1001 Albums Summary

Big fan of Patti Smith's books but never could fully get behind her music

Gonna be honest, I thought Smooth Operator was by Steely Dan up until listening to this album. The band rips, each solo makes me want to groove. I felt like I was in a 45 min long 80's movie montage where things are going pretty well. Hang On To Your Love slippity slaps

Queen has always seemed more like a song band than an album band to me. Brian May shreds on the opener. Tenement Funster is 10 years ahead of it's time - that song is pure mid-80's arena rock. Overall it's just alright

Deep Purple has all the makings of a band I would love, but it just never clicked for me.

I'm good

I watched Stop Making Sense for the first time during Covid and immediately understood the genius of David Byrne. I see him as a true artist in every sense of the word, someone who follows his own instincts and trusts his creative gut over all else. I could listen to that opening piano/bass/guitar riff of Once in a Lifetime on a loop over and over. This is probably their best album, and I respect the shit out of the decision to end it with a song like The Overload.

Didn't really know anything about this band or album. It sounds like a run of the mill 1967 album, using all of the same tropes and hooks most bands were doing back then to try to get some radio play. That said it's still pretty enjoyable for me because I just like that era of music so much.

The first song sounds like something that would be playing inside of an avant garde art gallery with some weird video playing on loop. Tough to get past that one but I didn't hate the rest of the album. Would've been a 2 but +1 point for a really dope album cover

Synth pop and new wave is just not my thing. It feels like this band is searching for anything that might stick in a time where synthesizing everything and over tuning every bass line is the new cool thing to do. In the "80's music sucks" argument, if someone held up this album as a reason why, it would be hard to argue against.

I want to like Radiohead but I just can't fully get into it. They have all of the ingredients of a band I'd love but it just hasn't clicked yet. Maybe this wasn't the right album for that, as it kind of came and went without me noticing much about it. I Might Be Wrong was the only song here where I stopped what I was doing and fully paid attention.

I ain't a Deep Purple guy

Solid album overall, lots of classic Jack White riffs and really enjoy the acoustic songs too. Seven Nation Army alone brings it from a 3 to a 4

Would give it a 3 but Everybody Wants To Rule The World is one of the best songs of all time, so bumping up to a 4

Classic Philly white guy doing borderline appropriating voice inflections

Foundational for music in innumerable ways. It's impossible to remove all of our knowledge of Elvis, his music, and his impact on music when listening to this, so I can only imagine what it felt like to hear this music for the first time in 1956. A culture resetting album. Blue Moon is an underrated favorite

Bumping from a 2 to a 3 just bc of A Message To You Rudy

The messages behind these lyrics is captivating and sadly hasn't really changed since the early 90s, but the music/beats are so dated it's distracting for me. Feel like other groups of this era were doing the political rap/aggressive messaging thing much better than this

Never been a huge fan of reggae but this album is pretty undeniable. It's an instant mood lifter and feels "big" from beginning to end. The title track is pretty entrancing, you can really get lost in that deep groove for 7 min. Crazy that Bob Marley had the poise and presence to write One Love (& ended the album with it) after his assassination attempt.

Pretty unremarkable 70s music. But I like 70s music generally speaking so it was still enjoyable for me.

Four of the eight songs are slappers, and I was ready to be let down by the non-hits, but Easier to Love and One More Time are great too.

At times felt like video game menu music, which isn't a bad thing, just not too exciting or interesting.

This album sounds like the 80s as a decade trying to figure itself out. I don't like the hits enough to over compensate for boring songwriting elsewhere. Shelton is right though, great album cover.

Not offensively bad, just not my taste. Kinda whiney

Not a perfect album but monumental in it's own right. Would kill to have dropped the needle on this record in 1971 and hear those first notes of Baby O'Reilly for the first time.

This is my first time listening to Wilco, and before this I always wondered if I was missing out on something. It turns out I was not. This album gives big "my parents just dont get me" vibes. The only reason it's not a 1 is bc of "Jesus, etc" and the album cover.

I like Fleetwood Mac but I don't like this album

Good album to put on as your entrance music when you join a Zoom meeting

A classic. Keeping it from a 5 bc of length and there were a few songs I wanted to skip. Didn't look at the tracklist beforehand so when it transitioned from So Fresh So Clean into Ms. Jackson I was like oooooooof

Feel like this band is onto something. I am expecting great things from them

Thought this was pretty good, def art-house 80s. Feels original to them and a band in their creative peak. Don't think I'll revisit it but I'm glad it was on this list

Nothing really caught my ear besides Weather With You. Had a Beatles sound to it a little bit. Overall a little bland

I don't think I really need to give the rationale behind my rating

I liked this more than I expected. Brought me a lot of nostalgic feelings and memories for some reason. Bumping from a 3 to a 4 for length and the beautiful album cover

This album is like a a pile of neglected compost where rap-rock cliches and oversaturated production go to rot into eternity. He goes for volume over substance, masquerading nonsensical tantrums as some teenage vision of what rebellion is. It's as if a 12 year old kid was given an hour and 11 min to convince the world that he is fact, a man, who should be taken seriously. This is an album that had to convince itself that the main character is dangerous while sounding desperately insecure. This is not street-outlaw music (as it claims more than once), it’s store brand rage for people who think yelling is their entire personality