Kind of weird. In a good way, I think? I liked All the Kings Men, Two Dancers (I), and Empty Nest. The rest was ok.
I liked this. I might like Radiohead more than I think I do? I liked 15 step, bodysnatchers, and arpeggi.
Damn. First time listening to the whole album and it's fucking great. War pigs, paranoid, and iron man are of course the stand out classics but I also liked electric funeral and Jack the stripper.
Nostalgia! I remember loving white winter hymnal, and I don't remember blue ridge mountains but I like it. All the rest kind of blends together for me.
Sorry Marshall, not my thing. There's some good stuff on here but I can't get past his fixation on hurting and killing women. I guess I'm just too easily offended 🤷♀️
Ok. Pretty good. I liked barrytown and monkey in your soul.
Yeahhhhhhhgh. I had only heard Heroes before, the rest of this was moodier than I was expecting but real good.
This album has always been hit or miss for me. It has some absolute classics (synchronicity, every breath you take, king of pain) and some that just don't work for me. But it's still overall a jam
Meh. I liked firesuite and the cedar room, the rest blends together
I hated this. Sorry. Is this what "noise music" is? Some parts of it weren't awful but overall I felt like there was just too much discordant sound.
Phenomenal. Every song is fantastic. Patterns, homeward bound, and flowers never bend were new to me and they were sooo oooo good
Real good. Dreams, go your own way, and the chain are classics and are probably still my favorites, but second hand news and gold dust woman were new to me and were cool too.
Unfortunately, this man speaks to my soul. Fuck him. "Life is hard enough when you belong here" god damn
I apologize Mr. Cohen, I wasn't familiar with your game. I really liked this. Treaty, leaving the table, and traveling light stand out but it's all very good in a melancholy sort of way.
Good stuff! I really liked Punky Reggae Party, So much things to say, guiltiness, and Jamming.
Really enjoyed this. Brief candles especially.
What is there to say that hasn't already been said? This album is fucking phenomenal. It starts out really good but by the end when the songs blend into each other it's next level
Pretty fun. I liked when you were mine and she bop.
This kicked ass more than it should have for me. I think it might be kinda bad? But I loved it. Back to mystery citayyyyyy
Phenomenal. Every song works so well by itself and part of the album. In addition to the iconic two, special shoutout to let's go crazy, computer blue, darling Nikki, and baby I'm a star.
Good stuff but I'm taking off a star because the cover art is so edgy and stupid. Combination of the two, summertime, and oh sweet Mary stand out.
Unexpected but I liked this! The big apple, inner crisis, and Normali stand out but I liked it all.
Fuckin hell yeah this is gooooood shit. Speakerboxxx I think I liked more than the love below but they're both good. Special shout out to Church, Flip Flop Rock, and Reset.
I have a soft spot for the smiths and some of Morrissey's stuff, but I really didn't like this. It's just so whiny. Plus I now have to look at his stupid face whenever I open my Spotify.
The best to ever do it. On this listen, what stood out was benefit of mr. Kite, she's leaving home, and lovely rita. Also, the album cover is phenomenal.
This was pretty good! Great background music. I liked Stoned me, caravan, and into the mystic the best.
This was pretty fun! I liked Velouria and Stormy weather a lot. Everything else kinda bled together.
Not for me. Schizophrenia and hot wire my heart were fine, the rest was hard to listen to at times.
Yeah, alright. Some great drums and guitar in here but the vocals didn't really do it for me in parts. I liked another girl another planet and Peter and the pets.
Pretty interesting but got too repetitive for me. Shoutout to Block Rockin Beats which I knew for some reason.
I liked this! I can see why it's so iconic. I can hear some pink floyd in there.
Really really liked this. I liked how she plays with different genres and sounds while maintaining a cohesive final product. Lost ones, Ex-factor, forgive them father, etc. are fantastic.
Pretty good. Clapton's guitar is by far the best part. Another Man and Ramblin' on my mind stand out.
I really really liked this. He can write a love song that isn't corny. Going to have to dive more into his discography after this
Not bad. I wanna go to the sun and doobie wah were good. It was just a bit too "samey" for my liking.
Fantastic. Her voice is so great. Money won't change you, good to me, and chain of fools stand out.
