Damn good album. One of those bands I've heard of but never actively listened to. As it turns out, I've absolutely heard "Sour Times". Going to stick this one into active rotation.
Enjoying hearing all the originals tracks MF DOOM sampled, ha. Side one is easily my favourite. Side two was a little more mixed. I could do with the longer tracks being cut down more, and looking at the information for this one it seems they were indeed cut down for singles.
I dig it. I absolutely would've listened to this in my teenage hipster years. Perhaps isn't hitting as hard with me right now, but I thoroughly enjoy this. Adding it to my regular music rotation.
Surprisingly good album. I had never heard of this guy and the album cover is just some dude in a robe with a pipe... but damn, the dude can write a song. Just consistently well crafted, earnest pop music throughout.
As it turns out I did know "Coconut" but just never knew who Nilsson was. Probably a bunch of other songs of his I know but am unaware are his... I'm reminded of Beatles or Beach Boys tracks in part.
Again, really satisfying album.
I'm not the biggest Smiths fan. I like singles of theirs, but I've never found a whole album that resonates with me. I'd rather have a "best of".
"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" is a brilliant track and there are a few other tracks that I quite dig. Bunch of stuff on here is forgettable.
Yeah. As an album, it's alright.
Not really my kind of music. This is the kind of stuff my aunt and uncles loved to listen to at family gatherings, Parsons and Emmylou Harris and the like. Not for me.
"Love Hurts" is fantastic, but I don't care for the rest of it. The rest just kind of blends together for me.
I only know a few of Neil Young's albums (Harvest, After the Gold Rush, and Deja Vu as CSNY), but what I've heard of him I really like. He's my kind of melancholy folk music.
This one is another win for me. So far Young has not missed. He's prolific, though, so I'm sure there's some albums I'll dislike This ain't one. Consistently enjoyable throughout.
This is alright. Couple of tracks really grate on me, but there's a bunch of here that are real solid. "Learned it", "Satin Down"... solid songs. I think it has a stronger middle, starts a bit weak and ends a bit weak.
Decent, though.
Not really my kind of rock and roll. Sonically inoffensive, but everything just kind of blended together.
Ah, man, this is absolutely my jam. I would've eaten this kind of post-rock album up as a teen. I've known of Tortoise for years and years and just never gotten around to playing them. Like I say, though, absolutely my jam. This album is brilliant.
I absolutely hated this album when it first came out. Couldn't stand it. Just annoyed the hell out of me and I bounced right off.
Coming back to it years later, I'll admit, it's grown on me somewhat. There are a bunch of songs that still annoy me to listen to, sounding twee Charlie Brown's Christmas outtakes, but there are a number I quite liked. "Jacksonville" admittedly is a real banger. I also liked "Decatur, or, Round of Applause for your Step-Mother!" and "Casimir Pulaski Day".
Pretty decent, I'll say, but an uneven listen for sure.
Solid album. I only knew "I'll Believe In A Thing Called Love" before this, and that track rules. I'm not the biggest hair metal guy, so I'm not really the target audience, but have to say, was fairly enjoyable.
"Growing On Me" and "Friday Night" were other standout tracks.
Middling alt rock. I liked a few tracks, like "Vastopol" and "Some Things" and "Understanding". Very lo-fi, but not necessarily in a good way. Bits of it just sound like some guys fucking around, like there are two minute-long interludes of the drummer just faffing about like at a garage practice.
The guitars are pretty good, but the album is weirdly forgettable.
Never been a big Dire Straits fan. Now, I'll admit "Money For Nothing" is a fantastic track. Also, "Walk of Life" is catchy as hell. I don't really vibe with anything else, though. Rest of the album is a bit of a soft-rock snoozefest.
I've always found The Doors to be an inconsistent listen... I either love it or hate it. That said, this is probably their most consistently enjoyable album. Opens strong, middle kind of ebbs and flows, then ends with probably their best track.
"Once in a lifetime" is an incredible song. I'm not sure about the rest of this album...
Not really for me. I appreciate learning about how Ackles was super influential to artists like Elton John and Phil Collins, and that after "American Gothic" came out he felt he couldn't top it and just kind of... stopped.
Very melancholy. Bittersweet. Would probably make a great biopic.
