Not an album I've listened to. Familiar with Raining Blood based on the cover by Reggie and the Full Effect. Gave it a listen. It's quick, sort of part and parcel to the whole speed metal thing. I wasn't exceptionally hooked by anything on the album.
Surprisingly Oasis was one of the popular mid-90s alternative bands I didn't really get into. Perhaps their radio presence on near constant rotation was enough to slake my curiosity. Listening now to this album I see I didn't really miss much. The radio singles are familiar (was surprised that a 7:20 Champagne Supernova became a radio hit). None of the non-singles really caught me and overall met but didn't exceed what I expected an album of Oasis songs to sound like.
Respect to Neil Young, but his voice is an acquired taste that I have not acquired. I'm not sure I need a 10 minute long song reminding me that love and only love will endure and hate is everything you think it is. I especially don't need that song to repeat its first verse. Dude loves repeating a lyric.
Guitar work is impressive but the lyrics didn't feel especially inspired. Probably would have preferred it as an instrumental album to be honest.
I've never listened to an entire Beatles album. I wonder how many of their albums will be on this list.
Choc-a-block full of hits that are so deeply ingrained in my brain that it'd be hard to say I don't love this album. The handful of tracks that I hadn't heard before were fine, but didn't compare to the bangers. No surprises.
I'm sure it's been commented on but Run For Your Life is a crazy track.
Would relisten, and probably skip past the tracks I don't know.
Surprisingly I've never listened to a Fishbone album. I've got a deep abiding love for ska music. I gave this one three listens and didn't really feel hooked by anything on the album. Instrumentation was tight and I dug it. Don't know if I'll revisit the album but happy knowing it exists.
Should probably give this another listen. I was surprised by how long a lot of these tracks were only being familiar with the singles. Overall it came across as expected.
Slow and airy for a thirty minute album. Nothing really grabbed me and forced me to take notice. Glad I listened through it, but don't think I'd find a reason to put it back on.
No doubt that Jack White has the chops. Lots of good here even beyond the singles. Glad to have listened through the whole thing.
My dad introduced me to the Everly Brothers. He played the local Oldies station on the car radio and I still have a deep abiding love for those songs even if I don't have them in regular rotation in my library. Cathy's Clown, Love Hurts and Lucille were as familiar as an old pair of jeans discovered at the back of a closet. The rest of the tracks were new, but comfortable in a familiar way. While All I Have to Do Is Dream remains the GOAT Everly Brothers in my opinion followed closely by Bye Bye Love and Wake Up Little Susie I'll revisit this album and maybe remember to slip a few more oldies into my regular rotation.
Slow and ponderous with evocative storytelling lyrics. It's not entirely my jam but I appreciate the craft.
artistry on display and no denying it. I've given Wu-Tang Clan a handful of listens over the years and they never quite grab me the way a lot of others in the field do. Still, worth listening to, but something I don't have in heavy rotation.
Never been a huge fan of Dylan. This didn't do much to change my opinion. Props to Desolation Hall. When I saw an 11 minute track I groaned but it played better than I expected.
I was pleasantly surprised by this one. The Youngbloods have no name recognition for me and I enjoyed every track. Would put it on repeat rotation.
A band I have no familiarity with whatsoever. This album didn't really do much to convince me to change that. Couldn't really find anything worth latching onto here.
Another new album or me.
The first few tracks had me nodding appreciatively.
It Was a Pleasure Then felt like a turning point into something all-together different that I couldn't really get behind. Felt like another album of someone speaking which if you squint real hard almost sounds like singing but I would hesitate to call it good. I didn't really feel a connection between the vocals and the instrumentation, kinda like beat poetry with a music bed.
Another new exposure for me. I dug it. I enjoyed Elizabeth My Dear, wished it was longer, though possibly just the familiarity of the Scarborough Fair melody at play there. Also not sure if my good feelings are just a snapback from enduring the Nico album. This feels like a proper band with songs that were constructed together in the strange alchemy that happens in the practice space. It definitely feels like the evolutionary step between The Beatles and Oasis. I could stand to listen to this one a few more times and settle on a few tracks to put into rotation.
Solid grooves that I bopped along with. Doubt it will ever see rotation again, but it was an enjoyable listen.
Familiar territory, though I've never listened to the full album but half of it were radio play singles. I enjoyed the tracks I was familiar with and enjoyed the tracks that were new to me. Would probably include this on my own 1001 albums list.
New album to me, though I realized of course I've heard Brass in Pocket, lot of radio play on that one.
I can't say I loved it. Vocals have that feeling of a more spoken word than singing. Instrumentation was good. Middle of the road, possibly something I'd pull out if I gave it a few more spins.
Unknown artist to me. It was fine. Nothing jumped out at me. I had heard Everybody's Talkin' but I think probably a cover and not this version. Would go to a lot of other albums in this space before I came back to this one.
Solid latin groove. I could definitely see myself spinning this up again and falling in love with some of the tracks.
A band whose name I have heard, but whose music I have not.
Quite a large number of my favorite bands and musicians cite Husker Du as a major influence.
It seems to me that this is one of those bands that existed solely to influence others who would go on to become household names.
This album was okay. The vocals felt low and hard to distinguish against the instrumentation throughout. I can see how influential these guys were. Would probably give it a few more spins, maybe dig into some of their older stuff, this is their last album a casual bit of internet research tells me. Glad to have listened to it.
Entirely as expected from ELO.
Bright and fun. I enjoyed the listen, sang along with the familiar tunes and had a good time.
Totally unknown band to me, but I enjoyed it. I'll give it a few more spins and see what shakes out.
The recognizable hits were good, the rest of the album was fine but without the familiarity it was just noise. For me this is always just background music, filler for when you're doing something that requires some concentration but you need something else to fill the silence.
An interesting choice for a Hendrix album. I'm betting there is probably a second one on the list. This was all new to me. I grooved with it. Not entirely my thing so won't likely see another rotation, but I appreciate what's being laid down here.
I listened to the first three tracks. I don't anticipate great revelations in the remaining twenty-one. As with the Prodigy album this is background music for me and not something I will sit with and listen through deeply.
Another new artist for me.
Vocals didn't really do much for me. Instrumentation was decent but didn't really elevate anything into the realm of, I absolutely want to hear this again.
Really enjoy Lorde's music. Liability and Supercut were already in rotation from this album so it was an enjoyable listen to visit the rest of the tracks here.
Absolute classic. Already on steady rotation with more than half the songs on saved playlists. The second half is weaker than the first but On a Plain and Something in the Way make for good capstones. Endless, Nameless is about the only track I would actively skip.
I dig Peter Gabriel and recognized a few tracks off this album. I enjoyed the listen, might spin it up again sometime but wasn't bowled over by anything on offer here.
Had no idea who this was, then the first bars of "Gotta Get Up" played and I at least recognized that one.
Driving Along, Early in the Morning, The Moonbeam Song, and Down these were all nice but didn't stick with me.
Without You is a classic, though I'm partial to the Air Supply cover and didn't really feel like this cover did much with it, but maybe without this cover's popularity we wouldn't have gotten Air Supply's version.
Coconut is another familiar though I think mostly from cultural reference rather than ever actually hearing it played.
Let the Good Times Roll, another cover I again don't feel he did much to improve on the original.
Jump Into the Fire, extended instrumental break felt a little much
I'll Never Leave You was fine for a treacly album closer.
Overall, this feels like middle of the road 70s pop and while I went ahead and added Gotta Get Up to the library nothing else here was interesting enough to save for another listen.
I did listen to Air Supply's Without You a few times though.
Who doesn't love Sultans of Swing?
What else does this album offer? Down to the Waterline seemed of a same type with Sultans, that same guitar sound, tasty licks, tight drum fills and I dug it. I was surprised by the other tracks of the album encompassing a feeling of some other styles. I enjoyed the listen, probably won't throw it down for another spin.
No familiarity with this album or artist.
I dug the first half more than the second but overall found it to be quite enjoyable and glad that I got to listen to it.
Familiar, but I've never listened to this album. Classic old school hip hop that I appreciate but am not terribly interested in.
Formative album for me. Though it's not technically complex, it is full of hooks that kept this one on repeat in my college days. I'll gladly listen to this one, in its entirety, over and over again.
I know a few Supertramp songs, but none of the ones on this album. It was good. Nothing blew me away, but it wasn't a chore to listen through.
Most of this album feels like uncoordinated noise. Some of the tracks peek through and show the glimmer of musical talent that no doubt the Pixies possess, but it becomes overshadowed by the sonic wall that most songs offer without any distinction.
Crazy how produced this album feels. First three tracks are the familiar singles and then the album drops off a cliff and offers nothing interesting for another 15 tracks, including the totally incongruous last two tracks. Lab grown for maximum superficial engagement, but it worked for Beyonce, can't say the other two members got theirs (though I'm sure they're doing fine with the royalties)
Fun album. Only familiar with the opening track but the rest of the album held up to my expectations. Would likely give this a few more spins and pluck out a few tracks to keep.
Totally unaware of this album or artist. It was fine. Toward the middle everything just started sort of sounding so similar it was hard to differentiate for me. Would likely give it another go.
A stone cold classic with great soul bangers that if you haven't heard you just haven't been around long enough. I was happy to listen to it, and enjoyed the tracks that I hadn't heard before.
I enjoyed this one beyond the familiar singles. Probably give it some more rotations and latch onto some of the unfamiliar tracks.
Another artist I know of, but haven't really explored. I enjoyed this album.
"Holocaust" has been in steady rotation for me, but I never spent time exploring other stuff by Big Star.
Not much else stood out listening through this album. Pretty standard piano heavy rock. Some of the tracks on Side B feel very Side B.
I was excited to see an album by Aimee Mann because I'm a big fan of her Lost in Space album from 2002. She certainly improved as an artist from this album to that one. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't very memorable and the vocals are a bit weak. Still, was happy to hear some of the early work and remind myself to listen to more of her other albums when I have the chance.
I cannot stand the Violent Femmes. I can sing along with almost all of this album because it was so overplayed on my local radio station. I do not understand why people found this artist entertaining or enjoyable to listen to.
Musical whiplash. This isn't so much an album, it feels more like someone recording song ideas on their phone to later be fleshed out into something more complete. There are probably kernels of good ideas here but they come in, hit and move onto something else so quickly that its hard to feel like anything is sticking. I mean, how could I live without the profound revelation of "Chicken blows. I suppose we could have a girl or a boy". If Pollard is guided by voices perhaps he should tell them to be quiet.
Strong album. Funny that if you held a gun to my head I wouldn't have known One Way or Another was a Blondie song. And did I catch a slightly ska like guitar in the middle there. Would listen again, pluck out the gems and skip the rest.
To be honest. I expected a more compelling album. Clint Eastwood was such a massive hit that I absolutely love and other Gorillaz offerings from later albums I have also enjoyed. Most of this was just fine but nothing noteworthy.
Initially interested having never heard of this band or album and seeing the cover art made me think this was a comedy album or some send up. I was a little worried when I saw track titles like "Back to Africa" and "Master Race Rock" but again, thought maybe this would be a send up. Maybe I wasn't listening close enough but it didn't feel as obviously send up as I think (hope) it was intended to be. Didn't really enjoy anything about this and was happy when it was over and I could move on to listening to something else.
A fun listen. Stirring. The length of the songs knocks them out of contention of regular rotation. Even as a drummer I don't think I need to regularly listen to a 16:00 Ginger Baker drum solo.
Rush is always a bit hit or miss with me. No denying their musical chops, but I'm not a huge fan of Geddy Lee's voice. This falls in that middle ground. Good stuff here, but nothing immediately jumped into my must listen to again list.
I enjoyed this one more than the last Dire Straits album, and I enjoyed that quite a bit. Would definitely give this more play time. I feel like if I ever had to hang out with Knopfler I would be so intimidated by his level of cool, but somehow he'd make me feel okay.
Overall this album was long and the topic content repetitive. A product of its time that doesn't look as good in the light of the modern day. BIG had skill as a lyricist but like a chef that has only one really good dish a steady diet of the same thing doesn't taste nearly as good. Assuming the autobiography of the work no doubt he had it hard and made choices to get by. It doesn't strike me as strongly as other hip hop albums and won't likely ever revisit it.
Love me some Arctic Monkeys. Mardy Bum and I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor in steady rotation. Good to give the rest of the tracks a listen.
No complaints, but nothing really stuck with me.
Live albums don't really do much for me, and this one is no exception. Keith Moon is a monster on the drums.
Passing familiarity with some of the tracks on this, but was happy to listen to the rest of the album. Thought it would be a slog but found some good gems there.
Another live album. Van Morrison another name I've heard but never really listened to extensively. This was fine, nothing jumped out and grabbed me demanding my close attention.
Yeah, this one didn't do anything for me on any level.
Hooky pop. I enjoyed the breakdown at the end of Ninteen Hundred and Eighty Five and had heard Band on the Run too many times to count. Overall it is fine. I've never been obsessed with Beatlemania though I one played an anthropomorphic beetle drummer in a TOON RPG that I was delighted by.
It's Tom Waits. My opinions on him remain unchanged no matter how many of his mumbling, grumbling, beat poetry tracks I listen to.
Much like listening to Notorious B.I.G. this album offered little textual variety outside of the gangsta rap trifecta of guns, drugs and women. Pioneer for the genre but glad that we've moved on (mostly).
I like this album a lot. It is the kind of late 90s rock that I grew up on, so not a huge surprise. I'll put this on rotation and dig into the rest of their discography to find more gems.
Favorites: One More Hour, The Drama You've Been Craving, Dance Song '97, Jenny
Fleet Foxes is a fave. No skips on this album.
Not a bad album. Synthwave isn't really my thing but I appreciate the musicality here. Don't You Want Me is a classic.
I dig a lot of the Radiohead that I've listened to. This feels adjacent to that in the sort of artistic, repetitive, drone / noise space. It's fine, but doesn't catch me and make me want to listen on repeat.
Catching this one closely on the heels of listening to Dr. Dre's The Chronic it's pretty easy to see the progression. It follows in the same footsteps with nothing much more to say. It did inform me that the song La-Di Da-Di by Mindless Self Indulgence is a cover, and one I enjoy much more than the original.
Kind of a musical whiplash jumping into this after yesterday's Snoop Dogg.
Charming and nostalgic on the tracks I was already familiar with, the unfamiliar tracks didn't jump out to me. Could be the juxtaposition with the gangsta rap but everything here just felt soft.
I sincerely do not know what to make of this album. I'm almost certainly going to give it a few more spins just to try to figure it out. It's not that it is appealing, it's that it is a strange curiosity, like a car crash. Odd that it is plucked out of the millions of albums to be included on the list but I feel like the author is more heavily invested in UK music than I ever will be.
When I saw the track listing I thought, interesting, six different tracks with similar titles, I wonder what they'll do with those concepts. It was a single jam track divided into six tracks. I've never been sophisticated enough to appreciate a jam band, it seems like the sort of thing that is only interesting in the moment. I can't imagine putting this record on for repeated listens. For a band with the name Quicksilver there's nothing quick about them.
Woke up in the mood for some Rage Against the Machine. Marvin Gaye somehow fit that bill for me anyhow. Great vocals. Strong message. Solid album worth listening to again and again.
Sure, I guess. I thought I'd dislike this given my general distaste for TVU but it wasn't a terrible listen.
Obviously opinions of this album have been colored by the artist's actions. Separating art from artist this album is good. It far surpasses the other rap albums that I've listened to on this list thus far Dre, Snoop Dogg, Notorious BIG. It is interesting, and entertaining, and each track feels distinct.
It's jazz. You either like it, or you don't understand it. I fall firmly in the latter. Appreciate the musicality, but it doesn't stick with me. Someday I'll be sophisticated enough to appreciate it.
This album didn't really do much for me lyrically or musically. I didn't have any familiarity with Marianne Faithfull. Reading up on its history I can see why the album might have been selected for its story, rather than its content. A good topic for a music documentary, but not essential listening for this project as the album doesn't really stand on its own as something worth engaging with. I doubt I'll give this any more spins, but it was a fine listen through once.
Very excited to see this pop up after a run of unfamiliar artists. Interesting enough I only have Sixteen Saltines from this album saved to my playlist, so I guess I've never listened through it.
I love the lyricism of Weep Themselves to Sleep. Tasty guitar work on Take Me With You When You Go.
All around great album, will continue to spin it up when I'm in the mood.
Second Neil Young and Crazy Horse album I've encountered on this list. The last one was middling, wonder what I'll think of this compared to that one.
"Cinnamon Girl" sounds familiar. Feels like what I was expecting, kinda simple lyrics sung by a mediocre voice a few guitar licks but fairly forgettable.
The rest of the album follows suit. I could do without the extended breakdowns in Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand, never been a huge fan of long musical interludes in the middle of other songs, see also my struggle with jam bands and/or most jazz music.
I can't really see a reason why this album had to be listened to. Neil Young is a household name, but I don't find anything he's doing particularly noteworthy or ground breaking.
There are a handful of albums that can transport me not just to a specific time and place but a feeling in general. This is one of those for me. The number of times I would spin this up leaving my job as a server at Rocky Run, a local restaurant, and the relief of another shift over, money in my pocket, nowhere to be, the dark of the night, the glow of the dashboard, the empty mall parking lot. The first few notes of Jenny Was a Friend of Mine takes me solidly back into that place and time.
I enjoy this album, and though it is hard to separate that sense memory and listen to this one with a critical ear I think I still enjoy it devoid of the feelings it instills. I think Vannucci's drumming slides perfectly into place on every track. Dig the musicality. Enjoy the lyrics. Total package, no skips.
