1001 Albums Summary

Just listened to this and now gladly doing it again on the 50th anniversary remix. One of the first albums I truly loved when getting into music in junior high. Only low point to me is Welcome to the Machine which is a bit too drudgy. But easy five stars for this prog rock masterpiece.

Not my favorite Rolling Stones record but one I was familiar with. Under my Thumb always sounds so unnerving. Love that one. The album does have a nice vibe of garage rock which is nice

This seemed like a fun era of music but I was a skosh too young

Not many bands can stay they kicked off their debut album with a song as great a Radio Free Europe

Some obvious classics which elevate the entire album.

Not much to say about this. It's a classic for a reason.

Not a jazz guy at all but I can appreciate this and always have

Finger snapping, toe tapping, knee slapping music. Perfectly tolerable but not too memorable.

No major complaints but not my favorite T. rex either.

When people say dad rock this is what I think of. And I'm 41.

I wish frequently I was as cool as Karen O.

Righteous anger that's still relevant 34 years later.

When I listen to Fatboy Slim I think its great for the first fifteen minutes

By all accounts I should like this but it just seems so pretentious. And I love the arcade fire so that's a lot coming from me

An absolute gem and one of the greatest soul records of all time.

Would absolutely go 4.5 stars or even five if it didn't drop off ever so slightly in the the of side b. Slide State of Love and Trust in there and it's a different story

My third favorite velvet underground record. A bit more esoteric in my opinion but still pretty great

Sounded like a derivative sound of something else I don't like

Wasn't familiar with it but immediately put don't worry about it on my personal playlist

Can we get Talking Heads, mom? We have Talking heads at home. But seriously a fine fine album. Crazy the amount of influence genius of love has had for the last 40-odd years.

In some ways Sade was a direct influence on Red hot chili peppers (horniness)

Maybe with retrospective it's a bit juvenile but these samples and rhymes are still all-timers. Any album that kicks off with the drums from When the Levee Breaks immediately catches my attention.

The greatest American band of all time.RIP Bobby

Not my favorite neil young album by far (and I can't wait for them to presumably come). Still the ditch records are pretty good

The great songs are great and the not great songs are pretty good too. I could listen to Lauryn Hill sing the phone book

From the first time I heard this in 2010 I was in love. And every time after that I've listened to it, The Suburbs still holds up. Maaaaybe it's a little long but this could easily go 5 stars on a different day (and may be edited up in the long run).

Would be closer to 3.5 stars on a more detailed rating and on the right day in the right mood 4. I still remember catching an odd future show at fader fort at sxsw I'm maybe 2011 and being amazed.

This was honestly headed to 1 star because back in the day I couldn't stand brimful of asha and everything sounded the same to me. But then side b happened and the album got slightly better. So I guess 2 stars since it got weirder.

Peel away all of the substance abuse and mental health issues. Peel away all of the hospitalizations and legal troubles. They're all part of a larger tragedy about how we lose great great artists way too soon. Remove all of that and you still have this amazing phenomenal voice that is still mesmerizing.

Joni Mitchell had a string of good to great albums in the 70s and this is certainly one of them.

A bit singsongy if that makes sense. I wasn't familiar with Ian Dury and thought it would be more proto-punk / new-wave and was headed towards two stars. Then blockheads and blackmail man saved it up to three.

All my life I've had people telling me how steely dan is the best ever and I've never ever gotten that feeling. Giving this three stars due to its influence on 90s hip hop

Not something I'd probably listen to again but I have no real complaints

This was headed to one star because I hated the English parts. The Spanish parts that didn't try to do a rap/rock hybrid was pretty good. Probably won't ever listen to this again but it's not without it's merits.

Radio pop from the early 90s with an absolute banger in Constant Craving. Still, not much else to differentiate it from whatever else my mom was listening to back then.

An enjoyable bit of soul.

First foray into Isaac Hayes get the shaft soundtrack and no complaints

I didn't even realize this was streaming again. There is a sonic wall of sound that runs through De La Soul's albums that is very pleasurable

I've never been a huge U2 fan but this is fine. I can't ignore the fact that One is a pretty good song but Mysterious Ways makes me want to shut down.

