1001 Albums Summary

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Every song is 4 minutes too long

The first half of the album is beyond played out. A great listen but only for a rare occasion.

Had no idea what to expect from this. Wouldn’t have guessed the most mid new wave effort with more than a hint of pretentiousness.

traditional blues lyrics used women, the devil, trains, etc. as allegories so they could complain about slavery, racism, and oppression without saying the quiet part out loud. Not that I think women should be used as a metaphor for slavery, but it was a different time! It does make modern white dudes covering/stealing the songs even more sus though. I don't have the receipts, but there are some really good essays out there that take a deep dive on the subject if you want to get your nerd on. That being said I enjoy some good horny blues.

Some beautiful melodies but they got so lost in the groove it became a whole new song and when they realized it they made no effort to work back to the original piece and would just abruptly slam back into it.

Why is this album on this list? There’s 2 hits and they aren’t even that good. Songs that just go on and on doing nothing. Up to this point in his career there wasn’t too many defining tracks but they were coming soon! It’s hard to say you like prince but don’t like the bits where he’s finding himself. Which also is weird because he knew what he was but this feels like he hadn’t quite leaned in. And maybe prince is best when he’s being the most prince he can be which sadly isn’t this album.

How do you rate an album in a language you don’t understand? Musically I enjoy some songs more than others. It’s a perfectly fine background soundtrack but hard to give it a fair shake when I don’t know what they’re singing about. It’s a shame I can’t fully appreciate this legendary group.

God save Donald Duck Being rather unfamiliar with the kinks this album felt like it was a response to the Beatles. However it came about I rather enjoyed it.

So you’re either so full of yourself claiming your music is going to become classics or it’s a greatest hits album and in that case why would that be on this type of list? Either way I made it halfway through and wasn’t familiar with a single song. So much for being classics. And then I heard back to life start. Wow something I’ve heard before. But not enough to keep me willing to listen.

Merry Christmas from a freak! Songs are great though

Not as enjoyable as the last kinks album. Each song sounded more samey and none stood out to me.

3 is the magic number. 3 songs of note, 3 members in the group, 3 out of 5.

It sounds like they realized they couldn’t compete with the black keys and muse and decided to try to hang with the Indy Canadian bands and realized they couldn’t do that either. So they said ok let’s make a song for a melancholy spring morning and slightly alter it for a whole album. While it’s fine in the background it in no way deserves any attention.

I enjoyed the instrumentation but this really felt like it was included because of who she knew and how she got there. Not because the music was any advancement or achievement. Unless most depressing was a criteria for this list. The most enjoyable moment was when wrap your troubles in dreams started and I discovered danger doom sampled that for their song korn dogz.

As described, more of the specials but nothin special

Such a witchy album!

A bad album from a good band. And not just bad compared to their prior work. This is just all over the place trying different styles and not even sounding good in their own style.

Was stoked for some Peter Gabriel. Having only listened to the hits before this was a weird experience. Was also just a weird album. Thought the first song was nine inch nails.

I was a fan until I learned about her involvement in project beast note. I was on edge all day looking for Stromboli. Thankfully I wasn’t involved with any of that but it still always stresses me out.

There’s times when I realize a song is by steely Dan and I think maybe I do like steely Dan. And then there’s times I realize a song is by steely Dan and I think mane I don’t like steely Dan. Maybe that’s what pretzel logic means.

There’s times when I realize a song is by steely Dan and I think maybe I do like steely Dan. And then there’s times I realize a song is by steely Dan and I think mane I don’t like steely Dan. Maybe that’s what pretzel logic means.

My wife would divorce me if I gave this anything other than a 5

P-e-r-f-e-c-t

A little known fact was the us government was planning to use this album as part of the Waco siege until they discovered David Koresh was a fan.

Whoever thought combing rush and the greatful dead was so very wrong.

