1001 Albums Summary

Not one weak song. The chauffeur is incredible

Particularly enjoyed Sway on this occasion

Epically mature debut album

Clssoc

A little annoying

Couple of good songs

One of the best

Quirky. Every song feels different

Weezer meets Alice in chains

Maybe even preferred it to IV. The song thank you reminded me of Nikki Kings. That one true love

A poor man's Shins. Nothing real stood out. Not offensive

Not one standout song to add to my 1001 playlist. It's just not that kind of album. However, this is like the best background music ever. In the right environment and mood this album hits right

This is not the Eminem album I wanted to listen to. Feels too late in his career and full of self referential stuff. Not a fan of the genre but you have to respect his wordsmith skills.

The fat, Butlins entertainer from Take That. Painful stuff but I committed to listen to every album thrown at me. This was my biggest test yet.

The horns and piano were off putting at tikes. Springsteen is a little American cringe but I enjoyed this

Springsteen trying to be Dylan. It's ok though

I prefer earlier Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Maybe more of a 3.8 out of 5. Such a brilliant album though

Not sure how this made this list. No need to listen to this before you die

More like a 3.8 but certainly a very good album. There aren't many better openings to an album that this

Simply great.. the emotions it evokes. Would love to see this album performed live by them. Wake up was a standout upon this listen

More of a 2.8. Good gym music at the beginning but became annoying

Pointless

A classic

Meh, it was ok like

Fun

Nerd rock

Post Hendrix guitars in the sesame street style

Plinky plonk noises

Elvis does country. Not my bag

Not as good as demon days but still very good

Painful

I just can't bring myself to like this

She's annoying right

2 good songs bookmarked by mediocrity

Quality stuff. Just not my bag

One of those albums that needs way more listening to fully appreciate

Not Dylan's best but still Dylan

It's a truly, dreamy, uplifting album. One of those where I just can't understand where people have rated it low.

Imagine listening to this is 1969. Beyond cool. It's a 3.8 for me

Like a poor 6th form band. No idea why this is on the list

Banger after banger. There aren't many albums as consistently great as this

Like Duran Duran but without the immediately catchy tunes. May be a grower

Probably a 3.5. Tons of country fun but a disc too long

Who knew the pretenders are actually decent

Nothing outstanding outside of songs I already knew

Chill out dude. Still fun whilst listening at the gym

Yeah I really like this album. All my friends is the standout track. Exhilarating

Good Bush

This is a very Mercury music prize kinda album

TMB Too many bongos

Emotionally evocative

Solid stuff

Not REM's best but a timeless and classic band nonetheless with some quality songs. More like a 3.9. Still great

Primark Bowie

Fragile egos, misogyny, the n word and dicks, with some great beats. How good is Snoop on this though?!

Terrible. Rock for nerds. There is nothing authentic about this at all. Feels so fake and forced

Bad Willie

Crunchy guitars, gravelly vocals and a whole load of deep Southery. What's not to like?!

Think James, but without the talent or good songs. Blinded by the light is the only decent track. An odd album to be on this list

A classic. Not a huge Blur fan but this particular album is great

A great album. The Cure are way more than just "Friday I'm in love"

Not my bag but interesting

Posh rock opera

A soundtrack to Simba dying on the Lion King

Bluesy, gravelly, alcoholic loveliness

I enjoyed this at first but annoying after a while

Before Fiona Apple was annoying

Not as terrible as I expected. However,(controversial opinion maybe) reggae music in general is just boring and one dimensional

One of my favourite surprises on this list so far. Way ahead of their time and must have been highly influential

Other worldly

Pointless

Bum chicka wow wow

Never been a Pulp fan but some of this is very good indeed. 3/4 out of 5

Yeah, not for me. A strange choice for the list

I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would

More bluesy than a blue thing

Really enjoyed this

Funkadelic

If Morrissey was female.... And rubbish.... And had a rubbish, hotel lobby backing band. An extra star for the opening track

I listened before I died. I can't imagine I'll be listening again before I do

A somewhat return to form before the epicness of black star

Boring

Almost a 5. I have a really affinity with this album

One of the seminal albums of my youth. It still sounds so punchy, crunchy and fresh today. Normally when bands "mature" they lose their edge. There is none of that here. Raw but well produced. Just an incredible album

Worth a listen

The 3rd best of his 3 albums but still incredible

The Charlatans by numbers. A couple of acceptable tracks but mostly way past their best. A 2.5 for me

I don't get it

4 stars for Iraq lobster alone

A couple of real bangers on there

I liked it but there's something missing. Authenticity or the nostalgic link?

