Not really vibin' with it. Some catchy pop hooks. Dreamy synth sounds. It's alright, but largely "not for me".
"Dreaming of the Queen" is the stand out so far. "One and One Makes Five" is also alright. I can hear how this album was influential.
It's alright. I was never particularly enthused by the album... then, while I love Bowie's singles, I've never really had a whole album resonate with me. "Heroes" is an all-timer and I adore "Moss Garden" as a bit of ambience, but the rest of the album I could miss.
Initial impressions: I don't hate it, but I don't care for it.
Alright. As a Bowie album I find it more listenable overall, but it lacks in my mind a killer single to elevate it. Feels like background music overall so it all balances out I guess.
Generally alright. I could toss this on in the background. Enjoyable. Inoffensive. Isn't really gripping me.
"You Can't Love'em All" is a banger though. Great track. Was the only one to really jump out at me, but in general I was whelmed by the album.
Genuine bop. Like a template for what good pop should be. It's timeless.
That cover of "Across the Universe" is wack. "Win" is good. In general, it's alright, but I don't really care for early Bowie nor have I really like his albums. Love his singles... could do with a Changes, haha.
Never listened to Neil Young before. Or, if I have, I was never aware it was Neil Young. Can't say that I really recognize any of these songs... but perhaps some were vaguely familiar?
Anyways, pleasantly surprised. Don't know what I was expecting, but I quite enjoyed this. Young's voice is a bit reedy in some tracks, but I've come around to it. Overall, though, very listenable album.
Decent. Like it more than Back To Black, but I'm just not a big Amy Winehouse fan.
Generally alright. There are moments where I'm really digging what's going on and then the music gets weirdly cacophonous or discordant and it takes me right out. I can what Bush is doing, but it's not for me. I say this as someone who generally likes post-punk and experimental stuff, but eh, you don't have to love it all.
Winehouse has a great voice. And the drums on this album are consistently good. Like them on "You Know I'm No Good" best. "Love is a Losing Game" is also solid.
I liked Frank as an album better than this. If I could give Frank a 3.5, I would. I'd much rather listen to "Cherry" or "Magic Man" than what's here. It's fine. All fine, I've just come to the realization that I'm not a big Amy Winehouse fan. Her music is Not For Me.
Another one of those albums that are hard to rate. I'm not the biggest blues fan. At all. I know that big artists have cited this band as very influential to them (i.e., Santana, Clapton, Mayer--I'm not really a fan of any of them either, ha). That said, I recognize and appreciate the influences of B B King... but I don't really enjoy listening to this album.
Pretty alright. Has some bangers ("Real Slim Shady") but as an album I never really dug it. I don't like "Stan"... so...
It's alright. Came out, what, right after "Pet Sounds" and at the same time as "Sgt Pepper's"? In a vacuum, pretty solid, but otherwise sounds like a Beach Boys knock off.
Not lovin' it overall, but there's a couple decent tracks. "For Pete's Sake" and "Forget That Girl" stand out, imo.
Okay. I have never really understood the appeal of Sonic Youth. Just doesn't hit for me. Justice for Nardwuar.
Brilliant album. Whole thing is a bop. Helluva debut album, damn. Revisiting it has been a joy.
I always thought this was one of Radiohead's weaker albums. Too experimental, not listenable enough. I've come 'round to it upon relistens, but not by a lot frankly. High points with "Pyramid Song" and this album's version of "Morning Bell", but a long drag in between those.
That said, I appreciate this is an early attempt at the sound the would continue to cultivate through "In Rainbows" and "A Moon Shaped Pool", or even Yorke's solo "The Eraser".
Would easily listen to this over "Pablo Honey" though, haha.
Eh. This style of country rock is not really my jam. I can recognize this is a foundational album that set the stage for the genre... but I've never liked the genre. I appreciate the authenticity of the sound compared to, say, a lot of country pop rock nowadays, but this all blends together and just does my head in.
Not for me. Didn't hate it. This isn't an offensive listen by any means; my ears weren't assailed. It's just... there. None of it resonated with me.
Lot of fun. I have heard so many of these songs over the years without ever realizing they came from one album. Would play again!
Man, this album is a vibe. Very dream-like. Has a real timeless quality to it. I was listening to this wondering why I'd never heard of this guy before. Surely I'd've heard one of these tracks on the oldies stations...
But no, this album dropped in 2019. Ha.
Hard to pick a favourite track. "Hero" seems like the popular choice, but the album sure sounded strong too with "You Ain't the Problem". For my money, "Hard To Say Goodbye", a sprawling seven-minute soundtrack-to-a-movie-sounding thing, is the one.
I don't like this as much as "After the Goldrush"... and of the two, this feels the more mainstream. The Neil Young songs I heard on the radio before knowing who Neil Young was were definitely off this album.
After a few listens, I've come around to it more. "Old Man" and "Alabama" are standouts. Wasn't expecting "There's a World", but pleasantly interesting.
I saw an article once call Alex G the Neil Young for the modern generation. Considering my love of Alex G, I think it makes sense that I've coming around to Young's work so quickly.
