1001 Albums Summary

Would have been improved by surprise hip-hop collaborators

That was actually some pretty good country! Never tops the opening track though

Jangly guitars, reverb, and nasal singing are a combo that I don't particularly enjoy to be honest. I found myself enjoying the ballads a lot more just because the rest of the band calmed down a bit for them. I Remember California is an unexpected highlight, I love that kind of sinister shit. Orange Crush still a banger too. I think R.E.M are one of those bands where I'm happy to stick to the singles.

It is the 90s and I am wearing flannel. People are arguing about what is ironic on dial up internet. The Simpsons is still good. It is a simpler time and I am happy. (In real life I am five years old at this point and the 90s also sucked shut up a girl can dream)

Somehow never got round to trying LCDS before. Not a huge fan of the dance rock style generally, but I can see they're good at it. Most of the songs should have been half as long to be honest, and the piano on All My Friends actively gave me a headache. North American Scum was my top track, I think. Overall a fine enough album, but I won't be putting it on again.

Harmonica goes brrrr

It is honestly wild to me that something this atonal and experimental was from '68

Perfectly pleasant jazz folk that I will never listen to again

What a fucking perfect album

Very good at what it does, but what it does isn't for me

Surprisingly varied and fun, but too long. Cut the weakest third and you'd have a real solid album.

Now this is the good shit. Varied, weird, enjoyed every track. Can hear the influence on several artists I enjoy now. Weird cover though!

A one trick album, but damn it's a good trick

Never quite reaches the highs of Personal Jesus again, but a fun time nonetheless

Never heard of this band before, but some damn good punk!

I am so not the audience for this one but I can absolutely see the talent there. My main issue with this style of rap is that the backing tracks are rarely interesting. Will probably have another listen at some point.

Ol' two eyes himself!

SPOOOOONMAAAAAAN

It was listenable I suppose

Oooooooooo

Can't give Hendrix any less than a five

Not heard of this lot, but actually really fun listen!

Need to give this another listen with more focus but yep, turns out Kendrick is good at this!

Better than I thought it would be, the vocals get grating after awhile for me though

Jazzzzzz

What a weird experience. Loved it, definitely gonna listen again.

This is the album that got me into the White Stripes and it holds up!

Never actually listened to Pavement before, not bad, can see the influence on a bunch of stuff I like.

Genuinely surprised me just how much iconic Christmas music is crammed onto this!

Would be 2 stars if not for Hot For Teacher

Dean Pelton has really let himself go

First half is entirely bangers sorry!

Hell yeah Weimar cabaret

The 80s were a mistake.

Perfectly pleasant, but nothing really stood out to me

To misquote Stewart Lee: An album so blandly anonymous that it sounds like the burial music for a king of an ancient civilization which valued above all bland anonymity.

Bass goes dum da dum dum

Magick alone is worth a star

God what a fuckin revelation this must have been in '71

Little meandering in the middle but really doesn't diminish this amazing album.

Listened to it three times in a row yesterday, it's just that good

Better than the debut at least!

Man if only he hadn't lost his mind after this one

I am not the target audience here but the beats were good and Snoop can definitely rap

Pretty peak 80s cheese

I'm not really into Iron Maiden and this isn't even good Iron Maiden

This is actually a jam! Probably wouldn't put it on again but fun to listen to

I can hear the talent here but I am too trashy to fully appreciate it

Pretty standard 60s psychedelic pop with an absolute all timer of a final track

Manson is a piece of shit and this isn't even one of his better albums. One extra star because Beautiful People is still great

Never properly listened to Prince before and I have clearly been missing out

So that's how you make a Hammond organ not shit!

Oh damn, this is immediately entering the rotation

I was thinking 'this sounds like Dinosaur Jr' and then looked it up and WHAT DO YOU KNOW. Also you can tell Modest Mouse came up around this time too. Good thing I like both of those bands!

It's just not very good is it?

I fully acknowledge that Waits is a marmite artist but I love marmite!

There is such a thing as too much slide guitar

I appreciate what they were going for but it just wasn't that fun to listen to

I enjoy arty atonal shit but an hour of very similar sounding arty atonal shit is a bit much

Generally a three star album but Rock Lobster adds a star on its own

This slaps actually

Christina! The album's too long Christina!

Isn't this where we came in?

Perfectly pleasant, if bland, country!

From her rep I was expecting much weirder. Loved it!

Possibly my favourite Pixies album

So this is why prog has the reputation it does

The contrarian in me wants to claim this is better than Nevermind. It's not, but it's still damn good.

Apart from Sabotage this very much blended together for me

So good I listened to it four times in a row

Some good ol' southern rock

Dolly is great shut up

Every song goes on like a minute too long but otherwise a nice time

I shouldn't like Megadeth... but I kind of like Megadeth

No wonder their biggest hit had a different singer

Quite possibly the best live album of all time.

Three absolute stone cold classics hidden in a mass of sludge.

Not even my favourite NIN album but still an instant 5*

Honestly apart from the title track I didn't rate this one