I really really liked this. Momma almost made me cry at work. There's a lot of emotions in here that I'm gonna have to dig more into his discography to learn more about.
It was fine but too long.
Bro if you wanna be a sex pest that's fine, but keep it to yourself. I liked Common people but the rest was just uncomfortable
Fun and chill and groovy. Kinda slow in parts but remember, talisman, and you make it easy were interesting and cool
So great. Haven't listened to this whole album in a long time. The top half with Once, Even Flow, Alive, and Why Go is fucking peak.
This had ups and downs for me. I liked I should've known and stupid thing. The rest was Meh
Have a hell of a soft spot for Def Leppard and this album in particular. Pour some sugar and Hysteria are stone cold classics but also shoutout to Women, animal, and don't shoot shot gun.
This made me think I like disco more than I think I do. It was kind of mellow but super fun, I would feel safe if a bar was playing this
Really liked this. Perfect blend of political/activist messaging and catchy beats.
Some of these were pretty good but I'm confused why they're so short. Anyhow, Beverly Hills and Live fast die young are fucking jams
I was not prepared for this nostalgia downpour. Electric feel isn't even the best song on this album. Time to pretend, weekend wars, and Kids are so great
Groovy. Stand, sex machine, and I want to take you higher are sooo fun, the first half of the album didn't hit as hard for me
If I had to count the number of times during this experience that an album had a racist skit about going to a Chinese restaurant, it'd be two. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. (Other time in Ice Cream Castle by The Time, to be clear not on the 1001 albums list)
This had some high points (Ms. Lauryn Hill usually involved) and some points where I got pretty bored. Rounding up to 3 stars.
Her voice is so lovely and there were some standout pieces in here (the titular song is really good), but it kinda all blended together. Love you Dolly...
A bit different but this was really lovely. When I get to the border, I want to see the bright lights, and down where the drunkards roll are great.
Have decided Billy Joel is his generation's ed Sheeran. Gets a bad rap because of some horridly overplayed pop ballads but has a little more (not a lot) under the hood than that.
This is I think the first album I saved in full on my Spotify, like a decade ago. It's so groovy and political and sexy and fun. On this listen, Bonita Applebum and El Segundo stood out.
Idk man, I know he's iconic and everything, but this was pretty meh. However I did like Adam raised a Cain and Promised Land, a few other decent songs in there. I can just really feel how good he *thinks* he is at this and it ruins it for me.
Good stuff. Wish it was longer! Some of these covers are kinda out there but I suspect that was the point.
Rounding up to 4 stars. Really liked Bluebird wine, queen of the silver dollar, and Hank and lefty.
Shake yo fascist groove thang 👍
God this was so much fun. Pleasuredome was meh but the covers of War and Born to Run were so high energy, also the unexpected Zoolander callback. Good stuff.
Better than I remember it being. The Weight and Long Black Veil stand out.
Pretty decent stuff in here. His voice is phenomenal! I liked Lilac wine, eternal life, and forget her.
I especially liked this because I recently watched the biopic A Complete Unknown. IM NOT SLEEPY AND THERE IS NO PLACE IM GOING TO
Idk. Not for me. I looked it up and her makeup is absolutely dope though
The helter skelter cover was pretty good
Had no idea the "brown eyed girl" guy went this hard. More investigation needed.
Kinda not my thing, but there was some interesting stuff in here. Devil's haircut is now stuck in my head
You can't TALK TO A MAN when he DON'T WANNA UNDERSTAND
This album is fantastic, both the original songs and the covers are incredible. Special shoutout to I feel the earth move and smackwater jack.
Wasn't at all familiar with Iggy before this. It's got depressed, even-more-drug-addled David Bowie vibes. Taking off a star because Tiny Girls was so uncomfortable
It's the 50s (and early 60s). I liked Lucille. their harmonies are pretty good and some of the songs are pretty catchy.
Absolutely fucking perfect. Still one of my favorite albums of all time. It's slow to start (on purpose obviously) but when you get into us and them, any color, then brain damage into eclipse, fucking chills every single time
Very cute. I liked Blueberry Hill, Honey Chile, and Mardi gras in new Orleans a lot.
Black Sabbath has been the only repeat so far except for the Beatles and I can see why. The guitar on this is fucking phenomenal. Wheels of confusion and every day comes and goes were my favorites.
