1001 Albums Summary

Enjoyed it, but not my favorite flavor of 80s new wave. I had heard the hits from this album, but this was my first full listen. I like some of the non-singles better. Shout is a great song, but goes on at least 2 minutes too long.

I’ve never liked Coldplay, but listened to the entire ablum for the sake of this endeavor. It’s fine, but I’m so bored with it and my mind has not changed.

I’ve always been a Television fan and have loved this album a long time.

Some how a huge Talking Heads fan one never listened to this particular album in full. Really enjoyed it, but not sure it will replace my top Talking Heads album. 4.5 stars

The hold this album had on me in my early 20s… listening again is so nostalgic and reminds me of that angsty moment in life.

More like 2.5./2.75. Not my favorite 80s rock and not my favorite Van Halen, but high energy and fun if you’re in the mood for it.

The first album I was given that I had never heard of before and I loved it! This is exactly my kind of late punk early post-punk/new wave shit. The Drifters cover especially stood out. Excited to explore this band more.

Lo-fi jazzy electronica is definitely not my genre. While I didn’t hate this, it’s not something I’d ever choose to listen to. Also 100% makes me feel like I’m working in coffee shop filled with late 90s global village decor

I love Belle and Sebastian. While Tigermilk is a good album, I definitely prefer their sophomore effort, If You’re Feeling Sinister.

Have loved this one since it came out.

I’ve liked OutKast’s radio hit but never listened to a full album. Loved this. I definitely appreciate OutKast’s weirdo experimentation and can see how this really set the stage for a lot of more recent hip hop albums.

This album is forever seared into my brain after some extensive listening following heartbreak at 22.

Could not finish this one. Was bored to tears half way through the first disc. Could nit imagine sitting through two discs of it. Easy listening dad rock trying to do Celtic rock but without any of the fun energy.

I listened to this through 3 times today. My dad is a classic country buff and this music was part of the soundtrack of my childhood. It feels like coming home.

Sophomore slump? I love the Beatles but this has to be the weakest of their albums. Too may mediocre covers, too may mediocre and forgettable originals. A couple of really good bops.

I cannot resist Mama Cass’s voice in particular and everyone’s harmonies in general.

George is one of my top Beatles and there are some really good songs in here. Beware of Darkness is so good. But why is it 2 hours long. Sometimes editing down is worth it.

House music is really not my thing. The beats are good but everything is so repetitive, I could only make it halfway through.

I don’t dislike Elvis Costello, but I was really bored listening to this one.

I like Ella Fitzgerald and Gershwin and standards fine, if I’m in that kind of mood. But I refuse to listen to the entirety of a 3 hour, 5 disc compilation. 1 hour of Gershwin, prob 4-5 stars, 3 hours 1-2.

It’s no Surfer Rosa, but love it

I’ve been obsessed with Little Richard since I was a child. He was all over children’s tv and movies in the late 80s and early 90s so it was inevitable that his unique sound would have imprinted on my brain. He’s what I think of when I think of the dawn of rock and roll. And the exuberant energy of his songs get me every time.

There are some songs on here that I loved so much. Some others that are more mid, but generally a great vibey dancey mood.

The phase of the Beatles where they are finally starting to get away from their straight teeny bopper general rock copy cat era but aren’t full into their later experimental phase will always be a favorite for me. A great bunch of pop songs. No notes

Was so bored the whole time.

Early 90s dude alt rock is really not my genre of choice. I found this so boring

Incredibly boring hair metal

Probably more like a 3.5/3.75. I really love some of the tracks on here but others begin to feel a little too psychedelic and repetitive.

I love the Doors, but this is probably my least favorite of their albums

Man I love the Ramones. Rocket to Russia will always be my favorite album, but their debut is such a classic.

90s angst in the best way

You lost me at electronica where the first track is titled Smack My Bitch Up

To listen to this is to be instantly transposed to a Barnes and Noble cafe in the early 2000s. Or rom com soundtrack from the same period. I used to hate on Norah Jones, but listening now I must admit she has a beautiful voice. Jazzy singer songwriter is not my genre, but this does make for pleasant background music.

