1001 Albums Summary

Typical new wave, nothing particularly ear-catching.

Never gave a proper listen after Graduation. All Of The Lights is an all time banger. Runaway pretty good as well.

Hard driving rock. Some catchy rocking tunes.

All time all time. All bangers in their own way. CSNY is fucking awesome.

Nirvana without the depth of electric sound doesn't work as well for me as for some others.

Never knew this was very much an ode to P-Funk. Gs and Hustlers with the Bernard Wright sample is an all time banger.

Hard charging rap. Strong message. Not the best ear candy.

Solid, no real bangers.

Quite a few songs with steady radio play growing up. Never really understood this band all the songs really seem to blend together. La Grange is my favorite ZZ Top song and unfortunately not on this album.

Meh.

Had never heard of this band. Unique sound, decent background music.

Very off the beaten trail for me but a good head nod.

So many very familiar songs and sampled beats.

Southern Man is an all timer. Classic singer songwriter album. Cripple Creek Ferry is a 90 second sleeper.

Meh I understand it was groundbreaking for the time but other than I Can See For Miles there's just nothing good here.

Can see the groundbreaking nature of it but not melodic enough house for me.

Groundbreaking I'm sure but a brutal listen.

Banger after banger. Cover to cover classic.

Chill and soulful but never really gets out of 1st gear.

Lyrics and no musical quality.

So many Christmas classics. Didn't know these were the versions that got played so often on radio.

A few lesser songs, but I love The Strokes. Someday, Last Night, Hard to Explain all bangers. Some repetitiveness to the songs.

A prog rock classic.

Generic pop.

Iconic opener. Chill upbeat background music besides.

Decent sound and progressive I'm sure for the time but very repetitive and nothing more than background music.

Lots of radio classics here.

Some classics from my youth but a mixed bag as an album.

Grime genre doesn't work for me. No sound all lyrics.

Musically significant with a decent but repetitive sound.

Brutal listen.

A modern classic. Hit after hit.

Everything In It's Right Place and Idioteque are classics with a bit of non-descript filler in between.

Pretty good! Didn't know anything from Love previously. Jammy psych rock.

Very very 80s. Almost so much so it's a joke. Some decent songs but mostly just lyrics heavy.

No "Back on the Chain Gang," but not knowing much about the band besides that seemed a solid effort.

Jazz that's a bit too low tempo for me to love it but definitely good background music.

Classic singer songwriter. Slightly on the soft end for my personal preference though I love "Feeling Groovy"

More classic singer/songwriter. "American Pie" and "Vincent" both all-timers. Bit of filler besides.

Bland singer/songwriter.

Really tough listen. Slow, folky, boring.

"Where is my mind?" is a standout. Everything else? Not so much.

One classic that was everywhere at the time and relatively nondescript besides.

Pretty good! Can hear alot of early progish sounds of the time throughout the album. Bowie like sound to a lot of it as well. Had only ever heard the name Roxy Music but didn't know the music well.

Never heard of this group. Pretty good can hear early prog/synth influences along with British New Wave.

Hard charging classic rock.

All time classic. Hit after hit with a few sleepers in between.

Chill background folk singer/songwriter.

Pretty generic background house/electronic music.

Games Without Frontiers a true classic. And Through the Wire a nice find. A good listen besides.

Woof.

Right up my alley.

Very soulful.

Solid headnod.

Every song quite similar sounding. Lyrically strong but musically repetitive.

Really catchy opener with Victoria. Pretty standard besides.

Very offbeat. Love the exploratory synth.

Only offhandedly had ever heard of Jeff Buckley. Great voice and solid rhythm to a lot of these songs. A pleasant surprise I would listen to further.

Reggae classic. Smokes on the beach.

Decently catchy. Can see the early trends on display here.

Only knew "Running Up That Hill" previously but didn't hear any of the same catchiness in this one.

Some decent toetapping music.

Trippy vibes.

Never gave Iron Maiden a thorough listen but knew quite a bit from this album. Catchy and hard charging metal.

Not my genre.

Bland and unremarkable.

Iconic album, but doesn't rise to a higher level.

Out of the gate with some bangers. Tails off a bit towards the end.

Nothing particularly noteworthy here by Bowie standards.

Frankie baby at his best.

Come's out of the gate with some killer jams. Tails off a bit at the end but P-Funk always hits the spot.

