This must have been an amazing listen when it first came out. The album is so cohesive but not overly so. There are well-crafted songs that could have seen good radio play. But also, at times, the music seems to spin out of control… almost. Just before they get to that point, the Pixies reign it back in.
The album makes me think of my friend, Amethyst.
I can also imagine someone listening to this album and rocking with a cigarette hanging out of their mouth, maybe while making a zine.
Classic Neil Young.
This was perfect to listen to while driving. At times, quiet and soulful, other times almost cinematic.
Turn Blue had some amazing depth.
Overall, the album was fairly decent.
This album was so important at the time but it really has not aged well. I can get with the general “fuck the police” messages but so much of this is just men being hateful.
This is the first album I’ve had where I actively wanted to skip certain songs or sections.
This album was really very good. I was surprised to see Wild World on there as I knew it but didn’t know the version that I knew was a cover.
“Where Do The Children Play” and “Father and Son” were both quite good and were excellent as opener/closer to the album.
I also think it’s interesting that there’s a second album to this that is a sort of “remix.”
This album has some fun covers - although the originals seem better to me but I admit it may be familiarity.
Dusty’s got a great range of songs and a really soulful voice but I still don’t quite understand why this is on the list as it doesn’t really present much new or outstanding.
Still, it was a decent listen.
This album would probably rated higher if someone was listening and rating while high.
Some of it reminds me of David Bowie, some reminds me of The Cure.
Disco 2000 was a great song!
All the songs work well together.
I don’t know that I’ve heard Pulp before but this would be the kind of music teenage me would have loved in the 90s, when the album came out.
Shining Star, Happy Feelin’, and the title song, The Way of the World, were all fantastic.
I’m not sure I’d ever listened to a whole Earth, Wind, and Fire album before but this was a good example of great soul music.
(Day 8, March 6, 2026)
Excellent beats and samples from a member of A Tribe Called Quest.
There was not a single song that I wanted to skip.
Tracks I particularly enjoyed:
Johnny Is Dead (very strong opener)
Gettin Up
You
We Fight/We Love
Move
I’m not sure why this is on the list. Maybe if this was a UK-specific list… I mean, it isn’t bad but it isn’t particularly good either. Nothing particularly stands out on the album.
This would be good background music, particularly for a time-passing montage, I think (particularly songs like Not A Lot To Do).
Album 10, March 8, 2026
This was an album that I’d heard all of before and I wanted it to be 5 stars, but I ended up giving it a 4. Beyond Celebrity Skin and Malibu, everything else seemed like background music.
Iconic ska album.
At no point did I want to turn it off. I appreciate the political aspects of this album.
I’d listen to it in full again.
Album 12, March 10, 2026
I love this album! There was not a single song that I wanted to skip. The songs were a nice mix of punk and rock with a little something more thrown in.
The music was just plain fun… I’m glad I got to hear this album.
March 11, 2026
I’ve always liked “Jane Says” and was hoping for a great album. But all I can really say about this is that I’m glad I listened to it once through. I wish I had more to say. It’s not bad, I just don’t think it’s particularly great, either.
Album 14, March 12, 2026
Oh man, this takes me back. I played this over and over when I was younger. Maybe nostalgia is at play here but this album still really rocks. Shirley Manson has it going on, for sure.
Still think my favorite song from this album is “Only Happy When It Rains.”
Album 15, 13 March 2026
I’d never heard of this band but I really enjoyed this album. It felt ahead of its time. This is like punk meets new wave.
I think Complications was my favorite track.
This album was so important and influential when it came out. For me, it definitely centers in a certain time and place.
I wouldn’t have been exposed to this album when it came out - I was nine and lived in a white household that didn’t listen to much rap at the time (though I, personally, would be listening to more rap within a handful of years) - but I’m glad I got to hear it now.
This album rocked! I could tell it was from the seventies because of the awesome guitar work. I would be fine listening to it in whole again someday.
Album 18, March 16, 2026
This album rocked! It scratched just the right itch. This was new wave/post punk with some spaced out elements to it.
