1001 Albums Summary

I recognized the song Maps and kind of liked it, the rest of it was pretty forgettable.

I think I would have enjoyed the studio album version more than the live version. There is no denying Deep Purple played a large role in the creation of heavy metal.

I've always been more inspired and impressed by the people that came after Hendrix who were inspired by him. But, this is still a solid album.

I never really listened to the outlaw country guys much but as I get older I find myself enjoying a lot of stuff they released.

I bet this was the coolest thing ever in 1973! I enjoyed this album quite a bit. Really cool groovy guitar through most of it.

It mostly just felt like noodling for 40 minutes. There were a few moments of brilliance but a lot of it was over my head. It wasn't unpleasant but it didn't blow me away.

This feels like an album I'm going to forget I listened to in a week but it was inoffensive and mildly enjoyable.

I don't think I've heard of this guy. While none of the songs immediately grabbed me I found the entire album very listenable and could see myself liking it more if I relistened.

This was ok, not what I thought Iggy Pop sounded like based on how he looked.

After listening to 2 Clash albums on this list I have determined that I'm not a big fan.

Not one I put on often but when I do I'm reminded of how many great songs are on this album. One of the best rock bands of the 1970's

For a list of albums I need to hear before I die there sure are a lot of albums I never want to hear again. This was such a nothing burger, just generic beats and samples.

Stand and Orange Crush are the definite standouts.

2 notes into the first track and there was no denying it was Cypress Hill. I appreciate their sound but it never was high on my list of bands to listen to.

Kind of a sleepy album that I'll probably forget I listened to in 2 days.

I have never heard of this band. I had to double check the year (2012) because it sounded like an 80s or 90's album. I found this quite enjoyable.

I thought this was a pretty excellent rock album. I knew more of the songs than I expected to.

I can't imagine how heavy this must have sounded in 1970! I think I could grow to really like this on repeat listenings.

Another great pop album by Abba!

No denying this is just about the most classic a classic rock album can get. I typically break the speed of sound changing the station when AC/DC comes on because it is always on and I'm so burnt out but listening to this complete album it is better than I expected. It also isn't subtle..."let me put my love into you, let me cut your cake with my knife"

This was fine. Sounded like Neil Young :)

I don't guess I'd ever heard The Cult before. It sounds like pretty standard 80's hard rock.

Highly enjoyable. Sam Cooke had a lot of good years left that we didn't get to experience.

This is not what I thought The Temptations sounded like. It was ok but nothing really stuck out to me as a great song.

I really enjoyed this. There were several songs I plan to revisit. While it sounded nothing like Squeeze something about it kind of reminded me of that band.

Nothing about this sounded like the Bee Gee's I know and love.

I surprisingly didn't really recognize any songs on this album. It is undeniably Queen and I think I could grow to love some of them.

And now I know where Mariah Carey got the sample for Fantasy. The Under the Boardwalk cover was actually pretty good.

Couple of classics here but it all kind of sounds the same.

This was surprisingly great and I knew a lot more songs than I expected. These guys have been trend setters for 60 years!

People don't give Mark Knopfler enough credit. There is some great songs and some great guitar work here.

It took a few songs but I kind of got into the groove of this. I could see myself listening again.

This reminded me of pretty much every 70's movie soundtrack. Some good stuff here.

I could MAYBE see this being interesting if I was in a club with lights flashing surrounded by people on drugs. But, I have/will never be in that situation so I found this repetitive and boring.

When Eddie Van Halen died I listened to the bands entire discography and was surprised to learn how many great tracks they had. I can't imagine hearing this when it came out. Eddie Van Halen is easily one of the all time greats.

Someone needs to tell these guys they don’t need to record and release everything they play. There were a couple of almost songs but mostly sounded like people turning knobs on a synthesizer with random sound effects that sounded like the guy at the train station in the Frosty the snowman cartoon stamping tickets.

An absolute classic. The guitar is so unique as are the vocal melodies. It's hard not to like Queen.

This wasn't as bad as I was expecting based on what I have heard about Lou Reed. I really enjoyed the song Perfect Day. It's clear he is a gifted songwriter but I just don't love the way many of these songs are performed. Most of it is clever and funny and ahead of its time in concept but just not super enjoyable to listen to.

