1001 Albums Summary

Pretty funky! Really nice guitar. Not really my taste though

The hits were great, but I was really bored by a lot of the songs

Really enjoyed this. Recognised a few but even the new to me ones were a pleasure

Really didn't enjoy this one. I can hear how he may have influenced a bunch of bunch of bands I've liked in the past, but I couldn't get into this one.

Holy shit I really hate this. Like I don't know if it's wholly the circumstance ( bad family party, half an existential crisis) but my god I'm not having a good time with this. I'm having a pretty bad time, in fact. Some of the best parts are when Bowie isn't singing.

Different to what I usually think of when I think of U2. Sunday bloody Sunday was instantly recognisable, but the rest was new to me. Overall it was pretty decent.

There's a lot of noise, but it was good noise. It actually felt surprisingly modern.

I'm actually really enjoying this. It's not my taste in music at all, but it's really nice to listen to. Reminds me of when I would listen to the Joseph Hann tracks from Linkin Park.

This isn't my kind of music, but sometimes I wonder if these albums are an example of 'Seinfeld isn't funny', where I've heard all the influenced and therefore am but as impressed. Some great guitar licks though.

I didn't quite expect this. Who was I thinking of? The Kooks maybe? Either way this makes me think of Edgar Wright films. Is this what rock and roll was like in the 60s? Who was that band that I listened to in the 00s that had a sound like this? I liked them well enough but they gave me a headache after a while.

The first track is an absolute banger. Really hooked me in. The following tracks so far are a bit bland. Very sad moments in Buffy

I've listened to this before in my teens, so a lot of my listen so far is revisiting those memories. I think I had this on my first ever MP3 player.

I enjoyed it, but felt like I had listened to it all before. And it all sounded very samey

It's all very soft and quiet. Not unpleasant, not I'm not really enjoying it

Really didn't like this.

Great. I listened to this way back in the day and it was great to revisit. I loved the loops, the bitter sweetness and the nostalgia.

Pretty good. The hits are big, and the unknowns are still good. I got into Heathen Chemistry and never listened to this one, but it was good to go back to oasis.

Not terrible music but definitely not my taste

There's a lot I can say about this album and what it's influenced, and how distinctly American it is, how it couldn't be anything but American. But in the end I can just say it's not for me.

Maybe I just don't like music

Yeah it was ok

This sounds like what I would listen to when I was a poser and acting like I was more interesting than I was. Now that I've listened more there's a definite charm to it. Very upbeat and melodic. Not something I would listen to on a car ride but pretty good actually.

I actually really liked this. Didn't know what I expected. It was nice listening. I really enjoyed it.

Ah I already know I'm going to like this one. This takes me back to being 20 and smoking endlessly in my attic flat. There are some absolute bangers on this album, even outside the singles. This album makes me think of endless summers and endless nights

If I don't give this fiver stars the my father in law will kill me. Jokes aside, not every song was my taste, but there are GOATs on here

It was decent music but almost all of it faded into the background for me. I liked how it was quite jumpy and fun.

Absolutely loved this. Really really enjoyed every song

Right, it's ok. It's very middling and twee, and if its time. I can't say I'm enjoying it but I don't hate it.

I'm liking this more as it's still angry but not aggressive about it.

This album came out 60 years ago this week! Shocking. It's extremely good though.

It's strange to listen to all these songs without the censorship. I'm used to the radio edits, where when I sing along I include the pauses and sanitised lyrics. This one is tough to rate because logically I can hear how smart the lyrics are, and when it slaps it really slaps, but I can't get over his immature it is. Even if it's a persona, it's tough to take seriously.

Eh

Liked it more than I thought I would

I was in such a bad mood when starting this and it completely lifted me out of it

I think this would've been my jam in my twenties. A bit too all over the place for me now.

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. From the first song I was immediately dancing. Some of the singing was great. Too heavy for me generally but a really good album.

This is a banger. I listened to this a lot back when I was a teen, and it's the only Radiohead album I've listened to. Revisiting it today was very good, as it was a dark, rainy evening and I sat in the car and listened to this. Mwah, perfect, chef's kiss.

This is a treat. Super easy to listen to, super catchy, super fun.

I was around kids so day so couldn't give this a proper listen since it was all rated explicit. What I did listen to wasn't my taste at all. I have a hard time listening to punk since it's so abrasive, which is the point I suppose.

Do you know, it's pretty good. The music is s lot about a life and culture that's foreign in location and time for me, but the music is interesting to listen to.

Jazz isn't typically my thing, but this was great background music to a quiet morning. I think I like jazz more when I'm not actively listening to it, and instead letting it deep into the background of whatever I'm doing, letting it dictate the tempo.

I did not expect to be aroused at work. I only know Marvin Gaye from "Let's get it on", and I was pleasantly surprised when the rest of this album was just as seductive/horny. It was a really pleasant listen.

Really enjoyed this. A a non-metal guy I was surprised at how much I knew and enjoyed. Some absolute bangers on this.

