1001 Albums Summary

Hard to remember they're a real band, pleasantly surprised

Some good stuff, some that went on a bit

oh yeah, this rocks

Killing Me Softly is 6/5, the rest isn't so good

Punk production values, prog self-indulgence levels

Pleasant enough, mostly passed me by

Don't mind Radiohead but this was a bit meh

interesting, a bit avant-garde

unexpected unorthodox bangers on there

bit jazzy, but solid

solid

Not as bad as I expected

had some tunes but a bit too pompous in parts

just meh

solid

HONESTLY

better than i expected

pretty good actually

Pleasant enough, bit dull in parts

bit annoying, nothing there for me Would rather Alan Rickman get me a necklace

Belinda slapped

Bad title, but decent album

pretty rough, prog rubbish

jazzy

Pleasantly surprised, didn't know what to expect, but it went pretty hard A bit indulgent on the piano at times, but I'll let it off

Tedious, unimaginative, and poorly executed Should be held to account

pompous hair pop

Bit repetitive, but alright overall

not as good as college dropout might have gotten a 3 if he wasn't a wrong'un but happy to mark it down

pleasant enough, kinda passed me by

solid bit of country, more of a 2.5

like fine, but no need for it to be on here

had some 4 tracks, had some 2 tracks, meets in the middle overall

classic blues, especially the first one he does seem a bit horny so the title is appropriate

I was kinda disappointed because it doesn't have any of their bangers on there

Yeah, one hit at the start, then a pile of samey pop

better than expected

decent enough, but where are the bangers?

solid enough 2nd tier Britpop, could have been a 4 but let itself down with some nonsense towards the end

full of bangers

Another Girl Another Planet is good but the rest isn't

feel so cringe, but I did quite enjoy that

nice enough, but you kept wanting to hear Paul Simon jump outta there

simply lovely

strong 6music vibes, but I enjoyed that

could have been a 4 but some tracks let it down

didn't have the cricket one so i was already disappointed, then just a bit boring

kinda fine, just not very interesting, a bit too electric for my tastes

started off strong but faded into unnoteworthiness

could definitely have been a 3 (maybe a 4) if they engaged in some more self-editing

fine, didn't really leave much an impression

was very scared until I realized it was just the first 4 tracks. But still, what?

definitely has some "album tracks" on there, but still holds up well, big nostalgia value

masterpiece

He got all the instruments out of the library, and wanted to get his money's worth. Very bizarre, including the weird little comedy character at the start of track 2. Credit where it is due, the first 30 seconds of 2 or 3 of them would be good theme tunes for snooker highlights on the BBC, but then just goes on way too long.

that wasn't very beach boys-y

kinda fine, quite backgroundy, couple were decent. Overall not quite worth the effort

just a bit meh, singer's voice had that annoying quality that was quite prominent at this time. Last track had some nonsense which was the decider between 2 and 3

it has some bangers, so flirted with a 4, but not consistent enough, plus the broader context, earns Jacko a 3 here

Had some bangers, had some meh

yeah I really like a couple, but the rest is too weird

quite enjoyed it, as discussed, feels very of its time

that was pretty fun

start to finish bangers, no mucking about, fiiiiiiiive

very of it's time, nice for having a quiet coffee and cake to or whatever, but doesn't give me much beyond that

what about justice for my ears? Honestly, this is just drivel. All the songs sound the same and that same is really really bad, they also manage to be twice as long as they need to be while doing that, at least Slipknot had the decency not to suck up so much of my time. Their name is also really unimaginative. A few songs to pull out One - yep, you nailed the rating lads The Shortest Straw - that's what I drew to have to listen to this Harvester of Sorrow - credit for dipping away from the derivative heavy metal bag of words their sort normally indulge in, to talk about a sad time at a chain restaurant The Frayed Ends of Sanity - pretty much where I was this deep into it

Solid enough second-tier Britpop, some good ones, some a bit indulgently weird

Quite good, especially when you remember when it came Found the motifs a bit repetitive

Sufjan Stevens (no relation of Cat or Shakin') is always someone I feel like I should like, or assume I would, but never really tried or did get into. This album confirms that, it's like just a bit too meh and poetry for me, reminds me a lot of songs from like Phoebe Bridgers or Belle and Sebastian that I find meh, compared to their better ones. But apart from Chicago, there aren't enough of the "better ones" compared to the meh. And I don't like to indulge concept albums.

better than I expected (less wet)

quite enjoyed that, even without too much lyrical deepness, has a nice rhythm to it

felt like I've heard it before

pretty bloody good, nice bit of shoegazy stuff terrible name though

definitely good, but not one I'd listen to over and over

there's a 5 in there if they were a bit more judicious

probably a low 4, but I did enjoy it (also did the Bowie mix, strange there wasn't a plain one)

not like an easy listen, but surprisingly enjoyable every part of it was music!

Peter Gabriel: 2 - you got greedy sunshine Some stuff on here that is okay, but just too much nonsense and his voice is kinda grating after a few minutes

quite pleasant, a couple of bangers on there but otherwise only okay

bit jazzy, didn't really care for it

Very jazzy! that was quite a lot of fun with the accompanying wikipedia, I wish more live albums had riot prevention. props to Jordan Peele's impression too

A low 4 perhaps, but just enough on there to give me fugees vibes to keep me interested, especially the last couple of songs

does feel like it could have been quite good, but just too many weird beepy noises, and then the fact the singer is a cunt makes you want to mark more harshly as well

not quite 5 material but that was very good, deeper than I expected

very pleasant

yeah this was pretty dope, Mrs Robinson, America, Hazy Shade of Winter, few of the heavy hitters

Fun fact, I got this album when I was like all 15 and quite liking the idea of being a bit hipster and musically pretentious. Some things never change. But it is still very beautiful

...news. None of the Talking Heads heavy hitters on there, but it does flow very nicely as an album, and Heaven is really really good

had some good tunes on there, can really see the influence it had on later Britpop too

never heard of them before but I did like that, bit acceptable face of grunge for me

yeah, lovely stuff, nice dry voice Neil Hannon has

Horses! but not enough horses to get above a 3

Who's that LADY Whoa-oh, listen to the music.....news But other than that, alright, nothing special

the best song is mostly just a soundtrack for family package holiday adverts. Other than that....meh. Doesn't sink quite to the grubby shameful metal depths to earn itself a 1, but is quite bad

was torn between a 2 and 3 here, it felt like it had a lot of potential in the first few songs but didn't really live up to it. Then got quite self-indulgent toward the end which I did not care for. I'll be generous and give it a 3 but it definitely had 4 potential

let's be honest, the album title and artist name combo had me hovering over the 1 button before we started. And they did very little to move me away from there, making sad little edgelord music in their 30s

Me, listening politely I've said it once, I'll say it 1001 times, there's good material on here, but need to cut out the rubbish and get themselves down to a normal album length. Once again, cost themselves a point in doing so

actually surprisingly good beyond the obvious jokes about CCR, even if I do love how the genre is called "swamp rock"

when you start with a song from the Shrek 2 soundtrack, you know you're going places. And he keeps on going places

Bit jazzy. Has that one banger but meh otherwise

I only listened to this yesterday and I cannot remember anything about it. Dithered between a 2 and a 3, went with 2 cos he's a cunt

What's going on? Some decent tunes

like fine I guess, couple of bangers, but a bit pretentious. I have very little time for rock operas as a concept.

pleasant enough, but very background music. Wingspan music but 20% more turnt (still not very turnt)

a couple of bangers, but the rest of it is a bit too dull and repetitive to drag it beyond a 3. Probably some good emotional lyrical stuff that is lost on me

I was really quite disappointed with this one, had quite high hopes. But yeah, top-heavy, goes on a bit, which seems out of kilter for a band at the relatively early stage of its career. Enough tunes to scrape a 3, although I do feel like they should change some of the lyrics so that everyone can enjoy them

one of those great moments where you find yourself going "oh this one!" quite a few times.

quite enjoyed that, and being generous, I realize the regional accent talky shtick was much less tiresome at the time of release. Bonus for not being a nonce too

Better than their post-2008 stuff would have you remember, but only decent, a bit repetitive and grated after a while

I liked it, feels like the most modern album we've had on this for a while. Very much an archetypal mercury prize winner, whatever that means

the first real dad rock on the list? And nicely done with it

some of these, I quite enjoyed, others not. Bob Mould (say it like Bob Dole), puts on a voice that is too annoying and emo-adjacent a bit too much of the time. Ummed and ahhed between a 3 and a 4, and went with the former. Surprised I'd never heard of this band before

Fine enough, but neaux bangers

not so jazzy. Weird this kind of music, kept feeling like it was going to break into a larger set of instruments, but it never happened. Maybe if he had sung me a song he would have got a 3

quite enjoyable, but nothing special, no riot prevention necessary

was quite surprised to have a queen album without any of the advert-y classics that you immediately think of when one thinks of Queen. And evaluating them independently, it's...kind of okay? A bit weird, a bit pompous, nothing that really stands out

I did quite enjoy, it's flitting between a 3 and a 4, becomes a 3 with wally tax I have no evidence for this, but I assume every subsequent Morrissey album after The Smiths get worse as he's further removed from the stabilizing influence of Johnny Marr and has no one to tell him to wind his neck in just a touch (his neck is still very much wound out)

decent as far as reggae goes, I don't love it but I don't hate it either

nice enough, but nothing special. Can't help feel like he needs a couple of friends (or maybe occasionally three friends) to jam with