1001 Albums Summary

Absolute rock blues stomper. Starts ok, whole back stretch is superb

Not for me. Some fun production in places, but it's basically 2 big singles and a lot of loud, mostly forgettable filler

An iconic duo at the peak of their powers. Oozes charisma. Incredible production. Every feature works. One of my all time rap favourites

Wonderful record. Amazing to see and hear the record's influence on other artists and projects I love. Walk On By is the masterpiece, one of the great soul tracks of all time. The rest is very good but cannot compare.

A beefy, memorable and catchy album, epic lyricism. Bruce Dickinson's objectively amazing voice is too theatrical at times for me though. Pretty essential, even for someone for whom NWBHM isn't a go-to genre

Moody. Bowie and Eno lock in fully to the post punk synth experience and it's some ride.

Mega. Great hearing them evolve from the pure love song format on this. Some of my favourite Beatles songs on this. The Elvis cover at the end is a bit odd

Is it perfect? No. Is it even as good as the band claim it to be? No. But it's rock pop written and played with the passion and vigour of lads that knew they had one chance to be the biggest band in the world. And they took it.

Some interestingly composed and well put together tracks, but largely forgettable and badly produced in places

Meat and potatoes hard rock. Great drums and vocals throughout, but didn't move me.

Nice slab of cold dark goth rock. Rhythm section is killer. Dense and atmospheric. Robert Smith's depressing lyrics and limited vocals add to tensions. One or two tracks need a bit of extra something though, bit flat in parts, but great overall

Raw, honest, human, but man is it sad. Some excellent songs on here, particularly those with a bit more meat in the arrangement, but many are too sparse and I can't get on with Smith's voice for the most part. Good, but wouldn't hurry back to this