Musically, though, not for me. Album makes for a better story than listen.
It's pretty decent. I've had it way too hyped up for me over the years as this perfect album and... it's fine? Some of the reviews about people loving the flute or people hating the flute are funny. The flute is fine. It's not make or break for me, it's just... there.
I don't love it. I remember hearing "Bound 2" on the radio and thinking, nah, and just never bothering. But past me was wrong on writing the whole thing off.
There's some really, really solid stuff here. "Hold My Liquor" is amazing. And, well, I really love "Bound 2" now, haha.
I am not a fan of experimental electronic Kanye, though. Never was a fan of 808s and Heartbreaks. For me, this is alright.
Great album. Stronger first half than second, imo. I always thought In Utero was the better Nirvana album, but again this one is still great and I don't begrudge it on this list especially considering its significance.
Man, what a stacked album! I had heard of the Isley Brothers before, but couldn't name a track from them... turns out most of the tracks on this album I've heard sampled in electronic or hip-hop albums before. Incredible stuff. The whole album is really good, but then there's absolute bangers like That Lady, Summer Breeze, and Highway of My Life.
Ahh, this is really good. I'm almost taken aback. Like, I don't really know jazz at all, but this album feels really ahead of its time. I'm listening to it and being reminded of all the modern experimental and post-rock bands I adore. There has to be some sort of influence here, damn. Really fresh and exciting to listen to. Maybe it turns out I like jazz?
Quick, I need the most Bjork album you have!
...
No, that's too much Bjork.
I'm not a big Pearl Jam fan and this is probably the most Pearl Jam album. It's alright. I've heard it all way too much and it has never resonated with me like some people. None of the Pearl Jam songs I actually really like are on here... but it is alright. Solid background listen.
First full length Queen album I've ever listened to. Was never a big fan growing up... but their singles have grown on me as I've gotten older.
This album is great, though. While I simultaneously can't believe I've slept on Queen for so long, I don't know that I would've appreciated them before.
I'm not an industrial music fan. This isn't really for me. A lot of it I just find unpleasant to listen to.
There's a run of tracks (Hometime, AB/7A, E-Coli) that I thought were pretty decent. Reminded me of experimental bands like Set Fire to Flames or Thee Silver Mt. Zion, but then it becomes to cacophonous.
Hey, this is real great! As someone who is not a big Smiths fan, this just hit all the right points for me. Very listenable. I felt the quality tapered off towards the end but the first 2/3rds are just banger after banger.
This is funky as hell. Damn, I guess I like Steely Dan.
Never really given Joni Mitchell much of a chance. I remember bouncing hard off the album "Blue" for whatever reason. This is great though. The kind of melancholy folk rock I really dig.
One of those albums where I appreciate their significance in shaping the musical landscape (lots of bands I love were directly influence by Germs) but that I don't really enjoy listening to. Lots of early punk I just find sonically unlistenable. Richie Dagger' Crime is pretty decent...
Ha, I've heard so many of these songs before in movies. They're alright. Bit too soft rock for my tastes, but there's a lot to like here. Does become a bit like background music though.
Never been a fan of the Bob Marley I've heard on the radio, so I figured I wasn't a big fan. First few songs of this album are great though. It kind of peters out for me, though. At the very least this album confirms I like Bob Marley more than I thought I did.
Great album. Very listenable. I don't have any nostalgia for the Beatles, not really getting into them until my late 20s, but this is easily one of their better albums.
Solid album. Though sometimes the albums feel a bit all over the place. Some of the drum tracks in particular are really grating. Others are sublime though. For every track I needed to skip partway through there was another that just gripped me. "People Everyday" was a standout. Great female vocals throughout. The singer on "Tennessee" is amazing.
I've never cared for Sting or The Police. This album does nothing to change my opinion. "Message In A Bottle" is solid but everything was kind of forgettable.
Man, it's kind of blowing me away how much I like this album. I'd only heard "Midnight to Midnight" before and, well, I was underwhelmed. Kind of just wrote off the whole band and never thought anything of it. This is album is phenomenal. Just consistently listenable post-punk new wave kind of stuff. I realize I've heard "Pretty in Pink" before, never put together it was Psychedelic Furs... again though the whole album rules.