This was great. I kept wanting to add tracks to my playlist but they were like 20 minutes long. Super engaging and listenable. I think I'll be sticking this on another day to listen to.

I am bored out of my mind.

It was ok! Some good guitar licks but otherwise faded into the background for me.

I think I was in a bad mood when I started listening to this, it maybe just not on the right mood? Or maybe this list has thrown one too many classic rock/metal albums in quick succession and I'm a bit bored of the genre. I might come back at another time to go over this again, but for now it's a non starter for me.

This was instantly familiar and I couldn't place why until I realised it was a Cuban band, and I suddenly realised it was very similar to the Tropico 4 soundtrack, which is a game I played for about 40 hours 10 years ago. That seems like a shitty thing to leave on a review, but it's just that this album evoked such a blast of nostalgia that it became difficult to actually listen to it on its own terms. At the very least, I enjoyed myself.

I couldn't listen to much of this as I had kids around be all day, but I loved what I heard. It's interesting to hear music from someone who is actively in fear for his own life, being hunted. It's making me re-evaluate some rap/rappers not just as Tough Guy personas but instead expressing legitimate fears.

Yeah it was ok! Listened to it in the car on the way to touristy stuff. Didn't pay much attention to it but enjoyed what I heard.

Nah I'm not listening to this

This is weird as heck

I only ever listened to 'Today' and I'm glad the rest of the album lives up to it. Really satisfying hooks, some filthy guitar licks, that 90s aesthetic. Mwah! Brilliant album.

This was pretty good!

My Spotify premium finished today, so it was difficult to listen to the whole album in one go... But even then I wasn't too impressed.

I don't really like Snoop as a person, and I think a lot of this album isn't for me... But there's no doubt it made me bop and bounce along with it.

Surprisingly, this album has quite a few bangers in it. I though Le Freak would be a one hit wonder, but there was a lot of style in this album.

Very very very very very much not for me.

I liked it for the most part. It gets bumped up s a whole star as my wife sung me every song since she listened to it when she was younger.

I'm surprised that I haven't listened to The Smiths more given how much I love The Twilight Sad. Yeah it's pretty good.

I'm all for trying something different, but this was really boring for me.

There's something strangely nostalgic about this album. I keep finding myself reminded of Echo & The Bunnymen for a few months before it pivots. I'm liking this more and more the more I listen.

This is insane. I love indie music. I'm fucking Scottish. How have I never listened to Belle and Sebastian!? This absolutely slaps.

It was nice listening to this. Comfortable.

I feel like I should be inclined towards this music, but in practice I couldn't really get into it. It was nice background noise though.

I think this highlights a problem with listening to a new album every day - if I had more time to get into this, to really feel it and get in the mood, then I think I would really enjoy delving in and analysing it. But, just listening to it for today, it's kinda boring.

Not for me I guess

Whoa I'm really not enjoying this. Maybe I'm in a weird mood today, or under the weather, but this is really getting behind my eyes. Maybe I need to go back into it, because I can hear where a ton of bands have gotten inspiration from this music, but it's hard to listen to right now.

I'm really liking the dirty guitars, and generally dirty sounding music. Reminds me of metric. Plus, Maps is incredible

So this is an album that's a different culture and a different time for me. I been appreciate a lot about it, and knowing it's context in history is fascinating, but ultimately the music isn't for me.

Eh. It was alright.

Yeah it was good but utterly unmemorable

This is a night driving album. I listened to it through the day and liked it, but in the evening I needed to take a short drive and it was superb. The music fits empty roads and streetlights passing overhead.

This was great. I heard so many of my favourite bands in this album. Strange how I can go my whole life not knowing about something I would enjoy this much.

Really didn't like it at first, but it grew on me. Some of the choices were disruptive and annoying to listen to, but I can't say I haven't enjoyed myself.

There's a lot that I like, and there's a lot that I don't.

I really didn't vibe with this when I first such it on, but a few songs in I was really enjoying it. I preferred the dirtier, fuzzier songs to the harder ones. Great album.

This bass is really speaking to me

Yeah it was ok. I feel like I have personal biases against Metallica. I didn't dislike the songs but didn't like them either.

I couldn't listen to much of this as it was hard to get on streaming, but what I listened to was good. Very funky.

Hard for me to get into. There's so much reverence with pink Floyd that I felt like I wasn't getting it.

Didn't get too deep into it. Was pretty put off by it in general.

Yeah that was good. Very listenable.

Delightful! This album came at exactly the right time. Bright, energetic, layered and interesting. Loved it.

Who is Dexy, and why do they have people running so late at night? I didn't really feel this album. Some parts of it I liked, some I didn't, but a lot of it was just background.

I don't like the Beatles. I know they're good, I know they're influential, I know it's supposed to be great music. But I don't like them. This album has not changed my mind.

Some of this really slapped, and some felt like elevator music. I really liked what I liked though.

Yeah it was ok. Heard a lot of things I liked.

Something about this album was quite comforting. Warm music for a cold day.

