1001 Albums Summary

Rating: 7/10 Short Review: Great riffs, would be better if he spent less time talking about how young his girlfriend looks and how he’s in love with a 16 year old. Top 3: Lust for Life, Passengers,

Rating: 8/10 Short Review: Parklife feels like it delivers on the colorful and lively feel that the title demands.

Rating: 8/10 Short Review: As someone who listens to quite a bit of music, I can indeed confirm this is rock music.

Rating: 8.5/10 Short Review: You can tell the second this record starts it acted as (and still does to some degree) as a form of resistance. Now it stands as archival evidence of ongoing Black freedom struggles, many of which still exist today.

Rating: 8.5/10 Short Review: Very dynamic record, it felt like at any point a song could take a turn in any direction at any point which made for a very enjoyable listening experience. Essential album in general, but especially if you like metal in any capacity

Rating: 5/10 Short Review: I don't want to just call this a snooze fest because I think albums require more nuance than being called boring... however

Rating: 7/10 Short Review: Some really amazing cuts, love the sample usage. Only really bogged down by some not so intriguing cuts (specifically a 9 minute nothing burger)

Rating: 9/10 Short Review: This shit absolutely BANGS. like woah. Just straight heaters. Album so good it's got me talking like I'm straight.

Rating: 8/10 Short Review: A collection of very beautiful piano led folk songs. The strongest tracks on this album lean into this more. Loved the touch of strings added throughout them.

Rating: 7.5/10 Short Review: Very solid collection of rock songs. Songwriting isn't necessarily standout, but these guys add a lot of personality to these songs which I think really makes the album.

Rating: 9/10 Short Review: This album has an incredible soundscape that captures you for its entire runtime. It's drenched in this almost gothic sound mixed with synthpop and every second of it is enthralling.

Rating: 9/10 Short Review: It only took 11 days, but we finally got an album by a woman!!! Half jokes aside, what an iconic album. You can really hear how much influence this album had on alt rock.

Rating: 9/10 Short Review: Maybe I'm giving out 5 star ratings too liberally (to be fair, there's like 5 rating options), but fuck!!!! This album is just so freaking cool. The atmosphere of this thing just rocks so hard. Its so fuzzy and distorted and awesome. yippee.

Rating: 5/10 Short Review: At times, this album is a really pleasant listening experience. Other times, it's kind of unbearable. This challenged me as a listener... unfortunately it was not one I could overcome. But, hey, maybe it'll grow on me with time. Who knows. I'll give it 3 stars just in case.

Rating: 6/10 Short Review: It's nice in the background, but nothing really grabbing that keeps your attention. Obviously I get that it's an instrumental album, but I honestly feel like something of these songs are like... pop songs without vocals.

Rating: 7/10 Short Review: Cute little country/folk rock album with some poignant lyricism. Sometimes tracks kind of blended together but it will probably grow on relisten

Rating: 8/10 Short Review: Some really memorable bars and great beats, just overall very well-rounded record. A couple of things didn't age particularly well, but that just kind of how it goes with older albums.

Rating: 7/10 Short Review: A very unconventional album. I think this is the first album where a 22-minute track is the most popular... and that's kind of fierce. This record is definitely a patient one, it makes you wait a lot. It pays off nicely sometimes, other times it feels like a bit of waste. Though, I don't really think it's one of those albums you just throw on, it's more of an experience.

Rating: 8/10 Short Review: Genuinely impressive that this managed to keep my attention through its gargantuan runtime. Some amazing stuff here, but also some stuff I don't really care for.