1001 Albums Summary

Very pre-pixies /country punk.

Good album. Don’t think I’d listen again. The double album format made it feel a bit unfocused.

Just couldn’t get into this one

The few Jonny Marr hits aren’t enough to rescue this for me. Never been into the smiths and this hasn’t changed my mind

Top tip. Change your phones output to mono before listening. Otherwise you get the completely unhinged production. There’s a few great songs on here, but it’s so mixed that I couldn’t quite get past the ones that didn’t work.

Not listened to this before and although there are a few great tracks I can’t say that I enjoyed it overall. Feels like they’re still working out what their style is at this point.

The first side of this album is amazing. It looses steam a little in the second half but that doesn’t take away too much from my enjoyment of it. The production and mix, at least on the 2012 reissue I listened, was great. A really good sounding album

Enjoyed it, but almost certainly won’t go back to it either.

Maybe there’s a time and place I’d enjoy this album but it’s not right now.

Not my favourite of the Berlin albums but still a very enjoyable album.

I doubt I would have ever listened to this album if it wasn’t for this site, and I’m glad I did. At its best it gives portishead / Massive attack vibes, but there’s two or three too many elements/genres trying to be mixed in here for it to fully work.

I understand that this is a very good prog rock album. But it’s just so not my thing, that I couldn’t get into it. Might be one I need to come back to again.

I started this album thinking I’m not going to just give it 5 stars because it’s Radiohead. But by the time pyramid doing had finished that was out the window. Would probably be a 4/5 on the Radiohead album scale

I don’t have a huge amount to say about this one, which might means it’s a bit generic/boring. But it’s also so clearly a great album.

If I ever want to listen to spiritualized I’ll listen to ladies in gentlemen.. So this is the first time I’ve listened to this album. I enjoyed it. But it’s not changed my view that there’s only one of their albums I’ll go back to regularly.

Some albums are classics for a good reason.

I really thought this might be the queen album I really enjoy. But no, a few great songs but all over the place in quality.

Basically nothing going on here. But yet somehow still an hour long. Depressingly the few chances he does take are the worst bits.

Not heard this one before & enjoyed this one a lot. I can see myself listening again.

Just through the power of large number there’s some great riffs in here. I’m always surprised by how incredibly cheesy this kind of hard rock is. Did people find this intimidating, was this ever “alternative”?

Yet again a double album that could be better as a single album. Too much Prince in one sitting.

The floor pastry version of portishead

Really enjoyed this one, feels like the generator should give you two days for this one since it’s so clearly two albums.

Really not for me. Always feels controversial to say but I never got the Amy Winehouse hype.

Not a good album, in an away I’m glad that this process hasn’t proven all my pre held opinions wrong. One plus point is that I felt like I was about to watch an episode of gladiators a couple of times.

What an album, nice for album generator to give me a treat on a Monday morning.

Fun album, but no way I’d go back to it over Doolittle or surfer rosa.

This album is all over the place, every time it hit me with a song I enjoyed the next one would be mind numbingly boring or unlistenable.

I always had a bit of an aversion to artic monkeys around the time of this album. I think I decided they were too cool or mainstream at the time. I listened more to their later albums, but never really went back to this one. Listening now I missed out. Undeniably great album, no bad songs, a fair few fantastic ones.

Really enjoyed this one. Will listen again

Might revisit this review when dark side of the moon inevitably comes up on this list and I can confirm if I’m right that I prefer that album.

I listen to some older albums and you can’t believe they’re not more modern. This is not one of those. Enjoyed listening to it. Apple Music decided to play “don’t think twice it’s alright” straight after which I think was a little mean.

Really not a fan of the orchestral songs on this album. But they can’t stop it being great.

Rock steady? More like steady rock amiright?

Second CCR album and I enjoyed this one too. Not as much as green river. But still, a nice surprise.

I could pretend I’m going to listen to this again and give it a higher rating but it’s not true. I enjoyed it, but not something I’d go out of my way to listen to.

Pretty good this…

Hadn’t heard this one before. I enjoyed it but I listen to so many albums that scratch this itch that I don’t think I’ll end up revisiting it.

I’d not heard this before and enjoyed it enough that I think I’ll listen to it again.

The most disappointing thing about this album is that “The Fillers” joke has been made too many times already. Such a front loaded album that I think they must have known what they were doing. Also the mixing and production on this really annoys me. The vocals and drums sound awful to me.

This is very much my kind of album. Bit of a weird one to review because sometimes I give an album 2 stars because it’s not for me but I understand why it’s on this list. I think this is the opposite, there are better entry points for this type of ambient/electronic music, hopefully they’re also on the list!

Greggs’ Portishead

Another slightly odd pick for albums you MUST hear before you die. “You gotta listen to this jack white album that’s neither his best nor his worst work!”

I enjoyed this, but inevitably wont come back to it. Always nice to get a shorter album, doesn’t outstay its welcome. As is often the case with this age of record switching to mono was a must.

Decent if not a little forgettable

Feels like everyone is having a good time on this album, and the whole thing is infectious. Never would have listened to this without doing this, so all the better.