It's satirical sure but I'm not sure that means it's worthy of all the accolades.

EDP445-says-I-mean-it's-alright-.gif Locomotive Breath notwithstanding, this to me sounds like Ren Faire music. Which is great if that's what you're into but it's not classic prog rock to me like it's advertised to be

The original four album run by The Pixies from Surfer Rosa to Dolittle to Bossanova to Trompe le Monde is pretty unmatched in music. In some ways Bossanova is a different sound altogether. Little bit more spacey and a little bit less jagged with still a whole lot of abstraction. I love this album but knowing that two of the aforementioned albums are on this list that I love more will put this at four stars. I was planning on only giving one five star review to a pixies album but that problem is for another day

Not sure I've listened to the Police before that weren't now the "classic rock" hits. But this side a is pretty good bordering on really great. But side b does drop it down some since the hits are overplayed

How many five star albums can I give to Led Zeppelin? I think that's the real question. Listened to this probably hundreds of times in my life so far, listening to it today, and will listen to it hundreds of more times. Thinking through it, and the albums I'm assuming are coming from LZ, I think this still makes five stars. There are no skips on this album and even Black Mountain Side is pretty awesome and if that's the "low point" on your debut album then something has gone terribly right. And to have the audacity to close with How Many More Times? Get out of here.

I prefer my folk with a little bit more bite but Ms. Baez has a tremendous voice.

Britpop is just ok in my book. It's pretty boring for an entire album. This seems like good britpop so that's better than the lot.

Probably never gonna listen to this again.

I don't know if I was in the right mood for this and it didn't match my vibe. But. I know there would be times that it would match my vibe. Pretty fun.

Not my tempo

This is my wife's favorite band and they and this album have greatly grown on me over the past 15 years.

Reader, I listened to Bob Dylan. I loved Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan was a friend of mine. Time Out of Mind, you're not (good) Bob Dylan. Greatly prefer modern times for late era Dylan but all of this pales so so so much to his peak.

When this album came out it was everywhere in Austin. Side B, Paper Planes excluded, unfortunately drops off a bit

This is great. It's so good it boggles the mind as to how none of these songs ended up on Beatles records. Then you remember how phenomenal they are and become even more amazed

Took a bunch of Canadians (and Levon Helm of course) to make a fundamental Americana album. America is truly a melting pot. I like Levon's singing voice a lot more than I like his warble.

Turns out I like my South African a capella music in small doses like on Graceland and less for 40 minutes straight. It's very beautiful but not in my q zone

I dont often listen to pop from this era but I always find myself enjoying it

Enjoyable and easy. Some big hits, some covers, and great singing throughout.

Decent proto-grunge.

I like early Elvis Costello a lot and look forward to hearing those albums. Conversely, I do not look forward to hearing his more recent work. It's fine.

When I first listened to Maggot Brain years ago it was distinctly not what I expected. And was pleasantly surprised!Such fun and joyous music (and one of the best extended solos ever by the late and underappreciated Eddie Hazel). Now when I listen to Maggot Brain it's exactly what I expect and somehow it's even better.

Very solid debut album by The Who. I generally like their more rocking and less power poppy songs but it's pretty enjoyable if not a bit jarring when they do blues covers like I'm a Man. My Generation, the song, may get its flowers but The Kids Are Alright is the best part of the album. Still you can see the initial seeds of a band that will soon be one of the biggest in the world.

This is my first real surprise with 60 albums reviewed in regards to being unexpectedly blown away. Phenomenal album in a genre of music that I usually don't choose to listen to.

Never really figured out why I don't love The Kinks. I should. And I like some of their songs. But mostly it s just sounds like "60s" to me and there's better music from the 60s

Definitely wore this one out in college. Very atypical from previous harder albums (at least in terms of the hits), Get Behind Me Satan is eclectic in the best ways. And catchy as fuck.

Wish I could rate this 3.5 stars as I enjoyed it more than a lot of 3 star albums so far. I knew Yo La Tengo's cover of Needle of Death and never heard the original and it's beautiful. Heroin is awful.

Not a huge Van Halen fan or Glam Metal in general but I can't deny that this rips

I love Chicago Blues.

