1001 Albums Summary

I always forget how good this album is when I listen to it, and I always wonder why it takes me so long to go back to it. I've only listened to this album all the way through like 3 times, and it's a banger.

Absolute masterpiece of an album. There's only a few fleeting moments in a song here or there I don't like, and it's so minute it takes nothing away from the album's excellence. "I'm In Love With My Car" is kinda dorky in terms of subject matter, but who cares the music is still pretty dope. Timeless classic of an album.

I wasn't really interested in listening to this album, and it was a pleasant surprise. Very catchy and hooky pop rock and a solid album all the way through. I don't know if I'll regularly seek it out, but an enjoyable listen.

It's a nice album, very interesting singing style Nina has. Definitely not my style, and I don't see myself ever listening to this album again, but it was well done and soulful.

I mean... I don't need this album recommended to me :) I've listened to this thing 5 billion times already. I know it's a five star album.

This one was yet another pleasant surprise. I wasn't expecting much from this one or for it to be for me, and was surprised by how much I liked it. A very wacky, very fun listen.

Not my bag. Maybe it's just not what I'm looking for right now in my life, it was just a bit too hokey-folky for me right now.

Yeah, I’ve tried and tired and Gorillaz just aren’t for me. A couple decent songs though, liked it more than I thought I would. 3.5 stars.

Listened to this a few times already, a 5 star album for sure. Aside from that one darn filler tracker, Mother, it's a perfect album.

Another one I had never listened to before and a very pleasant surprise. Never had really listened to Elton John and was surprised he could rock this much. Excellent classic rock album!

Kind of disappointed in this recommendation, honestly. I haven't heard much REM outside of their singles and have always been somewhat interested in doing a deep-dive into them, and even I know this album isn't considered anywhere near their best releases. And after listening to it, it's pretty bland. Maybe I won't like the rest of their albums either but this was pretty ehh.

Another great choice, and an album I'd been meaning to get to, since I've always liked Ice Cube and West Coast gangsta rap, despite never really hearing much of his solo albums. I want to check out some of the albums right after this one, as I think they get more of the harder edge and less of the late 80's/beginning 90's slight cheesiness to hip hop.

Another one I hadn't check out before, heard of the band, and I'm glad I did. Very nice listen. I think I really like the beginning more and then it seemed to blend together a bit in a droney way but it might be one I have to go back and listen to more, which I definitely will.

Another very pleasant surprise that I'm happy I gave a go. I always wanted to explore Elliott Smith's music more and I'm glad this was the one, great album!

I've listened to a bunch of Neil Young and never heard this album. Kinda surprised this one's in here rather than Harvest or one of his all-timers. But then again, at least it got me to check it out, because it's real solid. Not his best, and there's no real classic track on here, but it's a solid all-the-way-through album, which I like. Vampire Blues was kinda lousy though.

Not bad album, glad I heard it. Almost like a sound of the poppier side of The Clash meets jazz/big band style. I don't know if I'll be going back to it a ton but an entertaining listen.

Did NOT expect this one! Pretty impressed that this list is covering everything. A little cheese in the recipe but I get why this one is influential.

Not a bad album, glad I listened to this one. I might actually like this one more than Pet Sounds, which I've never really loved all the way through.

Very familiar with this album and listened to it a bunch, happy to dive into it again. I'd probably go with 3.5 stars for this album. I think this album is best as background noise when you're doing something like working, or probably dancing at a party or something. It's good stuff, but a lot of the songs are kind of long without much reason as they get a little repetitive since there's not too much changing up in the song. But still, good album!

Glad to get this one! Love Nick Drake, but only listened to his Pink Moon album and have meant to get to this one. I think I still like Pink Moon more than this but I'll definitely want to go back to this one more to see how I feel about it over time.

Glad I heard a little something new and different. Was actually a little more jammy than I expected, which was a pleasant surprise. I'm just not really a "soul" man, so I don't see myself returning to this album.

Umm. Not bad. Glad I heard it, I like his vocal style, sounds a bit like a more easy listening Radiohead. But all the songs seem a bit samey here with not much standing out. Also seems like this isn't his notably best album, so this is another one why I'm not sure this is the one featured on this generator?

