1001 Albums Summary

1. Didn’t realize the Simon from Simon & Garfunkel made his own music 2. Didn’t realize Call Me Al was from this album 3. Interesting how “pop” back in the 80s had way more folk vibes 4. Surprisingly short album, feels like it was barely getting started and suddenly it ended 5. Gumboots had most similar vibes to Call Me Al, 2nd fav song in the album

1. Never heard of this band once in my life, but apparently they’re quite popular in Britain? 2. The singer sounds like David Bowie, which is funny that their description on Spotify suggests that their “signature sound” is similar to his, glam rock 3. Oh wait, I’ve heard Common People before. Ali recently did it at a karaoke night. Also apparently this is their most popular song by a large margin (at least in terms of listens on Spotify) 4. Now this feels like an actual album (in terms of length/songs) 5. Definitely an interesting span of genres in this single album 6. On second listen, quite like Disco 2000

1. I’ve apparently heard of her (via liked songs), but only a fairly recent song she put out in 19’ 2. Was listening to the start of this on the way to the airport and her initial response was “Oh you won’t like this” because it’s all slow singing you’d fall asleep to 😂 3. Feelin’ The Same Way is more upbeat than the first few, currently my fav on the album 4. This feels like songs you’d listen to at a Jazz Bar in New Orleans or something 5. The songs are very same-y, but overall her voice is phenomenal

1. Finally, an artist I actually know alot of the discography for 2. Interestingly, the original album ends on Suicidal Thoughts but the Remasters have “Who Shot Ya?” and “Just Playing (Dreams)” to finish it out, apparently this is a frequent thing to add stuff later? 3. There is a certain flow that he is able to consistently do that really gets more emphasis out of words than most rappers I hear 4. RE: Remaster, the same thing happened with Nora Jones’ album, but it’s actually very hard to search on Spotify for “the original” album and the remasters/etc will always take priority or the originals are impossible to find without a direct link 5. “Intro” is overwhelming as hell but maybe that’s kinda supposed to be the point 6. Damn, first song is def “dark” in terms of overall mood, talking about his mom’s cancer, the shitty neighborhoods and things he had to grow up with, it’s just super heavy 7. Idk why, but it’s odd that songs from then don’t explicitly do a “feat. X” so I’m hearing a song like Gimme the Loot and it takes quite a bit of searching to find who is rapping with Biggie (Easy Mo Bee in this example) 8. Jeez, “Gangsta/ster Rap” really used to have a lot of “ya we go out shooting people” and it’s kinda crazy how normalized it was (and kind of still is) 9. That Interlude is… something 10. I’ve heard of a lot of the songs on this album, but my fav new one is The What, 2nd is Respect, 3rd is Unbelievable 11. Did he just say Rudy Giuliani on Everyday Struggle?? 12. He has MULTIPLE songs where a “pager” goes off, and it’s actually very anxiety inducing hearing it and trying to figure out where it’s coming from before you realize it’s in the song 13. Big Poppa still slaps to this day

1. Yet another artist I am much more familiar with, it’s always interesting to me that ABBA is actually Swedish since their vocals/lyrics have such clean English 2. I thought I’d know almost all the songs on this album, but I actually only seem to know about half 3. Looking at Spotify popularity/listens, Dancing Queen is actually the only Top 10 song (in fact #1 by a large margin) of theirs from this album, which also surprised me considering there are a couple other very popular ABBA songs on this album 4. Dancing Queen is still definitely my favorite song on this album and even of all their discography 5. Not as a negative to the album/ABBA, but the vibes and tones of the songs are very repetitive with barely any change-up it feels across all of the songs 6. Of the songs I don’t know on the album, I quite liked Tiger the most

1. Never heard of Goldie in my life, but apparently he’s a very prominent EDM figure? 2. Wtf, the first song is 21min… this is going to be a long listen 3. Ah ok, you can already tell 5min into the first song that he’s a D&B artist 4. Timeless sounds like multiple songs/ideas/beats spliced together, dude just needs to stick with one or split into multiple tracks 5. This is the exact music I imagine was played at the 90s rave clubs 6. Ok, State of Mind has some more jazzy funk to it, maybe it won’t all be the same D&B rave music 7. Sea of Tears has weird as hell background sounds 8. Adrift is very vibe-y, liking it a lot 9. Why does every song have to be more than like 6min… 10. I can see why Inner City Life is his most popular song, it’s definitely the most easy listening and good bops 11. I’m a huge EDM fan, but D&B tends to be one of my least preferred genre of it. The album overall is good, but it has the same negatives I have from most D&B in that it feels like the songs blend together a lot and there’s not much variety overall

