1001 Albums Summary

Not exactly one to return to

Riverman is a classic and stands out above the other tracks, which are pretty much meh...

A smasher title track on a good funky album

Pleasant enough album but I always feel like Young has always been the opposite of his name and not in a good way. I prefer his teaming up with Crosby, Stills and Nash. His singing often borders on whining and I can't relate to his lyrics either but yeah, not a bad album in the grand scheme of things.

I've listened to this album so many times when I was younger. Almost every track sucks you in with King's voice clearly and effortlessly making this an easy listening classic

One of the greatest albums ever? Really? Pretty ordinary Synth Pop.

Classic rock is generally not my bag, maybe because it's generally overplayed on the airways but also because I grew up in the punk and post-punk era. Classic rock was just wrong on so many different levels.

Not sure what this is doing in a list of the greatest albums. It's pretty mediocre indie rock.

A hip hop classic from which I like a few tracks but in general, not an all time great album for me

Not an all time great album at all

Nah, ordinary at best. Not an all time great album.

An album worthy of this list. Even if a bit long, it is lyrically and musically interesting enough to hold you throughout. And the background to Stevens' 50 US states project is also worth finding out about. 48 states to go but this album is enough in itself to occupy you for some time. Great songs, delicately woven into a tapestry that is in Stevens' mind, Illinois.

Music that appeals to pot bellied beer drinkers and whore mongers on safari at drag racing venues...but that's a bit cruel. I get the attraction but not my genre at all.

Meh, mediocre 90s hip hop

A legendary lyricist of candid intimate confessions half spoken, half sung with stripped back instrumentation, this is not his best album IMHO. Avalanche and Famous Blue Raincoat are stand outs for me but I expect some of his other albums will come up here like Songs of Leonard Cohen.

Revolver is when the Beatles begin to grab my attention. This album has its moments as they begin to mature and find an identity in a more experimental drug influenced approach. It's not got any tracks that I particularly enjoy. There always seems to be a lingering Beatlemania quality to this record that doesn't occur in the albums following this one.

A reggae classic with one of my favourite reggae tunes (Natural Mystic) of all time kicking it off. No real fillers here, just good solid songs throughout.

What pop music should sound like. I have always been mildly attracted to Cope's music but never a big fan. I do prefer some of his solo work more though. Still worth a dabble.

Meh, pretty much wallpaper indie rock that has about as much impact as ...well drab wallpaper

While the lyrics can be quite cleverly constructed, her voice tends to grate as the album progresses. Apart from the odd change in instrumentation, it all seems pretty much similar throughout and there's little respite from that squeaky voice of hers. Not an album I'd return to. Maybe her later albums remedy this one but I can't bring myself to bother searching for them.

Can't go wrong with most reggae, even if a lot of these songs have been played to death on the airways or been covered by multiple artists. Beach vibes...

Got a bit samey too quickly. Not a fan, even though one or two tracks might sound ok if nestled in a mix tape.

Got into them through Primal Scream's cover of Slip Inside this House (the cover is better IMHO). Shades of Janis Joplin and the 70s rambling psych rock is fine but not really a top album for me.

Not her best album as IMHO 'To Bring you my Love' was when she hit the mark. No stand out tracks and it's a bit heavy on the percussion, which is annoying with her voice grating at times. No stand out tracks, just a bit jarring and not in a good way.

The King of Pop proves it on this album with some really great pop tunes here. When I was a kid, this album got me, especially 'Got to be Startin' Something', which I still think is a really great track. Other classics also make this a great album so even though it's a rare guilty pleasure, I still rate it highly.

I've heard this album off and on over the years and apart from '21st Century Schizoid Man', it kinda just washed over me. Can't say it's done much more this time round but 'Epitaph' was worth playing again. I mean it's a classic album but I prefer the later album, Lark's Tongue in Aspic. Mostly pleasant background music for me, this one.

Two discs worth of this operatic stadium rock and I've had my fill. Not for me. All I can say is thank god punk rock came along to stop this type of masturbatory shenanigans.

Sorry, this is just utter crud

Not my bag. Sounds like a bunch of old guys fiddling around in the basement flat their parents once lived in. Tired and drab. I mean, I get why people like this but for me it's almost as bad as the Travelling Wilburys, and that's bad. Ok, so Sultans of Swing passes but overplayed on radio stations to the point of real pain so no, not my bag.

This album should be called 'The Doldrums'. I mean 'Surf's Up' sounds a bit more upbeat than the melancholic dirge of this album, maybe it was intentional given the album cover but I was expecting a prelude to Pet Sounds and was bitterly disappointed.