Interesting and weird and very cool
God the nostalgia. The Louvre, Supercut, Green Light, this was the soundtrack of the late 2010s for me.
Really interesting concept album, I'll have to listen to it a few more times before I feel like I get it, but the drums and guitar are absolutely fantastic.
Too fucking good. "The roach" pushed this over the edge into 5 stars.
Lots of different sounds and genres in here which is interesting. Broken drum was my favorite.
This had ups and downs but the highs were pretty high. The intro (oh what a world, I don't know what it is) and the outro (want, 11:11) are real good
A lot of interesting stuff in here, playing with genres and sounds. CD2 was my favorite, I really liked the lure of Orpheus, easy money, and spell.
The Wikipedia article called his style "sloganistic" vocals which I thought was pretty interesting. Feels pretty modern in a lot of ways. I liked you're not from Brighton, Kalifornia, and Praise you.
Not really my thing/era/genre, but I actually didn't hate this. By the end I felt like it was getting pretty repetitive though. Queer was pretty funny because I initially thought they were using a more modern definition of that word, lol. My favorite was Only happy when it rains.
The first half of this album is so fuckin good, the second half kind of feels "trying to play the hits" to me. More than a feeling, peace of mind, and Long time are great. Rock and Roll Band and Hitch a ride were new to me but they were really good too.
Pretty chill in parts, other parts reminded me a lot of David Bowie. Both pretty cool and definitely piqued my interest, I want to dig more into his discography now for sure.
Would I go to church regularly if Bruce Springsteen was the one giving the sermons? No. Would I go once or twice? Yeah, probably.
I'm sorry ladies, you all seem great, I'm just really not a fan of Christmas music. This wasn't Different enough from what's played in every convenience store in 2025 to be memorable to me :/
Still really really good, just not quite as cohesive as purple rain imo. He reminds me a lot of Michael jackson here.
BIG IRON ON HIS HIIIIIIIIP
the meme song was the only one of these I knew. He's a good songwriter, the Robbins originals (El Paso, big iron, master's call) were the best ones. He's got a great voice and the backup vocals were nice too.
A lot of different genres and sounds in here. I thought most of it was pretty cool, but it got boring at parts. Will have to revisit at some point.
Is the Grateful Dead that generation's Tool?
I liked parts of this so much and parts were.... Very meandering. The Gospel breakdown in Love light pushed it up to 4 stars.
Interesting and unexpected and fun. I liked the first half more, it had more hooky (perhaps, more western) melodies and felt more 'groovy'. The second half felt more traditional, still good, but I don't speak the language and there wasn't as much for me to go off of. Interested in listening to the rest of their stuff.
This was really interesting. Perfect background music for math homework or programming I feel like, because of how complex the melodies are. More investigation into this guy needed.
Pretty alright. Probably won't listen again and it all kinda bled together but it wasn't bad.
Spare me.
You can be depressed, and you can be horny, but if you want my interest you have to be at least a good songwriter or charismatic singer about it. Without either of those things, it just comes off as creepy
Idk was just very meh. Way too repetitive lyrics for my taste and, I guess they were trying to do a 60s beach boys thing? Shrug
This was pretty good. Just got a teeny bit long and samey for me.
It's just so dang much fun. "What's America without green and glamor?"
Can this guy shut the hell up about how sexy he finds young girls? Jesus Christ.
Some of this wasn't terrible. The titular "lust for life" was pretty good, and guitar work was pretty excellent throughout. I'm just not sure I mean with his songwriting too much.
I'm a sucker for a good "created great art despite the circumstances" story, and the wikipedia article absolutely elevated this for me
Not usually my kind of thing, but hell yeah girl. Her voice is nice and some of these are pretty catchy. Judging from the cover alone I would have guessed it was at least a decade earlier than 1967.
Really really liked This is the way and The body breaks. Everything else was meh.
One of the fun things about this challenge is having your horizons broadened, but perhaps even more fun is when your preconceived notions are 100% correct. I knew I liked stadium rock, saw this cover and said "this looks fucking awesome". And it was fucking awesome.
Would give anything to see this live.
Wow. Bold move by the creators of this list to put an entire 3.25 hour box set on here. She's got an otherworldly voice, however, and she made it worthwhile. Who the hell is Nelson Riddle?
Pretty mellow and trippy, but most of it didn't really grab me as much as I was expecting. If this entire thing was more like "Shadows and light" I'd probably love it.
It was alright. Nothing particularly memorable except for the keyboard breakdown during "uncertain smile". The album cover fucking rules though
A review on the Wikipedia article called this "meandering" and... Yeah. That's about right. Between the wailing vocals, the minimalist backing track, and the... Fanciful... songwriting, idk. Just isn't for me. Also this woman is Gavin Newsom's second cousin lol
The album that inspired basically all modern pop punk. His voice and songwriting/storytelling is fantastic, but those drums really take it to the next level. Perfectly encapsulates the feeling of being young and depressed
Idk. Sad boi music. For sad boi music, it isn't terrible.
Very cool and groovy and unexpected. I love the genre name "plunderphonics". It's like if daft punk made lo fi music, kind of? Really enjoyed it.
Great voice and vibe. I really liked the titular In the wee small hours, I'll be around, and this love of mine. Everything else was a lil slow for my taste.
Was just fine. Sounded a lot like the Beatles in parts. Also, naming your album after a cover you did of an iconic bob dylan song is .. a choice. Wasn't bad though.
I mean, fuck. This album is an entire journey. The guitar is of course iconic but the vocals, drums, and everything else is next level.
I liked this overall. Just wasn't quite as fun as I was expecting, only knowing Boogie wonderland and September. Really liked the Gospel breakdown in All about love.
I love me some REM, but this was a bit too slow and scattered for my tastes. You can really tell that this is their debut work, it hadn't quite "clicked" yet. It's still ok though!
This was pretty great. Some great guitar bits and vocal moments. Not that familiar with thrash metal and I might need to expand my repertoire some.
Feels like I'm at a karaoke bar somewhere in Alabama. These were all very sing-along-able. Not bad
Many have tried to imitate it, but his songwriting is really something special. It's not a "journey" in a traditional sense, more of a series of disconnected moments, but you're along for the ride all the same. Like a rolling stone is iconic but I also love Ballad of a Thin Man and Desolation Row.
I mean, whatever. This all kinda sounded the same and it wasn't my favorite but it wasn't, like, bad. Da blitzkrieg bop
Is this "boom-bap"? If so I like it. Got a teeny bit repetitive in parts for me, but that's the point obviously. I also really like the album cover. Hope there's more like this.
Really interesting early-grunge, mid-sludge-rock stuff. I love the album cover too. Didn't love every song but those guitar solos were enough to make up for it.
I was only familiar with a few of these beforehand, but it's all so fucking good. A lot of different styles while staying cohesive and catchy as fuck. Definitely a moment in time
One of the things that makes Lamar so fucking great is how he can mix catchy, political, thoughtful, and brutally emotional in one piece of work. I really love this album.
Sorry John. This was just so.... Blah. Imagine is a great song but the rest of it was somewhere between boring and embarrassing.
Country really isn't my absolute favorite thing, but the songwriting and melodies on this were all unique and memorable, and I enjoyed it. Felt like I was sitting at a campfire listening to these guys play.
Some great guitar in here, and some of the songs are pretty catchy. I feel like I got taken to some skeezy bar to watch these people play, and I was sketched out at first, but then I got into it.
He's just such an artist. Some of his solo work is a bit strange, but this hits all the right notes of catchy, interesting, fun, and meaningful. My heaven will be a big heaven, and I will walk through the front door!
Got a teeny bit samey at times, but overall pretty fun. I suppose some of this energy branched out into what is now pop punk and some of it into what is now ska? Also I'm sorry but he sounds so much like Weird Al Yankovic it really threw me
It just sounds a lot like bob dylan, unfortunately. It isn't bad! But his later stuff sounds much more unique.
Fucking incredible. Sandman, sad but true, nothing else matters, what is there to even say about a run that iconic? Drums, guitar, vocals, bass, it's all so good.
According to Wikipedia this album was used in a lot of soundtracks and advertisements, and I can kind of feel that. It isn't bad, but it all kind of sounds the same, and has that very distinct aesthetic that makes you feel like you're playing legend of Zelda after a while.
