1001 Albums Summary

I feel like this would have been a formative album for me if I had heard it during my moody high school years. As it stands, it feels a bit one note. It's a good note, but one note nonetheless.

An album full of perfectly adequate songs, but pretty much nothing stands out. Also monkey movie guy

Relieved it did not have Yoko in it. Parts of the middle are not too bad, but I just did not care for a good deal of it.

I really enjoyed the instrumentation on this album. However, while I think Paul Simon's voice is great, and it's not exactly like I expect a lot of bombast there, it feels like the voice and the instrumentation are disconnected from each other. Still, a decent enough listen.

Highway star is a hell of an opener to this album. I was familiar with the big hits from this one, but even the songs in between were great. Some absolutely amazing solos and drumming to be found here.

Honestly ended up liking this way more than I expected, despite my personal distaste of Moby as a person

This felt like the missing link between Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Odelay to me. Unfortunately, it largely felt like my least favorite parts between these two albums. Not without merit, but not for me.

Some fun instrumentation, but vocally everything just sounds the same to me.

Some catchy stuff on this album. I wasn't expecting to enjoy it considering that the other M.I.A. album I got on here was a 1/5 for me, but this one wasn't too bad.

Completely faded into the background for me. Wholly unremarkable sadly

Liked a lot of what was going on with the guitar, and the title track is pretty good. But nothing else really stood out that much to me

This wasn't the sound I was expecting from Massive Attack, but I really enjoyed it. Felt like a really cool trip back to the 90s

It grabbed me pretty early on, but unfortunately lost me just as quickly

Really enjoyed this. Felt like a good bit of variety between tracks, and really feels a bit ahead of its time

This is now the 4th Bowie album I've been given. I think Bowie himself was a pretty awesome guy, but I just don't get the fuss, musically. That being said, this was my favorite one of his albums that has shown up so far. But it's unfortunately been a pretty low bar.

Haven't listened to this all the way through since around when it first came out. Still ended up finding it whimsical and really enjoyable overall.

Had no idea what to expect with this, but really enjoyed it. Final Days was definitely the highlight for me

Like many others here, I also feel like I didn't give Hole a fair shake. In my case, though, I definitely feel like it was more the fact that I just wasn't into grunge at the time. I still don't think I am, but this was an incredibly strong album.

It was fine. Didn't love the song about pretending to be a 7 year old in Hiroshima, even if I support the sentiment behind it.

There was a part of me thinking that actually listening to a Rod Stewart album would end up changing my opinion of him as a weird sex symbol for middle aged women in the 70s-90s. That part of me was wrong.

Honestly, I was expecting to hate this based off the album art. But it was a dumb fun time. I might normally only give it a 3, but the whiplash of expecting something much worse and being pleasantly surprised is pushing this up to a 4 for me

Really, really strong beginning to the album. The rest is still good, but it doesn't hit as much for me as the first couple of tracks do.

A little weird, a little groovy, but overall a good time.

Totally bland. Utterly unremarkable. I can't even bring myself to give it a 1 because at least 1-star reviews were indicative of strong feelings. My strongest feeling from this is just being perplexed how it made this list to begin with. I could maybe see this as a foundational album if it came out in the very early 90s. But 97? Way too late for this.

I definitely agree with a lot of the criticisms around Coldplay, and I think a lot of the claims about how basic/boring a lot of their music is really gets exemplified on a good portion of the latter half of this album. That being said, the first half of this album is so strong, that I still feel like I can't rate this lower than a 4, even if I'm not particularly a fan of the band overall.

I really enjoyed this overall. I imagine if I had heard it when it came out, it'd probably be a 5-star album for me. But overall, I still think it's worth a 4.

Didn't really care much for the first half of the album, but the second half felt more interesting and grabbed me more. Still, it just didn't quite click with me

If I ignored the vocals on this album, it would be an easy 5 stars. Those vocals though...

I didn't think it was great, but I do think that at 19 tracks that are on average around 2.5 minutes long, there was a surprising amount of variety. And if nothing else, that kept things interesting.

It took me a couple tracks to get into it, but once I did, I really enjoyed it. Pretty solid overall

I feel like if I hadn't gotten Machine Head just a month ago, I'd be inclined to rate this highly. But why does this need to be on the list with Machine Head? Are we gonna start putting deluxe albums separately from the regular edition? Being generous with a 2 star here.

I could definitely hear the foundation for the much better later work that would come out of this. But just taken on its own, I very much, to my own surprise, did not care for this album.

Good dumb fun

God I hated this. Truly awful singing, and I spent every track hoping it was the last one on the album

It's fine. Nothing amazing, but nothing awful either

It's a jack white album. It comes across as just about every other thing I've heard from him. Mildly interesting, but not enough to keep me hooked.

