1001 Albums Summary

- Once: Based intro, very atmospheric, brings out a really grungy 90s vibe - Even Flow: - Alive: very chill, the song itself gets more and more alive the longer you listen to it, solid buildup - Why Go: Blues & Rock'n'Roll vibes, paired with alternative styles that sound like Audioslave and RATG at times sneaking in to it, I like - Black: something like a ballad to say goodbye to someone, fairly emotional, but not really my taste - Jeremy: sounds very artsy, can't really pinpoint it to a specific style - Oceans: mellow and dampened, you can hear the psychedelic influence and Led Zeppelin, but lacks energy in the chorus - Porch: sounds like Pearl Jam tried to be punk but with an atmospheric twist, or like the anarchist next door smoked too much weed - Garden: sounds relaxed and progressive, could be seen as Stoner Rock, easily the best song on the album - Deep: Sound is deeply into offset groovy drums, sounds like what Jimi Hendrix could've transformed into if he ignored Club 27, very nice - Release: Intro reminds me strongly of The Doors' "The End", sounds like a mix between post nut clarity and recovering from a drug addiction... ALSO the hidden ending sneaking in sounds veeery trippy, you wanna close your eyes and just indulge in it Overall this album shouldn't be considered Grunge, but Psychedelic/Stoner Rock. Sounds a lot like Samsara Blues Experiment, Stoned Jesus, Kyuss & Hendrix combined with the typical 90s alternative scene. Very nice to listen to if you wanna relax or focus and a good entry into the psych genre.

THE ALBUM 2/10 overall. The entire first part of the album is trash, I wouldn't let my worst enemies listen to this. The second part saves it from a worse score. Easily the worst album in The Police's entire discography. Would've been way nicer if the experimental songs were put at the back to have some actual okay songs to listen to at the start. Special shoutout to "Mother" for one of the worst songs my ears ever had to endure. THE SONGS IN ORDER - Synchronicity I: Interesting opening, sounds a bit like Pink Floyd, but faster. Did you know it's about sychronicity? If not then the song tells you about it a 1000 times. 3/10 - Walking In Your Footsteps: History about dinosaurs? Weird to mention nukes but okay, experimental, not my taste. 3/10 - O My God: OMG it's stereotypical 70s/80s music, who woulda thunk? Really nothing special about it honestly. 3/10 - Mother: Who fusioned Iggy Pop & David Gilmour into one dysfunctional acid trip? I bet the songs is called like it because you scream for your mum to stop it. Torture/10 - Miss Gradenko: meh, I guess it has a vibe going on, just not mine. 3/10 - Synchronicity II: definitely better than any other previous song on this album. 4/10 - Every Breath You Take: swiggity swooty - EBYT is one of The Police's most coveted songs for a reason. Goes hard if you love vibing to well composed music. This song doesn't belong on this album. Also if you know the lyrics' meaning,... 9/10 - King Of Pain: This sound is what The Police is best known for, very chill, very Police. Would listen to it again if being asked. 6/10 - Wrapped Around Your Finger: another typical 80s song, but now Sting actually uses his voice to more extend. Better than expected, sounds very rounded and chill. Lyrics sound like the logical succession to EBYT. 8/10 - Tea In The Sahara: Influences from Walking On The Moon are definitely audible, overall nice to listen to. 6/10 - Murder By Numbers: Strong Jazz influences, also a bit experimental, pretty groovy. You can bet this song was made for Audiophiles, but missed the mark. 5/10

THE ALBUM 3/5 Stars. What's nice is that the "Blunderbuss" album follows a certain style of mixing Blues, Jazz, Country and Alternative elements together. The raw and unfiltered nature makes it stand out as an art project. Since I know some of Jack White's previous work, I definitely expected way more Rock'n'Roll, but this was actually okay to listen to as well. I respect the work that probably went into this since White plays nearly all of the instruments himself. He tinkers and experiments a lot with his sound as a whole which you can hear in every song on this album. Would I listen to it again? Only to a couple songs with the intention of consuming art. If you want some insight to how Jack White creates his music, look for a documentary named "It Might Get Loud". Features Jimmy Page and The Edge as well. THE SONGS - Missing Pieces: very mainstream blues rock-ish. Not that going on but it feels very american. 3/10 - Sixteen Saltines: has just too much chaos going on, lyrics sounds wanky, 2/10 - Freedom At 21: don't really know what to think about this, there's a weird tremble in the background that sounds like someone's running. 2/10 - Love Interruption: "The only boy who could eeever teach me, was the son of a..." oh wait, yeah the intro throws you off heavily. Sounds like cheesy independent 60s music, but better and way more chill than the songs before. 4/10 - Blunderbuss: The title song, yeah (doesn't deserve it)... sounds too mellow for my taste, has a southern vibe, but no energy to it. Artsy, but not my taste. 5/10 - Hypocritical Kiss: Has definitely something going on, sounds more like a mainstream alternative song, but it's nice. 6/10 - Weep Themselves To Sleep: Piano doesn't mix well with a guitar when both play the same shit at the same time, BUT the song has a better vibe than I expected. Sounds a bit melodramatical. Jack, why does your guitar's connector have feedback? If this song was more clean, it could've gotten a better rating. 6/10 - I'm Shakin': Yeah me too ^^ This is alternative blues and what I expect Jack White to sound like. Melody sounds a bit wanky, but actually fits the song's vibe. Would listen to again 7/10 - Trash Tongue Talker: Rock'n'Roll-esque, the tempo shifts are... something; it's bluesy, but sounds more like a new band figuring out their tone. 4/10 - Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy: The only thing hip about this song is its' attempt to be; but it's not a bad song, there's probably an audience who likes this. 4/10 - I Guess I Should Go To Sleep: Actually a nice alternative blues song for once. I wouldn't say I hate it, but I don't like it either. 5/10 - On And On And On: Very chill intro, can't pinpoint the style, but better than most songs on this album. 6/10 - Take Me With You When You Go: Good song for a Coda, has Jazz rhythms paired with southern Country & Blues going on. 6/10

