1001 Albums Summary

Bad start taking the biscuit out of NIN, and it got worse! It's fun and maybe would've been more fun in 2000

Great album, I imagine a stunner for avid The Who fans. As a hobbiest, didn't blow me away

The greatest songwriter of all time with a stunning final album. Would be a 5 but need to save that for SOLAH

Good fun, not my cup of tea

He was good wasn't he

This is the second time I've ever listened to a Beatles album, which frankly is an embarrassingly low number for me and because of that I think The White album was a difficult place to kick off my Beatles journey. Mainly because the album sounds like a compilation album, it's a complete mess, it's twice as long as it should be and you could cut at least 40% of the tracks. It would be excusable if there was a through line throughout the tracks but they're all over the place. Do Helter Skelter and Blackbird need to be on the same record? (I know, I know, it's two different discs but it's still one album). That being said, the highs are phenomenally high. Dear Prudence, Julia, Cry Baby Cry and as already mentioned, Blackbird and Helter Skelter, are some of the most influential and best written songs ever there's no denying that and I think that is what gets it the plaudits. But if you are thinking of an album as a singular piece of work, not just 30(!) tracks it's just not doing it for me the same way it does for others. It feels like the emotion and feelings in the songs gets lost amongst some filler. I believe one day I will be a true Beatles fan and I read this back the same way you would read back a year 9 Facebook status but that day hasn't come yet. I assume Will will find this at some point so shout out to him, please don't take it too personally.

Good stuff. Bowie influence is distracting, I do prefer Pop's more unique style in the later works

RIP Keith Flint

My new favourite Stones album!

It's not my bag

Important but not incredible as an album 60 years on

If this has sold 800'000 copies at £30 (accounting for inflation) that means £2.2 million has been spent on listening to people talk about the band or the songs instead of the band actually playing the songs

Dance music and house music would not be the same without this

What a masterpiece, the aggression and emotion are perfectly balanced

I like fever Ray, they make good music, but I always feel like there is something missing that doesn't pull me in so much

This is a great album. I think the hysteria around Brit Pop clouds some opinions of some great music around that time. Saying that you can hear the Oasis influence slightly too much at parts

Books/websites need to stop promoting this man. If you grew up with him and have a nostalgic or emotional connection to his music then crack on. The rest of us need to move past him. Disco/soul/pop has better icons who didn't abuse minors

I find some of these difficult to rate. Clearly this is a fantastic album and deserves to be on this list. But I am so far removed from New York hip hop culture in the 80s that I can't really relate

Definitely better than her solo album. Can't say I was expecting Janice Joplin to be the first artist I have two albums from

Top 5 most influential albums ever made

Modern life is rubbish is rubbish

Post punk will struggle on these lists. This album sounds completely whack when it is out of context, but at the time hearing something as raw as this to counter what was being released must have been refreshing. But it was a difficult listen

It's just a guitar

This is one of the best stripped back live sessions recorded. But I do believe that the lore around it has inflated its quality slightly. I like the idea of one of the biggest bands in the world doing a show for the biggest tv channel in the world and not playing any of their hits and instead doing covers

Misogynistic man raps really quickly over Dr Dre's peak

Really happy to see this on the list. It hearing this in 2009 changed the way I listen to music. Still sounds fresh 16 years later. But is somewhat inferior to this mammoth list

This album changed what hip could be and they did it in a way that changed hip hop and music forever

This is how pop should sound, euphoric and emotional. Let down by a few duds in the middle but the hits so huge

Feels like an album was made because he wrote the single Imagine and needed to bulk it out. Forgettable and in need of a lot more influence when writing, something his previous three bandmates could've helped with.