Great album. Really catchy take on a lot of classics. Very replayable.

Comes out with some bangers before tailing off at the end.

Hard charging rap but pretty repetitive to my ear.

Has a Interpol feel to it but without the high highs.

Tolerable but not my genre.

Love me some Neil Young. Great vibe and very relistenable, but no true standouts.

High highs with War Pigs and Iron Man and a softer side of Black Sabbath I didn't know of.

Drum and bass not really my thing but after giving it a chance wasn't a terrible listen. Can appreciate the groundbreaking nature of the work and inspiration for future genres.

Groundbreaking I'm sure but nothing very much out of the ordinary to my modern.

Some great some not so good.

All time all time.

Chill and easy breezy driving music. A simpler time.

Pleasant to the ear, very chill and downbeat with a bit of a slower early Pink Floyd sound?

Off the beaten trail. Fun and upbeat, with a Latin sound.

Fine but not really my genre.

Easy listening and bluesy.

Slow and soulful

Some great songs but a lot of the best of The Cure not included here, with quite a bit of less pleasant work.

"Jump Into the Fire" a classic GoodFellas tune. Not much else of note and an overall hodgepodge of songs.

Not terrible on the ears, but far from pleasant.

So many great bass jams.

Surely one of the best (if not the best) debut albums of all time.

Decent blue-eyed soul.

Almost a one. I've heard this referenced many times as a seminal moment in music, but it's simply not a pleasant listen.

Never really gets out of second gear.

Have heard so many of these so many times on the radio over the years. Fine, but played out and nothing special to begin with.

A very fun listen! Upbeat and pleasant to the ear.

Classic with endlessly played bangers.

Groundbreaking album at the time. What a concept.

Very funky. An unknown gem.

Still hits all the high notes.

Decent listen, quite similar to Autobahn. Can appreciate the early synth/electronic sound.

Pretty good, light and airy with some electronic vibes. New to my ear.

Some bangers with Photograph, Foolin' and Rock of Ages

Just into a 4. Only vaguely knew of the Byrds and not of Gene Clark. Nice Neil Young-esque singer/songwriter type.

Love the Temps but not a lot of their very best here.

A west coast classic that just doesn't hit the same to my east coast ears.

Not my genre.

Chill little album. Interesting to see her Philadelphia ties.

Interesting sound for its time but not particularly pleasing to the ear.

Some all time classics, with a bit of mid mixed in the middle.

Nice little head nod.

Interesting sound had never heard of them before.

Not my genre.

Some catchy licks and a decent sound for the genre.

Love me some ELO. Some of their best here but also a few that don't quite get to their other heights.

Didn't know much about the Smiths previously outside of Morrissey. Solid 80's sound.

Not my genre, though was an interesting version of "Love Hurts"

Too weird.

Meh.

Some absolute classics. A bit of filler in between.

Classic female singer songwriter.

Moonage Daydream a rock band classic and one of my favorite Bowie tracks. Classic after classic here.

Hard charging West Coast rap.

Some good, some extremely tedious filler. New artist for me. Funny album title.

Really like the opener, but nothing much standing out one way or the other besides.

A tick above Paul's Boutique for me. Classic after classic, with a few sleepers mixed in.

Ugh why are there so many Leonard Cohen albums on this list? What's special about this guy?

Very early Queen sound, unlike a lot of their more famous work. A bit more of the generic 70's rock sound, just doesn't pop like their later work.

Not my genre.

Didn't know much Talking Heads other than the suit and "Once in a Lifetime", but "Psycho Killer" was a callback and overall a good little sound.

Nothing particularly offensive or groundbreaking. If you've heard one you've heard them all.

New group for me, echoes of an early Pink Floyd sound.

"Outer Space" on my personal life playlist. It's catchy sounding, absurd lyrics besides. 3.5 if possible.

Good singer/songwriter, but a little too country sounding for my ear.

Different genre for me. Solid.

Not as good as the earlier stuff.

Almost a 4. Classic 70's rock sound. That 70's show theme as well.

A funky rock classic. Love Chicago.

Some classics, but tails off a bit at the end.

Slow and soulful.

Pretty bland and monotonous.

Classic rock and roll.

Starts off with some classics but fades a bit towards the end.

Not the best of the Mac but some gems for sure.

Woof. Tough to get through. This is shoegaze? No thanks.