1001 Albums Summary

Good not great

Fine. Good. No complaints.

Good. Simple. A classic seaman’s album.

Groovy. Michael is better though. Funky listen

3/5 stars. Wouldn’t change a thing

Nothing shocking? More like nothing worth listening to.

Oh brother… These Guys STINK!!

Keep this album across the water you tea sipping yokels. Seriously, aside from Tiny Dancer this album would be lost to the hippie zeitgeist. 3/5 stars because Tiny Dancer is good and the grandiose piano parts probably went on to influence Hollywood mob pieces more so than music.

Good not great

Went in with no expectations - left with a favorite album

Peak 90s. Loved it.

Solid!

Y’all get mad at Tom Waits rambling on and on over a couple songs but overlook SIXTY-BLODDY-SEVEN studio albums of another man doing the exact same thing! This is like that one HR meme where the good looking guy gets away with harassment while the overweight coworker gets to talk with HR… Brandon, I triple dog dare you to do a discography review of Johnny Cash. ANYWAY, this is a good album. And I’m a fan of good covers - of which he has many on this album. This album is a great farewell. I liken it to Harrison Ford getting a lifetime achievement award. Love that “We’ll Meet Again” is the final track considering this was also a project for his kids.

Amazed my vocals carry a rather average album

It insists upon itself

Not a fan.

Loved it. Wouldn’t change a thing.

I once befriended a kid who grew up in a strict Christian Apostolic community. I’m talking women could only wear skirts type of community. We rode the bus together and I introduced him to A LOT of non biblical music on bus rides to and from school. He was my first kind of real friend in Kentucky so I overlooked a lot of red flags on a weirdo I probably otherwise should have seen. ANYWAY… His parents wouldn’t let him do normal stuff play call of duty or listen to music like Green Day (particularly this album). Sadly, I introduced him and his younger brother to both. I got to witness what a first person shooter tailor made for a PlayStation console and irate rock does to a guy. He went from like a silent/rebellious honor student who invited me to church to like full-on hanging out with D level students and bragging about getting into fights in the span of two months type of kid. I’m not kidding… His introduction to this album coincided with our grade reading The Outsiders. This kid LOVED American idiot. When we shared my iPod buds on the bus he’d always be like “Play that one American song man.” I also started noticing him bragging about going to fights against ‘socs’ to kids three levels younger on the bus. It was then I knew that maybe I had introduced this kid to too much. This guy reminded me a lot of Icarus and Green Day was his sun. After like two straight weeks of riding the bus together he kept requesting Green Day. That “play that American song man” request was starting to piss me off. Like, friends introduce each other to different music genres - they don’t make you constantly play Green Day 24/7. I started getting pissed and playing Don McLean and Bruce Springsteen when he made the “American song” request. But this album and particularly American Idiot had a weird withdrawal effect on him. It’s all he could crave. One day I silently deleted Green Day from my iPod and he couldn’t take it. I told him we could listen to other stuff. But after like a week of no Green Day (and particularly this album) he started sitting with other kids on the bus and our friendship never really recovered. Green Day was little more than a subtle paste that held us sitting together on a bus ride that lasted 20-25 minutes. Flash forward 15 years… I looked him up while listening to this album. He now has a couple of kids, didn’t maintain the apostolic lifestyle, and may or may not work. Wild to believe Green Day, this album, and maybe what American Idiot can do to a guy. Idk, maybe those weird republicans from the 90/00s railing against modern rock had a point. Was that all those republicans were trying to protect us from? Hell of an album though. I can still see this guy slapping his leg when American Idiot comes on. 4/5 stars, wouldn’t change a thing.

Solid! Not a huge Miles fan but this one is good

Good. My hot take is it’s 3⭐️s but still solid

Throwing hands with anyone who likes this album

Good not great

Good not great.

Pet Sounds? More like glorious absurdist angel music passed down from the heavens sounds

Fernando Mendoza was a two star - but I wouldn’t draft Fernando Mendoza

I’d like to shove this album in my …

Good

Better than I thought!

“Simply Red standing by” *proceeds to get shot down by a tie fighter*

Solid!

Didn’t judge their music by the album cover but the rating would have been the same

Actually listened to this one thrice! One of my favs so far

Biggie was better

I was caught in a “I want to listen to rap” mood when listening to this album. However, it does warrant this rating regardless. Let it be known that the doctor knows how to cook. Dr. Dre may be the only West Cost guy I like. (Snoop and his hosting/acting cameos aside).

