1001 Albums Summary

Taking inspiration from Terry I played this on the office speaker/watering can. "What's that you've gone on?" My colleagues asked. Surprised I said "Oh, you don't know!? Why, it's clearly the Bill Evans Trio and what many regard as the greatest live jazz album of all time". Now they know I'm even cooler than they thought.

Hadn't heard of them before, after hearing this I'm not so surprised. It was ok, but nothing to write home about.

Know a few of these. The man knows his way around a guitar, but it's all a bit groovy for my tastes.

Recognised a lot of these, makes me think my mother might have owned this. A pleasant trip down memory lane.

There are similarities to the experimental electronic stuff I like. Enjoyed it.

Middling, ok but not memorable.

I'd only heard Bowie's main stream stuff, which I don't care for. But this was great, particularly the second half instrumental stuff. I'd not realised he did instrumental tracks, or that some of his influences were Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. Look forward to hearing more.

Didn't care for the audiobook style stories with a few tunes in the background.

Don't think I know any of their stuff but I really enjoyed this. I have a soft spot for 80s synth.

Reading the review on here for the album just lists all the "best albums lists" that this album has featured in and says nothing about the music... Having now listened to it myself I don't have much to say about it either.

Can't find a lead singer for your band? No problem, get some guy to shout instead.

Not a club I'm a member of

Had heard a couple of these. Not a fan, but the hits are catchy.

No idea who these fellas are. This started off ok, but fell off towards the end.

Another unknown to me, sounded pretty run of the mill to my ear... What a tune Greensleeves is though, loved that as a kid. Probably because the Mr Whippy ice-cream vans used to play it.

One of these sounded familiar, think I'd heard it before

A nice break from guitars, but not for me

Is this it? I hope not

This one left a bad taste. Had heard quite a few of them though.

Wasn't as bad as I was expecting from some of the reviews on here

Enjoyed it, heard Walk on By before but not this guys version.

A classic for me, some bangers on here and Melt happens to be one of my most played tracks of all time (25th) - though that is due to its inclusion on the Deep and Chilled Euphoria compilation album.

Heard this many times in my youth, a classic from the trip-hop era - my least favourite out of the big 3 though, too lethargic.

Hadn't heard a Stones album before and didn't know they did blues/folk stuff, not for me.

Enjoyed it, think Metallica covered one of these

Love Orbital, though this one isn't my favourite of theirs

Enjoyed this one, think I need to listen to more Depeche Mode!

What a talent, he can literally make anything rhyme with "suck my c*ck", as he demonstrates quite often! I didn't feel this one had aged so well though or maybe it's me that hasn't aha

Recognised quite a lot of these, not bad but not where I'm at these days. Good to see Sheffield bands the list though!

This was a rough listen whilst driving at 7.30am on Christmas eve! I almost turned it off, but to be fair two of the later tracks were ok.

Hard to make a judgement on this one, sounds like most other Christmas themed albums to me. Good job I was given this album to listen to today though, or I suspect this would have been a lower rating, aha.

Acoustic punk is probably my favourite type of punk...but that's not saying much

It was ok background music, but just didn't excite me at all

Too happy clappy for me

Love the opening track, Intro, one of my favourites. I have listened to the rest of this album before because of that track, but it's not really my cup of tea.

Hadn't realised be was inspired by Michael Jackson, but upon listening it's clear.

Thought I'd heard them before, but this seemed new to me.

New to me, was alright, but leaning a bit too much towards pop

I've heard this one before, quite like the new wave, new romantics era

Only knew one of these tracks I think, enjoyed the album though

Enjoyed this one, it had some similarities to some post-rock stuff I listen to, though it's a bit more upbeat

Don't care for this sort of music

Enjoyed this one, heard quite a lot of The Smiths but never a full album

A good headphone listen, enjoyed it, a refreshing change of pace from much of the stuff we've had on this list.

Bored by this one, just couldn't get engaged

I hear his vocal range is highly praised, but it's not for me.

Going against the masses here but I just didn't care for it

Funky

Enjoyed it, good background music to work to.

Heard some of this style music on soma.fm, what's so good about this album though?

'73 and he was singing about the cost of living, we've not come very far

Pleasant enough. Had never heard of her but recognised one of these tracks

Sounded much like the previous album we had of his. Funky, but not my jam.

Don't care for the slow-mo singing, hasn't aged well

A welcome break from some of the crap we've had so far.

Better than I thought it would be. Think my gran would love it.

This brought back memories of Uni, not as shouty as I was expecting - more if a happy/fun vibe, didn't mind it.

Loved the track m.A.A. d city, but the rest of it wasn't for me.

Heard some of these tracks before... Reminded me of listening to events hosted at schools, not good.

Think I'd only heard Passenger of his, which seemed the best by far on this album

A rough listen, think I've have rather listened to their doorbell ringing than a song about their doorbell ringing.

Not sure how albums like this make it into such a list. Guessing they've skipped a lot of genres to keep stuff like this in

Enjoyed this one, love their contribution to the Donnie Darko soundtrack but otherwise hadn't listened to them before

Nice voice, have heard Beth listening to this one before

Enjoyed his weary voice. The review on here didn't make it clear that he had rerecorded all these as an old man.

Enjoyable, got better as it went on too

Enjoyed it. Sounded similar to the other one we've had though

Absolute classic. Still relevant today.

Fine background music for the commute

Lyrics spoil a lot of music, especially here

Was looking forward to this as it opens with a 5 star track, but the rest of it is 3 stars unfortunately!

Funky

A bit too laid back for me

Not heard any of his albums before, was ok

Ooh, Thom Yorke, a fellow Autechre fan!

think we've already had one or their albums. This one wasn't as good

Not heard this one for a long time!

These critics sure do love guitars and vocals

A nice change of pace

Didn't care for this one

Hasn't aged well

Not feeling it, especially the last track

Bland

Had hoped this was actual dub, but it was one of the worst yet

Better than I thought I'd be, I've only really heard their big hits

Haven't heard much of his stuff but quite enjoyed this

Like the lyrics but don't feel it's age'd that well

Had heard the opener before. Didn't mind the music but not the singing so much

Had never heard them before, enjoyed it

Knew a few of these

Don't care much for this sort of rock/pop, sounds like Queen

Didn't mind this one. One of the kids loved it.

Long time since I've listened to this

Not really my bag, but it was ok

Didn't care much for this one

One of my favourites from way back. Seen him live.

I like them but wasn't familiar with this album of theirs

Haven't really heard much of these guys but enjoyed this one

Didn't care much for this one

Weak

Not my cup of tea!

Not my cup of tea

Didn't mind this as background music to work to

Heard this one before, I quite like it

Not really my cup of tea, it was fine

Maiden, my first love

Didn't care for it

An easy raining morning listen in the campervan whilst catching up on the news

Fine, don't care much for Bowie

Didn't care for this, definetely par for the course on this list!

Don't care for punk

It was just ok, sorry Jim!

Enjoyed this one, he sounded younger than I was expecting

Recognised a few of these, didn't mind it, bet it was good live.

As my kids would say - Goofy

Quite enjoyed this, funnily enough I thought I heard some similarities with Korn

I don't mind some of their big hits, but hadn't listened to an album before

Not heard an album of theirs, quite enjoyed this, almost a 4

Nice background music to work to

Classic maiden

I have a soft spot for the 80s, particularly Sade

Not a massive fan of his voice but like a few of their hits

My mother loved Meatloaf, I've never quite seen the appeal

Not my cup of tea but was fine for a car journey

Never heard of this guy, not really my cup of tea. Reminded me of the Beatles

Bland, didn't care for it

Not for me

Didn't mind it, have heard this one before when Beth has played it

A very welcome change from the usual type of music on this list

Heard these guys but never really cared for them, generic indie

Fine I guess, another strange one for a list like this...

Wasn't what I was expecting, still not really my thing but was alright to listen to whilst working

Standard indie fare

Never heard of them but enjoyed this one. Lofi working music