1001 Albums Summary

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Bluesier then the typical Dylan that I like. Seems to be the start of his transition out of folk. Not surprisingly, I like the second half more which includes Its All Over Now, Baby Blue.

Have listened to this album many times. Excellent. They don’t make good albums like this anymore.

A little funky for my tastes. I prefer some of their other albums. Only liked last two songs.

Pre thoughts: don’t like blues, it’s the same couple of riffs over and over in every song. Hank’s song in the Office ruins blues like Dewey Cox ruins biopics. Half way thoughts: I really don’t like blues. No structure like jazz or jam bands. Just not for me. Final thoughts: Before this exercise, I definitely wouldn’t have guessed that I like Romanian Death Metal more than blues. Hated it more than I expected to.

Knew most of the songs already. One of my top Bowie albums. Not usually a fan of covers unless they are drastically changed. Why is lets spend the night together here.

Knew most of the songs already. One of my top Bowie albums. Not usually a fan of covers unless they are drastically changed. Why is lets spend the night together here.

Went in thinking it’d be a 1 star. Still felt that way after first half as every song just seemed the same (only so much you can do with drums which is why I don’t really like modern hip hop). Second half kind of clicked and I enjoyed the last 3 songs or so. Probably closer to a 2.5 for me which is saying something but I’ll round up to 3.

It’s pretty much one song - and it’s a good song - sung over and over with some slight change to the tempo and some different chords. I like it, but there’s only so much you can do with one acoustic guitar and drums.

Started off great and thought it was going to be a hidden gem for me as I didn’t know of the songs from this album, but fizzled out a bit. Suzanne is one of my favorite songs of all time but this album didn’t quite do it for me.

Not really into that whole San Francisco sound. I’m hippie-ish but not this hippie-ish. This album generator experience is really telling me that I like structured music. Give me verses and choruses. This album doesn’t have many.

I forgot how good their first two albums are before they really leaned into the pop side. This is pop too, but it has enough verve and feeling to keep it interesting. Kind of reminded me of Pablo Honey, and while Radiohead went on to be incredibly inventive and groundbreaking, Coldplay did the opposite. 3.5 up to 4.

Laughed out loud 5 seconds into the first song. What a time capsule. Definitely listened to this on my discman when I was in 8th grade. 1.5 stars.

Not my favorite type of music but can respect it. Couple songs that I liked. Thought I’d like it more than I did. Last couple songs almost dropped it to 1 star.

Could be decent background music but nothing I would listen to just to listen to it.

Liked it a lot, some great unique guitar playing. Of all the albums I’ve listened to for this project, this has the most new songs that I’ve found that I like.

Second album skip after two songs. No way I’m listening to an hour of this.

5 or 6 incredible songs and the rest is so so. A double album, it means a lot of songs I was very nonchalant about. 4.5 up to 5.

Kind of like it more than I was expecting but would probably never listen again. Janie’s got a gun is good. 2.5 down to 2..

Couple of gems but jamming, ambient Bowie isn’t my favorite Bowie.

Ooph these guys are angry.

Very solid. No real stand out songs but everything pretty good. Very impressive for first album since it sounds like he wrote, produced, and played every instrument

Was shocked when a cover of Changes came on. Dug it.

Started it and loved it and quickly went downhill. I bet boomers love this.

60 minutes of any one instrument is a bit much.

California Dreamin is a classic and I Call Your Name is great but nothing else really grabbed me. How do you rate an album with an all-time classic and not much else? Has to be at least 3 stars right?

It’s definitely a lot of noise.

Enjoyed it. Started running together at the end but I liked it

If this has razzmatazz or common people, it’s probably a 5 star.

Liked it way more than I expected. Thought it was going to be generic arena rock and it wasn’t. Usually don’t like live albums either. Dug it.

Two absolute classics in Tom Sawyer and limelight. Everything else was fine. 3.5/5 but where does it round to?

Solid, kind of a mix of Pulp, Oasis, and early Radiohead.

Hard to give any album that has The Weight under 3 stars but nothing else here. Only version of I shall be released that I don’t like.

Not a huge fan of cover albums, sing your own songs. At least he does it well. Needs some range, gets old after 5 or 6 songs.

Not much there for me.

Just some boys having some fun. Delightful.

