1001 Albums Summary

Hot damn! A stone cold classic front-to-back. Don’t Cha Stop is my least favorite but it’s still really fun! And the seamless run of the last 4 tracks is INSANE work

It’s pretty damn good! Other than the classics, there’s a lot of really good stuff here. Loudmouth kinda sucks but WHAT CAN YA DOO-HOO

It’s okay! Obviously very good guitar playing, GREAT riffs, and some fantastic drumming but the vocals don’t quite do it for me here. Phantom of the Opera and Transylvania are pretty dope though.

Not bad, just pretty fucking boring. Not a COMPLETE dud but for most of it i was waiting for it to end. Back half was better than the front

Unfortunately this is very good

It might just be the mood i’m in today or the fact that this album has been “music bro”’d to death but while i can admit this is well-done and would probably hit me differently on another day, it’s not my favorite!

As good as a Morrissey album would be, which is pretty good! Loved all the different styles on this one.

About what you’d expect! Have you heard Elvis before? This is that! Pretty good but obviously i was concerned that if i listened to more i’d start worshipping the devil and rioting, but other than that, something like this always helps me connect with my grandmother who passed a few years ago. She loved him and i get it.

What a wild album (pun not intended) that could have both an incredible song like Perfect Day and then whatever the hell New York Telephone Conversation is

I mostly REALLY enjoyed this, you can hear the influence on their sound The Beatles made already, and the influence they’d have on bands like The White Stripes.

Very good! Glad i finally had an excuse to listen to this for the first time! HOLY FUCK we do not need the outro. You know you can just put all that in the lyric booklet my guy? Or at least don’t play the same goddamn 4 bars on loop for TWELVE FUCKING MINUTES.

Still jjust as incredible front to back as it ever was. Still sounds as dope as it did when i was 20 when it came out. Still an amazing story.

Pretty much all of this was good to great, didn’t care for Black Queen though

Another case of an albums back half being better than the front! The big songs still great and the deep tracks are pretty cool too

Could’ve just been Part I and it would’ve been fantasic already but then Part II some walking out of the forest and sounds like a Tenacious D song in the middle?! Really cool experience!

First 3 tracks were TOTALLY meh for me, then immediately after it got REALLY good for a bit? I obviously didn’t love this, but what i liked, i really liked. What a strange thing! At times pretty plodding British rock, at other times a Spiritualized-esque super-freak-out!

How perfect of a coincidence i get this album the day i see Al Jardine make a quick guest appearance on one of my favorite podcasts and he talks a TINY bit about this! This is as Tim Heidecker calls it “the reccord all the hipsters like” and i’d be right with them i guess.

I gotta say, i’m still a little fatigued from the “BIG” ones (Rolling in the Deep and OH GOD Someone Like You) but there are some SOLID deep tracks here! Like, o completely understand the absolute chokehold she had on so many caucasians a decade ago! Set Fire to the Rain is still a huge banger. THE STREAK OF 4S CONTINUES!!

Another 4! Bravo Common! His performance leaves a little to be desired on Silo but this is a pretty solid record! CLASSIC Dilla (RIP) and Kanye (RIP) production.

Peed my pants to this and i would do it again!

Damn, 2005 was a great music year. One of Becks best hands down.

WAY TO GO PAUL

Was this good? Yeah! Did i need 61 minutes of it? Maybe not! There were some really cool parts throughout this one but overall it’s pretty samey. I just wish there was more variety.

Really liked this! Groovy as hell and charmingly early 80s flavored new wave that I had no idea existed until this was generated for me! Definitely one i’m going to dig deeper into in the future!

SORRY GUYS I LIKE THE DOORS :(

Can’t rate this one considering this Cosmo guy apparently made this in his factory and not CCR

STILL a (mostly) perfect front to back barn burner

Didn’t pay CRAZY attention to the lyrics so they might be VERY 2002 but as far as everything else at least it’s like riiiight up my street

I was really into this! Mike Patton is forever a legend and this is a super fun record.

Connection is such a classic and classically cool song. If it were just that for 40 minutes this album would be a 10/10 but…it’s not so it’s this which IS great but there are one or two misses.

Didn’t even know It Was a Good Day was on this! What a nice surprise. Anyway, this really hit for me right out of the gate and didn’t really let up. I realized with this i’m a sucker for when rappers write respond to the reaction to their previous work. The production here is GREAT and the sample work is incredible too. But after all that, definitely gets a ding for early 90s casual misogyny and homophobia, WHOOPS CUBE.

Boy those guys plagiarized some good stuff! Nah for real though. They’re obviously talented but you can tell this is their first record, the much more interesting stuff comes later.

This is decidedly not for me dog. The vocals are an acquired taste to be sure, and worked for me on a couple of occasions but overall a slog.

OH DAMN I LOVE TORTOISE NOW

Hey i think this is really good i love how this list has some really totally not well known at all stuff on here THIS IS SARCASM

The Gilded Palace of Sin AKA your mother’s house AYYYYY For real though, this was pretty good! Almost great even! It did lose me a little toward the end though.

It’s fine! This doesn’t go a long way to convince me that Bob Marley and a select few other tracks aren’t the only reggae i need. Overall inoffensive, wouldn’t try to tune it out if it came on at a record shop.

WOW. Been meaning to listen to this one forever. From the very beginning i was locked in.

Bitter Sweet Symphony is an all timer. Some good songs, some okay songs, then the last two songs kick fucking ass

LOVE Gil, don’t get me wrong. And there were absolutely parts here that i also loved, but not enough unfortch😥

Very slick album! The slickness levels are through the roof on this one. Some stuff gets a LITTLE samey but the big songs here are the big ones for a reason for sure. You can hear the influence this record had on bands like St. Lucia.

Born to Run is betta

Gotta tell ya, i was REALLY close to giving this one a 2 based on the stuff i liked about this but there truly wasn’t enough for me there. Only one song i could see myself listening to again out of 15, most of the rest left me pretty annoyed. The excitement after pressing play on track 1 quickly faded and by track 10, checking to see how many tracks were left felt like some kind of karmic punishment. The non-screamt vocal deliveries were all well done but there’s only a couple of those and the rest is exhausting. I was SO relieved when it was over. Thinking of them rapping in those goofy masks makes me giggle though.

Always wanted to fully get into them and this is a nice place to start!

Pretty much the epitome of “i can acknowledge this is good but does almost nothing for me” some of the solos bordered on tacky for me.

Loved this since i was a kid. Porcelain is one of my favorite songs and imo one of the BEST songs. The soul samples and string arrangements still go really hard. GIVE THAT GUY HIS CDS.

Was never a fan of Mike Shinoda’s delivery. Still not. It just doesn’t work at all for me. Chester is an incredibly strong vocalist but Mike is not a very good rapper. The big singles are still fine. I actually enjoy In the End now in a “i will go a little bit in if it’s on with friends” kind of way.

I’ve only known Gloria for years so good to finally do this one!

Not my thing but not bad also! Definitely one of the more tolerable flavors in the genre for me.

It’s 80s U2 So i think it’s some good stuff Not the very best

Obligatory fuck Eric Clapton but this is pretty good

This being 10 songs and 74 minutes was a LITTLE daunting but ended up being mostly pretty rewarding!

FUN STUFF, and to hear Fairytale of New York in a regular album, non-Christmas context was pretty rad!

It’s fine! I think i would enjoy it a lot more without vocals honestly? Okay after finishing it, it got A LOT better as it went on and started getting weird lol.

It’s cool i guess! Vocals are an acquired taste for sure. I like it but i don’t know if i’d come back to it.

