1001 Albums Summary

Not my cup o'tea

I liked it - may not be one I'd purchase though

I'd have to give this another listen but it was quite experimental and drone-y for my tastes. I don't particularly see the fuss but maybe a second listen in the right mood.

Enjoyed it. Great album.

Yesyesyesyes

A bit too old sounding for my taste even at 30 mins it becomes a slog.

Enjoyed it, very 80s but felt that each song sounded quite similar. There wasn't a song I really latched onto. Probably worth a re-listen but I'd give it a 3.5.

Yeah was OK but like others in this list, despite a couple of replays, there wasn't a song I really latched onto. Not one I'd buy.

Enjoyed the first couple of songs but it just descended into very boring droning punk. I like punk but this felt like music you suddenly discovered at 17. I think if the singer's voice doesn't really have any range or sounds very similar harmoniously then I get bored quite quickly. Where is the range? He just talk-sing through half of it. Some cracking songs surrounded by filler.

Great album!

Great album. Starts off really strong with only a few skips in the middle but also ends equally as strong. Some absolute classic heavy hitters in there and a couple I've not heard before. 4.5/5

Barely any skips. Great Sunday evening music to chill out to and help with the existential dread of work. Probably their best work, maybe neck and neck with Rush of Blood to the Head, before they went stadium rock and boring.

Really enjoyed this and a bit of fresh air from that has been selected so far. Would definitely listen again. First listen I'd say 4 out of 5. Some classics on here I'd heard before.

Obviously some big tracks here but found a couple skippable. Blue Condition and Mother's Lament I didn't particularly enjoy. Very good psychedelic though. I'll come back to it but I'm not sure I'd buy it. I'd say 3/5.

This could've been well higher it's too damn long!

This is by far the worst album I've heard on this list so far. Read the reception it got on Wikipedia and can't believe it was so well regarded. I can get the themes are dark and interesting but the music is awful. Horrible screeching violins over some horrendous vocals. Couldn't listen to it again if you paid me and I only managed to get 4 songs in!

Really enjoyed this as another turn of pace from the general rock that's been given so far (on album 26). The quality was great, as if it's being played by a jazz band today, and I quite liked the introductions between the songs of each artist. Sort of felt like you were sat with a martini watching it yourself.

Top quality soul. Really enjoyed this, filled with classics. Definitely an all timer!

Meh. I guess I'm not particularly into metal/hair metal but this felt like an album full of filler, or I was in the mood for it. A couple of songs I recognise but I'd rate this at 2.5/5. It's not bad just not me.

Seminal. No skips. Unreal debut album. That run from song 1 through to 6 is legendary. Very cliché and millennial but this was top tier in 2000s. Shame they did not continue the heights of this, even though they had some gems over time. Wonderful jangly pop.

4.6 on this if we were allowed the decimal. Incredible album filled with great songs. All time favourite album ending track in Street Spirit, just utter misery in one song.

Like ELO and it's a great album but ends up a slog at the latter stages when the album is 1hr 16m. Probably cut a few songs from this. Still 4/5 though, more interesting than that boring Pump album from Aerosmith.

Enjoyed this but another album that's long and without the visual representation of the film against the music, I think a lot of the feeling is lost. It ends up seeming like an album in the background of a blues bar. Whilst not technically bad or anything I don't think I'd pick this up to listen to again.

Agree with other comments that the story of this album is interesting, even though it seems Jarrett is difficult but clearly a master at his craft, but with solely piano music it can almost be relegated to sounding like being in the The Sims editor mode. However, once you stop and listen it does sound incredible and it's nice that this list includes something different and interesting, even though it's one of the biggest selling piano albums ever. Also amazing that someone can find themselves in a situation with an instrument not fit for purpose and just riff on pure creation to make something like this. For everything above I can't vote anything less than 5.

First half was great, could hear the inspiration it gave later bands especially The Strokes. Second half was boring.

I actually didn't mind this despite all the reviews seeming to pan it on here. A couple of good tunes on this and I went off The Who when I was 18.

I enjoyed this, some classics on there and stuff I hadn't heard before.

I tried with this but it did not hit me. I felt like it was very cliché psychedelic, almost what you'd find in a satirical or parody film. I didn't find it interesting all compared to other 60s psychedelic music or alternative 60s. I can hear the mix of folk and rock with pop, hated the ye olde English lyrics. I do appreciate that it's supposed to be a less cynical vibe but nothing for me at all. Not sure why it's in this list but I guess it'd all subjective anyway.

I actually really liked this because of how silly it is. Dark, sinister and cartoonish. I don't think it's one I'd pick up and buy but I wouldn't turn it off. At least it's interesting and funny. Giving it a 4/5 because I thought I'd hate it and was pleasantly surprised. Even the album art is ridiculous.

Unreal

Teenage me would have been all over this and whilst it's something different now, I don't think I vibe with it. It's not bad at all though, just no emotional connection. Almost feels like a radio station I'd change over immediately on GTA.

If I could type out a fart noise I would.

I get that this rates highly because it's a little different than the psychedelic offerings at the same time. I understand the interesting theme of lampooning the fete faring, garden loving neighbourhood watch of Little Britain (later to be the aging Brexiteers). Also interesting as an early concept album... But It's too folk and musically boring. It really does feel like some Beatles C-side rejects at times. Someone in the reviews for something else said it should be important to rate something for its story and if it's interesting rather than if you found it to your taste. It's a good point to have. That in mind it's still not for me at all, it has to past the ear test and eventually it just sounds like the same song. Background music for The Good Life.

Laughed at the review "Sad boi Sinatra" I really enjoyed it though. Felt like a soundtrack to a film that doesn't exist, only in your head and you can still picture the scenes. Definitely one I'd buy myself.

A tale of two. The more upbeat songs are easy to get into and real highs. However, I hated 'Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?' That's when I really started to feel like it should end and "Am I stuck in an Irish purgatory pub?" A similar theme with a lot of these albums is they end up going on far too long.

Boring

I tried with this a few times but it didn't hit much. There are three songs I enjoyed but the rest were quite bland or quick skips.

There are a couple of songs that have potential and then seem to fall in the opposite direction. Others are just straight up boring. Constant Craving is the best song in there and there are parts of The Mind of Love I enjoyed. K D Lang has a great voice but this album just does not hit for me whatsoever.

Great but far too long.

This has sections where it was OK but largely it was fucking awful.

Why is that every rock album on here is either 2 hours long or lasts 40 mins but each song is 7 minutes long? It's so fucking boring.

I thought I liked punk but I don't know anymore. Half of this is just shouting.

Didn't speak to me at all. The guy has a lovely smooth voice that reminds me of Matt Monroe but the songs had no energy and felt pretty dull. I left it on in the background as it became a chore to listen to.

I'm not listening to a three hour 14 minute album. What I did listen to before quitting was great though.

Dire Straits? More like just dire. It's so fucking boring that when the album ended, Spotify carried on playing Dire Straits and I didn't notice at all. Is this 1001 list just filled with Top Gear rock? It's so default and uninteresting.

I really tried with some of this but in starting to feel like some efforts are people just farting into a tin whistle and calling it avant garde and post punk. Without sounding old, most of this is just noise conveniently given the experimental label.