1001 Albums Summary

Too trad/lounge for me I’m afraid - rounders as opposed to cricket as it were. 2/10. Tom.

“I have never found a way of enjoying listening to this album despite often wanting to. I have always thought that “Vege-tables” was a great song though, for which an overall 2 stars”. Tom.

There is very little that gets my goat as completely as “faux indie” so I was surprised to find that this was quite the best of the one star albums we’ve endured so far. Tom.

I enjoyed this, although I prefer “Singer of Sad Songs” as an album. A solid two stars. Tom.

They would do anything To materialize their every wish… 4 stars.

FFS…unlistenable!!!!!!!

I love Scottish Pop, I love Dream Pop, I love Shoegaze, I love 4AD, I love that moment in the late 80’s when indie bands popped their heads above the Radio 1 daytime playlist parapet and I love the Cocteau Twins and from that landscape RGP gives us this…FFS…top of the 2 star albums thus far. Tom.

Incredible - 5 Stars.

Make it stop, FFS…Right down there among the bottom of the one stars. Tom.

Not for me, but top of the current one stars given he sang the lead vocals on “God Only Knows”.

I like this album, a very strange mix of Roddy Frame meeting Rod Stewart with Edwyn on the production decks. “Stay” is a great song - 3 stars.

This is terrible, although TBF unlike most albums this far down in the one stars there are fleeting moments when listenabilty breaks through…Tom.

My 4th favourite OutKast album, love it. Tom.

You have been on absolute fire this weekend RGP ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom.

Dearest god no…

I mean like they wrote “Velocity Girl” but this is quite good too. Tom.

Love this…Tom.

Would it were shorter…not the worst of the one stars thus far…Tom.

Lovely stuff, “Primitive” remains a great song, thanks for sharing RGP.

The source❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Noodles away a bit after a very strong start with “Cinnamon Girl” but a solid three stars for this.

I only have this on CD, what a CD though, soaring among the 4 stars!!!!!! Tom.

I quite like “Rolling In The Deep” but this is unlistenable, albeit more listenable than the Zep and the other albums unfeasibly below 25 in the one stars. Tom.

Among my top 10 all time favourite albums of all time, thank you for sharing Random Generator Person❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Love this, right towards the top of the three stars. Tom.

Good album, great title, excellent band, the celebratory sing-a-long misogyny is horrible. Three stars. Tom.

Not terrible, but pretty close - towards the bottom of the two stars. Tom.

New to me and I enjoyed this very much, especially “Either Way I Lose”, thank you for sharing RGP…Tom.

Love this, their last good record really. Tom.

One of the all time greats, thank you RPG!!!!!

This is beyond unlistenable, unfathomably worse than even Bat Out of Hell and the Zep…FFS!!!!! Tom.

Right in the middle of the mid table of the two stars. Tom.

New to me, I enjoyed it, especially the opening songs, tailed off towards the end. Two stars. Tom.

OMG, they signed to a major, when did that happen? Tom.

Are you properly joking me? Worse than I. Maiden. Tom.

We’re in a one star doom loop. Tom.

Good album, three stars. Thank you RGP. Tom.

Loved this, which was new to me. Thanks for sharing RGP. Three stars. Tom.

A singles band, but two stars for the couple of good ones on here. Tom.

A treat, thank you RGP…Right up there towards the top of the three stars. Tom.

Beyond dreadful.

Uneven overall, the good songs are very good. Three stars. Tom.

Absolutely incredible, “Breathless” is often in or around the top 10 of my “All Time Favourite Songs of All Time” list.

Some great tunes on here, not least the title track but I could do without the milky cereal misogyny - two stars.

Great album, love “My Best Friend” particularly - on the “Didn’t Make The Long List of My All Time Favourite Albums of All Time” list, so a solid three stars.

FFS. I can’t believe there is something worse than Tears For Fears, physically unpleasant to listen to.

“When Love Breaks Down” worth three stars on it’s own…⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ummmm…a tricky one, for the first 20 seconds or so of most of the songs I feel that perhaps I shouldn’t disparage it as much as I do then the cod philosophy kicks in alongside the saccharine melody, reminding me why it sits so firmly among the one stars, albeit superior to Deep Purple. Tom.

I know I should like this and I’ve tried hard quite a few times over the years including this morning to find a way to do so, but I just don’t I’m afraid. In no way terrible just doesn’t grab me. 2 stars. Tom.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ - “We owe you nothing, you have no control”…Three stars. Tom.

I hadn’t listened to this in a while, and it was more disappointing than I recalled, all a bit sub Beta Band/Gomez, “A Minha Menina” remains a great tune though. Solid two stars.

One of the all time great Hertfordshire albums❤️❤️❤️, perhaps the only one? Three stars.

Great album, feels like there might be quite a lot more Prince to come…3 lovely stars…

I had no preconceptions of this at all, absolutely not terrible but pretty bad, “War In Peace” bears another listen, if only for the proto sampling - towards the top of the one stars. Tom.

I like “Pumping On Your Stereo” and “Caught By The Fuzz” but this album is dreadful. Tom.

FFS…will there be more AC/DC too? Higher among the one stars than “25” due to “Rolling In The Deep”. Tom.

Is every day going to be a duplicate from now on…great album though, 3 stars!!!!!!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ - Genius…Tom.

Not for me I’m afraid, scrapes into the bottom of the 2 stars on the strength of the title track. Tom.

A new low RGP…Tom.

Seriously? That was my first thought, followed by honestly RGP what are you playing at now…but actually having now listened this was not as abjectly terrible as I’d assumed it would be, towards the bottom end of the 2 stars but 2 stars nonetheless.

Lovely stuff RGP 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Err…55 minutes of my life that I’ll never get back, utterly without merit.

Ohhhh nice, not quite as close to 5 stars as I remembered but 4 stars nonetheless. Tom.

I assumed this would get 5 stars but in the end was surprised and saddened to only give it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - the excellent songs remain excellent but the weaker ones weaker than I recall. Tom.

The ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️s just keep on coming, great stuff RGP. Tom.

4 four stars in a row❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️RGP you are really spoiling us…Tom.

5 brilliant albums in a row RGP ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ - will we ever see this many ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️s again?

Oooohhhhh dear…dreadful stuff if easily the best of the metal albums so far, one star.

Good enough album, too long maybe? Two stars.

“See The Sky About To Rain” - what a tune, thank you RGP. Worth 3 stars by itself…

A quality three stars…thank you RGP❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Oh dear, obviously I’m conflicted given my feelings about WFC but do me a favour RGP this is absolutely dreadful…Tom.

Nice enough, 2 stars. Let’s hope there are some Beck duplicates to come, honestly RGP what are you playing at giving us this from his back catalogue? Tom.

Why RGP do you unfailingly provide us with the least satisfying work of the artists featured, still plenty of time for duplicates I suppose but do come on now. I can’t in good conscience give this a one but right down among the bottom of the 2 stars…Tom.

One can only hope there are more White Stripes albums to come, what this one is doing on this list is anyone’s guess…2 stars. Tom.

Not terrible, weirdly the 4th two star album in a row all by bands who have much better work in their back catalogue. Tom.

Unfeasibly even less listenable than CSN, not to mention Elton John, Cat Stevens and Deep Purple - towards the rock bottom of the one stars albeit that “Colorado” keeps it above AC/DC, Alanis, Tears For Fears et al…

For the love of god…FFS. Is this slightly worse or slightly better than Petty? I can’t really judge, or moreover care as it is so so horrible to listen to. Tom.

I thought this was quite good, ridiculously derivative but listenable enough although I wasn’t that disappointed when it ended as it were. Towards the bottom of the two stars but two stars nonetheless not least for “Life’s A Beach”. Tom.

I went with this in 1995, hard not to in those days given DG’s immediate past, but I don’t go with it now, a horrifying re-listen scraping into the two stars. Tom.

A duplicate day but a great one…Four stars!!!!!!!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ - 4 stars

I literally have no words to describe how unlistenable this is, using creative language in response to music as tedious as it is misogynistic would be an insult to creative language. Tom.

Not their best work but an all round lovely three stars…”C.T.A. - 102” is a great song.

I love Björk, but wouldn’t often choose this LP when choosing something to listen to from her back catalogue. Two stars. Tom.

4th best album we’ve heard so far, only the third best album by The Clash - bonz❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Five stars. Tom.

The misogyny makes this a more difficult listen these days but it is a great record. Four stars. Tom.