Abrasive and chaotic yes, but still pretty good

This was a big surprise. Really enjoyed it

I know, I know, the greatest album of all time. But I don't have the historical context of how groundbreaking it was. Still great obviously

Terrible

Progressive, my hoop!

Just an outstanding album

Guitar solo overload. If there is such a thing

Good background music

It doesn't get more iconic and nostalgic. When energy meets timing

Catchy and pleasant

Interesting

For anyone who rated this lower than 3 stars.... You just haven't invested enough time in it. A truly great album

I really can't stand the pet shop boys and this reinforced that

Fine but not my thing

Really enjoyed this. More of a 3.5

Nothing outstanding but ok.

Dad rock, but bloody good dad rock

Those crazy frenchies

4 stars for the album cover alone

A masterpiece. I didn't realise I liked this album so much

There are a few duff songs in here but this gets 4 stars because the great songs carry this album on their own. Particularly Oh Father. Early Madonna for the win.

One great song and a whole lotta other stuff

Wannabe doors

Really quite pleasant on the ears

Maybe my mood, but didn't connect with this at all

A beautiful listen

Granted I am a huge Radiohead fan. This is probably my 6th favourite album of theirs (mainly because of how overplayed it became). However it's still a masterpiece and Paranoid Android just may be the greatest song of all time.

Synchronicity indeed. At least 3 really strong songs

Hard work

I never used to like Bowie when I was growing up. I saw him as the arty middle class bloke in amongst the grungey grimy image I wanted from my rock stars. Then I heard Ziggy stardust and it completely changed my mind. Since then I have fully immersed myself in all things Bowie. An incredible artist in the true sense of the word. Constantly reinventing himself and someone who expressed a true love of life both through his art and how he seemingly lived his life. In amongst all of that reinventing there were lots of things I didn't particularly care for. His later 80's and 90's phase was mostly not for me. The Next Day is somewhat a return to form. However, this album is just truly incredible. He sounds like a fresh artist at the peek of his powers. Add the context that he knew of his impending death and this is one of my favourite pieces of art ever created. The music video to Lazarus gets me every time. Full of gut wrenching symbolism. Allied to the fact that very little was known of his illness at the time, this was a fella completely devoted to his art form and art in general. True greatness and someone who single handedly changed the way this planet looks. He truly left his mark. Much respect Mr Bowie.

I love you like a fat kid loves cake. Lyrical genius

A tad cringe. She's always a woman is a great song though

I can't stand Prince. He's a creepy little fucker. This was terrible. I just don't get it at all. Lyrically and musically complete trash

It's not Dookie or Insomniac,but not as terrible as I thought it may be

Meh

Fun

I just found this muddled and annoying. Cool album cover though

Between a 2 and a 3

Not terrible

How can a 47 year old white dude write any sort of meaningful review about this? Snoop was clearly talented and this is a highly skilled album. Not my bag but clearly really good. I'm sure he'll be pleased to know I think that

Joy Division are so unique that you either just feel it or you don't. I very much do

Running a fine line between euphoric and making my skin crawl

Such a great album to this day. I was bought this 26 years ago as a present on CD as a 21 year old just starting a relationship with my child's mum. This and Moby's Play. What a time to be alive. Maybe nostalgia carries this a long way for me, but isn't that what music is all about anyway.

A sprawling, meandering album. I can see why people would both love and hate this.

Not for me

The fresh prince meets NWA

One thing I have learnt from this project is that I am very particular with Bush. This Bush was not for me.

Gorillaz meets Blur. I really enjoyed this

I can hear the Ramones, Velvet underground and Nirvana in this. That can't be a bad thing. A great album

Like others have said, this is musically all over the shop and not in a good way. Saved only by Salisbury Hill and the Hypgnosis album cover

Fine for background music. Couldn't pick a single song in a line up.

Ten is just the perfect album. There is not one bad song. Black may just be the most powerful song of all time in terms of lyrics and emotion. Incredible stuff, and this was a debut album. Crazy

I find Joni Mitchell annoying. I've tried to like her but I just don't get it. Maybe I need to be a middle aged female

Not a fan of Annie Lennox at all.

I literally have nothing to say about this album. Ok....cool album cover

Was not expecting much at all but had great fun cleaning the house to it. Maybe a 3.5

People who say this is like the Smiths really must not like the Smiths

I'm a big pixies fan. One of the best gigs I've ever been to was one of theirs. They just hit harder than other bands. This album had lots that was surprisingly unfamiliar to me. Needs a few more listens to properly judge. It's unrelentingly great though.

Raw and unpolished Foo Fighters. A superb album with multiple banging songs on it

The English Ramones. It's fine but I can't see this changing anyone's life

Rap is the one genre of music I just can't connect with no matter how hard I try. I'm not even sure how to write a review..... I didn't like it. Yeah son! No what I'm sayin'?!

Yes it's more than a little cringey, but it's great fun in most parts

Really fun. Rode the line of being annoying at times but an album full of youthful energy and some very good songs

Some good crunchy guitars but no really my bag. It all sounded quite samey and reminded me of Beavis and Butthead

Decent background music

Truly God awful

Fun enough

This is all over the shop. Like a bat shit mental Nick Drake

Teemu Bjork

Yeah, this is pretty terrible with very brief glimpses of fun. I can't even tell if this is supposed to be ironic. I'm guessing probably not

After a recent poor run on this list I was not hopeful at all. I was wrong. This is instantly really enjoyable. I think it needs a few more listens to really identify the standout tracks but I did particularly enjoy I've Been Dazed and Piano Joint.

Cool album cover. Not my thing but not unpleasant. Chilled, soft background music

I thought I didn't like the divine comedy and this album only served to reaffirm that. I just don't get it. Are they supposed to be funny? They certainly aren't good. The leaf singer's voice is annoying and posh. One review stated they're like a Pulp parody. I certainly see that. A really terrible one

I thought I may like this but just found it mostly annoying. I do currently have a cold though and everything is shitter with a cold

Actually surprisingly ok

This is a good example of something I've been told is good, I should like it, but there's something I just can't connect with. Lyrically I just find it off for some reason. It's not terrible but not great in my opinion.

Really enjoyable on a sunny day

Not cool man

Jesus H Christ, this is an incredible album. An absolute assault on the ears. Towering walls of sound on each track. More organ crescendos than a Hans Zimmer score. It completely knocked my socks off. Wu Lyf meets MGMT meets the War on Drugs. Shame they are no longer going as I reckon they would have been incredible live. Stupid abuse allegations!

It's like this app knows it's incredibly sunny at the moment. Is there a better album to be driving along to on a sunny day with the windows down? I'm not sure there is you know

Decent dad rock

One of the very first albums that started my obsession with music. Obviously it's been overplayed to death but it remains an absolute classic. Rocket queen still hits as hard as it ever did.

The epitome of a grower of an album. I remember the whole pay what you want jobby when this was released. I naturally paid nothing but was still somehow disappointed. Oddly after Ok Computer this felt too experimental for my liking. Radiohead doing dance music? The world just didn't make sense anymore. Fast forward however many years it's been and this is more often than not my favourite Radiohead album. Which is a high bar indeed as they are all incredible.

There's a lot of fat on this album but there are 5 or 6 great songs and overall it's a great soundtrack to a summer by the sea

The best jazz album I've heard on this list. Which isn't saying too much as I'm not a fan of jazz music

Smoother than a shaved nutsack

Poxy music Like a really uncool, not talented Talking Heads

Hanoi sucks

3 top songs and the rest is pretty fun. 3.7 out of 5.

Top nerd rock album

Probably my favourite Dylan album with my favourite Dylan track on. If I'm being critical I'd say the album is too long. A 4.5 for me

A masterpiece of an album. Vastly overplayed which has diminished its value somehow, but I came to this not having listened to it in some years. There is not one weak song and many truly great ones. Personally, not a fan of Everybody Hurts as it's become almost a parody of itself but there's no denying it's still a great song.

In hindsight, this feels like a really lazy second album. There's a reason why All my Loving has remained the only real enduring song from this album. It still has that early Beatles pop vibe, so not terrible, but not even a great pop album.

I've always really liked this album but it sounded even better on this listen. I deliberated over a 4 or 5 star rating but Meet me in the Bathroom tipped this into a 5.

Mad that this was their 6th album in under 3 years. You can see the shoots of progression whilst still mostly being a solid pop album. A 3.9 for me.

