1001 Albums Summary

I dunno, i feel like I should like the Cars more than I do, but its always just milquetoast to me.

I get that this is a metal classic. I just don't really like it. A couple of the songs I didn't hate, and one or two of them i sorta liked. Sorry, Frank. just not what i want to listen to

Couple of the songs I have heard before and like and it was cool to listen to the new ones. It gets to be where they all sound the same though at the end of the album. Still, love the driving riffs and bass.

Nice music to have on in the background. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, but it isn't something that I would listen to over and over

Admittedly, I do not really listen to jazz often or know how to evaluate it. It was good, pleasant to listen to, and i would enjoy it if I heard it again

Primed to have my ratings be verrrry different than Jake's, but I love some of these songs and they are pillars of American music of the 20th century. The recording is tight and harmonies are great. Is Brian Wilson one of the five most influential American musicians - I think so. Do You Want to Dance, probably my favorite track, but several good ones

It is pretty incredible that this is their debut album and has so many of their iconic songs. I think there is a pretty big drop off from the 3-4 big hits to the other 4 songs on the album. Biggest surprise for me is Tuesday's Gone. I don't hear that as often, but that might have been my favorite track.

It's fine. REM not my favorite, but perfectly cromulent 90's radio fodder

i never listened to or even heard of this band. it sorta reminded me of elvis costello. I liked Common People, but then it started to all sound the same. The best bits were the driving beats and some of the choruses. i'm not a huge fan of the breathy talking bits. Pencil Skirt was pretty creepy with the lyrics

I just don't really like jam bands and never have. Live albums of jam bands is sorta torture for me. Only part i liked was at the end of one of the songs where they did a play on Joy to the World

Only realized 70% of the way through the album that the band wasn't British. Pretty interesting album I thought - at first, it just seemed like decent classic rock radio fodder, but it was funky and I probably will listen to it again. Love the drums

i'm sure this is some influential album and marks some important steps in music history. but i thought it sucked and wanted it to end. Only redeeming song was Dink's Song, which was a nice soul number and the dude didn't sing or play on

I mean, it is one of the best albums of all time. Not a whole lot more to say. Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean in a row is great, but there isn't a bad song on the album

Particularly liked Trick of the Light. Never heard of this band before, but I quite like this. Sounds like the soundtrack to a lot of 80s movies. I'll be listening to this album again and trying out some of their other albums

You can definitely hear the roots of punk rock in here. Feels like we have had a lot of similar albums recently and this on was fine

every song sounded the same and they all annoyed me

Shamefully, I have never really listened to Gorillaz, despite generally knowing about them. I actually liked this better than I thought I would. Some of the styles were not really my favorite, but overall it was enjoyable. Slow Country was definitely the highlight for me.

this sounds like something that Nate had on at the chateau during the 2005 era. i don't hate it and don't particularly like it.

this is at various points awful, forgettable, and embarrassing.

These songs are fun, and his voice and playing are quite impressive, but I really enjoy the composition of all of the songs. definitely an enjoyable listen

I loved this. I don't listen to the blues often, but it was soo good. Loved the guitar licks and his voice

This is fine background music, but doesn't really do anything for me.

Okay, I get why others hate it, but its funky and weird and I kinda liked it. The vocals are strange, but i like a lot of the melodies and little musical phrases. I'm not going to go back and listen to this a bunch, but I can appreciate it.

This is cool. I haven't listened to it before, but it was funky and fun.

This was a fun listen because while I knew the two big songs on the album, I had not listened to the bulk of it before. My favorite of the other songs was You and I

this is an album where the hits are very good, and the other songs are rather forgettable, with the exception of Gonna Keep on Tryin. The vocals are good as you would expect, but it all sorta starts sounding the same

This album really benefits from listening to it as a complete whole. Can You Kick It is obviously a huge hit, but the whole album flows well. Love the understated beats punchy vocals. Luck of Lucien was a new song to me, but I quite liked it

I like Van Man a lot, but i prefer the studio albums of these songs. Into the Mystic is my pick of the bunch

