1001 Albums Summary

Funny that the first album chosen for me was a key one from my teen years! Not listened for a while, but the Ramones' surf punk was the soundtrack of my summer back then - I don't think you can beat Blitzkrieg Bop and Judy Is A Punk for anthems. The three-chord 2 minute song was often ridiculed, but it's the simplicity that makes them so good, and there are some really clever lyrics.

This kind of music was huge where I grew up, so this takes right back to 90's Bristol, driving around town in the back of dad's car. I don't mind the odd song, but the full album was hard to sit through. I do appreciate it though.

Not something I would choose myself, I can appreciate it's a good album but not for me. I liked Chameleon.

Superb

This is such a great debut, there's quite a lot of brass in it which I wasn't expecting, this was a lot of fun I'll play it more often in future

Blur definitely have better albums but I love this for how they're still finding their sound, and I genuinely think Beetlebum is one the best Blur tracks.

Absolute classic

Ash have some great songs, but I never really rated their albums. This was okay but not something I'd rush to put on again

I'm not a fan of live albums, but this has great sound production