Whenever I think of the kinks I think I know the type of music they make. And then every time I'm surprised.

WHAT AN OPENER. Banger after banger. I'm loving this album. It's so powerful and hard and catchy. But I don't know what mood I have to be in to listen to it, you know? It's like an art house film - I really loved my experience listening to it, but I'll likely never pick it up again.

Oh my god. I hate this.

I didn't get to listen to this as much as I would've liked, but I liked what I listened to. I need to give this another shot another day.

I really liked parts of what I heard, but it was a bad day for me to listen to it. I might revisit this when I'm in a better headspace.

Love the music, hate the singing

It makes me somewhat nostalgic, but I can't get over the singing. It's grating.

Oh this was class. Some classic bangers here plus some I haven't heard that really resonated with me. Another album that I can't believe I didn't listen to earlier.

It's the Decemberists! I enjoyed every track that I heard. It was great, really unexpected. Some tracks I thought fell a bit flat, and could've been better or more bombastic, but they were twisty and fun and I really liked them.

Oh this is so my jam. So very my jam.

Not for me

This was incredible. A complete blast to listen to.

Another wall of noise album. Again this one is great. A little more abrasive than I would like but still thoroughly enjoyable.

I think I would really like this album if I paid more attention to it, but as it stands it didn't really grab me on listening.

I was really put off by this on my first listen, but it grew on me song after song. Again, The Cure is a band that should be on my regular listening, but haven't made it there for some reason.

Hey it's the guy from Scott Pilgrim! This album was nice. Just nice.

Very weird. Not my taste at all

In general, this album was ok. But I listened to it whilst driving at sundown, with a red sky silhouetting the clouds and mountains, a dark road lit by weaving brake lights - and so it was perfect.

It was interesting to finally listen to this as an adult after it being so taboo as a kid. O felt myself miss a beat every time a lyric was spoken that would usually be censored on the radio. Otherwise, the songs varied between interesting and boring for me.

My wife really likes this band, but I found a lot of it boring. A bit wishy washy.

This feels like a mix between LCD Soundsystem and Johnny Cash. And I think I like that?

It was interesting. I liked some of the songs but a lot of them felt dated. This is the type of music my parents would've listened to when they were my age, and it's interesting to think about it from their perspective.

Absolutely incredible for an early morning sunrise drive to the gym. Absolutely abysmal for an early morning session at the gym. I feel like I've heard this in a million films. My mind is wandering to soft hues, quiet moments. Absolutely incredible night drive home with the kids asleep in the back

Yeah it was ok

There are songs on this that are iconic, and part of the zeitgeist... But generally it doesn't vibe with me.

Not a fan at all

I need to get back to this as I never gave it a fair shake. I liked what I heard

Perfect. Perfect timing, perfect sounds, perfect perfect perfect

There's a lot more I like here than what I don't.

I'm not really into ska. During my pop punk phase there was a definite overlap into ska music, and some of it I enjoyed but a lot was tough. This album has a lot of the things I like about the genre, but I'm still lukewarm on it

I know teenage fanclub already but never properly listened to them. This was a great album. It has an almost timeless quality to it, as if it could've been released last week. Really good stuff.

I liked this more than I thought. I still think the Beatles are overdone, and I can't really blame them for that - it's just the way of things. There songs on this album were catchier and better than other Beatles albums I've tried.

This was super wacky. Just when I felt in got a hold on this album it took a new turn. I felt a lot of nostalgia for playing old Sim City games, with its lovely background jazz. I really like this, but felt as though I couldn't quite find my footing.

Oh my god I love this. Turns out I knew one of their songs, and generally like it, but I really love the rest of the album. Completely my jam.

It took me a moment to get into it, but when I did it was a really smooth experience. A lot of rhythm and energy in these songs.

I'm hit and miss with the Pixies. The are some songs I really love, but others are too grating for me to enjoy. Overall this album was great, but I won't be revisiting it much.

Ha! Two Pixies in a row! A treat or a test? Turns out it was a treat! I liked this one much better.

Ah I'm really bored. Like, it's nice. But super boring.

🎶Hold me closer, Tony Danza...🎶 This has so many bangers. A lot of great melodies. I was entertained the whole way through. A pleasant surprise, since I'm not into this music.

It's Queen! A lot rockier than I expected and super enjoyable.

Cracking opening song. I know all these tunes! Super horny, dirty guitar licks. Amazing sound. Love this so much more than the other album on this list.

Very hit and miss. I think I need to listen to this again when I'm in a better mood. There was one song that was incredibly my jam but I can't seem to find it again. Ah well.

I didn't have much time to listen to this. I liked what I heard, but not enough to go back to it.

An odd one. I've swung wildly between but liking the lovey dovey music to loving the guitar riffs. An odd one to place.

Not quite my tempo

It's the CSI guys! Some great rock on this album. Very catchy songs and great guitar.

