1001 Albums Summary

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I enabled editing just it go back and give this a 1. In hindsight, it’s insulting for this album to be among the others in this list. It’s boring while masquerading as hard rock. I usually would not want to judge someone for the things they enjoy, but if someone told me this were their favorite album, I would have a lower opinion of them and not trust their taste in anything. I just… hate this.

Very nice voice, but I don’t see myself ever intentionally playing this again.

I used to say that my favorite stuff to listen to was dad music, but in recent years I’ve had to stop saying that. Now, I call it grandpa music. This is the height of grandpa music. I really appreciate how this project gets you to listen to tracks from artists you already love that may have been outshined by their hits. I love The Who, but I overlooked Going Mobile until this listen. I can’t believe I’ve gone so long without having Going Mobile on the top of my brain, ready to be first up in a road trip playlist whenever the opportunity for a road trip arises. To be fair, how could anyone even remember Going Mobile when it’s immediately followed up by Behind Blue Eyes? And then Won’t Get Fooled Again after that?! Well, I’ll remember, because I added Going Mobile to my main playlist. Next time I move, that track will headline the day.

I didn't like this album at first, but I just had to keep re-listening to it until I did. I was initially optimistic about finally giving Mudhoney an honest shot beyond their hits. But my first impression was... disappointment? And disappointment at my disappointment? Mudhoney made grunge possible! They're the *cool* band! They're from my area! How could they be this boring? The first three tracks were just okay on a first listen. It gave me flashbacks to the Foo Fighters album that I had a couple days ago. Good Enough is by far the most popular song on this album, but I didn't feel like I wanted to continue listening until after I got past it. Broken Hands, placed in the exact middle of the lineup, had something interesting to offer. At six minutes long, it's double the length of most other songs on the album. It's nice when a song has enough variation to make you perk up and realize that hey, this is good! I *will* be listening to this again! Next up is Who You Drivin' Now?, which was where I found my footing with this album, because I immediately liked this one, and soon I was adding every song left to my main playlist. Fuzz Gun '91 has no vocals and isn't even two minutes long, but made me trust that Mudhoney has more to offer, so I will be digging through their other albums ASAP. I did skip past the snoring in Don't Fade IV, though. It's a shame, because I love the rest of the song, but 30 seconds is too long for me to be willing to horrible snoring!

Yeah, whatever, as cool as it would be to hate this.... God, I love Morrissey's voice. Do I like this even more than The Smiths? Maybe! This is embarrassing!

After listening to the first couple sounds, I started to think this could be 5 for me, but then If It Takes All Night came on, and I knew it would not. And then Bitter Sweet was next, and I started looking for an exit to the circus that I was apparently transported to. I skipped the last minute and a half of that one. I like Roxy Music, and I love how experiential and groundbreaking they were at the time, but the experimental nature of some of their tracks makes making listening to a full album a bit painful. How could this album have come out in 1974? Even though I absolutely hate a couple of these songs, what’s important to me is this: They were not boring. I’d take annoying over boring any day. At least they were *trying* something!

I’m so glad I listened to this before I die. It’s not going to be for everyone, but for those who don’t hate it, it’s fun!

I’m only 20 albums into the project, but this album cover for On The Beach is my favorite so far. There’s details like the newspaper headline and the vehicle (?) in the sand, but I really am simply drawn to the 70s yellow floral prints on the seating. I want to hang out there and listen to this album! Neil Young is so easy to listen to. There’s not a track on here that I felt like I wanted to skip. This is going straight into my rotation of albums that I actually can put on without babysitting the skip button. Without relistening to it again, I don’t have much else to say, it’s a damn fine album.

This is the only album on the list so far that I can't bring myself to finish. I specifically do not want to listen to this album in full before I die. My life suddenly feels richer for not having to subject myself to a second more of the Fun Lovin' Criminals now that I gave myself permission to ditch the rest of the album. I simply can't support rap rock. If a date said that they liked this, it would be a dealbreaker. I think it's good to broaden your horizons and listen to all kinds of music that you wouldn't normally listen to, but this is too far.

I’m surprised, I like this much more than I expected! I could see myself putting this on again when the mood strikes. Madonna is a blind spot of mine, besides her legendarily famous status I didn’t really know much about her work. The album being entirely normal pop songs and ending with “Act of Contrition” made me do a double take to make sure I was still listening to the album. It is wildly different from the rest of the tracks. There’s a lot of whispering and an electric guitar. It didn’t work for me, but it was a fun way to end the album.

The beginning of the album is excellent. After that, I don’t know what exactly is going on.

The popular songs on this album are classics, but the ones that... aren't... make this an album I wouldn't play in full again. The skits are cute, but not something I want to listen to again. Also, the end of one track plays one of those high pitched tones that only young people can hear. This is a rare genre where I actually prefer modern hip hop to the classics. Objectively this probably deserves more stars; it's that none of these tracks are making it into my rotation of music I listen to regularly. I do like the funny little rat on the album cover.

Yesterday's album for me was Snoop's debut album, which I went outside the norm for and gave only two stars. Besides a couple hits, it felt very same-y. The Predator is the exact contrast to this. Ten minutes offers more texture and interest than yesterday's entire album.

I don't know how I could in good conscience rate this anything less than 5.

Classic case of me enjoying an album the more I listen. I didn't get it with Coyote, the first track on the album, but after giving it my full attention I want to listen to this again and again.

I like this enough to think that one day I will think to myself "I should put on Hot Chip while I work today"

I love this and don't want it to end. I don't know anything about jazz. This is also a top 5 album cover so far in my project.

If you let yourself take this seriously, it is a fantastic journey.

It doesn't really compute to me that this came out in 1970. Ozzy was a creative visionary!

I really can't handle this

Six out of five stars.

I like this! I will be listening to this album again. It's a nice vibe for just putting on while I'm doing other things. A couple songs did stop me from what I was doing because I liked them enough to add to a main playlist of mine - Words and Guitar, and Turn It On.

I got this on exactly the right day for me personally. I have a raging headache and I would have bet any kind of music would be too much for me, but Sleep to Dream, the first track, instantly clicked with my energy today. Fiona Apple would be the perfect hangover, sick day, COVID isolation, heartbreak, or lazy day music. It would be worth dumping your boyfriend just so you could drive around at night crying and listening to Tidal.

I don't hate it, but normally the more I listen to an artist, the more I like them, but this has had the opposite effect. Loses points for skits.

I have a disease where I can't rate Neil Young albums less than five stars

It's fine, I wouldn't crave this album or anything. I mostly came to write because what the ever loving hell was Jamaica Jerk-Off? It sounds exactly like what you would guess based off the name. The rest of the album is fine background music. What the hell was that?

I really enjoyed this; The Fall isn't a band that has been on my radar, so this is a case of finally being introduced to something new from this project and being really into it. It's a bit same-y, but not in a way that I dislike. When I need to have music on in the background, and I don't want to feel too happy or sad, just normal, The Fall will suit that well. Rainy day, cloudy day, sick day, lay in bed music. I've been listening to this album and didn't even realize when the song switched, but sometimes that's nice.

It's hard to rate something like this objectively or explain why you like it sometimes when something is just your kind of shit. It's a shame this album ends on Happy Death Man, though, which was by far my least favorite track. You know when you flip back over to your music app to check on how long of a song is left, because the song is that distractingly annoying? Yeah.