An absolute classic and a banger from top to bottom. Easy 5 star album.

Not usually my go-to listening style, but a very solid pop album. I can see why she hit so strongly when she first started making it around.

Ehh. I've never listened to much ska and albums like this are making me realize it's probably just not my thing. Good vibes in the music and it's certainly not bad but I don't think I'll be regularly returning to this one. 3.5 stars.

Ummm. Decent music here, I like the chill western/cowboy vibe but this dude cannot sing at all. Really takes the songs down a peg. Maybe it's something you'd get used to over time but for the first listen the singing is really not hitting well.

Really back and forth between a 3 and a 4 for this one. It had its moments and I liked how it ended but a lot of the songs in the bulk of the album felt pretty drifty without much variety. I think this one could grow on me though.

Know this album VERY well, listened to it a billion times. Definitely still fun, but it's filled with a lot of dated pop culture references to stuff that isn't relevant anymore which kind of dates it a little. Still a fun listen years later though, 4.5 stars.

Not bad at all. Solid blues, which is what I expected.

Well this one was a pleasant surprise. This album's awesome! Only listened to a bit of White Stripes before and definitely not his solo work and discovered an excellent album here.

Okay, this one I think was just a straight-up miss for me. And it wasn't even like it wasn't potentially my thing or my style or whatever, I thought the sound had potential I just didn't like what they were doing with the songs. Didn't enjoy this one.

Haha this one took me by surprise. Was not exactly looking forward to this one but it turned into a very pleasant listen.

Ahh, jazz. Fun listen as good jazz often can be. What often ALSO can be with jazz, is a lot of it comes off as noodley and wanky, which this kind of gets at times. Not a big emphasis on hooks or refrains or anything. But that's jazz. I also say that as someone who doesn't listen to a ton of jazz, and probably like "mainstream" jazz, whatever that is.

I just don't think I'm in the place to enjoy this right now. This might be a "me" thing. Couldn't really make it through it.

Banger of an album. Pretty sure I've heard this album before, but good to get into it again, since pretty much all ZZ Top's hits are on this one. A little front loaded, since all the big songs are in the first half, but the second half songs certainly aren't filler. Great stuff.

It was a good listen. Surprisingly I wasn't as over the moon with it as I was expecting, considering this is considered one of the sacred texts for classic rocks albums.

Eh. I always had a feeling this album wouldn't be for me despite its acclaim and this listen confirms it. I know how celebrated this album is, I remember it being huge back in the day. I'm just really not into the more r&b influenced side of hip-hop.

Glad I finally took a listen to Amy Winehouse. Another former blind spot. I get it; she has a very smooth jazz, r&b-colored sound that is pretty distinct. I have a feeling I might be returning to this one.

Ehh. I respect it, as hip hop with a message and something to say. Early era hip-hop is just really tough for me to get into, there's something a little corny about it until it really matured, soon after this in the early 90's.

Ehh. I felt the album started out quite strong, but the second half was mostly just instrumentals that all felt a bit plodding and middling, in my opinion. I might need more time to rediscover this one.

This might not be totally my style, or one I go back to time and time again, but I have to give this album credit: this was a perfectly crafted album in terms of songwriting and an extremely enjoyable listen.

I thought I might be on David Bowie overload after getting Low so recently before this and being kind of "okay" on that one. Nope! Really liked this one a lot. Straight up classic rock. A 4.5

Wow! Best surprise discovery of this random journey so far. Had no idea who this band was and went into this having no idea what to expect. Loved this album! Went from very Elton-John esque classic rock to funk and a whole bunch of different flavors. After I finished listening I went right back in and went through it again; listened to it 3 times now. More like this one please!

Yeah. I know this album quite well. Listened to it a bunch a few years back trying to get into it, because I like funk. Honestly, it's an album I want to like more than I do. It just doesn't really do it for me. For a funk album, it's just not... punchy enough for me. It kinda sounds like the easy listening version of funk, for me. I respect it, it's just never really been my style of funk.

Yup, this album was definitely made in 1984. It's weird how the year 1984 can have such a distinct sound. This sounds like both The Police and Sting's solo work put together. Tinseltown in the Rain is already seeming like it can be a favorite song of mine. Definitely want to check out their other album Hats, as it looks like that one is more popular than this one.

