1001 Albums Summary

Fav tracks: My My Hey Hey, Powderfinger. Neil Youngs voice is generally not my cup of tea but like the flow from acoustic to the grungy electric songs at the end of the album.

Used to be a massive foo fighters fan, have seen them live twice yet was in a way surprised to see this album make the list as I believe The Colour and The Shape is much superior, with this album pretty much being put together by a one-man band in Dave Grohl. First half of the album is strong and the closer Exhausted is a very underrated song in the FFs catalogue. Having said that there is a fair bit of material in the second half of the album that I find inferior to what the Foos would put out 2 years later. I’ll Stick Around and This is A Call remain great tracks but this album is lacking a truly massive single that the band would consistently churn out at least one of with every album following this for 20 years. Overall a decent listen and an album pretty reflective of the mid-90s alt rock era that was coming out of grunge’s peak, nothing game changing.

The title track remains absolutely godly. Some really cool stuff in here instrumentally, proper jangly goodness but I don’t know if I love the vocal style for an entire 45 min album

It’s pretty top heavy. The big singles are classics but I can’t get with the rest of the album. It’s a fun album tho

Might use this album to help me sleep, and I mean that in the best way possible. Just nice, relaxing and pretty unassuming for 35 mins; could totally imagine hearing Georgia On My Mind or September Song in some dimly lit chill bar late at night. Probably better for background listening cause there isn’t a great deal of variety here but I guess there doesn’t need to be

Really don’t know what to make of this album. It sounds in part rather late 00s dated yet other parts still very fresh. I don’t think the absolute bombardment of “Heads Will Roll” on TV and social media has endeared me to that song on another listen. My favourite track was the opener Zero. Plus marks for the lead vocals.

I’ve come close to getting this album cover tattooed on me it’s that fucking good. The debate rages between what’s better between this and Nevermind and to me it’s apples and orange - the bands sound is much more raw and unpolished and a lot of the tracks feel more personal and retrospectively haunting than what came 2 years prior. I could see why some would give this album a 3 or even lower because it’s hardly as accessible as some of the other huge albums from this period in alt rock history but my god if it hits you straight away you’ll always have this album on rotation. Personally, I was close to giving this a 4, there is a track or two that are just okay to me, but considering the context of the albums release and the bold left turn of the bands sound from their massively successful album I feel like this is deserving of a 5. Also has to be said that some tracks on here like Pennyroyal Tea and All Apologies take on another life in the MTV Unplugged performance that I look forward to reviewing on here at some point. Favourite song: Anything off the first side and All Apologies

Physically hurt me at first to see such pioneers in Orbital get hit with an average score of 2.70, although I haven’t ever given this particular album a run through. I get techno isn’t for everyone but you can’t put these guys simply in that box. In between a 3 and a 4 for me

An enjoyable listen but too long in my opinion, a bit of filler here and there

I know prog isn’t for everyone but this is one of the very best albums the genre has to offer back to front, all over the place stylistically and it all works.

Fuck Ayn Rand.

Nice stuff. Will be used in the background while I’m at work.

I feel this album is a tad overrated in the grand scheme of things but still a really fun listen. First half of this album I find to be strong. In between a 3 and a 4 for me.

It’s not as good as Exodus or Kaya personally but a great listen as to be expected. The Live version of No Woman, No Cry is the superior one

From the UK so you can’t escape the big singles from this album even 20 years later. Definition of a top heavy album, first side is full of the hits (a pretty excellent 5 song run to kick off) and then we have a loooooot of filler in the second half

Just didn’t do it for me.

The first half of this album fucking rocks - prefer Iggys mix to Bowies

Album 20 and this is the first I’ve found that commits the cardinal sin of just being… boring. Absolutely nothing about this album and I felt it was a complete waste of my time. While I’ve not found certain albums, cough, the Pogues, unenjoyable I can at least appreciate their artistic merit. This is just so cookie cutter vanilla and inoffensive it’s almost offensive to me.

I liked this album but still feel as though it’s a bit of a let down on first listen

I enjoyed this album more than I expected, never been a fan of Aerosmiths music. Just pretty tight all round, nothing exceptional but a very listenable album

You hear how outdated this is and attribute it to its age but then you realise Tribe would drop The Low End Theory just a year later, Public Enemy had already put out multiple classics, you had Rakim in the same era who blows the rapping on this album out of the water and you wonder how this album has made it on the list. The Humpty Dance is a cool opener but it goes on for WAAAAY too long which is a pretty good summation of this album (why is the second song seven whole minutes long??) I guess the best thing about this album is its strong P-Funk influence and some may find the concept funny but on the whole this album really shows its age.

What a talent. A big departure from her excellent debut (which I may still prefer), but love the nostalgic sound and of course her voice

Getting both Amy Winehouse back to back days is a pleasant surprise! Own this album on vinyl so very familiar with this one already. Unpopular opinion but I prefer this one to Back to Black, prefer the jazzy sound of this one to the 60s girl group sound on her follow up

This album is long but barely a wasted second, a great mix of hip hop and neo-soul

Gave me Bon Iver vibes a little. Can appreciate the experimentation but not everything stuck

It doesn’t matter if we all die!

It’s a shame Van Morrison is a piece of shit cause man…

Aldi Fiona Apple. Sorry

Really middle of the road 70s rock. Finding out they added overdubs in the studio so this isn’t really a “live” album either! Minus a star for that

I found this pretty charming if a bit whimsical

A nice concise listen packed with a few smash hit singles, can’t go wrong really

How the fuck did this album make the list and A Storm in Heaven didn’t?

The first five songs off this album? The title track? It just doesn’t get better than this man.

Im very open to almost any genre of music, but god I cannot fucking stand this hokey country music bollocks. I knew immediately from the first song I’d hate this one

I’m absolutely delighted that the generator blessed me with back-to-back country albums this weekend 🙄 I can at least appreciate this one a bit more and it wasn’t as insulting to my intelligence as Steve Earle but this just isn’t for me.

This is why I started doing this challenge. A great discovery, funky as hell and interesting throughout

Boooooooooring

Clearly we don’t have enough junglists on this website. A great compilation by a true pioneer in electronic music

Easiest 5 of all time, changed the game

Liked some of the deep cuts and appreciate the variety of genres on show here. In between a 3 and 4

Lemonade and Renaissance are better

Understand this is very influential but primitive hip hop like just hasn’t aged well. However, obvious funk and electro influences here make for some enjoyable tracks, especially the title track

This is great stuff all round, was familiar with Simon and Garfunkel and the big singles from this album but this is a great versatile blend of sounds of styles.

The angsty early 90s vibe is gonna sound dated to a lot of people, I get that, but this is brilliant, challenging abrasive music. Closer and Hurt are classics

Some is brilliant, some is proper landfill indie. Pick your poison

This is a hard one to rate. I did find most of this album really enjoyable with a few standouts but I did feel like something was missing considering the reputation Talking Heads have. In between a 3 and a 4 for me

Got a lyric about noncing kids 10 seconds into the album. Great

Ahhh man. The old case of the double album that *just* overstays its welcome. Had this album been reduced to 11 or 12 tracks I think we’re on for an easy 5 but the last side is not up to scratch with the rest of the album. I still considered giving this a 5 because this is clearly zeppelin at the peak of their creative powers, and some of their very best stuff is on here, but knowing that Zep IV exists which is punchier and more concise kinda put me off.