Not a Clash fan but a few tracks on this are worth the listen (London Calling, Hateful, The Card Cheat and Lost in the Supermarket), the others not so much. A classic album as it was a huge influence on many artists and a key punk album.

Not a fan when this came out and nothing has changed. Couldn't understand the appeal then and can't see it even more so now.

Meh, pretty average as far as hip hop goes. Can't see why it's hyped.

Oi, oi, argey bargey can in hand and powdered nose jostlin' amongst it. Otherwise, a bit old hat. Not much fun without the scene to go with it and I'm over it.

C'mon, do I have to?

Not averse to The Black Keys. I don't love them and I don't dislike them. Nothing quite grabs me enough to rate this higher than a 2 or a 3. I'll be generous this time.

Side 1 is pretty good, if overplayed on the airways, but not much to say about side 2. Not my favourite Lou Reed album

Not a big fan but I'm not averse to this. If it came on the radio, I wouldn't turn it off but can't pick out anything to play on repeat.

One of my primary school teachers used to use some of the tracks from this album in her classes. Can't say I've revisited it much since then but a good record all round, if not something I'd go to of my own accord.

I grew up with this album being played in my house and it's nostalgia for me. Not something I'd go out of my way to play but will sing along when it's played. Good songs and lyrics and worthy of a chance at this list but not one I'd seek out.

Apart from 'Song 2' and maybe 'Beetlebum', this is just very average dragging dross.

Surprisingly, I found this album somewhat entertaining. The first few seconds made me think I had put on the wrong album. The playfulness and variation kept me interested. It borders on pretentiousness on occasion but overall, not being a Queen fan, I kinda liked it in places. A good album to sample with some 'Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite' moments.

Standard indie rock that doesn't contain anything to make it worthy of the title 'great'. It's fine but not great in any way.

Eventually I'm sure I'll learn to appreciate Bob Dylan a bit more but it's an arduous process and while I like the odd track, a full album is a tough ask to actually enjoy. Apart from the obvious tracks like say 'Maggie's Farm' and 'Mr. Tambourine Man', 'Bob Dylan's 115th Dream' gets a nod this time round.

I prefer Nirvana plugged in but this is alright as 'a radio friendly unit shifter'

Nostalgia for me. Back in the day, as a wee teen I really liked this album, especially 'Drowning Man'. Pity Bono is such a knob. Thought he was a good un back then but sadly, he's shown his true colours over the years. I went off them after 'Auchtung Baby'.

Boring blues rock that is now hackneyed and played to death but just won't die.

Pretty ordinary soft rock that is as innocuous as it is unworthy of a 1001 list of all time great albums

Kinda liked it when it came out but not my favourite type of hip hop. Might listen to a couple of tracks now and again but it's not an all time great, even for hip hop.

A few annoying tracks (Annalisa being particularly lame) but 'Public Image' and my favourite track on the album, 'Fodderstompf', pulled me through. Rotten's sermon on 'Religion II' comes off as easy targeting and hardly as edgy as he may have thought it was. But there's enough variation here and he does best when he puts his voice into that contorted squeal, not as iconic as Dead Kennedy's front man, Jelo Biafra, IMHO but it stands out all the same.

Can't say it made me change my mind about the 60s' folk scene. Not something I'd listen to normally. If I listen to folk, it's normally neo folk or more chaotic stuff like Comus but this is just a bit too twee for my tastes and her voice can be a touch annoying at times.

Not a big Bowie fan and this hasn't done much to persuade me otherwise. Apart from 'Heroes', which is still pretty ordinary IMHO, there's not much to catch your attention on this record, except the other tracks co-written by Brian Eno, like 'Moss Garden'.

High energy student indie pop, which has its moments but like the Arctic Monkeys, not really something I'd seek out or even dance to in a club or wherever.

This just grates like someone scraping their nails on a blackboard. Awful stuff

I prefer their self titled album. This is just dull af.

Apart from the hits on this album, the rest is just filler with pretty lame covers. Wedding reception DJ type hits though.

Already rated one of their albums and this one is slightly better than the previous one but the hits have been overplayed on every radio station for years and the rest of it is just background music for me so it kinda leaves me cold

Not their best and I'm not a big fan of their best. For me 'Snow Blind' was their best ever song and none of these tracks come close. 'Warning' is especially cringe. 'Wizard' and 'Wicked World' keep this album from bombing. The latter was their first ever track played when they were called 'Earth' so I guess they got a lot of practice in.

What is this insipid dross? Sugar coated bland unimaginative crap. Please, I haven't been given a 5 album yet. How is this a great album?

Just can't get into Neil Young. His voice is just too wet and nothing in his lyrics grab me. Musically, this album is fine but IMHO, Young is too earnest but in a wishy washy way for the most part.

