1001 Albums Summary

Standouts: Guilt Working Class Hero Why'd ya do it 😵‍💫 Why is it so experimental 🥹 First half was kinda bland and repetitive I love the blend of harsh and soft guitar sounds on the later songs. Probably a 3 but the 3 standout songs are carrying hard

Standouts: 5 years Moonage Daydream Rock'n'Roll Suicide (Too short!) it's got a distinctly old sound, I wonder how it sounds on original vinyl I'm a fan of how many instrument combinations there are already Wait I've heard Starman before this is wild. Everything was really unique and there was a lot of cool stuff going on I think I probably need to relisten to this to appreciate how good it is. I think the whole album lacked a solid direction. 4/5 is my current opinion

Standouts: - City, Country, City (nvm this has stopped standing out when is it going to end??) (it's still got 2 minutes I didn't know a burn down could be this long) - The World is a Ghetto I'm excited to see what long jazz songs are like -----The Cisco Kid---- -----Where was you at---- It's been 2 songs and I feel like they were meant to start at some point but they ended instead ----City, Country, City---- This has a ton of texture so far How long is this outro? ----Four Cornered Room---- This song is following the pattern of not starting ----The world is a Ghetto---- Title track is the first song to actually use it's length to good effect ----Beetles in the Bog---- One of my main complaints about the whole album is I can't remember a time when more than one instrument was playing at the same time. This is probably great music to have on in the background but sitting in a coffee shop listening to this I found myself waiting for it to end. 2

Standouts - Scenes from an Italian restaurant - Vienna - Always a Woman Pre Thoughts: I don't think I've listened to a soft rock album back to front ----Scenes from an Italian restaurant---- This album has hit it's stride with "Scenes from an Italian restaurant" and "Vienna" but I currently don't think it's anything I haven't heard before ----Only the good die young---- I always wonder if these albums were amazing at the time and then everything copied it so now it sounds bland ----Always a woman---- OH THIS SONG! Crazy how much this has stood the test of time. ----Everybody had a dream---- The last 1 minute felt really out of place not really sure what it was doing Post thoughts: I understand why this album is on the list, lots of classics on here and generally enjoyable but it's nothing special imo. 3-4? I'll probably round down unless brain says otherwise

Standouts: - Butcher's Tale This album suffered from one instrument at a time syndrome Was I overall bored 2

Standouts: Earthquake 😵‍💫 Desire Lines 😵‍💫 Basement Scene (?) Helicopter Not heard of this artist but nice to get some more modern music. I've always been interested in psychedelic music but not found a jumping in point The textures and layering were amazing in the first song hoping that continues About half way through and I'm generally enjoying it so far but the first song was so much better Desire Lines brought back the fuzz I enjoyed from the first song We're so back Why'd the last song just cut off ? Post thoughts: The first song was stunning but then the songs until desire lines were not really for me The 2nd half saved this album from being relegated to mid imo and had a really strong ending low 4

Standouts: If You Let Me Stay Seven More Days As Yet Untitled - A lyrics only track makes it rather memorable I've realised I have no idea how to talk about this kind of music. I found myself enjoying this way more than I expected. The more atmospheric songs are the usual highlights but I feel like the whole album was incredibly solid. Terence's vocals are really evocative of the vibe each individual song is going for. The instrumentation is very 80s but I don't think that's a particularly bad thing and Terence's vocals make up for all that anyway. I wanted to know what "The Hardline" was meant to refer to but couldn't find anything on the internet I was also confused on the difference between the titles on streaming and on this site and it turns out Terence changed his name in 2001 which is cool high 3 - low 4

Standouts: Frankie's First Affair? Sally Pre thoughts oh god... (negative). I'm really trying to go into this with an open mind The first few songs are repetitive. Sade's voice is quite nice but didn't really do much different throughout the course of the album. I didn't hate listening to it but I found the whole experience a bit boring. Was considering a 2 at the start but I might be nice and give it a 3

I feel like this was meant to be some form of relaxing album based on the title but I found myself stressed due to the constant rhythm changes. It sounds like a bunch of people who are competent at music decided to go off script and wasn't sure why everyone else wasn't following their lead The last song wasn't bad, maybe they agreed to play a slower song and were able to piece something together 1-2

Not a very memorable album. The last song was the best but I generally found his voice granting and most songs suffered from too many solos.