More like Gary No-man

I'm not liking this much. I'm not a fan of the sing song voices

This album is actively trying to get me to dislike it. The thing is that it's SO GOOD. The vocals are incredible. when it decides to be a song it absolutely slaps. But then it throws in this avant garde breathing segments that are incredibly off putting. Which is annoying because holy shit this is SO GOOD.

I didn't realise Blur actually sounded like this. I thought they were going to be much more Pulpy, not this grungy dirty feel. Really enjoyed it, although occasionally forgettable (Aside from Song 2)

This is super terrible

THIS IS SO GOOD. Listened to it twice through. I've always had thing against Jack White. I don't know why. Turns out it's stopped me from listening to some cracking music.

Not usually my taste, but the songs on this album were brilliant. The vocals and guitars are pretty iconic and it's impossible but to enjoy. Full of a lot of charm.

This was great! There's a tempered anger here, at both an institution and those who inadvertently support it. Really catchy beats and interesting lyrics

Not bad, but boring

I liked everything I heard, but a lot of it faded out to background music.

A stunning album. One that I've avoided due to it's reputation of being brilliant, and now that I've listened to it I'm in awe. Some haunting, beautiful songs here.

It's been good hearing where a lot of my favourite bands got their influences from. A bit too raw for my normal tastes, but still really good.

It's Van Halen! It's hard to judge these guys as the music and sound feels so normal these days. There music was fine, but there was nothing that really set me alight.

Maybe I just don't like Bowie. I mean, I enjoyed Life on Mars, that's more down to memory than anything. Really couldn't get into the rest of it but, then again, I've had a shitter of a day.

Wasn't bad, but faded into the background for me a lot

Eh it's ok. I think I'm having an off week because nothing has resonated with me so far. I know Nina Simone is a legend, but nothing is coming out at me from this album.

This fucking slaps. Right then it got weird. Is there a name for this type of music? Like fancy pop? I don't know, but I enjoyed a lot of this album but then it got really really odd

I didn't listen to this as much as I would've liked. Based on the first song it would've been a great solid album, as it's a classic for a reason. The other songs served to fade into the background for me.

An often haunting album. Each song has at least one instance of incredible beauty or heartbreak. An amazing album

It was really good but not in keeping with the vibe of the day. Some beautiful singing.

A beautiful voice. So clear and bright, so smooth. Ah it was a delight to listen to.

Very odd. Seems almost a parody of itself.

This album is bonkers but I'm really digging it. In some places it feels incredibly modern, whilst in others it's extremely retro, but anachronistically so. Like the stuff from its time is a pastiche of its time.

What is this, Final Fantasy music in my 70's album? Utterly bizarre and all over the place but boy I really liked it.

An all time classic. Immediately takes me back to being eighteen and acting cooler than I was. Listening to it again is like seeing an old friend after so long. It's instantly comfortable and familiar, but with be layers added that I get to explore.

This was delightful! It helped me get into a trance whilst running, and then I danced in the car. Really nice vibes, but ultimately forgettable.

I really don't like Rod Stewart's voice. It's frustrating because I know there are good songs and he's well known, but I can't get over the voice.

I was really surprised by this album. It was a lot more atmospheric than I was expecting. Some absolute bangers yes, but a lot of mood pieces.

The guitar on this is amazing. It's super imaginative and tells a story all by itself. I really like the music in general, but I'm struggling with the singer. He feels flat, and distracting.

I recognised the voice and style immediately from Elbow's "The Fix" which, honestly, I wasn't a fan of. All in all there were parts of this album I enjoyed, but as a whole it was just so incredibly boring.

Two Rod Stewart's in a week? Ok. Again, I don't dislike the music. I think there's a lot I would like if I listened more to it. I just can't stand good voice.

Yeah it was alright!

Really good! I'm too tired to give it a proper review.

Interesting. Really soulful music, and beautiful at times. I found it super hard to get into though.

Really liked this. A lot of it faded into the background but I enjoyed what I heard.

None of these songs will be added to a playlist, but I found this album immensely satisfying. So chirpy and bouncy, but with this heavy undertone. I can easily focus whilst this is on, and have it guide my thoughts

I listened to this album two and a half times an the way through, and while I liked what I heard the music just slid off me. Nothing stuck. Nothing made an impression.

I'd only ever heard Smoke on the Water, and was largely unimpressed. This album blew me away though. It was fun and catchy and fun again. Really enjoyed this.

An incredible opening that the rest of the album didn't live up to. I've listened to Maggot Head four times through now, it reminds me of the Mars Volta. Really great song, ok album.

I'm sorry, this is just noise to me.

It's Led Zeppelin! It's just great. Some classics and some other stuff when in

I remember this being a big deal when it first came out, but I still don't get it. It doesn't resonate with me. The beats and music are too far off for my liking. I don't know. I guess I just don't get it.

It's rougher than most other jazz that I've listened to. Couldn't really get into it

Some funky parts I enjoyed, but a lot of it fell flat.

