1001 Albums Summary

4/5 favs: whole lotta love, moby dick, lemon song

I like Dre's voice, solid feats too, although this album lyrically is not really my forte. Fav: Nuthin' but a "G" thang.

Not much of a funkhead, especially with the starting track of the first disc (Love's In Need Of Today) I was a bit put off, but the album really ramped up afterwards. Really nice to listen to, a lot of the tracks are very uplifting, which I very much enjoyed. :) Favs: Ordinary Pain, Pastime Paradise, Another Star.

It's... fine. Kind of boring to me, mostly because it's not my sound really. Still a good album, so lowering the score just because it's not my kind of music would be rude of me. Favs: Sound and Vision

Michael Stipe is one of my favorite vocalists ever. I'm genuinely surprised I haven't listened to this album before, outside of just It's the End of the World. About time I did, loved it! Favs: Welcome to the Occupation, It's the End of the World As We Know It, and mostly just all of the tracks

As someone who likes experimental and weird music this was excruciatingly painful to listen to. It's offbeat, but instead of creating a nice sound landscape, it just feels like I'm listening to children in a playground trying to start their own band. Favs: Actually none

Very much background work/radio music. It's fairly pleasant, nothing I'd consider groundbreaking though. Kind of like a melting pot of every single popular 90s rock bands.

That was very boring, but also painfully long. Shoutouts to Suicide being on disk one not 1, not even 2, but THREE times. Sounds like the kind of music your stoner friend would give you and tell you it'll "Increase your chakras". I've skipped disk 2 just because it's a reprise of songs from disk 1. I don't want more.

I did jump.

Pretty solid and a smooth nice listen. Not much more I can say, thoroughly enjoyed it.

I do not get the hype behind Beach Boys. Never did. This feels like the soundtrack to a bad fever dream I'd have after dunking a 4-pack of the strongest beer near me. Even the 2009 mix makes me feel like I'm listening to a detoriated tape on my uncle's broken Walkman. I still don't know whether it's my ears or the recording itself.

I don't think I can say anything more about this album than what's already been said. This is by far one of the best concept albums ever made. Sonically and lyrically wonderful, and while it's not my favorite Pink Floyd album, this still deserves all the praises it gets. Made me wanna rewatch the movie too.

Honestly as first I thought it's gonna be worse. Still not my kind of music, but it was fairly listenable.

A dose of energy I absolutely needed for a Friday morning. Alanis' voice is spectacular, genuinely such a fun listen. Feels like I've been transported to the 90s :)

Surprisingly smooth, this is your dad's dad rock. A fairly okay listen, nice background music, nothing mindblowingly spectacular.

It hurts me to know that Kanye completely lost his mind, because the production on Yeezus is genuinely phenomenal. It's harsh, abrasive and definitely not for everyone; but it feels genuinely timelessly fresh and futuristic. The ending to Hold My Liquor still gives me goosebumps. The lyrics are sadly arguably the weakest part of the album, I'm In It was genuinely grating to listen to, fuck me (not literally, please Kanye). Putting aside Kanye's slow descent into complete madness, it'd hurt me to give this album a bad rating, but it's also definitely not a 5.

He definitely had talent, sadly it does not make for music that I enjoy. It's genuinely so drawn out and so boring. Not for me.

I'm gonna preface this, with the fact that this is a very personal album by Cave about the tragic death of his son, so I'm gonna be a bit more generous in this review. The album is slow, murky and very sad, and while the lyrics sound like very B-tier slam poetry, they are the personal cries of Cave. Sadly, I did not enjoy the album, the sound isn't bad, the lyrics aren't something I'm gonna comment on (in short, they're bad), but I think I was just not in the right headspace/mood to truly enjoy something like this. I'm still gonna rate it above how I'd usually rate it, for the sole fact that this might be better enjoyed if you're in a less happy period of your life.

So far, since starting this list, this is by far the highlight of every single new album I've been introduced to. Absolutely enjoyed it throughoughly! Really energetic and lively, with the interludes nicely giving breathing room to it.

I like her voice, fairly unremarkable album though. Nice background listen, but that's about it.

I guessed who's back, and it was the 2000 Slim Shady. It's definitely a product of its time, with the lyrics being done to shock as much as they can. And to be fair, at some points the album was genuinely a bit too uncomfortable for my taste (ahem, Kim, ahem). All in all though, the backing tracks were great, and the vocals were on point. The lyrics are, well, they exist. Not the best rap album ever, but I definitely enjoyed it despite its flaws.

Sadly the moments where the instruments stopped were just as bad.

For a Slipknot album I expected it to be harsher than it actually was. Surprisingly a fun background listen to work, the instrumentals do a lot of heavy lifting here. Wasn't ever a fan of screamo vocals, but I can live with it.