1001 Albums Summary

A beautiful time capsule

Classic

Heavy bass!

Smiths are not my jam but I do appreciate them

Hell yes

No thanks but appreciate this time capsule for what it is!

A beautiful audio postcard

heavy, dark, moody. genre creating. xo

A perfect album for smooching in the dark and cuddling

Wasnt entirely sure why I hadnt listened to SFA when the britpop boom was happening but now I know i wasnt missing much.

quintessential blue-eyed soul. love any song under 3 min that is so sonically expansive. Adele's predecessor by nearly 50 years. I'm Gonna Leave you is a highlight

core memory of seeing this tape in my dad's collection. next to his stereo setup in the living room that lived in the enormous media cabinet. Overall Wish you were here is the highlight, the rest of the album is less memorable. But Shine on you Crazy diamond is fun and expansive

this is not for me. thank you please.

All the bangers, all the lungs, straight up sanging

A beautiful bridge for what was to come for them post 1965! A top favorite of mine

So fun. Did not realize what an impact this album had on so many of their contemporaries. Franz Schubert is the highlight here

Not really my jam - rip it up is the star here but the rest is kind of forgettable

just perfect.

A definitive r+b 90s moment. But not her strongest album

Beautifully orchestrated - and feels very lead gray skies/Irish. Vocals give pogues vibes a bit.

Less good Oasis

Beautiful

Definitely a moment and pushed pop punk forward before it was ever called that

I can appreciate the Pogues but this aint really my jam. too much hurdy gurdy and tin whistles i suppose.

I LOVE STEELY DAN.

I love a 50s baby bop. the OGs of blue eyed soul.

this recording of this performance is a gift. this is a perfect concert. perfect music. dylan at his most powerful.

This is ok - TVOTR never really stood out to me for whatever reason.

Hell yes. Thank you glam rock.

This is ok. Definitely a time capsule

Moody, ethereal, with far reaching influence that still feels relevant

definitely very 80s in moments, but stand out, timeless moments. Kate Bush walked so Tori Amos and all the Lilith babes could even be.

u2 is just not for me.

overall this is fine and good but makes me want to listen to Kamasi Washington and Sly Stone more than anything

a britpop classic

i love this album. timeless.

reminds me of hot topic in the Mall of America and music videos and James Iha. Peak 90s nostalgia here

not for me thanks!

yessssss

i am loving this. i love a direct and clear artist's message and such a strong vision behind the album. definitely feels like performance art and less like a typical "album"

Well ok now! Lol

Hell yes

As much as I bow to Chrissy H and her trailblazing, this album is...boring.

always fun to encounter something completely new. some great moments and some meh.

weird and perfectly 1968 - a good reference for my friends king gizzard

knew the name but have never listened to them. very 90s alternative

Kick push! Daydreaming!

total bangers.

Elvis and Leonard cohen

i mean this is a masterpiece. it doesnt do a ton for me but it's amazing.

Amazing and perfect. Timeless

a few bangers but as an overall album, no thanks

this is a perfect album that im so kind of torn up about loving. frozen in time, it is perfect. in retrospect, less so. Also minus one star for the reissue with all the rearranged songs

This is so boring

Hell yes

Heart of glass is the jam

It's very 90s Brit pop!

Perfect

L.A. Woman and Riders on the Storm are perfect songs - the rest of the tracks dont add (or take away!) much from the Doors canon.

i totally get that this was a MOMENT, but not my jam

fun!

a universe away, wow.

So good!!

Perfect for an interstate drive

I loved this and will be listening to it at least 2 more times

what! this is so fun!

essential drum and bass 90s vibes. so reminds me of vintage clothing and r

INTO MY ARRMMZZZ

Ooh hell yes

ok - this was a fun surprise and far more timeless than i imagined

oh yes, this is great. introduced the kids to J5 and now they sing along and request songs

what is this? no thanks.

this is ok - the music/songs run together but her vocals are incredible.

honestly, the eagles do nothing for me. they're background music in a drs office.