I adore this album. I get to pull my hipster card with Chrvches as I knew them before this came out and they got big. The Mother We Share was on many a playlist back in the day. Saw them at the Hydro once, which was an incredible light show. Musically, this album is a bop. Jumpy, danceable tunes with easy sing-a-long lyrics. There's too much personal love for me to be objective, but even if I try to be unbiased it's an incredible album.

I've dabbled with this album before and never really could get into it. Sadly it's the same here. I enjoyed what I was listening to but it was too easy to let it fade into background music.

Great album. I was just mostly liking it, but then Along the Watch Tower came on and sealed the deal. Again, it's amazing the amount of other bands I can hear in this, how influential he was

I really liked about half of this album. The slow, dirty guitars and melodies were right up my street, whilst the yelling completely put me off. Still good though.

A lot better than I anticipated. I've dabbled in Offspring here and there, but never turn into them. I was worried that they would be harder or crasser than I would usually like. But I liked this album!

I can't get over the bravado and misogyny. I can hear music that I would like to listen to, but it's not made for me

This was great. It had a timeless feel too it. I was more into Ash in their next album, but it was great revisiting some classics. This band had a lot of staying power. Great album.

Some great beats. Not usually my music but it made my morning walk really bouncy and enjoyable. A bit too sexual for casual family listening though.

This album was pure vibes. I really enjoyed it. It slunk into my day and was a wonderful background to what in was doing.

This was a wonderful start to my day. A smooth beautiful soundtrack to my sunrise. I can't say I love the whole album, but it hit me at the perfect time.

Yeah pretty good! Easy listening, very enjoyable. We've listened to Creedance Clearwater Revival in this house before so it's but unfamiliar

Very surprising! I enjoyed my time with it

Pleasantly surprised by this! I only know him from his later work, but find myself bopping along with this album really easily.

It was alright. I was expecting more of the bangers that Simple Minds have made, but none of them showed up here. The songs were good, but buying to get me hooked.

Took me by surprise! I didn't expect to like it as much as I did.

This was really weird. I felt like in knew every single song. It's strange how ubiquitous some of the tracks were, and so how comforting they are.

Yeah it was ok. I couldn't really hear why it was so special until I read up on who it was.

Anna really liked this one but I find it hard to get into. Nice and funky, but ultimately background noise.

This was so bizarre. I knew the first song out the gate, but don't ask me how I know it. The rest of the album wildly swung between something incredibly 70's and something that could've been made in the mid 00s. An eclectic album, one that I strangely enjoyed.

I'm not a fan of Dylan

Hauntingly beautiful singing. Some songs were really a bop.

Until this moment, I honestly thought the Pet Shop Boys were the same as the Beastie Boys. Musically, I feel like this is a miss. There are so many songs that feel as though they're shit to get you with a good hook but then fall flat right before they do. I kept thinking I was missing a stair.

I think I'm biased against them because I never liked them growing up, so it was hard to give them a chance. Some really catchy songs

Hahahaaaaa this is GREAT. Such incredible bangers. Memorable and classic tunes.

When listening to these albums I try to read up a bit on the artist, to get context to their work. I find it hilarious that Spotify has paragraphs and paragraphs of introduction and history for some one-albumed artist, and yet for ABBA there's barely anything. On a musical note, this was pants. Did not enjoy it in the slightest.

Knocked it out of the park with the first song, followed it up with some absolute crackers. The rest of the album was a bit of a fizzle for me, but mostly it shone.

I wasn't impressed at first, but then some of their big hits came on and I got more into it. The album goes by incredibly quick though. By the time you've started to get into it, it's all over.

This is very much not my tempo

Conceptually interesting. Practically unlistenable. I feel that if you were there, listening to this live, it would be an incredible experience. Transcendental. But just listening to the music on my morning walk... Yeah it's tough.

Great! I recognised more songs than I expected. Incredible album. Very soulful

Jesus, I fucking hate this

Really sweet actually. This was a great vid l coffee album, where I could sit and let my mind wander around.

It's hard to be objective with such a public band like Coldplay. I enjoyed some of the songs, others just went by me. It was ok.

Why does this music make me feel oddly nostalgic? I liked this way more than I thought I would. Not the acid rock stuff, but the melodic almost folk story music around it.

Yeah it's ok. It kind of washed over me. Not grabbing me, but not offending me either.

I really enjoyed this but I can't put my finger in why.

I love Black Hole Sun with all my heart. An all time classic. The rest of the album was rougher than I would usually like, but still incredible.

It's not bad, but it feels like a pastiche of what r&b sounds like in the late 80s. Like, I don't know, maybe this is a case of setting a standard that became stale? It's tough to know without more context that I don't have. It feels so shallow and namby pamby

This album makes me nostalgic for something I've never experienced. It makes me think of dark bars in a rainy new York. This album is pure vibes. Love it.

It's hard, because this isn't my Radiohead. My Radiohead is Ok Computer, and some of that is here, but there's a lot that's different. I need to revisit this when I get the chance. I need to give it a fairer shot.

This was a complete non starter for me. I couldn't give it much attention but when I did I wasn't impressed.