The French word for immigrant tied with the African artist intrigued me so I tried to do some reading on this. This album was made while Youssou was passing through Paris. With references to missing home, not trusting local authorities and stress of responsibility. He later used his success from music to open Internet Cafe's in his home country. Awesome guy. It's a really interesting taste of another culture of music. Youssou's voice is great and the instrumentation makes me feel warm and comfy. It's refreshing with how clear the drums are, I tend to find drums get mixed into the background in Western music. You can hear hear the fuzz of the tape between songs which really brings home how handmade the album is. I'll give this a 4 but I probably will never listen to it again. It's really cool tho

Standouts - Until the end of the world - The Fly - Ultra Violet This album is way more experimental than I was expecting from a U2 album, I actually ended up really enjoying it. It feels like a sonic youth album at times. There are some really generic songs in here which brings it down a lot. low 4

Standouts: u (ending) Complextion Mortal Man This is some of the better lyrical flow(??) I've heard from hip-hop/rap. I find I can actually understand what they are saying rather than trying decipher a long syllable shoved into a fast beat. Lyrics in general were very hit or miss. Some lyrics hit me quite hard (especially the end of u). I also felt some references went flying 10 feet over my head. Sometimes they were just talking about sex and I couldn't care less. I kept on hearing "So I went runnin for answers" throughout the album which turns out to be part of the poem read at the end of Mortal Man. It's a neat way to tie an entire album together, makes it feel like even though he is clearly working through a lot of difficulty he won't stop until he finds what he's looking for? or maybe the time he finds an answer it leads to another question? I found the album improved as it went on for me. I'm not sure why really. Just feel like it was easier to digest. More interesting topics and less jazz. The little interview/conversation at the end was interesting. I did some digging and found it was fictional, I was hoping it was something like GY!BE does.

Standouts - Outside Myself - Constant Craving I was initially worried by the country genre but it ended up being more contemporary which was a nice surprise Generally enjoyable but nothing all that special 3

Standouts: New boys Great British Mistake Insane album cover I can't name you a single song but at the same time I was jamming to all of them. Great British Mistake was amazing and showed how much potential these guys have if they experimented more with their sound Guilty Pleasure 4

standouts: they played the same song 8 times... B.B. King has a great voice and I generally enjoyed it but I found it all blended together. The crowd interactions being included was cool. 3

This was a slog to get through. I'm sure when this came out it was revolutionary in some way but now it just doesn't feel special and is incredibly boring. 15 songs that are less than 5 minutes just means none of them are memorable on first listen. The singing is uninteresting and the heavy use of sampling is used to boring effect. I was going to give it a 3 at the start but after an hour of listening it's going down to a 2.

Highlights Family Tree Red Dress Love Dog DLZ I got excited seeing experimental rock in this artists genres but it turns out this was their less experimental album. Feel like it could have been so much more. It did grow on me towards the end, the singer can have quite a big voice and the songs that lean into that with big instrumentation are really good. 3

Standouts In The Flesh? 😵‍💫 Another Brick In The Wall Pt 2 Don't Leave Me Now Hey You Comfortably Numb Waiting for the Worms The Trial I can hear how many albums this inspired and it still stands out amongst them. I'm a bit delirious listening to this while ill, it's obviously a great album I can't get my thoughts straight on it. Referencing a wall in most or every song is fun but I'm not sure on the symbolism. Every song was good, there just wasn't anything that completely blew me away. I went back and listened to In the Flesh? and it clicked why there were 2 songs with the same name, cool storytelling Very High 4

Fine I guess. It had some interesting parts but at the same time nothing stood out. It even had some noisy parts that I found off putting... and I'm a fan of noise. Just doesn't feel cohesive.

Heavy when it needs to be, quiet when it needs to be. Grooving all the way through, every song felt unique but they all belonged in the same album. No standouts but every song was great. It even had a few noise sections. Easy 4

Nothing happened, kinda boring

Standouts 100 years A Short Term Effect The Hanging Garden The Figurehead Getting lost in this album was such an experience I decided to do it 3 times. Everything has so much texture. Feels like an incredibly cohesive album. His voice sounds so hopeless I hope he's okay. I much prefer this darker moodier sound than their more recent stuff. The melodies twist and turn unexpectedly while keeping the same vibe. It's so easy to get absorbed by this and watch an entire hour disappear First 5

Yeh I didn't need to listen to this before I died. It was almost good at some point but it was mostly bad. I'm really not sure what it was going for but it was tiring to listen to. This is Ciśnienie if it was lame.