Really big Pink Floyd fan, but I'd never listened to this one. Always kept it with Floyd's "classic" albums and had meant to get to this. REALLY liked this one! I totally get now why the band was shook after Syd Barrett left, even though most liked their later output. Syd definitely had something here too. Early Floyd was clearly worth listening to, will check out their other early albums for sure. 4.5 stars!

Ahh yes. I know this album very well. Really great album, although I think I still prefer the first one a bit more for being more guitar focused. There was a time when this band seemed like their heir apparent to Radiohead, and they're far from it now. Wish they had continued more in this direction rather than going full commercial pop, but oh well. This is still a great album.

Really enjoyed this one a lot! Another album/band I'd never heard before. Has almost a Beach Boys meets country rock kinda vibe. Good listen!

Pretty decent. Wasn't sure what I was expecting but this was a solid listen. Kinda had some Pixies vibes to it, with some Cure and some 90's grunge. This seems like the album a hipster would listen to who's so contrarian they think the Pixies are "too popular" for their tastes. Not a knock on the album, just a knock on contrarians. I think I'll listen to this one again some time soon.

Not too bad, despite the weird cover. Pretty solid, old-school punk. A pretty fun listen. Hadn't heard this one before as well.

Decent. I've liked White Stripes' stuff, and I REALLY liked Jack White's solo album that I got introduced to here, but this album never really did so much for me. I like their following album Elephant quite a bit more than this one.

Decent. 3.5 stars. I'm usually pretty picky with punk I guess, classic punk even more so. But I thought this was pretty good. Some standout tracks that definitely had my head moving, like the last song.

Yeah... nah. This ain't it for me. The music is already wacky enough (and not the kind of wacky I like) that's it's already not my thing. And then being in a different language just takes me out of it. I have a really hard time enjoying listening to music I can't understand already, and that's if I like the music I'm listening to. This is a miss for me.

Damn, whoever's responsible for this list really, REALLY likes David Bowie. I haven't had a single other repeat artist yet and this is my FOURTH David Bowie album. Oh well, doesn't hurt given that I liked this one a lot. Aside from a very, very specific weird nitpick of mine in that I always want track 7 to be one of the better songs on the album, and in this case it's one of the worst. Oh well. Still a great listen! Have a feeling the entire rest of David Bowie's catalogue is coming my way, one way or another...

Aww man. Dang it! I really thought I had found my next 5 star album. I just wrapped listening to the last two songs before writing this, and while they were fine, I didn't love them as much as the rest of the album before it. And considering there's only 8 tracks, that has to just SLIGHTLY bring this down to 4.5 stars. Still, REALLY enjoyed this listen, had only heard of New Order from the Blue Monday song, and they have some good stuff! Kind of sounds like The Cure meets a happier version of early Nine Inch Nails.

Ehhh. Nah, can't do this one. I mentioned before, but I just have a really hard time connecting with music where I can't understand the lyrics. That's a me thing, but it's just how it is. But even that aside, I didn't find the music particularly mind-blowing, pretty basic blue-ish progressions with a pretty minimal sound. Oh well. Not for me.

Really liked this one. Had a somewhat vague knowledge of Suzanne's stuff but this was a nice pleasant listen!

Terrific album. Love Bob Marley and listened to him all the time, although I don't think ever to this one all the way through. Excellent!

Nice enjoyable listen. I'm sure I've heard a bunch of her hits before but never really did a deep dive. I see she has some more beloved albums that I'm sure I'll be discovering soon too. Very nice. 4.5 stars.

Nice listen. Really loved the first track with the soulful intro and the long melodic Hendrix-styled solo, and enjoyed a good chunk of the rest of the tracks. Surprisingly for "Funkadelic" it didn't sound all that funky to me, or at least my white ass impression of what funk is. Still, an enjoyable listen. 3.5 stars.

Not bad. Interesting sound, although I doubt it's an album I'm going to return to. This kind of hits me as movie soundtrack music, stuff that would play well for a lot of movies. Like I could see this working well in a lower key scene in a James Bond movie, or a Quentin Tarantino movie or something like that. 2.5 stars.