I know this got a huge push for Running Up That Hill because of Stranger Things that song never really did much for me. It is catchy and the chorus gets stuck in my head but I don't love it. There was another song (Hello Earth maybe?) that sounded very very similar to Running Up That Hill. Nothing else really stood out to me.

I liked this a lot more than I expected. It still isn't really for me but I really dug Paranoid Android and all of its weirdness. What I appreciate most about Radiohead is how much influence they had on Muse who I like much better.

Historically this was a landmark album for hip hop. But, 40 years on it is starting to feel pretty dated. All the beats and rhyming is pretty static throughout. There are a couple of good songs but listening straight through felt very repetitive.

This was a pleasant listen. It sounds very much like alt rock from the 2010's.

This is good music to work or drive to. Just kind of a mid tempo trance like groove. It isn't something I need to learn to play or listen to on repeat but it has a place where it would be quite enjoyable.

This was the most Beatles sounding record that wasn't the Beatles I've heard in quite a while.

Paint it Black and Under My Thumb are classics. The rest of it just felt like generic 60's rock/blues.

I always thought I liked Beck but maybe I just nostalgically like 2 or 3 songs. This album didn't really do it for me. I appreciate that he was a trailblazer for whatever genre this is considered but it isn't really moving me today.

I once heard a comedian say "you don't like reggae music, you like sitting on the beach with a coconut rum in your hand while reggae music plays in the background." He may have been right, this reggae adjacent album did absolutely nothing for me while sitting in my basement. It probably would have hit different on the beach.

After hearing Rumors I expected to like this a lot more than I did. Not one song stood out to me as memorable. It isn't bad, it just isn't Rumors.

Apparently I was getting Def Leppard confused with another band because I didn't recognize hardly any of these songs. I know they were instrumental in forming that 80's hair metal sound and at the time it was a new thing but now this album almost sounds like a caricature of the genre. It isn't bad but I guess I don't like this type of rock/metal as much as I thought I did.

Features some all time classics for sure and feels right at home with that "classic rock" vibe. The deeper cuts aren't nearly as good as the songs everyone knows.

Definitely something you have to be in the right mood for. I enjoyed this more than I was expecting as it reminded me a bit of the fun Scottish songs in the pub in the movie Once. Probably not something I'll listen to often but scratches a very specific itch if you need it.

I liked this quite a bit more than I was expecting. It sounded so unique and new when it came out and even today the band has an easy to distinguish sound. It is probably some of the best straight rock and roll of it's era.

I love a lot of Metallica and Megadeth but never really listened to much Anthrax or Testament. I've heard a few Anthrax songs, none of which were on this album. There are some good guitar riffs here but nothing jumped out at me as a classic song. I have a feeling I'd like this album a lot more if I had grown up with it.

I grew up on this album as my dad is a huge Jethro Tull fan and I was lucky enough to see them live in 2000. The title track on this album is a banger and while I appreciate how futuristic this must have seemed when it came out because of all the artists that copied and elevated this sound I find most of it to be mediocre.

I was never the biggest Nirvana fan. I think I was maybe 5 years too young to really get into them at their peak. But, I love this unplugged album. It feels real and raw, I like that it isn't perfect and I respect the band for not playing their biggest hits and just playing what they wanted. I didn't realize some of the songs were covers until many years later...those covers (especially Lake of Fire) are some of the best songs on the album.

While this features probably my favorite song of the 90's (Under the Bridge) and there are several other killer songs on here the album feels a bit too long and many of the "filler" songs sound the same. There is no denying the energy and talent each member of the band has and their sound is so unique and instantly recognizable. Props to Anthony Kiedis for being able to write and remember completely non-sense lyrics.

This really did feel like mid 2000's and took me back to that time. I'll always think of my friend Ben when I listen to MGMT as he introduced me to them way back when. I never had them on regular rotation but knew more of the songs here than I expected. This isn't really my genre of choice but there are a few songs on here that I wouldn't turn off if they came on the radio.

The first song started off with a bit of potential. It kind of reminded me of "La Dispute" that featured more talking than singing and at first it sounded like stream of consciousness but probably has some deep poetic meaning. I could see how multiple listens would unlock deeper meaning and I'd better understand what it was going for. But, I didn't like it enough to keep listening on repeat. I get what they were going for and I appreciate the artistic leap they took but it didn't really land with me personally. I particularly was confused by the 15 minute album closer that was nothing but the sounds of bugs chirping.

This may be the first time I ever listened to this straight through and I really enjoyed it. The story behind the album of all the toxic relationships make the album even more interesting. So many classic songs all on one album!

This was pleasant enough. There were some catchy songs (I knew more of them than anticipated.) It feels like great background music for a restaurant or a party but never quite reached the heights I wanted from a band that has had a 35 year career.

I think nostalgia is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Diggin On You came out as my favorite on this listen. I had completely forgotten about that song. I know interludes were a huge part of 90's albums but I can't ever remember a time an interlude added to my enjoyment of an album. I also can't believe my 9 year old brother had this album...it is much more inappropriate than I remember.

The Beach Boys have a deep catalog of all time classics. I've seen them two times in concert and I do not think a single song off of this album made the setlist. It is definitely Beach Boys but sounds like all the B sides. None of the songs really stood out to me. I had to double check the lyrics when they were singing out the importance of taking care of your feet.

This was some pretty nice jazzy easy listening. None of the songs stood out that I need to add to my playlist but I generally liked everything I heard.

Never heard of this artist. It kind of reminds me of Lizzo who I really like. It mostly just sounds like current generic R&B music with the same lyrical phrasing everyone is doing but it is kind of catchy.

Yup, this sounded like Neil Young. It was ok. I was looking in the mirror earlier and noticed I was wearing a Neil Young shirt (technically it is a Hawaiian shirt with a ton of artists on it)

I understand the huge impact Fats Domino had on rock and roll but nearly 70 years later this just feels like generic blues/rock. Many of the songs sound very very similar. It has its place in history but for me doesn't really hold up today.

While I thought this got off to a slow start and was upset that he didn't give me a shoutout on the insanely long last track where he gave props to half the country I found the middle of the album to be excellent. I loved his lyrical story telling, while I don't think he is quite as technically or lyrically gifted as Nas or Kendrick Lamar he has a similar style.

All these years and I just learned that The Pixies are not the band I thought they were. I'm in my 40's and am still hearing songs for the first time and saying "Oh yea, Weird Al does a parody of this one." I also hear some songs that sound like heavily influenced Weezer. This album is nearly 40 years old and still sounds fresh and original.

Started out strong with the song London Calling but after that I found myself fairly underwhelmed with the rest. It didn't have quite the anger and aggression I was expecting from an early "punk" album.

Great voice and some classic songs here. Not really my thing but no denying her smooth jazz vocals.

Some great protest songs on here but this isn't really my preferred genre. Feels like something I'd want to listen to relaxing on a beach somewhere, but, the lyrics are a bit heavy for that.

This was a pleasant surprise. Probably the first BB King album I've listened to and while Blues isn't typically my genre of choice there is no denying the skill and passion that went into every vocal and guitar note. No way to rate this one other than a 5.

I thought I was going to like this album more than I did. The Weight is an all time classic but nothing else really stood out at all to me.

I listened to this album earlier today and have already forgotten about it. It isn't bad it just did nothing for me.

There were moments of guitar and bass brilliance and Roundabout is an all time song but the album as a whole felt like it was made up more of musical ideas and not complete songs. My dad has been challenging me to learn "Mood For A Day" on guitar for 20 years and I still haven't.

Apparently I’ve been sleeping on Boston. I’ve never thought of Boston as a guitar band but this still felt fresh at 50 years old. I want to learn some of these riffs! The vocal harmonies were killer and the production was incredible. No way this was recorded in the guitarists basement like Wikipedia says!

Every couple of years I give Wu Tang another chance and I still don’t get it. Lyrically there are some shining moments but I’m not a fan of the production and lack of choruses.

Started off really strong but got pretty forgettable by the end. I always thought Supertramp was a funk band. They are not.

Some pretty classic songs on this album. I kind of want to work up a hard rock/metal version of "Movin' Out"

Props to Sarah Vaughn singing live with no vocal effects. Her voice was silky smooth over the entire album. No doubt she is talented...it just isn't really a genre I get in to. I did like that there was a loud thump in the 2nd track and they acknowledged it and kept it in the final product.

Pretty standard fare southern rock. I recognized "Feelin' Alright" because my dads band used to play that one back in the 90's.

I typically enjoy the bands that Iron Maiden influenced more than Iron Maiden but I found this pretty decent and way ahead of its time.

This one did nothing for me. I actively disliked some of the tracks. At one point the bass was playing in the wrong key and I know it was on purpose but it didn't work for me.

This is the weakest of the "punk" albums I've heard so far. I liked that all the songs were so short but this one didn't leave a lasting impression on me.

As I was listening to this I knew it sounded familiar but couldn't place it. Then, I was transported to "location planet earth, time and date 1999, December 31st" and remembered the song "How Come" by Canibus and Wyclef Jean that I was obsessed with for a short time a quarter century ago. And, lo and behold Youssou N'Dour sang the chorus.

This may be the easiest 5 stars I've given yet. How did 3 guys make this much noise? Geddy Lee doing vocals, bass and keyboard at the same time?? And Neal Peart is undisputed as one of the greatest and most innovative drummers in history. With only 7 songs there are 3 all time classics (Tom Sawyer, YYZ, Limelight)

I want to like this more than I do. There is definitely brilliance here. It is full of a lot of things I like but it has too much extra noise that takes away from the sound. Many of the songs sound like a layer of TV static or just random high pitch nonsense was added over top of what could otherwise be a masterpiece.

I kept waiting for something to happen and nothing ever did. This album is very much not my thing.

This was a bit more lyrically graphic than I was expecting. It's fine, just not really my jam.

There is a some great funk music throughout this album. Nothing ever quite topped the opening track and it maybe was a bit too long overall but still a classic album.

This was a pleasant background listen. Sounded very much like early 80's new wave but nothing stood out as a classic song.

I didn't really care for this one. Much of it felt like a sleepy time playlist.

Didn't care for this one, all the songs sounded the same and didn't leave a lasting impression on me. I'm learning I don't really like electronica type music.

I recognized and liked a lot more of this than I was expecting. That Paul McCartney can really write some great songs.

I still struggle with these 90's rap albums that have way too many skits but I'm giving a pass here. This album turned a 19 year old Snoop into a worldwide star. There are some classic songs here with great production and a killer vibe even if the lyrical content leaves a bit to be disired.

This was way heavier than I was expecting an album from 1965 to be. I dug it.

Definitely a groundbreaking album. It was easy to feel how much fun these guys were having while recording this.

I understand historically this is an important album that paved (pun intended) the way for the indie rock genre but nothing here really grabbed me. Just kind of sounds like early generic alt rock.

This sounds like music Gene Belcher writes on Bob's Burgers. My favorite part was when the guy said "We are showroom dummies" 600 times in a row.

I've tried and tried over the years to get into Peter Gabriel and just haven't quite gotten into it yet. I don't hate it, it is all well made and some of it is even catchy (Red Rain and Sledgehammer on this album) but it doesn't really speak to me.

I've always loved Simon & Garfunkel but none of the songs I really love were on this album.

I could see why this may be considered a classic album. It has a very late Beatles and early David Bowie sound. Lots of non-musical sounds that worked pretty well.

Take Me Out is a great song and many of the other songs on this album sounded very similar to it which eventually made the sound of the band run thin.

I think I get "smooth jazz" now. I had this on while I was working and it made working more enjoyable and never interrupted me when I was trying to think. And, when I stopped to listen it was interesting and complex in a way I wasn't expecting.

I enjoyed this quite a bit. I will be listening again.

I think maybe I've heard the name Bobby Womack before?? I liked every song on this album, I actually listened to the album 2 times back to back.

I guess this is good background music. It didn't annoy me but it didn't really inspire me either.

There are no denying those harmonies or that mustache and while there were some good songs on here that I've been listening to my entire life there were also a lot of just ok songs.

This was a much more rockin' album than I was expecting. The 70's version of Aerosmith is almost unrecognizable from the 90's version.

This album came out about a week after I graduated college. I've never heard of the artist. I didn't love it because this isn't really my genre but I will give it an extra star because some of the beats/synth sounded like the soundtrack to the Streets of Rage video game series which I love.

No skips on this album. The 1-2 punch of Battery and Master of Puppets is the greatest 2 song album opener on any album I've ever heard. I really want to know how different Metallica would sound today if Cliff Burton was still around.