Debris was the highlight of the album for me. Rod Stewart always seems like a bit of a punch line, but the vocals were good on this album, and I would listen to it again

There's a reason this is considered one of the best albums of all time. Everything about it is great

I've probably listened to this album 15-20 times straight through. U2 is one of my favorite bands, but this album is not one of the top couple favorites for me. Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Years Day and 40 are all good and in the normal concert rotation. Two Hearts Beat as One is probably my other favorite from here. This definitely has the early U2 vibe where the rhythm section drives most of the song. You can hear the punk/Ramones influence here still

This album just wasn't really for me. Its the standard classic rock you heard on the radio growing up and had on in the background. Perfectly fine but not memorable.

I liked this better than the other PJ Harvey album, but it's just not my favorite type of music. I could listen to one or two songs and sorta jam to it, but after a bit, the screamy vocals and abrasive guitar just makes me want to turn it off

The album grew on me the more I listened to it. It sounds like a lot of 90s alt rock, which i generally like, but i'm not sure that it was particularly memorable

Le Freak is good, but disco isn't really my thing. The beats and grooves are good and it would certainly be danceable, but in general this album isn't one I will listen to again

I wasn't prepared to like this album as much as i did. I know that Iggy Pop and this bad are considered the originators of punk, but I thought there were influences of all different types of music in here. you heard some classic punk rock guitar riffs, but then some guitar sounds that felt like they were from the 50s. at one point the vocals called to mind Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. just a fun listen

I like this album, but I'll admit that to me it feels more "important" than enjoyable. There is a lot going on that I don't have the musical chops to be able to describe. Interesting instrumentation, rhythms and melodies. But I don't find myself wanting to listen over and over

I am partial towards country music in general and this is in the vein of what I like to have on in the background. I liked the warble in her voice and the straightforwardness of the songs

Not sure what the point of this album was

I liked this a lot. Never heard of the band before or any of their songs, but the interplay of instruments, electronics made a cool atmosphere

This is boring background music they have on in the dentists office

I didn't love this. It felt like they were trying to make a statement with the lyrics and just forgot to make interesting music to go along with it. It wasn't terrible, but none of the beats or rhymes were that innovative

I enjoy Radiohead, but I don't think this is one of their best albums. Not as much variety, but still a lot of interesting melodies and understated vocals

This is a strange one because I know basically all of these songs well and they have a very place specific memory (my orthodontists office), but I don't particularly like it. I kinda wish this went harder in the punk direction that it hints at

Shamefully, I had only really listened to the various Bowie songs that have been on the radio. Jean Genie was the only one from this album I knew. I think because of Space Oddity or Lets Dance, I thought I wasn't a Bowie fan, but these two albums over the past week have convinced me I need to listen to more of him and I quite like it

My Back Pages is a good tune, and I actually like the way that old albums consisted of lots of shorter songs. Most of these are well packaged and crisp and it flows well

I kept thinking that this album was a joke they were playing on us. This was terrible

I liked this album a lot less as a whole than just listening to the hits of Rage that I knew from the album or Bulls on Parade. The highlights for me are Tom Morello's guitar, which are just awesome. The wailing sound that he achieves is so good. I think the reason I didn't like the album as a whole as much as I expected to is because the non-hits feel like they mailed in the music a bit just in service of the lyrics they wanted, where some thing like Killing in the Name is more put together

This is great. Of this album, I had only really heard Fame, which honestly was one of my least favorite on the album. I love the Beatles remixes on here and will definitely come back to it. The compositions are cool and it definitely feels like a late 60s early 70s vibe

I'm glad we won the Revolutionary War so I don't have to pretend to like this

I knew Get it On, which is a great track, but I liked the whole album. To me, the guitar and the interplay of the rhythm and lead portions of it are really good. I liked the use of fuzzy distortion and then the driving beat.

What a great voice - the power, the rasp. Of the songs that are "What's Love Got to Do with It", my favorites were the opener and Private Dancer.