I love Kate Bush, but somehow had not listened to this entire album before. Just as good as my other favorites

I did not like this album as a teenager when it came out and relistening is not going to suddenly make me like it now. The 8 Mile era Eminem is tolerable, but his Slim Shady era is obnoxious, juvenile, and misogynistic.

Kind of forgettable.

I’ve loved this album for a long time and revisiting for this was a treat.

Dancey and fun and really takes me back to being young and carefree in the 2010s. More of a solid 3.5 stars. I enjoyed it but does not feel the most definitive of that time period to me.

It’s unclear to me how Bittersweet Symphony can be so good and the rest of this so mediocre.

Quiet and atmospheric, but generally too slow for my tastes. Probably a 2.5. I remember when this album was all the rage, but despite my love for 2010s indie music I also could t get that into it then.

Graceland has always been a favorite album of mine and it was a treat to listen more to this band that was featured on it. I love the vocal harmonies. Finding this original album was a struggle in streaming, but it is on YouTube. It is better than the anniversary album version.

Long time Clash fan. This whole album is forever seared into my brain

Finding they actual album is a struggle, but I love Fats Domino no matter what

I love Prince, but man some of the songs on this one could stand to be so much shorter.

I’m not a Swifty, but I do appreciate Taylor’s lyricism and pop sensibilities and am familiar with many of her albums. While I was I initially surprised to see this pop up instead of its sister album folklore, I have to say that upon this relisten, I think evermore is the better of the two, and one of my favorite Swift albums in general (1989, will always be top for me though). Both of these albums take me right back to the uncertainty of 2020, but evermore feels more comforting.

Life long Bowie fan here. While this isn’t my favorite album, it’s up there. And Lady Grinning Soul is one of my top songs .

I enjoyed this way more than I was expecting to. I like the proggy weirdness. Particularly obsessed with We Have Heaven.

My love for Cyndi Lauper and this debut album knows no bounds.

I’m convinced I’ve never actually heard this before, but it reminds me of my dad. There’s so really good songs on here and I hear the influence this had on the 80s and 90s country to come. Fun and enjoyable.

Look, I went through a huge Led Zeppelin fan girl phase in high school, and I do still love them, but listening to this a fully grown adult I’m kind of over a lot of it. Zeppelin III and IV will always be my favorites and this one just isn’t holding up to me. I will probably always prefer Zeppelin’s quieter and nerdier LOTR themed songs. I still love Ramble On and Thank You. But my patience for their cockier, ripped off from Southern blues songs has worn thin. Lemon Song sounds particularly ridiculous to me these days. Three stars for the nostalgia, but probably more accurately a 2.5

Dreamy and fun

Truthfully I kind of like this earlier, poppier British Invasion version of The Who a little more than the later more fully rock stuff

There are some really good songs on here, Green Light, Sober, Writer in the Dark, Perfect Places. But also lots of others that feel more forgettable. Overall I don’t like it more than Pure Herione. Probably more like a 3.5

The way that the first three Arcade Fire albums instantly transport me back to my early twenties. I love them all, but of those first three The Suburbs probably has slightly less of a hold on me than Funeral or Neon Bible. 4.5 stars

Early Rod Stewart slaps. Every Picture Tells and Story Don’t It and Maggie May have consistently been randomly get stuck in my head for years and I’m not mad about it.

Truthfully only songs I really like on here are the instrumental ones. I get that this gets props for being her first rock opera but the story and most of lyrics are terrible. It’s musically solid but kind of insufferable to sit through the entirety of this plot.

Dark and dance-y is exactly my kind of shit

I can vividly remember being up too late one night in college watching MTV’s Subterranean and seeing the video for Galang the first time and being completely mesmerized. It felt so new and fun. Kala will always be my favorite M.I.A. album, but this slaps too.

More folksy country influence hiding in here than I was expecting, in a good way.

I know Bad Brains as hardcore punk and was not expecting the genre bending of this album. Henry metal is not my favorite, it lost me a little there. But a fun listen.

I do love Sgt. Pepper, but it’s not my favorite Beatles album by far and I’ve always felt it’s a little overrated in their catalog.

The two hits are great the rest sounds like a parody of actual honky tonk music.