1001 Albums Summary

4 massive songs carry this into the 4s just about

Strange little emotional space opera for people (like me) who want to cry and look at lasers

Like a warm hug....that occasionally scolds you about the Vietnam War

Jumped Into The Fire has jumped into my most listened

Enjoyed Testify, well produced album by an absolute madman

Away with yourself

Wall to wall bangers, no fillers! Every song feels like a soundtrack to some mad 80s film, the production is absurdly lush

Loved it

Just didn't click with this

Probably should have listened to this first, rather than Crocodiles after the bank holiday weekend when I've been playing catch-up. One had me feeling like i was wearing a soaking wet trench coat and the other had me looking through a glittery kaleidoscope. The Icelandic fairy queen FTW

I loved this album when it first came out, even back in my Nu-Metal–obsessed days which says a lot! Nestled on my CD rack between Follow the Leader and Significant Other, it still holds up brilliantly.

Those harmonies are ridiculous

Enjoyed Jennifer and Lauft... Heisst Das Es Lauft Oder Es Kommt Bald..Lauft had me floating through space

The eternal U2 conundrum: Great album that really reinvented themselves from their 80s sound and having One on it (I'd say my favourite of theirs) BUT.......fuckin Bono's a ballbawg

Such an enjoyable album! Sun Hits the Sky and Late in the Day both cracker.

Aw man, what can I say? Enough doom riffs to power a small city! From Snowblind to Changes, a heavy, trippy, tender and unhinged album

All My Friends still hits me in the feels, great memories flooding through listening to this album this morning

LA gutter sleaze at its finest

Enjoyed Glory Box and Sour Times

Bring the 60s fuzz, really enjoyed this listen

Cuban delights

It has it all

Rock Box is a cracker

The music equivalent of Demona from Gargoyles

This album is the DNA of half the hip-hop samples I’ve ever heard

So unhinged, loved getting lost in the weirdness of this album

I liked it

I had this on repeat when I was younger. I'd say the same as all of you, but this hasn't aged well and now I feel ancient. Cheers, Album Generator :( Stan and The Way I Am still slap so I'm meeting my review halfway with 12 year old Darren.

It’s the anti-Appetite for Destruction, I'd give it 3.5

The sound of rain, the toll of the bell and then Tony hits ye right up the bake with THAT riff? Christ alive, hook it to my veins! Can I give it 10?

What an album! Morello bringing this sound in 92 must have left some amount of jaws on the ground and Zack's manifesto/battle cry wants me to stockpile some petrol bombs

I do enjoy my atmospheric sci-fi soundtracks and can see why this would have been groundbreaking back in the 70s

It just never seemed to get going

What a debut, pure adrenaline!

This would be a 3.5

Had this on while I was cooking lunch and enjoyed it as background beats

Catching up with this one on a Monday morning has me starting the week with a nice, laid-back vibe. Knopfler is something else (3.5)

Fuzzy funky beats with nonsense lyrics

Two big hitters at the start of this album, but the rest stood up too

Enjoy Q-Tip's smooth and chilled delivery.

Naw, thought I would have enjoyed this for some reason

The glory days of nu-wave

Great memories from this one! Still holds

Enjoyed this, Hannon's voice delivers

Brilliant, this sounded so smooth and perfect

Superb 👌🏻

GET THAT MAN A GLASS OF WATER

Great memories listening to this one on cassette in Laurel Drive back in the 90s (4.5)

Excellent (4.5)

What an ablum! I've heard the opening track before but the rest of the album holds up well

Great album, enjoy Costello

Bittersweet divorce pop perfection

Grim enough but good

VERY questionable lyrics in a lot of the tracks but Lemmy's bass sounds like a chainsaw chewing through a power grid. Pure greasy rock n roll

Love this. Feels like it’s been constantly in my rotation for as long as I can remember, the cassette was always kicking around the house when I was growing up

No honky tonk good time on this country album. There’s a heavy lived in sadness to it especially after finding out he’d done time before writing it.

A couple of tracks not too bad but i felt like I zoned out for the 40mins, very forgettable

Enjoyed this, SFTD and SFM great

Gorgeous production and iconic songs but a bit too polished for its own good

Never listened to Sugar before but the riffs hooked me straight off the bat. Changes absolutely slapped and the guitars sound massive all the way through

Felt like I was slightly floating through this one. Didn’t mind it.