Eh, I didn't hate it, but it all just sort of blended together.
Love this. I'm not a big prog rock fan, but this was my introduction to the genre and it's never been topped.
No skips. Epitaph and Court of Crimson King are my favourite. Only bit I'm not a fan off is that bit of ambient dead noise lingering after Moonchild, but it works in context of the album.
A weaker The Who album, imo. Mostly a bunch of musically faffing about. Movie was better, but even then it didn't blow me away. Tina Turner was fun in it.
Couple decent tracks, like "Pinball Wizard", but mostly forgettable.
This was alright. I'm not the biggest hardcore, but I did enjoy a lot of the structure of these tracks. Math rock sounding kind of post-hardcore whatever you want to call it. I can dig it.
Didn't love the vocalist. I would've enjoyed these more if they were just instrumental. The best tracks were those largely without vocals... I was honestly a bit disappointed whenever the dude started belting out lines.
Not a fan of early electronic, personally. Uncomfortable to listen to. "Halcyon + On + On" is genuinely beautiful. Only track I knew before this and I still love it. While I appreciate Orbital for their influence on the genre, I don't personally love their stuff.
Pop music but with cussing. First track was p decent but rest of the album was samey and forgettable. Didn't hate it but didn't care for any of it really.
Man, this album rules! I never really listened to Rage before this. Like, I knew "Killing In The Name Of". But... that's it. This whole album is a banger! (And turns out I also knew that one track that was off The Matrix, ha). Grabbed the CD and I've been listening to this on my drive to work a lot lately. Has slowed down my progress overall.
It's like bargain bin David Bowie. Couple decent tracks early on. Some of it is forgettable. Some of it is a bit over the top melodramatic. Some of it I dig.
Such a damn good album. Top tier G-funk. The tracks are so damn listenable. The album is also funny as hell. Clever satire but never sacrifices quality of song for a gag.
I was always kind of mixed on this album. There's a few songs I absolutely rock with, but damn there's a bunch of stuff on here that I hate. I appreciate "Rhymin and Stealin" more these days, but "Brass Monkey" is still one of the fastest skips I've ever done on an album.
Eh, not a huge fan. "Karma Chameleon" is pretty fun, and "It's a Miracle" and "Miss Me Blind" are catchy--I think I've heard them both before sampled in future funk songs.
I don't think I was missing out on anything without Culture Club in my life.
Decent album. Several good tracks here, a bunch of others that are inoffensive but not super catchy. It's decent. Didn't love it, but a solid listen.
Damn fine album. I've never had the same adoration for Pixies that some have, but they write undeniably good songs. Been a long time since I've listened to this one. Was nice to revisit.
Damn fine album. I only knew the singles going into this, but there's quite a bit more to like here. As usual with the Pumpkins, I like their slower more rock ballad stuff than their heavy fast stuff. Still, real good.
Luna and Hummer were real good.
I do not like rock operas. This is no exception. The saxophone in "All Revved" goes hard and there's some decent moments throughout, but largely don't care for this.
(Nice.)
This is interesting: An album whose concept is actively detrimental to the listening experience. I understand the want to do something... but just because to want to, or even CAN do something, doesn't mean you should. And while I'm glad The Magnetic Fields didn't follow through with writing a "100 Love Songs" album, this is still too much.
There are tracks on here I genuinely kinda like. Not love. Nothing mind blowing. But there's some catchy indie pop here. I dig it.
But those I like only appear every 10 or so tracks. In the interim I'm listening to stuff that is uninteresting, forgettable, or actively annoying.
This could be trimmed down to one album that's pretty solid. At 3-discs, though? Like I say, actively detrimental to the listening experience.
Damn, this album's really good. I have it on record but I clearly don't listen to it nearly enough. Still feels very modern. Like, clearly a bunch of moderns bands I listen to have taken notes. Going to have to put this in more consistent rotation.
Beautiful album. "Pagan Poetry" is a phenomenal track, and "Heirloom" is up there too. Doesn't have any of my top Bjork tracks on it, but very cohesive and consistent listen. Really like this one.
I've never been the biggest fan of The Band, but this is a damn fine album. There's the song from Easy Rider, of course ("The Weight"), but I also really liked "We Can Talk" and "Chest Fever" . The gospel influence on this album is great. That organ in "Chest Fever"? Sublime.
