1001 Albums Summary

Surrender still seems like the standout track.

Seems like it would have lots of depth on repeated listens.

Eccentric, fun, excellent.

Ok sixties record. Nothing particularly stood out.

Really excellent. Sounds like an intimate conversation with a close friend on a Sunday afternoon.

Some good tracks, but never quite matched the hype.

Nothing remarkable.

I'm sure it's great, I just can't seem to get into Latin Jazz.

Good album, but not magic for me.

Very good, one I've always heard of, but never listened all the way through before.

Not really my thing.

So dull.

A bit too confused and erratic for me.

Not really a bad album, just nowhere near as good as the previous two, and the mix is awful.

Take Five I already knew, as the intro music to Secret Life of Machines. Don't think instrumental jazz is that interesting for me.

Ok rock album, but the longer jam sessions make it feel unfocused to me.

Already knew it from long ago, and a nice folk album with familiar classics.

I remember the excitement of it coming out, but I didn't really get it then, and not sure I do now.

Good, now seems very straightforward Rock'n'Roll.

More varied than I'd imagined for a 'straight up' rock album, generally good, but not amazing.

Excellent album, and one of my favourites from Led Zeppelin.

Very good, always heard about it, but never listened intently before. Some of the vocals/guitar are a bit piercing and atonal. But I guess that's part of the theme.

Was good, probably doesn't sound as groundbreaking now to a western audience as it did on release.

Go your own way and chain are good, plus the mixed male and female vocals are nice, but otherwise a pretty dull album.

Prog still isn't my thing, too many things happening at once, doesn't feel like there's a real cohesive song anywhere. The Clap was interesting though, as a single guitar piece.

Seems good, didn't listen to all of it.

Seems good, quite mixed, doesn't feel revolutionary to me, but I wasn't there at the time.

Didn't have a long listen, seemed interesting, but sounded uncomfortable at times.

Excellent pop-punk album.

Was fine, interesting in places, but not amazing.

Classic punk rock from my youth.

Nice.

Seems like a smart album, didn't hit me immediately (already listened to it in the past), but think it would reward effort.

Was nice.

Nice, but didn't grab me. Deserves more listens.

Ok. But her voice is still annoying.

Was fine. Youth against Fascism was the best track, good bass.

It's a good time.

Should be a dead cert, but it's only ok, and doesn't click.

Excellent funk album.

I guess I'm just not that into country.

Some classic modern folk songs.

Was fine, didn't have much chance to listen in detail.

Good, but they got better and more interesting later.

Latin is not really a genre I gel with, even if I can hear the skill and style in the playing.

Good, felt a little short somehow.

Hadn't realised how much it used programmed drums, or how really horny it is.

Classic live punk/rock album. Pretty good, interesting hype man at the beginning.

It's fine. I guess an album that was somehow more daring at the time?

Really excellent, feels like a proper complete album.

Too messy, loose and vague and didn't really stick.

Ok album, but always felt the Manics were more of a singles band and have never really 'got into' their albums.

80s U2 is good U2. Great album with urgency and catchy songs, also great drums.

Good album, but always felt like them perhaps trying to be awkward compared to Nevermind as an over reaction and perhaps not doing what they really wanted.

Reasonable rock album, very good for a debut.

My definition of thrash metal, and probably metal. Awesome.

I remember a house mate loving this album when it came out. Pretty good, but still not clicked.

Ok. Nothing really stood out though.

Heard it before, and didn't get it then either.

Probably my favourite Black Sabbath album.

Really good.

Remember it coming out and still great.

Classic rock'n'roll I guess. Seems ok, guitar seems out of tune in some places.

Fine, very 80s.

Excellent, one of my favourites.

Not sure I get it.

Not a fan. Probably clever, but I think it comes across as too matcho in a way I don't particularly like.

Seemed fine, but couldn't give it a really good listen.

Nice.

I normally like Radiohead, but this is pretty meh.

Good, surprisingly interesting bass parts.

Didn't really feel it.

Too empty and husky for me.

Excellent.

Good heavy Rock Classic.

Kind of soppy country I can't get into.

It's a classic for a reason.

Great in places, but then also a bit too obtuse in others.

Didn't seem remarkable to me.

This is the worst kind of prog.

Good, but never really struck me as remarkable somehow.

Not my favourite Led Zeppelin album, but still good.

Fine, but not really remarkable.

A classic, but not so much my thing.

It's not bad, but think it's really held up by one song.

Interesting, not heard it before, felt a bit erratic in places, but would like to come back to it.

So not quite as bad as I remembered, but still not very remarkable.

The whole album wasn't available, but the songs I could hear were interesting.

I knew one song already, but a really great album.

Started well with Green Light, but then seemed to fall into this standard husky voiced dance-lite style that's been popular in the later 2010s and leaves me super uninterested.

Pretty good, and an interesting story.

Not my thing.

Classic

It's good, but doesn't hit me as the amazing classic everyone says.

So 90s.

Feels very sparse now, but impressive for the time.

Excellent punk album, but with some more interesting twists.

Some very good, but also some very odd with an very annoying singing voice that I don't get on with.

Amazing album. A great study of what living means, even if you're poor (or at least average), brilliantly done, with songs you can dance to.

Very good, even if at times it feels more like very impressive noodling than a song.

Sounds lush and just way too much and over the top. The actual core of the songs feels hollow or missing. I found it hard to finish.

A&E is still the best track, generally a great album you can get lost in.

Was fine.

Good.

Fine, not really an Elton John fan.

Mediocre at best. Widely over hyped at the time, no idea why it's on this list.

It was fine. A couple of listens didn't really leave any strong impression though.

Is ok, but meandering live psychedelic rock isn't really something that captures my imagination.

Very funky. If I'm in the right mood that's great, otherwise it can be a bit much.

Certainly epic.

Awesome punk, with lots of extra variety.

Good album, but never quite understood why it was considered so great.

I've tri s Nick Drake before, and not felt the magic. It sounds super washed out and distant, and so it feels too.

Excellent, even if some songs could probably have been skipped.

Emotionally and technically great.

So 80s. Bit saccharine, and didn't really click.

Excellent mid-2000s Indie Disco, a lot of fun.

Definitely at the musically technical end of rock, even if it doesn't drift into prog. Ok to listen to on a first go.

Boring slow 80s synthy nothing.

It was fine, not convinced by the Imagine cover though.

Fine, but slightly annoying somehow.

Good.

Good, and I enjoyed things like Simple Man and Tuesday's Gone, but a lot of the songs feel excessively long guitar odysseys.

Very nice.

Very good. It was new to me and certainly deserves more listens.

Seemed pretty average indie rock to me, but I realise that in 1965 it was much more revolutionary - lots of newly distorted guitar etc. I think it's hard to see that now, given how much that sound had been copied and become normal.

Ok, but not my favourite Ray Charles, seems somewhat stilted at times.

Good, feels a bit too sparse in places though.

A classic, but feels a lot of its time.

Interestingly odd.

Pretty unremarkable, not sure why it's on the list.

Tried again, but still haven't understood the fuss about The Flaming Lips.

Good, I'm not so familiar with Bowie, but this certainly deserves a #relisten

Good.

Surprisingly catchy and not as much incomprehensible noise as I'd imaged by the reputation.

Excellent album, and the run of the first three songs is probably still one of the best in rock history.

For many the defining Radiohead album. It's good, but my pick is still ok Computer.

Punk classic that, for the fuss, holds up surprisingly well.

Good.

Seems good, but I'm not sure I'm into Tango, new or old.

This was great, never heard of it before, but glad I did. #relisten