1001 Albums Summary

A completely cohesive album that tells a story with an ambiguous ending. Comments on humanity's fascist tendencies throughout society, school, motherhood, the courts, etc. Musical themes perfectly set the mood and match the lyrics. At times, mostly near the end of the album, the lyrics get a little too on the nose, but that's a minor quibble. Excellent album.

Great riffs abound on this album. It's wonderfully lofi, low tech, and high energy. The album sounds as though they just put a single mic in the middle of the room and let them play. Mistakes in Jack White's playing crop up, but they just add to the live feel of the album. The songs are very simple, but the songs are so great that you never get bored. This is helped by the fact that the songs average out to 2.5 minutes each. If this were just guitar and drums for the entire album, that could be tiring, but there are songs with organ and piano mixed in throughout to keep things interesting. This is a FUN album that can be listened to over and over again.

The first half of this album (through Kids) is incredible and then it falls off. All filler in the second half, but the first half of the album is nothing but perfect pop hooks.

This was ok. Sex machine was great, but outside of that I found myself to be a bit bored.

A lot of good songs that are enjoyable to listen to. Little to no rock and roll on here. A very bluesy album. I anticipated not liking this, but was pleasantly surprised.

Despite owning and enjoying much of his catalog, this album is boring. The only thing that caught my ear was his use of a riff from “Apache” during “How Does the Grass Grow?”. Completely forgettable otherwise.

Excellent artistry at work. The musicians stretch their creative muscles without ever losing the song’s backbone. Plenty of weirdness that reminded me of Zappa. I will be able to list to this many times without hearing the same thing twice.

An incredible tour de force, lyrically and musically.

You can see why so many artists cover his songs. Full of emotion and excellent songwriting. Interesting lyrics and hooks. Great album.

I can see why this is on here. I can hear the influences on later recordings, but not having heard it at the time it was made leaves it sounding extremely dated to my ears.

Sounds like Coldplay if they ditched the piano abd played the same drums every song. First few songs are solid though.

Everything they say about Sade is true. I was surprised though that the songs would be so enjoyable. A must-have album.

I can see why this is popular and considered to be great, but I don't like this album very much. It's just a musical with distorted guitars. I don't typically like musicals so this doesn't do much for me. That said, Meat Loaf is a vocal tour de force and the songwriting is good.

Right up there with Blood Sugar Sex Majik. No misses throughout the entire album.

Fantastic soundscapes from front to back. I haven’t watched the movie, but this score (including the narration in thr final track) make me want to check it out.

Holds up surprisingly well. Probably in large part due the emphasis on great vocals feom Chuck D and great work as always from Terminator X. Songs have a lot going on without losing the foundational beat driving the song.

An all-time great album. Every song is well-written and performed. The recording itself has a bit of live edge to it, while sounding well-produced. Very warm-sounding. The opening track is incredible and it maintains a very high level from there. If there’s a better Stones album, I haven’t heard it yet.

I found this to be above average throughout, but not really a “great” album. I enjoyed hearing the song from the Clueless soundtrack and overall enjoyed listening, but it was immediately forgettable outside of “Alright”.

Singing is atrocious. When it's just music, it's mostly interesting and good, but the vocals are really really bad. I understand why it's on here - they were influential to bands who became very popular, but the 'singing' is really hard to get past.

Music and vocals balance the cringey lyrics throughout the album. If you don’t listen to the lyrics, this is a good album. With them, it’s average.