Bob Dylan certainly has a unique voice. And I can't explain why I enjoyed this so much, but he apparently gets a pass that I probably wouldn't give a lot of other singers with more unique voices.

I went into this feeling like I don't fully get the Talking Heads. I still feel like I don't fully get them. That being said, I still really enjoyed this.

Painfully generic. This sounds like the music that would be playing in the background of a comedy set in the 80s that couldn't get the rights to more well known songs, so the filmmakers had to just get someone on the crew to make something that sounded 80s-enough.

I don't care for Bono and especially don't like U2's later stuff. This was solid, but I don't think I can bring myself to give it a higher rating than 3

First half is an easy 5 star. Teen Age Riot is an amazing opener. Second half is a solid 4 stars, but I'm rounding up overall in this case.

First half of the album is solid but kinda samey. Second half gets much weirder and more interesting as a result.

I just straight up don't get Joy Division. It's not bad, and I was hoping that listening to this all the way through would give me some better understanding. But try as I might, I just don't get it.

As someone who generally enjoys folk music, this didn't do it for me. The only thing keeping me rating it lower is that the last two tracks of the album were pretty damn good. So it at least ended on a good note. Otherwise though, it felt bland as hell.

Wasn't a fan of the Rolling Stones coming into this. I'm still not, apparently.

Some interesting stuff on this album. Can't say it was exactly my jam, but it wasn't boring.

I liked this better than the last Neil Young album I got from this list. Unfortunately, the last album was 3 days ago. And I think I need a bit more of a break from Neil Young.

As a super casual fan of bossa nova, this was even better and more interesting than I was expecting. Big fan of this.

This is the third Led Zeppelin album I've gotten, and it's definitely my favorite so far. I can't say I'm suddenly a fan now. But I at least feel like I get it.

I'm not the biggest Elvis fan, but this was enjoyable enough to listen to

Not a huge punk fan in general, so I wasn't expecting much from this, despite the couple of songs I was familiar with already. However, I ended up liking this more than I expected. Fairly interesting sounds and progressions going on here.

Queen is one of those bands that I think is good, but I feel like I don't like them as much as I'm supposed to. So honestly, I wasn't expecting much from this album. But even aside from Bohemian Rhapsody, there was a lot of enjoyable stuff on this album.

Almost tempted to give this 5 stars by virtue of the fact that I had never heard of them and was extremely pleasantly surprised. But as it is, I think this is a solid 4.

Feels simultaneously ahead of its time and dated. But dated in a way that takes me back. A bit bummed out to see the overall negative reaction to this one. It's not absolutely amazing, and there's some stuff in the middle that's a bit too repetitive. But for the most part, it has me fondly thinking about those ads telling me that I wouldn't download a car.

I wasn't expecting to hate this, but I wasn't expecting it to be a 5 star album either. But damn, this was great.

Not at all what I was expecting when I saw it was Miles Davis. Enjoyable, and very dreamlike (particularly the title track). But ultimately, not enough consistency to get me fully engaged.

It was fine. Not egregiously bad or anything, but I did not need to hear this before I died.

This didn't suddenly make me an Elvis Costello fan. But I at least feel like I kinda get him now.

I definitely think a lot of their later albums are better, but this was still incredibly strong and a lot of fun

It was fine. Every song basically sounds the same. But I guess it was a good enough sound.

I'm not a big jazz person, but his was alright. First half felt a bit too chaotic, while the second half wasn't chaotic enough. Wish there could have been a better middle ground

I had heard of Kraftwerk, and a general idea of their genre, but never actually heard any of their songs. This was a very pleasant surprise though. I was pretty wary about the first track being so long, especially after how long that first 5 minutes felt. But the movement throughout the track was great, even if I think it could've been a tad bit shorter. Overall, great album though.

It wasn't aggressively bad, but I just didn't care for it at all.

Probably the most I've disagreed with people's reviews on here. I thought this was interesting, eclectic, and overall great to listen to. I'd only heard one song by them previous to this, but it has me going through their discography now. And hey, if nothing else, at least I'm not making weird blood and soil arguments against this.

As a casual fan of folk music, this absolutely deserves to be on here. That being said, while I was loving this in the beginning, it absolutely went on for a bit longer than I could appreciate. Overall still worth at least a partial listen. Or maybe one broken up over several sessions.

Legendary. Loved it.

Super smooth

It was fine. I feel like maybe I would have dug this more in a different headspace. But as it was, it's perfectly adequate.

Honestly, I went into this expecting to give it a 3, expecting it to be a product of its time, but not for me. But damn if this didn't push me into a full blown 5 by the end. Some of it is really weird in an awkward dated way. But it still won me over.

