1001 Albums Summary

I don't think I've listened to this in the past 25 years. It's aged, but aged well. Dynamic and melodic. Silly. White Stripes simplicity. Bass lines that hook. I miss Nick.

More blues than I thought

You can see why it influenced so many people. I still don't like her voice.

Ummm This just reminds me of the boys (they were always boys) who could play their instruments really well, keep a beat and not have a single memorable track. Geeks.

My son got into Michael Jackson's music last year. It made me relisten to a great deal of his back catalogue. Early, bouncing, dancing Michael was the best Michael. This isn't a perfect album, but it has some of the best aged music.

Not my thing.

I like Beck. I've listened to this album at least 3 times previously. I couldn't tell you anything about it. Dull.

Not his worst album, but not his best. The dynamism of his early stuff, combined with better production should have meant this would be better. Odd choices for singles from it. Best thing I found about it is that it's Napoleon Dynamite on the cover.

Banger. It's aged pretty well. Still angry. Still bouncy. Tom Morello's guitar still running a madness. Still great.

Some lovely songs on here, but also some, ultimately, forgettable.

Hard work

An album of its time. When so many albums and bands of that Seattle scene are reassessed as to whether they were grunge or punk or just rock, Mudhoney were always grunge. Definitely an interesting album, but one that doesn't make me want to return to it each day.

I understand why they were important in the grand punk scheme of things, but there's a reason why they don't get mentioned in the same hushed tones as some of the British punk bands, or later American ones. They just didn't have the tunes.

Good, but uneven. Some tracks are just filler, but when it's good, it's great.

The whole album is short and sweet, with variety and depth. Unlike some of their other albums.

This isn't the worst album that the generator has thrown out. But it's certainly not the greatest. Musically, it's fascinating, full of interesting and artistic choices. But I just don't think I'll ever want to listen to it again.

When this album hits, it really hits. There's a lot of filler on here though.

One of those rare albums. One that is melancholy and romantic, but bears up to repeated listens.

Previous LCD Soundsystem albums sound like the party you wished would keep going. American Dream sounds like the music played to tell people that the party is over. Stand-alone, this is a decently made album, but it drags and meanders.

This isn't the most even of releases. Essentially a compilation / cover album, it suffers from mixed production values. The one thing that separates this from others is the quality of songwriting and Sandy's soaring vocals.

I listened to this years and years ago, in my early twenties, as someone looking to get into more alternative music and away from Korn, Sepultura and punk stuff. I hated it then. It's grown on me since and I can appreciate that it's the sound of a great band starting on their journey. It's jangly guitar sounds are appropriate for the early 80s post punk scene. A lot of the songs do sound very similar, with chord changes and dynamics that don't very much from track to track. They get better.

My mum likes this album, I'm sure. My dad has a beard because of this album, I'm sure.

This is a very different kinda feel from Bruce. Someone else in the reviews mentioned Nick Cave and, lyrically, I get it. Songs of desperation and crime with a human touch. As an album it's a bit samey though.

The sound of a guy who knows how to play a guitar, but doesn't know what to play.

The best Elvis Costello album. Some absolutely classic guitar pop.

A great voice, but a mish mash of songs.

Ah, Beatlemania Beatles. It's not the best album ever, but it does give a good insight into what their early output was like. The number of covers on here should be a clue as to how this second album was released. It's still that early bouncy Scouse energy that shines through, but it's something they moved away from for a reason.

Not a perfect album by any means. But when it hits, it really goes for it. Supernaut is amazing, crunching, sludgy guitar over Ozzy at his best. And Changes is a goddamn gorgeous beautiful song. Some of the tracks on here aren't to the same standard though, and feel like filler, and the tracklisting feels a little off. But time we'll spent.

Reviewing this the morning after listening to it, I realise I remember very little about it. Good Times is a bop, but the rest of the album made very little impression on me.

I think "interesting" will cover this album. When it's uptempo and energetic, this really goes for it, but frequently it descends into downbeat discordant farty bass noise. Worth a listen.

Very 80s. Second half dragged a bit.

It's not that there's too much Elvis Costello on this list, it's that whoever made the list must be obsessed with him. This isn't a "bad" album. It's just really quite dull.

A mixed bag (no pun intended). Some bangers. Some dancefloor filler. It suffers the same fate as many dance albums, where the context of a DJ set makes more sense than an 45 minute album.

Everyone had at least one friend in uni who told you they were a musician, and could play multiple instruments. When they asked you to come see them play, it was always with the knowledge that we'd still be friends even if they were a bit shit. Which they usually were. Coldplay tap in to the same crappy vibes as those guys (it's always guys). But unlike your mate, being invited to the local pub to see them, Coldplay can actually write an ok song. Parachutes is good. A few timeless classics in there. Chris Martin is still whiny.

Front half of the album is almost perfect, second half drops the ball a little. So good.

Almost perfect. A couple of the non hits are really not great.

I love Pulp, but their output can be hit and miss. There are more misses than hits on here.

Pleasant, well made, with some fine songs covered. Unfortunately, some of them feel like parody songs conjuring up mental images of Willie in a lounge suit.

A fine artist. Not a great album.

This is one of those accessible Britrock bands that just seem to keep on going. It's a bit hit and miss as an album, but the guitars sound great and it's fun.

I never "got" Ryan Adams before. Bang average songs with some decent production. Why this appears on this list is a mystery. And there's no "goodwill bonus" for this douche either. Really chuffing boring.

This is a groundbreaking album. But only for diehard Radiohead fans. It marks the boundary of indiepop Radiohead and Avant Garde Radiohead. It's the sound of a band redefining itself and finding it's feet once more. It's also a bit of a snooze.

Really not my thing

Not a perfect album, but very atmospheric

Feels incredibly dated now, but even with historical context it's not essential listening.

It's a nice chill album. Akin to Zero 7 and Thievery Corporation, A Minha Menina is an outlier on here.

Perfectly competent MOR rock that left absolutely zero impression on me. I couldn't tell you anything about this album. Someone reviewed it as the soundtrack to the Gilmore Girls if there were no hooks. Can't disagree.

For all the reviews on here complaining that having a British rapper rapping about everyday issues, I can't help feel that they're of the "girls, bitches and bling" rap crowd. Anything different doesn't feel right. The Streets were never about that. And more power to them. They occupy a niche in rap of storytelling. And it's interesting. That said, he's a whiny storyteller. And there are only a couple of tracks that have anything musically interesting going on. 3

Not essential

Been humming all day...

Atmospheric and really well produced. Dull as ditchwater.

Not saying I didn't enjoy it, and it's something completely different so far, but I might as well be listening to medieval lute music for all it's relevance.

It's not trash. But any review that starts on that note means it ain't amazing. Put it this way, Boston finished and Spotify started playing me Chicago and my ears perked up.

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would

Nope

Widdly widdly widdly

I feel like I ought to like Hüsker Dü. Dü I like Hüsker Dü? I Dü not. It's not that it's bad per se, it's just overlong and the jangle of the guitars becomes grating after a while.

Really not my thing. But Ute Lemper has a fantastically strong voice and, although too long, the songs have interesting instrumentation and structure. I'm not singing along in the car though.

Loooong soooongs

It contains the song that made me fall over constantly as a 7 year old. I still can't do the lean from Smooth Criminal. I was genuinely shocked how much I hate the instrumentation on here though. And the backing vocals. Grating.