Did I know anything about Throwing Muses when i saw this album come up? No. Did I listen to the wrong album on spotify until I finally dug up a working link on YouTube (https://youtu.be/E1Xd2jY3zWQ?si=qRGWAvb1b2HpUJ6r)? Yes. Did I like this? It was good. Maybe a bit repetitive but you can hear why they meshed so well with The Pixies on 4AD.

I wasn't a huge fan of this. Like Broadway show tunes (which I can enjoy) but without a plot.

I can understand people not liking Tom Waits and the way he sings. But here's the thing. I had Ute Lemper's Punishing Kiss yesterday. And it was clear that Ms. Lemper had a tremendous voice. But that didn't move me. It was, to me, one note and boring which is really the worst thing an album can be. Tom Waits on the other hand is very very interesting. And that's what makes it better to me.

A parting gift from the Gods.

A phenomenal album. I never listen to full Stevie at a time and now I have to wonder why that is and what's wrong with me . Living for the city is still one of my all time favorite songs

It was fine. Not what I'm looking for though. Another lovely voice but mostly the songs just seem to be there.

One of the quintessential punk rock albums and incredibly influential. It may be a bit one-note but that note is very very good (and very fast).

As Willow says in episode 20, "Villains", of Season 6 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Bored Now" I'm sorry about his breakup but he really just made a much worse version of Blood on the Tracks

I listened to the twice and reading through the Wikipedia and other reviews it feels like it should be in my wheelhouse but it didn't really stick with me. I'm not familiar with Bad Brains at all but I think all the shred is a turn off.

I'm sure it's cliche but man The Killing Moon is a great song.

There's really no bad songs here but the tentpoles of Thunder Road, Jungleland, and, to a slightly lower extent, Tenth Avenue Freesze-out and Born to Run are incredibly high. Only going 4 stars because it's not one of my absolute favorites but man it's close. Maybe later it will be

I don't believe there should be any 1 or 5 star reviews because this is the definition of average. And like most 70s soft rock had a hefty dash of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webster influence

Stay With Me was obviously the hit bit the rest of this seemed pretty average. Not a huge fan of Stewart's Voice.

Pretty good overall but definitively not my favorite OutKast album. And it's very long (because it's two discrete albums). Still, being the third or fourth best OutKast album is better than most other rap groups entire discography. Looking backwards you might think The Love Below is better based on Andre's higher popularity and prowess but musically and lyrically Speakerboxxx is more appreciated by me.

Feels like a 90s action movie montage

I listen to this and I oscillate continuously between reverence, sadness, loneliness, catharsis, joy, longing, and contentedness. What a perfect recording. Love the covers. Love the originals. And love my favorite Nirvana song in particular, About a Girl

This is a timeless piece of art that sounds nothing like what was coming out of 1984. A great hybrid of independent, punk, and college rock with catchy riffs that stick with you. Unsatisfied remains on my short list of all time songs.

The most popular Metallica album by the masses that most old school Metallica fans. Losing the thrash and the shred and way upping production results in a heavier but more sterile output. It's not actively bad by any stretch to me and MTV loved to scare me with the Unforgiven video back in the day. But it's decidedly not my favorite.

Love. Love. Love. Hot take that NIN Hurt still eclipses this version but obviously still very good. People talk about the covers obviously but the originals stand up as well and The Man Comes Around is clearly biblically epic. And to be brazen enough to have the last song released during your life to be Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again is incredible.

Realized I didn't review this the day of. It was given to me on 3/22/26 and it is now 4/8. I couldn't have this blank on my page. I have no memory of it at all.

I can understand some people not liking this but you can't deny that it's an inflection point for music that occurred. Me, I think it's wonderful.

Not in a great mood today and this absolutely didn't help. I can't see really why this is differentiated from any of the other 100's of albums that came out in 2012.