Kind of generic early 70's rock with an awful lot of self promotion in the later tracks. I didn't realize these guys wrote the only song I know by Quiet Riot.

I guess this fine. I can see what people are drawn to it but it didn't really do much for me.

Started off strong with Chameleon but then kind of ventured into spacey jazz.

I love the song California Dreamin. The rest was ok. I wish this album could have been recorded with modern recording techniques.

This is not what I thought Nick Drake sounded like. I liked this quite a bit more than I was expecting even though it was way more folksy than I wanted it to be.

The New Orleans creole came out in every note. I love New Orleans but I didn't really care for this.

I mean...This is 5 stars every day of the week. I love this album so much I have recorded myself playing the entire thing on guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A54C189nqBU&t=75s

I can acknowledge that she has a great voice and the music is very unique but it was aggressively not for me.

I really enjoyed the singles that I remember from the 90's but the rest of the album didn't really leave an impression on me.

Hey now, this is a really good album.

Drummer killed it! Songs were just alright.

Parts of this I didn't like but there was more that I did like. It was more the groove than the melody that I found appealing.

I don't think I've heard of Jungle Brothers before but I quite enjoyed this. It had a De La Soul vibe but I liked it more. I also heard some samples that I know from later hip hop albums (Snoop, Dre, TLC amongst others)

I actually like this more than I expected to. I probably would have given it a 4 if the harmonica didn't grate on my ears so hard.

There are definitely some filler tracks that could have been cut but the amount of all time classics is really unmatched.

Today, May 27, 2026 I discovered I really do not like Sonic Youth. Too much noise, not enough music.

Not sure if I've heard this before or all instrumental jazz sounds like this.

The fact that a band with a singer with that voice makes some of the hardest rocking songs of the 80's still blows my mind. When I picture a rockstar in my head I see Slash. These guys are iconic.

I dug this more than the other Yes album I've listened to. I don't love the vocals but the songs are all pretty catchy.

This was a strange album but I liked a lot more of it than I expected to. Phil Collins is a great drummer!

I liked this better than the other Neil Young album I've heard. Some pretty decent tunes on here.

To be in that room in 1975 must have been so cool. Hearing those stories, smelling the smoky alcohol filled room and listening to jazz. But, man, it sure was hard to listen to 51 years later. Too many stories, not enough music and the music we got I didn't fancy.

I really didn't care for this album and I can't explain exactly why. Eventually I started to kind of dig some of the songs and when I looked at Apple Music to see the song name I realized the album had ended and it was playing music from other bands.

Yawn! I already forgot I listened to this album and just finished it 5 minutes ago.

After the last 3 days of albums this was a breath of fresh air. I think the nostalgia of growing up listening to my dad's band play "We Are Family" and loving "Getting Jiggy With It" made me like this album a bit more than I would otherwise.

This album almost felt unfinished. Some of the "beats" were ok but lacked vocals to turn them into a completed song.

To me this sounded like uninspired early goth rock...Iggy Poop

I really enjoyed several songs on this album and the production quality was pretty excellent. I could see bumping this up to 4 stars on my next listen.

This sounded exactly like I expected it to sound. The Doors had a unique sound, I think it is more the organ than anything. I never really dug it too much. It isn't bad, just not my thing.

There was a bit too much beating around the bush on this album. Some sections of some songs were good but there was too much filler. I prefer my Isaac Hayes on South Park.

There was a bit more complexity here than I was expecting, almost like prog folk rock. I didn't love it though.

I know this is supposed to be one of his landmark albums and they recently made a movie about it but I found it to be very sleepy and every song sounded the same.

These folks are really good at what they do but for my ears this sounds more like a sleepy time playlist.

I probably need to listen again and focus on the lyrics because that appeared to be what this album is known for. The music was fine but didn't really move the needle for me.

If the entire album was as good as the last 2 minutes I would have rated this higher. The songs were too long and repetitive for 90% of the runtime and it got a bit boring.

After the past few days this was a breath of fresh air. It was a straight forward rock and roll album. I've never been the biggest Stones fan but this was enjoyable.

I think this is the first time I've heard Ministry. I liked this quite a bit more than I was expecting. It worked well as background music to keep me pumped and focused.