This was great. I listen to a lot of classical music during the work day and particularly like piano pieces (I get that this is more jazz than classical). His playing is incredible and he has some cool variations on themes throughout the piece. My only quibble, which makes this a 4 star is that there is a fair bit of background noise in the concert hall which comes through on the recording (reading after writing this tells me that is actually him making the noises while playing)

This is probably one that it is important and revolutionary, but I didn't enjoy listening to it. I can admire and respect the guitar playing, but this wasn't for me

I like Dylan a lot, and some of the songs on here are highlights (Tambourine Man, Baby Blue, Maggies Farm). It doesn't touch the heights of Blonde on Blonde or Freewheelin' from this era, but still a great album

Just not really my style. I liked Drumset, but most of the other songs on the album, i could take or leave

I liked this more than expected. it grew on me as the album went along

So good. I love hearing this version of Satisfaction, and the hits from this album are such high points. I could listen to this whole thing on repeat

I loved this album. no songs in particular stood out, but the whole thing flowed well and it was honestly pretty mindblowing. i love a sampling of a hymn, and the bit of "All Creatures of our God and King" was a nice little easter egg

Opening five song set is an all timer. Rest of the album is good but doesn't reach those heights.

RIP. Lady is an all timer of a song. The vocals throughout are great and a bit understated. I also am a big fan of the piano riding underneath everything. Crusin' is also great tune

This project is making me realize that I don't really like trumpet music that much

this is great music to have on in the background. the "hidden track" drum solo is very fun, but i'd listen to the whole thing again

hard to review this one other than to say it is great. The main hits are great, but some of the lesser played songs (Going to California) are also quite fun

I haven't liked many of the British bands in the list, but this reminded me in a good way of the Wallflowers.

I didn't love this as much as I wanted to. There were some songs that I loved (Little Red Corvette, Free, International Lover), but too many of the others just felt weird or out there.

I recognize that this is good. and I can appreciate the driving power chords and guitar licks, but I'm not really a fan

not sure what the point of this was

Around the Way Girl and Mama Said Knock You Out are great, but the other songs left me underwhelmed. I do like the sounds of early 90s rap, and it is a good throwback album

This doesn't quite scale the heights of Born to Run, but I love this album. only one or two weak songs, and some of the lesser played songs are my favorites. This is going to sound like a crappy country song, but Bobby Jean reminds me of warm summer nights hanging outside with college girlfriends

Interesting having this right after IV. I don't think that I liked this album quite as much. You have some of the classic Zeppelin sound, but fewer mind blowing songs

The best part of this was the piano work in You Are. I didn't love the breathy vocals and it just wasn't my type of music.

This is a bad example of britpop, of which there are many on this list

This takes me back to the early 90s and back to school shopping at JC Penny. i don't hate it

this was not great. the lyrics weren't interesting. music was boring

I like the Kinks, but am more familiar with their later work. this one, i enjoyed, but it felt very very similar to mid-career Beatles, just not quite as good.

Loved this album. I can't really believe I hadn't heard much of it before

i don't understand how this was considered one of the best live albums ever

Stir it Up is great, and the other songs are fine Bob Marley songs, but probably not my favorite album of his. I think his vocals are what makes the band great

I feel bad for not liking this, but I didn't really enjoy it

this was awful and i feel like i am probably the demographic they expect to like this

No thank you

could only listen to a couple of songs on Spotify, but i don't really like ska

Liked this way more than i thought i would

another forgettable british band

Enjoyable to have on in the background

i love christmas music, and i feel like every single one of these versions of songs were worse than what you would hear normally.

This is probably my favorite type of hip hop. I like the understated beats and the vocals were crisp

I really tried to like this as I know this was what he wrote right before he died, but just not a fan. I can't Give Everything Away is probably the best for me, because the vocals are less strange.

i don't know if this is just terrible or i just don't like this style of music, but really did not enjoy it

I'm an Elvis Costello fan, but I think this was one of his weaker albums. None of the songs had the toned back brilliance of Allison and none of the lyrics seemed especially great.