Unfortunately all of these songs are better performed on Stop Making Sense

It's fun

One of those albums which doesn't fit into the 5 star rating system. It's crazy but also whack at points

Uninspiring house music which piggy backed off the French house wave. Dance music has so much more to offer and so many interesting branches that could have been in place of this album

Merry Christmas

Concept albums are fun until you don't pay attention for a couple of songs and then who knows what is happening. Will definitely revisit and I can see a higher score coming

The only brit pop album which doesn't sound like shite

Perfect folk rock

What a listening experience, stunning start to finish

I think this is the best album ever made 1/1001

This is one of those albums that ticks all the boxes for something I love. But I struggle to love it. I feel the same about a lot of the new wave stuff, maybe I just prefer post punk

This is driving me crazy. It's the worst album ever made somehow cheesy but pretentious at the same time. But, I've now listened to it three times and I can't stop. It was a 1 without a shadow of a doubt after the first listen. I had to Ironically listen to The Battle of Epping forest again and then I put Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, but then, it was ironic? I was enjoying it. So I guess it's good? I thought Genesis were a bit more route one than this and I've always enjoyed that about them, they can't do anything too adventurous because my dad likes them. So this really has been quite the day for me. This is the worst album I will give a 5 to and I have no doubt about that.

Best thing any individual Beatles member ever did

Best thing any individual Beatles member ever did

Dads love this one

Another album right up my street but I find myself struggling to get into. My eyes lit up when I heard the cure at the end which shows how uninterested by the rest of it I was

Synth pop hasn't aged well, the only song on here worth its place is a questionable cover

Enjoyed this more than expected. Still feels childish

Some classics but considering it's only 40 mins long it felt like an eternity

I love this album, it is such an amazing melting pot for so many styles and genres that were popular at the time. But in some places it went slightly too off track. The opening track Maggot Brain is perfect, an absolute masterpiece which could not be improved on in the slightest. A funk band making a prog/pysch song which Pink Floyd would be jealous of. Eddie Hazel really deserves all of the plaudits for this one but will always go under the radar. Then we land into what we love Clinton and Funkadelic for, Hit It and Quit It & Can You Get To That are funk at its finest, groovy and silky in equal measures. I would like to have heard more of the prog style guitar riffs throughout but the next couple of tracks again stick to the funky nature and they do it well. But the way the album finishes feels to me like they got bored, that they didn't want to be taken seriously for some reason. It could not be closer to a perfect album, but the two closing tracks are so distracting that you forget what a blast you were having through the whole A side.

Although not the highest score, definitely an artist I'll be revisiting. I find the mix of studio recordings and live recordings off putting but I great overall sound. Obvious influence from Thom Yorke is also distracting

So 2010

Really pleased to see this on the list, a modern album that dared to do something completely new and she has continued to do so in her later work

I thought this lot were meant to be cool and hardcore. This is lame dad rock

If this was a list of 1001 great artists of all time ABBA would be near the top. But that doesn't mean their albums need to be included on this

Abbey Road will never be the greatest album of all time because 30% of the songs are bad. As with the white album, the highs are as high as can be. Some of the greatest songs ever written. But these ratings aren't for the best song on an album it's for all 17(!) tracks

Enjoyed this one a lot more than expected

If Siouxsie Sioux, Robert Smith and David Bowie were paid to make music as bad as possible it would sound a bit like this

Episode five of can 1001 album generator cause me to like to the Beatles through exposure therapy. Actually kind of. First album of their that seems to have a through line and good consistency

I have previously listened and liked this album. But would not expect this to be anywhere near this list

I love the Kinks, but this isn't their finest work, really hoping they have at least three more in this list

Good but not my bag

It's through no fault of their own that I'm giving The Killers this score. From a distance there are some fairly good pop rock songs in the mix. But there are some songs (Mr Brightside) that make me want to blow my brains out, as though it is some form of repetitive action torture, I have heard this song against my will every time I have set foot in a bar in the UK. Being given this album on a Monday morning whilst struggling through a hangover was the icing on the cake for this song and my sanity

Big fan of the Cocteau Twins but this always has been a little too difficult to hear a single word they are saying for me

Dad rock, but live!

80s hip hop was so important for so many reasons and the onwards influence it has had on all aspects of modern life cannot be understated. But it sounds terrible

Oo yeah the good stuff

A great example of how to break away from one the worlds biggest bands and make a completely separate solo project. Sounds so original and unique

I'll always say that I believe Nirvana legacy as a band out shines their output. But then you listen to this and realise it was one of THE great rock albums. 9/10.

I was excited to see a non-English language as that seems to be what the list is. But the cover of imagine was enough to put anyone off

There's nothing to say about this that hasn't been said a millions times before. Incredible piece of artistry and as good as live jazz can be

This is my kind of album!

