1001 Albums Summary

Day 1 — Metallica — Metallica (Black Album) (1991) Listened: Feb 23, 2026 Genre: Heavy Metal / Hard Rock Vibe: Haunting, aggressive, melodic Highlights: • Enter Sandman • The Unforgiven • Nothing Else Matters Impression: Giant sound. Very melodic for how heavy it is. Good balance for my tastes and makes heavy metal palatable for me. Rating: 3.0/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Day 2 — Norah Jones — Come Away With Me (2002) Listened: Feb 24, 2026 Genre: Jazz-Pop / Soft Soul / Adult Contemporary Vibe: Bluesy, jazzy, dreamy, soothing soul with a little country Highlights: • Don’t Know Why • Cold Cold Heart • Feelin’ The Same Way • Turn Me On Impression: Very dreamy, soothing vibe combining many favorite genres with the perfect voice for the overall vibe. Rating: 2.9/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Day 3 — Willie Colón & Rubén Blades — Siembra (1978) Listened: Feb 25, 2026 Genre: Salsa / Latin Soul Vibe: Fun, Latin dancing, energetic Highlights: • Plástico • Pedro Navaja • María Lionza Impression: I enjoyed it for not having listened to Salsa music much. Rating: 2.8/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Probably

Day 4 — Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin II (1969) Listened: Feb 26, 2026 Genre: Blues Rock / Hard Rock Vibe: Bluesy hard rock Highlights: • Whole Lotta Love • What Is and What Should Never Be • The Lemon Song • Thank You • Heartbreaker • Living Loving Maid (She’s Just a Woman) • Ramble On • Moby Dick • Bring It On Home Impression: Great album from start to finish. Love the blues inspired rock, huge guitar riffs, epic rhythm section and perfect voice for it all. Rating: 4.6/5 Keep songs? Yes — all added to favorites Revisit album? Absolutely

Day 5 — Pixies — Bossanova (1990) Listened: Feb 27, 2026 Genre: Alternative Rock / Surf Punk Vibe: Spacey, distorted, dynamic alternative rock Highlights: • Velouria • All Over the World • Dig for Fire Impression: Fun, fast-paced spacey surf rock. Appreciate its cultural significance even if not fully in my lane. Rating: 2.4/5 Keep songs? Favorites only Revisit album? Maybe

Day 5/6 — Willie Nelson — Stardust (1978) Listened: Feb 27–28, 2026 Genre: Country Jazz / Torch & Twang Vibe: Chill country music with a little jazz Highlights: • Georgia On My Mind • Blue Skies • All of Me • Unchained Melody • Someone to Watch Over Me Impression: Nice album of covers fusing country and jazz. Really grew on me by the third listen. Rating: 3.7/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Day 6/7/8 — Neil Young & Crazy Horse — Rust Never Sleeps (1979) Listened: Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2026 Genre: Folk Rock / Heartland Punk Vibe: Chill acoustic to start with heavy lyrics leading to harder electric punk-influenced rock Highlights: • My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) • Thrasher • Pocahontas • Powderfinger • Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Impression: Took more listens to start digesting this album. Lyrics need attention — once they land the album opens up completely. Rating: 3.4/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Day 8/9 — Erykah Badu — Mama’s Gun (2000) Listened: Mar 2–3, 2026 Genre: Neo-Soul / Funk Soul Vibe: Chill funky R&B and soul Highlights: • Didn’t Cha Know • My Life • … & On • In Love With You (feat. Stephen Marley) • Bag Lady • Green Eyes Impression: Love the mix of R&B and soul with funk. Beautiful voice and great album top to bottom. Rating: 3.2/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Day 9 — Black Sabbath — Black Sabbath (1970) Listened: Mar 3, 2026 Genre: Proto-Metal / Doom Metal Vibe: Dark horror heavy metal Highlights: • The Wizard • Wasp / Behind the Wall of Sleep / Bassically / N.I.B. • A Bit of Finger / Sleeping Village / Warning Impression: Great from start to finish. Great riffs and dark lyrics create an epically haunting vibe that defined the genre. Rating: 3.5/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Day 10 — Goldfrapp — Felt Mountain (2000) Listened: Mar 4, 2026 Genre: Electronica / Art Pop (Cinematic) Vibe: Dreamy, cinematic, haunting electronic Highlights: • Human Impression: Very cinematic and atmospheric with haunting vocals and unique electronic production. Feels almost like a dark movie soundtrack. Rating: 1.0/5 Keep songs? Human only Revisit album? No