16 songs in 40 mins. If you get fed up of one just wait 30 seconds.

Album got off to a good start, and I thought I was about to have another pre conceived view ruined. But it all slowed down too much and got too sickly for me.

First disco album on this list so far, and Nile Rodger’s production is always great to listen to.

Not a bad album but not one I really ever go back to listen to. Another odd choice for the list.

Lots of 80s sounds on this one, like emptying a toy box. But unlike some albums it kinda works on here. Borderline 3/4 I’ll probably need to revisit

Other than the fact that this kinda music makes me feel like I’m playing fallout (track 1 is actually featured on one of the games) I’m really not a fan. 16 short story’s about killing cowboys and/or being shot set over fairly forgettable western music.

Really not rolling yet when they released this

Enjoyed the album but not one of my favourites from blur.

Worst album I’ve listened to on this list so far. Lots of trash with a few decent songs in the middle, but even they feel unfinished.

There’s one absolutely incredible album across the first three Ramones albums. I still enjoy them individually though.

Kinda enjoying listening to these 80s albums that I wouldn’t listen to otherwise. Don’t think I’ll revisit this one though

Just fine

Awful… One of the first bands and albums I really got into as a kid. And going back now I was hoping I’d listen and figure out why. On the few songs it works it’s down to John, Flea and Chad clearly all being exceptional musicians. But then Antony nearly always ruins it with the worst lyrics or generic vocals. To cap it all off the mixing, even on the remaster is so bad that it really only could work on a crap radio speaker or the cd headphones that came with the player.

Definitely belongs on the list. Definitely won’t choose to listen to it again.

Easy 5 stars.

Apple Music continues to be deliberately mean to these albums. Auto played after this was teen spirit by nirvana. Then gigantic by the pixies.

Not the Beatles or Pink Floyd. But listening to it.

I always get a bit lost with Bob Marley and it does start to blend into one a bit for me. But I’ll certainly come back to this one again.

It’s clear from listening to this that John Cale is a huge fan of this album. But me, not so much. Some stuff to enjoy but otherwise pretty plodding and dull.

Its dark my 4pm and has been. Raining for days. Perfect Kid A weather. One of my favourite albums from probably my favourite band. 1 month before I’m off to see them in Copenhagen.

Ended up listening to this one twice, which is a good sign. Might end up a 5 star album after some more thought. I read that this came out 4 days after abbey Road. Which is extremely bad timing

Disappointed to report that those other kids were right and that green day are better than red hot chilli peppers. Still not going to listen to this again though.

I listened to it twice and still can’t remember it.

A bit too up and down for it to be one of my favourites but enjoyable overall

I preferred the other bob marley album I listened to on this list. But still enjoyed it.

Great, and another one I’d msissed before now.

I always find reviewing jazz albums difficult. Because it’s all about where you listen to it. In the car as a focused listen. I don’t particularly enjoy it. But playing on a vinyl in a bar somewhere, this would be great. So I think I like the idea of jazz more than the music.

A few great songs. Also sex dwarf

Not the right massive attack album. But still a good one

Great album, and not heard it before either, the system works!

Such an intense album, just on the border of being too much to enjoy. But I do enjoy it, bordering on a 5 star album for me.

Feels a bit like a compilation rather than an album, and reading about how it was put together that makes sense. Black hole sun so good that it rescues the album on its own.

I don’t listen to this album as much as mezzanine. But it really is great. 1991 as well, compared to what else was going on in music at that time this album must have felt wild.

Feel sorry for this album which has been abused by soundtracks for so long. If you ignore the shopping channel vibes then it’s a good album.

The nostalgia I feel for this album clearly plays a part. But I enjoyed listening to this album again way more than I thought I would. Criticisms that it rips off television, the wire, sparks. Well yea, that’s music. Otherwise we might as well all go back to listen to beethoven. You could have a “indie disco” night and just play this album twice and call it a night. If you hate that you won’t like this album. But I remember those nights and they weren’t all bad.

Somehow sounds massive and intimate at the same time. One of my favourites

A few tracks into this album and I’m wondering why the author would think I need to hear this before I die. Here’s my theory. If you had asked me what I thought of the coral before listening to this album I would have said, pretty good, based on hearing “dreaming of you”. Maybe this is the authors way of making sure as many people as possible know they’re absolutely garbage.

I don’t dislike this album. I used to listen to it semi regularly. It is a bit samey and long in the end though. El Camino is the album I’d go back to now if I wanted to listen to them again.

I was late to sonic youth, and then haven't listen to this for 10+ years. Not surprised to find it’s still a great album.

If you’re listening to jazz it may as well be this

This process is helping me understand 80s synth pop in the context of what came before it I can really see why it was so popular. Like everything some of it holds up and some of it doesn’t. But I think this does

Really not a lot to say about this

Feel like I’ll end up listening to this one again

So good, some songs on here I’m not going to stop thinking about for a while.

Absolute trash

Such a good songwriter but it feels like Paul needs someone with him telling him it needs to be weirder while he’s doing it. A few great songs but I can’t imagine I’ll come back to it.