This is not a 1 because it’s bad, but because it isn’t anything. Why is this included on this list? No part of this stuck out to me for any reason. This was my first time hearing frank and I’ve only ever heard one person mention him before. I somehow wasn’t exposed to any hype or promotion and I can see why, there’s just nothing about this album. There was a couple of times where I forgot there was music on. Is that what’s about this? Is this what you put on when you want music to be playing but don’t want to hear anything?

Pretty solid album. Gets a little extra love for sounding like it belongs on a Mario kart game and being the father of x games commentator Sal masekela

As a young kid I would take this cd from my dad and rock out. Since then I’ve only heard a few songs about a million times in passing as they’re pretty hard to dodge. In general I don’t much care for classic rock but this album is still a fantastic listen!

There’s a couple of good songs here that make a good case for why the Beatles were so popular, but half of the album is just absolutely terrible covers.

The voice sounded familiar but she wasn’t the artist I thought it sounded like. Interesting combination of singer songwriter style with some funk. A pleasant listen.

Very generic

If someone told me I should listen to this band and described them as devo, prince, and Bowie I would be excited. But I was only excited when it finally ended.

I keep asking myself how did this album end up on this list. In this case not because it’s bad but because it’s a more fringe genre and group. Definitely a style I enjoy but it didn’t stand out to me.

I was having issues with my headphones so this sounded just like I remembered, very staticy.

You can make fun of these guys, mostly for their fashion, but they used to make some pretty dang good music!

More like kind of boring

I enjoy a gimmick, but I don’t think covering songs only using different instruments is a gimmick. Definitely if the song was reinterpreted into a different style but merely swapping instruments is not enough to land any album into a pantheon of greatest albums. I’m sure this was a groundbreaking idea in the 70s but people probably only listened to it twice. First when someone showed it to them and then when they showed it to someone else.

I prefer her more poppy work.

This didn’t even register as anything.

I don’t know how to chooglin’ but if I did I would keep on

This has got to be the worst version of blue moon

I think you need to be in a very specific mood to listen to this. I don’t think it breaks any ground or does anything exceptional in this style. It certainly didn’t invent or popularize it so why is it here? Every song reminded me of drunk kid catholic by bright eyes which I feel is an objectively better composition than this entire album. Good grief I need something with a tempo after this.

I always find myself saying, “I didn’t know this was steely Dan, maybe I do like them.” And then I hear the rest of the album and realize I don’t really like them that much.

I just can’t get into the dead. Either they’re too jammy or like this album it’s very straight forward songs without much jam. And this album is more down tempo. Would have thought when they play different I would enjoy it but I just don’t.

Never been a fan of a couple of these songs but the rest of the world disagrees with me. But I do really like most of the album

This was a much better and listenable album than Mellon collie. Songs still went on for too long but still not quite my thing

This is not beach music.

There are some fantastic songs but this album feels very bloated.

I could slowly feel myself losing my mind. It felt like watching the adult swim classic too many cooks. This felt very punk.

Nothing clever to say about this one. Just that it rules

This was too jazzy and yet not jazzy enough. Definitely wasn’t expecting the fantastic Alice I wonderland!

This plays like it’s the sound track to the off broadway musical called nepo baby. He at least has a genuine and deep affection for the arts but at this point in his career did not have the talent to match. How could an album from anyone of his pedigree not be included in such a list…

They wish so bad they were David Bowie. And it hurts to even mention his name when talking about them because they are so far beneath him. They learned one of his songs and then made a whole album to sound just like that one song and it got old real fast.

Much different from other tracks I’ve heard by them. Did not enjoy one bit.

There’s no denying the first 3 tracks of this album. But everything after that was pretty unremarkable.

This is why I never listen to Bowie albums. You get 1-2 good songs and the rest is unremarkable.

I enjoy talking heads but I don’t think in any way they are required listening. I feel like this album is only special because it’s their debut and was somewhat different from other acts at the time mostly just their unwillingness to be anything but themselves.

Well we’ve got the studio time, might as well use it…

These all ran together. Her voice got very grating after 10 minutes

A bit of standard Bowie, a bit of weird Bowie. But like every other of his albums. Not much of note

This is the first time I’ve intentionally listened to Kanye. And yep not my thing. Sounds like any other main stream rap album except nothing really grabbed me.