Y’all…this is purely stupid trash. Axl Rose’s voice is truly grating and i could not imagine listening to even just this record on a regular basis let alone the bands whole repertoire. If this were just the instrumentals it would still be just okay but definitely a whole lot better. This gets a 2 though for the big singles being at least tolerable and the entertainment value of all of Axl’s weird vocal affectations.

Definitely some jams here, but i thought it was just okay! It could be the volume i was listening at and i may have to go back in and do it louder but this didn’t exactly hit me in the way i feel like it should’ve.

I don’t think the Across the Universe cover is anything special really (is that a hot take?) but good lord the rest is FANTASTIC.

Good playing no doubt, and WONDERFUL for putting in a commercial about long-distance phone service in the 90s, and absolutely perfect if you want to listen to exactly that for 45 straight minutes. Like, once you’ve heard a bit you’ve heard it all. I thought the rendition of Sunny Side of the Street would give the record a nice pop at the end but was just more of the same basically. Not my favorite.

Pretty good! Most of this really worked for me! Enough to where I’m thinking of getting in deeper.

A telltale sign of just exactly how British this list is. Some of the beats are cool and i really enjoy Skeptas vocal tone and accent but still, i don’t really buy it? Like, people in the UK might think this is really hard but it’s honestly pretty boring to me? This is completely fine and i am completely unmoved. WAIT HOLD ON IT GETS A LOT MORE FUN AND A LOT BETTER IN THE SECOND HALF. Honestly holy hell once Numbers hit i was like “oh that one was kind of cool” then the momentum just kept going. I completely forgot about Shutdown, what a track. So yeah if this thing was like 7-8 tracks it would be absolutely fire. BUT-

So endlessly tragic. So much she could’ve done, just based off of this alone.

One of the easiest 5s ever given. Was a favorite of mine on a recent deep dive into their discography and it still is.

I have no idea if the big-beat sound is considered dated now but it’s still the coolest shit to me and RIGHT up my street. I was locked in from beginning to end and this stuff makes literally any activity feel like the most badass thing you’ve ever done.

Been a B&S fan for about 2 decades now but somehow never did this one! DAMN IT’S GREAT. Could’ve been because i put this on on a Saturday morning and it was the PERFECT vibe for the time, but DAMN.

Obviously a classic, but i don’t love all of it

YET ANOTHER 5/5. It’d been a while since i’ve done this one front to back and wow it still BANGS. The nearly hour runtime goes by so quickly.

There’s some stuff on this list so far that i kinda struggle to see it’s place for and this is one of those. No doubt passable but nothing came off too groundbreaking to me, and a lot of this record kind of blends together.

I guess i’d heard this record in passing before? A handful of these tracks were pretty familiar to me! ANYWAY, WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME. Maybe i’m just a 34-year-old white male music nerd but this HITS. ADD ANOTHER 5 TO THE LIST.

Do i like this better than Paranoid? Yeah.

I like the ones where other people are singing too

Years ago when listening to Bang a Gong i came to the realization that…i didn’t really care for it. That is, after the first 90 or so seconds. Once you hear the verse/chorus cycle a couple times, you’re like “okay i get it, and then what?” But it JUST. KEEPS. GOING. Other than that, most every other song didn’t really do it for me. There were a couple toward the end that i would consider going back to but most of it left me kind of bored.

I’ve been aware of Badly Drawn Boy for the longest time, going back to my “staying up later than i’m allowed to watch Conan” days and i’ve always known i’d like them if i dug more and HERE I AM 20+ YEARS LATER TO SAY… Yep. Good record.

This was a DELIGHTFUL and breezy live album. The band and BB are ALIVE and the crowd is having so much fun. Plus us type 1 diabetics gotta stick together.

The second dynamite live album in a row! Have always really enjoyed The Who so this was definitely one i looked forward to, however every version of this on streaming now is what i presume to be the “full set” (which is 84+ minutes) so what i listened to today was the condensed, original, 6-track, ~37-minute version, which still absolutely kicks ass.