I don’t know why but I just didn’t really get into this. Maybe I need to revisit it later

Better than badly drawn boy

Synth pop abba 👍 Ballad abba 👎 The opposite problem that I have with queen albums. They need more songs where they’re taking themselves less seriously.

I haven’t listen to this since I was 13 which I think is the best age to listen to this. If I was being a bit harsh it would be 3 stars but gets an extra one because it’s also one of my dad’s favourite albums and I remember it being one of the very first albums I listened to.

1977!

So weird to me that this was released with 5 Dylan covers. Ultimately I enjoyed it though.

It’s not a ground breaking take to say Leonard cohen is a hell of a song writer, and something I kinda knew already. But somehow I’d not listened to this. Absolute game changer, now on the short list for my favourite albums of all time. It’s also sent me on a Leonard Cohen binge. But nothing so far has matched this. Actually an album you need to hear before you die.

Listened to this a fair bit when it came out and enjoyed it. Some cool songs but runs out of ideas a bit I think.

I feel like the divine comedy were really popular with an extremely specific half/quarter generation. I kinda enjoy some of their stuff but I’m not going to decide to listen to it on my own.

Really good, and not heard it before. Heavy Beatles vibes, but there’s some other stuff going on here that’s pretty unique

“People like Coldplay and voting for nazis. You cant trust people Jeremy” Feels like an unbelievable cynical cash in on ok computer.

So long. so little going on

Kinda fascinated about what this album is trying to do. Is it meant to be scary? Intense? Badass? Sounds like an angry dog barking over the sloppiest metal head garage band rehearsal of all time. Kinda made me laugh in a few places, is that what they were going for? It’s got to be 1 star. But I am glad I have listened to it.

I really wanted to enjoy this album, and I’m still convinced at some point it’ll click and I’ll get more into it. But just not there after this listen.

Another one that I have to assume the author wants everyone to listen to only to make sure we all know this album is complete trash. Somehow this is over an hour long. Each song has one idea that is then somehow stretched to 4 minutes each.

Not sure this belongs on the list. Its… fine

This was great, completely passed me by at the time this was released

Unsurprisingly the production on this album is great. I think it gets a little bit reparative in the end. It stills good one.

Forgot this album existed. Would have been better off that way

Enjoyed it. But didn't click for me. Might need to come back to it

Too long for me to want to listen again. But not the worst pink Floyd album on the list so far.

Surprise Bowie album, and a good one at that.!

Not one of my more listened to Bowie albums. But really great.

Maybe the definitive Christmas album. I don’t recommend reading the Phil Spector wiki whilst listening.

Like a more mainstream talking heads. I enjoyed this one

Great album, one of my favourite’s from Neil young.

Sounds a lot like a national album. Which I like. But with all the experimentation and risk removed. All becomes a bit of a bland mush, probably because for some reason they decided it needed to be an hour long. The lyrics and songwriting don’t work for me. But clearly I’m not the target audience. And like all massive pop artists, this is an album made with a target audience very much in mind.

A few great tracks. But like the McCartney solo stuff it’s just missing some of the magic. Is this the start of the diss track?

Full of 80/90s attitude! It feels so forced. And it’s a full hour long!

Easily the best of the Beatles solo albums. The only caveat to this 5 stars is you have to stop at the Apple jams.

I think ska is my least favourite genre of music. Which makes reviewing these albums tough. I dislike this more than some albums I’ve given 1 star. But this album does seem to have some ideas, even if i dont like any of them.

Get it, glad I listened to it. But probably not going pick it out again.

This one grew on me as I listened to it, then outstayed its welcome by going on for too long.

Just great. Interesting hearing some of bands trying to do similar things that are on this list. Very few get anywhere close to this.

First thing I did when I finished this album was start it again immediately.

Second Prince album I’ve listened to on this list. Enjoyed this one way more, even coming in at over an hour.

As the quality of both the sound system and copies of the music increase over the years I’m still spotting little new elements in this album. One of my all time favourites.

Another great album by leanard cohen. I thing the existence of songs of Leonard Cohen over shadows this a bit. Which is Very similar but seeming just a better album. But I really enjoyed this one too.

Fun listening to this after hearing most of these songs individually in various media over the years. Not sure I’ll come back to it though.

Music before the Beatles continues to be odd. Enjoyed some of it in a chilled out background kinda way.

I still don’t know what I think about this one.

Makes sense that this came out in 1990. It feels like the perfect version of the 80’s synth music.

Lots of meh on this album. The one track everyone knows is inexplicably long. I had it on in the background and I was so confused when the main riff kicked back in I thought something had gone wrong.

Quite a nice little album. Certainly never would have found it otherwise. Quality is up and down a lot. I think there’s an excellent EP in here.

Yup, this is an album you need to listen to before you die.

A real mix of quality on this album. At times so jarring that I could really get into it.

Another uninspired electronic album from the early 2000s

My favourite of the Byrds albums on this list so far.

Hmm, a weird one to review. This isn’t anywhere near as good as I remember it being. It starts to come together in the second half but the whole thing seems a bit full of itself. Adding in the weird vibe from the accusations surrounding Win Butler and I can’t imagine I’ll come back to this again. Luckily I’ve discovered violator by Depeche Mode which is just better than this album anyway. So I don’t need to feel conflicted.

Weird pick, just not a lot going on.

The wiki describes this as heavy thunderous blues that would later be described as heavy metal. And I would like to suggest we all start calling metal “thunder blues”. In terms of the music itself. It was kinda interesting to listen to but can’t say I particularly enjoyed it.

Such a great album, coming up to a scary 20 year anniversary (because it feels like it was five years ago). I think everyone assumed that it couldn’t be the best Radiohead album because ok computer and kid an already existed. But the more you listen to it the closer it gets for me. A contender for my favourite album of all time.

Not as good as I remember it being. Still a few great songs on here though

Decent album. Didn’t really stick with me

A few good tracks but for the most part bland and boring.

I can’t believe this is the best example of this kind of music. Every song felt the same and very uninteresting. Apple Music auto played the four tops straight after which I immediately liked more. Maybe it would better if I heard the songs individually.

Held my interest during its short run time. But won’t listen again

So much effort to listen to this album. Which made it even more annoying that it’s just a bit rubbish.

What an album! Two halves that are so different, but somehow work together perfectly.

Reviews saying there’s no filler songs on here are nuts. Despite that and the fact it’s 40 mins too long. It’s still a four stars for me. Probably a version of this that would end up in my favourite albums of all time.

This album feels like completely unfiltered Brian Wilson. And that’s a good thing

I can’t fully explain why this didn’t work to me when other albums from new order and other stuff from this genre/time period do. It all strayed a bit too far into that weird artificial midi sound space.

Can you imagine being as cool as Marvin Gaye is in the 70’s? I can’t. But it’s fun to pretend for a while when you listen to the album.

Good but starting to blend in with some of the other albums like this now.

Often when I listen to albums and I’m not into them I give it two stars. Because I imagine someone else will like it. When I can’t think of who the album is for that’s when it gets 1.

A bit of a nothing album

Undeniably the energy on the album is great. It feels radical even if it’s undermined by the by subsequent revelation that John Lydon is an idiot. I don’t think I’ll go back to it again but I did enjoy it.

Enjoyed this one. The tone shifts on this album caught me off guard a couple of guard a couple of times. It can go from super dark on one track to cheerful on the next. But it works.

What a cool album. Really enjoyed the sound and vibe of this one. Not heard of it before either!

Not one I would have listened to without this list. And tests my scoring system of 4 stars for enjoyed it and will be listening to it again. Because I’m still not sure it’s my thing. But it feels like objectively a great record.

The dilemma here is do I just give all the Radiohead albums 5 stars. To show that I’m not just a complete fan boy I’ll give this 4 as the album I go back to least (other than pablo honey obviously). But know that it’s a very high 4 stars….

When people ask me what kind of music I like I tend to say "all sorts" I think it's probably a rubbish answer, because people like to pick sides and saying I like a bit of everything makes it sound like I'm just not into music rather than being really into music. I think the exception to that might be nu-metal, I think there's the odd song i could listen to and enjoy in a kind of guilty pleasure kind of way. But a whole album is just too much, and this album certainly hasn't changed my mind. So now I'm going to answer what type of music do you like with "not nu-metal" maybe that's better.

I like electronic music. I like ambient electronic music. But every time I see a 90s electronic album I've not heard of on this list my heart sinks because it's almost certainly going to be absolute rubbish. This one continues that trend.

Really feels like this is two different albums. I like the back half much more than the first.

Heeee haw Just too country for me.

Weird one. If someone told me this was their favourite album I’d totally get it. But it’s really not for me. Get why it’s on the list though.

Grunge is such a weird genre in retrospect. Really nirvana was a complete outlier and this is more like the typical grunge sound. I enjoyed listening to it. But not so engaging that I imagine I’ll come back and listen again.

Always enjoy listening to this. Although it’s not actually an album I go back and listen to in full very often. I think if I was nit picking I’d say the balance of skits to songs is a little off and it does run a little long. But none of that stops it from being one of the all time great albums.

It’s ok, but even with a couple of catchy songs it somehow dragged a little even at only 37 mins. I’ve always maintained that the first couple of Kings of Leon albums are good. But this isn’t as good as I thought it was. So maybe it was just the first one? Side note: I can’t understand a thing he’s saying. Like this is Sigur Ros but for the southern United States.

Enjoyed this one. What a wild time it was when Gil Scott-Heron wrote these songs. Glad that as a society we’ve sorted out all those problems and learned our lesson….

Love this album, interesting, chilled out and well produced. Saw them perform the whole album live a year or two ago now and that was a great experience too.

First couple of songs into this and I was thinking this was going to be at least three stars maybe 4. Then it mostly just fell apart. There’s probably just about a decent EP in here. But certainly not a 54 minute album…

This is my kind of thing, and I haven’t listened to this before. I don’t think it’s one of the best of electronica albums but enjoyed it enough that I’ll probably listen to it again.

Unbelievable levels of cheese, but I kinda enjoyed it? There are some fantastic riffs in here too. I might even come back to it again, in which case I may have to, (quietly…) revise this rating up.

Classic 3 star fare. The problem with this is not that it’s a bad album but that it’s not spiritualized, specifically we’re floating in space. But it is close enough that it reminds you how good that album is.

Really not much to say about this, all blends into one. And it’s one I don’t like.

I don’t think I’m in the best position to appreciate this album having never seen the movie. But it doesn’t really feel like something you’d want to actively listen to. Worked quite well as background music as I was working. Nearly made working on corporate PowerPoint slides interesting.

Fun album and interesting to hear this really early stuff. But not enough going on for me to come back to it again.

Fantastic album. Looking forward to listening by to it again once I get my Bonneville later this month. Feels like the correct way to listen to this is on whilst riding a bike.

Not very fair for the site to generate this the day after blonde on blonde. Reading that this album took 6 years in the studio is mad but makes sense. The whole thing seems overly polished and a little cold.

Hmm, some good stuff on here but not sure it’s particularly for me. May need to reassess

Great album, not much more to say!

The story of this album is wild, a guy recovering from a mental health crisis is put on his own in a studio and the tapes are left recording. Unsurprisingly it’s not a good album.

I don’t feel particularly better for having listened to this. Not bad, but very forgettable.

3 of 8 bob dylan albums on this list done now. I’m worried that, like a precious natural resource, I’m running out, and will be left in a bob dylan dessert for the last 500 albums. I don’t quite enjoy this as much as some of his other famous albums. But it’s still great.

A great best of compilation, that also happens to be a great live album. Gives you a sense of what it was like to be there. I could easily see me putting this on again.

Very pleasant if not a bit dull. Lots of childhood memories associated with this. Some good - Sunday roasts. Some bad - feeling travel sick whilst my dad listened to the so often that it still triggers a slight feeling of nausea. Balances out as a 3 stars.

this album feels painfully pretentious, made all the worse by the fact it really doesn't gel. There's a few memorable songs on here. but it's another example of a 2000s album where the best parts are just worse versions of 80s/90s albums. in this case Depeche Mode doing some heavy lifting.

For what it is I mostly enjoyed it, and I’m glad I’ve heard it. Just can’t imagine choosing to go back to it.

I’d not listened to this one before. Heard a few of the tracks individually. Really enjoyed it, a real shame there wasn’t more of this type of music going into the early/mid 2000s.

We need some kind of different scale for pre Beatles albums. It’s a 3 maybe even 4 pre Beatles. But it’s a 2 today.

Beck’s least silly but probably best album.

Really enjoy this one. Another album I’d not listed to before. Maybe a 5 star but need some time to listen to it again.

This album has a fair argument for being the best Beatles album. Which means it has a good argument for being the best album of all time. It doesn’t quite hang together as much as Abbey Road, and it could be longer. But it’s always a joy to listen to.

Great album. But not enough maths for the full 5 stars.

I enjoyed this one. Which was a surprise after I read the reviews. It’s a very chilled out album. And it does border on dull. But kept me interested all the way through.

Zoggy Moonsand and The Ants From Jupiter

I can’t believe this would be anywhere near being on this list if it wasn’t a Bruce Springsteen album. It’s fine, but too long.

It’s better than incubus and there are a couple of songs I don’t hate listening to. That’s as good as it’s going to get from me.

I feel like I should like this more. A few fantastic tracks and the influences on other bands I love are clear (lcd sound system bordering on just sampling some of this!). But for whatever reason I don’t enjoy it as much as other albums of this time and genre.

Just really dull. Listened to it only an hour ago and can only remember every breath you take.

Late 60s early 70s continues to be the best period for song writing and it’s not even close.

Just not pet sounds

Great, I thought this album was shit, and now I know it’s shit. Feels bad even listening to it.

Speaker box 4 maybe 5 stars The love below. Honestly. Probably 2. Averages out at 3

Felt like the album lost steam in the second half. Enjoyed it for the most part though. Feels like in the last few years everyone seems to have just decided that he’s not cancelled anymore. Which is odd because 10-15 years ago it was basically just accepted he was a horrible person.

Another great hip hop album on this list. I’d not listened to this all the way through before. But will definitely be listening again.

The unsustainable generation of bob dylan albums from this list continues for me. I think I’m about to enter a long Dylan desert for the next 700 or so days.

I enjoy their other two albums more. But still great.

Has that 90s hip hop sound that makes me just want ti immediately give it a high score. But it’s all a little bit silly, to the point I don’t think I’ll go back to it again.

Having welcome to the jungle, paradise city and sweet child o’ mine on one album is crazy. Even if they’re not my thing. The rest of the album all blends into one though.

How does an album that only lasts 36 minutes feel so long. Each song is one, sometimes cool, idea that’s then just repeated until it’s driving you mad.

I’ve not listened to Nick drake before and will definitely go and listen to more now. This process has been great for pointing out blind spots from 60s,70s and 80s albums for me. Even if there’s some trash on here too.

Feels like it’s deliberately inaccessible. Every now and then even they get bored of the experimental stuff and do a more normal song that are the highs of the album. But doesn’t make up for the rest of it. Side note. Seemingly every time I decide to try to listen to an album generated for me with my wife in the car it’s something bonkers like this.

“Listened to Sheryl crow today.” Why? “Because I have to before I die.” - a crazy person.

I can’t explain why I like some jazz and not others. But I like this one

What a weird little album, Brian Eno as executive producer. But it certainly has those Eno vibes in places. Maybe just because I was pottering around the house and garden in the sun whilst listening but I enjoyed it!

All energy no melody. Which I think they’d probably happily put on the poster. But doesn’t really work for me.

Not much to say. Kinda interesting, but didn’t enjoy it enough to come back to it again.

Feels like this is them discovering a whole new thing. I like this early stuff that doesn’t get too “metal”

Really good, my only complaint is it’s impossible to match the energy of immigrant song so it feels like it hits a immediate high that it doesn’t reach again

Such a weird choice for the list. The whole album feels uncomfortable. Like they’ve had an identity crisis and are trying to prove that they’re more than the white stripes. Despite the whites stripes being awesome.

No idea this existed and was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it.

A good modern album on the list! Nice to bump up the 2010s average

Pretty difficult to argue against this being a great album

I don’t know, feels like this was a bit of a novelty at the time for the different sounds it introduced. But there’s not much going on listening to it now.

Got to be near the top for number of key changes per song. But that’s not typically how I review these. Tiny dancer is great. The rest I’ve already forgotten.

Just quite dull.

Scrapes by at 3 stars, first half I was really enjoying it but it ran out of steam and ideas in the second half.

a nice album, with some beautiful songs.

Why? This sounds like there’s three songs playing at all times and they never line up. Even the famous single isn’t great other than the opening riff.

I enjoyed this more than I thought. But it went on just a bit too long and the balance shifted to be too traditional in the parts of the album.

So good. Starts off strong and seems to get better and better as it goes on.

Kinda fun if you ignore the awful crowd banter.

This was getting 3 stars until the last two songs. There’s some great stuff on here. But you can really feel that no one is raining him in at all on this one.

Weirdly chilled out. I just can’t get into it though. Just feels so silly.

It’s better than the iron maiden album I was assigned YESTERDAY, but still not my thing. I think if I hadn’t had two in a row I would give this 3 stars. It feels like the definitive iron maiden album.

Whenever I’ve listened to u2 I’ve always thought it’s really much better than I expected. But then when I finish I can’t remember any of it and have no urge to listen to it again. This seems like a good u2 album. But still don’t want to listen to it again.

I enjoyed this. More than I thought I would because the track I’ve been most exposed to on the radio 101 FM is easily the worst song on the album. Loses a bit of steam later on but the start is strong enough to carry it.

This is completely unhinged. It’s more of a cultural artefact than an album. So I agree it should be on the list, but I can’t say I enjoyed it.

Not my most listened to Bjork album, which would be homogenic (Somehow not on this list despite their being 4 Bjork albums). But still enjoyable.

Two QOTSA albums on this list. I would have replaced this with songs for the deaf. But I still enjoy this for the most part.

I enjoyed listening to this but there it was just missing those moments that make it really stand out.

Feels like an easy 5 stars!

1 hour 15! Why! If I was going to pick one Red Hot chili peppers album to try to listen to it would have been this one. But given how much I hated californication when that came up a couple of months ago I didn’t have high hopes. I was pleased surprised though. Chad, flea and John get to shine on this one and even Anthony is at his least unbearable (still unbearable though). I think there’s probably a 40 minute album in here that would get 4 stars from me. But as it is it’s a generous 3 stars.

Great shoegaze album always held back by the fact it’s not mbv

Enjoyed this, maybe becoming a bit jaded because it probably would have gotten a 4 stars earlier in this process but I probably won’t come back to it again which is how I’m dividing the 3 to 4s.

The hip hop albums on the list continue to be good. But kind of surprised how challenging this album is from a production point of view. It’s noisy, harsh in parts, a bit unusual to the usual polished/smooth production of the 90s hip hop albums.

Exactly what you expect. Enjoyed it as much as I ever enjoy elvis. Which is not enough to choose to listen to it.

Glad to have listened to this album. Although I wish the book picked one of the hundreds of albums from the artist available on Apple Music. It wasn't some life changing revelation or gateway to a whole new genre. But I enjoyed my time with it, and feel like I know a bit more about one artist in this genre now.

If i haven't listened to REM for a while i tend to think they’re over rated. But listening again always bumps them back up again.

This kinda country music does nothing for me, even though I can appreciate that this is a good version of the genre.

I don’t get it at all

I don’t know how to review this. It wasn’t bad? I liked bits of it. But I think this process has broken me because I don’t think I would have said that if this was the first album i listened to. 3 stars while I remain confused.

It’s still a very impressive album. But maybe not quite as good as I remember it. With the addition of Kanye’s activities over the last few years I think this looses its position on best albums of all time list.

Great. a bit long, and I think I prefer their early stuff. But still enjoy this a lot. Good motorcycle album too

Great that this widened the audience for hip hop. But this is not a great album. Sounds like some sketchy stuff going on around royalties too.

Another great stevie wonder album

Wow, still an incredible songwriting talent. A nearly 50 years between his first album on this list and his last and both are incredible. Not sure how much I’m going to listen to this one again given how heavy it is. But I can’t give it less than four stars.

What the hell is this? In its retrospective review, AllMusic wrote "American Gothic remains one of those great albums that never found its audience. It waits to be rediscovered." It’ll have to keep looking.

About 30 mins into this I was thinking this was a classic 3 star. I was enjoying it fine. Even if like many albums on this list it certainly wouldn’t qualify as a “must listen” but then realised I was only half way through the album. No reason for this to be an hour long. No reason for this to be on the list, but i like to reserve the 1 stars for the real irredeemable stuff.

“Aquaaalung” Ron Burgundy Only 20 years later I now get the reference. Completely over the top. But I got into it.

Alright, the first track made me want to listen to bob dylan and I never quite got over that.

Now we’re talking. This is what I want from this list. Never heard of it, weird, and right up my street. I came back to this one and not sure how I arrived at this rating. not awful but certainly not good enough to listen again.

Sounds great, and I understand it was a different time, but I don’t get these cover albums from this period.

File this as another album that I’d for some reason decided wasn’t for me. But absolutely is. Obviously heard a fair few of these songs but never the full album.

I kinda get it, and culturally important. But the music really doesn’t do it for me. All a bit cheesy.

This album will feature in my new book: “Albums your Dad insists are among the best of all time but are actually mediocre at best”

Yup very good

It was ok. Wouldn’t have ever listened it otherwise and glad I have.

Enjoyed this enough that I probably will listen to it again.

Funk as a genre seems to just not exist anymore. Maybe because everyone agreed they nailed it with this and we can move on.

Completely forgot this band existed. I remover hearing some of their stuff in the soundtrack for a game, I think grand tourismo, and liking it at the time. But now listening back it feels like music you’d only listen to if you didn’t have an older sibling/friend to tell you just to listen to dinosaur jr. first half is ok, but then it just goes on and on. Certainly has no business appearing on this list.

And this is the kind of jazz I don’t like.

I don’t love the vocals but there are some great tracks in here.

Oh to be 19 and mildly depressed…. Still a great album, and I was already wearing my black jeans and flannel shirt when I got this. So not a huge amount has changed really.

Nearly gave it one star as a joke. Obviously 5 stars. Whats amazing to me is this the final album they recorded together. With all the tense “I’m leaving the band” moments and on their way to breaking up. Yet I think this is there most cohesive sounding album. The magic trick for me is always “the suite” which ties the majority of the second side into one medley bringing back elements.

Kinda get why it’s on the list. But really not for me. Kinda glad, to have some of my preconceptions confirmed as we go through the list

Sooo long, the few high points don’t justify it.

Lost in translation

New one to me. Enjoyed it and definitely need to listen to it again.

They’re very good musicians. Don’t really like the music though.

I really don’t get the comparisons between oasis and the Beatles. Especially when the stone roses are right there. It’s not bad. It’s just really generic. And i can help get wound up by the swagger you can hear through the songs, which i’m sure some people find endearing.

Good album, good pick for the list.

Garbage

What a fantastic, quiet little album

Siri, play the album with the opposite vibe to the album I listened to yesterday (pink moon by nick drake). Didn’t really enjoy this one

I may need to come back to this week of albums. I’m stuck at home with a torn calf, in pain/taking painkillers and falling alseep during albums. From what I can recall I didn’t particularly enjoy this.

Enjoyed it. But not really my thing

The early hip hop stuff on this list continues to be consistently great.

We should get 2 days to listen to a 2 hour album…. Listened to most of it and enjoyed it from a musical history perspective/ novelty point of view. I’ll come back to this review when I finish the album

Enjoyed it. Didn’t super stand out to me.

Extremely 5 stars. I love Low but this is probably my favourite Bowie album. Generated on my birthday. The album generator is always watching 👀

Not even nick cave can save this one for me. All felt deliberately edgy in a cringy way.

Great album, maybe harshly ranking it but there’s a few really irritating production choices on here.

An album/“artist” I completely wrote off when I was younger I was totally open to coming in and finding out I was wrong. This album sucks. He’s such a weird dork. If it’s meant to be a parody it’s a bad one. Feels like the birth of incel culture. Probably the worst album I’ve listened to on this list so far. Don’t disagree with it being on the list, because I think it’s good to know how crap it is.

Great, enjoyed the whole thing, and will certainly listen again. I music that work as relaxing background/work music are always underrated. Also imagine just being able to vibe on a piano for an hour and twenty and have a room full of people clap for you every time you take a break.

Decent enough, probably not enough to want to listen again

Great, when I first listened to it 20 years ago. Still great now.

Smoooooth

Enjoyed it and interesting to listen to an artist I’d not heard of before.