I like to listen to these albums and then peruse the Wikipedia page to get additional info. Good lord this sold a ton of copies! I never would have guessed. But then again it's soft pop that has a taste the masses enjoy. It wasn't my favorite but I don't think it's actively bad

I used to work in a movie store similar to Blockbuster called movie gallery and every release day there are some people who came in and rented all of the horror movies that came out that week. The big budget ones that released in theaters and all of the B and C movies that were much much worse than those ones. As someone who work there, I never really understood this. I always thought that people would not want to watch those movies made on a shoestring budget with bad acting and no plot but I saw the frequency that people were renting them and figured that there was an audience for everything out there. And similarly, I feel the same way about metal. This music is not for me. I do not care for it and there are a lot of people who do and I'm happy for them. And this is very technically proficient and I'm sure a lot of people's favorite. But not mine.

Just depressing sounding. This is my 92nd album in this foray and the first repeat artist I believe. I liked violator much more and even then I think I gave that 3 stars. At least that was interesting.

These songs are definitely from a room somewhere. I can understand people not dogging Leonard Cohen but this is pleasurable to me

Like a warm hug

I had lots of friends who loved Elliot Smith and were devastated when he passed while I was on college. But he unfortunately never resonated with me. This is fine but I struggle to see what makes it excel.

Not sure how much respect I had for the Mercury Prize when this endeavor started but it's not getting larger. This was long and boopy. The only thing elevating it from one star is that at least parts of it are interesting and it's clear that there's a vision being implemented (although it's not for me).

Don't do heroin kids. But if you're going to have thousands of pounds of heroin moving through your villa in Nellcote, France while recording an album maybe you'll get lucky and make something artistically perfect. But probably not.

I took on this challenge not so much to find new things I've never heard but to reconnect with some classic albums I had known but fell off my radar. I've listened to a bunch of pitchfork top lists, rolling Stones top 500 albums and similar styled lists. So usually when something comes up I've never heard of or totally forgot it's brand new and pretty outside the standard lists . And honestly I think those can be pretty rough. But this. Was. Great. Socially and politically conscious dance music? Sign me up

Just one fantastic song after another.

Perfectly cromulent. Nice to see an album with hits toward the back.

I anticipated a lot of metal but this is really just some good old fashioned rock and roll. I appreciate that much more.

Kanye needs help. And I don't really listen to his stuff anymore with all the antisemitism and everything else. Taking this all away (to the extent that we can) is kind of important at times though because unfortunately these stories are everywhere and from everyone. So this album? Great. Power>All of the Lights> Monster is huge.

I felt like this is as kinda boring? It had the frenetic early talking heads energy but couldn't match the wit

Liked this one less than Bone Machine but still super interesting over all. Mr. Waits has got some stories to tell and some instruments to play. Special call out to Sixteen Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six. That song was awesome.

Can totally get why this may be up someone's alley but it's pretty dang good. It is long so if you weren't appreciating it it's definitely a slog. I do think the highs are pretty high but with this many songs it makes it hard to elevate. Love Misunderstood though, especially live. That's the good stuff Look forward to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot at some point in the next 900 days or so.

Side A is pretty great but side B is pretty standard. They average out in my book.

Got that warble going on. Not a fan

40 years later and still tricking Republicans. You gotta hand it to Bruce. Playing the long game.

This was pretty enjoyable. Probably a bit oversung but that seemed like his style. If the tragic events surrounding Jeff didn't occur I have to wonder on it's legacy. As it stands it's a tremendous debut album that unfortunately was the only album released in his lifetime. So does that elevate it more due to the mythos? I don't know

I couldn't tell you why. Maybe my elementary school music teacher played this album in class? But I always associate this album with children music. Not bad by any stretch but it's a weird dichotomy in my head.

Love the music and the guitar and the blues. Not a fan of Rod Stewart's voice. Also, it is the humble view of this reviewer that, this version of Morning Dew is an abomination. But shapes of things, your shook me and the instrumentals are all good

I love this album. In 2010 my girlfriend at the time and I were going through a long distance breakup and for whatever reason this album was what helped me get through it. Belting out Next Girl, or Howling For You, or Everlasting Light just helped. It's what I gravitated to. So yeah for me this one's personal.

Liked this more than I thought I would but then again I'm a sucker for guitar. Every aspiring guitar player thinks their blues scales sound like those on Jesus Left Chicago.