THE ALBUM 4/5 Em is one of my favourite rappers, lyrical god from Detroit, changed the literal way people thought about rap music and which artists could do it. Not his very best work, but close to it. Perfect reflection of the 2000s rap scene in terms of musical style. Listening to the whole album in one sitting can lead to a slim, shady feeling of being oversaturated. You'll have a hard time with this if you're a snowflake. There's some songs in here that are a little rough, but also some real gems. No 5/5 stars cuz The Eminem Show exists. THE SONGS - PSA: unfiltered af, I appreciate that. No rating. - Kill You: Flawless transition from the intro, typical Eminem guitar beat sounds, serial killer = cereal killer, this line especially got later acknowledgement in Logic's "Disgusting". 6/10 - Stan: went viral for years and for a good reason, the lyrics hit deep. I'm vibing to this anytime I listen to it. 10/10 - Who Knew: Em reflecting about his own music - and his fans? The beat is dope, the lyrics send a message. 6/10 - Steve Berman: stylistic cut, no rating - The Way I Am: One of the first Em songs I enjoyed listening to, even when I didn't really understand the lyrics. Lyrics about himself, as we'll see a couple other times in later albums. Church bell beats were modern back then. 7/10 - The Real Slim Shady: Will the real Slim Shady pls stand up? Makes my personal Top 3 of Eminem songs I listened to on the regular. Bonus points for mentioning Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit. Perfect reflection of the 2000s. 10/10 - Remember Me?: "... cuz I grab the mic and get dooown like syndrome", geez 😂 You couldn't publish these kind of lines today since everyone takes everything so seriously. Dope beat, very viby, very close to OG gangsta rap. 7/10 - I'm Back: Sounds like a family friendly beat, lyrics are more tame (only a bit). Chorus is a bit uninspired. 4/10 - Marshall Mathers: damn this is good. Critics called Em both homophobic and gay because of songs like this. The music itself is 8/10 - Ken Kaniff - Skit: awww suck it. No rating - Drug Ballad: yeah drugs are bad, kids. Message is there, my taste is not. 5/10 - Amityville: A song about Detroit, probably realistic. Beat is atmospheric, Em's aggressive, I like. 7/10 - Bitch Please II: Interscope Records allstars, dope af beat that stays in your head for hours, I have this on repeat in my focus playlist when I punish people in Tarkov. Turn this up, 10/10 - Kim: Coping with his then gf Kim, not really for me. 3/10 - Under The Influence: typical Eminem song, but really nothing special about this one. 5/10 - Criminal: This song hits. you know why? cuz I'm a CRIMINAL. Also somewhat relatable. 7/10 - The Kids: Drugs are bad Part II. Life lesson and horror movie in one song, veeery creative. Em sounds very much like 50 Cent in the chorus, thx Dre 😅. 8/10

THE ALBUM 4/5 (7.8/10 calc'd) The thing about Jazz is that it's not only highly experimental and spontaneous, but also very subjective. People say that it's about the notes you don't play to leave it open for imagination. This album really makes me feel something. It really brings home the idea of giving every instrument room to breathe, I love it. Also didn't think that a Jazz album would actually spark my creativity and make me imagine every song's meaning or story. A good example of why the product is worth more than the sum of its' parts. This is art - especially Nomali & Maesha. No max rating because I wanna keep that standard for the very best. THE SONGS - Part Of A Whole: Honestly: not bad at all. Reminds me of a busy train station. I can vibe to this. Intro equates outro, sounds a bit like an anime opening. The piano solo is gold, the song itself is pretty round. 8/10 - Minawa: This is very mellow and smooth, restaurant & foreplay music. I can drown in this. 9/10 - The Big Apple: Definitely sounds a bit more chaotic, not so much my taste, but I appreciate it. Good bg music. 6/10 - Unhome: The title is probably an old saying for getting evicted. The groove here is very interesting and creative. The type of music that forces you to listen. 7/10 - Maseru: This reads similar to "misery", and the intro sounds like a depressed alcoholic that stumbles on his way to his fav. bar. He enters it at 0:40 into the song and endulges in all sorts of beverage tasting. 8/10 - Inner Crisis: The song picks up at 1:20 with some nice energy, not too hasty, more like it's trying to bring light to something. 7/10 - Blues For Huey: Veeery percussion-heavy, reminds me of John Bonham's live drum solos. Suddenly a trumpet starts playing, then more and more instruments come in as they find their groove. I respect the effort. 8/10 - Nomali: Hard turn in style and tempo compared to the previous song. Slows down everything, including my OCD for well-crafted music. This is what Jazz is about for me. I'd listen to this at night drives. 10/10 - Maesha: Slows down the pace even more, very chill first 2 minutes, then it explodes into what I'd describe as an anthem, to then go back to being chill. This song drags me down into the groove as it makes me close my eyes and just enjoy the music. 10/10 - Ingoo Pow-Pow: The single non-instrumental song here, doesn't really help that I sadly don't understand the language. Definitely African Jazz, although I can't pinpoint if this was recorded simultaneously or mixed together after 2 separate takes. Very creative, but not my vibe. 5/10

THE ALBUM 5/5 (8.86/10) Oh it's CCR, one of my alltime favourite bands for many reasons. Even though I'm biased, I still wanted to give this album a fair rating - the maximum. It's the quintessential Swamp Rock album. 2 out of 3 of my favourite CCR songs are on this. Cosmo's Factory was on my fav list on Spotify before we started this challenge, and it will stay there. There's not a single bad song on this album and there's not many that come close. I adore it ❤️ THE SONGS - Ramble Tamble: simply a classic, perfect opening song for the album. 10/10 - Before You Accuse Me: Bluesy southern Rock, well executed, groovy. 8/10 - Travelin' Band: One of my favourite CCR songs. 10/10 - Ooby Dooby: nuanced Rock'n'Roll with gators mixed into it. 7/10 - Lookin' Out My Back Door: This scratches my itch for weird lyrics, you can interpret it in so many ways. 9/10 - Run Through The Jungle: One of my Top 3 favourite CCR songs. Captures the essential feeling of the Vietnam war's music, this is a vibe. 10/10 - Up Around The Bend: The groove and energy this song brings with it is pure positivity! 10/10 - My Baby Left Me: Mixes Jazz, Honky-Tonk, Swamp Rock and Southern Blues. 8/10 - Who'll Stop The Rain: Entry #2 in my Top 3 CCR songs. 10/10 - I Heard It Through The Grapevine: Very successful for a reason, but not one of my favourites. 8/10 - Long As I Can See The Light: Very chill, sounds like an old man reflects on his final moments, can be emotional. 7/10 - T.B. Remake: The "take 1" mention by the audio tech at the start is a flex, this is very unfiltered, but real. I respect the shit out of playing so in sync. 8/10 - UATB live: Legend has it that CCR played in the Netherlands cuz it resembles a swamp 😂 Dope live performance. 9/10 - Bayou live: geez that guitar sound, easy to find, yet hard to master. The fact that this sounds exactly like on the album makes it a live classic. 10/10

5/5 Legit one of the most influencal, lyrically impressive hip hop albums EVER created. Shit like this is why Biggie's considered one of the greatest rappers of all time. It sucks that he left us in 1997 while only being 24 years old, I wonder how many other bangers he would've put out if he was still alive. I think the important part when listening to "ready to die" is that you shouldn't hold it to today's standards, especially when it comes to certain topics displayed on this album, like sex, violence and mysogyny. These things are as present today as they were in the 90s from all I know, people just shy away from reality cuz it's comfortable. I said it before about Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP and I say it again now: If you're too busy with complaining about the cussing & controversal themes in music, you should quit being a pussy. Get your head out your ass, this is hardcore hip hop - what did you expect?