It’s not good. Peak fifa music. I don’t think anyone particularly thought it was good at the time either which makes it a confusing addition to the list. Not offensive.

Always like this one. The slightly weird Disney movie soundtrack vibes do get distracting sometimes.

Enjoyed it, but not a huge amount to say about it other than that

It’s not good, feels like a disposable toy that’s made out of plastic so it’ll end up outlasting us all.

Not bad, but completely inconsequential, so no idea why it’s on the list. I’d never heard of this despite being a fan of danger mouse and the Gorillaz at the time this came out.

Nice to have an easy one every now and then. Not perfect. But not far off.

Some real highlights on this album, where they lean into the psychedelia, Interspersed with some songs that feel like they’ve come from a different band. Overall still great album though

A really rough listen. Just keeps going and just keeps getting worse.

Fun but hasnt aged very well

What a treat. Heading out for a day out on the motorbike in the morning before it gets too hot. Already a 5 star album made even better.

Decent enough, not particularly interesting.

Some great tracks. But too odd and inconsistent for me to come back to it very often.

Another great live album. And a unique one at that. Enjoyed listening but Jonny cash’s music doesn’t do a lot for me.

👍

Not bad, but suffers more than perhaps any other band for having one masterpiece of an album that perfected the sound. Why listen to this when loveless is right there.

Just really dull. Probably would have been one star early on in this process but I’ve heard the lows the we can get to now and need to re-baseline.

Obviously not the target for this album. But it’s clearly good at what it is. I wish the production was a bit more interesting, which I think just makes the whole thing feel dull.

I tend to like the international albums in this list. I enjoyed this but it fell a little flat. Felt like they decided to do a Beatles album but couldn’t pick which era.

I’d like this album even more if I’d first listened to it 20 years ago. But even without the nostalgia lens I enjoyed this one.

I kinda enjoyed this. Not really sure why though.

A bit all over the place but I enjoyed it enough.

It’s a very good album, that’s difficult to listen to without feeling bad about it.

I think prefer yellow house (not on this list) but still a great album. Maybe a bit too long. But I always enjoy listening to it.

I ended up listening to this as I was buying some extra food bits for the weekend at M&S. Felt kind of appropriate because I get the sense that Snoop Dogg is more on the theme park side of rap. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it, which I honestly did.

Are we going to have to listen to every album that involves Elvis Costello? I've gone from listening to none of his albums to what feels like one every other week. None of them have convinced me I've missed anything yet. It's fine, but you don't need to listen to all of them.

This earlier Tom waits stuff is a bit hard going for me. I enjoy it but need to be in the right mood.

It’s not good. It’s like the worst junk food. You can excuse someone liking it when you’re young. But as an adult a little goes a long way. Enter the sandman is fun. Then the rest of the album just drags out.

Is this a short album or is it really just a long single broken into 15 tracks? I enjoyed it from a novelty perspective.

Probably my favourite thrash metal album!

I enjoyed this. Felt like I could here the influences on or artists I really like in this kind of ambient/experimental genre. Bits of boards of Canada in particular. Not sure if I’ll come back to it again. Might have to revisit the review.

A few excellent songs let down by a lot of naff ones. Just too long as well.

It’s decent enough but can’t imagine I’ll listen to it again.

Normally on good double albums my complaint is that there’s one 5 star album in there. I think there’s at least two 5 star albums in this. The first one being just the first 12 songs. I think it does justify its insane length and the quality is impressively consistent. Am I going to list to it again? Probably not in one go. But I’ll certainly come back to parts of it.

Lost a star when it just kept going…

I could see this being great if you like ska which I really don’t.

Once you’ve heard one Johnny cash prison album I think you get the point. Still a fun listen.

Don’t remember much of the album already. But I save the 1 stars for the especially bad albums now.

The who continue to be extremely average and therefore extremely overrated.

You really only need to listen to one Adele album. From listening to this, I don’t think it matter which since they’re all basically the same.

I enjoyed it a fair bit. But dragged out a bit and not sure I’ll go back to it. Might be one I change later

I feel bad giving so many things 3 stars at the moment. But honestly that’s just where I am with them. Maybe listening to an album a day is starting to get to me. Again I enjoyed this one while I was listening to it. But I can’t see myself coming back to it.

Fine but forgettable. Not sure why it’s on the list.

A little bit of sparks goes a long way. I’d happily listen to a couple of songs but a whole album is a bit much.

I enjoyed this enough that I could see myself coming back to it. Missing some Garfunkel though.

The white stripes being the white stripes. Great

Not as awful as I thought it was going to be. Still bad though.

Cool album, all the more interesting because of when it came out.

Not listened to this one very much before, but it’s unsurprisingly great

My favourite of the “modern” metal albums on this list so far. Although that’s not a high bar. It’s pushing on 4 stars for me.

Another decent but not great punk album. I think if I was more into it as a genre this would get a higher rating.

It really is extremely good. This list has made me honestly believe that the Beatles may be underrated.

Enjoyable as always

Enjoyed it enough. Not the fall album I’d choose to listen to though