's inhumanity. This one for sure put Iron Maiden on the pedestal as one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time.

Beautiful voice, talented singer-song writer. Just wish she had a little more "umph" because on the whole, she's pretty boring.

Great voice, great song writing.

First half of this album was groundbreaking, interesting and fun--all worthy of PM. Last half-easily forgotten. Last couple of songs listen-worthy, but I'd settle for the first 4-5 songs and move on.

A couple of solid songs here, the rest sound like the rest. This album makes a lot of Top 100 album lists, but not mine.

Noyz

Not sure what to say. Odd vocals.

Weird but it works at times. the first Krautrock group I've heard that actually has some soul in their sound.

Sometimes the individuals who make up a supergroup don't hold up on their own as a solo artist. Yes he has a big hit on this album but the rest is forgettable.

WTF?

One of the most famous artists that I've never listened to. Didn't miss much. Lyrics are great, vocals are hard to listen to.

Classic R&B easy listening.

Some classic sounds from the 70's. Disco, jazz, r&b. nice.

Mostly noise. I understand the protest but there isn't any real cohesiveness to this noise.

Some genuine awesome tunes here but not their best output as an album.

Innocuous

Not too bad for a rap album

Cutting edge for the time

Well, that was interesting.

If you like show tunes…

Not your typical white stripes album but interesting and a new direction. Fun listen.

Now I want to smash something!

Metal classic with orchestral arrangements. Technically tight with lyrics you can understand.

Great band, tight set. Good listen of some old classic rock hits with added live energy.

Want to give this a 4.5 but it's not a choice. Great album, great hits. Couple of unmemorable songes, but the memorable ones put Green Day on the map.

I get it, but I'm not getting all the way through it.

Probably a great live gig. Jazzy lounge music.

Hinting at the greatness that will come, Pixies first album is a fun listen. It's not their greatest but it shows that they knew they were on to something.

Exceptional bluesy-groovy masterpiece of glam rock. A must listen.

Wonderfully talented artist with amazing vocals and soulful slide guitar. Unfortunately this album doesn’t showcase that. Despite the critics praise, I find that most songs waste her talent and she should have focused more on what make her great: soulful blues. But, I’m listening to this in 2026 and it was produced in 1989-not a great era for music style and production. Maybe that’s just me.

A star for originality, a star for political stance and a star for such a blend of styles which is cool. But I couldn't listen all the way through--not my jam.

Love this album. From the piano flourishes to the seizure-inducing guitar work packaged with lots of fun stories, this album is a work of art.

A shining example of new wave music. Fun, danceable music with nerdy, sometimes dark lyrics. Best party album from my college years.

The King of Funk from the early years. Good listen, but his other albums are much more fun.

Extremely emotional and introspective.

the title song is nice, couldn't find the album

Only on song on here remotely interesting and it's too long.

A classic rock masterpiece that set the stage for rock n roll to come. Never gets old.

Nice find. Never listened to any of their stuff until now. Talented musicians using many influences to develop an organically beautiful musical landscape.

Sloppy, bluesy mess of rock classics and blues remakes. There’s some attitudinal swagger going on here. Fabulous.

Inspirational debut that set the tone for rock bands to come.

He poured his soul out for this, but I’m not buying. Boring enough to make me mentally ill.

Angry, angry, angry, in your face protest raps wrapped up in a F bomb box with a AK 47 bow.

Jazz with an African influence.

Disco at its best.

This album shows some hints of the great things to come from The Beatles. An enjoyable transition from their poppy rock n roll early days to their more psychodelic later years. Great listen--this is where the magic really started!

Not Willie's best by far, but he demonstrates his ability to master other genres with grace. A good listen.

Never heard of them before. They sound pretty typical of their time.

Frankie goes all in on improv jazz. Cool. But he's on another stratosphere than me so it's hard to relate. How they could remember all the key and timing changes is beyond me.

Brilliant.

These guys are PISSED OFF and make me pissed off. There is little fairness in the world but a heaping pile of stinking hypocracy that we live in every day. But if you're going to be this angry, at least you can bang your head to this. Rock on guys.

Girl power to the nth degree. Great songs that take on the inequality of being female but with a sliver of hope. I listened to this album a lot back in the 90's but never really listened that hard to the lyrics. I'm looking forward to hearing what my 30 year old daughter thinks of it. Only complaint is the 90's era production that seems to make the music sound a little thin or something--not sure i know how to describe it but it's a 90's sound.

Classic example of some the finest prog rock ever to hit your ears.

Screaming guitars, soaring vocals, driving bass, pounding drums, and thrilling organ make this a glorious piece of extravagant rock art. I'd never heard this album before, but I got hooked in the first couple of minutes. A must listen.

Love it when I find a new band I've never heard of and love them. Kinda Rolling Stones like. Love some of their remakes, they took them and made them their own. Quite an entertaining listen!

So he sings, plays guitar and protests and complains and on and on and I couldn't finish it. Meh.

Artsy fartsy but not pleasant to listen to. Guess they got the sound they wanted, but it wasn't something that I wanted.

Man they knocked it out of the park with this one. Solid all the way through, it is a masterpiece of prog rock.

Great example of the birth of 80's synth pop rock. Although most of the songs sound pretty similar, they are catchy.

Interesting listen. Familiar melody in long play format that I hadn’t heard before. But by the end of Part II, it just got silly and disappointing.

What a talent. Bluesy, jazzy, evoking visions of smoke-filled lounges and martinis. What a tragedy.

You'd think I'd know who this was, but now I know. Glad I got to know her a little.

I was dreading listening to another Bjork album but this one really was enjoyable to listen to. Gets weird in spots but forgivable.

Fun album with lots of radio hits and a few fun surprises. Not a huge fan of the electronic drum machines used on this album but it works for this one.

Exceptional debut album full of breezy and somewhat reserved songs with moments of grandeur. No wonder they made it big after this album.

Too artsy for me. Couldn't make it through the first song

The album that started the punk pop revolution. Modeled after the Stooges and featuring fast, catchy, short and to the point punk songs that fed the masses. Fun listen.

Some originals, some covers, all make me go straight to sleep. It's not that this isn't a fine record with talented musicians and vocals but it's so slow and peaceful they should have called it The Lullaby Session.

Pretty campy, don't think it aged that well. Could be remade to fit modern tastes.

I like PG, but he's pretty weird as is his music. What an imagination.

Boo-fuckin-boo. Love it!

It's The Band. Enjoyable listen.

They started it all...

Pretty campy. Not sure it aged that well.

The interludes were more interesting than the actual song tracks.

Never heard of them but enjoyed them enough to listen to a couple other albums by them. Fun lyrics, nice horn section. Bluesy alternative rock in the same vein as Wilco.

Don't think this one is as good as his Live at the Apollo recording. But it's BB.

Depressing noise, maybe I just don't understand. When reading a summary about the album, Apple music said this was basically a masterpiece. Mostly I think it's shite.

Incredibly talented group of guys, even without Neil Young. Wonderful harmonies and vocals, excellent arrangements and talented guitar work to go along with smart songwriting, this one is a classic.

Nice vocals and a neat little latino twist to some of the songs. But, it put me to sleep, just not exciting enough.

why did this one end up on my list again?

Love it! Groovy beats, fun remakes. Drum tracks sound familiar-i'm sure I've heard them sampled in some rap songs and definitely on at least one Beastie Boys tune. Gonna listen to this one again.

Was loving this album until the "I want my mama" part. freakin annoying. Really started out strong with the first track, a few other groovin tunes, but lost me as the album went on.

Man, what an album. Bowie's still got it, even when he was at the end of his life. This was a gift to be enjoyed in his memory.

Exceptional album from the master.

Never a fan of MJ and now we know he's a pedophile. Fuck him--he gets a 1.

If you like pulsating, repetitive machinery noise with screeching vocals this one's for you.

Nice find from a band that taught Seattle how to grunge.

1 album wonders. Pretty solid girl-rock/pop. Problem is the "We got the beat" earworm i've dealt with since I listened to it last week.

Interesting bluesy concept that went over my head.

Nice.

very 80's.

Good times from the 80's rockers. Complete with porn soundtrack. Cheeky monkeys!

Classic Willie

Pure shite for wankers.

Texas greasy, grimy blues rock. The best.

wow, some people really trashed this album. I guess I'm one of the dumbasses who are glad to have listened to it. Lots of influences here, Cat Stevens, Jim Croce, Eric Clapton, etc. Totally enjoyed it.