All timer of an album. love the tunes

definitely has the nostalgia feel of dad rock from the 90s that you heard in the background of all of your Boys and Girls Club basketball games. The harmonies are nice and it is perfectly unoffensive

Iron Man is fun and Paranoid is also good and I love the power guitar. But overall this just doesn't move me greatly

Big fan of this album. Never heard of them before, but several songs that I loved and the overall sounds was great. Felt a little bit like late stage Dire Straits

I feel bad for not getting this, but i don't get it

this is awesome. there are so many sounds and themes that then get repeated throughout lots of 60s and 70s rock music.

its cool and funky, and i like the melody runs that happen in the songs. ultimately, this is background type music for me

Tempting to give it a five for nostalgia reasons, but I was struck by how good the non-single tracks are. Just bangers top to bottom. Galapagos and Thirty Three were fun finds

I don't hate it. It gets a little same-y towards the end, but it is different and I'm glad i listened to the album

Love Clapton and there are some great tunes on here

listened to this a lot in college, often because Nate played it on repeat, but its a great album. High and Dry is probably my favorite Radiohead song. but i also like black star and planet telex

This was great. If the date wasn't on the album, I would have sworn this was from the mid 2000s. I loved the vocals. Super funky and fun and what this project is all about

honestly didn't hate it as much as i expected to

don't like big band or swing. to the trumpet section, get behind me Satan

This is the third Bowie album and they start to sound similar to me. I guess they are pretty visionary, but i wouldn't choose to listen to it

this is the quintessential dylan album i think. it has the great lyrics, fairly basic melodies and folksy feel. my favorite two songs are girl from the north country and hard rain

This album is interesting because I generally liked the music, but none of the songs really stood out to me or are singles that i would play again. But its good music to listen to while cooking or playing a board game. My favorite song was He Would Have Laughed which feels like a Wilco song from summerteeth

This is everything that I hate about female vocals from the 60s. Warbling with no point.

Loved this

this album is a guilty pleasure. Time after Time is awesome. I think i like the songs on here that a slightly slower rather than the high octane ones . All through the Night was another that I hadn't listened to much, but will come back to

I've always heard of Velvet Underground, but I think that the only song I knew was Pale Blue Eyes. I have to admit I was underwhelmed by the album. It seemed like almost all of the songs were pretty similar - low energy sort of strummy vibe. For a band that i always here is super influential, it didn't blow me away. The highlights were Pale Blue Eyes and the funky end to Murder Mystery

solid meh. REM has like two songs that are interesting and the rest are just fine

The first two songs I loved, and was prepared to be blown away and then I was left pretty disappointed by the rest of the album. I like country rock, and the vocals were intriguing.

Listened to it many times and still love it. Something About You is a lesser known favorite. I get that they are a cheesy band, but the whole thing is great

can't hit the five stars fast enough. holy moly is the second side of this album amazing

Only song of theirs I knew before was Song 2. This album was a disappointment. just generic brit rock garbage

i honestly don't really have any feelings positive or negative about this. very bland

this whole project has shown me that this is my preferred style of hip hop. i like the more mellow slower paced vocals. but the sort of industrial sound of this was great.

What a pleasant surprise this was. Funky, but interesting melodies and combined things that were different with really soothing songs

I was underwhelmed by this . I actually don't think that Cobain is very good acoustic. Grohl and Novaselic carry the album but can't make up for the poor vocals

I liked this way more than I expected. Great music to have on in the background while working

hey look, more forgettable Britpop bands

i tried to get this, but i don't really understand bjork

everything you want in an 80s hard rock album. angus shredding on the guitar. brian johnson definitely a step down from bon scott, but still good

this album was fine to listen to in the background while working, but none of the songs are memorable and nothing really was interesting or surprising

I had probably never heard of these guys, but loved this album. Definitely heard echoes of U2 in here as well as Dire Straits. The blend of Celtic folk, bluegrass, and rock was completely my jam

Sorry Frank, I just can't handle this

I guess i don't really get the nuances of punk. This was fine, but didn't seem ground breaking

better than i thought it would be. her raw vocals are good and i like the understated piano and melodies. not sure that i will go back to this album a lot, but glad i listened to it

Great tunes, the singer's voice is smooth and emotive and i like the way arrangement of the songs and the way they just feel tight.

I've never really listened to electronic music independently, its always just been something that someone else might have put on. But i loved this as working music.