Listening to this on a Saturday morning, my head laid on the bartop in my sisters apartment, the coffee maker chugging away for its life while it’s finishing brewing was the exact right vibe for this. Fantastic. I enjoyed this immensely and was immediately transported to a smokey club, a steamy back alley, and the offices of Sterling Cooper. Worth the 5 stars for Blue in Green alone.

Hell yeah! Mostly pretty cool!

Please understand this is not an endorsement of this man, but it can’t be denied how impactful he was for a long time and especially on this record, his artistic peak imo.

This is pretty peak “this”. It makes me laugh that basically every song has a fake out ending. The drumming pattern in the title track is a little awkward even though the song itself is admittedly an all timer.

Actually, pretty good! Enjoyed this a lot more than the previous Neil i’ve had. A lot more going on in this one and it sounded nice and went by quickly!

I knew i would really like this record when i finally sat down and listened to the whole thing and like it’s actually nearly perfect?!

Well for starters, Albatross definitely didn’t have to go first. It was kind of daunting right out of the gate for a first timer. Most of the rest was pretty groovy though! Idk man. Swan Lake is cool, Radio 4 is cool, Chant and some of the other stuff kind of drove me bananas. Not quite my favorite! I might go back to PIL at some point but maybe not this record.

All these years later and i’m still not CRAZY about Tell Her Tonight and it’s kind of a dip after Jacqueline but at least the really heavy hitters are immediately after! I heard this album a lot in passing as an early teen so i knew every song here but just not too deeply. It’s such a solid and fun debut that comes just shy of being great, apart from a few tracks.

Really sucks this website doesn’t have like a 5+ stars option because this would absolutely be one to get it. I have loved this album since i was 11-12 so this is a huge one for me. Still a gorgeous, trippy and cool banger through and through.

Bigmouth Strikes Again is one of my fave Smiths songs! This was nice! Not perfect but very nice!

This is really good. REALLY good. Great even. But i think Leonard is also a genius for knowing how long to make an album. I don’t know if i’d be up for doing this for double the length. #2harrowed

It’s good! Still not too well-versed in early Cure (Cure-ly) so the more raw sound might take some getting used to, but there’s just a good amount of this band i like more.

I think Levon finally clicked with me this listen!

When like at least 4/9 of the tracks are ALL TIMERS, this record more than earns its place in this list.

All of this is good, not all of it is great. But god damn the good stuff is absolute essential hip hop.

I can absolutely say that this is good, but is just mostly hitting me on the wrong day. It definitely has its place (as everything does i guess) but on first listen it’s CRAZY overstimulating. I’m realizing through this project that i might not be AS into grime as i thought i was.

Some really cool moments on this one! Not quite long enough to leave more of an impression on me though? Before i knew it, it was done. The hook on Fingernails is kinda gross?

I mean this is definitely good stuff, although a good bit soured by the poster-hanging, “just smoked weed for the first time and now this is who i am” college kids of yore. Some of his most iconic music is on this record but other than that i don’t see myself coming back to this much.

Mick with the extra twang in his voice is fine but a lot better in smaller doses. As such, it took me a minute to get into Moonlight Mile. Other than that and the ever-furrowed brow over Brown Sugar (even though without the lyrical content it’s a super solid song) this is a pretty nice one.

Second Curtis record! It’s pretty dang good! The potential for me to buy this LP to just put on when i have no better idea is through the roof.

It’s the wildest thing on Earth that this band completely disappeared after this record and you can’t find ANY information as to why 😮🤔🤨

There’s probably other people who do this better, right? Dancing and one other were cool but a lot of this felt like an extra chore on top of the room cleaning i was doing.

Nick of Time absolutely RULES as a song but only a few more rose above “good” for me! Still very listenable though.

First off, there’s a 19 minute version of Smiling Phases on the expanded edition that I’m excited to hear. Second, the first thing should tip you off as to how much i enjoyed this. So pleasant, funky, jazzy and brassy all the way through. Cool shit.

