1001 Albums Summary

Really cool, although I don’t love the title track. Not the greatest Bowie, but it’s still Bowie.

Not a big Blur (or Britpop) guy, but Parkife, Badhead, To the End, Magical America (great chorus!) and This Is a Low are great songs. Besides that the album mostly swings between annoying and irrelevant.

What a great album, would hate, if they made a cringy hollywood movie about the creation process.

Pure power & ecstasy.

Prince is an absolutely fascinating artist. There are more ideas in some of his songs, than on entire records by others. That can be overwhelming at times, but is mostly just impressive. My only criticism is, that this album here is too long and the incredible ~50 minutes in there are watered down by some more forgettable songs, e.g. "It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night". Those songs aren’t even bad at all, but just a weirdly benign distraction of the moments that let you live in the genius that was Prince. (vinyl)

I'll admit, that I've never heard of The Stone Roses before today, which makes it a first in this pretty fresh project of mine. My first impression wasn't to great, as "I Wanna Be Adored" bored me pretty immediately and reminded me of a less creative version of 10cc's "I'm Not in Love", but from the song "(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister", I was pretty hooked. The following songs "Made of Stone" and "Shoot you Down" were also of my liking, while I didn't really care for the "This Is the One". "I Am the Ressurection" and "Fools Gold“ are very strong closers. Overall an interesting album, that is a little too reminiscent of 10cc, the Beach Boys and especially the Beatles, but generally enjoyable, with some cool ideas.

Relatively uneventful, but it’s kinda hilarious, that every british band seems to have at least one song, that is so very clearly inspired by the Beatles. This time it’s "Wednesday Week". Probably the best song on the record, for that matter.

VERY GOOD. I fucking love The Beatles (vinyl)

Impeccable (vinyl)

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Not bad, but pretty boring. One and Until the End of the World are good songs though.

very long and pretty uneventful, but good pop music

Beautiful music! "How Blue Can You Get?" is my personal favorite. My only point of criticism is, that the lyrics haven't aged greatly, but I think that's forgivable considering the time of it's release.

Without a doubt the most interesting album so far and probably a stable for the future. Songs I can get lost in, like Diaraby. Ry Cooder is a cool guy.

Loved Miss Me Blind and the general vibes. Somewhat tiring music at some point though.

To be fair, it’s more about my appreciation of the endeavor, than my actual enjoyment of the record. Normally I would give it a 3, as it is so very clearly an 80s record, and with that just a little annoying, but I’m fascinated by Paul Simon, his ideas for this album, and the lasting impact it had on much of the pop music, that came after. The musicians are also simply amazing.

Good sound and energy. The mix of drum&bass with the indian harmonies and instrumentation is really cool and makes me want to move. In the end, it’s still not my preferred kind of tune.

There are these moments, that are pretty energetic and make me want to move, but also some, that are baffling in their annoyance. Doesn’t work in most situations, but walking home last night in the rain, it was definitely a mood.

It pains me a little to give this beautiful album just four stars, but while I thoroughly enjoyed re-listening to it and John Prine is clearly one of the greatest songwriters, I feel like the album itself is more of a collection of very good to great songs, and not really an album, with a specific arc or a “story” told through the songs. Maybe that’s an unreasonable request, but was unfortunately somewhat limiting to my enjoyment of the listening experience. Alas, I still love you John. You are one of the greatest.

It’s all one song, but that song is really good.

still very good (vinyl)

I feel bad for giving it only three stars right now, but it didn’t catch me as much as contemporaries like 2001. On the other hand I really appreciated the lack of skits and relative shortness.

Super smooth & enjoyable, but peaks with the opener and gets repetitive really quickly. Good for the background, boring for intensive listening.

what a beautiful trip

very enjoyable pop music

I fucking love Leonard Cohen.

Would like to like it more.

A couple of bangers, but too long and of course misogynistic, in my opinion.

Good, but didn’t do much for me.

Very rough to rate. Not really enjoyable to listen to, but obviously very artistically impressive.

cool!

cool, but quickly tiring

a lot of fun. very enjoyable!

great, that i finally spend some time with metallica, but not really my thing. first songs are super energetic, but the sound gets quickly old for me.

very cool wilco-esque alt-country rock! minus 1 star, because ryan adams seems to be a pretty terrible guy.

love the rolling stones, but this first endeavor wasn’t super interesting

unexpectedly a lot of fun!

i adore tv on the radio

actually really cool!

kate bush is very cool

don’t love the more medieval songs, but some songs are really beautiful!

some songs are great, but some are pretty forgettable. generally right in my ballpark!

love him or hate him, zappa is original as fuck

some great music, but the album itself doesn’t feel coherent

honestly, a very beautiful album. it’s only real weak spot is the starting deterioration into the pretty bland band coldplay is today, foreseeable in "clocks". besides that, "a rush of blood to the head" and "parachutes" would be inarguable all-timers, if we could ignore what happens after.

good jazz, but nothing too interesting

i appreciate queen, but i don’t love them

some cool tracks, but overall a boring compilation album

beautiful and sweet and incredibly innovative

without a doubt one of my favorite albums ever (vinyl)

12 times the same song.

really tough one. overall didn't enjoy myself too much listening, but i see something in there. without a doubt special, but maybe not the good kind.

a lot of fun! sure, it doesn't sound as fresh anymore, but i have to appreciate the influence it had

beautiful album, but the silent night ending always takes me out, so as a whole it's unfortunately not perfect.

beautiful, but also a little boring. just came and went.

I really don't like the foo fighters. especially the hooks are incredibly lame to me. well well, to each their own.

great, great, great! some of the newer are additions are really odd, but that's a great album!

a lot of fun! Kraftwerk meets Zappa.

"if you don't want me to destroy you" and "long gone" push it to a 3 for me, besides that alright, but not that interesting.

gets pretty repetitive

this is pretty great! reminds me of counting crows, but ten years earlier. great music, that is unfortunately not easily available, but that makes in honestly a special experience to seek out, which is pretty much lost with the regular streaming service use.

all good, just not really my thing

I love this record

very funny, groovy, unconventional

love sonic youth, though dirty is not my favorite work of theirs. could be a 3, could be a 4. very dependent on the mood.

I don't feel qualified to discuss the album.

super smooth, a lot of fun

great soul music, but not a particularly great album, neither structurally, nor production-wise

sounds a little bit like an electronic version of aimee mann. i like regular aimee mann better, but it's still nice!

really great, but – as so many hip hop albums – just too long

damn, i am shocked how much i enjoyed this album. need to reevaluate my life.

I guess between a 2 and 3, but the shady lyrics made the call. not painful to listen to at all, but also not something i would actively put on, or at least a song that caught my attention in particular.

incredible

the album artwork itself is worth 5 stars. good bonus, that the music is also fantastic.

didn’t do as much for me, as the other portishead stuff.

unfortunately brilliant

some really cool songs

erratic/ecstatic

women in hip-hop are always admirable. this album still didn't do that much for me.

between annoying and really fun! loved "kiss you" and "time after time"

i admire dylan so much. an incredible collection of songs. of course the production quality of the bootleg isn’t great, but it gets the five stars for cat power’s full interpretation as well.

maybe the coolest album of all time

chaotic and fun

no

have ignored jethro tull for the longest time, because i associated it with medieval folk rock, by virtue of the band name, the album cover, and the flute. what a big misunderstanding! a lot of fun!

i liked strange world!

her voice is pretty powerful

a little eclectic, but also very fun to listen to and more unconventional than i expected. feels very influential on the pop music coming after!

don’t love her style of singing, but besides that this album is so much fun, well written and produced.

didn’t hate it

some things really annoyed me, but i was mostly positively surprised

not so familiar with "later" elvis, but the sound is refreshingly different, while still being clearly elvis.

gets a little annoying at some point, but generally cool

great, low-calorie pop-rock

Prince is so incredibly talented, but I would love for his albums to be a little more condensed.

never gotten warm with tracy chapman :/ (vinyl)

fun fun fun, but also repetitive

fun country rock!

at times undoubtedly genius, but just a little too long

intersting stuff. just a little too monotonous.

no

no

yeah, rock opera ain't it, man

favorite song "main man", but overall a little too 70s glam rocky for me

okay, but also so boring

Elvis just has it.

cute, but also uneventful

i like king crimson, but this one is a little too unfocused for me

interesting and entertaining!

actually not bad, just too long and a little tedious. really liked "the three great alabama icons" though!

highs and lows, unfortunately not great overall

just amazing

street life is such a good song, the rest of the album is nice, albeit inconsequential, soul jazz