Perfect.

Elton is hit or miss for me. This is an ok hit

3.5 stars - better than I expected!

Cloud 9? What about “5 Stars”

We did it, Joe

This album would have made me a loyalist. Anyway, happy July 4th.

Coldplay more like hard work

Certified banger

Wild beasts, tame music

Quite good!

Quote good and moody

Gawd awful

There’s a lot of hate regarding the lyrics, rhythm, and depictions of “street life”. But this is not only an iconic album, but dare I say a great one. The monotony in this album is intentional. That’s what makes the screams and terror more chilling. The lyrics are a counter culture to the lovey dovey feely good free love era after Vietnam. In an era where beer drinking rock and roll was king, this album actually took music in a different direction. But I get some of you all hate the fine wine of life. I personally think it helped give life to modern rap music and the alt 80s scene. “Frankie Teardrop” is an awesomely intense song. “Rocket USA” come to life when you watch Alex Garland’s Civil War. All of Bruce Springsteen’s catalog owes its moody landscapes to Suicide. This album is independent rock that gets hate from mainstream labels. Not liking this album is falling victim to Big Music. Not liking this album is akin to asking for ketchup with your steak when you go to Jeff Ruby’s No, I’m not kidding. I’d give this thing 6 dammit.

Coincidentally an alright summer album

I thought this was a 3 so I’m just adjusting for Brandon’s vote. #StopTheSteal

Decent 80s album

Never listened to this before, pleasantly surprised. 3/5, wouldn’t change a thing

These two goobers set back musical duos by decades.

I’ve been keeping it real lately. I wouldn’t recommend going “WU-TANG! WU-TANG!” When something goes wrong. Solid album though

Just ok

This lost a star because Jack White likes the Detroit Tigers

Maybe this caught me on a bad day… but I genuinely hated this one

Stick to SVU, T. Good album though

What do you listen to? Brad Pitt: “Radiohead. Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead.”

Not the biggest fan of this one - love him being a sad boy though

Good not great

Good enough for a second listen, good enough for two stars

Love abba

Love it

Should be called GOAT Again. I love Muddy ❤️❤️❤️

Just alright

Tucker was right… a theater kids dream :) Also, you can definitely see how this inspired my guy tom waits

4/5 easy

Hated this one

Love Aretha. Solid album but not her best. Maybe top 10 album during that time period though

I’m like Don Draper - I dislike the Beatles. I can’t deny there are some good ones on this album though… ANYWAY, 2/5 for being culturally relevant

Surprisingly loved the beat

A weird album, but that is Bowie. More good than weird yoko ono inspired sounds I don’t understand. 3.75/5

Solid album. Some say it’s a weird album not similar to other white stripes stuff, but I think it’s pretty in line with their catalog. Kind of like how Lost has a backstory for a character that IS IN FACT pertinent to the plot and arc of the series. Only in this case the series is still being written…

This album is great and me talking about it feels a little Patrick Batemanish… this album does define rock and soul. If You Need Me and Cry For Me are legendary bangers from the 60s (that should have a cultural revival considering the attention span of Gen Z and the added bonus of the songs only being around 2 minutes). I digress, 4/5

Love

I listen to this album while making fajitas on my new pans (shout out to Brandon Slone). A wonderful pepper sizzle was accompanied by some great punk rock. Wonderfully characteristic of the Irish rockers, this album foreshadowed a troubled time through some angst, but also soul. You can hear Motown all throughout this album. Loved it.

I feel so antiquated in modern society/culture… Everything is all beeps, boops, techno, raves, bass, and rap. Hendrix is where it’s at. Gimme a late 60s gritty guitar focused music culture that parties with cocaine over the above any day. I’d much rather knock my dick in the dirt everyday rather than take uppers that lobotomize my existence while beep-booping to 2020s wannabe disco On a more serious note, this is an album I’d put top 10 of all time. I think when historians look at the “United States of America” 2,000 years from now there’s a strong argument to make that this music gets lumped into the revolution in the 1770s in a horrible display of historical inaccuracy. This is the sound that has characterized the strongest era of American dominance. But it’s also a foundation album to the modern sound of music. There’s a lot to love with this one. Some of my favorites are Voodoo Chile and Little Miss Strange.