A great album that I don't have much to say on.

Ultimately not my vibe, but I appreciate it anyway

I went through a big Doors phase in my twenties as I was trying to figure myself out, so a lot of this is familiar. Cracking tunes. There's something unendingly spectral about some of The Doors' music, as if it's already haunted.

This is very much not my jam

WHAT. THIS IS SO GOOD. How have I heard so many of these songs? I'm literally dancing round the house. Excellent album.

This is a GOAT. But much else to be said

Again, not my jam

I get the nostalgia and honouring older legends, but this didn't hit with me at all.

My wife is a huge Ryan Adams fan so I'm already familiar with his stuff. This is the first time I've properly listened to it and I'm surprised I'm enjoying it as much as I am. I sing this song to my kids at night! Instant great album.

Yeah it was good! Incredible singing, fun interesting songs, but not my jam

Some absolute classics that brought me back to my youth. There was a big revival of some of these songs in the late 90s, and it was great to go through them again

I've listened to this before during my Scott Pilgrim phase and really enjoyed it, so it was great to revisit it and let it wash over me again. Great album, great band.

A surprise hit for me. All I could hear were where the Mars Volta got their inspiration from. Some fantastic guitar and strange twisty sounds.

It was ok! Some interesting sounds but mostly it just washed over me.

I'm torn on this, because I quite enjoyed the album but... I don't know, it's too sunny outside. This isn't a sunny album too me. Lots of great songs, just a mismatched vibe.

This was great. Yeah fun, surprisingly loving and romantic. I wrote this off when I was younger, but it was honestly good fun.

What a weird song to open with. Dancing Queen is on here which I can't deny is an all timer. That's the only reason it's has more than one star.

Nah I'm not listening to this

Yeah this was nice. Good old fashioned soft punk rock.

I mean I've heard the Talking Heads before, and I've liked their music, but there was nothing in this album that grabbed me. It was really boring, actually.

I don't like the Beastie Boys much. I fucking love Sabotage though.

I mean, it's definitely Led Zeppelin. I'm enjoying the album but I'm not feeling anything new from it. I don't know why LZ is featured in this list so many times. They're good, but there's only so many times you can appreciate their music.

Well this was surprising. A Glasgow band! Very raunchy. Very immature. Really interesting sound though. Quite a jumpy, energetic swing to it.

This album has some absolute classics. Lots of songs that are embedded in pop culture. A titan to stand the test of time. I just hate the Beatles

This was surprisingly good. The way folk blended with more classical rock was an absolute delight. A really enjoyable album.

This is ok, but it's not for me.

Really pleasant actually. A few familiar tracks, some really good sounds. It felt weirdly comfortable.

I don't know what I was expecting from this. Maybe something louder? Harder? The dissonance between my expectations and experience was quite jarring. I didn't dislike this album, but I didn't really like it either.

This was brilliant! I kept hearing snippets of my favourite bands in there, eking through. A really rich, delightful album.

I'm not into hip hop, and there wasn't much I loved about this album, but I did enjoy it. It was good.

Superb album. A soft, gentle summer afternoon of an album but also one for a bright cold winters morning. I love it.

Very much not my jam

A beautiful album. Listening to it slowed everything around me. It was easier to notice things in the world, like the wind in the trees or the gentle hum of the house. Such as intense feeling.

The Rolling Stones are a weird one for me. I enjoy their music, it's great to listen to, and there's parts that feel really great - but it mostly just washes over me. It's just there, you know? Great, but not impactful.

Enjoyed this! Didn't recognise any of it but it has a familiar feel. Good sounds, easy to listen to.

Dy-Na-Mi-Tee instantly took me back to my youth. Such a catchy song with a great hook. The rest of the album is really good. Lots of good, boppy hooks, very easy to listen to and enjoy.

Lots of good bops here. Really funky bluesy tunes. Steady rhythm. Really enjoyed it.

Really smooth tunes. Not easy listening, but easy to listen to.

I mean, eh.

I don't like Metallica for a number of reasons, but I liked some of this album. I don't know what the orchestra added to it, aside from making it all sound slightly more cinematic. If anything it took away from some of the metal.

Surprisingly good! Very haunting. I found myself laughing at how tongue in cheek it was. It's hard to judge on its own merit since sometimes it feels like a parody of itself.

I just didn't like it. I don't think it's bad but, like a lot of rap and hip hop this app has sent my essay, it's not for me. It's not music for a generic white Scottish guy. Not bad, but not for me.

Banger of an album. Such sneery, joyful anger and ennui. Some I've known for a while but didn't know were theirs.

This is tough because I listened to this constantly when I was 16/17/18 but haven't heard it since. The songs are so so interwoven with my time that I can't objectively rate them. I can't even pick it a favourite. Maybe Susan's House? It's so good. So so good.

I found this really boring to listen to. Faded into the background, but not in a good way. Just a forgettable way.

Wait a minute. This sounds like rock and/or roll. An alright album I guess. Felt very village greeny at first, but obviously the final song blows that away. It's a great song, though does outstay its welcome sadly.