Unlistenable. Maybe least favorite album so far. Giving this a 1 makes me want to revise the albums to make them a 2 so that this one is worse.

Can definitely see how this is good for people that like rap. Just doesn’t click for me.

I liked the other Suede album much more.

Delightful for the most part

Just don’t like jam bands

I guess I like early Paul Simon

Great album. Listening this makes the Johnny Cash’s Personal Jesus seem a lot worse.

I’ve never felt more like Dennis Reynolds.

Couldn’t get through it. Just hate jam bands.

So much damn fun. Would be a blast to play guitar in a band like this.

Like it more than modern rap but still gets very old after a few songs. Every song is roughly the same, random noise increasing in pitch for 5 seconds and then repeat with drums behind it, some record scratches mixed in, Chuck D rapping the same way every song, then 10-20 seconds interludes in between the verses for Flava Flav to scream yeah boy

Felt like I was in a movie from 1990.

Just not for me but I can respect the skill.

Dudes definitely going for it but I dig it.

Beck definitely shreds but some generic blues songs and one-dimensional singing style.

Guys sad.

Appreciate that they paved the way for nirvana to make good grunge music.

Some of the songs are fine I guess but I really don’t understand why this album is on this list. I’d have to assume true blue and like a prayer are on here and this isn’t the only Madonna album.

Not a big funk fan but have to respect the guitar and joy.

Some rough stuff here.

Became a dad last year so thought I would like this more.

Best Christmas album there is

There’s several studies about how nostalgia is what you watched/listened to/read in your most formative years and how those are always comforting (I guess as long as your formative years are comforting). Anyway this came out when I was a senior in high school.

Dancing Queen and Fernando give it 3 stars but not much else there

One of the greatest albums ever and one that I've listened to 100’s of times. Some of the funnest guitar to play.

Can’t believe how much I like this. I knew I Wanna Be Adored but the rest of the album is pretty different from it. 4.5 stars, couldn’t go to 5 as there are albums in another tier.

Way more punk than I was expecting. Probably a 3.5 but Brass in Pocket gets it to a 4.

It’s fine but not much sticking out

Geez Louise.

Couldn’t imagine how listening to this would’ve felt walking home from bars in NYC at 5 AM in the winter after having a fun but disappointing night.

Don’t think I’m the target demo for this one.

Is this an April fools joke in January? This makes me think I can make an influential album.

I don’t I was in a depressed enough mood to enjoy this.

I can smell the Coors Banquet and Marlboro Reds from this album.

Exactly what I expected it to sound like. Sounds like all the others to me.

Wish I listened to this back when I still did drugs. Willie the Pimp drops this album down by a full point. I like this more then the other loose structured albums.

A little too many lutes for my liking. Season of the Witch is an all timer though.

Couldn’t get through it. 3rd Leonard Cohen album is all lot considering all songs are very, very similar. I love ‘Suzanne’ but the Nina Simone version.

Heard the chord progression on the first song and thought I was going to love this. The rest disappointed me.

I don’t care if he is the Big Poppa, can he croon?

I really doing understand the appeal of this genre.

Hey guys. The early 90’s called, they want their mood back.

Just because it’s a satirical joke album doesn’t mean the songs can’t be good.

Not my favorite VU album which means I like it instead of loving it.

Really don’t understand why this is on this list. Nothing original or memorable about it.

Not sure we need multiple Nick Drake albums on here but it’s solid. Definitely darker than the other but as original as can be considering it’s just him and an acoustic.

Was not expecting to see this album in here. A couple solid songs but man is his voice grating.

Perfectly cromulent.

That is certainly what ska sounds like.

1 star if this didn’t have Cult of Personality.

Just can’t do it.

Part of me liked it more than I expected and the other part was getting heart murmurs

Some beautiful, haunting songs among many songs that I pray I never hear again.

Wow did I hate that!

There were some bits that I dug. It’s too bad their somewhere buried within a 10 minute meandering song

Scream in my face once, shame on you. Scream in my face for an hour, shame on me.

If I witnessed this live, 5 stars.

Crazy how this band can make two of my all time favorites (OK Computer and In Rainbows) and then make other albums that I can’t even get through. If There There wasn’t on this, it’d be 1 star for me.

So far, this album leads the way for most eyes rolls