1001 Albums Summary

Not my thing.

Understandably dark, I'm quite a fan of Bowie's work. For me this is not one of the best, but it was interesting.

In was fun.

It was ok, I was expecting to like more than I did.

Interesting, enjoyed some of it.

Great, know it well.

Not for me.

Good music, struggle with his voice.

Very down beat, it was ok.

A good beat, I enjoyed it.

Enjoyed.

Enjoyed, good lyrics.

Really not my thing, just don't get it. 😕

Good beat more my thing.

I liked some of it, maybe after listening to it several times, I may decide I like the whole album?

Weird. Like all the crazy bits of the Beatles on one album.

Another one I quite liked, had echoes of Billy Idol.

Not completely my thing, but nevertheless I enjoyed it. Great rhythm.

Bit too soft for me, not my thing, but did not offend.

Familiar, I enjoyed it.

It was ok, would listen to Arcade Fire again, given the right mood.

Good album.

Wrong culture, not for me.

Surprisingly light with an up beat, nevertheless it did not ring my bell.

Obviously great musicians, some of the music certainly sounded familiar, not my thing, but it was easy listening and not poison to the ears.

Doesn't really go anywhere, but more than just random sounds. Again not my genre.

Liked some of the music, interesting and some familiar riffs. Found the overall sound too much by the end of the album.

Liked the familiar songs, but in the end I got bored.

Didn't float my boat.

Very repetitive, I got bored. I can imagine dancing to some of it, if you were off your head. Some tracks had a good beat.

Difficult listen.

Some great classics, she has a great voice.

This did not do much for me, although I liked her voice. Was not catchy enough for me.

This wasn't bad, quite a mix of genre influences, quite punky in places, long before punk. This is for me a 3.5 rating, need to listen to it again.

Enjoyed this, what a voice and great guitar licks.

Very talented, but not for me.

Enjoyed it, reminded of Led Zeppelin and echoes of Yes in some of the softer vocals.

Very boring, for me. 😴

Actually enjoyed this.

Ok, didn't excite me.

Quite interesting, I enjoyed it, probably worth another listen.

Enjoyed some of this in parts, but as a whole I got bored, not my thing.

Just so familiar.

Didn't like Pulp at the time, but I do. Classic album.

More melodic than most, but still not my thing.

Ok

Enjoyed, some great tracks. Great early punk.

A bit more melodic and professional sounding, but still not my thing!

The working mans poet. Enjoyed most of the tracks, but they were all very similar, can't get too excited about the album.

Great

Fantastic.

Actually enjoyed this album, I've never listened to this before, even though I'm familiar and like their hits. Some of the tracks were quite catchy, need to listen to the whole album again.

Already rated this, see my previous review.

Quite fond of some of Tom Petty's hits, first time listening to this album, it was good.

Not my genre, but you have to admire the musicianship. I recognise at least two tracks, Pennies from heaven and Take Five, quite enjoyed the later.

This didn't do much for me, not my thing.

Lots of energy and great guitar riffs, enjoyed most tracks and absolutely loved "Sweet Child o' Mine", which ups the rating for me!

It quite surprised me, but I really enjoyed this album, I'm not aware of Tracy Chapman, except I recognise Fast Car. I think she has a great voice, will definitely listen to the album again.

Good for Christmas, but there are many albums like this.

Like the fact there is a story line, but this is still not to my taste.

Quite enjoyed this album, really liked half the tracks. Such an unusual voice.

Not bad at all, really enjoyed some tracks, interesting music.

This is not a bad album, but it also isn't a great one. It did not do much for me, the music was ok.

Ok second Steely Dan album in a row. Nothing wrong with the music, just doesn't go anywhere, I got bored.

What a mixture of musical styles, not my thing.

At first I thought what an unusual voice, then I thought when will the album end! Thankfully there were only 10 tracks on the album 🤯

I like the Specials, this album contains some great tracks, but also some weak ones. Nevertheless, the rhythm is great and you could dance to most! It's a 3.5 from me.

