1001 Albums Summary

One of the top 10 rock albums of all time.

Rather dull Prog Rock noodling. A compelling story, but the music loses its way.

Sounds like 3 different records at times -the paranoid tunes are the most striking. Innovative for the time, but hasn't held up well. The live shows must have been rather grim...

Striking, even now.

Always strikes me how much Music Hall influenced these 60s-70s songwriters.

Must we? Although I do respect immensely anyone who stares down the entire music industry and wins.

Love this one.

Problematic album from a great band.

I get it, but good lord that voice...

Trite lyrics, stock shoegaze sound; not much else to recommend it.

Not my favorite Bowie, but still great.

So very seminal. Again, the Savage book is great context.

Hard to overstate the importance, though.

I'm not normally into this kind of thing, but Drake was one of the best - beautiful songs, haunted lyrics.

I loved this record when it came out. Still do.

Kirkville in musical form. Yes, PGG, it brings back 95X, the whole lot. Not in a good way.

After reading the Savage book, I finally understand how this evolved.

All over the lot, and really signaled the end of pop for a bit, but so brilliant when it's brilliant.

I like this a lot more than I remembered. Just feels like the year it was made.

What a great record. *The* lodestar for a ridiculous number of punk and new wave bands.

Never a jig fan hit gotta give them props for this one.

Yes, he was a great guitar player. No, I still can't forgive the Kinks cover. Meh

Comes across as trying way too hard to be clever, like a college freshman taking his first Comp Lit class. Only works occasionally.

Too important to ignore. "Emperor's" remains a minor masterpiece.

How can you go wrong with Truckin' and Sugar Magnolia? Although every Deadhead I know hates the studio albums.

Not the most accessible of their records, but such great writing.

A great record I've never heard! Super soulful voice.

Always sorta liked this band, but never really center stage for me, but listening now it's pretty clear what a big (and important) break they helped form from punk, prior to the onslaught of shitty synth bands.

I would give this a million stars if I could. For me, this is a towering achievement, the single greatest album ever recorded, by anyone.

Love Otis, although this album not my fav.

Yeah, that's pretty cool.

I'm not much for redneck rock, but Duane Allman was a hell of a blues player.

Not my thing, but, okay sure.

Aaaaaaahzzzzzzzzeeeeeee! Almost laughable now that this sounded "threatening" back in the day.

I actually like this. Or maybe I'm just in a mood.

Changes is an all-time great. God, I love Bowie.

Doesn't move me. However, a group I know did Sweet Child as a barbershop arrangement, which was hilarious.

Forgot how much I like this band.

It's the Who's Tommy. Nuff said.

Wanted to like this. Did not.

Another great record. Love how the opening bars feel kinda like the Stones' one (weak) nod to psychedelia. And then they said "enough with that s$&t".

Never really listened to him before. Some beautiful things on here.

Hadn't heard this either. Everybody Knows feels like a song for the times, tho it came out in 1988.

Gret record - "Criminal" remains a standout single. One of the strangest performers I've ever seen live - spent 3/4 of the show hiding under her piano.

Meh at the time, meh now.

Great record, and prescient. "I'm not a part of a redneck agenda," indeed. Fuck Trump and the oligarchs.

Really, really liked this. Fascinating man - take a look at his bio and the artists with whom he's worked.

Some gorgeous things on here.

What a great writer.

Had never heard anything but Connected, but I like the rest. A period piece sound-wise, but in a good way.

Half punk, half parody, 100% New Yawk. Look at most any pic from CBGB in the era and you'll see these bozos with the Ramones, Blondie, everyone. The I Got You Babe cover is a masterpiece.

Never a fan. Gets a 2 only for her influence on others.

Never heard this before, and never heard Zappa instrumentals. Groovy, man.

Wacky

Not a fan myself, but undeniable.

I like this more than I remember liking it.

Toggling between intrigued and annoyed with this one. Zappa-esque in places. I kinda like it in small doses.

Sadly, All I Wanna Dois really the only good song on this.

Better than I remembered.

Super funky. Ginger Baker rocks too.

Interesting in spots, not a lot of focus tho

Yay, power pop!

Um

Another one to which is give 10,000 stars if I could.

Great record by truly great musicians. But so 70s I grew bell bottoms just listening to it. Guitar solo on "Reelin'" is an all-time, 11 of 10 classic.

Respect it, don't love it.

Better than I remembered

So pointless, so goofy. Blech

I love avant-garde weirdness like this.

A prodigious talent, an all time great. So glad I got to see her a few times BITD. This is a great setting for her in her prime, and the HHTMoon is hilarious.

The guitar blues tunes are fun, but overall this is a reminder, esp. "Over the Hills," of why I hate hate hate Led Zeppelin in this period. Ponderous, pretentious, and Plant's horrible, horrible screeching.

Meh

Saw these 2 live once. Loudest concert I've ever attended. But I do like their work.

He's great, just mot a big fan of the Hammond organ.

One had to be in the mood for this, I suppose.

Nope.

Please god not Coldplay.

Ugh. Especially for what he's become.

Love this guy.

I had no idea this was the guy from Blur

Beautiful, tortured, sometimes barely there. I usually don't like this kind of thing but Drake had a special gift.

Never much of a fan but the impact is undeniable.

Hmmm

Hard to argue with this one. Peak Stones?

Some amazing playing on this.

Liked this group a lot, esp their full ambient records

Nothing awful, but so much less interesting than Pure Heroine - Royals was one of the more interesting hit songs of the last decade or so.

Nope.

Never been a fan

Meh. I know, seminal record blah blah.

I've always liked Grohl - sad I didn't get to see him in one of his pre-Nirvana bands in DC. Weenie Beenie is an actual greasy spoon take out down here in Arlington!

God I love this band.

Gee, wonder where Mumford and the Avett Bros stole all their supposedly "original" material? 🙄 Thirty years earlier and so, so much better.

Yessir.

I've always hated this band for no particular reason.

I hate the Doors. Pretentious crap.

Gabba gabba.