I love Brian Wilson and I have read enough about this album to know how happy it made him to record and release this. And in his very troubled life he deserved all the joy this album brings. RIP Brian

I imagine this sounded pretty great when it came out

It's shame this isn't a double album which is 2 hours long and includes 1979

What an icon

Way ahead of its time, as everything Eno does is. But feels like an introduction to Brian as a solo artist and a prelude to some of the seminal work he did in the 80s. Nothing wrong with this album at all and it really makes you want to go and listen to his later works.

These two will always so great to me, timeless rock

It's NBB (nothing but bangers) but it's hard to take seriously as one of the greatest records ever. One of those albums which isn't the best of pop and it isn't the best of dance music it's in that radio playable middle ground

These guys play their instruments as if it's a competitive sport. Not to make them sound enjoyable

I cannot stand this album

Great example of what a live album should be, a lot of fun, transitions between big hits were seamless and some great performances

It was a 2, but it takes 30 seconds of further reading about this guy to realise it's a 1

This is personally the greatest album of all time, Bowie at his best with performances and writing at his very best. It's all down from here for this list

Rock opera! First of its kind and when the come around they are a treat

A few good bit from the band here, you can hear the start of something good to come. But Jagger, he is insufferable on every track. If it's not rapey lyrics it's awful vocal performances

Queen of folk

Some of the finest indie music there's been. A lot of nostalgia listening to this

As a British person I feel obliged to enjoy a national treasure, he's an icon for so many reason. But his albums are not good, like a bad musical without the actual show. Bennie and the Jets is a 10/10 though

Again, not their best

Nowhere near their best

This album is special no matter how many times I listen to it, it will always sound new and exciting. I don't think there is an album which sounds so refreshing and unmistakable. Beth Gibbon's voice is stunning back to front, every single performance is 5/5

A covers album should not be included on this list. The wiki entry talks about bridging a gap between generations, but let's not forget as this was released the Beatles had already moved to the US and Elvis had become the biggest star in the world, retired and then come back. The world had already taken its steps into the modern way of making and experiencing music

Doesn't feel like his best, but still enjoyable listen

It's the most nothing album on this list. Nothing worth noting at all, just blah

There is a whole star for nostalgia - this is just awful to put yourself through

One of the great guitars and voices. These albums is why I do this list. An all time great that I don't think I would've found the time for unless presented to me

This isn't very good

Drivel, annoying at best, fucking awful at worst. I can't see a redeeming quality of this album. You can't argue that it's been influential so deserves its spot either, thus has stood out above everything to be the bottom of the list.

The first in a catalog of classics

The classic album, it's just brilliant

The greatest post 2000 album

I love Kate bush

This is not good post hardcore, why do they pick the bad albums in the less represented genres

My favourite genre of album is experimental that 1001 album users can't deal with

She lives in Cirencester

England lost to Argentina last night there's nothing that could have made me enjoy this

One of these stars is for fast car, this album offered me nothing else

Been waiting 250 days for this one, my love for this band is greater with each listen

The only band to try this and make it sound good

My favourite of the Kinks, something beautifully British about each tune. They were really putting out Beatles levels of albums out at this time

We get it, you're vegan

Nostalgia is clinging onto that third star hard

This tested my patience

This is a breathe of fresh air amongst the dad rock and 00's left field pop

Enjoyed discovering this one. Not my favourite but so many clear influences on bands that preceded. Possibly the first metal sound?

Love PG

What a waste of an hour. First few tracks you're thinking, these guys must've been super influential writing all these massive hits. Nope, a covers album. The sort of thing you'd hear at a summer garden party, adding nothing of their own to these tracks, apart from bongos, so many bongos, more bongos than anyone could ever need. One redeeming star for the long long list of songs these have been sampled in

I love that these guys got together to do this, times have changed

There is creativity in the chaos which makes it fun. But I can't help be find it annoying at the same time

Glad to have heard this one. But doesn't do it for me really

This falls off a cliff after the first track

The bloke wrote some tunes but the performances couldn't be worse

This is what 1001 albums is all about. Had never heard of this before and it'll be on rotation for a while

It's a funny lesson on averages , highest rated album, yet very few people selected it as their all time best