Decent album. Not my favourite CCR album, not that I'm the biggest fan in the first place. Enjoyable, though. "Bad Moon Rising" and "Green River" are best of the bunch.
Ahh, for the longest time I wouldn't have been able to name any Moby songs for you. I was aware of him, but honestly, all that ever came to mind was that one Eminem lyric.
As it turns out, I've heard a bunch of Moby tracks!
And they're alright. Not really my kind of scene. Most of it kind of fades into the background. The tracks that do stick out I don't mind, but nothing really sparks joy. The album kind of goes on too long, for my tastes, too.
2 for 2 with Cure albums for me. These guys along with Neil Young have been the most consistent "discoveries" I've had on this generator so far. The Cure is just tailor-made for my kind of taste. Great album, it's going to regular rotation.
Listen to Scum?
Not on a train, not in a tree!
Not in a car, 1001-albums-generator, you let me be!
I would not, could not, in a box.
I would not, could not, with a fox.
I will not listen to them in a house.
I will not listen to them with a mouse.
I will not listen to them here or there.
I will not listen to them anywhere!
I do not like Scum's Napalm Death.
I do not like them 1001-album-generator!
I'm not a fan of concept albums, but this is pretty solid. "Victoria" is an absolute banger of a track but it never really reaches the same heights afterwards. Solid Kinks album, though.
This is just obnoxious to listen to. Like someone's embarrassing demo tape. I actively disliked this. It never faded into the background, just kind of stayed... present... and annoying...
Pretty solid. Good beats. It isn't blowing me away, but the whole album was an enjoyable listen--though again nothing really stuck out for me.
Great background music. Genuinely meant in a good way. This is really nice to just have on and chill to. This is the kind of jazz where I start to think "hey, maybe I AM a jazz guy".
I'm really digging this album. This is pretty great! Normally when I come across those influential bands that influenced the contemporary artists I really like I'm... not a fan. Not so here! This is my kind of post-rock. This is going into regular rotation... and clearly I'm going to have to listen to more Wire.
Not really my kind of music. "Frustrations" is an absolute bop. Other tracks were alright, others kind of faded from my notice. Big respect to Femi Kuti's politics and activism. From what I've read, he sounds like a pretty stand up guy.
Interesting mix of genres here. There were moments that came together for me... but hard to say I had a favourite stand-out song. Maybe "Hard To Be Human Again"... maybe. I appreciate what they're trying to do but I don't think they stick the landing here.
"Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child O'Mine", and "Paradise City" remain all-time bops... but the rest of the album is only okay.
Great album! Absolutely my jam. When I was a starving student and had a very limited budget for extras, this CD was a worthy investment. No skips, track after track of good tunes. I was a little surprised it was on this list though. Even at the time I didn't think it was particularly groundbreaking. Still, loved MGMT's first album.
When I first heard this album years ago I bounced right off of it. Thought it was okay but too long. Wilco really clicked for me with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost Is Born. Relistening to this now thought I've really come around to it more.
This album is really damn good.
Consistently good White Stripes album. "Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground", "Fell in Love With a Girl", and "We're Going to be Friends" have always been and remain my top picks for this one.
Dolly is a real one. RIP.
I'm not a huge fan of the genre, though. Didn't mind listening to this album; it's fine. Title track is best one.
This one just isn't doing it for me. "Watermelon Man" is pretty good, but I am not digging anything else here. I was never much of a jazz guy, but after being so impressed with "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady", I thought I'd be more into the other big jazz albums. No so here.
Great album. Probably my favourite by CCR. Side B is better than Side A, but the whole thing is a solid listen.
Great album this. I love the melancholy moody vibes that Nick Drake gives. My kind of folk music. The piano here is great.
I'm not a huge Aerosmith fan, by any stretch of the imagination. Can't argue that this is certainly the most listenable, though. "Janie's Got a Gun" has always been damn good. It's decent. I don't mind it.
Ehh, I've never loved the album. The Wall works great as a cinematic experience. I really enjoyed the movie. I do not love it as solely a soundtrack, though. There's a few tracks on here I really like, but I am happy to skip most of it as it all starts to blend together.
