1001 Albums Summary

not the usual type of music i listen to but objectively just sooo good

i think i'm biased because i grew up with mr blue sky and sweet talking woman (thank u dad) but also this is so fun from start to finish. will be listening a lot!

not really my thing i fear. wasn't a fan of some songs lacking any kind of percussion

much preferred the first half but even then there was only a couple of songs that grabbed me... o mamma when will it end

nice to have on in the background !

musically very interesting ! some right bangers on this

actually enjoyed this more than i thought! nice to listen to whilst getting chores done

this is on me because i go to music for the instrumentals more than the lyrics which is way less of the focus here. big poppa still hits tho

refuse to give him streams

huge album for those that enjoy riding elevators

being super subjective here but i really couldn't stand this, every song was giving me a visceral feeling of wanting to just turn it off lol

really enjoyed some of these songs but i think i have to be in a certain mood for them, which i am not often in. maybe over time i will rate this higher as i let it marinate. i'm also way more of a background music person than a lyrics person, so a lot of the time these highly praised songwriters can go over my head. I Want You To Love Me may as well have gutted me and left me for dead though, i'll admit that much.

the first half was pretty nice but some of the songs on the second half kinda annoyed me lol

just a bit boring unfortunately, didn't care for the concept much

just hooting and hollering

i'm still trying to figure out what kind of metal i like but i enjoyed this way more than i thought i would!

i don't listen to her in my spare time but i can't deny the impact of this. i'd heard the majority of the songs before many times which speaks to how iconic it is

a bit forgettable but i can't fault it much

can totally appreciate them being one of the foundational influences for post-punk/goth rock, which are some of my fav genres. really liked some songs but others not so much

surprisingly didn't hate it

for the love of god i'm so over all these subpar 60s psychedelic rock albums. if these men were young today they'd be the type to have podcasts where they talk about absolutely fucking nothing and think they're god's gift to the world

i think with what it's trying to do, it does very well. unfortunately i just didn't vibe with it that much. made me feel weirdly sad and it didn't help with how long it is. also kinda reminded me of the whole millenial optimism trend, i'm sure they were eating this up

really enjoyed this, admittedly haven't listened to much of bowie so excited to hear the other albums on this list

LOVED this. very cohesive album whilst also being so stylistically diverse. Prince was an absolute genius

was vibing with this but the speaking parts really threw me at times lol

less my thing musically but the lyrics were so honest and vulnerable. felt like listening to someone's diary

absolutely adored this. one of those albums where it all just flows. couldn't turn it off for the rest of day after the first listen. i wasn't really checking the song titles as i listened so i couldn't tell you my favourites, but i do know there are none i don't like or wanted to skip, which does not happen for me often!

so dreamy!

this could be a 4, maybe closer to a 3.5. really good just have to be in a certain mood for it

got bored pretty quickly, not a fan of his vocals

one of those albums where it's good and i can hear the influences that it's had but it just didn't really grab me so much

great album - particularly obsessed with She's So Loose, couldn't turn it off all day

unfortunately have to agree about it all being a bit dull, and the cursive singing got pretty insufferable real fast

smoke on the water was probably one of the earliest rock songs i was shown and liked when i was really young so i knew i was gonna have a good time with this

some decent tunes, nothing to write home about though

not a fan of his vocals. begging him to put the harmonica down

perfectly fine background music

i'm actually so behind on the morrissey lore that at first i assumed the title was intended to be gimmicky but that track was crazy. i've recently had to go back to eating meat for health reasons after several years of being a veggie so i'm glad i'm less morrissey-adjacent as a silver lining lmao. i enjoyed some tracks but others less so - probably more of a 3.5

i was leaning towards giving this a 4 during the first few songs but kinda lost interest in the second half. it sounds very nostalgic, like one of those albums you heard a lot as a child that you still adore as an adult even if it doesn't really match up with your music taste anymore

so close to giving this a 5 but i don't know how to feel about everything being compiled into 3 tracks. i think it's a very cool concept, i'd just prefer to more easily listen to individual parts (I Get Up, I Get Down had me feeling like i was seeing god, for example), without having to skim through it all. but i had a good time and i really like Yes' sound! will likely relisten

such an incredible musician and the singles are fantastic. i do think it overstayed its welcome a little bit for me though

really solid. i think some tracks were a little forgettable but the memorable ones really make up for it

can i just say that giving me this album on the day i broke up with a guy i'd been dating for a while who really loves Radiohead is, quite frankly, sick and twisted x anyway. this could have been a 5. i've never properly listened to Radiohead but had quite high expectations given how well-praised they are. i'd already heard a couple songs on this album which i knew i liked. some of the new tracks for me did really grab me ((Nice Dream) is fucking incredible). but i just didn't connect with a few too many of the others for this to be a 5. maybe it'll change with time. i do think it's a really great album - very cohesive and has a nice sound all the way through. but i guess i just found it a bit tame at times? i'm kinda blaming my high expectations there. i have seen others express the same sentiment and apparently this is their most accessible album, so perhaps i'll find their other albums more interesting.

during the first half i was thinking of giving this a 3 and that maybe everyone was being a bit too harsh... nah this gets really boring by the second half, was annoying me by the end. just the same song over and over.

really enjoyed this! very solid all the way through

pleasantly surprised by this! not sure how much i'll relisten but objectively a good album

a fun listen, just didn't grab me much. some of the songs went on a bit long

cannot tell you how happy i was to get an abba album, such an easy 5 stars. personally i judge an abba club night on whether head over heels and under attack get played