His nerdy voice sounds like he's never experienced anything he sings about. He ain't no Hank Williams III. And his rapping comes off pretty lame as well. Lyrically poor and generally W E A K, it's barely saved from oblivion with the instrumentation and accompanying vocals but all in all it's just a frat boy's pool party album with Mr. Try Hard acting like he's some kind of hard man.

One song or maybe two is enough but a whole album just fades into the background and nothing particularly stands out

We had The Stooges and Velvet Underground. Then The Ramones came along and I'm as bored as they seem to be by their repertoire. An unpopular opinion but after one or two tracks of this, it's time to turn back to the previous mentioned bands to see how it should be done. It's not cool or rebellious or anything other than bored guys being boring. Now Drag Racing Underground's cover of 'Blitzkrieg Bop' does the job better, albeit with plenty of hindsight. So, 2 stars for 'influencing' later bands in some way.

Ho hum, another dull album to wade through. 'Constant Craving' is about the only song worth one listen. The rest is just tiresome bilge.

Good production on these tracks and references and samples to / from other rap / hip hop outfits (Public Enemy & Geto Boys etc) + the times and what was going on make this album significant for many involved. 'Straight Outta Compton' vibes for a lot of the tracks as well but not being from the US, this doesn't hit it for me, especially with all the 'nigga' this and that and 'muthafuckin' hoes and bitches'. Can't really relate.

I was really into Sonic Youth until this album and I kinda moved on. Apart from 'Wish Fulfillment' and a couple of other tracks, this just passed me by. Nothing annoying about it, well maybe some of the Kim Gordon led tracks are a bit iffy, but I can't really say anything on it is particularly attention grabbing.

If you like a bit of jazz noodling for those nights in the conservatory sat byt the fire in your leather armchair, whiskey in hand and cigar in the other, looking out over a still moonlit lake, this album is for you. If you can't afford that, a nice quiet coffee-come -second hand bookshop will do. At last an album worthy of a list like this. From the mid 50s but this is still fresh today, sometimes a tight scramble, often a playful light hearted tinkling and at others a bold chorus big band sound. Each time I listen, I get something different. A great album but you have to be in that kinda mood to let it wash over you and take you places.

Even though this is the third Neil Young album I've been given and I'm not a fan, it was an aptly named album as I was in the process of harvesting an orchard of mangoes. I let the album blend in with the breeze as it rustled the leaves and I thought well, it's not a bad album for the context. 'Heart of Gold' and 'The needle and the damage done' were the only tracks I previously knew and I've heard them too many times already to give them any more consideration. The other tracks were pleasant enough in a breezy orchard but it just feels dated and tired.

Not a fan of Elton John but if I had to choose a favourite, it wouldn't be this album. 'Don't Shoot me, I'm the Piano Man' would get my vote as his best. Liberace meets Jerry Lee Lewis in places isn't my thing really.

As albums go in general, this is not worth mentioning or even considering. As heavy metal goes, this is just meh.

The Jam for me are overrated and this album certainly didn't change my mind. This is bland af.

I was expecting to like this a bit more than I did. As a kid, one of the first albums I got was 'Orginal Musiquarium' and this album has some of the tracks from that one on it so I thought I'd travel back in time and enjoy reminiscing and also listening to tracks I hadn't heard before. But apart from 'Pastime Paradise' (a bit of a surprise and much better than the Gangsta version), nothing really moved me and the album was beginning to grate after getting 15 tracks in. Was there any reason to flood this release with all these songs, none of which are particularly stunning IMHO? I always associated Wonder with positivity and smiles but it began to make me a bit irritable. Oh well.

Ordinary in every way. Never liked them as there's just nothing that grabs you and they sound like a good pub band at best

More hum drum dull drab as dishwater albums. Has this list only got very few really excellent albums in it, you know albums that you want to go back to again and again. This is just wallpaper.

Never heard anything by Rush before so wasn't sure what to expect but after the first 4 tracks of this album, I'd had enough. It hasn't changed my overall aversion to classic rock that encouraged millions of teens to air guitar in front of mirrors, a kind of aural masturbation. The heavy metal screeching and guitar solos along with the prog rock concept album ideas all made for endless yawns, I'm afraid. Ok, they can play. They have skills but nothing really stands out apart from that.

A bit too jaunty for Cohen's voice and lyrics IMHO, almost jovial when compared to my favourite album of his (Songs of Leonard Cohen). It works on 'Take This Waltz' but even this track doesn't come close to the likes of 'Sisters of Mercy'. Kinda sounds like he's lost his mojo in the 10 years since that album.