Whole album may be one trick but it's a very good trick. Green Onions the song is an all timer but listening to the whole album it all starts to sound the same

It's not that I don't like world music. I do. It's just that I like music with harmony or rhythm or that has flow

Breathy and full of life. She's got one of those ethereal voices that lingers

Mercury Prize strikes again! As a Radiohead fan I think this probably sounds like Radiohead to those people who don't like Radiohead. Only thing saving this from one star was I liked The Bones of You some.

Atmospheric and a couple of good songs one of which deeply reminded me of Dear Prudence. I've never seen the Virgin Suicides so I didn't have that strong connection but this was fine.

Blister in the Sun obviously everyone knows but beyond that songs of this album are constantly pushed by my spotify recommendations and I used to always slip them because "eh, I probably only like blister in the sun". The lesson is, as always, I'm and idiot.

Not my top Beatles album is really the only criticism I can offer. Easy five stars. Even the "lower" songs are better than some bands entire output. And surprisingly my favorite moment upon relistening (as I've livestened to this hundreds of time before) is Sgt. Peppers Reprise. Blistering. Also, highly recommended to have a good pair of headphones at the end of A Day In The Life.

Reading about this album I thought it didn't sound good but it was ok on listening. Pretty harmless and was good background music for folding and putting away laundry

If I didn't know any better I would think this Jay-Z fella didn't like this other fella named Nas. This is fine if not overplayed at the time. This came out my senior year of high school and it. was. everywhere. I still remember going to parties at my friend's house and all of the Jay-Z and other early 00 hip hop would be playing but when my buddy wanted everyone to leave and be hanging out with his closest friends we'd put on Yessongs and somehow that would clear the room. It was a simpler time.

Enjoyable and solid. Not as good as Tres Hombres as its devolved into more guitar cock-rock and less blues but the guitars are good. Thankfully this wraps the two ZZ Top albums on the list because I was worried we were going to get some off-the-wall cuts

This will sound like damning with faint praise but this album had an inherent listenablity that I really enjoyed. I didn't know any of the words that Khaled was singing but I enjoyed how they were sung. I probably won't revisit too often but I appreciated it. Could have been trimmed down though some. At 80 minutes it's a bit long.

I didn't have a bad time. Plus love most songs and versions about Rudy.

At the Zoo is a metaphor for something but I don't know what

Somehow CCR released three albums in 1969 and they were all good.

I'm glad this wasn't my first album on this list and instead is in the 100s. Unclear why this is on here at this time

This was something different

If you cut out an album's worth of material, you would have possibly the best Beatles album. As it is, you get a lot of songs from all different genres and perspectives. Still very very good overall but not at Sgt Peppers, Revolver, or Rubber Soul though.

This is ethereal, haunting, and tragic music. I probably won't listen again to this too much but I definitely feel like I could occasionally. .

This is a bit repetitive to be sure but three stars alone for the fallout vibes.

I've loved this album for a long time and it allowed my entrance into post-punk as a genre. I still think I like proto-punk more but the jaggedness here is really fun.

Sure it's not rocking out but the songs are *good*. But then again I've always had a soft spot for Don't Panic, Shiver, Everything's Not Lost and others because they were everywhere when I was in high school. Later Coldplay got more boring/bland but this was good

I can't explain it but if this came out in 2026 it would be awful but since it came out in 1986 I like it.

Second dylan on the list and first of his classic albums. Y'all can hate on his voice and anything else you like but it doesn't matter at the end of the day. This is an easy five stars. If I wanted to be very very nitpicky, the version of Desolation Row on No Direction Home is better than this version. But that's not going to drop any points

More than any other album on this list I grew up with this, on cassette, with my parents playing it all the time in my formative years. Soft spot for miles here

Had never listened to them before and was not what I was expecting. Much darker and harder and then I read the backstory and holy shit that rings true.

No real issues or complaints here. Can definitely here the influence in 90s Riotgirrrl music especially in Le Tigre

Is this what cocaine sounds like?