Yeh not much to say here. For some reason all the songs gave me christmas vibes. Probably something to do with a lot of tradition christmas songs being about the war. It was fine. Nothing stood out but it wasn't bad

It was certainly unique but it suffered from everything blending together. High 3

Initially I was bored, now I'm offended I don't know what he's yapping about but I'd rather he stopped. I hate his voice. The music isn't at all interesting or challenging so I'm doing my best to tune it out. Unfortunately this damn harmonica makes my ears hurt more than my bloody valentine live (I love mbv). Is this meant to be a comedy sketch? The lyrics sound like he went to a pub found the most drunk person in the room and started writing down their drunken ramblings... Except that would probably be better. It even ended with a fade out but at least it's over 1

It was fine, nothing stood out for me other than the creepy lyrics

I hate Christmas music but these are the best ones

This being a movie ost is strange, it didn't strike me as cinematic. I wonder what the movie is about. I enjoyed it more than I usually enjoy this type of music but it wasn't mind blowing or anything

We're finally here! Standouts Catholic Block Stereo Sanctity Pipeline/Kill Tuff Gnarl ⭐ Pacific Coast Highway Cotton Crown Master-Dik This is the album that usually gets credited with the first album to achieve the sound I adore. You know how cool live music sounds in a small venue? Yeh let's do that on a studio album! This album has it all, crunchy guitars, noisy guitars, guitars grinding against your ears, fuzzy guitars, feedback... Fun fact they couldn't get this album published because of the album cover for ages. Some noise highlights: Pipeline/Kill Time is a starts of simply but leads into this chaotic orchestra of guitar noises with a simple melody in the background to grab onto and guide you through. Incredible mixing so that melody is always there for you. Tuff Gnarl has this one riff playing throughout it and then they start building up the noise and let the original riff free at the climax which explodes the section into perfection. Master-Dik is a feedback ridden song which is the perfect way to end the album. The constant layered guitars in the back is a forest of sound to lose yourself in. Incredible album easy 5 Unfortunately the later sonic youth albums are less harsh but at least they have the same vibe and goal.

This sounds like a boring movie I found they would find a rhythm/riff and just play it over and over with no variation and it wouldn't even be an interesting riff. I don't mind simple melodies like that but there needs to be something interesting happening on top of it to make it enjoyable for me

Every song experiments with a different sound and it feels fresh and interesting. The climax of every song was worth it and I'd get lost in the moment. Standouts: Paranoid Android Exit Music (For a Film) Let Down Karma Police Climbing Up the Walls Lucky The Tourist

Easy listening, well mixed, kinda boring.

Love the guitars on this. The vocals are lackluster mostly being speaking on the beat. Didn't have time to read through the lyrics but I wasn't super interested in them. The guitars manage to push the sound of this record so far and every song felt fresh because of it. It's almost like the first few tracks give you the vibe and then the later tracks push it. Low 4, carried by amazing guitar

Forgot it was on tbh

Wasn't a massive fan, didn't feel like interesting happened and nothing stood out for me. It was enjoyable at least.

Nothing happening musically, maybe the lyrics are interesting but they weren't interesting enough to make me go check.

Easy listening, I understand why people enjoy this type of music. I enjoyed it at the start and then I realised every song followed the same formula of "find a funky beat and then do nothing with it for 4 minutes" and it became a drag from there. Making an entire album bragging about how much money you have is a gross concept.

Cute album but didn't manage to do anything to make me interested. At least it didn't have a blaring harmonica ruining my ears

Standouts: Pretty Good It's actually pretty good for country music. I'm not a fan of this sort of lyricism where they just kinda yap, but the instrumentation is good and varied from song to song. I don't know if the 2nd half was worse than the first half or if I just got bored but my experience with this album declined... High 2

Short and sweet; every moment is filled with instrument;, doesn't overstay it's welcome; the mix brings out each instrument's texture. Pretty much as good as this genre can get

Mostly boring and repetitive but The Murder Mystery saved the album from a 2 Standouts: - What Goes On - I'm Set Free - The Murder Mystery

I barely remember this, the instrumentation was sometimes good but the vocals were bland and boring High 2

I don't really enjoy music with minimal instrumentation and focus on vocals. especially when the vocalist isn't anything special. Only "I've Got to See You Again" caught my interest.

Standouts: The Jungle Line Harry's House / Centerpiece I'm not sure what this album was going for. It was nice/easy listening but the Jungle Line was a super experimental track at I really appreciated but it felt like it was in the wrong album. Joni's voice is really nice and she uses it to great effect with the instrumentation. I appreciated the more unique choice of instruments but I wish they did more with them. Mid 3

Every song seems to find a riff that it refuses to move from for the next 2 minutes. Some riffs are cool, some are 1 Chord over and over, every single riff get boring after 2 minutes. This is like purgatory in album form You Would Know actually experimented with their sound at the end rather having the guitars copy each other I feel like the album starts getting better around half way through but I still feel like I'm going insane sometimes. The ending of the last song was atrocious, it's like they listened to some experimental music and thought "Oh it's a bunch of random sounds I can do that" High 2