One of my sons had this album, it contains catchy singles. Great musicality and very fond memories.

Big fan of Pink Floyd and this album had some echoes of early Floyd, however I found some of the tracks on this album to be slow and weird and there was no enjoyable musical interlude. Also, I wasn't massively impressed by all of early Floyd.

Great energy, an enjoyable album, love the lyric "Oh, I know I'm being used That's okay, man, 'cause I like the abuse". This is another of those 3.5 ratings for me.

I surprisingly enjoyed this album, I am amazingly unaware of this group's catalogue, but maybe I listened to it at the right moment?

Found it a bit uninspiring, the only track I mildly liked was the last track, which had a bit more zip to it. I won't be buying the cd.

Great harmonies, generally uplifting music, a few well known tracks that are great. One or two tracks are a bit bland. Overall I secretly liked the album. Gentle and non offensive.

I enjoyed the singles reminding me of an important time in my life. I enjoyed the electronic synth experimentation. The music isn't particularly to my liking, but it's ok.

Do not know this band, quite like their sound. I felt I drifted in parts, proof it did not completely hold my attention.

Boring, mostly just noise a couple of tracks resembled music e.g. the last track "Being with U', but they were meh.

The guy has a great voice, but I found the whole album a bit slow. Also, he talks too much! Still prefer The Stranglers version of "Walk On By".

This really is not to my taste in music, however unlike some of this kind it was quite melodic, having noticeable tunes. It wasn't just a load of noise. Still not my thing. For me this is a 2.5.

Interesting 🤔, not sure if I could say I enjoyed this album. It appears the lead singer had a sore throat on some of the tracks, which is a shame. I guess this wasn't quite my thing, but it made me smile.

Pleasant sound, but can't say it grabbed me, those pleasure senses just didn't tingle.

I generally like U2, I enjoyed this album, but it wasn't great. I think they were experimenting themselves, following the latest craze.

This was pleasant, jolly with heavy English themes. I love much of the Kinks music, but for me this is not their strongest work, still enjoyable.

Great sound, I'm very particular about what heavy metal I like, I don't like just a thrashing of the guitar, a noise, it has to be melodic. Although heavy metal is not my favourite genre, this album ticked the right boxes.

Not exactly my thing, but was listenable, for it's type it was quite good.

Very wacky, light-hearted, lots of fun, but not my thing.

It was ok, but didn't excite me.

This was a total surprise, this is completely not my thing, but this lady had a great voice, there were a couple of weak tracks, but I enjoyed most. I really liked the Mbube track, good to dance to. I won't be rushing out to buy the album, but I certainly will not avoid in the future.

Not completely my thing, but I enjoyed the storytelling.

I guess you want music to stir emotions, be it sadness, happiness, or even the desire to jump up and dance. This album did just that, I was bored!

Enjoyed this album, particularly liked the last track.

Confusing mix of genre, I enjoyed it in parts and not so much in other parts.

I found the tone boring, I afraid this didn't do much for me.

This is a long album and does contain same just ok tracks, but any album that contains "Houses of the Holy", Trampled Under Foot", "In The Time My Dying" and even "The Wanton Song" and "Boogie With Stu", can't be a bad album. However, "Kashmir" is fantastic, it's got to be one of my favourite songs.

I was quite in to ELP and Yes and used to enjoy a bit of prog rock. This is the first time I have been exposed to this album and wasn't overly impressed, that's not to say it was bad, it just wasn't great. I appreciate that this was probably quite pioneering at the time.

Actually enjoyed it, not completely my thing, but you have to admire the music and fabulous guitar playing. The precursor to rock.

Too much talking and weird.

A few weak tracks, but the singles are good fun.

Excellent album, particularly like "You shook me all night long".

Not much to this music, maybe suited to the background.

Not my thing, didn't stir me either way, was ok.

Not for, just didn't like it.

Doesn't matter how much of this type of music I listened to, they don't stir me. I don't like the style or much of the life experiences they reflect.