I’ve never heard of this band. Can definitely hear the late 70s early 80s influences and it doesn’t at all sound like the early 2000s. They clearly resonated with people but I don’t hear it.

I have never understood all the hype for Neil young. Just doesn’t do anything for me.

I want to rate this higher but there really isn’t reason to. It’s ac/dc which I find more listenable than most of the other albums ive been presented with here but there just isn’t anything special about this album.

How many ramblin man songs can be this good?! Waylon was more than a honky tonk heroe.

Not my style, did not enjoy.

Sounds like no one in the band had any enthusiasm to be making music.

It’s got the song!!!!!! What else is abouts this?

This had some big hits that are catchy but overall it just doesn’t excite me

I don’t know why but I listened to this a little when I was a young teen. But this isn’t nostalgia, beyond all the hits this album is long and it’s great the whole way through.

Yup, that’s Clapton

You know how you’ll be messing around with your friends and be like man it would have been cool if we recorded that? That’s what this is. Except it’s actually decent. And somehow not as weird as I expected it to be. But in no way is it required listening. But I really enjoyed it.

Sledgehammer feels so out of place on this album. It’s the one bright spot on this very dark sounding album.

This was an exploitative cash grab. Instead of talent it relies on the idea of a personality singing other genres stripped down to what he was capable of at the time.

Booooooring

Dbdbvv dudicin rris dudinn waxjick. Translation: you can’t translate a fake language

Do yourself a favor and sync this up to watch the movie krull

This couldn’t end soon enough.

The back half of this album finally got me interested. Before that it was so nondescript I couldn’t tell what genre it was supposed to be, not that I ever figured that out.

I would have enjoyed this more if it was one style the whole way through.

This was a blind buy back in the day and I listened to it so much. Still a great listen!

Never really listened to queens. Have heard the like 2 songs that constantly play on the radio but this was sludgier than expected. Didn’t exactly speak to me but was an enjoyable listen.

This wasn’t bad, I just didn’t like it.

I have no idea what this is. I think I heard a Beatles song?

After a few tracks I tried to describe this to someone as if someone hooked up a bunch of electrodes to equipment in a poorly run kitchen, I looked down and the name of the song was hamburger lady. When the first track started I thought ok this could be a cool intro, but no it was just the “song”

It’s r.e.m. it’s fine

I probably would have been insufferable if I discovered lcd sound system earlier in my life mostly because James Murphy is insufferable. But dang do I love this music!

Thought this was krokus for a bit…or the rocky horror picture show. It was decent. Good use of saxophone.

Never listened to missy and this felt pretty underwhelming. There was what 2 beats? Timbaland do better

The opening of the first songs made me think it was gonna be punk. Turns out it was some timeless sounding pop rock. Pretty easy to listen to

Don’t believe the hype, decide for yourself that this great

I was not excited about having to slog through this massive album. But was very surprised with how much I enjoyed it, but it did over stay its welcome.

Is this the monkees or The Who?

Nothing thrilling about the music. I thought this was way older and was shocked at a secret song. And then shocked that they aren’t from California like the songs would suggest. Not as fun as coconut records but a pretty good listen.

As someone that doesn’t know the language I can only rate on music and to my untrained ears it does nothing noteworthy.

There was too many similarities to green onions and I wasn’t feeling a lot of the noodling but was still pretty good

As much as I like Beck I just don’t enjoy these types of albums from him.

A couple of little ear worms but not my type of stuff.

It’s a little embarrassing how much I enjoyed this. At least he isn’t the worst dude.

This sounds like weather channel music

A rocking good time

I hate the title track but the rest of the album was ok

Very surprised with influences on this album

Bleeeeehhhh

I like what they were trying to do but felt like I need to saint my ears to hear it

Absolutely pioneers. I love the sci-fi surf sounds

I don’t know that I would call this poetry but it is definitely perfection

I haven’t even listened yet and the whole album is playing in my head. How was this made in ‘78?! Banger after banger and sweet guitar runs!

This was very pleasant but not enough to listen to all the bonus tracks

A common issue I have with this type of music is the songs are good for about a minute but the simplified unceasing repetition gets old real fast.

Hot take. This is a good album but all ramones songs sound the same so it’s hard to judge it when you don’t hear all the other songs since you assume they’re all from the same album

I would have guess this was mid 2000s but holy moly these mad bastards had it going on for 1989! If I only I understood the language

Not my favorite cure but still great

It doesn’t feel like a boast, but more like a statement. He’s a bad man who loves his woman. Nothing fancy just simple effective songs of life on the road and lam.

This showcases their versatility but it comes across very disjointed. No denying the mania they inspired but to listen today isn’t special.

I have a casual appreciation for ccr but this album feels like they their attitude was let’s do what we do but at 11.

I never listened to Wilco but went to see Jeff tweedys twilight override a couple months ago and it was great. However this was something different. The first two thirds of this album felt like a poor emulation of bright eyes and was almost unlistenable. The last third was ok but this was a struggle for me.

Zeppelin was never my thing. And the more of their albums I get on this list really makes me question the state of music when they were making these albums. They are very consistent but they all can’t be considered the best of all time can they. None of their albums stands above the others to me. It’s fine music but nothing more. And why is stairway so amazing to so many people?

This does nothing for me. It really feels like it was americas introduction to “world music” and could be why this was acclaimed. Almost feels like pity because it doesn’t feel different from anything else other than its origins. If I don’t understand the language how can I truly rate it besides its music which isn’t ground breaking or elevating.

Don’t was the only track that stands out. Not because it’s so different from the rest of the album but because it was actually a good song. Everything else was boring and generic.

There was some pretty movements in this.

Not generally a fan of psychedelic music but I was surprised with how much I enjoyed this

I love 80s keyboard drums and this didn’t have enough. This was very lowkey and felt low effort except really trying to put out a forced sounding social message.

More artists need the courage and freedom to be themselves! Thundercat takes advantage of that and isn’t afraid to make short songs that are a joke. Or make longer songs that are a joke.

The music was surprisingly good. But whatever you call the second half of this was awful.

I tend to put this record on when I’m home alone and drinking. It’s definitely an all timer for me.

I have heard so much negative talk about Leonard cohen but never heard any of his stuff. I was excited to see why I’ve heard so much hate for him and rather enjoyed this.

This sounded pretty. Beyond that it lacked anything else to comment on

Another one of my most played records.

The hits are good and borderline played out. The rest sounds about the same just not as catchy

Borderline boring

I don’t think I heard any animal sounds, wild or domestic

Peak 80s

I prefer my western music a little pluckier but this was good listening.

This sounds like it could have been made by ai which is saying something for how long ago this was. But it just sounds like he’s trying to make every song very grandiose which makes them all sound very bland. Is it mastery? It definitely is very well constructed but it just makes me want to shut it off.

Obviously a lot of talk is about the guitar, but I do appreciate a lot of the drum work.

I have never heard of anyone liking parades this much!

As much as I say I don’t like the Beatles I do really like this album

She’s fine in small doses but I struggled getting through this.

Nothing in this stood out but I was enjoyable

Really bummed silly little fat man wasn’t on this album

It all sounds the same

Hot take, that call and response was at least 3.6 times better than Freddie mercurys

I liked them before they were cool.

Was this the birth of nu metal? The war pigs cover was pretty good but most of it seemed quiet and tame. Still a good time

This sounds like the Beatles were stuck in a drunken depression with a keyboard and synthesizer. Every song felt like it was fighting to be the final track to fade out.

Perfect for background music. Pretty bland.

This is not my thing. Was very difficult to get through.

This is just background noise. Really have to try to notice it.

Decent enough. Can pay attention or not

I think my ears are pregnant after this.

Not my kind of thing but not enough to need to immediately shut off

It’s very repetitive and long. It’s at least a little interesting