This was nice. Washed over me a lot, so I don't have anything interesting to say about it

An absolute bop. I was dancing round the house to this all morning.

I enjoyed this a lot more than I was expecting. I was thinking I'd be a hipster snob and not like what everyone else does, but this is actually a really solid album.

Not bad music, but not my jam.

Not a fan

This album reminds me of a specific bar in Glasgow that I used to really like going to. Funky, bluesy, usually a really good night. The big hit on this album I can't stand because of over hearing it when it came out, but there's so many other good funky songs on here. Good vibes album.

A David Bowie album on this list that I don't hate! I found this one much more fun to listen to. Hauntingly beautiful voice. Strangely enough, because I listened to this I spent the rest of the day listening to Wolf Parade, a band I got into when I was younger and haven't revisited recently. I honestly want to bump this up a star just for that.

I think this album is on here only for American Pie. It's a good song but a bit done to death. And I really want to listen to Weird Al now

What an eclectic album! Swinging between different moods and feelings. Really entertaining, with some amazing hits, and interesting songs

I'm mixed on this one. Generally I really liked the music, but buying stood out for me. I think this would've been my jam if I was in the right headspace for it.

A strong open, but not my jam

An album that was not meant for me.

Turns out that I don't actually like David Bowies music that much. But I love Ziggy Stardust.

This album was not made for me.

Absolute banger. I've listened to TVotR before but only here and there. This is the first time I've listened to an album of theirs the whole day through and I'm surprised I've never done this before.

What a banger of an opening. Super dreamy album that floated me along. Loved getting lost in it.

Here's the thing... I know this is an excellent album. I know Trent Reznor is a great creative. I know how it's lauded and loved. It feels too abrasive to me. To harsh, too uncomfortable. It's great that it can do that, and that it does it so well, but it's just too hard for me.

Groove is in the Heart is an absolute classic, but I don't think the rest of the album is very solid. It's unique and interesting and I haven't quite heard anything like it, but I'm not a big fan.

I think if I heard this during more melancholy times then I would enjoy it more. It reminds me of Damien Rice as in it's a good collection of songs to get sad and wistful to.

I cannot be unbiased with this one. An absolute GOAT. So many teenage evenings sitting in my room, listening to this on full blast.

I enjoyed this far more than I expected. Really interesting soundscapes.

This album sounds like it's been featured in an advertisement for bread or something. On further listening, that's unfair and but completely true. There's some interesting stuff in here, but most of the music feels bland and poppy to be.

It's a brilliant album but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. It was released right around the time I was getting into music, so it would've been prime for my adolescent mind. But now it's just passed me by. Seven Nation Army fucking slaps though.

Not bad, but not my taste

I recognised half the songs immediately, and the others were good enough. They're just not my jam.

The three big hits are huge, and carry the whole album. I'm not a fan of the other songs too much. But damn it's impossible not to dance when listening to this music.

This was really sweet to listen to. Really easy music to wile away the afternoon.

Harder and rougher than I would like, but I can hear a few food bands in this album. The Pixies, early Modest Mouse. Just a lot of anger.

I really tried with this album, but for the just part of sounded like someone hitting a keyboard in their bedroom

The album was super mixed. Interesting songs, classic songs, and then some weirdness all mixed in together.

Super interesting to listen to since I didn't know what to expect. Lots of really cool songs here, some of them really raw and dirty.

Ignoring that he's a massive piece of shit for a moment, I still can't get into this music. Listening to him in my youth I enjoyed his tamer songs, but it's too heavy and brash for me.

Why do I feel as if he's specifically trying to fuck me. Having read the background of the album and the concept behind it, it makes sense that the singer is a brilliant mix of seductive yet sleazy. I can't say it's bad. I can't say I enjoyed it either.

I'm annoyed because I've always considered myself proudly not a Beatles fan. Turns out I just hadn't listened to this record before. It absolutely slaps. Some incredible music in here that's so dirty yet polished.

I was big into RHCP back in the day, but mostly due to Californication and By The Way. I never got into this album at the time, but I can appreciate it much more now. Some instant classics and some great surprises. It's a shame Keidis is a piece of shit

One good song, and the rest was just ok

It was ok! I don't think I was in the right place to listen to this really. It was nice background music but it didn't grab me the way I expected.

Listenable, but not memorable

There's no reason for the first song to be 20 minutes long I was a bit disappointed. Rush has a reputation, I feel, and I didn't get it in this album. It was fine, but unimpressive.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would! The prodigy are usually too harsh for my tastes, though this album had a good beat that I fell into quite easily.

There's actually a lot to like about this album. It seems quite fun. I have a bit of a core memory assigned to Mr Blue Sky, so that always going to be a hit with me

So short and sweet. What a charming blast of an album. Solid rhythms, great noise. An excellent running accompaniment. I listened to this twice through. A really good album.

So Sweet Dreams it's an all timer, an earworm classic. I've heard of the legacy of Eurythmics, especially Annie Lennox, but in the end I wasn't very wowed.