2/5 Never heard of John Martyn before plus I don't enjoy singer/songwriter acoustic music. This album seems forgettable, although pretty chill if being used as background music. There's not a single song that sticks out for me here. I'd rather listen to Clapton, America or Cat Stevens, all of them made considerably better music.

Incest/5 I avoided this at first based on the brigade of negative reviews. No offense, but the album cover looks, ahm... yeah. But I thought after listening to my other vacant albums, I wanted to give this album a chance... ...but instead of using that chance for good, it turned my ears inside and out. This is probably a good album to fuck your cousin or sister to.

1/5 with much distance to the next star. I hate AIC, always did. Every song sounds the same, there's not a single cool spark of creativity to be found, and that's sad, considering how big of a following these guys have. Their style sounds like they couldn't figure out if they wanted to copy Pearl Jam, Black Label Society or Nirvana. They're one of the reasons I'm very happy that Grunge was only a thing for a couple years and then vanished for good.

Overall 2/5 Lyrics 2/5 (loaded with satire and criticism) Music 1/5 (cuz typical 60s pop music style) Creativity 4/5 Mothers of Invention sound like the Monty Python version of The Beatles, reflecting satirically on everything in the 60s (especially Hippies). Not really fair to only judge it by musical quality cuz it's dogshit in that regard, but I've rarely heard an entire album loaded with cynicism and satire to this degree. It even has ASMR, *sigh*.... Now I know why Frank Zappa was seen as a menace from early on 😂.

3/5 ngl it took me a while to fully appreciate the soundscape, but this is actually really nice to listen and chill out to. Album plays on repeat now since 3 hours and it's aesthetic background music that allows you to lay back inbetween and just listen.

Late rating cuz I didn't have time to listen to it yet. 4.3/5 The songs on this album remind me very much of some of Pink Floyd's best works. Very mellow and atmospheric, superb tone and vibe. I didn't know Coldplay are #9 on the most played artists on all of Spotify at the time of this review. Honestly a bit stunned about it cuz I thought that their music wasn't as liked. Guess I was wrong.

6/5 This is musical perfection. If you don't believe me, listen to this again, but on a HiFi sound system or good headphones.

0/5 This whole album is disgustingly awful to listen to. Tries to cling onto the 20's/30's music style, but misses the sophistication. This is proper trash.

2/5 Too much reverb added in post production, probably to give it a live sound. The singer misses a lot of notes which is unfortunate, cuz some songs like The Loved Ones have some vibe to it. Overall sounds a lot like an art album, and since art is very subjective, I can't really give it an objective rating. It's not for me, but I respect the effort.

3/5 To me, the whole album sounds like a form of artistic boutique music. Not the worst, but a bit too expressionistic for me. Björk's definitely an aquired taste though, I see why so many people like her music.

Here. We. Fucking. Go. Rating this fair and objective is something I can't do since this album means so much to me. This belongs in the holy grail category. I grew up with this album, it devoured my heart and soul in a time when nobody was there for me. The Black Album not only introduced me to the broader genre of Metal, it also made me start learning how to play guitar. BUT - it's not my alltime favourite Metallica album, that spot belongs to Death Magnetic. Contrary to others, my favourites are not Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven or Nothing Else Matters - it's Through The Never & My Friend Of Misery. Metallica was at their highest artistical point when they created this album, it made the band go through hell and even shattered the marriages of both Hetfield and Ulrich. It's the most successful metal album every produced, but also came with its' fair share of criticism and made people think that Metallica sold out. I personally couldn't disagree more with these opinions since it showed that Alcoholica was able and willing to crash through the boundaries of Thrash Metal, and they went through multiple style changes with almost every album released after this. You gotta respect that these guys make it work.

uhhhh 2000s Britpop and boy band era, this is vanilla sellout music. I absolutely despise it. Don't know why Williams had a rebel and bad boy image, it's one of many examples how artists got gutted by the music industry and had no edge to begin with. The album doesn't have a single song with actual depth behind it, and while some of the songs don't sound bad, all of them belong into the category of "heard it on every radio station in the 2000s". I believe that music like this is also responsible for the absolute atrocities spawning from music talent shows, throwing more oil into this dumpsterfire of musical bs. If this website would allow 0 star ratings, this album would get that.

3/5 Didn't expect much since it's folk music, but this is actually pretty good. Baez has a soft vibrato voice that calms me down funny enough, even if I don't like the music in particular.

3/5 Probably my favourite New Wave band, they've been consistent in their quality all the way since the 70s. There's some real bangers on this album, could listen to this over and over again.

3/5 Honestly... the listening experience is good if you're into atmospheric artistic stuff. Most songs on their own are kinda meh, but "Keep The Streets Empty For Me" lives rent-free in my favourites playlist since forever.

5/5 I love this album, there's not a single bad song on this. Even on Spotify, the sound quality on this recording is really good. Marty's voice and storytelling has a certain grace to them that you rarely notice in music. Great artist, great songs.

1/5 If I wanted to listen to british punk music, I'd rather listen to The Clash. The Jam doesn't know where to position themselves. Lyrics are boring, rhythm's off,... I think the 8th song sums up the whole album pretty well: It's too bad.

Trash tier

meh, really not a fan.

San Quentin, yet another pretty good Cash album.

One of the rare albums that never left my headspace ever since I first listened to a couple songs contained in it. Always loved the way Pink Floyd created music. Their music are mostly timeless classics and masterpieces. The WYWH album is pure art in music shape. If you don't enjoy this then you have no taste in music.

Goat out of Hell

Contrary to popular belief, I think that Rockafeller Skank sucks and every other song on this album is waaay better. I'll give it 3/5 cuz it's definitely groovy and puts you in a good mood, but I probably wouldn't go out of my way to listen to this.

Pretty good, but I'm not that much into Elton John's music.

Not Led Z's best album, but it has some of their best songs (Immigrant Song, Tangerine, Since I've Been Loving You). Absolute classic.

Considering DP came along in an interesting time music-wise, you gotta respect that they found a niche to stick to, and it's a cool one. A good blend between hard rock and experimental stuff that dips its toes into metal territory, with some 'The Doors' styling. Perfect for riding.

2/5. Boutique Punk is the only thing that comes to mind when listening to this album. And I don't like punk for the most part.