Woof. I'd been wondering what it'd take for me to give an album a "1 star". Here it is. This was physically painful to listen to. The most generic elevator kind of pop. Sounds like the drums are some cheap Casio midi percussion. Moments where a song might start come together are killed by the cheap sounding instrumentation.
Maybe "Blue Moon Rose" is the least offensive track, but I've definitely found a new band I don't like.
Decent. Listenable. Doesn't really strike powerfully me in any way, but there were a few decent tracks and otherwise the album made for something nice to listen to in the background.
Whelmed. I was whelmed.
Hey, that guy who appeared in the "Who Shot Mr. Burns" Simpsons episode.
This is really good! Super danceable. Wound up getting super pumped and doing chores around the house while listening to this. Really catchy.
Immense respect for Public Enemy and their influence... but I've never liked old school rap. I've always struggled to parse lyrics in music, so I always come around to songs based on their sound first. And with old school rap, the samples are harsh, cacophonous, and real lo-fi. It's a real punk aesthetic, but just as I don't like seminal old punk bands (i.e., Sex Pistols) because it's not pleasant to listen to, I don't like this.
I got far more enjoyment out of reading up on the Wikipedia article of this album than I did listening to it. So then how do you rate an album like that?
So how do you rate an album you appreciate the significance of but found unpleasant to listen to throughout? A two, I guess.
I've never been a huge Priest fan based on the singles I've heard. It's decent for what it is. I don't mind it, but I don't particularly love anything here. "Breaking The Law" is fun. I liked "Metal Gods" more than I thought I would.
It's alright. Inoffensive. Listenable. I wasn't too impressed with the Neil Young cover. My kid liked it, haha. I came around the latter half of the album. The movie sample quotes were decently used. It's fine.
Real solid album. My personal preferred Elvis, ha. "Pump It Up" seems less interesting over time, but "I don't wanna go to Chelsea" remains a banger.
There's some genuinely interesting stuff here. I have a hard time saying a favourite track, as there are movements of a song I'd get into, then it'd change and I'd be taken right out.
I've always enjoyed the extensive sampling done in this kind of electronic music, like George Clanton's stuff or DJ Pogo... but sonically I wasn't really loving how The Avalanches did it.
Decent listen. Mad respect for the influence it had on the subgenre, but overall not my favourite.
I've never been the biggest The Doors fan. I like a few of their singles. Especially the ones that have gone on to become iconic needle drops in cinema. Hard to deny the visceral impact of "This is the end" in Apocalypse Now. But none of that is here.
I do not really like Morrison Hotel.
Damn solid album. Very funky. Great vibes. Really enjoyed this. I know the Temptations by reputation but never really listened to them. This is great. Reputation well earned.
Excellent record. Hadn't heard this one before, but seems to me that Stevie Wonder can't miss.
Solid album. Very listenable. Has some catchy tunes on it scattered throughout and some others that are just kind of background noise. Considering the trajectory of The Beatles, this is a pretty tame album. Everybody's gotta start somewhere, I suppose.
Hated this on release. Listening to it again, it's still kind of annoying. I don't HATE is anymore... but it's not really drawing me in. Just kind of mid.
This is an all-timer for me. At a time when I only wanted to listen to the most obnoxious indie and experimental tracks or most obscure punk bands, this album and "A Ghost Is Born" both managed to pull me in. Honestly, it's what got me to start listening to folksier artists, so I credit it for getting to be less of a pretentious teenager, ha. It's not even that folksy of an album, Wilco's got other ones for that.
Regardless, I adore this album. Not a bad track on it. If pushed, I guess I'd say "War on War" is kind of mid. Otherwise, this is pretty much a perfect album for me.
I might even consider it a desert island album, in all honestly. Love Wilco. Their early 2000s output was titanic.
Solid album. Always has been. "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight" are such obvious bangers. "YYZ" has been a personal fav since Guitar Hero.
This is okay. "Once In A Lifetime" rules. Rest of the album is okay, though.
First and foremost: I've never been a big fan of Prince's music. Charisma is off the charts, respect him as a musician, and he is clearly insanely talented. Guy can make a guitar sing.
But sonically, I just don't enjoy this type of music. (Exception made for Raspberry Beret, I adore that track--but it isn't on this album). I gave a try, honest, but the whole time I wished I could be listening to something else. The synths are just so unpleasant sounding. The drums like some cheap Casio keyboard. At times it sounded like something off a 16-bit SEGA Genesis beat-em-uo, for better and worse.
I dunno. This really isn't for me. At all. There are moments of the album I can appreciate, but again, I just found it all so unpleasant.
Like with Bowie, I've preferred Dylan's singles over his albums--Live at Budokan is probably my top pick of his, for example.
That said, I think this is his best studio album. At least it's my personal favourite of his.
Of all the "discoveries" I've made through listening to this list, Neil Young has so far been my favourite. "Harvest" and "After the Gold Rush" are great albums and have entered my regular listening rotation... and this album has joined them. (Managed to find a cheap copy of the album on vinyl too--score!) But I guess now I need to look more into Crosby, Stills, and Nash's catalogue.