I know this album quite well. An early 00's retro punk-funk-dance classic. Was a really fun breath of fresh air when they first came around. 5 star album, very awesome!

Yeah... no. Absolutely not. This ain't it. This just doesn't work for me in all ways. On top of having problems connected with vocals in a different language, the vocals in this are TERRIBLE. The music sounds like the first idea that popped in their head without actually working on it. I was going to give this 1 star, but it's clear these guys pioneered a new sound that very obviously lead to NiN and other artists taking it over and actually making good ideas with it. So I'll add a star for that. But does the first guy who figured out adding garlic to food remembered as a great chef if the food he made still sucked?

It's interesting, I feel like this album is usually the overlooked middle child of Jimi's catalogue and Are You Experienced and Electric Ladyland get more of the attention. Which is a shame, because this album is really darn good. The more I listen to it, I think it could be almost as good as AYE and even better than Electric Ladyland. Solid all the way through. Fantastic album!

Wasn't sure about this one as it took a while for the style of the sound to really gel with me. But when it did, I found a very pleasant listen in an album I enjoyed quite a bit. A nice soothing sound. I'm sure I'll check out their others, too.

FINALLY! Some hip hop enters the mix! I was starting to think whoever crafted this list just didn't like hip hop. About time, AND it's a banger. Yep, listened to this one countless times, and it's a certified classic. Easy 5 stars.

Yeah, nah. I get how this was an important album for metal and where metal was going at the time, but I didn't LIKE where metal ended up going at this time! I hadn't tried this album but knew it was important to the culture, and now after giving it a shot... it's just not for me.

I enjoyed it for what it is, and if I'm being honest I think I actually liked this more than I expected to going into it. But at the end of the day this is just not not my kinda music. R&B just really doesn't resonate with me at all, even though I find this a lot livelier than I was expecting. So for someone who IS into R&B, I would think you'd definitely dig this.

My first Frank Zappa experience. Enjoyed it, having no idea what it would ultimately sound like. Definitely a jammy progressive rock sound to it, which is my vibe. I'd rate it higher, but the last two songs were just too fappy loco for my tastes. 4 stars.

Actually a pretty pleasant listen. I went into this thinking this would be country or old folk that just wouldn't gel with me but it was a nice pop-soul blend that while it's not my style, I can appreciate.

I can appreciate it. Definitely not my style, although the high energy dance tracks even if they sound VERY "of the time" were pretty fun. 3.5 stars.

Yeah. I know this album well. I know it's one of Jay Z's favorites. Honestly, it's never been my go-to though. If we're talking Jay Z's "must hear before you die" albums, it's Reasonable Doubt, all the way. Which better be on this list! The Black Album too. For this one, it's good. But not my fav. Little too glitzy and glamorous side of hip hop for me. 3.5 stars.

Hmmm, it's fine. I like the style, and wanted to hear more music like this, but most of it didn't really grab me. The big band meets jazz vibe is cool, but to my tastes a lot of it felt pretty plodding without much hooks or identity to the songs. Just my own taste.

Really good, and see why this album essentially made her huge. Not really my style in that I'll be going back all the time, but still it's easy to see why this was a hit modern pop album.

Knew this would be an enjoyable listen. Also knew it wouldn't truly blow my mind, in that Nirvana has never been THAT band for me in the same way they were for everyone else. Still, a solid live unplugged album.

Yeah. Solid. I'm not a super huge listener of Van Morrison, even though I respect him and this is a good listen. Moondance is definitely his big one though, and it's the one I'd probably go back to, if I were going to listen to him. I'm sure it's in this list somewhere and haven't gotten to it yet. I'd probably 3.5/4 stars for this one.

Weird lol But the good kind of weird, the kind of weird I expected it to be. Fiona's an interesting artist, has some of that Kate Bush quirky style to her music and she seems to like being different. Very interesting listen. I have a feeling despite being 3 stars I'll be going back to this one and this album could grow on me.

Holy crap. This was great! Took me totally by surprise, I wasn't expecting this to be this good. Didn't know much about PJ Harvey aside from the name, but this is a GREAT rock album, really solid all the way through. I'll be returning to this one for sure!

3.5 stars. Pretty decent. Kind of a funky Doobie Brothers sound. Which makes sense since they covered a Doobie Brothers song on here. Good listen.

