1001 Albums Summary

Some interesting and challenging ideas on show here Familiarity: 2 – Unknown album Songs I would actively choose to listen to: 2 - Little What can I remember the next day?: 2 - Little Best song: Sweat Loaf

Liked songs: E-pro; Qué Onda Guero; Girl; Go it alone

Breed

Inoffensive, but ultimately forgettable

Solid as an album, better than the sum of its parts

Some big songs on there, but also filler Familiarity: 3 – Know some songs Songs I would actively choose to listen to: 2 - Little What can I remember the next day?: 2 - Little Best song: Sing a Simple Song

The energy in this is nonstop Familiarity: 5 – Deep Familiarity Songs I would actively choose to listen to: 3 - Half What can I remember the next day?: 4 - Most Best song: Paradise City

What a belter of an album. Familiarity: 5 – Deep Familiarity Songs I would actively choose to listen to: 3 - Half What can I remember the next day?: 4 - Most Best song: Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Much preferred the electric first half over the acoustic second Familiarity: 2 – Unknown album Songs I would actively choose to listen to: 1 - None What can I remember the next day?: 1 - None Best song: Outlaw Blues

Solid background noise for landing my kickflips

Only got as far as track 3 - need to revisit

This is just noise, and not the good kind

Solid mixture of rock through this

I didn't dislike the album, but I don't think I found anything musically interesting to warrant another listen.

I quite liked the space rock

Recognised a couple of songs Fave song : chocolate cake

Saves the best till last. Some of the samples did sound a bit like someone was just mashing a soundboard randomly

Outside of the "big 2", all a bit dreary

(Pain in the arse trying to listen to this without Spotify)

I didn't really feel like this album went anywhere, and nothing to be found here worth revisiting. Familiarity: [2 – Unknown album] Songs I would actively choose to listen to: [1 - None] What can I remember the next day?: [1 - None}

Just a bit bland Familiarity: [3 – Know some songs] Songs I would actively choose to listen to: [1 - None] What can I remember the next day?: [1 - None}

Excellent album to have on in the background

A bit chaotic, a bit reggae, a bit punk. I enjoyed this Familiarity: [3 – Know some songs] Songs I would actively choose to listen to: [2 - Little] What can I remember the next day?: [3 - Half]

Complete unknown to me but exceeded expectations. First half much stronger than second

"A lot of noise"

The boss of bossa nova.

I think Run DMC benefit from a collaboration. As influential as it may have been, I am glad hip hop has progressed from this.

This is a great . Trim a few songs and this might have been a 5

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would

Protopunk

Never heard of The Gun Club. Solid punk album.

Not familiar with this album. A few moments but probably too long.

Only thing I knew before listening was Bohemian Like You. This was ok.

A couple of good songs strung together by dreary toss.

I enjoy CCR, but it does all sound a bit samey

Banging start, banging end, dips in the middle but still good stuff

I don't think I've ever listened to a Blur album outside of greatest hits - generally I don't think I was missing too much but credit where it's due there's some fun bits on here. Much more variety of sounds than some of their Britpop peers. Oompah

There is a lot more blues on this than I was expecting. Not a lot of variety though. An excellent background album.

Well this is a bit of nostalgia. You can definitely hear Blur in some of the tracks with just Alburn involved, but add in the collaborations and there's a lot going on. Not sure that I'd be putting any of the non singles on a playlist, but as a whole, very enjoyable.

Completely unknown to me, and not sure what I think of it. The songs on this all have an aspect that i quite like, whether that is a riff, the bass line, the drums; but the other parts of the songs are just a bit pants. I do enjoy that the Wikipedia summary for the album seems to have been written by a ten year old: "It's called that because it's from Ohio".

I heard you like 12 bar blues.

Acoustic versions of some of their slower songs and covers. Just a bit boring.

Björk's singing I can see being a bit divisive, but I quite like the underlying music.

