1001 Albums Summary

Masterclass in tasteful sampling

Incredible spring album — “like a church like a cop like my mother you wanted me to be truthful” wow

I love 70s music — storytelling unmatched really. This wasn’t totally my cup of tea but I can see how it was popular when it released

“Papa Was a Rolling Stone” was so long, but generally I like Motown

Obsessed with this honestly

I did not like this very much; this is one of the 80s vibes that made me say I hated 80s music when I was younger. The rage I felt when “Brass In Pocket” started (one of my least favorite songs of all time) was incredible. The last track, “Mystery Achievement”, did some heavy lifting for that second star. I skipped listening to the entirety of the deluxe version that Spotify offered, nay, threatened, me with.

Used to not love The Smashing Pumpkins but I think I get it now — will re-listen.

Didn’t love this

I famously dislike jazz

I famously love reggae

Loved this — scratched the Death Cab itch

Not only was this annoying to listen to but he was also kinda a terrible person and it bleeds though here

Again a jazz hater till I die

This was okay — regular old British punk

Loved this — shoegaze is my bread and butter

Soft spot in my heart for this band

70s rock strikes again and hits a home run

Pleasantly surprised, the instrument choices were so interesting. I’d never listened to anything like this before! Helped change my mind on some of my negative opinions toward British post punk

I really enjoyed this, I was daunted by how long each track was initially but they didn’t sound like they went on forever through the listen

“There’s no option to give you a zero so I give you a one”. Dissonant, unsettling, lost the plot

I know he’s an icon but I can never get over the cadence of his vocals, but it was still cool to hear everyone having a good time in the background - additionally the choice to leave the post-show music playing for a few seconds after he finished his set was so cool

Had a great time!

Great classic rock album

One of my favorite albums of all time, and the first album I’d already listened to before!

Unfortunately although I was intrigued to see this pop up, it didn’t do much for me

I like Beck but I’d never listened to a whole album before. I thought this was super interesting

Really vibey - enjoyed this immensely

I know this is a classic and it was only 15 minutes long but it was not a fun 15 minutes

Not mad at this

So interesting — I can’t believe this was her first album what a showstopper

Loved this, captured the spirit of live music

No thanks

Another day another jazz album

Reminds me of that Kyle Gordon sketch about 50s / 60s music

Starting to like rap more and more

I liked this more than I expected

Not a big Queen fan but this could’ve converted me if I didn’t know the other stuff they’d released

I don’t like Bruce Springsteen very much

Her music just has such a peacefulness and thoughtfulness to it

Love a classic emo album

Liked this more than I expected

My favorite song was the last one because it meant I was free

Really enjoyed this. Have never taken the time to listen to this band but now I’m wondering why I waited

Whoa I didn’t hate this!

Okay I was skeptical but I actually thought this was interesting

This was just fine — apparently he wrote three of the songs while fighting a 102 fever and it does show

Genuinely enjoyable disco, I can see why this saved their career

A little less serious of an album, I didn’t think the interludes really helped this one

This sounded different than I expected it to, I don’t know how I feel about it now.

Musically this is awesome, but I’ve never been able to get into the vocal style of this type of rock

Someday I’ll have listened to my last Bob Dylan album on the list and that’s what gets me through

I enjoy new wave so I thought this was nice

Very Sgt Pepper — enjoyable and quirky

Love this album

This was fine I guess

Last half of the album does some heavy lifting but earns it the fifth star

“Two Weeks” is one of my favorite songs these past few years but I didn’t really get the rest of the project

Had such a good time with this

First repeat artist other than Bob Dylan, and these two albums came within two days of each other. LOVED this, even more than the first album I heard from them. “Sea Song” was incredible

I skipped this I refuse to listen to an artist like this but also don’t want to leave it pending

I love Oasisssss

For an album that supposedly changed the game a lot of it was just sound effects?

This was awesome, just good solid blues — quintessential 70s rock

So good, short album but I already knew like every song that’s how you know

I’m sick of this man

Sick summer album, I don’t know if I would’ve liked it as much if it had been selected in the winter / fall. I thought this was interesting sonically and lyrically.

Classic Motown

This was awesome I had so much fun

This was fine — maybe I just wasn’t in the mood?

This was interesting, a little jarring at first but I ended up being okay with it

Love Billie Holiday, this was so smooth

The emotion comes through even though I don’t understand what they’re saying

This was whatever

I still think live albums are a cop-out but I do love Van Morrison

Reggae for summer - ground breaking

This sound was why I used to say I hated 80s music

Certified banger

Literally what was this - album art so misleading I was expecting normal Americana folk but it’s like Americana the musical?

*gordon Ramsay voice* finally some good freakin food

Enjoyable

This was very tender

Too long but I guess when you’re a Beatle you can do that

This was cool for summer but doesn’t feel like I’ll return to it. The remixes of “Heads Will Roll” are better than the original recording

It’s giving America 250

An absolute classic, I will never turn James Taylor down