Standouts: China Girl Mass Production I feel like Iggy has 2 vocal styles in this album, more traditional 70/80's rock music grating voice and a more baritone style. I really enjoy his baritone voice, it feels like it's got so much depth and makes me feel warm. The most traditional voice stops this album from being rated higher I enjoyed the varied instrumentation, lots of layers to dig into here and it was produced in a way that the instruments kind of blend together but still keep a certain separation. Big fan. China Girl is a good example of how good his vocals could be, wish they were this consistent throughout the whole album. High 3

Standouts: Changes - Yooo from shrek 2 Life on Mars Quicksand Queen Bitch Crazy how many songs I know from this. I appreciate this style of vocals more that I did from ziggy stardust. In life on mars his vocals keeping up with the instruments when the both hit their stride is very impressive and makes the whole section feel magical. The mixing is very clear which makes every track feel distinct with how different the instruments are in each. Bowie saying Bob Dylan can't sing during "A song for Bob Dylan" almost moved this album to a 4. High 3

Standouts - Rich - Very solid start! Inteersting vocals, easy riffs and a good groove even a bit of feedback here and there! 💗 - Date with the night - The breakdowns where they gunk up the mixing is so fun I'm in love... - Cold Light - The ending of this song with the crunchy riffs and varying experimental sounds made me very happy.. - No No No - Generally fun song throughout and I lost myself in the atmospheric/experimental ending I can't help but jam to every song the energy in her singing is so infectious. This would have been so fun live. Love the low, nosiy guitars and I love they play with mixing quality of them to great effect. I think this band would have suited some longer songs. The ending few songs are calmer and I appreciate those have their place in albums but they don;t use any of the other sounds going in on in this album. Just because a song is slow doesn't mean you can't do experimental/noisy things in them! High 4

Standouts: - Rene - big fan of the psychedelic guitars in the 2nd half of this - The journey - Same story as above Generally found this album a bit dull but it had some fun psychedelic jams. The random narration in the 2nd half was jarring and I wasn't interested. In general the 2nd half was worse. Low 3

Funky beats easy listening. I don't know what the style of guitar is called; it's feels more iconic than djent I'm surprised it's not part of a broader genre. I was originally going to highlight Take Me Out but I'm not sure why this one rose to the top in terms of popularity, there's a lot of equally good songs with a similar style. I feel like they didn't experiment with their sound much which led to this being quite a so-so album. It's pretty short though so it didn't get too stale low 3

No thoughts. It was fine. I can't name you a single song and I didn't particularly enjoy the album. There's no experimentation in any of the instrumentation. It's almost like it was made to highlight her voice which is very powerful but I didn't care about any of the lyrics either. The most this album has going for it is the cat on the cover. High 2/Low 3

Standouts Atrocity Exhibition Atrocity Exhibition is a solid start. An array of discordant sounds and layered instrumentation which I found immensely enjoyable. The next 3 songs (Isolation, Passover, Colony) didn't particularly stand out to me, they had good endings but fairly bland otherwise. I think it improved from there on out but never managed to reach as high as the first song. I appreciate the variety of sounds and experimentation a lot but I feel like they never managed to create a moment where you could dig into the layers like you could in Atrocity Exhibition I feel like this should be a 4 but I can't really justify it High 3/Low 4

I immediately remembered he's incapable of doing a normal singing voice. It's a cool vocal style but it should be reserved for "big" moments imo. He is generally hard to understand. I hope he speaks like this in normal conversations otherwise what's the point! I kinda feel like I'm listening to the same song over and over. They all have the same structure. No standouts but I have nothing to complain about. Perfectly in the middle 3

Standouts: - Come Alive - Holy powerful non binary vocals - 57821 - Lots of fuzzy layers to get lost in - BaBopByeYa - I really enjoyed the length here. This album is really good. Definitely needs a few more listens for me to absorb. It almost feels like it's split into acts. It's hard for me to pick standouts because a lot of the songs flow into each other naturally and they all sound great. There's a ridiculous amount of talent on display and it's nice to have something so different in this list. The last song made me feel like there should have been a few longer songs rather than a lot of short songs This album is kinda a 3 but I'm bumping it up to a 4 because of the obvious talent. I'd love to see what they can do on a more focused album but at the same time keep doing whatever you want!

