1001 Albums Summary

Highlights: Black Sabbath, N.I.B. Lowlights: Everything after Evil Woman I didn't hate this album by any means, but it definitely is not something I'd listen to when I want a metal album. I enjoyed the first half very much, but the second half felt like they were just adlibbing to me, and most of the time it didn't really work. It was very interesting to hear how their sound started however and comparing it to what they became was fun.

Highlights: Shiver, Yellow Lowlights: Trouble, We Never Change It's an album. Don't really have any thoughts on it good or bad. I liked some songs but not enough to listen to them more. Chris Martin's voice also got a bit grating to me as the album went on, especially when he hit high notes. I liked how mellow it was, but that also caused the songs to feel really samey to me.

Highlights: Station to Station, Golden Years Lowlights: None, zilch, zero, nada I've only dabbled in Bowie music before this and can clearly see I've been missing out. Making a 10-minute song like Station to Station feel like a breeze is an achievement, especially to someone as easily distracted as me. I've learned I'll be hearing a lot more Bowie while doing this and I'm ready for a ride.

Highlights: Gloria: In Excelsis Deo, Free Money, Break It Up Lowlights: Birdland It's just slam poetry set to music. Birdland definitely made me think I was going to hate everything going forward but most of the album was enjoyable. I kept thinking this is something you could hear in like a low budget movie in the 80s or 90s because they didn't have money to license a major artist.

Highlights: Holidays in the Sun, No Feelings, Anarchy in The UK, Pretty Vacant, EMI Lowlights: Problems, Liar A really fun listen. Even songs I had problems with (like Problems LOL) were listenable, they just dragged on a lot for me. A very infectious sound that digs in and doesn't want to let go.

Highlights: Born in the U.S.A., Cover Me, Glory Days, Dancing in the Dark Lowlights: I'm On Fire The faster songs work a lot better for me. The major songs are still extremely topical to this day. Don't think I could daily drive any of these songs but if they came on I wouldn't switch em.

Highlights: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, Human Nature, P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) Lowlights: --------------------------------------------------------- In the immortal words of Duke Nukem, "Hail to the King baby."

Highlights: Sure Shot, Sabotage Lowlights: B-Boys Makin' with the Freak Freak, Futterman's Rule, Eugene's Lament, Ricky's Theme, Bodhisattva Vow The interlude tracks do absolutely nothing for me and there's way too many of them. I enjoy some Beastie Boys every now and then, but a whole album was too much for me.

Highlights: Darkness, Do or Die, Love Action (I Believe In Love), Don't You Want Me Lowlights: Get Carter, I Am the Law Fun listen. Most of the songs could've done with being like a minute shorter. Most of the time the synths were good, but on some tracks, like the intro track, they felt rough.

Highlights: Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman, L'America, Hyacinth House, Riders on the Storm Lowlights: --------------------------------------------------------------- This is my first time listening to The Doors outside of an occasional single listen and it was different than I expected it would be. Nothing negative really, about half the album I enjoyed a lot and the other half was fine. Sometimes it felt a little too stripped down for me, but not too much to be a problem.

Highlights: Sign O' The Times, Play In The Sunshine, Housequake, It, U Got The Look, If I Was Your Girlfriend, I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man, It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, Adore Lowlights: ---------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, this was amazing man, I don't know how else to describe it. 100% transparency, I've seldomly listened to Prince at all in my life, my favorite track of his going into this was Paisley Park. I've only heard one song off this album before (U Got The Look) and I didn't even know that until I heard it. So, I had no idea what I was really getting into here, but I'm so glad I was able to do so.

Highlights: Jeru, Venus De Milo, Budo, Godchild, Rouge Lowlights: --------------------------------------------- Objectively this is great music, but I can't see myself listening to it on a whim. By no means did I dislike it, but I have no desire to go back to it.

Highlights: War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man, Hand of Doom Lowlights: Planet Caravan, Rat Salad This is what I was expecting from a Sabbath album compared to their debut. Admittedly I am not a big metal guy. I have a couple songs I like over bands/albums. This was enjoyable for the most part, but its not the kind of metal I would go back to often.

Highlights: You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, You And I, Tuesday Heartbreak, Superstition, I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) Lowlights: ----------------------------------------------------------------- As much as I enjoyed this, I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. Don't know why, maybe it's just a bit too mellow for me. I still got tons of enjoyment out of this album and am looking forward to the other Stevie Wonder albums that show up, but I can't help feeling a little disappointed that I didn't absolutely love everything here.

Highlights: The Man Comes Around, Hurt, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Personal Jesus, In My Life, Sam Hall, Desperado, Wichita Lineman, Big Iron, We'll Meet Again Lowlights: --------------------------------------------------- Wasn't expecting to love this. I like Johnny Cash, I've listened to him basically my whole life, but I've never sat through a whole album. He breathes his own life into every song on this album. I have nothing negative to say or think about it.

Highlights: Drunk In Love, XO Lowlights: Haunted, No Angel, Partition, ***Flawless This album does nothing for me. Beyonce has her hits for sure and a great voice, but this album is just meandering and boring. Very disappointed. If this list gets updated again, I wouldn't be surprised if Cowboy Carter replaces this.

Highlights: A Minha Menina, Adeus, Maria Fulô, Senhor F, Bat Macumba, Ave Gengis Khan Lowlights: --------------------------------------------------------- What a treat. Absolutely insane album. I kept saying this sounds like Crash Bandicoot music over and over again and now I can't get that out of my head.

Highlights: The whole album Lowlights: ---------------------------------- Perfect beginning to end.

Highlights: Fit but You Know It Lowlights: Literally everything else Shit beats. Shit lyrics. Shit flow. Is this guy a nepo baby or something? This makes 3Pac sound like Kendrick.

Highlights: I Walk The Line, Starkville City Jail, San Quentin, A Boy Named Sue, Folsom City Blues Lowlights: ---------------------------------- Johnny Cash showing humanity still exists in inhumane places. Great performance and banter.