Could practically feel the cigarette smoke burning my eyes during this one. Still, pure atmosphere

Bliss, I'd say their best

Loved Lou’s stylish vibe

Enjoyed that

Couple of great tracks that really hit, but a lot of filler in between. ★★½

SLAPPED

Paper Planes still sounds great but the rest of the album didn’t land the way I remembered. Maybe it just sounded better when I was 19 and drinking carry outs under random bridges. ★★½

Hell yeah, brother

Close to a 4, couple of big hitters on this one ★★★½☆

Chaotic in a good way

Never really listened to Plup before but that was class *Jarvis Cocker strut

So close to a 4 but i'll keep that for daydream ★★★½☆

I’ve got a core memory of Lovefool coming on the radio in my Da’s old Astra as we drove into Dungloe during the ’97 summer holidays (Atlantic 252). Bonus star for that Sabbath cover, obviously.

Enjoyed that! Smooth assed country and every song felt like its own little short film ★★★½

Brilliant, better than a DeLorean

It's a bit of a mixed bag

A bit much for a Sunday night when you’re slightly hanging but still powerful

Full of great vibes

Too all over the place for me, I’ll stick to the best of.

Class, never heard of them before. Good morning, Captain played a good few times this morning

Love These Day. The rest of the album is emotionally heavy enough to give your soul shin splints.

Had this when I was 11! Great then, great now. Hendrix still melts everything in sight

Threatened with divorce if I didn’t give this 5, luckily it’s a household classic anyway

Not for me

Don’t mind the Stones and a couple of tracks on here are decent bluesy tunes

a sci-fi hug from a sad wizard

Catchy and classic but prefer the later albums

A fuzz tsunami

Pulled me in from the Start.

Like an extra shot of espresso while I was cooking breakfast

I’d spin again without hesitation! Catchy and weirdly comforting, have I been watching too many John Hughes movies?

more sizzle than steak for my ears

Psychedelic blues charm but bit of a mixed bag

Class

Stylish, just not my thing

nothing is loud but everything hurts

This was great! Only heard Time of the Season before; I've played this album through 3 times already

Interesting ideas but I mostly wanted him to plug the guitar back in

Effortless

Excellent

Get it right up ye our kid

Cheerful music for sad little weirdos like me

Fuck YES

Very close to giving this 5 stars at the end of Summertime alone. This was excellent

Big, emotional and full of beaut guitar noises. Easy to love and still hits hard

Torture me back at your lair!

Solid and inoffensive, a few enjoyable tracks but mostly generic rock.

Elegia is a stunning standout

Atmospheric and cinematic too. My fav things

Nope. Pass.

Pure powerful soul

A bit chaotic in parts but good craic

full minimalist cowboy monk

How much prog is too much prog? Impressive, ridiculous and exhausting (2.5)

I can feel the sweat dripping through the speakers here and I dig it

Interesting, but it never really pulled me in

I get why it’s important but absolutely not for me

Respect it slightly more than I love it, but still good!

Chaotic brilliance all coming together

I can see the appeal, at the start it wasn't for me but it had won me over at the end. Such 90s vibes

sadness… but lets make it danceable.

Not bad aye

Hüsker Dü walked so Sugar could run

Easy to sink into this one

Smoooooth 3.5

Superstition is absolutely class obvs but the rest feels a bit padded in places

Every song has a core memory attached to it from my late teens. I said it's Brookvale mate via Laurel Drive please

Sounded better than School’s Out but still....this shock rock is shockingly crock

Enjoyed the swagger of Frankie boy

It’s prog in its purest

Comfortable, melodic and sneakily solid (3.5)

A fuzzy classic! ★★★★½

Enjoyed that

Spark up

Nice warm feeling to this one, thought the Grateful Dead were a heavy band

Class

Beautiful in the bleakest possible way

Not a Bollywood fan

Big feckin energy, great running album

Few misses but enjoyable overall

Beautifully immersive

Enjoyed that more than I thought I would

Yes yes, very nice jangly competence… can we get to the banger now?

Bit mad but good craic

Hell yeah brother

Wanted to enjoy this more! The title track is iconic, the rest I can take or leave

Better than Heroes, but not flawless. ★★★½

Brutal and primitive, the anti-Beatles in the best way

Don't like this polished country, give it to us raw and wriggling

Timeless

Some unreal basslines but more sex pest than anything

The title track is iconic but there’s more cracker tracks here than expected (3.5)

Big band drama one minute, android liberation manifesto the next. Love myself some afrofuturism

Pop done really well.

Big choruses, big vocals, big feelings. I was thinking 4.5 but have to go with 5......you just need a hug Gary

I had no idea what to expect with this one. Brilliant moody and hypnotic album

Reggae right is brilliant ✊🏻

What a ridiculous album, that opening bassline on Roundabout just kicked me in the balls

Bittersweet thinking about him recording his last album in his living room but what a great album to go out on

Magic

It must have been mad to hear this when it first came out, how groundbreaking it sounded

Immersive and hazy

Such a mad live album, 3.5

Smooth bombast brilliance ★★★½

Ravey fun, if a bit samey

Messy brilliance and great craic. Tiocfaidh ár lá

Paranoia you can move to

Raw blues with massive influence, class album

I'd say peak Stones sleaze and swagger, really enjoyed it

Great memories of playing this on repeat on my old 32MB MP3 player back in 3rd year art class

Few big tracks in here but jesus the mans horned to the teeth

A middle of the road 3 for me

First proper listen to a Pavement album, really enjoyed this and I’ll definitely be going back for more. Yum yum

Really well produced and enjoyed it more than expected (★★★½)

Freedom! '90 absolutely slaps miles above the rest on this but still good

A lot going on with this one but just not my jam and toast

Grand aye

Enjoyable and short, yes and yes

Huge well polished arena rock that tickles the slap but a wee bit samey

Too long to keep my attention for something so mediocre

Fantastic, I’d say my favourite boss album

I'll be back for seconds in this frosty little sonic cathedral

A 4 out of nowhere, well done lads. #gobyrds

I remember this being better

Enjoyed that, big standouts Pump It Up and Radio Radio.

4 stars for this big emotional sweep

Yum yum, best of the Berlin wans

Enjoyable

If Halcyon + On + On can make it on to the Mortal Kombat, Hackers and Mean Girls OST it deserves a 4

I enjoyed the opening track Beyond This World, but couldn't get into it, not my jam and toast

You know the drill.......helicopter blades chopping the humid air, jungle canopy below, some exhausted yanks staring out the door “Born on the Bayou” or “Fortunate Son” starts blasting....director thinks he just invented cinema

3.5 stars of smoothness

Remember my brother having this album growing up, the artwork always stuck with me. Really enjoyable overall, a solid 3.5. Unfinished Sympathy still sounds sooo good.

Mesmerising beep boop classic

Enjoy the Silence, Personal Jesus and Policy of Truth lift this to a 4

Enjoyed that, only knew I Can't Make You Love Me by her. Biggest career comeback albums ever so I'm told! 3.5

Not bad in places but not good either

Great live album, like a construction site arguing with a jet engine

Good… but the hype department has been working overtime since 1971 (3.5)

Classy and pleasant but I feel a bit sleepy 2.5

This is gloriously ridiculous and amazing

Great songs/releases push it to a 4, the lenght pulls it toward a 3 and then Andre’s weirdness brings it back up slightly to a 3.5, has to be one of the most ambitious hip hop releases ever

Fuck you, Pete

Enjoyed that, will dip again

Class, this should have far more listens on Spotify

Beautiful listening

Great album, really enjoyed Where Do I Begin

Great memories from this one, still sounds great

That was great

I've been giving a lot of 4s recently but Strawberry Letter 23 lifted this from a 3.5

*insert Gattuso gif "Sometimes Maybe Good, Sometimes Maybe Shit"

One of the easiest five stars I have given

good… but I can tell she hasn’t fully peaked yet

Enjoyed this. Shadowboxer is excellent

Yup the fuzz

Pinball Wizard carries the entire operation on its back, not for me

this is very dramatic but in a cool way, not a confusing Tommy way

Not too sure on the lenght of the tunes but soulmaxxing to the limits

Had Morrison Hotel on repeat from 17 to 19. great memories and it still holds up

aww jeezy peeps man, what an album

Velouria, Dig for Fire and Allison all top tier but the rest of the album is unreal too. My thrid fav by them (4.5)

This is intense and sounds great… but I don’t necessarily want to live here

Aye

Sleepy good

Not as good as Love Bites, I Don't Mind is a great tune. Still a solid album (3.5)

No riffs?! Still good

Great memories from this album growing up in Laurel Drive, most of the songs on a constant loop on the piano by my sister, I’m lifting from a 3.5 to a 4