Day 11 — David Bowie — Station to Station (1976) Listened: Mar 6–7, 2026 Genre: Art Rock / Glam Rock / Proto-New Wave Vibe: Cold, hypnotic, theatrical — cocaine-fueled late-night Berlin energy with soul influences Highlights: • Station to Station • Golden Years • Word on a Wing Impression: Not necessarily my style of rock but I was able to enjoy it after a few listens. Enjoyed Golden Years right away while others grew on me. Rating: 3.1/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Day 12 — Lorde — Melodrama (2017) Listened: Mar 7, 2026 Genre: Indie Pop / Art Pop / Electropop Vibe: Heartbreak driven and emotionally raw, empowering, melancholic theatrical pop Highlights: • Green Light • Sober • The Louvre • Hard Feelings/Loveless • Writer in the Dark • Supercut • Perfect Places Impression: Great album from top to bottom. This is my type of pop. Great energy and lyrics. Rating: 3.5/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Day 13/14 — Gillian Welch — Time (The Revelator) (2001) Listened: Mar 8–9, 2026 Genre: Americana / Folk / Alternative Country Vibe: Stark, sparse, literary — two guitars and two voices painting dark American portraits Highlights: • Revelator • I Dream a Highway Impression: Lyric driven folk that grows each listen. Not my favorite. Rating: 2.2/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Maybe

Day 14/15 — Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) Listened: Mar 9, 2026 Genre: Hip-Hop / Rap Vibe: Angry, playful lyrical deep wordplay with perfect production for his groundbreaking style Highlights: • Kill You • Stan (feat. Dido) • Who Knew • The Way I Am • The Real Slim Shady • I’m Back • Marshall Mathers • Drug Ballad • Amityville (feat. Bizarre) • Bitch Please II (feat. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Alvin Joiner & Nate Dogg) • Under the Influence (feat. D12) • Criminal Impression: Loved this album as a 9th grader when it came out and love it now. Top to bottom great album. Rating: 4.7/5 Keep songs? Absolutely Revisit album? For sure

Day 15 — Korn — Follow The Leader (1998) Listened: Mar 9, 2026 Genre: Nu-Metal / Alternative Metal / Rap-Metal Vibe: Aggressive, angsty nu-metal being formed with metal and hip-hop being fused Highlights: • Freak On a Leash • Children of the Korn (feat. Ice Cube) • All In the Family (feat. Fred Durst) Impression: Childhood classic and one of my first albums owned. Holds up better than expected as a defining document of the nu-metal era — the hip-hop and metal fusion was genuinely innovative for 1998. Nostalgia aside, the groove and energy still hit. Rating: 2.9/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Probably

Day 16 — Scott Walker — Scott 2 (1968) Listened: Mar 10, 2026 Genre: Orchestral Pop / Baroque Pop / Sunshine Pop Vibe: Lush, cinematic late-60s orchestral pop — sweeping strings, a velvet baritone voice, and surprisingly witty, darkly comic lyrics beneath the glamour Highlights: • Jackie • The Black Sheep Boy • The Amorous Humphrey Plugg • Next • Plastic Palace People • The Girls and the Dogs Impression: Fun late 60s pop. Good voice and funny, engaging lyrics beneath the lavish orchestral production. More depth than the polished surface suggests. Rating: 3.7/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Day 17 — Bruce Springsteen — Nebraska (1982) Listened: Mar 11–16, 2026 Genre: Folk Rock / Heartland Rock / Americana Vibe: Raw, desolate acoustic Springsteen — home-recorded demos that became a masterpiece, painting bleak portraits of working-class American desperation Highlights: • Atlantic City • State Trooper • Open All Night Impression: Took a while to grow on me but ended up enjoying it. The home-recorded quality gives it an intimacy that polished production never could — feels like eavesdropping on someone’s darkest thoughts. Rating: 3.4/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Probably