Another album that could have been halved and had a slightly better affect on this listener. None of the songs grabbed me but none were particularly bad either. Just another bland album that this list seems to churn out on a regular basis.

The last U2 album I paid any attention to tbh and it's their best to that point IMO. Of course, 'One' is the track everyone talks about on this album but my favourite is 'Acrobat'. A good easily accessible rock album with some good sing-along tracks with decent lyrics but after this album, I couldn't get past Bono's persona.

Not a huge fan of this type of 'grunge'. For me, Nirvana define the genre so much better as they were sonically and lyrically so much grittier than their counterparts, including Pearl Jam who still sound like a regular clean melody-driven rock band rather than displaying the more hard hitting chaotic distorted guitar sound of Nirvana. Songs don't have any punch and meander too much and don't have the acerbic bite of Cobain's lyrics. Even Hole's first album wins over 'Ten' for me. I can't bring myself to call this grunge.

Another so-so album to wade through. I keep repeating the same thing for each album on this list. Nothing offends but nothing stands out. Just generally background stuff, and I could find a hundred better albums for that particular task.

Was a fan when it came out. It was a coming of age album for them and me in a way. Their American visit gave them a bit of material to work with. 'Angel in devil's shoes, salvation and the blues.' kinda summed up the US for me quite nicely. But as the years have gone by 'I still haven't found what I'm looking for' doesn't have the meaning it once did and the group have become a distant memory and a disappointment, hobnobbing with elites and Bono just being a bit of a prick. I'll give it 3 for nostalgia's sake.

Yeah, this is one of those albums with mythical status and it has its merits but sounds a bit dated and up itself now. I'd never seek it out and play any of the tracks on it. Wasn't a fan when it came out and nothing has changed since. 'Comfortably Numb' is probably the only stand out track for me.

When 'Stop Making Sense' came out, I was an instant fan but after 'Little Creatures', I haven't really bothered with their other albums, which have few stand out tracks. David Byrne's output has had its moments but apart from the two albums mentioned, I find Talking Heads a bit too bland and trying too hard to be quirky.

Who came first Nickelback or Soundgarden? Who cares? They're both awful and basically the same old tired rawk for frat boys

no, just no...this deserves to be on a list of albums your corpse should 'listen' to when you're dead. How is this even on here?

Another boring album of little consequnece

Another chore to bore my day with...yawn

I 've heard this album a couple of times. Musically upbeat with manic vocals that sound like they're on crack. All in all, not much I liked about it. I suppose 'Bombs over Baghdad' stands out for me but apart from that, I wouldn't return to it. Just too busy and references to things I don't relate to,

One song played slightly differently with different lyrics stretched out to 9 songs. 'Don't' was the exception and although pretty basic on all fronts, it landed...but not as heavily as the others bombed.

A jolly old lady is our Dolly, a manufactured saccharine product that looks like an extra from 'Valley of the Dolls' but she knows her audience I guess and she plays to them with an almost naive sincerity that makes you question whether she is actually authentic at all. I've seen her interviews and she comes across as she does in her songs and it's hard to believe that people like her exist but she insists they do and I have to believe it because she says it without a hint of irony. Not my bag but she is an intriguing enigma to me all the same. Bubble gum country that has a heart of gold wrestling with the big questions in a practical twee kind of philosophical way ('The Mystery of the Mystery') but struts a chest that says 'Here I am'. I am not a fan of the music but I don't hate it either, even though I think I should. I can't imagine her on a horse though...

God this is just so vacuous. 'Music to have sex to' shite

At last, a decent album with at least 4 tracks I really like and have liked since the 90s when this album first came to my attention. I actually got into them after Elizabeth Fraser featured on The Future Sound of London's 'Lifeforms'. Before that I'd briefly delved into their earlier albums but maybe wasn't in the mood. This album has had plenty of time in my ears for me to get bored of it but it's still a go-to album for the melodies, the indecipherable lyrics (who wants to know what things mean anyhow?) and the vocal harmonies. A rare thing indeed (on this list) to be able to listen all the way through an album and not feel like it's sapping the life out of you. 'Road, River and Rail' is my favourite from the album and the band. Beautiful track with Fraser's voice doing what it does best.

Thank god 'Dock of the Bay' isn't on this. That song really grates for some reason. I like the Sam Cooke numbers, especially 'Change is Gonna Come' but overall this album is too long and repetitive.

After a couple of tracks his voice begins to annoy me. That breathless whispering angsty tone works for some parts of some songs but throughout most of the songs, nah. And the lyrics are pretty awful as well. 'Hard Times' is alright but 'Jesus' spare me the 'spiritual' advice.

Not sure what to make of this but at least they produced 10cc's worth of mammal sauce doing it. Apart from that nothing really to write home about though.

Reminds me too much of the kind of music a drunken wedding ceremony DJ would play while people are throwing up, 'dancing', desperately trying to snog a chair or throwing punches at the groom while he tries to catch the bride's bouquet by rugby tackling the priest who is now wearing the bridesmaid's frock. Great for those occasions but otherwise, meh.

Some good bopping tracks on this, which makes it quite fun but the braggadocio gets a bit lame after a while. Fun in places though.

Never bought into the hype around Oasis. Ordinary sing-along pop rock made for that stadium feel. It's good at that but not my bag at all.

I first came across GBV in the early nineties and loved 'Vampire on Titus' but none of their other albums hit that sweet spot for me; the odd track maybe but never the whole album like that album. And this one feels a bit like that. Nothing really jumps out and although I like their short song format, they mostly just blend into each other.

Meh, this is slightly more interesting than some of the artists of this genre that I've been forced to listen to on this site but I won't be returning to it. Only one or two tracks stood out. 'Lost' was one of them.

Blues rock again...'Whole lotta Love' is ok but in general lyrics are as tiring as the sex it references but not a whole lotta fun really. Cock Rock is an apt description.

Not a Springsteen fan and this isn't his best by some way so I'm even less of a fan of this album. Musically, pretty dull. Lyrically ordinary, I guess he's quintessentially American and I can't really relate on that front either.

I'm not wading through 3 discs to listen to this overhyped Britpop crap. They are overrated and overplayed and so up themselves, I just can't. Ok, one or two tracks are ok but because of the aforementioned, it was over before it began for me.

I'm a fan of 'In the Flat Field' and 'The Sky's Gone Out' but this just bores me. Am I missing something? Who knows but I've tried several times over the years to see if I just wasn't in the right mood or whatever and the result is the same, I wake up by the end of it and wonder where were the hooks, where was that sudden jolt into ah ha, but no. Nothing.

Wasn't that into the Madchester scene but this album was always there or thereabouts for me. Good dancy tunes and E energy of the 90s. Nostalgia.

Well, this is novel. I'd heard the odd track from this guy over the years but they didn't really register as being anything worth pursuing. After listening to this, I've got a new artist to explore. Whacky, quirky, psychedelic, pop, fun, groovy, fresh and definitely unique. Tracks seem to catch you with their familiarity, lose you with a jarring melody change or lyric and then make you jump right back in with an anthemic chorus, before being slightly repulsed again due to the constant variation in instrumentation and genre, like its trying to pack too much into one track. I like its loose free flowing quality though. Obviously a musician at the top of his game who has ideas about his ideas. A 3 for now but who knows, it may get to a 4 after more fly bys.

When you can't hear how lame the lyrics are and the noise takes over, it's better, but not by much. 'I wanna fuk you like an animal' yawn...'I drink the honey in your hive', hilarious, enough to bring you out in hives. 'Music' for 14 year olds with acne and a bit of gristle around the mush, thinking that raging hormones have real meaning to their existence. You grow out of it, well some do anyway.

The odd track was all I really got into from this album but over time, it's grown on me. I'll have to keep coming back to this. More multifaceted than some of their other albums with Fela Kuti's influence coming through on some of the tracks and various efforts at experimentation. Enjoyable.

Yawn...this just bored me. Nothing clever or particularly interesting about rant rap and gunshot punctuation of 'yo nigga, I'll put a cap in yo ass' type shite etc. etc.

For some reason, I kept hearing the lead singer trying to sound like something between Springsteen and Dylan, and it put me off a bit but a mellow album in all that doesn't really change it up at all so it kinda floated by without much fanfare. I'll probably have another go sometime and give it a more careful ear but for now a 2...

Sounds like they're having fun but I wasn't, although Saudade Eterna was an exception. I've heard many better albums in this genre so I'm not sure why this is here. A generous 2 from me because maybe I just wasn't in the mood, and not understanding the lyrics is a slight disadvantage if the music doesn't quite grab you..

Never have got into the Doors. Classic Rock is not my thing in general but these guys are pretty low down when it comes to the genre itself IMHO. Is his sultry voice that gets people? Or the mythical status surrounding Morrison? Maybe seeing them live was a big thing. Who knows? But it just sounds like bog standard white boy blues rock that sprawls out a bit to make it 'psychedelic'.

As singer - songwriters go, Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam is up there. I prefer Teaser and the Firecat to this album though. But 'Father and Son' is one of those timeless songs that stands out on a solid album. The rest, apart from maybe 'Sad Lisa', don't quite have the same impact, even though some are pretty famous. As a side note, The Flaming Lips adaption of it (Fight Test) is worth a listen alongside Yusuf's.