It was fun to listen to but didn't really stick with me. High energy and no regrets, but I'll probably move on just as quickly

I wouldn't say it was boring, but it didn't do what I was hoping. It wasn't ambient enough to feel like Brian Eno, but wasn't quite weird enough to feel like David Byrne. Just kind of a weird middle ground.

Yeah I think I just don't like the rolling stones. Or maybe it's more a Mick Jagger thing. Some of the instrumentation on this was great. But I heavily sighed any time the vocals would come in.

There's a couple tracks in the middle that I don't care for as much. But on the whole, I think the album is great and I loved the progressions that each of the songs would go through

This isn't really the sort of thing I'd listen to normally, and it didn't suddenly change my mind. That being said, Amy's voice was so amazing and interesting that I still have trouble rating this lower than a 4

The only thing keeping this from 1 star was that organ

Vocals weren't my favorite, but this still caught me off guard in a good way.

This is the stones album on here that I've hated the least so far. But this list has affirmed for me that I straight up don't like this band, and that this list likes this band too much.

It wasn't bad, but it was weird in a way that wasn't very interesting to me. Probably pretty revolutionary for its time, so this is perhaps just my loss

I believe in a thing called love is definitely the highlight of the album, but the rest of it is surprisingly solid, campy, and fun

Each track felt slightly worse to me than the one before. And I didn't love it to start with either. Only reason it's not getting 1 star is because there's far more diabolical albums that I've already been subjected to, and this was nowhere near those.

A pretty goofy album, but it's overall pretty fun. I'd come to like some of their later stuff more, but this was still a good time

It took me a bit to get into, but after a couple tracks, I was really digging it. Not exactly my jam, but absolutely worth the listen

I didn't hate it. But so much of Morrissey just sounds the same to me.

Feels like a warm room on a cold day

Really enjoyed this one. The back half in particular was really solid

I went into this expecting it to be music you'd listen to if you wanted to piss off your parents in the 70s. And it's kinda that, but surprisingly had more going for it than I expected. I still didn't love it, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Overall really enjoyable

I don't think I'll be listening to this again, but I'm glad I got the chance to hear it once.

Really upbeat and fun listen.

Great samples, great beats, and overall really enjoyed this one

Some really good guitar, but every time I was starting to feel this album, it got too soft for me.

Loved the guitar in this, but those vocals just don't go with this at all.

This isn't the sort of thing I listen to much these days, but listening to this took me back to the fact that I grew up listening to a lot of R&B, and that was a fun journey to go back on. Definitely enjoyed this.

The singles make this a 5 star album. The rest of the tracks are more a 3 star to me. Giving this a 4, but I'll admit that it's a very high 4 for me. Just drags a little bit between the bangers for me.

Ended up liking this more than I expected. Pretty decent variety, and found myself surprised at how the noise parts were generally my favorite

Did not understand a single word of this album. Still really enjoyed it, especially the guitar. Definitely a good pick

Stellar album. The front half is overloaded with hits, but the second half is honestly still pretty strong.

This is my second Lou Reed album. I didn't love the first one, and I wasn't feeling this for the first half. And then suddenly, something clicked, and I finally feel like I get it now. I actually re-listened to the first half of the album again, and I feel like I just unlocked something new.

I expected this to be good, but it was honestly amazing. As someone not super familiar with his work, I was completely surprised by all the big band numbers at the beginning. Definitely going to be coming back to this one again.

Really enjoyed this one overall. Running up that hill is definitely the high point of the album, despite its current overplayed nature, but the album as a whole is extremely interesting and quite dense.

I think this is now my 5th Bowie album. I still can't say I'm a fan of him as a musician, but this is the best album of his that I've been subjected to so far. Still didn't love it, and I feel like I'm being a bit generous with the rating. But relative to the other stuff I've heard of his, this feels like it could be a 4/5.

Goofy and fun. It's not gonna stick with me, but I enjoyed the ride

Some decent guitar solos almost brought this to a 3. But man did I dislike everything else

This is probably one of the most quintesstially 80s-sounding albums out there. I can't say I loved it all, but the highs are iconic enough for me to squeek this into a 4 for me.

Man I didn't care for this. Meandering and 47 minutes still felt way too long. Really enjoyed The Way Young Lovers Do, but that was about it.

One of the few times where I've honestly wished the album could be longer. Getting this album right after her death is definitely making this hit harder, but I still think this would be a strong 4 without that context.

This was a challenging one. I hated it at first, but something started to click towards the end, enough for me to want to give it a second listen. But I'm still not sure what to think of it. It builds an increasing sense of dread throughout that was weird and occasionally off-putting. But it was interesting. I think with more reflection, this could ultimately be a 4 star. But for the time, it's a conflicted 3 star.