1001 Albums Summary

Great stuff, influenced half of what I listen to. Iconic opener.

Great bunch of lads

Never heard of this album but it's not bad

Good fun

Have heard the odd song over the years but I never realised they were this good

Not their best album but still good

Favourite Pavement album and probably one of my favourite albums ever

This is really good, Boards of Canada of the 70s

A band I've always meant to listen to, sounds quite similar to some stuff I like a lot but none of it is as memorable as I'd like it to be

Wall to wall bangers

Great production, prefer The Low End Theory but this isn't far behind

Not as good as Señor Burns

Solid

Was never that fussed about Black Keys, but everything Danger Mouse produces sounds lovely

Good lad

80s REM is the best, prefer some of the albums before this but this is still a good one

Don't know the rest of their stuff very well but I've always liked this one

Not for me

One of my go-to albums whenever I have a wee jazz phase. Very satisfying when that great bassline finally comes in. Way better than Kind of Blue.

Not for me

Not bad, like listening to proto-Ty Segall. Gets a bit samey though.

Good stuff

Enjoyed more than I expected to

Solid

Great stuff, nice and weird. First two PiL albums are far more interesting than the Sex Pistols.

Another post-punk classic

V good album

Great craic

Back to the post punk albums. Shot by Both Sides is a banger

Some great basslines

Always heard great things about this album, and it was decent but not as good as I was expecting. Enjoyed Albuquerque. Not as good as On the Beach.

Not for me, but I didn't mind the Dylan cover

Lebowski was right

Never got round to listening to Sugar before but enjoyed this a lot, great guitar tones

Great, one of their best

His best songs are great but there always a few that don't do it for me

Great

Never really got round to listening to her properly before but this is class

Paper Planes is still a banger

I'm more into his weird Berlin era but this one's solid as well

Fantastic

Not my favourite Sonic Youth album but it's up there

Enjoyed the first song but lost interest after that

Was my favourite album when I was 12, very nostalgic

Fine, goes on a bit.

Great

Bad band

Fantastic. Almost a 5 but always think Don Amon drags on a bit

3 and a half, solid record.

Another 3 and a half

A bit dull but nice enough

Some decent tunes but goes on a bit

Great bunch of lads

Some nice tunes on here but they're much better after they discover drugs

Pyramids is great

V good

Absolutely not for me

It's ok but a bit boring and Clapton's a racist.

Good stuff, a band I always mean to listen to more

Couple of decent tunes but mostly not for me

Great lad

Decent

Hit and miss and a bit long but a few good songs. Nirvana definitely picked the best ones to cover.

Decent

Led Zeppelin 3 out of Led Zeppelin 5

Never listened to this one beyond the singles before. Not their best album but pretty good.

V good

Quite a 3/5 band generally

Full of bangers

Not my favourite by them and a bit long but it's good stuff

Great Christmas album, banging production. Shame he's a murderer.

The difference some drugs make

Loved this at the time but can only handle it in small doses these days

Long but good, production is great

Didn't hate it like I expected to, a lot more soft arpeggios than I expected, still not really for me though.

Not for me, even the title is annoying

Never listened to this one beyond the singles before. Always preferred their gloomy post-Joy Division period but really enjoyed this

I only know their Iron & Wine collaborations but this is very good

Great, love the primitive synths

Great

Great

Never listened to this one before, not my favourite by them but some good dance bangers

Solid, just a bit long

Great. Big uni flashbacks.

It's fine, 2.5

Loved it at the time, probably prefer most of their other albums now but this still holds up

Great, their best album

Excellent

Couple of great tunes but a lot of samey ones

Not every track's a winner but the bangers are bangers

Long but good

V good

Good fun

V good, Berlin Bowie is the best Bowie. Not quite as good as Low though.

Great, one of his best

Great 60s weirdness, like a prototype for Devo

Gary music. No thanks.

Decent, always thought I'd like them more cos of the Dylan connection but they're not bad

This was a bit too long but very good

Brilliant. The synths on Mass Production are mind bending

Good career sign off

Haven't listened to this as much as the first two albums for some reason. Great bunch of lads.

Superb

Not for me

Not as interesting as some of his later stuff but some good bops

A lot weirder than anything I've heard by him before (in a good way)

Great bunch of lads

His name comes up a lot in Dylan biographies but not sure I'd ever heard his music before. Enjoyed.

Still v good

Forgot these guys existed

My boys

Not as good as Hot Snakes or Drive Like Jehu but still good

Never been that fussed by his more bombastic stuff but always enjoyed this one

Don't think I'd listened to this one before, v good

Hadn't heard this in a while. Never really got into their other albums but there's a lot of good stuff on this.

His best album

Pretty good

Great

Heard the new album but hadn't heard much old stuff, pretty good

Good but not as good as the first two albums, they need the John Cale weirdness. Rounded up from 3.5

Only really know the best ofs/singles and a couple of the recent albums but some banging album tracks on here. Great closer.

Loved it at the time, less enthusiastic now but still a few good tunes and their last half decent album before they went to shit.

Great

Not as good as the weird stuff but obviously great

Great. Not my favourite of their original run but I'm giving it a 5 anyway.

Fantastic

Like their first EP and their big singles but don't think I'd listened to this album before. Enjoyed.

One of my go to albums when I'm in a jazzy mood. Great.

Still some good tunes and some less good tunes

Always tried to like them but have always found the vocals a bit shit

Great

Always meant to listen to Jeff's dad. Pretty good. 3.5

Great

Great

Great album

It's grand

V good

Strong late career comeback

One of the best albums ever

Great

First time I've thought about Justice in years

Decent

Class

Even if he's a bit of a knob these days this is still great

Hit and miss but some classics

Pretty good, much better than Pearl Jam

Great bunch of lads

Hadn't heard this one, sounds sort of halfway between the early surf tunes and the big Pet Sounds production. Good stuff.

All timer

Great

Not bad but VERY LONG

Decent

Decent, I only recognised Victoria from this one

Dated production but good songs, though I still prefer him with an acoustic guitar

Always meant to check them out properly, good stuff

One point off for the Zionism

Good though a bit samey, glad he moved onto Fugazi instead

Think it's my favourite by them as well, probably their messiest and least focused album but love the variation and it's full of tunes

Excellent

Great motorik jams

Pretty good

Lovely stuff

Lovely

Great stuff from before they went fully mad

Great

A Ghost is Born is better but still great

Supoib

Decent

Always meant to check them out properly, pretty good

Didn't mind it, some nice weirdness