Billy Joel today is just that guy your Boomer parents listen to and had that long term MSG residency and has a terrible brain disease and was married to Christie Brinkley, and had all those car accidents. But once upon a time he put out classic albums and this is the best of them. Side 1 is all great and the tracks 1-7 are all technically "hits". An insane run

Having never heard this I expected something excellent. Instead I got something just ok and very long

Everyone knows creep and waterfalls but most of this album is pretty good.

Harsh. And awesome.

Holy cow this was better than I expected. That medley in Broken is the kind of thing you don't hear anymore. And this production bangs you upside the head in a good way

Some highs and lows. But overall pretty good and a cool story behind the album itself. I knew California Stars pretty well but morning else and enjoyed it

Hendrix and Clapton in one place. That's pretty impressive

Somehow CCR released three albums in 1969 and they were all good. This was my review for Green River and, by gum, it still works. I did enjoy that one a little bit more than this one but no major complaints.

Let's just call it two stars and leave it at that

It's like you can feel the grunge forming in and around them.

Nice and flowy. The kind of album that I won't go back to frequently but when a song from it comes on it's the proverbial breath of fresh air.

Easy to listen to. And fun because I don't think I've heard it before. Feel like there will be more Mott The Hoople to come (definitely all the young dudes) so maybe this gets adjusted in the grand scheme of things but no issues at this point

Great album. Would be four stars alone just for one of my favorite songs Common People. Just great.

I don't mind the sitar but that's an awful lot of sitar.

This album wasn't made for me (white kid from the suburbs) but it's incredible. The glissandos, the alarms, the anger, the message, the diction, the rhymes, the beats, the mixing, the production. It's incredible. Terminator X is incredible. It's all incredible

Overall the VORP for the vocals is actively a demerit. Which is too bad because musically this is all pretty great. But the juvenility of the words is terrible .

Good background music and I mean that positively.

I love this album

I was only aware of Heartless before hearing this and although I had to dig around on YouTube to find it I was blown away. I've always loved the fuzzy sounds of Shoegaze but this has some very nice melodies in place behind the wall of noise. Putting those together is pretty enjoyable.

A couple of highs but mostly just sounded like Greensleeves. If there was more like Matty Groves this would have been much more enjoyable and memorable

This was all over the place. The parts I liked I thought were pretty good and the parts I didn't were terrible.

Harsher than nevermind that's for sure. Feels like Kurt is channeling Frank Black on Tourettes. I think I like their other two albums in the list more (and Bleach too... Where the heck is that?) Still, my least favorite Nirvana is still pretty dang good

Glam rock does it again. I'm quickly taking away that over overlooked this genre outside of bowie. This is hard and I think you can feel the undertones of late 70s NYC rock

God as my witness I tried. But just couldn't. This was like unironic Flight Of The Concords.

Real https://www.reddit.com/r/im14andthisisdeep/ material and I say that lovingly because I loved this album at that age. Now I can see it as a bit self-indulgent for Roger Waters but when was late 70's / early 80's Pink Floyd not?

Never heard of this album before and never heard of this band either. I was expecting based on the name some sort of Italian music. Instead I got some very catchy 80's euro-pop. Not my usual thing but I was nodding along eventually.

That was all over the place and messy. Not bad.

Planet Rock and Renegades of Funk are the obvious classics but this is seminal and foundational hip hop. The beats are strong and the songs are catchy (if not a bit long at times). All in all it's just fun.

I've never been a fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers but when this came up I figured at least it has my favorite song by them, "Can't Stop", on it. And then I realized I had my albums wrong and I got more frustrated by Kiedis's vocals. On FM Radio in the early 00's these songs were everywhere and I honestly think after about a month of hearing them I've turned them off every time. It's not outright offensive but it's also not good to me.

Couple things Ive learned. REM was more influenced by talking heads (specifically More Songs About Buildings and Food) then I thought. Second, if I was in college in the 80's, REM would have been one of my absolute favorites.

This seemed pretty standard. Not early enough to break new ground and not late enough to try new things. But still it's punk rock so how bad can it be?

Bridge Over Troubled Water, the song, I always associate with my dog who passed away about 5 years ago. She was very sick and when driving away from the vet where she passed lovingly in my arms this song came on shuffle and cut through me like a knife Miss you Pika.

I liked Kind of Blue much much more.