For a long time, this was my favorite Radiohead album, until it was finally usurped by In Rainbows. Still, this album is SO. DAMN. GOOD. I think I still might like it more than Ok Computer. And an easy 5 star album.

It's fine. Not my style of music.

Pretty solid! Went into this one pretty ambivalent but it's a real good funk album. Only one track I didn't really like but otherwise a good listen.

Really liked this a lot! I don't know if I had ever heard this album all the way through before, but I liked it more as the the day went. It had a little early-NiN industrial vibe going on with it as well. Really great songs all the way through.

Yeah, I don't get it. Surprised that this one just doesn't overall really do it for me. I like Beck, I like a good amount of his stuff, and I don't love this album. Oh well. Hopefully Guero's on this too. Still can't say it's a "bad" album, I get it, it just never geled with me like his other stuff.

Back in the Van. Definitely more my preferred Van Morrison than Astral Weeks. A deserved classic. Something about Van Morrison makes me not always want to return to him, but it's an undeniable great album.

Really liked this. First few songs took a bit to gel with me but I thought this was a great listen. Had never really heard any McCartney solo work either before this, so that was great!

Ehh. The Beth Hirsch songs were nice because of the vocals but the rest of the album was pretty droning with robotic vocals that didn't do much for me. Seems like Daft Punk without the funky/catchy hooks and sampling.

'sfine. Honestly this album really feels like the attention was on the first four songs, and the rest are more of the plodding 'okay' blues numbers that The Rolling Stones do. I respect The Rolling Stones a lot but I'm not a superfan. Decent enough album though.

Are you kidding me with this lol I guess the music is pleasant enough (I guess) but I just can't take this guy's "vocals" seriously. The whole talk-singing thing is probably never going to work for me, but I guess some people appreciate it. NOT for me at all.

Decent enough. The thing is I've never really been into Jane's Addiction and never went all the way into an album and this didn't really change my mind. I just really don't like Perry Farrell's vocals. I've tried enough times and I think this confirmed they're just not for me.

Oh yeah, know this one is great! Been getting more and more into Black Sabbath lately, and damn they were legends for a reason. This is an awesome album and basically started it all for metal, but their following albums were even better imo.

This was a nice surprise! Pretty fun album to listen to that seemed pretty under the radar. It had a pretty cool Sega Genesis soundchip-styled sound to the music that I really dug. 3.5 stars.

Wow! This one was a terrific surprise. Hadn't really heard much of these guys before and really loved this album! Had a very nice Pink Floyd-meets-Elton John vibe to the sound. Really a great listen. One of my favorite unheard albums in this generator so far!

I go back and forth on how I feel about Prince, and by that I go back and forth on how I feel about this album. At moments I really like it, and really enjoy the more funky side of Prince, and at moments I'm like "ehh, this ain't for me." But the majority of it is hitting for me. I'm going back and forth between a 3 and a 4. So I'll go with 3 for this as it's probably a 3.5.

Really good. I haven't listened to much solo work from The Beatles and I wouldn't be surprised if people consider this the best one. I just have the same problem I have with all double albums, which is that I always think even the best double albums more often than not could be trimmed down to one INCREDIBLE single album. Might be more about my attention span than anything else, but this is for sure one of the better double albums out there. 4.5 stars.

Pretty good. Hadn't heard much of them before despite knowing the name Sonic Youth very well. Album was decent, had kind of a Pixies vibe to their sound, just didn't enjoy every song on here and it went back and forth on how I felt about it.

What's this, a MODERN (ish) hip hop album showing up in this generator?! Or at least closest thing to modern I've seen so far, haha. Maybe they're all tucked away later, but there's a REAL disregard for modern hip hop I've seen in this generator so far, and I'm hoping that changes, especially for modern day classics like Good Kid MAAD City. To Pimp a Butterfly better be here!!

You know, I was quite sure I was gonna give this a quick 3 or 4 stars and be done with it. Mostly because Dylan's voice usually doesn't really do it for me, but I wound up enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would; even his vocals. It's definitely a classic for a reason.