I feel like I should like Steely Dan more than I do, being firmly in the dad rock demographic. But I didn't have any older people in my life who were really into them so they aren't nostalgic for me, and I always feel like they are missing a bass section. Its the band version of only hearing flutes

I have a soft spot for 60s rock like this. Tight melodies and good harmonies. Great picnic music

so i like the songs, and they have really interesting compositions. but i don't think i like the audio mixing. too many of their songs sound underwater or at the far end of a hall

This didn't do anything for me

60s counterculture music is not my taste. I liked Sad and Lonely Times, but nothing else on the album really stuck with me.

Really enjoyable listen. Blister in the Sun was a constant on the radio in the 90s but I really enjoyed Good Feeling.

this album just felt like bowie being weird and esoteric for the sake of it. I don't really get it. Heroes is a good tune

I was underwhelmed. I like The Who, but most of my favorite songs by them are not on this album and the whole live album seemed fairly subdued

almost a perfect album. not a bad song on it. In another century, Jeff Lynne is composing symphonies

I saw this described as "funk", but it felt very jazz to me. Really enjoyed this

Not a fan

what a great listen. this is in the top 5 of albums you have to listen to straight through as a whole to get the full effect. ethereal

Wish You Were Here is probably my favorite Pink Floyd song, and in my Top 50 all time. Great tune. None of the others really speak to me in the same way.

This era of Brit punk rock is fine, and I liked some of the songs that had a bit more open sounds than typical punk. But it all kinda blends together

This was fine. Not as good as the other album by the same artist that we listened to earlier in the project

not as good as i wanted it to be. Gin and Juice still as good as ever

loved this

this type of electronic music just isn't my thing

her voice is soo good. it just makes the whole album

One of my favorite albums ever. Thunder Road is a top 5 song for me. Has tunes that are both restrained and then some completely bombastic ones

El Paso is a good tune. They all sorta sound the same and try to be nostalgic for a time that is far enough in the past that no one today really connects with them. Fine enough to listen to in the same way that you might watch a John Wayne movie and enjoy it.

this sounds like terrible AI slop

Oh look, more terrible Britpop. Complete with a awful cover of Born to Run

sounds like Tracy Chapman in a good way

This is perfectly fine Radiohead which gets a 4, but its not their best

This isn't really my genre, but i liked it fine. seemed more orchestral than a lot of house style music

I've never really understood Beastie Boys. They are a fun party album for college, but don't seem to be particularly good or innovative

I liked the songs on here that I hadn't really listen to before (Drugs don't work) and it turned what I thought was a one hit wonder into more ofa complete album for me

i gave this a couple of listens but electronic music is difficult for me to connect with

Fine, but for as groundbreaking an album, it didn't feel that way

a couple of interesting beats. might be a 3.5 for me

its been a bit of a run of forgettable albums

this was fun. obviously the fact that the last song has been repurposed as One Nil to the Arsenal makes it even better

this was interesting in that the hits are great as you remember but none of the other songs are really memorable to me

The first song was great and I was very intruiged to hear more. Then the album devolved into a bunch of mumbo jumbo

great listening music

i know psychadelic rock was really transformational and edgy, but now it just sounds like stuff old people listen to and I don't really get it

Liked this more than I thought I would

lots of good tunes on this, but Alison stands head and shoulders above

I needed two listens of this to really start to appreciate it. '39 was really good and I'd never heard it before

Prove it All Night and Badlands are all timers. Great album

This was better because of the interaction with the crowd. Not as many of my favorite Cash songs, but still a good album

I enjoyed it, but am not enough of a blues aficianado to be able to analyze it

really enjoyed this

this didn't do anything for me

i'm not sure why, but punk doesn't really grab me. its a fine listen but all the songs sort of just meld together

Wild Horses is one of my favorite Stones songs. A side of this is great, but B Side leaves something to be desired

a couple of interesting songs. it was fine, not amazing

Liked this more than I thought I would. Good driving beat and I liked the vocals

this is forgettable background music for me

did not enjoy this. that probably exposed me as a Philistine, but its too experimental for my taste