New to me, beyond uninspiring but not quite dreadful enough for one star. Tom.

I think I probably have a copy of this but I couldn’t remember what it sounded like and having listened I didn’t like it, one star. Tom.

Ouch, a far too pleased with itself duplicate alert…a riot of one star tediousness, where oh where is Piper at The Gates of Dawn or Syd’s solo stuff RGP? Tom.

Blimey, Michael Head, whatever next RGP…not the best thing in his back catalogue, which touches on remarkable quality at times, but a very solid two stars. Tom.

I remember now being surprised by how much I liked Side 1…Two stars. Tom.

Love this, three stars, altogether now 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 “I went to school…” Tom.

I didn’t enjoy this very much at all I’m afraid, although “It Makes No Difference Now” is a good song - not the worst of the one stars but quite a way from the top of that category. Potentially the most incongruous album title of all time too…Tom

I had not heard this previously and happy to say it exceeded my expectations by proving to be not quite the very worst among the unlistenable albums we have been subjected to so far - one star. Tom.

A birthday treat - thank you RGP!!!!!! One of the all time great bands and albums of all time… 4 stars ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom

Absolutely brilliant - 4 of the brightest stars!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom.

Actively unpleasant to listen to. There is literally no need for this RGP, right towards the bottom of one stars… Tom.

Among the best of the one star albums so far, but not one I’d listen to again I’m afraid. Tom.

Second SY album and still none of their really good ones, do sort it out RPG, 3 stars for “Dirty” but hopefully we have even greater listening pleasures to come. Tom.

Love this, the singles, particularly “Thinking of You” are amazing. Top of the two stars. Tom.

A lovely three stars❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom.

New to me. Not absolutely unlistenable, towards the middle of the one stars. Tom.

Really quite unpleasant to listen to. One star. Tom.

I had not heard this previously and I enjoyed it rather more than “Forever Changes” an LP I like very much - three stars. Tom.

Oh dear…actually this was nowhere near as bad as I’d assumed it would be, still actively unlistenable but miles from the very bottom of the one stars. I even quite liked the shorter songs. Tom.

Another dreadful album that was no where near as bad as I expected it would be - it is getting crowded among the upper mid table of the one stars. Tom.

I have never got on with this, nice enough but I prefer Uncle Tupelo. Two stars. Tom.

More Crosby than anyone else from our 126 albums so far, who’d have thought it? This is one of his best too. Four stars!!!!!! Tom.

I like some of the songs very much, a very solid two stars. Tom.

Lovely to finally have a nice bit of Bob on day 128. Three stars for this one and let’s hope there are plenty of the five and four star duplicates to come. Tom.

Another Byrds adjacent offering, do try and mix it up RGP. I mean I like GC, I like The Byrds but this is towards the top of the one stars at best, although “From A Silver Phial” almost put it into the two stars. Tom.

New to me and I quite enjoyed it, the good songs like “Fertilizer” were very good. Two stars. Tom.

A touchstone but not a record I’ve ever been able to really love. Two stars. Tom.

A lovely 3 stars, thank you RGP the title track opener and the closing “It Ain’t No Fun For Me” remain the highlights, gets a bit wobbly in the middle compared to his really strong LPs. Tom.

I’d not heard this previously and it wasn’t for me I’m afraid - one star. Tom

I love Polly H but even I’m surprised that she has had three albums in the first 134 RPG, glad she has though and this is her very very best in my view, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom.

New to me, very very good indeed. 4 stars, thank you for sharing RGP. Tom.

FFS…Tom. Not the very worst of the LZ albums thus far but very close, I shudder to think how many more there will be to endure. One star.

Unfeasibly worse even than LZ IV…blimey RGP you’re hitting some one star lows this week… “Lenny Bruce declares a truce…” FFS!!!!!!! Having somehow finally got through the full 90 minutes I can confirm it’s a very weird listening experience as there are slightly more than a few interesting moments, which are considerably outweighed by the incredibly low quality of everything else. I know nothing of Genesis but can only assume Collins used a veto… Tom.

I like this very much, thanks for sharing RGP. Towards the top of the two stars. Tom.

Live albums don’t count…plus I’ve never really understood the mythology around this, misogyny, animal cruelty and blame based humour, what’s to love? One star but not among the very worst of the one stars. Tom.

Disappointing, dreary and derivative, one star. Superior to Petty, The Police, RHCP etc but not by that much. Tom.

5 very bright stars, thank you for sharing RGP, clearly 69 songs is a lot of songs and the quality not to mention the politics dips over the course of 2 hours 52 minutes but the great songs remain great. Sadly and strangely much like Johnny Marr and Camper Van Beethoven, nothing else Steve M has done comes close to his most perfect work. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏 Tom.

This was unutterably unlistenable. As I am forced to give it a barely deserved one star, it must take a place among the very very worst of the one stars. Tom.

❤️❤️❤️ - Exhuming McCarthy me up!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 lovely stars. Tom.

Another 3 star BD offering, come on RGP this album is great but give us some of the really good ones… Tom.

You are on absolute fire RPG❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4 stars!!!!!!!!

I have no words to express my contempt and disinterest in ZZ Top, although having said that the bearded wonders have produced the two biggest surprises of my 1001 listening journey so far. The first was the unexpected lo-fi type quality to the vocals and guitar towards the end of the otherwise unspeakable and misogynistic “Legs” and the other was this LP, which turned out not to be the very very worst of the duplicates we’ve had to endure so far, proving itself to somehow be more listenable than the recent Led Zep one… FFS. One of the all time least deserved stars of all time. Tom.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ - Five of the brightest stars, listening to “Revolution” with my friends in my childhood/teenage house remains one of my most formative and fond musical memories. Tom.

Lovely stuff, I could do without the misogyny of “Dumb Girl” but otherwise 4 very excellent stars. Let’s hope there are at least 3 more duplicates to come… Tom.

Pretty dreadful but far better than most of the albums we’ve had by artists I’d never heard an album by previously, just about gets in towards the bottom of the two stars. Tom.

Dear god no…I think this is actually the worst album I have ever heard. Quite how anything manages to be more unpleasant than Iron Maiden, Tears For Fears, Michael Jackson, Petty, ZZ Top, Nine Inch Nails, The Police, Rush, Genesis, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and Metallica is a mystery and I am always curious about a mystery… Tom.

92 minutes is a long time but this wasn’t too bad at all, above the middle of the two stars for “The Walker” alone. Tom.

The best duplicate yet❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4 big stars!!!!!!! Tom.

I have no idea how Bowie’s Nazism has no impact on his almost universally accepted status as a national treasure, it can’t be the quality of the songs he wrote up to 1980, even though in the main those songs, including all 11 here, are of a remarkably high quality. Furrowed brow - 5 stars. Tom.

You are are quite a run here RGP… After “Hunky Dory” yesterday it has been two days in a row where you have given us the best LP by an artist, remarkable stuff… If the final four songs here aren’t the four best closing album tracks of all time I don’t know what are. Tom.

A synth pop masterpiece ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ - Thank you RGP. 4 lovely stars. Tom.

New to me and a solid two stars, “Love Woke Me Up This Morning” is a great song. Tom.

A great album, Sheffield must have been some place to be at the turn of the 70s and early 80s!!!!! Three stars. Tom.

I have never really got on with TW but this album is more listenable than the others I’ve tried previously - a solid 2 stars. Tom.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ This was a great album in 1993 and it’s still remains a great album. The strong songs are super strong, all together now… 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 “It takes courage to enjoy it” 3 very bright stars. Tom.

Not an album I’d heard previously and I liked it, two stars. Tom.

Blimey RGP, I was not expecting this, fantastic album and now hoping for a duplicate too!!!!! 4 lovely stars. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom.

New to me and super stuff, towards the top of the 2 stars. Tom.

Not an album I’ve heard previously and not one I’ll be listening to again, but nice enough in parts and two stars for there being at least a couple of songs better than the single, although these may have been released as singles too I suppose, who knows/cares? Tom.

I get pretty fed up with TW pretty quickly TBH, far too pleased with himself, this album just about limps into the bottom of the 2 stars as “Better Off Without A Wife” is a good song, just not one I’ll be listening to again. Tom.

Fantastic, a great LP, thanks for sharing RGP. Four stars❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom.

New to me and not totally terrible as one star albums go, but very much one star. Tom.

Even a genre as unutterably unpalatable as Prog has a classic lurking the closet, and here it is - great album, thank you for sharing RGP, 4 stars❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom.