1001 Albums Summary

Ok album, made better by the context in which it was released. Several good songs but mostly simple stuff.

Highs are fantastic, but lows as well. More African dream pop in the middle than I expected.

King of the genre. Axl and Slash were both special talents.

Pre-pop hip hop. Nice blend of what was happening at the time, skits, samples, and rhymes, but doesn't rise to the level of Peoples Instinctive Travels, released the following year.

It's fine. It's a good metal album, but doesn't really stand out to me. Cover art is great, though.

Best selling for a reason. Michael and Quincy master pop, endless guest stars (mccartney, van Halen, price) and even the 80s elements that should be cheesy somehow work. Lyrics are silly though.

Disco funk is odd to begin with, and while the album starts strong, it really drags at the end. Repetitive songs should not be 7 minutes long.

I just don't see the appeal. Like yeah, he's added some interesting percussion to make old standards fresh, but it's still mostly straight ahead delivery of trite Christmas songs with so-so vocals.

Innovative, cool sounds and some songs I really like, but at times it feels unfinished and by the end the grinding distortion wears you down.

Cool alternate take on the Metallica catalog. I generally prefer the studio versions but there's some interesting stuff going on here.

The album where they turned the corner into a great band. Probably my most frequent Beatles listen.

Just a smooth, calm album that does what it should do. Great opening track.

This album is weirder than I remembered. Wide variety of styles and instrumental sounds. There are a few missteps (surf rock??) but a run of bangers and just great inventiveness.

Punk pop with a touch of glam. It's fine but not standout special. Nothing I would put on a playlist except maybe the last track.

A 50s pop base, but with some early psychedelic elements and a splash of pet sounds. More complex than I expected.

These guys are just better than everyone else. This album in particular is better than its reputation - I prefer it to In Rainbows.

A fine album but it didn't grab me in any way.

It's a good album of jazz standards, I prefer others like Etta James but Sarah is good. She forgets the lyrics on more than one song, and I don't like a couple of her adaptations like on honeysuckle rose, but she comes across as charming working around the difficulties which gives the album some life.

It's fine. Nothing to grab on to.

Starts stronger than it finishes, but not to the level of contemporary Massive Attack et al.

Not my style of country/folk but the execution is good. The highs aren't high enough to make it a great album.

Just bland background music, presumably for people who weren't ready for contemporaries like Chuck Berry and Little Richard.

Good jazz album.

80s britpop. Sounds like the rest of it.

I really want to like Bruce Springsteen - he seems so cool! His band seems conceptually great! But these songs are so plain and repetitive.

Very approachable jazz album but not bold enough to break free.

I remembered this being a more complete album. Some great original stuff but for me, not a listen straight through album.