80s rock classic - feels mostly dated now. but stipe's voice is an earworm for sure.

this is fine and fun but doesnt feel new or an improvement on elton, bowie, or t-Rex

i love this album, it is so fun. to have this much energy with live music is incredible

man i just cant stand morrissey.

yesss. cant believe this was 1990!

Fema is of Fela so of course I love this

unreal good - the perfect grunge album. I think even over nevermind

A heartbreaking album, her voice is so haunting and you can hear the anguish in it

i mean, pop is pop and this still sounds relatively fresh

weird dude, weird album

alright now. <3

country joe feels familiar and doesnt sound fresh but that's because i feel like so many borrowed so heavily from them. major respect.

this is so damn great. It took me way too long to get into Kendrick but i'm having so much fun exploring the albums.

loud, thumping, hypnotic - feels good on a grey cold spring day and rises to meet the political mood, building, rising, fading but never quite fulling spilling over. got me in the mood to workout.

not the strongest Gilberto album - def seem to prefer Joao.

Very similar to tommy. Rock operas are meh for me

wild, loud, fun

this is such a jam that i total slept on. still sounds real fresh

SLEDGEHAMMER IS MY JAM. In your eyes is also lovely. But the album as a whole doesnt do much for me.

Pretty boring as a whole

Well I was a Jr in high school when this came out and I was completely and fully obsessed with it. I think Radiohead may be the first band I loved fully because of the music and not because there were cute dudes in it which meant I fully focused on the music itself.

this is incredible.

more of a jam than i anticipated

fun and fast and just dudes

some jams some not

oh this is a perfect album. 5/5.

A moment that was not for me

some one offs but America is perfect

i love the energy and i wish i could have been there

holy sheet - i hadnt made time for this previously. i am so glad i had time to listen to this twice, back to back, without interruption. it is an incredible, cohesive album and reminds me a lot of Solange's A Seat at the Table.

I liked it but it didn't have anything that blew me away

I like PJ as a principle. This album is a time capsule and was fully like 7 years ahead of its time. But not something that would call me back to revisit it regularly

Oh Janis. ❤️

sonically not too different from anything Janis did solo

90s alt pop-rock movie b-roll soundtrack

nice and passive

no. hard pass. slipknot is far more interesting.

coming from limp bizkit to this is quite the pivot. but i love this album and i love this era of bob dylan.

some solid tracks about the end of WWI

feels raw, close, personal, exploratory

it doesnt get any greater than jazz police. but for real tho, I'm your man is so classic leonard cohen- so sexually poetic, raw, and beautiful. the arrangements are dated but the theme and lyrics are timeless. listening to this makes me lament the degradation of loss of great lyrical poets - father john misty is the only current artist i listen to that writes anything that approaches this level of poeticism.

fun. she is such a badass - always unafraid and authentic. speaks to the 80s kiddo who loves punky brewester

ok jazzy jam fest!!

Sonically so beautiful. Shocked that this is so far into his career - I always underestimate how early he started

Really mid

A masterpiece and a personal favorite. Side B forever

feels so young and fun - they were still getting along and enjoying making music together. doesnt have the angst and anger of the S/T album

an absolute person favorite - perfect for warm weekend mornings

liked it more than i thought i would - easy to have on as background

i honestly like this album - it felt so celebratory at the time. like RHCP were all clean and fully whole again. Frusciante is such a differentiator for them sonically and spiritually.

This feels so 1999 optimistic and groovy

honestly, peak pop that pushes subcultures forward and moves the edge

when i first listened to this album when i was like 10, i thought this was the trippiest most experiment thing ever.

i love this album so much.

didnt do much for me! early 90s club

Liked this a lot!!

A masterpiece

the specials are fun and historical and etc but dont really scoot my boot

well alright! grindcore had to start somewhere and i appreciate that it exists but its not for me

i love this album, and loved it so hard when it first came out. it feel deliciously timeless

is this the ultimate summer album??? i think we may have it folks!

this band really does nothing for me. have tried this and boy with the arab strap multiple times.

This is ok - I loved the first AF album and then felt like they swung so hard into indie schlocky campiness.