Started out thinking this was going to be a bit of drudgery but I ended up quite liking the last two tracks, so maybe I'll have to run it back to see if I missed something. A 2 for now but might switch it up if it's a grower...

Apart from 'That's Entertainment' and bits of other songs on the album that veered off from the overly familiar frenetic amphetamine fuelled choppy rhythm, this album, like all their albums really, didn't do much for me. Weller's vocal style seems at odds with the 'edgy' instrumentation; some might say it works because of that but I prefer the likes of The Fall's raw instrumentation Mark E. Smith's jarring delivery. If you want urban post punk acerbic renditions of council estate inner city angst, there's no better band than early Fall. But I digress, Weller went on to form The Style Council, which says it all really. Even with his working class background, he just comes off as a middle class grandad with pipe and slippers, even when trying to be down with the ordinary folk. Probably why he's still alive though, unlike Smith.

When this first came out, I couldn't get enough of it, especially 'Welcome to the Terrordome', 'Burn Hollywood Burn', 'Can't do Nuttin' for ya Man' and 'Fight the Power'. The Spike Lee film 'Do the Right Thing' was my favourite film at the time with Radio Raheem playing the last song on the album on repeat. Great film. But the album went on the back burner when 'Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black' came out. That album is still my favourite for the actual tracks but this album takes me back to a time when I was discovering lots of new things in music, film and literature. A classic hip hop album.

This album led to a backlash from the Nigerian army (Zombie was what Kuti thought of anyone serving in the brutal regime's military), which almost got him killed. His mother was though. Hard to imagine living under such conditions and producing such unapologetically confrontational music. For that alone he gets props. It's not really my bag but in places, it was worth the excursion and may need a few more goes but for now, a 3...

They ended with their best album IMHO. Starts out strong with 3 good tracks but 'Rape Me' comes off as Kurt being a bit too victim Piscean for me and it only picks up again on 'Milk It'. A descent album with some good lyrics and driving energy. Not quite a 4 though.

When this first came out, I couldn't stop playing it. And just when I was starting to get bored with it, Kid A blew me away. Over the years, OK Computer has lost its original impact and appeal. Now, I just hum along whenever I hear a track from it but returning to a full listen, it didn't do much for me. Still worth a 3.

The warbling it opens with ain't a great start and although it improves somewhat, the concept album approach doesn't come close to The Beatles, whose Sgt Peppers they seem to be attempting to emulate at times. Like the majority of the albums on this list, not particularly horrible but not an album that warrants another listen

2nd album of hers on this list so far. Not sure why. As pop hip hop, it's fine but hardly an album to listen to before you die.

Rambling psychedelic rock that has its moments but the voodoo child can't do much magic here IMHO. This era just generally leaves me a bit bored or repulsed. The former applies to most of this album.

The vocals on this are just pitched at irritation for me. I mean they kinda work on their hit 'Lovefool' but only if you like insipid. This goes in the 'never again' bucket, which is getting to be quite full after all the dross I've had to endure on this list.

Interesting in places musically but otherwise the album doesn't do much for me. Might revisit or play the odd track randomly to see if it hits different next time but for now, a 2...

Guantanamo Bay detention camp probably use this to keep the inmates awake at night. I like metal, noise, sludge etc. but I've got very little patience for this crap. Just more spotty teenager hormone overload shite. And the lyrics are there to prove it. Is there a 0 on this site?

I reckon this is a grower. I like the vocals. It's a bit quirky. And I want to listen to it again (after 2 goes already) but can't quite figure out why...yet. For now a 2 because nothing is really hitting the mark but I feel like it will at some point...

Never really got all the clamour for Pink Floyd. Background music at best IMHO. The opening track is fine but the rest just blends into the 70s wallpaper and plastic flying ducks.

Apart from '1999' and 'Little Red Corvette', I hadn't heard the other tracks. Listening to the album in full, I can't say that anything else stayed with me although I suppose 'All the Critics Love U in New York' was alright. Very 80s instrumentation, which isn't a particularly good thing. Nothing to suggest an all time great album at all.

Nice enough voice but passionless and lacking in any real conviction. Leaves me cold. The kind of music you might want playing in the background when you're in an overpriced restaurant, but then again...maybe it'll add to the annoyance. Nah, I'm not buying this. Almost a 1 but I'll be generous...

As pop goes, it's ok. He had a decent voice and he tried with the lyrics but it just can't rid itself of superficiality and bland is the word that I can't can't shake off while listening to each track. For the blowdried sharply manicured sunglasses crew, this might feature but otherwise I can't see myself ever returning to any of these tracks.