Day 18 — The White Stripes — White Blood Cells (2001) Listened: Mar 16, 2026 Genre: Garage Rock / Blues Rock / Alternative Rock Vibe: Raw, stripped-down blues-driven garage rock — just guitar and drums creating a sound bigger than it has any right to be, classic rock energy filtered through lo-fi punk attitude Highlights: • Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground • Hotel Yorba • I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman • Fell in Love with a Girl • Little Room • The Union Forever • We’re Going to Be Friends • I Think I Smell a Rat • I Can’t Wait • I Can Learn Impression: Great classic rock sound with great guitar riffs from top to bottom. Jack White nails the melodic guitar riffs alongside the vocals and Meg White is a perfect minimalist foil on drums. Remarkable that two people make this much noise and this much melody simultaneously. Rating: 4.3/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Definitely

Day 19 — Ravi Shankar — The Sounds of India (1957) Listened: Mar 16–17, 2026 Genre: Indian Classical / Hindustani Classical / World Music Vibe: Meditative and educational — a guided journey through Indian classical music, building from individual sitar and tabla lessons into energetic, spiritual raga performances Highlights: • Máry-Bihág • Bhimpalasi Impression: Enjoyed learning how the sitar and percussion work individually and together. The narrated structure made it genuinely interesting as both a listening and educational experience. Rating: 2.1/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Maybe

Day 20 — Drive-By Truckers — Southern Rock Opera (2002) Listened: Mar 18–19, 2026 Genre: Southern Rock / Heartland Rock / Alternative Country Vibe: Fun, badass double album — scorching guitar riffs and solos carrying deeply literary lyrics about Southern identity, pride, contradiction and the mythology of Lynyrd Skynyrd Highlights: • Ronnie and Neil • 72 (This Highway’s Mean) • Dead, Drunk, and Naked • Guitar Man Upstairs • Birmingham • The Southern Thing • Let There Be Rock • Plastic Flowers On the Highway • Cassie’s Brother • Life In the Factory • Shut Up and Get On the Plane • Greenville to Baton Rouge • Angels and Fuselage Impression: Really fun badass double album. Had heard of Drive-By Truckers because of becoming a big Jason Isbell fan but this exceeded expectations. Great lyrics and the guitars rip throughout. A love letter to the South that doesn’t flinch from its contradictions. Rating: 4.5/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Probably regularly

Day 21 — Jorge Ben Jor — África Brasil (1976) Listened: Mar 19, 2026 Genre: Brazilian Funk / Samba-Soul / Afrobeat-influenced Pop Vibe: Fun Latin music infused with funk and pop Highlights: • Ponta de Lança Africano • Taj Mahal • Xica da Silva Impression: I enjoyed it despite not understanding the lyrics because of the relentless energy and funk infused into the music. Rating: 2.7/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Probably

Day 22 — Ella Fitzgerald — Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959) Listened: Mar 20–22, 2026 Genre: Vocal Jazz / Great American Songbook / Traditional Pop Vibe: Jazzy vocals and a lush orchestral big band make for a beautifully epic catalog of timeless American songs Highlights: • Sam and Delilah • Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off • Things Are Looking Up • That Certain Feeling • Someone to Watch Over Me • Clap Yo’ Hands • Stiff Upper Lip • Strike Up the Band • He Loves and She Loves • Treat Me Rough • Slap That Bass • I Got Rhythm • They Can’t Take That Away From Me Impression: Really grew on me the more I listened. Ella’s voice is so perfect and pristine, complemented by an epic orchestra throughout. Rating: 3.2/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Day 23 — Fleetwood Mac — Rumours (1977) Listened: Mar 23–24, 2026 Genre: Soft Rock / Pop Rock / Classic Rock Vibe: Energetic pop rock with dramatic relationship vocals and lyrics that are raw and relatable, fueled by a strong rhythm section, melodic guitar riffs and solos Highlights: • Second Hand News • Dreams • Never Going Back Again • Don’t Stop • Go Your Own Way • The Chain • You Make Loving Fun • I Don’t Want to Know • Gold Dust Woman Impression: Loved the entire album except for a couple of songs. Grew up on this album as a kid because my mom loved Fleetwood Mac and I definitely inherited that love for Stevie Nicks and the band. Rating: 4.6/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Absolutely

Day 24 — Michael Jackson — Off the Wall (1979) Listened: Mar 24–25, 2026 Genre: Funk / Soul / Disco / R&B Vibe: Late 70s disco energy with classic Jackson funk, soul and R&B touches Highlights: • Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough • Rock With You • Off the Wall • Girlfriend • I Can’t Help It • It’s the Falling in Love Impression: Not a big fan of pop and disco but Michael Jackson’s natural R&B, soul and funk make this an enjoyable album for me. Rating: 4.0/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes