1001 Albums Summary

Already love this album, incredible first pull for me. I think Eat to the Beat is better, but this one has all their original hits

The OG indie sad boy. I used to love his stuff back in High School, but find it harder to relate now that I'm in my 30s. That said, still lots of great tracks on this and I kinda love how tinny his vocals sound. It's got a charm to it

The middle class white burnouts from my High School made me dislike Reggae back in the day cause they were so annoying about it. I'm still not super in to the genre, the repetitive rhythms and consistent slow tempo just doesn't do it for me right now, but Marley has a great voice and there are some amazing melodic moments throughout the album, and the last 3 tracks are undeniable all-time classics

Nobody beats the boss except the boss himself. Great album, but I like Nebraska more

The title track alone makes this a 10/10 for me and all the other songs are just an extra treat along the way

It's got a couple of my Beatles favorites but their later output is miles ahead of Rubber Soul. Everything they do hear they improve on in Revolver in particular.

Techno just ain't really my thing. It had its moments, but 15 minute songs shouldn't be this repetitive.

Pretty bog standard Brit Pop. Common People is a banger and Disco 2000 is pretty fun, but didn't do much for me otherwise.

I mean, come on

One of my favorite albums of all time. Can't give it a 5 cause Tiny Girls is fuckin' indefensible.

Frank Sinatra existed to soundtrack movies set in New York. I'm not really interested in listening to jazz crooners outside of that context.

Loved this album as a kid when my family would play it during long car rides. It's still got some bangers on it, but really feels like a product of its time.

God I pray this isn't anybody's introduction to Bowie. The worst Bowie is still better than a lot of other music, but fuck, this doesn't even break in to his own top 10. Makes no sense this album is on the list.

My brothers and I would have "disco fights" in our garage when we were kids. We'd play a disco hits CD, turn on a strobe light and bubble machine and then just absolutely wail on each other. We Are Family was one of the songs featured on the compilation CD. That nostalgia made me really enjoy this record.

It has its highlights, but I'm just not super in the mood for a slow, vibey, reverb heavy album right now. Especially not one that's over an hour long. I'll relisten someday when I think it will click with me more.

Absolutely rules. Synth rock at its finest.

I don't know, it was alright. Didn't do much for me.

Back to back, non stop, no skip bangers.

This is the kind of album that I love this list for. Never would have known about this album otherwise. It's got such a huge variety of sounds, from folky to psychedelic. It was a very fun ride.

I like Rod Stewart's raspy voice and the jangly piano, but at the end of the day it's just a 70s rock album and there are artists from the era that I like a lot more