1. I think I’ve heard of The Fall before but never really listened to much of their music 2. This Spotify artist synopsis is so much word vomit about literally everything this band ever did 3. Seems that the band is centered around the vocalist and has actually been playing for the better part of 40 years until he died in 2018 4. His vocals are very drawl-y where you can barely understand half of his words, not exactly my preferred 5. Smith often goes on long free-form “rants” which remind me kind of LCD Soundsystem (who apparently is one of the “acknowledged disciples” of Smith) 6. It’s weird that despite being a 70s post-punk band (which had their heyday in the 80s) that the album chosen is from the early 90s which seems past their “prime” (artist description even mentions this album didn’t sell that well but did have good reviews) maybe it’s just the “I actually like this niche album of theirs” 7. The only Top 10 song of theirs in terms of listens/popularity is Lost In Music while everything else doesn’t even have that many plays. To me it’s… fine? If this is the greatest the album has to offer maybe The Fall just isn’t for me 8. Glam-Racket is kind-of good? I like the music backing and the vocals are slightly more interpretable 9. I find this album somewhere between the middle-ground of I don’t really care for it, it’s actually not that bad, and maybe I kinda like a couple of songs. Overall pretty mid to be honest I suppose 10. The League of Bald Headed Men is kinda fun and good guitar backing 11. Feels like there isn’t much variation in this album in terms of music backing or vocals, which is kinda disappointing reading the band’s synopsis about how they blend across so many genres 12. What the hell, Mancunian means from Manchester??

1. At first I didn't know who CHIC was, and then I heard Le Freak and immediately realized that it was "that" band 2. Damn apparently they are still touring? Or at least touring very recently 3. Seems like 2 of the 3 main members have had a hand in A LOT of popular music for decades 4. I'm sad that this is yet another "short" album, only 8 songs and 41 minutes. Why can't THIS be the 2 hour album?? 5. Nile Rodgers really knows how to get around the music business and I'd actually heard of his name before but never knew he was a member of this band 6. I definitely know a few of these songs, but also don't know a number of them as well 7. The guitar backings of Rodgers is top fucking tier (also very reminiscent of recent songs he's featured in, man's still got it) 8. Savoir Faire I quite like for the background music despite the lack of vocals 9. While not every song in this album is a certified banger, the overall vibe and quality is definitely the best I've heard so far in all the albums we've listened to (one that I'd assuredly say deserves the "1001 albums to listen to" title 10. At Last I Am Free is my least favorite due to the generally slow nature and less "dance" vibes 11. Of the songs I wasn't already familiar with, Savoir Faire was my favorite 12. Fun little language tidbit, but "chic" has the same etymological roots as "chicanery" despite them being almost entirely different words nowadays

1. I've definitely heard of Lauryn Hill before, but I probably couldn't name any song titles off the top of my head 2. After a first listen through the album, I really like the fact that there's kind of a story being told along with every song about the students in class with the teacher trying to educate them 3. Apparently I actually have 2 liked songs by her and they're both from this album (Doo Wop & Can't Take My Eyes Off of You)? Seems that'd make sense since they're her 2nd and 5th most popular song of all time respectively. 4. The fact that even within the first 3-4 songs it felt like I've listened to (what sounds like) entirely different artists is a testament to the quality and skill of Lauryn. From rap, to hip-hop, to R&B/soul she really melds a lot of genres together which normally I'd say wouldn't work, but maybe that's where the overarching story tying the songs together helps 5. Damn, she's apparently still even touring to this day, plays in Vancouver in November actually 6. This entire album is REALLY good, definitely deserves to be on the 1001 list 7. Favorite song that I hadn't heard before is probably Nothing Even Matters

no notes

classic, no notes

pretty ok, very Beatles vibes

All new but pretty good

amazing

3.5/5

4.5/5

new and good

never heard before, quite good

Amazing

good, not great

good

too long

love

love

6/5

3.5/5

good but long

4.5/5

fine

good

new 3, fine

never again

phenom, in rotation now

surprisingly good listen

Not the worst ever, but not good

fine, not the worst

Pretty good

pretty good

fine

good but boring

very good

very good

Pretty good, like David Byrne’s voice but it’s not a 5/5

Good but not fave old school rap

fine Christmas songs, nothing offensively bad

Bluesy and fun but wouldn’t probably listen to again

Good but not the best Beatles album

Enjoyable classic rock but fairly middling overall

Good listen, but mostly ok-ish songs by RHCP

weird and ok, but not great

fantastic album, total classic with so many memorable hits

Tad long, not many memorable songs, but still pretty good

phenomenal, forgot how much I enjoyed old Coldplay

Surprisingly enjoyable, smooth voice

great jazz

I think I wish that there was more consistently good songs on this album, some good ones but not enough to give a 4