Prefer Lana Del Rabies. Never really bothered with Del Rey based on the odd track I've heard but this isn't horrible and I wouldn't turn it off if it came on the radio. Just not something I'd expect to be on a list of albums to listen to before I die.

Classic psychedelic festival rock at its best with Joplin possessing the crucial rasping vocals to set off the sprawling blues guitars and make this album one of the top achievements of the genre.

Not their best. Don't know why it's on this list. IMHO it has no stand out tracks.

Interesting enough but I'm a bit sick of the 60s and 70s now, after my last few albums on this list. Maybe I'll return to it later but for now a 2...

Preferred 'Pure Phase. Only one song on here stands out for a bit and although I like their unique guitar sound in places, it's not in the same league as the aforementioned later album, which I think is more atmospheric.

I thought one Taylor Swift album was pushing it but now 2?! Wtf?! Is this just the albums teenagers should listen to before they turn 20? Even that's pushing it.

McCartney for me was always the wet one in the Beatles but his ability to craft a catchy tune is indisputable. It's just that he tends towards a kind of music that lacks any real guts and the 'la la la' parts of some songs to fill in for god knows what is annoying.

This has its moments but they are few and far between. In general, it just comes across as a bit lacking in variation. Like so many albums on this list, it's mildly interesting at times but a blanket of blandness nullifies any interest it might garner.

Everything I hate about 70s rock. 'Smoke on the Water' is up there with 'Sitting on the Dock of a Bay' as one of the most overplayed and oversubscribed dross of the times.

How do you make noise rock so bland? I don't know but just when you think something different is going to kick in, it goes back to bland. Boring.

One or two songs have potential but in general, another nothing burger from this list which should be labelled, '1001 ways to waste your time'

Late night lonely bar vibes. This would keep me ordering another whisky on the rocks.

Apart from the song that accompanied 'The Graduate' ('Mrs Robinson'), which is a classic and maybe 'America', this album has little to keep you occupied. I prefer 'Sounds of Silence' or "Bridge Over Troubled Water' or even 'Wednesday Morning, 3AM'.

I know this has some sort of mythical status and the background story to the piano used in the concert and the improvisation that took place is now legendary but that doesn't make it necessarily an all time classic IMHO. The first and last pieces stand out but for all the talent on display, this mostly leaves me a bit cold. I've tried several times but it's not my bag, and I generally like piano...

His last album and it's one of his best. Raw and honest. Particularly liked 'Leaving the Table', which foreshadows his imminent death with a resigned acceptance, acknowledging his age and that bygone times now have little relevance to him. An album of confrontational prayer with a higher power and musings about his inevitable demise. I'll be returning to this often...

Another also ran that does little to grab your attention but not really bad.

Why do I find this just mildly annoying? Maybe it's the elongated words, 'My soul is weaeaeaery' My ears are weary. Nah, not into this at all.

God this list is tedious.

Another laboured album of different songs that might as well be one long moan.

I was late to the party and first heard this in the late 80s. Unique sound, especially for that time. I love the dub and reggae influences and the vocals by Ari Up add that extra frenetic quality to it. A debut and stand alone album that stands the test of time. Pity their ever changing line ups eventually prevented them from adding another release until much too late. But a seminal album that really deserves more credit.

Wasn't into Simple Minds at the time but I did like this album at the time of its release. And I still like some of the tracks on it to this day. It does have quite a few classic pop tracks on it and at the time, I couldn't get enough of the closing instrumental track, not a radio favourite but it got me hooked. Somehow it sounds different these days but overall, the album has an undefinable something about it that stays with you. It's stripped down but enveloping.

If you're in need of something supremely innocuous and sleep inducing, this is for you. Pleasant and soothing but hardly challenging, innovative or seminal in any way.

Some good funky tunes interlaced with soul and of course the classic 'Papa was a Rollin' Stone'. Not something I usually gravitate towards but nothing terrible here.

Grew up with The Cure and the 80s for me was largely characterised by their albums. This one is my favourite early album of theirs. Not on the same level as the late 80s' 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me' and 'Disintegration' or even the more recent 'Songs of a Lost World' but still one I return to every so often for songs like 'The Hanging Garden' and the title track.

I've only ever heard the opening track before and wasn't expecting some of the more funky tracks. Overall, one to return to periodically. Some good songs on here and with all the other artists involved, I guess that isn't surprising. The opening and closing tracks stand out for me.

Fun in places and of course 'Groove is in the Heart' is a classic. Not something I'd go back to though.

Nothing grabs me from her debut. 'Back to Black' was quite a lot better, as you might expect. Maybe it needs another listen but can I be arsed? Nah...

Quiff wave had its moments but Rio wasn't one of them for me.'Hungry Like the Wolf' and 'Save a Prayer' are ok as pop tunes but the rest, meh.

I remember being disappointed with this after their debut, which IMHO was quite a bit better. On this fly by, I'm still not going with it but 'Windowsill' and 'My Body is a Cage' did stand out so maybe a few more visits are required. For now still a 2 though.

Another also ran radio-friendly album that earns the most respect being played in DIY supermarkets. Novelty beards are just a weak gimmick that can't hide the vacuousness of this group. I mean for pop rock it's ok but one of the best albums of all time, not even close.

I've liked the odd REM track over the years but have never been a fan. This album does nothing to change that. Like most of the albums on this list, it just passed me by without making me sit up and pay attention.

A classic record. Some of my favourite Beatles' songs are on this album; the opening two tracks, 'Here Comes the Sun' and 'Carry that Weight'. I appreciate all the artistry and variation but for me it lacks bite. Maybe it's just a bit too clean / polished and light to be a favourite all time album of mine but worthy of this list.

Yet another 'indie' band of little consequence. Ho hum.

Interesting enough to have a few fly bys but not interesting enough to desire

An improvement on Pablo Honey but not nearly as good as the next few albums. I liked a few tracks but not the album as a whole. But you could see what was about to happen.

In my youth this was my introduction to Siouxsie and the Banshees and a teenage crush. Still a great album to this day with Siouxsie's distinctive tones and McGeogh's guitar being the main features that made them stand out

Dull, corny, vacuous beyond words and nothing redeeming about this album. What is this list about? The most annoying albums to kill you or something?

More classic rock to fill out this list. This genre is all over this list at the expense of other genres like the vast array of electronic genres. I mean it's ok but there are far better albums out there that aren't classic rock.

A pint of mild...or mild shandy, nah just a nice cuppa camomile.

More background music...

Two great slices of my favourite Ciabatta (Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want) and some stale ham and processed cheese in the middle (the rest). Shame. Ok, ok, Midnight Rambler is a bit of sauce to spice it up a bit but in all I feel that it was a waste of good bread...Still a 3 for the two classics and the sauce...

urgh, I tried but it's just generic soul funk with no real kickers in it for me

Nah, that voice is just too affected and musically it's dull af

Let the good time roll...yawn. Repeat it and it may sound better. Nope, it just sounds crap. And don't let me even start on the rest of this weak ass dross. Here she comes again, I fukin doubt it. Wank. Sorry but wtf is this doing on a list that supposedly reflects innovative interesting music that influences and creates new directions. This could not be more basic, generic and utterly boring if it really was trying. They're not in touch with my world. They're just dull as dishwater and that's a compliment.

Not one of my favourite Sonic Youth albums. Starts off well enough with 'Dirty Boots' then meanders a bit before 'Mote' brings it back again. Maybe it's Gordon's vocals that grate a bit and come across a bit snobby kool. And she comes back again with 'My Friend Goo' to put me off again. Ok, 'Cinderalla's Big Score' redeems her somewhat and then 'Scooter And Jinx' piles on the motorbikes and F1 squeels to bring it back properly...but way too short. 10 minutes of that would do me just fine but back we go to the regular Sonic Youth track to finish off the album. So, the odd track doesn't really save a fairly mediocre album for me.

Synth pop from my teen years. Some great tunes here and some pretty average. Favourites include; Never Let Me Down, Strangelove, Nothing and Behind the Wheel. Hell even Pimpf Interlude #1 is a great...erm interlude. And this isn't their best album IMHO. Can't really go wrong with Depeche Mode.

More innocuous songs that you'd appreciate if you were tripping too hard but otherwise bland dishwater

Has its moments, I like the variation in the jazzy soul and Latino samples and influences but I just find myself wanting more kick. Chill is fine though when the time calls for it and it makes a worthwhile effort to combat the gangsta shite but I preferred the tracks without many vocals, like the final track. With a few more spins, it might get into my veins but that itch for that bit more remains for now...

Anthony or ANOHNI's voice is very distinctive and in the right mood it hits the mark. I really liked this album when it came out but went off it after a while. Good to be reminded of it again. With a few drinks and feeling maudlin, this is great.

When I first came across Soft Machine it was via this album. I enjoyed parts of it but it's not one I return to often. Meandering jazz rock that you need to be in the right frame of mind for. Out-Bloody-Rageous hits the right places for me but I seem to remember liking their Peel sessions more. I'll have to try those out again.