Is I Wish the most perfect song ever? I'm not qualified to say but if I needed to nominate one for the fate of the world against imminent alien obliteration I could do much worse .

I don't know how I can review this. An album so deeply loved and listened to hundreds of times by me already (along with Yessongs). When I was home for break from college, I hung out with my two friends matt and nate. And nate would frequently throw parties at his house. When he wanted people to leave, he would put this on instead of pop/hip hop music and people would eventually clear out. And we three would sit around just listening. It's a great memory Nate died in a car accident nine years ago now and he was only 32. Every day on his death I listen to Close to the Edge. I still miss him a lot.

I only know Bjork's "hits" so going back to her roots was pretty interesting. I know she may be over represented on this list but she's one of the more provoking and experimental artists of the late 20th/21st century. Plus I'm heading to iceland for a couple of weeks in July so it was fun to hear in that regard too. Good times

Pretty standard 70s rock. The hits start the hits but the rest can be left behind. Never really been a huge fan of Aerosmith.

Not many complaints

Ran through this over the past two days. It's all very pretty. Pretty, gorgeous voice. Pretty bland songs. Pretty long. But it's an incredible endeavor.

This is a great album but some of side B lags (Bob Dylan's Dream, Talkin' WW3 Blues). But moving from his debut to this which is somehow much more humorous and serious at the same time is a great decision

Someone in 1968 bought this album because they thought it would help them get laid when they brought the man or woman they were interested in back to their place. I gotta admit, I'm not sure if that worked out for that person.

Fun and poppy and a good cover of a Van Morrison song. I usually like my singers who over-sing constantly to actually have a nice singing voice. That wasn't my favorite part

I've lived in Austin for 20 years and I feel like the pitchforks will be out if I don't rate this at least four stars

One of the greatest albums of all time bar none. This is without even relistening yet. Tragic heartbreak and incredible whimsy. I would love a short film based on Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts and I've thought about making it before

Jurassic 5 definitely has flow but I've always felt when I listen to an album it all sounds pretty similar. Doesn't mean it's bad it's just a little unmemorable.

Coat of Many Colors should be played in every elementary school in the USA and probably Congress too if we're being honest. Great album

My first thought: oh God an hour of Moby? My final thought: Man I knew a lot of those songs. Did I own this in high school?

Good Elton John is still better than many many other things

I listened but I didn't like it

Listened to this driving the golden circle in iceland..I thought it was a pretty good grove but my wife asked if the same song just repeated so that's a nice judgement.

Not what I was expecting and pleasantly surprised overall. Figured it was gonna be French.

Not bad at all. Pretty underrated band by my eyes

Pretty ok. I'm guessing this was an influence of Tracy Chapman

Very pleasantly surprised. Glad it was better then the incredible string band. Bongos>>Strings apparently

This album and Tracy's voice feel like a glove. It always fits

Pretty dang average sounding. Probably influential but not today it's not

I love this album.

Ugggh. Even if there wasn't a mercury prize you can still feel it. Also it takes brass balls to release an album with this title and then make that music happen

Maybe I'll come back to this but it wasn't my favorite on first listen

Some may say that this is too long or too jammy or too noodley but these people are wrong and should not be listened to. Deeply unserious. This is rock and roll

I liked it at first but after five or six tracks it felt like the energy dropped off, it got more nasally, and all started blending together. Proof again that just because something is British doesn't mean it's good

I really enjoyed this and have never heard of it before.. Great success

Aerosmith smells like cheap booze and cigarettes and was the Nickelback of the 80s.. I will not be taking questions at this time

This is so good. And mystery achievement is already on my top 10 songs of all time on a good day. For a debut album it's pretty special to hit it this hard

As a child of the '90s I definitely appreciated hip hop in that decade. And I can't wait for the 36 chambers as an album to come up on this list. But I never really understood Tupac. The weird dichotomy of gangster rap and strangely sentimental schmaltz never sat well. And now all these years later it still doesn't. It's okay. But it's not that great.

Fun and enjoyable enough but not particularly memorable. Great album cover though

I enjoy Dinosaur Jr. enough but it's never something I actually reach for to put on. It's good though.