I remember a good amount of this record from childhood, as i was 4 when it came out and my mom became a huge Foos fan for a while. This is my first time listening to it in full as an adult! Pretty solid stuff!

I, uh…i dunno. I don’t think it’s talking too much out of school to say the title track just sounds like a bunch of aimless keyboard plonking? And for a track that makes a note to have (seven) distinct sections, none of them sound very different from each other, if really at all. I liked the second side better; shorter tracks and somg different ideas. Bitches Crystal is pretty cool.

The two tentpole songs are great (title track and Riders On the Storm) even though LA Woman is goofy as hell and also kinda stupid? I’ve been “LA Woman is stupid-pilled” since the episode of Punch Up the Jam years ago. Other than that, this is okay! Doesn’t move the needle too much for me either! The Doors are still a pretty musically (MUSICALLY) talented band that also kinda sucks.

Early Cure surely has its allure but you’re gonna infer i prefer the later stuff!

Just riffs, hooks and energy for 40 minutes! Flashes of The Kinks and The Rolling Stones and others all over it! HELL yeah.

Trying to figure out EXACTLY why but i liked this IMMENSELY more than 2112. Maybe it’s just a little more shine on the production? Maybe it’s the fact there were multiple tentpole songs i already knew, but i’m not sure. This one really worked for me.

It’s surely competent but like, so heavy-handed? And he is most definitely trying to imitate Prince on a lot of this but it just comes out as screeching instead. And like, the “YEAH YEAH YE-YE-YEAH” like he does on Fly Away was i guess just a signature move of his? You’ve got better stuff in ya Lenny. You’ll get there soon.

Not bad! A pretty fun experience the whole way. The Born to Run cover was okay but unnecessary. Sort of loses steam near the end.

Shortly after George Michael passed i watched a documentary on him that really focused on this album. I got the impression that i’d probably be very into it, and i am a HUGE fan of Faith, his previous record. I just never got around to listening to this?? It’s such a shame that a lot of people nowadays just associate George Michael with the songs he’s made which have become memefied (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Careless Whisper, although those 2 are pretty much pop perfection) Anyway, fucking great.

One of the best records to come out in my lifetime, hands down. This is one that came out at the exact right moment in time and in its own way helped make me the person i am today.

Aracde Fire were a very important band to me for a long time. Saw them on SNL then on Austin City Limits and i thought i’d be a BIG FAN™️ for life. Then Everything Now happened, although that one had a couple of tracks i actually enjoyed. Then WE came out and it was fine! Actually got my eyes on them for a little bit again. Then all the information about Win surfaced and like many, all the magic went away like that. Like magic. I told myself at the time that i’d be able to go back to the stuff before they hit it huge and he still had “things to say”, but i haven’t touched any of it since. I’m rating this album for what it was, and what i still wish it was for me.

I’ll be honest fam, i didn’t do this one as Ms. Arulpragasam’s antics are still very fresh and still happening, i’d JUST gotten a Kanye and an Arcade Fire album (which i also didn’t listen to when they came up but i know both those records backwards and front) and when this one generated for me i had a visceral reaction of disgust. I only knew a couple tracks off of this one but i can’t see myself being able to not think about anything other than how this is all coming from a whacked-out moron who this person would have despised if i were to try and play the whole thing. I have to admit i’m kinda coming at this one differently than those other two but again, the wound is still pretty new. You really let us down, Mathangi.

Really enjoyed this! A nice 5-track 62-minute record to put on and get lost in. Felas band and Ginger really work together well and every track is like an adventure.

If you truly know me you know just how much i can’t stand these guys and i’ve called them the most aggressively mediocre band of all time.

Not a very consistent listen but it’s at least interesting and the good parts are pretty cool.

Did i like this more than Pink Moon? …yeah

The little vocal twitches that sound like bird calls aren’t my FAVORITE thing but…you know what, i’ll allow it. Very cool, very weird record. Points for how unique it is alone.

I really like Elvis Costello but kindly: what the hell is this one? It’s mixed terribly. Like why are his vocals SO forward? Especially with a lot of these songs being kind of vocally demanding, leading to Elvis stretching for notes he shouldn’t be? It got better as it went on but overall, a little too long. Honestly could cut like 4-5 tracks.

I’ve struggled with PJ Harvey over the years but i’ve never quite given her an honest shake til now. I didn’t LOVE it but i definitely want to know more now!

Fuck these goddamn Zionist bitches. Anyway, this is my favorite Radiohead record still.

Totally glad that they kept experimenting til the very end, although not all of this is my cup of tea

Whatever man. Fuck this guy to the degree that i was really bummed getting this record generated for me and i don’t wanna do it. I dunno, it’s probably really good. God man, gimme a break from all these dumb motherfuckers.

I mean, it’s PRETTY good but a lot of this is an exercise in “how long can you tolerate this very high pitched sample that plays throughout the WHOLE SONG”

Bowie good

Okay but how kickass would England be as a closer instead? Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks is a wonderful song and a fine end to this wonderful record but England is maybeeeee my favorite National song so

I swear i’ve heard a lot of these songs as background in film and TV, most likely Dexter. Incredible playing. Incredible vibes front to back. Some of these tracks are absolutely beautiful. A LITTLE bit too long here and there but there are so many worse ways to spend an hour.

Still the best.

This album becomes a lot more digestible when you do your research and realize you don’t HAVE to listen to a whole hour of it like the version that’s on streaming. Not as bad as the 1-2 star reviews would have you believe but i really find it difficult to defend its place on the list.

This MIGHT become a 5 someday for me

One of the easiest 5s. One of my favorite albums ever. The 1-star reviews on here are baffling.

Didn’t HATE it but it doesn’t really do a lot for me. THEN i learned it’s quite literally about statutory rape? With no (as far as i can tell) context or message other than “this is a story about statutory rape”? Yeah, this thing fucking sucks. Why is he just whispering the lyrics(?) like he’s telling a secret? OH I BET I KNOW. The instrumentals are nothing special either. Sometimes i think the author of this list is way off the mark and this is definitely that.

This features Well Well Well and my fellow Dynamic Banter fans will understand how big of a deal that is. Also a good handful of more goofy John Lennon yelling.

It’s good!! I definitely don’t MIND acoustic Bruce (a-Bruce-stic?) but i do kinda mind 40+ minutes of it in a row unfortunately. Not bad at all, just far from my favorite.

Cool as hell. Gonna check her out more. Might be a 5 for me some day.

I like Dinosaur Jr. and they’re a very reliable band that you pretty much know exactly what you’re going to get from. However i don’t know exactly how often i’d come back to this one.

*listened to the original version for review purposes* Really glad they put the full concert out at some point because you can just tell from the start that you’re coming in in the middle of things. I definitely plan on revisiting and getting a full account of things at some point. This was a great time and i think at least most of the people complaining that “he sings the same song twice in a row” are kinda missing some context ot aren’t listening to closely. Also jfc “this is country so it’s a 1” is the laziest thing. Like why are you doing this if you’re so ready to dismiss a whole genre outright.

Okay this was cool as hell

This record has multiple all-time “indie” bangers on it, but i’m still rating it a 4 because i know there’s room for improvement with them. If this were Helplessness Blues i would be losing my mind right now. I still remember as a high school sophomore devouring the 4 songs that were available on their MySpace page before they were on Sub Pop.

It’s okay! Nothing really aurally offensive to me personally. Would probably put this on for something in the background in the future.

Black Sabbath Vol. 4 > Black Sabbath > Paranoid I said it

Hell yeah! This rocked and it’s another on the list of “cool to hear what stuff went on to influence other stuff” records

Has SEVERAL certified pop classics on here, crazy influential and fun all the way.

Coco’s betta. Definitely solid but can’t say how much i’d come back to this one.

Hey, L.A. Blues? I GET it but like…not for me pals. Right in the middle for me. Didn’t love it, but nothing was too unpleasant. I can even appreciate the last track even though i would never go out of my way to listen to it.

This was cool as hell? I went in knowing absolutely nothing and was greatly rewarded! A nice 60s rock adventure that’s not afraid to get super weird for a second. Might have to dig deeper.

Will probably get better for me on future listens but this was still really solid and has a couple of my favorite Kinks songs.

There is no way this would get higher than a 2. It gets that score for entertainment value alone. I don’t know who needs to read this but holy shit Kiss sucks. I guess i can see why it’s here though? Like, i GUESS you need representation for this kind of sound. As in, a pretty bad one.

A couple songs i genuinely enjoy on this! Might ACTUALLY listen to them again! Other than those 3 or so tracks though this was standard Neil for me. The “shaky” voice i cannot abide. I really think i would like so many of these songs so much more of someone else were singing them.

GODDAMN this is good. The tracks are for the most part assuredly long but the whole thing is a total party.

This is a very good record. Great even. I’m aware of its legendary status. I’m just not quite there yet but i feel like if this came out when i was a teenager it might be my favorite thing ever.

I’m lovin’ these robots!

Definitely not my thing, as it never really has been, and wore pretty thin pretty quickly.

Pretty kickass not gonna lie

I friggin love Randy and this record is so good. The big issue here is Rednecks. I 100% understand the point of the song, and i actually think it’s an incredible piece of satire and a very well made song. That still doesn’t take away the sting of hearing one of our greatest American songwriters sing the n-word intermittently for 3 minutes. I know he stopped doing it live because it was getting a little TOO much of the wrong kind of love in the crowd and good on him for that.

Not quite my thing! Has a solid foundation in the instrumentals but the vocals don’t quite hit for me here. I really liked the last 3 or so tracks but didn’t like this one enough as a whole to keep going with the bonus tracks.

Listen to me. I’ve given everything on this list a fair shot, but RHCP have been the only artist i have skipped with no intention of going back. I’ve given them a shot my whole life and although this has the one song i tolerate from them the most (Under the Bridge ftr) the prospect of listening to the remaining 71 minutes seems like a Hell designed for me personally. They’re an aggressively mediocre band and their lead singer is a pedophile so what more do you expect me to say here

Definitely an adventure. This actually doesn’t feel as long as it is?

Kind of dug it at the start, thought Glam-Racket ripped, then immediately after this became a very annoying endeavor for the most part. Sometimes Mark E. Smiths delivery REALLY works for me and sometimes it REALLY does not.

This hit all the right spots for me what can I say? Despite seemingly not being able to escape Mark E Smith, this was a fantastic record. I had to find it on YouTube to listen to but it was worth the search! This thing is dope as hell!

Statistically not my favorite Nick Drake record but oh my god VERY good

If you ask most white people raised in the 80s/90s what they thought African music sounded like, they would open their mouth and this would come out. Apparently this guy SUPER SUCKS but i’m not here to judge his actions at the moment. While very nice, once you get about 3 tracks in and you know for the most part what you’re getting with the rest. Extra little score bump though for some stuff sounding straight out of an SNES/N64 game and no joke Obrigado sounds just like that Juicy Juice ad they used to play during PBS Kids minus the steel drum.

I would’ve picked a different Hot Chip record? Or not one at all maybe?? I REALLY like Hot Chip but i don’t know how “absolutely essential” this record is.

Started this and thought “i’ll just do a little at a time, it’s 67 ass minutes long” and ended steamrolling through the whole thing. It’s great! These guys is great! This doesn’t have my favorite Stones songs on it but it might be my favorite record of theirs so far.

It’s Jack White! It’s serviceable! Does it nees to be on this list though? Jack Whites solo stuff is obviously good but it takes a bit to get better on his own. His first couple records still don’t hit how i feel they should.