Pleasant music, he has a good voice. I enjoyed many of the songs, but some were a bit slow. Easy listening.

Not really my thing, didn't excite me. I liked the rhythm.

Nice sound, good harmonies, really liked the last track "teach your children well", which was a bonus on my version and not on the original release.

Nice bit of blues. Impressive list of collaborators.

I find it very difficult to judge this type of music, I suppose the bottom line is did I like it and the answer is not really.

Quite a fan of David Bowie, but I don't know this album that well. It's a good album, but in my opinion not great, it did contain some good tracks and some not so good. Overall I enjoyed it.

Never was originally that fond of Oasis, but they have grown on me over the years. Really enjoyed this album, very tuneful.

It was ok enjoyed some of the tracks, others did not impress.

I was a bit surprised by this album. It's not particularly my style of music, but was pleasant enough. Good background music. Find this hard to judge. Did it grab me? No. Did I hate it? No.

Middle of the road stuff easy listening, good background music. Nothing to get excited about, but I didn't hate it. Need get a bit bored by the end.

Quite a mix of vocals. Weird in places, some tracks were forgettable, but others I quite liked. The album is fun. I'm not familiar with this group.

Not for me. This type of "music" does nothing for me, although this album was more tuneful than most of it's kind.

I don't mind XTC, however this album is a bit of a mixed bag, there are quite a few I really enjoyed, but there are a few that are quite weak.

Before I started to listen to 1001 albums, I would say I had a wide range of taste in music, but now I realise it's narrower than I thought. This album is not unpleasant, the musicians are skillful and the music does not offend. It's just not for me. I feel this is music Arnold Rimmer would enjoy.

A find it hard to be subjective and difficult to judge some of these albums. Do I hate all heavy metal, no. Did I enjoy this album, no.

I like a couple/a few tracks, but the rest was weird or just not good.

When I was young Yes we're my favourite group, for a time. For pure nostalgia alone I loved this album and it does contain some great tracks.

It was ok. It wasn't great, but it didn't offend. I wouldn't listen to it again.

I was was looking forward to hear this as I love the singles and yeah, the singles were a welcome respite from otherwise uninspiring tracks. It's a good album, but not great.

Late at night after having a few drinks this would be good for background music, when you don't even notice it. I liked the album cover.

I was expecting better, I must admit. I found it a little boring.

Oh dear not for me. Music was pleasant enough, skillful playing, the guy can sing. This just does nothing for me, not my type of thing.

This is hard to rate, after all, it is just background music and that's is purpose 🤣. I grant you that it relaxing and at times barely noticeable 🤷🏻. As background music is concerned it does the job, but would I normally choose to this type of music?

I don't normally like heavy thrash metal, normally it's not melodic enough for me. This however is great, absolutely love "Enter The Sandman" and "The Unforgiven". This could be a 5 for me, but I'll settle with 4, as I'm not a100% sure.

It was ok, I enjoyed some of it, but I did get bored by the end.

I've visited this album many times, because of it's reputation, significance and influence. I like rock, even "heavy rock", I like melodic punk, but I've never warmed to this album. I just don't get it. I quite like the first track, maybe because I heard it a lot. I suppose I don't like "grunge", but I like quite a few of the Foo Fighters stuff and have 2 or 3 of their albums 🤷🏻. Maybe I just don't like the Nirvana sound? I rate it as 3 at the most, giving a nod to its significance.

Not my sort of sound, but the vocals are good and the music is pleasant.

Although not my thing at all, individual tracks were listenable, if not a tad repetitive. However, a whole album was too much for me.

Never heard of this group before, but their overall sound wasn't unpleasant, can't pick out any particular favourite tracks.

Not a group I'm familiar with I quite liked some of the tracks. Some of the vocals reminded of the group Elbow, whom I quite like, a bit more keyboards and synth than the aforementioned, but again I don't mind that. I wasn't blown away, but I didn't mind it.

I don't mind a bit of Elvis, it's different. I found some of the tracks, however, a bit slow and uninspiring.

Individual tracks are ok, but listening to a whole of this music is a bit boring, for me. The singer has a good voice. I found the drum and bass beat a bit repetitive and slightly annoying at times.

Very pleasant sound, very competent musicians. Yet another excellent example of music playing in a coffee shop, in the background. Definitely recognise the first track. I enjoyed the rhythm and sound. However, this isn't my type of music, so would probably not listen to this again.

I like a lot of Foo Fighters output, but this album is not as good as some of their later releases.

Not my genre, but the music was very pleasant in some places. Yet another coffee shop album. The album did drag after a while.

No!

I find this album difficult to rate. My sons like this chap and have this album. I don't hate it, however, I don't like much either. I quite like "Dancer". I know it's got interesting recording techniques, but the music doesn't generally grab me. This is a 2.5 to 3 rating.

Not my type of music, but this group with it's pop themes hit the button. Quite enjoyed it. Liked The Model.

I found myself liking parts of this album, sort of reminded me of the Joy Division sound, although quite different. However, their sound did drag after a full album.

Not for me, liked a couple of tracks, but I disliked too many.

🤢 Very formulaic. Very slushy 🤮. Not my thing. The title track has catchy hooks. I'll not revisit this in the future.

This was a little surprising. The album contained a mix of music with the arrangements being reasonably sophisticated. Although I did not completely love the album, I enjoyed listening to it.

Although I'm not a massive fan of Michael Jackson, I do like several of his songs and most seem to be on this album. This album contains some classic tracks.

Nope. This album had me cringing at some of the vocal lines. I know the album was meant to be downbeat, but this became too much. I also found that the lead vocals did grate a bit. I guess I just didn't get it, but in the end I was pleased when the album finished.

Not a great fan of their sound. The lead vocals grate a tad. I do like Psycho Killer, which for me is the only stand out track.

I like the Who, but this isn't, for me, their best album. I like the "I can see for miles" track.

Interesting 🤔. It's great to be exposed to something that I would not necessarily listen to. It has a very interesting blends of sounds. I actually enjoyed aspects of this album. The style of music means I probably wouldn't deliberately select it to listen to in the future.

Of it's genre this is an easy listening sound. I find the continued chanting a bit wearing by the end of the album, but I enjoyed standalone tracks. The music was however a bit more varied.

I particularly like Bowie's early work. I can't help being influenced by the fact that this is one of the first albums I bought, in it's original vinyl format. For me, this album is excellent. Easy rating for me.

I like the Cure, but probably more their later stuff. This album is the last of their darkest gothic rock stage, before they switched to the lighter new wave genre. It's very interesting and paints a truthful picture of the bands mental state at the time, but don't listen to it if you are feeling down, this album won't help! The music is still sophisticated, but it definitely wouldn't be my pick of a Cure album.

Really not for me. Hate all the talking! My word did this album drone on!

Don't mind the music of Black Sabbath, love the guitar. For me, not a fantastic album, song by song, but enjoyed it as a whole. Actually quite like The Wizard, Behind the Wall of Sleep and Evil Woman. Could be a 4 or 3.5 rating.

Crikey, a good title for the album, it was tragic!

Not bad, although I suspect there are plenty of punk groups like this band with similar sounds. Why was this one picked for the 1001 list? At best average.

Quite a fan of the Smiths, but not so impressed with his solo work. This album has a bit more meat and I can see the Bowie and even T.Rex influences. I astonishingly enjoyed it.

Sorry this is probably one of my most favourite albums. Excellent!

Apart from the obvious classics that this album contains, I've never been a fan of the other tracks on this album. Because of the album's length I've never listened to it all the way through and this project has forced me to do just that. I found that I enjoyed parts of the album and its concept and , due to its length, got bored. Overall because of the classic tracks, although there are some weak tracks and the very fine musicianship, this album was better than I expected. It's not great, but it is not a complete dud.

Nope. I guess I just don't like Hip-Hop generally or shock theatre.

Some great classics on this album with the iconic cover. It does drop a bit in the middle, but this album is high as one of their best. For me this is a high 3 or 3.5/5.

Never heard of this group, however I enjoyed most of their music.

Not what I remember from this group, a bit disappointed.

Definitely No.

Some very familiar songs.

Good old Led Zeppelin always delivers. This is a great debut album, but they, for me, improved with their later albums hitting home.

I like the Eagles and this is a good debut album. This contains two or three readily recognisable tracks. This album is not as good as some of their later stuff.

Did not mind this album, but it become a bit tiresome towards the end. I like some individual tracks, I even have "Ironic", but some were just mah.

Found this depressing, not for me.

Boring.

I'm not a great fan of grunge, but I didn't mind most of the album. It's very dark and it does become a bit much after listening to the whole album. Nevertheless, I did like some of the tracks.

I found this album to be incredibly boring, didn't offend, just didn't entertain.

A tough listen, not an enjoyable listen.

I sort of like their sound, I like the title track, in fact I have it on a compilation. It's very formulaic and dated, but so am I! It reminds me of when I was young.

Good harmonies and in places a good sound, but the singing was a bit like chanting that, for me, got a annoying/boring. The music wasn't unpleasant.

The music was good, but this lacked something. This album did not quite tick all the boxes for me.

I found myself drifting off as I listened to this album, it failed to catch my attention.

Certainly not their best work and they all covers, but vocals are unmistakably Stones. Dated, but I enjoyed it.

Not completely my genre, but this is a really good album, I confess I have the singles, "Teach Your Children" and "Our House". This is between a 4 and a 3, but it's not 100% my thing, so....

This is a difficult one to access, the style is definitely not my thing, however I found myself enjoying a few of the tracks, maybe it was a subliminal recognition of the advert music? Some of the tracks were dreadful. I've explored Moby before and not been impressed.

This is ok, pretty average really. This is not genre breaking, but it does not offend. The lead vocals at times reminded me of Lloyd Cole, who I once liked. Some tracks were quite bland, would not revisit.

Quite enjoyed this album, although it did contain a couple of awful tracks.

Quite enjoyed this album, although it's dated, but I would say it's quite a different sound for its time. Typical keyboard sound of the 60s. Like the old classic "Light My Fire". Some songs weren't so good.

Again dated, but still good music, enjoyed Lazy Sunday and even enjoyed the tale on second side (of the vinyl). Perfect narrator (probably need to be a certain age to remember him).

Of it's type this is one of the best. This is more than background sound. Really like Oxygen IV, the single. This has rhythm and melody.

Really like Bob Marley. This album is laid back and cool, regardless of the lyrics. Stir it up is a great track. Probably not his best album, but still very good.

Most of the tracks are just average, but there are 2 or 3 (maybe 4) that are pretty good, especially "Monday, Monday" and "California Dreamin".

The music wasn't bad, if not a bit repetitive. The vocals were meant to be, ironically, clearly on this album (makes me wonder what they are like on other albums), but I couldn't understand them at all! I can accept that the vocals are just another instrument, but unfortunately (for me) it was a blend I did not enjoy. This album is a "miss" (not a hit).

I grow more fond of The Beatles the older I get. This album is packed with well known songs and even the few unfamiliar ones are good. This album is the group at their early poppy stage.

A listenable version of a genre that has never grabbed me, but still not my thing.

It was raw and lacks the sophistication of the commercial approach of "Metallica" album. There were quite a few tracks I enjoyed and even though I'm not a fan of this type of heavy metal, I see see why this album was popular.

Hate it. Parts of the music is ok, but the overall sound is horrible.

Great. A bit more rocky than their later more poppy albums. This is one of the first albums I bought, so very familiar. The Seven Seas of Rhye is a standout track, but there are others.

Very disappointing, I was expecting to like this, but apart from Geno, I thought the tracks were just average. Surprisingly the vocals did drag by the end of the album. I've previously liked their singles. This just scrapes a 3.

An easy one to review 😀. This was dreadfully boring, simply hated the vocals even though they probably did match the emotional intent.👎🏻

Takes me to the disco days, dancing to a lot of this music on the dancefloor. Enjoyed this album overall, although it's not my go to genre.

I like some of Kings of Leon stuff, this isn't, in my opinion their best work, it was ok.

I don't see the point of this sort on music.

I was expecting to like this album, but for some reason it didn't quite tick the boxes.

This was surprisingly ok, in fact I quite enjoyed the faster tracks. 😊

This was incredibly boring.

This is too much theatrical for me. Some of the songs were quite pleasant with a touch of the Noel Coward. "Songs of Love" has a nice sound with pretty music, can see why this was chosen as the "Father Ted" theme tune.

This is OK(ish), just doesn't do anything for me.

Too bland.

Some right classic tracks, but also a number of just average stuff.

Generally I like the Killers, simple catchy rock. This was good, but not great. Really like "Somebody Told Me".

Neil Young, in my opinion, improved Crosby, Stills, & Nash, but I really don't get on with his solo work, I just can't get passed his voice. This album is slightly better because he has backing vocals from his group, but still I didn't enjoy.

A poorer version of Mamas and Papas, without the "Monday Monday" or "California Dreamin' " type tracks.

This was ok, thought I'd enjoy more than I did, some references to punk in the vocals, which I liked.

This was good fun and some of the lyrics made me smile, but this is not a genre I get on with. I find this difficult to rate, I want to give this a 2, but I enjoyed this more than most of its type, but I wouldn't listen to this again.

This was not terrible, but it did drag on a bit, wouldn't revisit, it was ok(ish).

Expected to enjoy this more than I did, as I quite liked the Buzzcocks when I was younger, maybe it was the later stuff I liked? This was interesting, but I would not revisit. I was tempted to give this a 2.

Although not my thing, I have to give a nod to some of the music that was really nice is parts.

This was ok, I wasn't bowled over, but his was interesting and I enjoyed the synthesised music. I have previously liked some of the group’s singles, but I didn’t recognise any tracks on this album.

This was interesting, I at first thought I was not going to enjoy this album at all, but certain tracks did catch my attention. I will not be adding this album to any playlist, but it was better than first impressions.

This is very American. I thought I might like this as it is from my era, however, I found the music to be very bland and a bit of a dirge. You can tell the music playing is very competent. I suppose the lyrics would be more meaningful if you are American. I remember "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and I quite enjoyed this track, but even this was slower than I remember. A bit disappointed overall.

Because of Janis I expected to like this album. However, the vocals were good, but the overall sound was a bit chaotic. I just just did not enjoy the experience.

This is another difficult one to judge, but it did contain a variety of cultural sounds and I must admit the rhythm was catchy in places.

I like some of this, although I found the vocals a bit of a hard listen. Too much of this I did not enjoy.

Although the tracks were harmless enough, I found the album a tad boring.

Although not their best album (for me) this is still a good album, with Highway Star and Smoke on the Water being iconic tracks.

I enjoyed some of this and some bits I didn't. Always was a fan of Blur and their sound and there were some good collaborations on some of the tracks.

I'm a fan of UB40 and this album contains a couple/a few classic tracks. However, although I like the instrumental tracks indiviually on this album, there were too many for my liking (sounded a bit samey).

I know it is fashionable to dislike Coldplay, but I must admit I don't mind them. This album contains a couple of really good tracks, but most of the album is just average.

This takes me back, I'm surprised this group is on the list, not a group that readily comes to mind. I love the singles on the album, plus a couple of others, but remaining tracks are just ok at best.

This group probably best of brand and you have to give credit to the harmonies, but the music are sloppy trash. 🤢🤮. Need to listen to some AC/DC or Led Zeppelin to snap me out of the nausea!

Very interesting enjoyed most of the tracks. Very dated, but very pioneering. Although I enjoyed the experience, it's not an album I will probably listen again, at least not often.