1001 Albums Summary

Nice vibey album. Already familiar with the hits. Nice to see the wider context. Makes me forgive him for Smooth but only slightly.

Really nice. Not my usual style but I really enjoyed it.

This is a great album. I have already listened to it plenty. It was nice to have an excuse to put it on again though.

I thought this album was very good and I was happy to have listened to it. Not something I would often put on, but I’m happy I have been reminded of Ray Charles’s music.

Great hits plus some stinkers. I can see why it’s memorable.

I couldn’t finish this one. I have heard enough AC/DC to know that it is not for me. Every song sounds the same and I feel like I heard the whole album after listening to the first two tracks.

I can see why this album appeals to some people, but it’s definitely not my style. It’s very much music for the radio.

One of my favourite all-time albums. It was really nice to have an excuse to listen to it again after many years away.

I still don’t quite know how this artist is as popular as he is. He’s clearly very talented but this music doesn’t stir anything in me.

Classic album from my childhood. I remember loving it. I don’t think I will listen to it often on purpose but it’s fun nostalgia.

This is one of the first albums I bought as a teenager, and it was surprising how good the album was from front to back, definitely not an album that relied solely on its singles, even though the singles were very strong

This is fine. It’s super bland and the sort of thing I would not hate if forced to listen to it in a waiting room for a doctors office or something, but never would I choose this to entertain me.

I was surprised by how much I liked this album. This was a lot of fun and also extremely technical. I’m very impressed. I guess it goes to that saying that this was my first time sitting down to listen to iron maiden on purpose

Out of all the The White Stripes albums to include, this one is probably the weakest that I have listened to. I think they’re a great band and they have a phenomenal catalog, most/all of their best songs were made before this album.

I completely understand why this is considered a an important rock album. I would never put this on as I have heard most of this ad nauseam on rock radio for my whole life. I kind of wish I could have come across music like this and similar by choice or curiosity as opposed to it playing on the radio everywhere. It sucks that a whole era of important music is background music for grocery shopping and waiting on takeout orders in my mind.

I really really like this album. This is exactly the sort of thing. I was hoping to find when taking on this.

Absolutely amazing. I’m a big fan.

Bleh. The best way I could think to describe this was music that is perfectly fit for daytime radio. Seems like great music to slow dance to on your backyard patio while white wine drunk with a gross sunburn. I understand it’s popularity but it’s not for appeal.

This is a great album. It’s hard for me to appreciate how impactful it was because I started listening to music in the post R.E.M. era so there was a lot of great stuff owed to their innovation.

I’m sure this is great for the right type of listener, but judging it just based on how I liked to listen to it and nothing about its importance to music. This album was not for me.

I’ll be honest I didn’t listen to all 8 discs of the edition that’s on Apple Music. This seemed like well put together rock music, it’s not really my speed but I can see why people like this.

Not for me. Vaguely better than the eagles but not by much.