Rod Stewart has some good songs. A couple of them are here! Mandin Wind is great and so is the opening title track. Otherwise? Not horrible but decidedly not my thing.

Aerosmith sucks ass and has only made a couple songs i would call legitimately good. Luckily a couple of those are on here!

I’m tired of this, grandpa (Nah it’s got some good stuff. I like Thrasher and Powderfinger)

These guys are GOOD and this is VERY GOOD. This isn’t my favorite of theirs though!

I like SOME parts of SOME songs! Overall though i am so glad that we as a nation have moved past Kings of Leon. Remember how they were the biggest thing in town? What a baffling time for America. Anyway, The Bucket is still good.

I’ve really liked this album for a long time now and i hadn’t heard it in a while so i was really excited to see this come up. It still rips!! Yeah some of the songs are a tad samey sonically but they’re good and they don’t stay around long enough to get sick of.

Boy did it take me multiple tries to get into Joanna, but once it finally clicked it ended up being one of the most rewarding efforts in my music listening life. Once you’re okay with her storybook witch voice, everything else opens up in a BIG way and becomes so beautiful. I wish her and Steve the Cunt nothing but the best forever and ever.

I’m gonna need this website to create a 6-star rating if only for this record. Title track is one of the best songs ever made Cecilia is one of the best songs ever made The Boxer is one of the best songs ever made The Only Living Boy in New York is one of the best songs ever made I truly wish the documentary on the making of this album were more accessible. It’s so fucking good.

Definitely not bad! Pretty cool! Like many here will probably say though, it does drag a bit and some songs could definitely shave off a few minutes. How it’s Made-core forever

This one’s got Lust for Life AND The Passenger on it!! Other than that, it doesn’t do MUCH for me!! Not a fan of the longer tracks on this one. After Turn Blue it felt like looking at the length of the last track was the albums way of laughing at me. And THEN the album just kind of ends shortly after me getting into the last track. COME ON.

Really liked this! It didn’t stop sounding really nice! Something is keeping me from going full 5-stars though. If i ever figure out what that is, maybe i’ll revisit and revise.

I knew this album was on the list but nothing ever really prepares you for having bags of hot garbage that’s been baking in the sun for hours and full of liquid from old meat and chew spit being thrown at you for for SEVENTY-FIVE FUCKING MINUTES. Like seriously what was the compulsion to full an entire CDs length with this? I like the intro? But then of course here comes Fred Durst to accompany the rest of the album and sound like, in all honesty, a giant bitch. I knew of Limp Bizkit very tangentially as their sound was really never my particular thing. Someone i knew in 6th grade came to school with this in his portable CD player and i think that’s the perfect time to be interested in them. If you’re a full grown adult listening in earnest to this, i highly encourage you to broaden your horizons. Every single song save for a couple sound exactly the same. The random beep boops in Getcha Groove On sound like someone playing the only 3 notes they know. I’ve always liked the riff in Take a Look Around though! That was nice to hear. I can’t pretend to know the psychology behind putting this record here. Was it the perfect encapsulation of an era in music and pop culture? How much does the author genuinely get out of this? I can honestly say i’ve been a little in the trenches of this list now. I can’t imagine it getting MUCH worse than this.

Tribe is my favorite rap group! This is one of your classic cases of “I know there’s room for improvement“ here though

This was so nice!! Another in the column of albums i’m really glad i got exposed to from doing this! I didn’t understand like ALMOST ANY of it but i felt it!

Very good album from a very incredible and singular woman whose loss has been felt through so many corners of the country. You’re out pretty much as soon as you’re in with this one, being only 28 minutes but still runs the gamut of emotions from the title track to something like If I Lose My Mind and She Never Met a Man (She Didn’t Like).

I liked this! It’s pretty cool and interesting! Call me ignorant but i think other bands do and have done this style better. It doesn’t quite SCREAM “alt-country” to me? The only one i think would come closest is the only cover on the record.