1001 Albums Summary

Once in a Lifetime - Pretty Good I enjoy how the album starts upbeat and transitions to the slow dreamy vibe in the second half. This might not be the right genre for me, but it's cool as a project.

Heard it many times over the years. A classic. Excited to hear it again. ---- Yep. Even better than I remember.

Very good, but not S-Tier like "In Rainbows" from yesterday. The best song on the album is the very first one, which is always a bit of a bummer.

Amazing

Good back half

Some good tracks, but nothing special

Aggressively Mid

Not bad

Not really my style, but I appreciate what they are going for with this project.

Bad. Not like Michael Jackson. Just Awful.

Exactly what I expected. In a good way.

I dont give out many 1s. This is the worst album I have ever heard, but I love it in a sense. There are some good tracks, surprisingly. "Trouble Every Day" and "Anyway The Wind Blows" are added to my personal playlist. The fact that there are good songs on the album makes it worse in a sense. For example, the Adam & The Ants album on this list is clearly a 1 Star album. Bad from beginning to end. "Freak Out!" on the other hand is like going on bad first date. Awkward at first, then you see the good in the person midway through, but quickly find out that they have some weird s*it going on. Imagine if you gave an insane person acid, then let them into the DJ room in the back of Guitar Center. That is what experiencing "Help, I'm a Rock" is like.

If a 5 Star Album has "Three Good Songs & No Bad Ones" (a la Roger Ebert's view of Great Films), then what should we rate an album in which every song is good? Think how "Rumours", "Led Zeppelin IV", "Dark Side of the Moon" are projects deserving more than a perfect rating. While I wouldn't say Tidal is as amazing as the three albums I've just listed, it is comparable in that I saved every track to my personal playlist. Beautiful singing accompanying Beautiful lyrics accentuated by Beautiful piano.

Unexpectedly Good.