I listened to the half or so while I was on my treadmill and it was excellent for that.
I’d totally listen to this again.
Album 19, March 17, 2026
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By far the weirdest album I have listened to so far. The first part of it was like if your local sex-positive club was in a lounge bar. The rest of it? I’m not sure. There’s some spoken word, some with a jazz feel, and some… you’d just have to experience.
If you like experimental stuff, this is the album for you.
All of that said, I really enjoyed the ride.
There are so many R.E.M. songs that I love but this album taught me that there are also many R.E.M. songs that I can just take or leave.
Four stars for this album because the good songs are just so good. I’d be giving it three stars otherwise.
Album 21, March 19, 2026
My first real exposure to jazz was in high school: I was in band from seventh grade on so maybe that should count but I personally always think of driver’s ed. My instructor always played jazz, specifically smooth jazz. All smooth jazz, all the time. Right around the same time, the movie, Mr. Holland’s Opus, came out and I watched it over and over again- it had some focus on jazz.
But this album is more improv jazz, with just piano, bass, and drums. This has the feeling of being right in a jazz bar, made even more so by the occasional clinking of glasses and light murmur of voices on the album.
It’s great jazz, perhaps some of the best I’ve heard, which is why I’m rating it five stars.
That being said, at this season of my life, I can’t see myself going to a jazz concert where all I was doing was listening to jazz (unless, perhaps, it was free but maybe even not then). However, I think I’d be fine doing something where jazz is the backdrop for another activity.
Album 22, March 20, 2026
I am totally unqualified to judge this one as I know very little about Hindustani music. However, it is very pretty. And it does feel like it conveys a shepherd’s day. The album was very influential, apparently. I could imagine hearing it in an eclectic new age-y shop.
Album 23, March 21, 2026
A nice indie sounding album, quintessential 2010s sounding. I’d listen to it again and it was great to listen to while I worked on a project.
This is a good album, very classic ZZ Top. If you like that biker bar sound, this album is for you. If you don’t like that sound, this probably isn’t for you.
Album 25, March 23, 2026
I understand that this album was apparently pretty influential but I don’t feel like it was really good. It was okay but not amazing.
Album 26, March 24, 2026
British hip-hop album. Little Simz’s rapping is very articulate and her rhyming is amazing. She has important stuff to say.
Album 27, March 25, 2026
Sinatra is good at what he does. My problem with this album is that it all sounds The Same. I kind of think that the sameiness was considered a feature at the time.
It’s fine enough for background music, I’m just not huge into this style of music.
Album 28, March 25, 2026
Absolutely love this album. Kate Bush does some amazing stuff and she very heavily influenced one of my favorite singers (Tori Amos).
It was really interesting to read reviews of this from before Running Up That Hill was on Stranger Things vs after and how she was virtually unknown in the US vs how many people knew her after.
The whole album is worth a listen.
Albums like this are a good part of the reason I’m participating in this project. I don’t think I would have ever been exposed to this album without doing the 1001 Albums Project but I’m glad I was able to hear it. Very experimental and quite fun.
Album 30, March 28, 2026
Laid-back Mexican-influenced music with indie singer/songwriter vibes. So many styles in one album. I liked it more than I thought I would. But it does sound very white-guy-does-Mexican-music.
Album 31, March 29, 2026
Such an influential album. It was a good listen.
Album 32, March 30, 2024
I have to admit that when I saw this album was the choice for today, I was… concerned. I ended up liking it more than I thought I would but there were times her voice kind of grated on me (but she does have a hauntingly beautiful voice).
It was interesting hearing her version of House of the Rising Sun.
Donna Donna was truly a sad, sorrowful song.
Mary Hamilton was quite sad, too.
I was intrigued by Girl of Constant Sorrow (I’ve only heard it from the male perspective before).
Album 33, March 31, 2026
This album fuses Indian music with (Western) rock and some electrónica.
This album was fine enough, though I did have to turn it off in the car, however, as it was really making me sleepy.
Album 34, March 1, 2026
It only took 35 albums to hit my first Beatles album.
I think this is one of their better early-Beatles albums.