So good. I hadn't listen to DJ shadow in St just 15 years. This was a lovely reminder of how great he is

I love this album - it is so damn catchy, timeless and also nostalgic.

some of the most beautiful songs ever written - within you, without you, she's leaving home, getting better, lovely rita, and of course, a day in the life. perhaps the most cohesive songwriting between paul and john

not my favorite but fun and definitely of its time

similar to yesterday - fun and def of it's time. it definitely made me marvel at how far and sophisticated hiphop has come in terms of beats and melodies

This is beautiful

i was obsessed with this album when it came out and thought it was so beautiful and confessional. I felt like Richard's pain and struggle with his addiction was so clear. It still holds up and it was a lovely trip back to that time in my life as well.

I love this album and it is perfect

I wanted to shit on this because of what Coldplay turned into but reflecting on who they were when this was realized, it still holds up. It feels reflective, personal, and intentional. Not selling me on some global message or some characterized version of themselves.

a perfect rock album that a billion others have tried to emulate

good but not as good as my aim is true.

better than i remembered after a few re-listens. i think i was just salty with him for ending the band in such a big way only to come back less than a decade later and start non-stop touring again.

i absolutely love this. 5/5

Much better cohesively than I thought/remembered!

Fun, breezy. Feels like it was forever ago but also still fresh

my hot take is that i find bruce kind of boring.

I had never seen this cover before! Fun! Album is not my thing but Bohemian Rhapsody is canon

hell yessss, viva tito!

not for me but i can appreciate that it exists! definitely hear how it inspired AC/DC and Metallica

ok yes. now we're back into my vibe. and while i like the band quite a bit - this is not the best of their best.

omg - this is a perfect album. so tied to a magical point in my life and i am so fortunate to have heard much of this album live

i dont know if this is really my jam. it's interesting and a bit out there - very appropriate to have a connection to david lynch

no thank you

Funky, bluesy and I get why it's important but I don't think I need to hear smoke on the water ever again in my life

What is this. Why am I being plagued with boomer rock.

I bought this cd from the Columbia house ad thing and thought I was so cool. This was loud and masculine and I didn't quite understand it but I always came back to it. Seeing them live in Chicago in 2022 was a joy I won't forget.

so dreamy and gorgeous. love that it's called modern sounds in country and western - he definitely flipped many of those songs on their heads.

i loved this album - came out when i was squarely in college. melodic, fun, clever. very of its time with the skits

oh fun!! i loved travis a whole lot and always felt like one of the only americans who did. saw them in lawrence KS in Nov 2001. It felt very special

kinda fun! like all the music autoplay rolled into after this!

I want to always shit on the stones but fuck this is perfect

this is so dope and i cannot believe they recorded this in 1964

i love bill evans. always perfect. forever remind me of cold spring and winter mornings, home with little babies

i love lou reed and this album. perfect day was the last song we played at our wedding to close out the reception.

this is honestly more fun than i thought it would be. the beats and melodies feel deep and rich and isnt so repetitive that it becomes mundane.

hadnt heard before today and liked it. but not sure i'll revisit it

I love Dave Brubeck - reminds me of the newborn days, in and out of napping with a fresh baby, walking loops in the house, rocking, bouncing sushing

Fun and funky fresh

I like thin Lizzy a lot but I'm not sure that this album is so spectacular that it warrants inclusion on this list.

Oh absolutely to all things Ray.

Fun, fast, and formative

baroque irish pop is really not my thing. i cannot stand belle and sebastian despite numerous attemps and the divine comedy is also not really doing much for me here.

Oh fuck yeah

I love this album. It feels so precious and optimistic

I love Depeche mode but this is not my favorite

so solid. unreal that this was 1977.

a perfect and timeless album

so fun, raw. feels fresh

forever loud, fun and the heart of so much other music/bands i love

i can see how this was a total revelation for people when it was released. i was surprised to hear his voice and enjoyed him explaining ragas. it is similar to EDM for me as certain tones are hypnotic and others are so irritating. I did have to change it and come back to it a few times.

I like Metallica but this it not my favorite

i mean, ok? cool flex for your first album i guess.