Trash / 5 Viva La Hate, and I have a lot of it for this "music album". Yet another person who doesn't know anything about what can be accepted as music. Whoever put this on 1001's list was definitely lobotomized. Avoid at all costs, the only setting I can see myself listening to this is when I wanna invoke puking all over the place.

2/5. Honestly, this is pretty boring. Songs sound mostly the same, the stories they tell aren't interesting. Bob Dylan can't sing either, it always sounds like he's talking about some random shit and music's playing in the background. I heavily disagree with anyone who thinks this guy is a great musician, he's overhyped by a generation that should've known better.

1/5. Yet another punk album, yay (not). What always bothered me about punk is that 99% of all punk bands sound exactly the same, and the production quality is always bad, too. The only bands of this genre who actually nailed it could be summed up across 1-2 hands, and "The Adverts" is not one of them.

2/5 Mr. Crosby, if you wanna remember your name, you should smoke less 😅 Jokes aside, the only interesting part about this is that it's psych rock, but it doesn't come close to the really good stuff. Crosby seemingly smoked so much weed that he forgot how to write actual lyrics. They match the IQ of a newborn by mostly using "da-de-da". The last song also belongs in a church and not on an album like this. I also read a bunch of reviews and it turns out that most people who rated this album really high know who CSNY were. For the record, I know but I don't care. I have a feeling that there have been too many Hippies involved in which albums to put in 1001's list, which is measurable by the amount of folk rock we've encountered in just a month already. If you're one of them, could you please stop? Go and glue yourself on a road and get hit by a truck or something like all the new doom hippies of my generation do.

It's okay for what it is.

-2/5 just because out of spite. Nobody gives a fuck about or wants to listen to a whole album revolving around models. Would've been good for this if Costello became one himself and not a singer... This way he wouldn't be allowed to sing.

2/5 The music itself sounds pretty interesting, but it has literally nothing to do with being hardcore. The singer is misplaced, the guy has neither power nor range in his voice, and everything about it sounds and feels like he's bored. Some of the lyrics resemble that, there's A LOT of missed potential in here. This album is a good example of why poetry and music can't always work together. If someone competent would lend Pulp their voice, this could've hit 3 stars. Still miles better than this walking trash can called Elvis Costello.

One of the rare occurrences where I can rate an album high without listening to it first. Sinatra is a guarantee for really good and sophisticated music. Songs for Swingin' Lovers takes you back into the late 50s like few other pieces of media can.

Can't really be mad about Elton John's music, but the more you've heard of him, the more all of his songs sound the same.

5/10 Never heard of her, music's typical south-american and on top of that also boring. It doesn't help that she sings in Brazilian Portuguese which is kinda hard to decipher when you don't speak Portuguese.

1/5 This album screams 60s rock music, but lacks heavily in quality. It's almost like a jack of all trades, but master of none. Once you acknowledge that this album is considered Proto-Punk, it will make a lot of sense that nearly all of Punk Rock sounds shit if everything that followed tried to copy this sound. Sad to have an album like this to close this week. Rating could've been 2/5, but it gets -1 because of Iggy Pop.

Minus 5/5 for arrogance and plagiarism Sounds like Dream Pop, but if you ordered it on Wish or Temu. Another group where artistry and autism are too close to each other. Also plagiarised Cat Steven's work... Would've given it a chance to listen, but stopped after the first song - but they called themselves brilliant in their own Spotify bio (and mistook it with writing a 1200 page novel), so minus all stars. ... Also if you call yourself brilliant, more people would know about you.

Turns out that losing wars isn't the only thing the French are good at... They're also pretty decent at making bad music. The Young Gods sound like they're tryharding to be like Rammstein, yet they miss the plot. But at least it's creative and I bet there are people out there who'd absolutely love this. Gonna give it 2/5 cuz while it isn't good music, there's some okay bits in it... And it's still way better than the last 3 albums we had to listen to.

2.4/5 Very 80s experimental british music, as if we needed more of It. The music's actually okay, but the lyrics are weird. I can't even pinpoint what to think about this. It's solid for a debut album and also way better than the trash of the last 7-10 days (Stooges, Flaming Lips, Pulp, Elvis Costello, David Crosby, The Adverts, Bob Dylan). But also not as crisp as the music I consider actually good. It also sounds like this group was trying a little too hard to sound psychedelic in some songs, yet in others some quality actually comes through. Not enough though to get 3/5 stars.

3.3/5 Never heard of Buckley before, even though I'm rather deep into Blues and Rock lore. Wiki says he od'd on Heroin in 1975. Music's okay for Blues standards, some of the songs like Sweet Surrender could be fun on a roadtrip. Could be rated a bit higher, but legends like SRV and Johnny Lee Hooker exist. Also seems like many people are offended by the sexual lyrics, I think it's something different compared to a good percentage of Blues music being about alcohol. I bet that the ones who hate it don't have sex either, hence why they hate it.

Another fucking Folk album....

1.99/5 Had high hopes because I love Sex On Fire... But those got destroyed. The singer's voice sounds pretty fucking bad tbh, while the album lacks anything interesting.

1/5 RnB, Soul and Pop really aren't my vibe at all, this album is mainstream and very boring. Solange has a nice voice, but that's already everything positive I can say. Not a single song of this album was catching my attention. The will to skip through her songs and eventually start a different playlist was stronger than listening to this. I tried, but I'd rather listen to Taylor Swift. Also why tf does this have 8 Interludes?! The only thing they add is playtime. Should've read the bio first, the amount of times you find "Beyonce's sister" in it is a huge red flag.

3.9/5 Now this is a nice change of pace... and quality! After RH got tortured for over 2 weeks with some of the most atrocious takes on music my ears had ever witnessed, we finally got a good album. Although I've obv. heard a couple songs from Beck, I've never listened to this album before. It's marked as Folk, but it's really not that. It's melancholic Alternative/Space Rock with a symphonic twist. Actually pretty likeable. What sticks out is that it carries a certain flow that forces you to slow down and chill, similar to works of Pink Floyd. Gotta say, I liked most of it. Many of the songs won't land in my fav list, but there's some gold in here, Lonesome Tears for example.

1/5 When the only things you can sing about are spending money and having sex with lots of guys to then cut in takes about getting abused, you're officially a very dumb bitch. A pretty good representation of what's wrong with today's society. Stuff like this explains why so many people are so superficial and stupid. Seriously wtf is wrong with today's feminism? It was about fighting for rights and opportunities women didn't have before. Nowadays it seems that all these "feminists" care about is to sexualize everything and dump on men because they're men. They don't understand the concept of actual equality and that pisses me off. That's not the way, girls. Learn some fuckin self-respect. Would've given it a higher rating if everything would be instrumental, but it's not. Back into the trashcan with this basic bitch.

♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️ First things first: RIP Lemmy Rating: Rock'n'Roll/10 My god here we go. Finally something that will piss off most people in fear of their daughter while she's already on her knees doing things that'd make a priest feint. Ace of Spades is the natural opposite to clean and smooth-licked Glam Rock and anything mainstream. This band and album are the reason why a lot of rock and metal bands even grouped up in the first place. It doesn't matter if it's not perfect in a technical way because it was never meant to be. It's the kind of album that shows you the middle finger while drinking on a motorcycle. Yes, this music isn't for everyone, and that's a good thing. It makes you want to party, even if you just woke up. It demands room for its' sound, it punches through walls and throws critics out of the bar's windows instead of arguing normally. No, it's not morally appropriate, but who cares honestly? Sometimes, certain people just need to catch a fist if they won't shut up. I think I'll start blasting this album to some human rights/environment protesters next time I'll come across them. Why? Because fuck you!

3.8/5 (2.8/5 imho but there's people pointing guns at me 😅) I'm gonna make some enemies with this one. First of all, I don't hate Nirvana; I hate the hype around them and the people wearing their t-shirts as fashion and not as a representation of their taste in music. I never disliked the idea of exploring new musical ways, it's necessary for it to evolve. It just doesn't mean that the outcome is great all the time. This album (and the genre as a whole) is a good example of that. Nirvana was never a great band imho, nor was Kurt Cobain a great artist. Most of their songs sound very similar, carry a pretty depressive and bored sound with them. I just don't enjoy stuff like this. With all honesty, Nirvana got hyped into oblivion because they did something different and gave the 90s teens something to flock to. Cobain's suicide accelerated that. The way both the media and his then gf Courtney Love handled the situation was cringey and disrespectful. It made a whole generation cry cuz their idol was gone, but I'd cry as well if I'd only have Alice In Chains to listen to afterwards. This unplugged album was a big thing back in the day since it was released after Cobains self-unaliving. Regarding the overall ratings, it's save to say that there's many people here who absolutely love it. I don't share that opinion, but it's not as bad as some of the shit my ears had to endure the weeks prior. It's good enough to be background music for me, but it doesn't reach higher than that. Mediocrity in musical form. Also wtf are lines like "I'm on a plane/I can't complain"? Is this considered lyrical gold these days? Probably yes if I look at any lyrics of popular music today... So yeah, all in all not bad, not great either. Would I listen to this again? Probably not if I didn't have to. Did I make aeqnx and Daimon mad? Probably yes. Am I getting offered as a tribute in late December? Most definitely.

3.4/5 First of all, minus points for being an album that doesn't include "More" or "Temple Of Love". But that's really the biggest negative I can give here. The music diverges from mainstream pretty hard (even in the 80s) which makes it interesting. The mix between darkwave, goth rock and the singer's striking voice lets it stick out. Some songs might sound a little similar, but ig that's what happens if you specialise your sound to this degree. Well done, but please give me "More".

2.4/5 Yes, not more than 2.4 stars. I respect the fuck out of this group's creativity and ability to bend genres together. The worrying thing however is that this was Queen's 3rd album, and for that, it lacks the quality and theme you'd expect from a 3rd album. Yes, Killer Queen is on here. But every other song falls short. Lily of the Valley is brilliant, but with under 2 minutes way too short. Tenement Funster & Brighton Rock dip pretty hard from Hard Rock into near Metal territory, but lack the quality. The cover version of Stone Cold Crazy that Metallica did was way better than the original, now that I've listened to both, one after another. All other songs sound rushed, totally out of control or misplaced. All in all, Killer Queen is the sole reason why this culmination of weird pathfinding doesn't drop down to one star. Expected WAY more on a third album from a band generally loved by many music fans across the world. Last thing, just to rub it in your faces, Queen fans: Judas Priest is still the superior british group sporting a gay frontman.

1/5 Suba lost me after track 2. Once again I'm reminded that music taste is subjective. It's boring music for people who don't care what they're listening to. The fact that it's very inoffensive as well is what offends me. Music should have grit, distinguishable style and sticking sound and lyrics. This album lacks all of that.

2.7/5 Well well, another samba album. I recognised some melodies here and there, and most songs sound chill enough to play as background music somewhere - but only instrumental. The singer though... geez her voice is annoying. The strong reverb doesn't make it better. Sorry, but this ain't it. Good for Astrud Gilberto that she transformed a cameo on the song "The Girl From Ipanema" into a whole career, but there's music for everyone after all. This however is not for me. 2.7 = 3 rounded up in this economy, I think it's fair since the music itself isn't bad.

Wow/5 (realistically 4.7/5) Even though I'm a metalhead, I didn't really know what to expect. But HOLY FUCK! This album is so much more creative and raw than I imagined. I absolutely love it. This is also #69 on the list, and actually nice! Especially the aggressive nature of this album is what draws me to it. Since I'm a big fan of Arch Enemy, I strive for raw and deep emotions, hard-hitting tracks and energetic sound. "Roots" brings this out in an unexpected manner. The riffs are catchy and make you headbang, the vocals mixed with tribal sounds stand out very positively in a musical environment that's not always known for experimenting to this degree. Some of the songs definitely influenced later sub genres and bands. Easily Top 3 so far out of the 69 albums that (dis-)graced our ears up until today.

3/5 Classic Stones album. But I gotta say, Sympathy For The Devil is the only song on it that I actually liked. The rest is okay, but the album doesn't pull nearly as hard as Sticky Fingers and others. Sadge.

Album 71: 3/5 Given that the people who made this list are retarded, I've lost nearly all my faith in this list. With some rare patches of good music in-between, we've now arrived back at "Mediocre Music Station". This album fits it perfectly. It has some good songs like "There She Goes...", butit's just a few good ones, not the entire album. The rest spreads from interesting-ish to utterly boring. It doesn't help that it's all Rock'n'Roll with a chorus in every song. Makes the album a bit one-sided, you hear one song and you know them all. All in all, nothing special, but better than some overrated shit we've listened to before.

If I wanted to listen to a singing gay paedophile, I'd visit a catholic church...

3.4/5 It is a very important milestone in the world of gangsta rap, yes... But also rather mediocre in terms of raw quality. There's some good beats and some good lines, but it's still not a total banger. Especially since a lot of rhymes don't make sense, if they rhyme at all. On the other hand, songs like Fuck Tha Police carry a message that's still relevant in the US today shows how important music can be to transmit issues to the people, and also how seemingly nobody over there learned from the situation 30-50 years ago.

Hipsters are gay/5 Ah yesss, music for people who want to be different for the sake of being different. In other words: hipsters. These sounds remind me a lot of someone who constantly annoyed me about being vegan, that guacamole is the best dish in the world and went to the gym almost every day. All in the name of 'self improvement'. Music for people who are super activist when they get out of school and tape themselves on the streets to fight pollution, just to not realize that they accelerate the issue. I call bs on this music being considered 'good'. It's always been bland and superficial stuff for people who didn't know better, trying to orientate themselves when entering Uni, or totally overestimating their intellect and impact. This music reminds me of all of that, of the time between 2012-2015 when 95% people my age tried to stick out. But if you're swimming with a crowd of hipsters, you're not the hipster - you're the crowd. This album is the epiphany of that. It's boring, says nothing and makes people think that it has more to offer than what's visible, except it doesn't.

2.4/5 This sounds like if you ordered a weird mix between CCR and Lynyrd Skynyrd on Temu. It's honestly very generic in a pretty niche setting. Not thaaaat bad, but also not my kind of beer.

Expected more quality and not music to fall asleep to.

2.9/5 Man I don't know. I want to rate this high because of the messages, but there's just so much undercooked stuff in here. The beats and samples are solid, so is how Franti's voice sounds, pretty striking. However: The mixing could be better cuz the rapper's voice is sometimes too inaudible. Rhymes barely exist in some of the songs and stretch too far out in others. While many of the presented themes carry an important or at least interesting message, it sounds repetitive, especially the choruses. And some of these things mixed together just sound annoying. 'Language of Violence' is probably my fav. I think this album is a good example of bringing the message across was more significant than the overall production & music quality, and that's fucking sad. If everything was solid, it could've easily gotten 4 stars, but I can't get myself to heave it up to the likes of Biggie or Eminem.

3.4/5 Surprisingly good, I expected a different vibe. Jamming out to this while shaving and cutting my hair means that it's solid. Not completely what I'd intentionally listen to, but it fills the role of background music really well.

2.4/5 Hard to rate with everything going on. What I like is that this group at least tried to blend many things together, so (+) for creativity. On the other hand, the lyrics are point- & soulless, and that's really weird for music that implements elements of Blues and Soul. The guitar solos/parts are cool, but any half-decent session musician can do that, so nothing special here either. Moreover, it doesn't speak for an album if I had to skip through most of the songs since nothing hits really well. The ones that do fuck it up lyrically. I can see why this album is on this list, but so is Elvis Costello. Given that at the time this couldn't even be considered groundbreaking any more with so many other good musicians around, I think that this album is veeery niche and can thus be appreciated by some. For me, only the first song would land in my fav playlist since it doesn't get ruined by other things going on. Also... Wtf is going on with those ratings? Did all the maggots in this world come together to put one big pile of shit on here, consisting of 5 star-ratings? Seriously guys, get your musical taste bearings figured out before you rate something... *Sigh*... This world is lost anyway, why do I even care any more?...

3.4/5 Pretty good old school gangsta rap. Not ridiculously good, but solid.

None/5 Another day, another proof that whoever made this list is fucking retarded. When I saw the album cover, I thought "hey this could be interesting if it's something like Flogging Molly"... But ofc I was disappointed when I read "Pop/Brit Pop". This album is somehow even worse than the Robbie Williams bs I had to listen to a couple weeks ago. Good thing I can choose not to listen to this.

2.1/5 Okaaay, this is the second Nick Drake album we've got since the start of this challenge. I rated the first with 2/5 cuz I really don't like Folk and singer/songwriter music. This album however - gets the same treatment. Why tf is this so boring? It's cool that we get to listen to things we wouldn't have otherwise, but that doesn't mean that it's good music. Thank god this genre (along with Hippies) was only big around the 60s/70s and died out quickly after.

4.0 Innit? / 5 Jokes aside, this isn't actually bad at all. The songs are pretty much what I'd expect of a British Invasion album, but they're creative and I appreciate that. Another cool thing is that The Kinks put 15 songs into 40 minutes which is pretty impressive, especially when I compare it to so many other albums that lack their quality. Ngl, there's not man bad things I could say about TVGPS (interesting abbreviation btw) apart from not completely hitting my personal taste - but it's good music.

4.8/5 This is a certified hood classic, regarded as one of the greatest hip hop albums ever. I've never listened to it before, maybe I kept myself from it to not get disappointed. But man, was I wrong... To think that this was Nas' debut album is insane, hitting flows like this in '94 is beyond impressive. Songs like Halftime flow so well that you can't escape the headbanging. It's a good thing this album came to me on a Monday, it really increased my mood. Every single song is good. I literally can't say a single bad thing about this album. Even in comparison to contemporary stuff, Illmatic still hits that fine line of aggression, lyrical sophistication and really good beats. Probably one of the very few albums on this list that actually deserve to get full 5 stars. Well done, Nas! This album landed in my Best Of 1001 list.

Track #1 is beyond dogshit, and I assume that many stopped listening afterwards. Bad choice though because this album isn't even too bad. It contains a lot of stuff that reminds me of the og Ratchet & Clank soundtracks by David Bergeaud. So if you've played these games, you're in for a treat. Other than that, it's not like I'd intentionally listen to it, so it fits pretty well as background music. And one more important thing: even with "Time Becomes", it's still better than Elvis Costello 🤣

1/5 After reading a few of the reviews, I won't even bother listening to this and just go straight to the rating. And the wiki doesn't make this album better. If this guy's a bird, he might be an annoying pigeon. Good for this group that their album climbed a decent bit in the UK charts, but P16 is still P16. Another proof that shit will float if you water it down enough.

2.49 Yeah I don't know. It's music, that's for sure. The mix between different genres fits for one song and then messes up the next one. There's no red thread in the album, nothing you could hang on to get behind the meaning of it. I'm sure it has its' fans, but I'm not one of them. Still better than many other albums, so I'll put it right below 3 stars.

0.5/5 "There's no doubt that Chic are the greatest and most enduring disco band..." (Spotify bio) - yeah no, you're actually far from it. Never heard of them apart from "Le Freak", and for this band to think that they're the epiphany of disco/funk music is beyond reason. Their arrogance will be judged upon. Just go ahead and ignore Boney M., ABBA, the Bee Gees, Kool and the Gang, Ottawan and so many others who made better and more influencal music than you did. Objectively it's not great disco music either, I could come up with a dozen songs from the top of my head that can outmatch this whole album by themselves. So yeah, Nile Rodgers, please go and fuck yourself, thanks. Originally 3/5, but -2.5 stars for arrogance. Don't think you're more important than you are, because you're not.