Enjoyed this

respectfully… no

I was really getting into this near the end, felt the groove in my bones 3.5

Enjoyed this. catchy and fun

Tina Weymouth is class. The sound throughout this album is superb

BIG SOUND GOOD

Some decent tunes, some not so decent. (2.5)

Few weird ones but overall decent

Hard to beat a bita prog, I've Seen All Good People a highlight for me (3.5)

Great album, reminds me of 4th year and for that 4 stars

Fuck that shite

Excellent start, wee bit of a drop off but still great (3.5)

Sampledelia magic

Couple of great ones but not as good as IV 3.5

Decent in places

Good country album

7 seas good but didnt really dig the rest. Some great riffs

What an album, great memories

Beautiful album, I've never listened to it before but will be back for more

Sounded like one big Bond soundtrack....that isn't a bad thing (3.5)

What an opener, great album

That was great, love some orchestral pop

A good escapade, just not my escapade (2.5)

My Gen and Kids push this into the 3, better than that Tommy wan anyway

Started well but not for me

The way he says "nervous" on I'm Shakin fecks me off, but still a good album.

Bit mad, but mad is good! First time listening to thrash jazz

Best The Who album on here so far, the sound was great.

like being at a fancy party and not knowing what's going on

Only heard Silver Machine by these guys and really only knew them as the band Lemmy played in before Motorhead. Enjoyed this! (3.5)

Not bad, few good ones in there

Huge emotions and huge memories, great album

Class, Holmes has made some great tunes over the years

Nothing really stands out in this album but still enjoyed it

Class. smooth grooves and sharp hooks

Enjoyed this but Rotten is a prick

Nothing really stands out and goes on a bit too long but still decent

So good, Dylan at his best

This was class

I've been enjoying the Costello albums on here

Enjoyed a few tracks, great comeback album

Excellent

A great Grohl DIY project

Excellent, one of my go to's out a run (4.5)

Great memories of this album growing up, I think revolution might have been one of the first songs i learned on guitar

I'm ready to run through a brick wall (3.5)

Enjoyed this as a bit of a history lesson (2.5)

Clapton steals the spotlight on this one, enjoyed it

I don't listen to much of her but everytime i do i ask myself why i don't! Class album

A forgettable album but i enjoyed it

Great album, O Children stand out

Wall to wall

Good in parts!

Squares stood out, give or take the rest

Heartbreak in harmony

Enjoyed that

Aussie aussie aussie! Oi Oi Oi! (3.5)

Scrumptious

Get it up ye

Easy listening

Couple of decent tracks in there but 94mins? Jesus wept

Some sound, HK gardens stand out

What an opener, Shangri-La decent too

Come on up for a listen to a great album

Good listen, only knew the big ones but Born to Run and San Jose was a nice surprise (3.5)

Enjoyed this! (3.5)

This was fun and not what i expected. Everybody knows is cracker

Some great tunes on this (3.5)

Liked parts of this, Greenman and Easter Threate stood out

Aye, good gear

Enjoyed this, By The River was my highlight (3.5)

Perfection

Easy listening by the legend himself

Great hardcore album, they must have been on at least one THPS soundtrack (4.5)

Great listen, Life's What You Make It is a top tier tune (3.5)

Right'Em BOYO (4.5)

Top shelf soul

Good riffage

The influence of this album is massive, I'm sure. I enjoyed it! (3.5)

Wasn't a massive fan of Radiohead when i was younger but safe to say I've been converted over the years. Great album (4.5)

Load of covers done well but far from the top Beatles

One or two ok one in there, but not for me

Enjoyed this change even if it isn't my usual jam (3.5)

I remember getting this in HMV like it was yesterday, loved it then and love it now

A masterpiece

Nice chill Sunday morning album

There goes the upbeat Monday morning I was planning. Dark dark album but good

Drifted off during this and before I knew it, it was over. Not really a bad thing, nice and chill (3.5)

Class bita sunshine for a rainy Wednesday

Only knew Lazy Sunday but overall enjoyable! (3.5)

Enjoyed the most of this, should have been a 40min album

Not bad, enjoyed Yesterday's Numbers

Naw, not feeling it. Far better delta blues type albums out there

Class punk album, top tier

Not bad, Sweet Emotion is a classic (3.5) *back to edit this after reading that Steven Tyler is a creep.

Enjoyed this! Pretty in Pink is a cracker (3.5)

Gotta love a bitta Nina, Black is the Colour was a nice surprise (3.5)