1001 Albums Summary

It's not Jimi's best, but it marked a shift to the even more psychedelic that is seen in Electric Ladyland.

A quintessential rock debut that is not only Van Halen's best, but one of the best of the era. No skips on this one!

Sprawling, big sounding, and a pleasant surprise from a band I only thought to be known as the "You Really Got Me band"

Genre defining! Made by people who didn't quite know where their sound was or heading!

It's fun (This album is what I presume it feels like to have a big beard)

The sound of California, a sound I feel that I've outgrown as I've gotten older

Funky, loose concept doesn't help or hurt my enjoyment, great driving album! Another great discovery!

Great live performance, high energy makes it a personal favorite

Lush sounding, an album that can be enjoyed at every mood, what a gem!

Not my favorite Metallica album, nor do I think it's their best, but this album is more than just the album with their best song

Not my thing, the more I look into the album the more it became interesting, still don't understand the influence it has to be included in this list

Great gem found this project, great to see 2010s inclusion

Influential, wild, and worth digesting! Seriously there's a 15 minute song in here that might seem like it goes on forever but it's worth it!

First example of I see why it's seen as great, but folk rock isn't my much of my thing to rate as highly as others

Easy to hear why this album was included, influential sound for so many acts to follow them

Fast, fun, great find from this journey!

I wish I could give a 2.5 star rating, it's just ok, little overrated to my ear but there is flashes of brilliance

This is the album with One on it, immediate 2 stars alone, the rest is hit or miss

Hard to rate, folk isn't my thing

Yet another gem, a sound is from the 70s but before it's time

Mick Jagger sings the blues, if the Stones went this direction after this then they might be worth exploring further

Measuring stick album similar to Black Sabbath, not quite to the upper echelon for me to give a 5

Hard to rate, this album would lend well to multiple listens, so my baseline has to be a 3 given my limited experience

Gem of an album, the author of the original book had to want readers to know about this album to avoid it from being overlooked

Not my thing but I'm glad to have given it a try, this album is something I would've never discovered on my own without this project

She's more than the woman who sings Son of a Preacher Man, would listen to again

I always thought that Janis Joplin sounded like a dude, seriously, this is just alright, docked the rating for the fake live elements that didn't really add anything to my experience

Just ok, never was a fan and this go around isn't no different, fun rock to drive to and that's about it to my ears

Another album I would've never given a shot if it wasn't for this project, by the halfway point of the opener I had a general idea of where this album would go but I wasn't disappointed, finally glad to give the notable Nick Cave a chance

Forgotten according to the streets, cool piece of history from the psych rock era

Yet another album I would've never discovered, this whole genre I probably would've never found

This was their peak, no ifs ands or buts about it

An album that gets more interesting the more details you learn about it, not my favorite thing Eno has had his hand in but of his solo works it's a great look into his style

"The first punk album" It's wacky, wildly ahead of its time soundwise, not one I would go back to regularly though

If this is the first album of Stevie's classic period then he was on a hell of a run, excited when other entries following this come up

Top tier concept album that suffers from some individual tracks not being able to stand on their own, middling album without the concept and large scale songs that are on both sides

Vampire Weekend owns a little bit to this album, the resemblance to their sound is uncanny at times, ok album that I would've never found without 1001

Super influential sound, perfect music to disassociate to

Suffers from same sound syndrome, easily their best album, feeling like a greatest hits album at times

Much like Funeral this album has its highs, but is The Suburbs the better of the inclusions? Albums like them both need time to marinate, and the format of this project force you to revisit them as you make your journey

Every genre has a defining classic and this is the one for bossa nova, a genre I would've never considered without 1001

Gem, one of the most vulnerable sounds I've ever heard, an album lost to time but shouldn't be

Manchester representation, this sound is as if Oasis was able to survive the new millennium, great band I plan on continuing with through their discography

Shoegaze legend, enjoyment is based solely on your enjoyment of the genre, not my thing compared to others from this era but it's just fine

Essential rock album with personal favorites, I'm looking at you "Someday"

The interludes slow down the album for me, still high quality rhymes throughout

Album was inescapable for months when it was released, most of my enjoyment now is the nostalgia for that period

Not even their best, hard to give any higher rating

One of the most diverse sounding albums I've encountered so far in 1001, lowkey gem that I may keep in rotation

Yet another album from this week that might be in my rotation

Half of this album feels disjointed as it was extra material from another album, even then this was a great discovery

Interesting look at another period from the band who made "Come on Eileen"

One of the most influential albums for a reason, unbelievable that a teenager composed these tracks

Fun, catchy as hell, cool to have such an influential album come up that might stay in my rotation

Fun concept album that lacks the umph to give it anything more than a middle of the road rating

I don't understand this album, it feels derivative compared to others I've heard as earlier as this week, might need to come back to this one!

Immensely influential to a lot of the stuff I love already, I plan on adding more from their discography after giving this a thorough listen

Super nostalgic for the opening track, it almost transports me to when I like 8, rest of the album isn't as great but it's fun enough to get a middling rating within the context of rating the entire thing

One of my favorites I found before 1001, with my limited time with Bowie's discography this is my favorite

Besides the music, easily the best album cover so far I've found through 1001, the music is funky too

Kind of a hard listen at times, but "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" alone holds it up to a 2 on my personal scale

Funny this came after Depeche Mode's Violator, this seems more dated and neutered by comparison while still being a fun 80s album

Yet another classic I heard already, one of Kanye's most underrated projects more than a decade after its first release, beyond all the memes and sound clips this album will stand the test of time for its innovation

Great musicianship but the pretentiousness persists, I can understand the love for this and Pink Floyd

Didn't enjoy this one, crazy to say about the Ramones but their sound isn't my thing

More experimental than Peter Gabriel 1 from earlier, not quite to my level past a 3 but it was enjoyable for the day

Kinda tough to get through at times, very much an album of the 00s but Pharell has his moments to shine

Pleasant surprise after the so-so week so far (got this on a Thursday), one of the most unique entries so far, I might prefer this to the other psychedelic entries I've had so far

Yet another shoegaze/dream pop essential that I can't get into

Yet another rough one to get through at times, hopefully my luck can change because it's been a while since I've found an entry I've clicked with

Brit Pop bleh to me, no memorable tracks for me

One of the most bloated albums I encountered so far with 1001, some highs that warrant a personal 3 star rating

"Hideous. That's the Beach Boys. If you can't give it 0 stars then it should get a 1." - My Dad on a road trip home

2nd appearance of Kate Bush technically after learning that she appeared on Peter Gabriel's "Melt", this album is more than just the album with that song from "Stranger Things"

One of the most lowkey albums I've had so far with 1001, could be the first country album I've had as it tows the line between folk and country consistently

If this album, not even Blur's best Britpop sounding album, is on this list then I'm certain that this won't be the last time I hear them in 1001