Easy 5. Bonham beating the drums like they owe him money. I have a hunch the lemon being squeezed is a penis.

Pretty generic alt/indie record. Wouldn’t actively listen again but it’s good to put on for background vibes.

Cheesy European disco trash but I somehow loved every minute.

I’m not a big hip hop guy. I enjoy it, but couldn’t tell you what makes a good hip hop album. But I can tell you that I just knew that this one was good. Great grooves, amazing lyrics.

Lots of nostalgia. Liked the orchestral elements. Got a bit old after about 5 or 6 songs.

It wasn’t bad but would not listen to again.

I kept expecting it to pick up but it never did. Really enjoyed this album after the 2nd or 3rd listen.

It was fine. Some good grooves. After a while it sounded like the cd they had on repeat in the stereo equipment section of circuit city.

First couple of tracks the vocals kind of made me think of “the wall” but in French. I don’t know but a few words in French, so this may be a lyrical masterpiece I’m just too dumb to understand. The music didn’t do it for me on its own though.

Not a fan whatsoever. Boring, uninspiring.

Not a FM fan, but may put it on while crushing some garage crispy bois. Really bland background music.

If Ross Gellar got a record deal for “the sound” this would be the result.

I’m not sure if I liked this more because it was the first album in a week that wasn’t synth pop bullcrap, or because it was actually good. But I really enjoyed it nonetheless. Good straight up punk/rock.

The album for when you want to smoke some Marlboro reds and cruise Main Street in your Camaro on a hot summer night in the late 70’s. Sometimes you just have to stop sniffing your farts and enjoy stuff.

I have to go back and listen to it again.

Enjoyable early “pop punk”. Heard lots of Sex Pistols, cars, Ramones, television, clash, influences probably go both ways but can’t be bothered to remember the timelines.

I’m convinced U2 is a government psy-op. I don’t think anyone ACTUALLY really loves their music. I think it’s generally tolerable, and people pretend to love it because it’s not outright bad and they feel like they’re the weird one if they don’t like it. Bono is an insufferable douche. This album was everywhere when I was in like 5th grade. Was mildly bad then, is mildly bad now.

Metallica has never really done it for me. I enjoy them when they come on the radio or on my shuffle, but not something I generally seek out.

I wanted to like this one a lot more. There are some great songs on here. Something was just missing for me.

Not sure how I’ve never heard of these guys until now. Awesome grimy rock.

Good. But kind of crazy that this is my second PJ Harvey rec in the first 10 days of this project.

It was…fine. Meh. Sounded like every other singer songwriter (?) from that moment in time.

Great old hardcore album that I’d never really given too much time. Good mix of stupid and meaningful lyrics.

Easy 5. Bonham beating the drums like they owe him money. I have a hunch the lemon being squeezed is a penis.

I saw a (professional) review that described this bands previous album as NYU meets lynyrd skynyrd or something to that effect. I, like any red blooded American love lynyrd skynyrd, got excited and listened to said album. Imagine my disappointment when I learned that this professional music writer had obviously never heard lynyrd skynyrd. Double my disappointment when this album sounded exactly like that one. Not a bad listen. Just very uninspiring, and it has no business being on any bucket lists. At least not with a trio of battling guitars.

Starts out great. Then gets into talking about glee gloop and the flooktidoops. Then gets good for a few minutes. Classic but still.

Too much extra noise between some great songs. 3.5, rounded up.

I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would/wanted to. It wasn’t really my cup of tea though. 2.5 but rounding up because I feel like bjork gets a bad rap.

Ahh the era where bands were named something like “the vaguely retro sounding noun” or “the (word that tells you I read a book in 10th grade lit)”. Not bad but certainly not good.

Can’t believe this is from the Sex Pistols guy.

Meh. I love punk but it rarely rises to the 1001 GAOAT level. Good but probably will never intentionally re listen.

Fun and not what I expected, but yet again a good but not 1001 albums great.

I recognize the importance of this album to hip hop. I enjoyed it. But it got old fast.

I feel like talking heads is similar to U2 in that no one ACTUALLY really loves them…they just feel like they should because everyone else is also pretending and they want to fit in. Not a bad album just very meh.

Wrote this one off before even pressing play. So glad I decided to give it a chance. Didn’t understand a word (besides the small amount of English), but bopped along. Catchy songs.

Dry white toast. Unenthusiastic OTPHJ. Unlike many albums on this list that give you some hope that it will pick up, this one just didn’t.

Remember this one from when I was in middle and high school. I still don’t understand the hype. Was a pretty generic mid 00’s pop/hip hop album. Nothing stood out.

8% of my recommendations so far have been PJ Harvey. I enjoy her albums, but I’m not sure 3 (so far) deserve to be on this list.

Wanted to be like foo fighters and gin blossoms? Was fine but will not listen again. Also, why were the vocals so low?

Probably over rating this because of nostalgia. But man this just brings me back to my middle school summer breaks. Listening to this at a sleep over at a friends house, up way too late. Going to the pool the next day and having it stuck in my head all day. Maybe skate boarding or playing street hockey.

Fun. Sounded a lot like talking heads but less annoying.

I need to revisit this one. But it was a perfect Sunday album. Good hippie vibes, nice arrangements.