very good album, tad long, but some really great grunge

pretty good, but nothing stand out in my opinion

good, but fairly soft recording, lots of familiar songs but wish they were live

great classic rock album

Good but a tad short

Temu Beatles

Quite good, number of great songs, vibes were great too

Enjoyed him as a solo act

Classic and great songs, but not stand-out enough for a 5

Wish I could rate higher for all of the popular songs that are bangers, but everything else is just so meh that I cannot reasonably give it a 4

Fun Tri-lingual album that had some pretty good songs

Feels like I am supposed to like it more, but it was just fine

Love Tom Petty, absolute classic, wish it was longer

also a classic, just as good as 1967 album

Really enjoy his vibes and guitar, this is some good folk, def worth listening to another time

Some songs I knew beforehand without the artist name, but generally just alright for rock

Not as good as 1999

very good, classic

borders between worst ever and maybe ok on a good day

Nice listen, really liked his style

actually pretty decent, better album than the last one and also contains a number of memorable songs

it’s fine I guess? nothing about it makes me want to listen to it again, maybe there are other albums of theirs that I’d find more enjoyable

fantastic, no notes

Really quite good, great voice, chill vibes, would def listen to again

Way too experimental for my taste, not the worst ever but would rather not listen to this again

So many classic bangers, great album

Good listen, lots of classic songs, but wouldn’t bother listening to the album again probably

please never again

Better than just him solo

Good but fine, prefer when he plays with the group

Pretty ok, a few classic Police songs but everything else is just fine

Ok-ish for folk, seems there may be better Dylan albums out there

Some good songs but nothing stand-out

Absolute classic, amazing songs front to back

Maybe a little too dissonant and random for my taste? I enjoy jazz but the trumpet noodling was honestly too much

THIS is what jazz means to me; absolute banger even though I realized every song was repeated essentially twice in the listen through I had. It was seriously that good

Very good, glad to have seen them live, but not so amazing to be a 5

Very surprisingly good considering I’d never heard of them before now, that is until “Our House” played. Actually might consider getting this album on vinyl 4.5 but down to 4

Honestly was hoping for better. The good was great but the fine was meh. Some classics in this for sure but other songs make me want to skip

Just ok, not exactly the best from Coldplay but still has some classics songs of theirs

Absolutely fantastic album, definitely need to get a vinyl of this

Astounding jazz album, really enjoyed it

Good listen but probably wouldn’t come back to listen to any songs again besides a couple

Not the worst country ever, but don’t plan on listening to this again

I feel like I should be liking it more than I do, but it’s still a pretty good album

I think I liked it better than “Made In Japan”, but probably not enough to bump this up to a 5

Very sensual, but not my kind of jazz I’d listen to a lot

Really good and classic Bowie

Holy shit, what an absolute banger of an album. Alanis Morissette is crazy good

Very fun beats/house with a few classics

Good band but pretty average from them

Maybe I’m crazy and/or just don’t have nostalgia, but I only really remember Maps and everything else in this album is kinda annoying to listen to. 2.5 but not SO bad to bring it down, 3/5

Great band as always, love their sound, but probably not their best album 4/5

Just about an ok album from the kinks as ever

She’s got an amazing voice and the composition is great, not sure what it’s missing for a 5 but still very good

A near-perfect album

Fun but average

Love their sound, very chill and alluring

Great listen, odd but fun mix of rap, pop, and r&b

some extremely classic songs on this, but a majority of the album is average at best… considering the quantity of great songs vs good/average, probably 3.5 rounded down

Kind of fun punk-ish rock, with a song that I didn’t realize was by them, but overall just a bog-standard album

I understand the appeal of Neil but it’s honestly a little too country guy my taste

Never heard of the band before and kinda makes sense as to why. Pretty middling punk 90s rock vibes, nothing with listening to a second time

Very fun bluesy and jazzy vibes

Preferred this album over his others, less folksy and more bluesy rock

Feels like I should enjoy this more, but besides Paint It Black it’s a bit forgettable

Fun little bit of psychedelic rock with some jams, but not very many memorable songs considering

Fine

Surprisingly decent, enjoyed it more than I would most metal albums, still at best a 3.5

Filled to the brim with absolute classics, hard to find any faults besides maybe just a bit too long

Pretty average actually

Surprisingly fun album with a lot of unique and diverse songs. Even then, wouldn’t likely go out of my way to listen to this again but good to know about

Pretty great solo album by Jack, not nearly as good as the best White Stripes but I’ll still likely listen to it again sometime

just wow, not like best 5/5 but for sure worth it

One of the best albums so far

Feels like I should enjoy it more, but honestly only about half of the songs were very good and the rest were just OK

Surprisingly interesting and chill album, kind of like Oasis meets Ben Folds

Fun but overall just alright at best, wish it was a bit longer

Surprisingly good listen, probably a 3.5 at best, but not good enough to put down as a 4

For how good BB are in general, the overall album was actually pretty average. Some great songs in this, but the rest are fine at best

Good listen, a couple familiar songs, but nothing amazing

Fun Irish tunes

Very cool and cool French pop

Some good songs and some bad ones (murder mystery is crazy), considering giving it a 3 but honestly will give it a 2

Holy crap, best Bowie album by far

Really really good, 4.5 but can’t reasonably give a 5 with how I’m not a fan of all the skits/calls filling the time

Didn’t realize a number of songs were by this band, but otherwise it was a fairly forgettable album

Nice, short and to the point, but a smidge too country to really give it any better than a 3

Good listen, nothing standout

Too long, not many great songs but not terrible

I need to own this album ASAP

Considering how many classic songs are on this album that I had no clue was Cyndi I honestly have to bump this album up a point

Couldn’t find the “original” album, but the B-sides and complete collection are way too long, half the songs are whatever and the other half range from classic EDM to semi-boring elevator music. The few songs I know really well bump up the 2.5

Really liked her voice, but kind of forgettable across order similar albums

Fucking amazing, absolute stunner of an album. Need this one in vinyl

Considering the last few 3’s, I actually enjoyed this one a bit more, 3.5 rounded up

Not as good as I initially thought, but not bad. Fun off/punk from 90s

Better(?) young at best 3.5 rounded down

At some point it was 4, at another point it was 2.5, at best we entirely see it as 3

not as many hits as expected but still a great album

great listen, but has a few too many skits/long "bits" that apparently are all the rage in rap/hip-hop albums of this time that I think detracts from the album as a whole

considering the intro song, the overall album was actually fairly disappointing, really thought I was going to hear more of their hits/classics

not exactly a stunning/perfect album because towards the end some of the songs blend together, but overall a very solid album

Fine

Actually a pretty good listen, jazzy, fun and light

Way better Joni album than the last one

Expected way more given my knowledge of the band and that era, but either the mixing and/or random skits were just too much, best I can give is 3

Fun album, good listen, but 3.5 at best so gonna round down

Wow, don’t think I’d ever listen to this again but it’s not offensively terrible so let’s say 2

Always love some jazz, dunno if it’s truly worthy of a 5/5 so will stick with 4

2nd album of his so far only confirms I really enjoy him; even then, of the 2 it’s an easy 3.5 rounded up

Hell fucking yeah, nothing makes ya feel better than having a handful of songs of a very specific album liked in Spotify and then listening to that album all the way thru and confirming that it’s THAT good. 5/5, maybe 4.5 at worst because of modern day Kanye

I thought it was fine until it wasn’t and then I realized how constantly droning and depressing the whole album was. Maybe there are better Nick Cave albums but this one really wasn’t to my liking

Considering the genre (folk/country) which is usually not my vibe, I actually didn’t mind it too much. A good listen mostly with some decently good songs here and there

Jazzy, good listen, but nothing with listening to another time

Weirdly enjoy this album more than their older one, but it’s a 3.5 at best which I don’t think I can reasonably rate any higher

Kind of actually enjoyed his vibe, maybe a better Bob Dylan in my eyes if that was possible

In some sort of world this is the sound that made bands like Rammstein and other noise bands, but holy shit is this type of thing that makes top 1000 albums of all time simply because this garbage is made in the 80s??? I can barely survive until Jet’M and actually recognize it’s a poorly rendered rendition of another song from an album here and it really made me think just HOW bad this album is 1/5 would never recommend this to my worst enemy

Really great live album, albeit a bit long

A few absolute fucking classics surrounded by pretty fine songs 3.5 rounded up

Maybe I just expect more of Bowie after the last number of albums we’ve listened to, but this was honestly pretty mid for his standards