3.8/5 Contrary to many people, I actually like this album. Randy Newman is so much more than just his "You Can Leave Your Head On". He brings a sarcasm and cynicism to his songs with some heavy criticism towards the US which is always cool to see if done right. It kinda makes his music predestined to be featured in a Fallout game (which is a good thing). Apart from that, the whole "Sail Away"-album is not bad at all. Given that I've also placed it in my personal Top albums playlist about the 1001 challenge, I'm happy to rate it accordingly.

Junk/5 After taking a few days off of the challenge, I've come back to... this. The album title fits this too well since it's trash music. I can't even describe it as music honestly, it's more like noise than anything else. It does make sense because it's Punk music which is often very underwhelming in terms of quality, but "Junkyard" is even more underwhelming. For stuff like this, the genre of post-punk doesn't really fit. Post lobotomy fits way better. I dare say this is even more shit than Elvis Costello, and that says a lot. ggz TBP, you suck a lot. And whoever put this on this list, please kys, thx.

2.3 Got pleasently surprised by "Thank You Friends", then the album fell off. I can't give this 3+ stars cuz it cosplays as sophisticated music, but fails miserably. Not worthy to listen to a second time imho, but neither trashy enough to go into bottom (gear) tier. Solid is only the boredom I got from this.

3.8/5 Pretty good album overall, but not my favourite. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" heightened my expectations too much honestly. And although there's nothing on "Bookends" that I'd call bad or boring, only the last 3 songs were actually catching my attention.

2.3/5 I was expecting some alternative Rock or Metal looking at the album cover and name... what I got was washed down, boring pop music. Not as boring and bland as some other pop music, but still not exciting. I can't really say anything else about it cuz it's very forgettable.

1 / 5 I won't listen to another Dylan album, simply out of spite for how boring his music is.

Club 27 / 5 (4.9/5) There's no denying that this album shouldn't be rated anything lower than 4 stars, yet I wanted to rate it fairly so I listened to the whole thing. Apart from the usual suspects (All Along The Watchtower, Purple Haze and so on), there's some songs that I didn't know from the top of my head. But it's these that truly make this album what it is. It's a really cool, inventive and for the time outright impressive way to make music. Many songs that Hendrix created didn't just influence music for decades to come, some of them still sound relatively modern. Despite all the bangers, my favourite is Red House. It's hands down one of the very best Blues songs ever created and it alone easily pulls this whole album up a lot. While many many other artists and albums from that time period succumbed to their lack of quality, "Are You Experienced" still holds up. One more thing occasionally comes to my mind, it's the question of what could've been if Jimi wouldn't have died so young. Life is cruel, sometimes it just feels like you gotta reach a certain minimum threshold of how far you've influenced this world in order to move on. Hendrix certainly did that for a couple life times. Thank you, Jimi.

Same Ol' Story / 5 First of all, I didn't know this album's from 1988, becaue both the mixing and the themes sound much more modern. Might be a hint at how not far we've come since then, but okay. Some of these topics are strictly US-focused, others are trying to bite poverty and inequality. What basically all things (without the love songs) have in common is that they're pretty activistic, and I don't appreciate that too much tbh. I don't belong to those of my age who participate in student protests, I'd rather see the world as it is. And it's not a fair world, in fact it never was. The sooner the people who complain about everything realize that and start to *actually* make a positive impact, the story Chapman tells will be repeated over and over again. I guess people never learn, sigh... What I took away from this musically is that it's not bad as background music, but it's really not my taste either. If T.C. would've brought some actual punch in, I would've been happy to rate this above 3.0/5. But since she didn't, I won't do that.

3.1 / 5 Well, there's one of a few bands that I don't really enjoy listening to. U2's music has never really been striking me, even though I appreciate their creativity and musicianship, especially The Edge's experimental guitar effects. About 90% of what you hear about this group is Bono as if he's carrying the band alone, even though that's not the case at all. The album itself obv. contains some really good (but overplayed) songs like SBS and New Year's Day, the others aren't as hard-hitting for me. I think it's totally fine as background music, but it's nothing I'd go out of my way for with the intention of listening to it. Reason being is that while some songs are cool and experimental, some others are just basic 80s pop music. One plus though is that U2 carried an actual meaningful political and societarial message about the decade-long conflict between the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland (which the stupid bri*ish derogatorily called "the troubles") in many of their songs and actively tried to bring the people together with their music. I respect that and it goes beyond the usual "let's sing about issues but never do anything to solve them"-theme that so many creatives carry. All in all it's solid, can't rate it higher than 3.1/5 due to my harsh tendencies, but I wouldn't rate it lower than yesterday's Tracy Chapman album either.

3.49/5 I don't really get why so many people rated this album so bad. Guys, you need to chill ^^. Although I'm not the very biggest fan of Glam Rock/Glam Metal either, you can't deny that KISS pioneered the genre before most people knew about its' existence. For an album from '76, this is actually not bad at all. Sure it's in good company with so many other good Rock albums from that period, but that comparison doesn't make "Destroyer" bad. It actually says a lot if you still know about this album today despite of the competition surrounding it. Musically, it's straight-forward, slightly theatrical Glam Rock. It sticks out due to their approach and showmanship, and regarding how successful KISS were back in the day, there can't be that many bad things to say. Sure, it's dated, but it's from fucking 1976. I can't of an album from the same time period that doesn't feel dated 😅 Yeah all in all, not the best, but better than many other things we've had to listen to so far. I think close 3.7 is deserved.

1.7/5 I didn't really know what to expect since I've only ever read the group's name somewhere, but never intentionally listened to their music. Now that I have, I can say that I didn't miss out on anything. At least on this album, Arcade Fire sounds if you gave MGMT or Empire Of The Sun a violin, put some more effect pedals on the mic's line-out and moved them to Canada. In other words, it's really boring Indie / Hipster music. I've ranted about this whole genre before so I won't do it again, what I have to say though is that this album definitely doesn't belong on this list (but what does at this point?). The album always sounds like this "You grow up and break free"-theme that never hooked me to begin with, it sounds watered down and very inoffensive. Probably perfect for secretaries and people who don't know what life is about (but not when they're 18, but 35+). So 35-18 = 17, put in a dot for good measure and you'll arrive at my rating: 1.7/5

3.0 / 5 This is the second Stones album in this list for us. Humble beginnings for one of the biggest bands to ever do it. I knew this album before, so it's nothing new to me that all songs but one are covers. Given that many Blues songs have been covered by a barrage of people over the decades, it's honestly not the worst move since the songs were already known. Keep in mind that many famous groups started out like this. Musically it's not as easy to rate as you might think. Since it's basically all cover songs, you can't really judge the writing and lyrics, but only the execution. That in itself isn't bad, but doesn't sound special for anything made in '64 either. The Stones' later albums carry much more individualistic motives, but this one is pretty okay as a debut album. All in all the quintessential 3.0 / 5, not bad and you can listen to it pretty well in the background, but nothing groundbreaking either. Basically a sort of gatekeeper for Blues music that separates the good albums from the bad ones.

4.3 / 5 (3.8 +0.5 for authenticity heard in the last recording) Although I consider myself pretty well-educated when it comes to Rock, I've never - ever - heard of this band before by name. The very first thing I noticed was how similar Noddy Holder (Slade's singer) sounds to Kevin DuBrow who formed Quiet Riot. Yet they have more to offer than just the usual Glam Rock / Glam Metal stuff. Finally an album worth listening to from start to finish to rate it accordingly. The sound of this group falls somewhere between T-Rex, QR, AC/DC and W.A.S.P., although not as hard as the latter 2. Slade sound like a natural stepping stone from normal pop-rock into real rock territory. A second striking thing for me is how many of their songs have been covered. I also enjoyed their version of Janis Joplin's "Move Over" way more than the original. Quality-wise this is actually not bad at all. Looking at the median score and some of the reviews shows that this group is a bit controversial. Imho though it's not bad at all, I'd even consider it good Rock music. Some of the songs here are definitely on the same level as other contemporary artists of the genre. It was a bit sad to read that Slade never really held their fame. (Small AC/DC rant coming in now) I'm honestly a bit surprised because when I compare the raw quality with some of their competitors, both Slade's songwriting and musical fidelity are both more creative and eloquent than AC/DC. Might be a shocker to many, I know, but AC/DC primarily has one sound that they put out very well - but that sound is both uninventive and repetitive, leading to a situation of "if you know 1 song, you know them all". Slade on the other hand mixes things up, some songs are a bit more upfront while others keep a more mellow undertone, creating something that could best be described as Led Zeppelin in a different flavour. The only thing that lacks a bit is the production quality, seem like this album didn't get a remaster, sadge. Given how bad some other and more well-known albums/artists are on the list, this one actually holds up and I'm surprised how good it is. I'd even consider it a hidden gem that deserves to be on this list and my personal Top 1001. "Slayed?" is definitely worth listening to if you're into Classic Rock. Best album of the genre so far (~110 albums in). Appendix: The last song of the album contains sincere thank yous to the people who bought Slade's albums and pushed them to the top of the charts, along with many happy cheers. The honesty, down-to-earth nature and charisma is something you rarely hear from any band on any album. With most bands these acknowledgements often sound made up or dishonest, but the Slade members sound like they were truly happy and actually thankful. This catapults the album into into the 5-star-territory for me and way beyond AC/DC.

1nsignificant / 5 Would've written something about this album if it was interesting. But the content of it is as insignificant as the group itself, so instead you'll get a very long paragraph of nothing. It's there for a reason, it perfectly portrays both the gap in creativity this album shows as such as the air in the author's head who put this album on this list. That's right, it's a whole lot of nothing. Good job unidentified author, you're retarded.

2.2 / 5 "This whole album sounds very quirky" was the first thing that came to my mind. That in itself isn't bad, and neither is the band. But the singer... he sounds like he's completely wasted everytime he touched the mic for this recording. You can barely even understand him at times which is very counterintuitive and gets more and more annoying the longer I listen to it. The wiki says that Brian Eno made the Talking Heads sound more dancable and I'd vouch for that, but only if you'd put the instrumental versions on. If you're listening to the normal stuff instead, you could rather call these songs the "mental version" instead. I guess T.H. has been pretty popular and successful though, so there's definitely people out there who listen to the latter one. All in all it's both an album that I'd never ever listen to again, but also can't shake the feeling that I would if the singer wouldn't try to impersonate Iggy Pop all the time.

3.4 / 5 First things first, this kind of music isn't what I'm usually listening to, but I'm open for new impressions. Makes me think like I'm a bit of a hypocrat trying to judge this album without understanding a single word 😅 But I'll try my best. Both the singing and the music sound very atmospheric like you're being catapulted straight into another culture. Especially "Aalach Tloumouni" is pretty dynamic, other titles sound well executed, too. Now to the elephant in the room: the "Imagine" cover is two-sided for me. I honestly appreciate the multi-language approach to it, but I'm also part of the "John Lennon Hate Club". The album doesn't gain or lose anything by keeping or losing this song honestly. Apart from that, the musical execution is really good, the songs don't sound all the same which is already more than Bob Dylan can do. One thing I see a bit more critical is the song length with none being shorter than 3:55 minutes, but that might just be me being used to western music. All in all, "Kenza" is pretty solid. It sounds pretty intriguing, even with the language barrier in mind. Using different translators helped a bit though.

4.5 / 5 I've always loved this album, one of the best live-recorded Hard Rock albums imho. There's nothing much I could say that could be considered bad here apart from snippets of the recording quality. Musically, Deep Purple always had a strong vibe going on and I dare say that their Japan tour in the 70s was the epiphany of that. Also the people who rated this with 1-2 stars can go and lie facedown in a ditch.

1.8 / 5 We've had "Yoshimi battles the pink robot" before and it was awful. And now we just got another Flaming Lips album... I still don't get what you need to consume to put something like this on this list. It's honestly not as bad as the album that followed, but it's still annoying af. For me personally, the sound is just too dreamy plus the singer can't really sing. It's sad since I was actually hoping for a redemption arc to kick in here, but we're pretty far off of that. At least they didn't plagiarize other artists' music this time afaik, so 1.8 stars is fair I'd say.

3.0 / 5 Ngl the first song is anything but good, no matter what you consider to be 'good music'. What comes after isn't all too bad, but you can hear that this album is stuck in the industrial niche of the 90s. I bet it had a lot of fans back then, but now it sounds dated. To be more precise, it sounds like a soundtrack for Blade or Triple X movies. Musically, there's obv. a lot to uncover if you're open to this style of Rock music. The band sounds like they went all out with their creativity to form something pretty special. But I still have to say that if we stay in this genre, I'd rather listen to Rammstein, Marylin Manson or Static-X. And this goes for the entire album. Yes, there's different vibes mixed into it, e.g. "Ruiner" sounds very well thought out. Overall 3 / 5 is fair ig, simply because you can't deny the influence this album had, but neither that there's way better Industrial albums out there.

3.7 / 5 This is obv. not bad music since it's Beck. But I gotta say, this album sounds particularly american for some reason and I can't put my finger on why. The vibe going on in "Odelay" is often very laid back which I appreciate, ig it's one of those albums that qualify for the realm of "take your time to fully listen to it". Apart from it sounding too american-folky-ish for my personal taste, it's still a good album. Deserves no less than 3 stars, but doesn't really push into much higher territory. Overall solid performance from a musician that I rarely listen to, but who never disappoints me.