A stunning album. Respect is a juggernaut on its own right, but the rest of the album really holds up. I was dancing all through it

I didn't get a good chance to listen to these guys as I wanted to. I'm going to revisit then when I can, as I enjoyed a lot of what I heard

This was good! A lot I enjoyed about it though it wasn't my favourite. I think I'll come back to this one when I want some ambient focus time music.

I can't imagine when I'll ever be in the mood to listen to this album. It's so good, but what an anomaly.

I mean, it's U2. I don't rate them at the best of times, but I didn't hate this album. Aside from the big hitters, this one passed me by.

Goddamn, this album defined the summer of 2009 for me. The opening bars put me right back into my tenement bedroom, sun pouring in the windows, pleasantly hungover. Cannot give this album anything less than 5 stars.

I'm sure I must've listened to this before, but it hit really hard today. Incredible licks, incredible singing, an absolute riot of an album. I listened to it twice through in one sitting.

What an album! Almost every song is a banger, with such emotional, animal emotion. I'll definitely be putting this on for frequent repeats

A pretty eclectic album that feels really of its time and very much not my jam.

Really good licks on this album. Smoke on the water was actually really good despite it being memed to death. I really liked the way the songs passed solos to each instrument. I wouldn't rush to listen to it again, but I enjoyed my time with it.

I didn't hate it as much as I thought I might, but it wasn't really my thing either. I can understand why it's so great and influential. I just didn't enjoy it.

I've got a weird history with Miles Davis. I forced myself to listen to him when I was younger because I thought it was cool, and developed this weird appreciation of the music whilst having a tough time listening. This album is the same. Sometimes there's a good flow and I stink into it, but then some discordant sound brings me out. But, then again, that trumpet can fucking sing. All said, this is a great album.

I don't know if the l this is supposed to be the UK version or the US version. Either way, The Rolling Stones seem to make timeless music. I would've never guessed it was made in the 60s listening to it first time. It was great. Really interesting, groovy music.

This was really nice actually. I got into the rhythm of a good few songs. Not my taste ultimately but I appreciated what it was doing

This is very much not for me. Too angry, too violent, too much of a foreign experience. I enjoyed the parts that were almost like spoken poetry. But it's not an album for me.

A great album. Very angry and discordant. Very Nirvana

I liked this more when I knew what to expect. Going in and thinking it was going to be a 70s pop or rock band (dunno why I assumed that based on the album art) and so when it was jazz I was completely thrown. Giving it a listen throughout the day I came to appreciate it more

I had another Rush album not long ago and I don't rate it highly. It wasn't what I was expecting. This album is more like it, more of the music I was hoping for. It's not great to me, but still good.

Funny name aside, this was pretty good! Some classics that I knew by heart, some new to me. I never knew Frank Sinatra made a song about fucking.

You can't dislike meatloaf. The songs swing between tongue in cheek to genuine heartfelt proclamations. The music isn't quite for me but I love the sincerity of it

I'm a sucker for secret tracks at the end of records. I'm mixed on this album. A lot I enjoyed, some was too harsh. What I liked I liked a lot, but it also grated on me the same way that other mid naughties indie grates on me. There's a sound that's too clean to be really raw but too raw to be enjoyable.

I'm such a fan of Ok, Computer that I find it really hard to reconcile that I just don't like this. There are some nice sounds here and there, some really interesting music, but I've listened to it twice through and I don't get it. Maybe if it was quiet and nighttime and I was settling into the mood I'd feel different. But for now it falls flat.

I can hear some echoes of bands and songs I love, but ultimately this one isn't my jam.

It wasn't bad, but I was honestly bored the whole time. I know he's an icon, but I couldn't keep my attention on this.

Some solid bops here. I put it on during work and it settled me into a complete zone. Not really my thing, but enjoyable nonetheless

I thought I'd like Blur. They seem like the band I would like. BUT, it turns out I don't?

Isn't really my thing. It's exactly what I think about when I think of music from central Africa, and it's very melodic and beautiful at times.. I just don't know when I would realistically listen to this.

Another PJ Harvey album? Oh no, my steak is too juicy, my lobster too buttery. I can't believe I've never explored this artist before. Brilliant album.

The big hits were nice, but the rest of the album slid away from me. Not bad but it didn't grab me.

Is it sacreligious to think that this sounded like Radiohead to me? That's not bad but it's not what I was expecting. Maybe I need to give this a second look when my life is less hectic.

I know he's known for this, but dammit I cannot stand his voice

Not my cup of tea. I understand the bravado and language and style, but it's not for me.

Not quite my thing I reckon

I would enjoy this immeasurably more if the songs were a little bit shorter. It's a good album and I liked what I liked, but the songs were too long.

I'm a fan of their later work, but even then this was a surprise hit for me. Angry and loud, but with an addictive rhythm.

I listened to this about three times today, and mostly because I kept forgetting to listen to it. The music wasn't bad, just completely unmemorable