Alright so this was a pleasant enough listen but holy frijoles: EVERY. SONG. SOUNDS. THE SAME! Like I get that's part of the style but my god could there be a LITTLE variety here?! I know for a lot of people that's part of the comfort of the genre but when every song starts up and I know I can already sing along to the melody and rhythm of a song I've never even heard before it gets a little repetitive.

Enjoyable listen. Like I expected, not quite as good as the Beatles (what is) but good all around songs.

Hahaha. Yeah I know this one just a little bit.

Wow, another pleasant surprise! I had never heard of this band or album before and ended up loving this one. Kind of a blend of Franz Ferdinand with the Clash and some trippy elements, like the weirder side of Queens of the Stone Age. Really enjoyed this one.

Mixed on this one. I didn't vibe with it at first, but as it went on the more I listened the more I kinda "got it." Still not totally sure how I feel about it overall though.

Pretty enjoyable listen. Some just okay tracks at the end, but a good album.

Soooo this band clearly likes Prince. Definitely seemed right in his style. Should they be called Prince-lite? Duke, maybe?? Ahh I crack myself up. Still, a pretty good listen overall. Nice surprise too, had never heard of them before and this is catchy 80's funk that I think would've been more popular. Good listen!

Nah. Just not my sound, at all. It's stripper music. Not meant as an insult; there's some certified bangers that would also be stripper music, but not this for me. Nah.

Yeah. It's pretty good. I wasn't too excited about this one because I just don't like the song Imagine. It's just a bit too preachy, plodding hokiness to me, but there's some decent tunes on here.

Yeah. I know this album. It's pretty good. I've always been one of those "Nirvana is a little overrated" guys, so while I've heard their stuff a bunch, they'll never be my favorite band. This is solid enough.

Good listen. I was wavering on "ehh" territory as this felt like an Oasis/early Radiohead brit-rock B-sides album, but still some solid songs. And it reminded me that that song "Lucky Man" that awesome 'the night is winding down' song is from this album!

Yeah, nah. The music wasn't unpleasant, chill blues, but I have a real hard time connecting with music in foreign language so I don't get any of the lyrics. It's a 'me' thing, but even without that, the blues wasn't all that memorable from the riffs or the licks and the vocals weren't so good that I could still connect overall.

Actually a pleasant listen. I dug the music side, which was kind of a jazzy-big band combo, and even the vocals were good. I think a lot of that was due to a good amount of the vocals being in English, so I was still engaged. But anyways, a pleasant surprise!

I know this one quite well. I've always had a bit of a thing with double albums; the vast, vast majority of them can usually be shaved down to one incredible album. In most cases, there's a decent amount of filler on even the best ones. It wouldn't really be practical to do in the case of this one, since there's a story to be told, but even with The Wall I find myself enjoying side one MUCH more than side two.

Pretty good. Elvis is a decent enough listen.

Really really awesome. Glad I could finally check this one out. I'll be listening to this again quite a bit.

It's fine. Nice pleasant enough listen. Don't know if I'll regularly be returning to it but I didn't dislike it.

4.5 stars. Great album, love it and love the Doors. Been too long since I've gone back through their catalogue and forgot how much I dig it.

This one took me on quite a journey. At first, I really wasn't vibing with it; it sounded like the really old-school hip-hop that sounds too dated to my ears, the whole 'I'm MC and I'm here to say!' kinda thing. And then I got to Mr. Wendal. LOVED that song. An old-school classic for me already. And then I started to like the latter half of the album. It almost sounded like you could hear hip-hop evolving in real time with this album. The roots of that old-school dance-y sound beginning to evolve into what hip-hop would quickly become in the next year or so.

Ehh. Not my bag.

Well this one was a disappointment. I'd been looking forward to listening to this, having heard that Tangerine Dream basically makes Mass Effect-style spaced out prog music. I guess they do, the problem is these songs DON'T. GO. ANYWHERE. Every song is like one of those ambient, atmospheric opening moments of a Pink Floyd/Yes-styled prog anthem... but the difference is those songs GO places, they don't just stretch that ambient intro out to a 15 minute song! This album does, and it was pretty disappointing.

Albums don't get much more 5 star than this. This is a debut album that plays more like a greatest hits album. Every song a banger from start to finish.

Yep. Terrific British rock album. Somehow still not quite as good What's the Story but still excellent overall.

An album I know very well. Love it. Love The Doors, no one else sounds quite like them. Even though it feels like their popularity has faded in recent times unlike a lot of other classic rock bands, this album rules. 5 stars easy.

The Mortal Kombat guys! This was a pretty decent listen, solid "while you work" techno music, and the song from the MK soundtrack took me back.

Oh yeah, an easy 5 star. I know this album well. I have more nostalgia for Melon Collie, but this is probably the better album.

Heck yeah. I'd only just recently been getting really into Sabbath and becoming aware of how dope they were. Most notably, their entire Ozzy run. Another 5 star.

Decent. I go back and forth on whether I like jazz or not, or I just like the idea of jazz rather than the execution. A lot of high level jazz can usually feel spastic to me and sometimes stresses me out. I always appreciate it though.

Yeah, no. This ain't doing it for me. I'm pretty sure this is just the backing music to a play? Without any of the lines or singing or actual content of the play...? And the music isn't really all that much to write home about. Y'know, for a "1001 albums you must listen to before you die" this seems like a seat filler selection.

Y'know, I wasn't really too energized going into this one, and I came out of it pleasantly surprised. Maybe this honky likes honky tonk? The last song especially hit me, but overall a pleasant listen.

Hah. There's probably no album I have more nostalgia for than this one. It made such an impression on my childhood, and for a time, Smashing Pumpkins was my favorite band (despite my access to this album being a ripped version on cassette that didn't have all the songs). With time, I can say that Siamese Dream is their better complete album. But still, this album goes all over the place in the best way. And while it does have a lot of the typical album bloat that I feel most double albums have, there is a TON of their best moments here. But the second disk in particular is not quite as strong, and some of the latter tracks feel more like B-sides that were kept on to make it a double album... which is, again, how I feel about most double albums. But still, I'll always love this album.

Oh yeah. An easy five star. Filled with a lot of songs that, if they had been written by the Beatles, would STILL be considered some of their best songs. Only minor nitpick is those two Swamp Song tracks seem to be pointless filler, but it doesn't take anything away from this album.

Pretty good. I like the guitar tone. You can see how bands like this forged the 80's sound, because if you were to ask me, I would've totally thought this album came out in the 80's, even though it (just barely, '79) came out in the 70's.

Very fantastic prog rock classic. Heard it for the first time just recently, and while I can't decide between a 4 and a 5, it's definitely a terrific album that makes me want to dig further into Genesis's catalogue.

Really pleasantly surprised by this one! Really liked the vibe, and this chick's vocals really worked for me, despite not really liking British rap. Definitely enjoyed this one.

Really really liked this one, and hadn't heard it or much of ELO before. Really like their sound; it's like a combination of the Beatles/Yes/Bowie/Elton John/Boston and a bunch of other great artists blended together. Going between a 4 and 5 stars on this one, and very likely could wind up a 5 star after more listens, much I'll definitely be doing for this one.

Eh. It was fine. Not bad music or anything like that, but all the songs were pretty low-energy filler songs, with the one exception being Atlantic City.

Really didn't enjoy this one. Something about the dissonant droning of the vocals just really didn't appeal to me.

Not sure how I feel about this one. It was fine, I suppose? Nothing really all that memorable for me, but nothing terrible.

Another really good Elliott Smith album. I don't think I liked this one quite as much as Either/Or (but then again that's probably his best album) but still certainly a nice listen.

Yep, definitely a classic and easy 5 star. If anything I don't listen to this album that much these days just because I've listened to it so much before and the songs were EVERYWHERE. But certainly not a fault of the album.

Yeah, an... interesting listen. Some of these songs were WEIRD, dude. Not "bad" weird, but definitely weird. Moribund The Burgermeister sounds as weird as its name. And with all of the different sounds on this album, Solsbury Hill really sticks out like a sore thumb. Peter Gabriel definitely likes to go for sonic experiments, that's for sure.

Umm. Yeah, I thought this one started out interesting enough, some eclectic rock with some funk elements. And as it went on I started liking it less and less, until by the end I was practically hating it. The vocals, man, were just truly painful to get through. Going with 2 stars because I thought the first few songs had promise, but I could easily see this sliding to 1.