Straight forward rock and roll. Love it. Wasn't familiar with the album or band but I think I'll come back to this one again

Liked what I heard so far but didn't listen to it all yet. I will come back. Came back to this and it was all pretty good!

Pretty dang ok. I liked rush a lot more when I was in junior high. But now it's all good. I did meet Geddy Lee at a wedding once and he was a very nice guy.

This is probably by inflection point on Mr. Costello

This was admittedly better than I thought it would be.

Obviously very formative and important from that stance warrants placement on this list. But is also pretty basic but also very fast!

Nothing wrong with pop music but this is just basic. Another overly inflated British album on this list.

Still struggling with jazz but there's a melody.

Will (probably) come back. Wish I didn't though. Just bland house. They say 1001 albums you must listen to but I disagree sometimes.

I think Jack White is a genius. I know others don't but everything he touches is gold.

Went in with low expectations but ended up throughly enjoying it. Cars is a banger but all of Side A is excellent.

It's got great production but I don't know if I like it. That's probably not great.

Just a tremendous work of beauty.

Not the first to say it ans not the last. Musically phenomenal but Morrissey is such a whiner. So balancing that all out puts it at a three I guess

I was just thinking yesterday I hope Missy Elliott was on the list and here we are. She's one of if not the greatest female rapper and may be the most important artist in hip hop from the late 90s to early 00s. Great record

First song: ok this is ok Last song: why was this 73 minutes long oh my God. It all ended up droning together (like most techno/house does to me). Fine to drive to but nothing else discernable

Like this much much more than the Virgin Suicides Soundtrack. La Femme d'argent hitting those Deodato vibes and then Sexy Boy (which I had no idea was by Air but I knew pretty well) and then I was well on my way to just vibing the whole way through. Definitely will be listening to this again. Not quite 5 stars in my book but probably the strongest 4.49 I can muster.

Take early talking heads + post punk sensibilities+ epic guitars - any sense or humility . I've loved this album for 20 years ever when it was rumored phish may cover it in 2009 (they did exile on main st instead). But I It's not worth any point docking but I do like this version of Marquee Moon more https://open.spotify.com/track/22U0siziTRGRvnM9I61t5E?si=OP7IWl62SdqwIdSMoAxkfQ&utm_source=copy-link&sci=spotify%3Acard-config%3A0BVbGRHYspwgLq93qoY2UO If your a fan you should check that one out

You know I actually wanted to get into club haunted dancehall more than club aqua. There's more joy in my head from that singular line than this 74 minute behemoth. It's not as bad I think as the other reviews say but it gets a demerit for being so long. If this was 37 minutes I'm digging it a lot more.

Not bad by any stretch. Obviously everyone knows Lovefool but most of the other songs are pretty great too

(obviously) came in with no context and liked this quite a bit. Musically it had me moving.

After finding this on YouTube I dug it. Feels like it lays directly between The Replacements and The Hold Steady as it moves forward into The National and that's not a bad place to be

This was just what I wanted and needed today. Never listened to this before but it's lovely and very Twin Peaks sounding in the best ways . Could go between 4 and 5 stars but for today it's a 5.

I have a lot of struggles with Eminem. Obviously there's terribly misogynistic and homophobic lyrics all over the place and the disjointedness here is jarring, one song is violent, then fun, then Stan, then I hate my fans. It's so chaotic and not my style. I am glad he seemed to get his life back together though.

This was everywhere back in the day but I hadn't really heard it beyond Clint Eastwood. It's good!

This was fine but nothing really to write home about. I grew up in the 90s ska wave and it is a bit funny to hear the 80s ska wave I wasn't fully aware of

Never really cared for the Offspring. Even though I was in their target audience of angtsy teenagers. They always seemed to be like older guys trying hard to seem cool and that's probably not true but it was my perception. Anyway, this was ok.

Ok but way too long. I guess cds are a scourge in some ways. This would have been much better if cut to 37 minutes because individually it's not bad at the song level. The baroqueness and shoegaze portions I like but it just keeps going and it loses it's momentum about halfway through

I struggle with Blonde on blonde as I know canonically it's the "best" and it's super strong but it's not very fun.