No songs that stand out massively but a good album

Consistently good without being great

How a Stepford wife would party. Creepy

Never really been a big fan but there are some decent songs on the album, despite being a little cringey

A really enjoyable live album. Bags of energy and some great songs.

When energy exceeds talent. Super great fun

Decent but didn't love it

This shit is fucking ridiculous

Didn't realise how Bowie influenced this was. A far cry from the Stooges

Not a helpful album to listen to at this moment

Phew, I made it through. This is actually really good but waaaaayyy too long

A stonewall classic. From perfect guitar tracks like My Iron Lung and Just to the fragility of Fake Plastic Trees and Bullet proof...I wish I was. Radiohead are a band that hit differently to any other band. And there's an argument to say this is only their 3rd or 4th best album.

This was not good at all. A poor example of not a great era in music.

Really good clean fun. Probably just edges into a 4 because of Belinda.

Effortlessly cool

Boy, Mick Jagger really didn't seem to like women. Despite this, it's still a good album. 3.4/5

Surprisingly not terrible. Weird gym music though

Surprisingly terrible. Cringe level 10. Flower child...point made

Yup. Really like this. Just sneaks into a 4/5

The creator of this list really does love jazz. Just sounds like more hotel lobby background music to my heathen ears

Abrasive?- yes Music to sleep to? - no Worth a listen? - yes Will I listen again? Probably not

Beautifully melancholic. I really enjoyed listening to this today.

Let's call it 3.7. Just sneaks into a 4/5 in this flawed rating system. Some absolute classics on this album. There is fat to be trimmed though. Bonus points for the album title

Way more than just Lovely Head. A really cool album that just washed over me like a soothing wave

Err, well I listened to it all. Couldn't tell you one song from another and found it annoying

So, this is why I only know one song of theirs

Too long but actually not terrible

Turns out I'm a big fan of early Elton. Who knew

I had no idea just how many incredible songs are on this album. There's a reason it's considered an all time great. Absolute whopper of an album

As far as samba goes, it's good on a sunny day

I've never been really sure on which album I prefer out of this or Harvest. My conclusion is ...they are both awesome

I did want one, but I must've been full up after as I didn't want two

A bag full of meh. Surely nobody has ever uttered the phrase "Joan Armatrading is my favourite artist"

I'd listened to this album previously and never thought much of it. It's amazing what a few more listens can do. I think I still just prefer The Boy with the Arab Strap but still a very good album.

What can you even write about this album? The greatest debut album of all time? Potentially. A beautiful mix of jazz, blues, rock and roll and poetry with prime Jim Morrison at the wheel. Ray Manzareck's organ solo's are simply incredible too.

Really enjoyed this. Never heard it before but it will certainly be getting lots more listens

Really cool album. I thought it would be all pretentious and arty but I didn't find it that way. My favourite track was On Some Faraway Beach

I like the Smiths but this didn't do much for me...other than making me want steak

Who am I to judge such an iconic piece of art. Imagine being responsible for creating this and leaving it in the world after you are gone. Perfection

Ok. Now you're taking the piss

Don't get me wrong, Issac Hayes has a great voice. I bet he could sing the phone book and make it sound sexy. The trouble is on this album he pretty much does. A cover, a 19 minute mostly spoken track and 2 other original songs. Still very listenable but not great.

Sounds better now that I'm an old fecker. Wasn't much of a fan back in the day

This is really difficult to review for me. I'm not a fan of jazz at all. However, I really liked the sound of this. But then the entire album sounds the same to me. And 1 hour and 45 minutes of trumpets is just way too many trumpets

Not really my kind of music but sb absolutely classic album that I really enjoyed

A really solidly good live album with meandering guitar solos and gravelly vocals

This was a big surprise for me. What an emotive voice singing some great songs

Im probably ignorant to the cultural significance or context. I found this good but nothing to write home about

I really admire the attempt to do something different. I still can't tell if I like it or if it's awful. It's like post punk country music with a pogues influence

I couldn't see this being great and neither could Ray. It was ok. A good singer badly covering good songs

The epitome of a 3 start album. Consistently ok to good. Nothing offensive but nothing stand out

Maybe rather controversially, I found a lot of the songs monotone and emotionless. Still a very enjoyable listen though with some interesting tracks. My favourite was I'm so Lonesome I could Cry.

Very bluesy

Lyrically I musically God awful

I'd not heard this Portishead album before. It's very different to the two I have heard and feels like more of a grower. I really enjoyed listening to it though