Absolutely gorgeous album cover. Some of the instrumentals were great, but the lyrics were often too weird and beatles-esque for me. Not bad though and will probably be listening again at some point.
She just sounds like she's having so much fun. Really nice piano, backing band, it's all so good
So so so good. Respect is phenomenal but also Dr. Feelgood, do right woman do right man, and the title song are so emotional, soulful, and evocative. I also love her cover of A change is gonna come.
Very dreamlike. One of the things I like about this challenge is hearing music that could have come out in the last decade, and most of this could have easily been top 40 in 2017. Indie roots run deep I guess. Will have to investigate this artist more because I'd never heard of him.
I'm such a big fan of that warm, full guitar sound. Kinda got into boom-bap later which was also cool. However, I couldn't get over the vocals, unfortunately. The League-uh of bald headed men-uh. Made my skin crawl after a while
Doesn't exist on Spotify or Deezer, less than 10k views on Youtube, and somehow one of my favorite finds from this project. This guy's voice is like Morrissey on a good day, the guitar solos are great, and the different genres in here make it so fun to listen to.
Was not at all familiar with him before this. It's got a lot of that psychedelic sound, the violins made me think of Kansas. Interesting stuff.
Iconic. Sounds very modern, aged really well. Liked this album a lot in high school. It just doesn't hit at hard anymore for some reason.
Fun shit. I'm sure it was absolutely transformative at the time. His voice and energy are infectious even to this day. Special shoutout to tutti frutti, slippin and slidin, and rip it up.
Had Little Richard the day before this, not sure if the algorithm planned that or if it was coincidence but either way it's funny.
He's a piece of music history, but it's just all the same note for me. Blue suede shoes is a great song but that's about it.
His early years. He's got it, but it's early and needs germinating before the Purple Rain era. It's not bad though, I like lady taxi driver and little red corvette.
Pure storytelling, emotion, and love despite everything for his city and community. He's an artist through and through.
Soooo groovy. Sir duke, I wish, pasttime paradise, and isn't she lovely is an absolute generational run.
Is there any other option but 5? The vocals, the guitar, the storytelling, everything about the ride of this album is incredible. Dazed and confused and Communication breakdown are songs I sing to myself weekly.
For every banger on here, there's one that I just don't connect with. She's an icon though and I love her style.
Some great moments in here, but it all kinda sounds the same, unfortunately. The guitar is dope though. I only really know smoke on the water so I wanna dig into their discography a little bit more.
What stands out here more than anything is the songwriting. Each song is its own, but there's a mournful throughline that is very compelling. Special shoutout to Old dixie down, whispering pines, and rockin chair.
Sounds a lot like the Beatles. British invasion I suppose. Pretty good, will have to do some more investigating into their discography
It's a classic, was probably revolutionary at the time, but it sounds really dated, unfortunately. Doesn't even have Surfin USA on it.
It's interesting to hear the throughlines in here between 90s grunge and 00s folk/punk/pop. Florence and the Machine energy. It's good! Probably fun live.
Smashing pumpkins meets the Beatles, I guess? Not bad, has that warm, full stadium sound. Just a bit too out there for me.
Broke my skull wide open when I was in high school. I love his voice, his emotion, the flow and the message behind every song. I often criticize albums for all sounding the same, but I think there's also something to keeping the energy up through the whole thing. FUCK YOU I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
Roundabout is a fantastic song. The brahm's symphony excerpt was unexpected. I just kinda.... Don't think I get it? But of course that's the point lol
Was kinda ready to not like this cus the album cover is so minimalist (read:boring), but I actually really liked it. Had some atmospheric energy, I heard lo fi hip hop beats to study to, Coldplay, and phil collins in there somewhere. Interesting stuff.
Oh man, The man toured with Woody Guthrie and you can absolutely hear it. I can hear the throughline to Johnny Cash as well (love the name East Texas Talkin' Blues). So simple but so emotional and classic, I really liked this.
It's hard for music like this to reconcile how the subject matter is so explicitly political but the sound is something that I as an American think of as so relaxing/"chill". It's probably a bigoted simplification of the genre? I liked this though, and I love the album cover.
What can I say? I'm a sucker for that psychedelic-ass mid-70s stadium rock sound.