Standouts: - the last minute of Sad Old Red ugh blues I think I hate repetitive drums/bass riffs more than I hate repetitive guitar riffs when the singer shuts up and the trumpet takes over has been the highlight so far that was in the 2nd song and nothing happened in the rest of the album couldn't be more of a 2 if it tried kind of 2

Standouts: Orange Crush - this song feels the most defined in the whole album I Remember California - I like the dark ones of this Struggling to rate this one. By modern standards it's a 2 but everyone praising this like it's god's gift to music made me do some reading and surprisingly a lot of alt/grunge bands give this band credit for being one of the original alternative bands. That's nice and all but I know albums from bands I would consider "alt-rock" from way before this album. I respect this band for experimenting in the music space but they unfortunately this isn't an album that landed for me. I think they managed to find their groove in the darker songs and it works really well. The rest of the album is a more of a soft tone and I don't think his voice suits it. High 2/Low 3

Jazz is such a dice roll This turns out to land on 2 end of the 5 sided dice. It's not bad but I struggle to differentiate it from the other "relaxing" (boring) jazz I've listened to. It's just not done anything interesting for 30 minutes. At least it was short. High 2/Low 3

Standouts: - Night in the City - woah experimentation The first song is exactly what I worry about with this album. I don't dislike it but it feels clean and textureless. There was actually a bit with some texture near the end but it was on the fade out?? He's got quite a nice voice so I don't understand why most of the time we are hearing this reverbed and overly clean version. It's by far the worst part of the album Overall it's fine. I wish it had some more experimentation with it's instruments, there are a few times where they actually did and I had to check I was on the same album because of how unbelievably safe this album plays. I need another coffee after over an hour of this though. I think the album art is actually a good representation of this album. Intentionally bright and tacky for no real purpose. 3 maybe a 2 for being too long - This isn't why I listen to music.

Michael apparently wanted to make this an album where every song is a hit. Unfortunately, like many artists who probably also thought this, I think he failed. Because he was trying to make every song a hit, the album lacks cohesion and feels more like a compilation of good songs rather than an hour long experience. Only 3-4 good songs that aren't particularly to my taste of music. Calling it the greatest album when it disregards an entire aspect of the format is insane. 3 - It's utterly disrespectful that he ripped off "Eat it" by Weird Al Yankovic

Sex Dwarf might be the funniest song I've ever heard what the hell is going on. The rest of this album is very boring. Not enough for me to hate it but enough for me to regret listening to it. This was a slog to get through. Every song finds a gimmick and plays it on repeat as if it's the greatest thing discovered in music. I respect them for trying something so out there but maybe they should have had some guidance telling them to reign it in a bit. They do genuinely have some interesting/good sounds but they can't figure out how to use them well. Mid 2

Highlights - All of the below go very hard Breathe Funky Shit Serial Thrilla Firestarter The first song is obviously dodgy and I question it's reason to exist because it sounds like a beta of Firestarter. But the rest of the album is fine and the beats are infectious. I kinda love and hate his voice. It's super iconic, aggressive and powerful but also grating over the course of an entire album. I think I'd have liked this album more if: - I enjoyed his voice more/there was less of it - the album had less misogyny - it was a touch shorter Very low 4

I hate country! (Apart from Wednesday) Boring instrumentation meant to highlight her voice. Her voice is powerful unfortunately she uses that powerful voice to say insightful lyrics such as "Here I am". The lyrics generally sound like she got drunk in the pub and got on the microphone to talk about her life. 2

"I hate that wanky guitar solo horribleness" - Kevin Shields I was excited when I saw a live album come up but it doesn't feel like a live album which is a credit to how well it's recorded but detracts from the album as whole. Live albums tend to have more atmosphere and texture which I appreciate from them. The guitar solos were way too long. I don't care if you can play your instrument I care if you can play your instrument in combination with other instruments. I question what made them think a 5 minute drum solo was a good idea. Did they think crowd not cheering for the first 3 minutes was because they were entranced by it or something. The last song was 17 minutes of build up for 2 minutes of jamming out and it wasn't even that good disappointing 1

I hate country! (Wednesday are cool) Minimal instrumentation meant to highlight his voice, unfortunately his "singing" seems to be "he got out of bed and is putting as much effort into it as he can" At least there's not a extremely loud harmonica in this one I didn't hate it 2

Why is there only one song over 3 minutes? there's mostly 1-2 minute songs which is a genuinely baffling choice to me. I don't remember a single song and he's vocals dragging aren't helping, I can't make out what he's on about. Music isn't bad. Police and Thieves is predictably the best song with interesting mixture of reggae beat and punk guitar and given the time to explore that sound. But I still don't even think it's that good. The last song had a harmonica when they could have used guitar feedback????????????? Feels like a 3 the whole way through but I was glad it was over. Relegated to 2. British punk needs to step it up.