1001 Albums Summary

Oasis: we love us some epistrophe and damn are we good at using it I don’t know guys Oasis kind of makes me want to chain smoke and have unprotected sex the same way listening to Arctic Monkeys does Are there Oasis songs in Trainspotting????? I kinda feel like there should be

God I would have been an absolute coke hag if I was alive in the 70s. #BRING THE ELECTRIC ORGAN BACK 2026 Did Jim grow up Baptist? Changeling is soooooooo southern Baptist worship coded Ok the panties are coming OFFFFFFF mama (mr) Mojo Rising is an insane drag name actually?????? The Doors sprinted so The Black Keys could run RIP JIM MORRISON YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED ETHEL CAIN Favorite song: Been down so Long

I was pretty apathetic about Coldplay growing up and I am still apathetic about Coldplay at 30 ig!!!! Nothing bad to say, nothing spectacular either. Fav song: Clocks

DAVID BYRNE U WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS Funky white dad music ily Other people’s problems overwhelm my mind too, David. Fav song: Pulled Up

Music for napping in a flower. Fav song: one of these things first

God I want a cigarette so bad. Fav song: Petals

Early Kendrick is sending me into a high-school based war flashback. I can taste the house party jungle juice and smell the hookah smoke. BITCH DONT KILL MY VIIIIBBEEEEEEE 🤪 Basically just a masterclass in storytelling. Fav song: good kid & Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst

god I REALLY need a cigarette (skinny) ONE THING ABOUT ME IS I LUUURVE BOSSA NOVA Zzzzzzzz this album makes me want to take a midafternoon nap on a sunny terrace NO FAV SONG BC IT WOULD BE LIKE CHOOSING A FAV SUN RAY IN A FLOWERY FIELD

DEEP PURPLE I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH YOUR GAME. This was the best album to clean the house to. Fav song: Child in Time, Living Wreck

I knew this would be a 5 star album the moment the first song played. GYYYYAAAATTTTTYTT DDDAAAYYUMMMM THIS SHIT GOOD‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Fav song: Soubour

Despite all my rage I AM just a rat in a cage, but I found myself eager to skip through this one before lost songs were over. Fav song: bullet with butterfly wings

ACAB EXCEPT FOR THE POLICE—I LOVE THE POLICE BITCH!!!!!!!!! 10/10 NO NOTES. STING ILY Fav song: Wrapped Around Your Finger, Tea in the Sahara

Not enough distinction between noise and music for me. I’d love to hear this remastered with a more vocals forward mixing, but as is…. I’m overstimulated. The first song was great and I had high hopes. Not awful, but not good either.

Lowkey rhythms and excellent vibes. I definitely liked this more before I read the other reviews about him being a sex criminal :-/ Fav song: Koweït, rive guache / Élixir

Bono loooooves reverb and tbh I’m kind of here for it. I actually enjoyed this all the way through, which is kind of unexpected. I wish i could give this a 3.8 but a 4 will do. Fav song: The Fly

Sleepy music for proto-twees and I’m not all the mad about it.

Solid flow and excellent early 2000s vibes. Fav song: They Say

I am kind of fucking with the fact that this is a live album. I’d definitely have enjoyed this more if I was a late 80s dad speeding down a Texas interstate at 120mph—but it’s high energy and I respect that.

My six second cross fade was putting in some major work on this one. The sampling is just 😗🤌

There are a lot of albums on this list that make you think “why tf is this on here”—this is not one of them. Fav song: the way you make me feel

I FUCKING LOVE THE SIXTIESSSSS RAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! I can see the Fosse choreography in my minds eye. There are so many songs on here that you’ve absolutely heard before or heard sampled, but never knew where they came from. THIS SHIT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD I CAN FEEL THE SOUL DOWN TO MY BONES. Fav song: Behave Yourself (I replayed this three times), Lonely Avenue

I could see this album playing throughout an early 2010s indie movie and I am really not mad about it. Chill instrumentals!

Unfortunately (or not) I am truly a 70s divorced dad (re: slut) at heart and this genre will always do it for me. I wish most of this album was more like Witchy Woman because IMO the Eagles are best when they’re bluesy. Not my fav album of theirs, alas. Fav song: Witchy Woman

Does it get anymore classic 90s rap than this? Pure lyrical poetry. Some of these rhymes are a littttle goofy though—“What is a party if it doesn't really rock? What is a poet? All balls, no cock.” Not quite a 3, not quite a 4. Fav: Verses from the Abstract, Vibes and Stuff

First impression: Instrumentals? Vocals? Great. Lyrics? Questionable, so far. This kind of feels like it should have been two different albums. I really liked some songs, hated others. I’m conflicted. Fav song: Little Bird, Cologne Cerrone Houdini

I will always be fascinated by Björk. I wish I could take a pill that shrunk me down so I could explore the inside of her head. The fact that this is an almost entirely a-cappella album is bananas. Fav song: Who Is It

I really fuck with this. Lowkey Sunday morning vibes, chic dinner party on a roof. Fav song: Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Spring

The Cure will ALWAYS do it for me. This is such a good album (dreamy *and* sexy at times??????) it makes me want to THROW UP!!!!! Fav: Prayers for Rain, Fascination Street

Meh.

A good album that could be improved by cutting 2/3rds of the interludes. I'd love if we just cut the 47 sec-1min tracks into one song.

This opened like a sexy James Bond intro and I was locked in immediately. I am soooo happy to see some international albums on this list FINALLY, and I hope there are more to come. This is a banger for sure.