The first song seemed vaguely familiar, but otherwise completely unknown artist. I dig this

Heavy beats to start with, but felt it dipped after that.

I absolutely love this. This is album is a reminder that I should probably listen to more of these albums in stereo and/or through good quality headphones .

Not much of anything - lacking some Young

Rose-tinted glasses perhaps but the opening few tracks are great. Then there is a bit of cliff edge.

Quite the rollercoaster. In isolation you hear BoRhap and think it is all over the place in terms of genres, and then you hear it in this album and it makes more sense. Overall I enjoyed this

Now that's what I call an album cover! I didn't really realise there was more to VM than Brown Eyed Girl, but this album is a cracker.

A consistently solid album. My criticism is exactly that though - if the same song played twice in the album I probably wouldn't notice

Van Morrisonandonandonandon

Some good funk tunes, but tailed off a bit

I really don't know why this is on the list

Meh. Nothing interesting here

Not my usual cup of tea, but better than i expected. Still wouldn't call it particularly enthralling however

Knowing nothing about them, I was looking forward to this based on the band's info on Spotify: "Gang of Four is one of the most radically important, and influential rock groups of the last 40 years." I am underwhelmed.

A classic. I think this is the first 20+ minute song on the list. Let there be more

I would have never guessed this was from 1973.

I found myself quite bored listening to this

Other than the first song, everything just sort of blended together. Not very interesting, and definitely sounds a bit dated

Was alright, but nothing to get particularly excited about

Nice mix of classic rock

Some relaxing folk with enjoyable vocals compared to some of of the prior albums

Lots of ideas going on here, but a bit of fun overall

A novel listen? Sure. An album I'll come back to? Probably not.

I don't think I've ever actually listened to an Eminem album. There are some enjoyable songs, but its hard to ignore the rampant homophobia and needless violence throughout. I have no idea how much of this is supposed to be taken literally, what is and isn't in character as Marshall Matters, or if this is supposed to be some sort of meta-commentary, but it definitely hampered my enjoyment of the album. When did i become a woke snowflake?

Music for the snart-sniffer and I'm in the game for some gastromatherapy

I think I understood less than half words, and most of those were variations of words that I daren't type. I did enjoy a cocking gun providing the beat on one of the tracks, and recognised a surprising number of other songs, but I can't say that I got much enjoyment from my listen

Classic Britpop. Can definitely feel the influence of other artists, but also adding in their own spin with the classical (/sampled) instruments.

I tried to find some redeeming features, I really did. There were moments where I thought I understood it, the beat of industrial machinery. And then I'd be out of it again. I think I could probably listen to a single track and get along ok with it, but a whole album is hard going. I think the only reason I'd revisit this album is to annoy someone else.

SIMPLY (bo)RED

It was ok. Inoffensive.

I enjoyed this so much more than their debut

I'm just a basic Britpop bitch

Needing the full 70 minutes is just showing off

I enjoyed it, but (to my ears) this is quite repetitive (and to be fair, there are actual repeats of songs)

I love the groove of CH, it all seems so smooth

Fam was tidy hot sauce

I explicitly gave permission to my wedding DJ to play something from this album and he didn't. What a melon.

Its a solid album, but didn't really excite me.

She is undeniably a good singer, but I really didn't find anything interesting

Enjoyable

Solid 70s rock

I went in expecting something a bit more "Sex Pistols"esque, but that was not to be. Opening track sounded like protosludge, but then the next track went a bit off the rails. Not my favourite punk album...

Not my favourite White Stripes album, but still solid

A lot of British postpunk being thrown at us. This album made me feel better about my own musical playing abilities

A bit of 80s fun

Dreadful (although for reasons unknown to myself not a 1)

Was alright. Was pleased to see the last song was actually 10 minutes long and didn't just sound like it had been going on forever

I am the music man, I come from down your way and I can play. What can you play? I play piano Pia-pia-pia-no Pia-no pia-no Pia-pia-pia-no Pia-pia-no

Another 20 minuter! Enjoyed it more than the rest of the album

This feels very 70s. I ended up listening to this a few times because i ended up getting distracted each time, and i think it got a little worse with each listen.

A relaxing soundtrack where I knew more songs than I thought I did.

I enjoyed the hard rock, didn't overstay its welcome as it was starting to sound a bit samey.

Wouldn't it be nice if this album was more interesting. Did not need to be 20+ tracks long

Not my usual cup of tea, but knew lots of songs here. Would rate it higher but I know that I probably won't be listening to it again.

Started off quite a strong, but I did tire of Billy by the second half

Sure, why not

Wait, 1970s UK post-punk can actually be enjoyable?

I think I suffered a case of Jazz fatigue here

Not for me

I wish this had been a while album of Quiet Life

Lesser known Blur songs (to me), still a largely solid album

This was a bit of a chore to get through. At least it was only 36 minutes.

Bit of a mixed bag, but overall not much reason to listen again.

I need to pace myself so I don't end up with 5 five-star LedZep albums

I'd probably appreciate this more if I wasn't feeling ill

I like the funkiness, although seemed like another front ended album

Enjoyed the flow of this

A rather lovely album

This was not as fun as I was hoping. Don't think the audience noises helped

There is a lot of fat to trim in this - meh

Some loverly proggers. Quality is a bit inconsistent but enjoyable album

Recognised a fair amount, enjoyed it but potentially marked down because of the flu factor

I can see the montage of Icelandic landscapes with lava flowing through and this playing in the background.

A mixed bag, but overall not really worth a relisten.

This is an excellent bit of reggae groove - what I needed.

Genre spanning, but did not need 2 hours of this

This was short and sweet, two thumbs up

An album of covers that I enjoyed more than I thought I would

Sehr gut

Very Radio 6

Given how recent this was, I was expecting much more. Perhaps I would have enjoyed it more with more active listening, but not bothered by this based on what I did hear.

Not quite sure why, but I did enjoy this

A bit samey perhaps, but good energy.

28 songs in 41 minutes is fairly impressive. Unfortunately that was the most impressive thing about the album

This has some hot potatoes

I did like the mixture of styles presented on here, but whilst some songs I enjoyed, a lot I wasn't all that bothered by

This was a nice relaxing album, and although I'm not sure if there are many cover bangers in here. However I found it very "backgroundish" - I think there are other WN songs I enjoy more (as demonstrated once Spotify started to play recommendations after the end of the album)

Um álbum muito divertido

Bland AF

Is soothing punk a thing?

Half the songs are great, half are just a bit meh.

Gravelly voice, plinketty plonk fingers, jazz club whooping. Hubba bubba.

I could probably be reluctantly persuaded to listen to this once a year before swiftly moving on with my life

Some great songs on here (and boobies)

Would have been great if I was attending a night club in the Matrix

Inoffensive, but can't say it had much of an impact

Non stop bops

A good groove to this, enjoyable driving album

Not very interesting

Curtis can do better than this

By golly it's Dolly. Half an hour is a perfect length for this before outstaying it's welcome

Enjoyed this more than I expected (although I don't really know what I expected). Suspect that this would grow with more plays

I am whelmed. A mixed bag of classic Who and covers, but I think I was expecting more?

Mostly Gives Mellifluous Tunage

Quite a broad mix going on here, generally enjoyed it

Great music to help cure insomnia

Want None

This was the album I had in my car CD player for a few weeks in c2013, and I don't think my opinion has changed since then - the middle drags the album from some fantastic pop hits into something more arty and I'm not sure that that the result is better than the sum of its parts.

Can't believe they had the opportunity to have multiple 20 minute songs and they choked 4 times. I had no idea what was going on in this album, and I liked it. Moon in June is the weakest of the collection - could have otherwise been a 4

An excellent album, although some of the second half not quite achieving banger status

This was fun

I think I was waiting for Blue Monday and it never came

Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg

The problem with rating things with whole numbers out of 5 is that it struggles to capture the nuance of the score. I can certainly understand why it would be rated 1/5 en masse using this scoring system, but it certainly isn't the worst on the list. That said, I don't think there is anything on here worth revisiting, and (not that it should influence the rating of the music), hard to ignore the album cover looks like a photo in the Epstein files.

Pretty funky

It was alright, I did have some fun, but not too much fun

I really enjoyed listening to this yesterday, and then listened again today and enjoyed it less so. Maybe I need the background of a kitchen to bring it to life

Good opener, then they decided to take it easy

A whole lot of nothing

I did in fact turn it up and bring the noise and it was quite delightful

I did not realise that Slade was such an international cultural reference point. Notwithstanding that, I can't say I felt much noise in this

Oof. What a debut

An impressively rigid naming structure to songs. Album did start to drag a bit

Lots of energy, the baby loved it

Smoother than a freshly plastered wall

I prematurely came for the Big Muff but was left disappointed. Inoffensive album but didn't do much for me.

I listened to this twice and I still can't remember anything about it

More relevant than ever?

I didn't think that I would recognise so much of this

I was very confused when I was expecting to hear YUNGBLUD. This is a fun album, with a bit of everything

I think this should have been more fun

Probably good but I just didn't care for it enough. Perhaps a different view on a different day.

This does slap, although lacking in certified bangers

I can confirm that this sounded like Bjork

This was alright? Not sure why on the list

Started more exciting than it ended

Couldn't even stop raining for me to listen to this

There is definitely something here worth listening to, but need to be in the right mood. Trip hop is not the one when full of cold

A broad spectrum of enjoyable songs.

I made it about half way through track two before I had a look to see how much longer this album would be. Not terrible, but found this a chore to listen to.

Hmmmm. Opens strongly, and then it just sort of meanders into mediocrity. I was expecting more. Hard to give it a higher score.

Solid commuting music

The highs are high, but there is a lot of plain stuff here

Not a "bad" album, but not enough excitement for me. In the right mood I can see this being better received

Another low octane album that doesn't offer much in terms of thrills but nothing inherently off-putting about it.

Sure sounds like CCR

I admire the vision, but this was a giant mound of "meh"

Didn't realise that they crammed all these known tracks onto a single album. I'm feeling generous.

Hello, yes it is I, the uncultured swine. This is difficult to rate. It wasn't "bad", but I'm not rushing back to listen to it again. I also have no idea if I listened to the intended version of this album.

Front-loaded. Was hoping for some unknown-to-me-juicy-booty but alas that was not to be

Bit of a mixed bunch, but nothing to elevate to greatness.

Didn't really care for this, other than "Leather"

I enjoyed the first half more than the second - overall a decent debut, if this young man can work on his stamina then I have a feeling things are looking up.

Chef's kiss. This album is stacked

This was a grower for me, but ended up really enjoying it

Probably deserves a higher rating but I cba

An impressively dense album of hits

I feel like most of the lifeforce and energy in my body has been sucked out by this album. I don't actively dislike it, but I don't see a reason for me to listen to this again

I'm starting to get the impression that I don't enjoy a lot of country

As iconic as it is, I think this falls short of greatness

It's ok. Not sure how/why this was so acclaimed - maybe I need a deeper knowledge of the Cheap Trick back catalogue

Don't think I'd ever heard of The Soft Boys before, but I enjoyed this album.

I appreciate that this sounds quite different from the other TW albums we have heard so far, but this was particularly entertaining

It's a solid album, but doesn't really stand out

More country. This one was at least a bit more enjoyable

I was hoping to discover some more gems on here bit nothing else quite reaches the heights of Frontier Psychiatrist

It was fine I guess?

I thought Buffalo Springfield was one of those bands who had loads of hits you just didn't realise. But, no, they have one, and its not on this album. Wouldn't bother with this again

Ranged from enjoyable to forgettable.