Man, I adore this album. Section 80 was great and To Pimp A Butterfly is unquestionably brilliant too, but for my money, I'd still put this as my top Kendrick album. "Sing About Me/I'm Dying of Thirst" I'd pick as my personal favourite track, but there's not a single skip here. The bonus disc tracks are brilliant too.
Buncha absolute bops in here. Some I can put on at any time, some I need a pint of bitter in me to properly appreciate. "Fairytale of New York" is a brilliant track, but I can't help but think of the Venture Bros. cover whenever I hear it these days.
Overrated (laudatory). I mean, I really like The Strokes and own most of their albums, but I've always thought they were kind of overrated. If it were me, I would've picked "Room On Fire" or "First Impressions of Earth" for this list. (Though I also recognize my First Impressions pick would be controversial--I think that one is underrated).
I went from "Sung Tongs" to this album and I wasn't prepared for the musical shift. Wasn't a huge fan of it on release and didn't quite get the praise it was receiving... but it's grown on me over the years. Really good. Complicated. Not immediately accessible, but worth it in the end.
Really, I should explore Animal Collective's discography more.
I have a low opinion of this album.
Eh, I don't really like Springsteen's music. It's inoffensive. I didn't hate it, but nothing sparked joy.
One of Bowie's most consistently enjoyable albums. Whole thing is real solid... even if none of my favourite Bowie songs are on it (Moonage Daydream notwithstanding).
One of my favourite albums in high school. Beautiful. Ethereal. I borrowed a copy of this and ( ) off of a friend and it cemented Sigur Ros as one of my all timers. Changed the way I listened to music.
Middling Bowie album. I like "Win" and "Fame", but everything else I can live without. It also has just about the corniest cover of "Across the Universe" I've ever heard of.
"OK" was OK! Not my favourite kind of electronica, but I'd leave this on in the background. "Butterfly" is a really, really good track. There were times throughout I kept thinking "Man, they should get Singh to work on the next Shin Megami Tensei soundtrack". I bet he could make one hell of a battle theme.
Pretty decent. Makes a good album to listen to while studying or cleaning. Not my favourite kind of electronica, but I enjoyed what was here. Consistent album.
I'd never heard of The Stone Roses but damn this is a really good album. Huh. I wasn't sure at first, but it keeps getting better the further in you get. You get to the end and it's like the beginning of the album comes together. "Don't Stop" and "Made of Stone" standouts, but this is easily going in regular rotation.
I did not love this, going to be honest! Did someone steal Cohen's guitar? Give that man back his guitar and take away the synthesizer!
There were a few tracks I didn't mind too much. "First We Take Manhattan" was alright, and I admittedly enjoyed "Take This Waltz" and even "Jazz Police"--but this is a version of Cohen I don't really care for or need.
Yeah, it's alright. Not the best, not the worst. Certainly made an impact when it came out and that can bring a lot of weird attention to a band. I didn't love it as much as some people did back in the day, but "Rollin" and "My Way" remain absolute bangers. Not sure I understand the positive critical re-evaluation some nu-metal bands are getting... they were fine then, they remain fine now.
MadTV's "Keep Posin'" was a great sketch. Will Sasso makes a good Fred Durst.
I put this album up there with Scum's "Napalm Death" or the Sex Pistols' "Nevermind the Bollocks"... I'm on board with their politics, have huge respect for their influence on the genre, and love a lot of the artists that came after, deeply influenced by them...
But I don't actually like listening to this. Too cacophonous. None of the samples or beats really grip me.
I've never really been into pop music from the 90s/00s. That's not different here. Though I guess if I was forced to pick a pop band from that era you could do much worse than Destiny's Child. I like when the lean more into hip-hop, like in "Dance With Me" and "Happy Face" is undeniably catchy.
The singles are alright, but this is another "not for me" kind of album.
Yeah, this is alright. Inoffensive rock music.
Catchy as hell. At times it sounds like he's using a synth from a NES sound chip. Other times I'm getting early Daft Punk vibes. Or maybe a smoother Justice? I can dig this. A lot of what here makes great background doing chores or studying music. Very upbeat.
Keeps your energy up. I really like it.
Great album. "Roundabout" is an all-timer, but the whole thing is a solid.