Very listenable. "Helpless" and "My House" are standouts, imo. There are some dips in that I don't quite resonate with every track, but the album as a whole is very accessible.
Consistently great album. Maybe the most listenable of Led Zepp's catalogue? Thing about Zepp is I'm never really compelled to seek them out... but whenever a track on "IV" comes on the radio or a playlist, I let it play out.
This is immediately very much my jam. Great melancholy-sounding folksy alternative stuff. It was to no great surprise that when looking up more detail on the album I discovered Jon Brion played a bunch of guitar and other instruments on here... I can hear it, ahh!
Wonderful stuff. Love Jon Brion. Have never listened to Fiona Apple. As it turns out, I guess I like Fiona Apple as a musician. Another "W" for this website.
Ryan Adams is a pretty prolific artist. There's a lot of albums out there. There's a few Ryan Adams albums that I really love. "Love is Hell", "Rock N Roll", "Easy Tiger"... they're my jams. "1989" is a fun cover album. There's a bunch that I think are only alright... "Demolition", "Gold"... There's a bunch I think are pretty bad.
I always found "Heartbreaker" to be pretty mid overall. "To Be Young" is a great track, but man, miss me with everything else.
Fine. Inoffensive country music. None of it really does it for me. As I listened it just kind of kept fading into the background. Didn't outright dislike anything but again nothing connected.
Not a huge fan. Weaker opening but album more listenable as it goes on. Like... ambient beat tapes. Some tracks sound like they're off a PS1 JRPG or one of the lesser tracks off a Lumines game.
It's okay.
Most overrated album of all time (laudatory).
Amazing album. Huge influence on me. It's the album that made me sit up and noticed Radiohead. Before, they were that "Creep" band that my older cousins liked. After Kid A I needed to find and listen to all the Radiohead albums. That and it pushed me to start listening to genres I'd never given much heed to before. For example, I got into both Aphex Twin and Brian Eno afterwards. I think in large part because of music critics comparing this one unfavourably to them. Ah well, nowadays Kid A is a critical darling, so whatever.
This album in particular consumed much of my teen years. Nowadays I generally prefer to listen to other Radiohead albums, but I'll always be fond of Kid A.
Consistently strong listen. The first four Zepp albums are just all unequivocal classics. I personally find the first two thirds of the album stronger than the back third, but still it's great. Only real skips for me are "Gallows Pole" and "Hats off...", but otherwise fantastic album.
Initial few tracks really drove me nuts. Thought I was going to hate this album. Have to say, though, it grew on me. "Peaches" and "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" are proper bangers. By the end I'd say I was thoroughly whelmed. Could've done with less organ, though.
Huh, this is right up my alley. Inspiration for many contemporary artists I like. Melancholy. I dig it. Between Nick Drake, Neil Young, and Fiona Apple, 1001 Albums has been good for supplying with with enjoyable melancholy folk artists.
Another solid album. Nick Drake is great. Pretty sure I heard some of his tracks on a Wes Anderson movie? A couple are very familiar.
This one is mostly just him on guitar. Real good. Hard to say whether I like this one or Bryter Layter better. Different vibes for different moods.
Looks like all his albums are on this list, so I look forward to getting around to the last one eventually (chronologically his first one?).
I dig Nick Drake. Great album.
It's alright. Not my kind of rock'n'roll. I've never been a big Clapton fan, but I do like Beck's solo stuff. Yardbirds never resonated with me years ago when I tried to get into them, and they're not resonating now. Again, just not my kind of guitar rock.
Alright, but mostly became background noise for me.
One of my all-time favourite hip hop albums. Tells a gripping story while simultaneously being an intensely satisfying musical experience. "Swimming Pools", "Poetic Justice", "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"... single after single, just amazing stuff.
"Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" is probably my favourite. It's incredible, the track is twelve minutes long, but whenever I listen to it feels like it's gone in a moment.
Great tracks off the deluxe edition, like "The Recipe" and "Black Boy Fly".
Got to see Kendrick tour this album at Pemberton Festival years ago. The energy was incredible.
This album was like a sandwich. It being here on this list I liken to someone recommending it as one of the best sandwiches ever. You get all hyped for it and you take a bite and... well, the ham and cheese in the middle is real good ("Rock Lobster"), like a fine piece of prosciutto and provolone. But the condiments taste off. The vegetables are soggy. The bread is stale. The sandwich is then a bit of a disappointment.
"Rock Lobster" rules. The rest of it, eh. I'd rather see "Cosmic Thing" on this list--that album is seriously underrated in my opinion. I think it aged much finer than their self-titled.
A perfectly serviceable prog rock album. Mostly okay. The more ambient tracks were strong, in my opinion; that is what I love about Eno's catalogue. "By The River" and "Julie With" were standouts.
Consistently good rock album. The title track is head and shoulders above every other track, but the whole album is damn solid.