I came in with high expectations, but this was a bit of a nothing album

It was ok, and I imagine that it has a place in the right circumstances, but this did not meet my Monday morning energy boost requirements

All over the place in the best way possible

This is fun, oh wait a minute I know that song! Solid stuff

Better start than end

Another one where I am not sure why it is on the list

I think I was expecting a bit more

Songs are better than the album art

Certainly experimental, but there is better Zappa. Doubt I'd listen again, but i wasn't clawing my ears off

This one grew on me over time. Took me about a third of the album before I recognised his voice

Probably deserves higher, but meh

Nothing wrong with the album, it just doesn't jingle my jangles

A fairly solid 90s pop album

Better than some of the other country that we have listened to

I enjoyed this more on a second listen through. A fun album for the electric piano enthusiast

Never heard of them before, but a pleasant find

Fantastic start, that started to slow towards the end, but I'm on holiday so why not

Suede don't do much to raise a heart rate. Thought the album was picking up at the end before realising Spotify was now doing suggestions

Some more seminal 70s punk

The front half of the album contains the hits, but overall this is a very chill hour. Scores higher for listening by the pool in the sun

Was not feeling this Stevie

When I was about 8 we were allowed to bring in our favourite song to listen to in class. Being cheeky I played the double bill of Right Here Right Now / Rockefeller Skank. I do remember the panic though to rush to the CD player before the rather less child friendly track 3 played

Of its era. Marking down as I'm back at work

Struggled to rate this one - I suspect I have rated harshly as I prefer other Hendrix output

This is stacked

I think I expected to like this more than I did, but can't put my finger on why.

I enjoyed this, but did feel it was quite long and quite samey. Suspect it might grow with more listens

Mixed bag, but there is definitely an underlying groove running through some of the tracks

There wasn't really anything on this that would make me want to relisten

Another fairly boring one for me

Best track last, but not enough to save this album Regatta > Synchronicity

Nostalgia playing a heavy hand here, but this is solid throughout

This could have been an early THPS soundtrack

I think i have cooled a bit on Pantera since having a greatest hits CD in circulation in my car as a teen. However I'd be hard-pressed to name another album that describes itself so succinctly

Solid as a rock

The bangers here make up for some of the drearier tracks

Good to see that Brazil is not just represented by Samba on the list, although I do have some questions - there are 30 "metal" albums on the the list (half of which are a bit dubious), and so two of them being Sepultura, and one of those being this album rather than Chaos AD, is odd. This is a solid thrash album. Rating boosted by existing prejudices

I thought that I had listened to this album before, but I had zero recognition of some of the tracks.

I actually quite liked this, but it just went on a bit too long

Fantastic debut

It was ok

For some reason I thought it said this was released in 1976 which massively confused me. Then I was caught off guard by the opening of Black Sabbath, and then later the full cover of Iron Man. I enjoyed this

Another AF album I slept on

Sounded like a standard 90s pop album, albeit with a couple of belters - not sure that I'd bother with the whole album again

They definitely became more interesting with time

Grunge like treacle

Funk is funk. I have already forgotten the whole album however

This started off as "why on earth is this on the list", but slowly ascended into something I actually quite enjoyed. Maybe if I listened again I'd enjoy the first half more, but it is what it is.

Upon reflection, I got my Ray Charles and my Charles Wright mixed up. Amateur hour.

I did not care much for this - don't really know what it was trying to be

I was not born in the USA. Dragged up by a few hits

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Can't go too wrong with playing with your organ for extended periods of time

I was bored before I got to the end of track 3, and then there were 17 more songs. I imagine that this is an album that sounds better Live.

Not for me

Very good, but not quite as consistent as Nevermind. My wife did not enjoy.

In one ear and straight out the other. Quite samey, but probably deserves more

He's got some good bops, but this comes down to personal taste

Close but no cigar(ettes & alcohol)

Pleasant background indie

I don't feel like this ever got anywhere. Needed more oomph

Brucey just isn't very interesting

Maybe I should have paid more attention to the lyrics

I found this to be a bit tiring

Not garbage. Some gold, but also lots of beige

Not entirely consistent, but it had its moments. Mid part 2 was solid

I really really really wanna zig-a-zig-stardust

I can hear you Clem Fandango. Otherwise a bit non-descript, but chill

A bit bland

Entirely unremarkable

Want two get my hour back

Yes

I was somewhat charmed by the eccentricity, but did grow a bit tired by the end

Bjork vibes. Was alright.

Rockabilly? Don't know - I enjoyed this but knocking downa poin t becuase it felt too long

Maybe sufferred from fatigue from going striaght into this from teh Cramps

I was bored

I listened to this a second time and it seemed like a completely different album. Maybe I was paying more attention

Such a densely packed album

Some interesting stuff, some noise

I punked myself

Zeppedy doo-dah

A pleasant surprise. I'm feeling generous

Uninspiring

Signature sound, but didn't leave much of an impression

Excellent music for an early morning commute

Not particularly remarkable

Meh meh mehs. Acknowledge some good stuff here though

Felt somewhat like the same song 11 times, but I sort of enjoyed it

Multiple 4 star albums combined to make a 3 star album

A nostalgia factor here definitely in play, with memories of walking back to halls listening to this album, but a lovely little bop

I enjoyed this, although can't help but feel this was included to tick several diversity boxes at once. Would have enjoyed more if it wasn't so difficult to find

Pop solid

It was fine

I was hoping to enjoy this more

Six

This was a very decent album of Bowie

I lost interest over the course of the album

It feels so boring rating LedZep albums

You know what, this Bowie chap is alright

Solid background

I think I might have enjoyed this more if the best song wasn't track 1

Monotonous. Wouldn't bother with again.

I enjoyed this but am glad it wasn't longer

LDR is one of those contemporary artists that I feel like I'm supposed to know more about but I'm now an old man yelling at clouds. Anyways, this album didn't interest me in the slightest.

A bit of chillaxing German electronica to get me through the afternoon. Sehr gut

Oh god there's still 2 more Bruce albums to go after this

I think this would probably benefit from another listen, but enjoyed this in the background

I enjoyed this, but didn't find it very conducive to working on spreadsheets.

I think I listened to this album 3 times to try to decide what I thought of it, and I still have no idea.

Has some decent tracks, although not a riveting album overall. A generous score.

A dozen songs in under half an hour. The covers are a bit stronger than the original songs, but enjoyed this

Some nice thumping tunes to grind out the spreadsheets. I don't think this is my album of choice for Leftfield though

Another dozen songs in under half an hour. A bit samey, but there are some classics on here.

There are some fun songs on here, but don't think they'd make any of my regular playlists

I can confirm that this sounded like an album of Elvis Costello. Unclear if that is good or not.

Nearly

I can't fault Flea's funky base, and there are some obvious big hitters on here, but I like a bit more chaos in my RHCP

Just a bit too long for me to enjoy

I am unclear why this is on the list

I enjoyed this, but feel like it hasn't left an impression on me. Dunno

Not a very stimulating rap album

Decent background bossa

Presumably there is a backstory to this album that I cba looking up

Getting Iggy with it

Generic but enjoyable 70s rock

Dated

Sounds like Elvis. Probably wouldn't rush to listen to again, but decent enough

You can make me hole again

I'd give this a green light

Took me a few songs to recognise the voice before his big hit came on

Finger lickin'

Good energy (but needed in small bursts)

I cooled on this a bit by the end, but I enjoyed the dub

The man can play the guitar

I did not enjoy 72 minutes of this

Just a decent rock album

This was almost certainly too long, but I had a good time

Tricky to rate as the songs alternated between enjoyable and not so enjoyable. There was some fun to be had here though

Disc 1 > Disc 2

A bit of fun

Not much jazz in my pants

Better than the last one

This wasn't awful, but life is too short for this to be an essential album