1001 Albums Summary

Enjoyment: 7 Replayability: 6 Cohesion: 4 Flow/Pacing: 5 Artistic Merit: 8 Weighted Average: 6.25 Summary: Late-60s bops mixed with moving soul classics Favorite Song: (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Least Favorite Song: People Get Ready Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 4 Replayability: 4 Cohesion: 8 Flow/Pacing: 3 Artistic Merit: 6 Weighted Average: 4.8 Summary: A gentle blend of R&B and Soul with the spice coming from the bass and Hammond organ. Favorite Song: Green Onions Least Favorite Song: Rinky Dink Recommend? No

Enjoyment: 10 Replayability: 8 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 7 Artistic Merit: 7 Weighted Average: 8.15 Review: This felt like a lighthearted reimagining of the American folk genre filled with heavenly harmonics and airy melodies. The only ding is the songs are so similar that there's no obvious best choice, yet it doesn't become too repetitive. Liked Song(s): Sun It Rises, Ragged Wood, Quiet Houses, He Doesn't Know Why, Meadowlarks, Blue Ridge Mountains Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 8 Replayability: 6 Cohesion: 7 Flow/Pacing: 5 Artistic Merit: 8 Weighted Average: 7.05 Review: I grew up on Steely Dan, so these songs were played frequently over the years. This album is quintessential yacht rock with the well-produced marriage between its slick jazz beats and classic rock sound. Although I wouldn't choose to listen to this entire album on repeat due to its slower pacing, Deacon Blues, Peg, and Josie will remain favorites of mine with a newfound love of Black Cow. Liked Song(s): Black Cow, Deacon Blues, Peg, Josie Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 6 Replayability: 5 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 4 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 5.4 Review: I dig the the progressive and psychedelic nature of these tracks, but there are multiple dull stretches where they just mix together with little substance. Overall, an average album. Liked Song(s): She Has Funny Cars, Somebody to Love, 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, White Rabbit Disliked Song(s): My Best Friends, Plastic Fantastic Lover Recommend? Maybe

Enjoyment: 8 Replayability: 7 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 7 Artistic Merit: 6 Weighted Average: 7.05 Review: This album is jam packed with hits and some deeper cut gems. This was a pleasure to listen through. Liked Song(s): Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding, Candle In The Wind, Bennie And The Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Grey Seal, The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934), Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) Disliked Song(s): Jamaica Jerk-Off Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 4 Replayability: 4 Cohesion: 3 Flow/Pacing: 4 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 4 Review: I'm all for progressive and indie music, but there was very little concrete enough for me to grab onto and enjoy. And some tracks just felt abrasive to my ears, but maybe that's the point. Liked Song(s): Kamera, Jesus, Etc., Heavy Metal Drummer, I'm the Man Who Loves You Disliked Song(s): I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Recommend? No

Enjoyment: 5 Replayability: 4 Cohesion: 5 Flow/Pacing: 4 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 4.65 Review: I listened to this album 4 times in 24 hours. I tried to like it, but I'm not into the punk or industrial sound. I can respect what it is and why it's meaningful, but it's not for me. Liked Song(s): Nightclubbing, China Girl, Dum Dum Boys Disliked Song(s): Funtime, Mass Production Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 7 Replayability: 6 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 6 Artistic Merit: 7 Weighted Average: 6.5 Review: This is the first time I've listened to a Stones album all the way through. Of course they're a phenomenal band that has become synonymous with the idea of Rock 'n' Roll itself, but they're right on the periphery of my taste in rock. I've never heard any of these songs until today, and most sounded like filler to the point where after five songs in, the music all blended together. I liked the blend, but nothing stuck out as exceptional like I would expect from this band. Liked Song(s): Rocks Off, Rip This Joint, Sweet Virginia, Loving Cup, All Down The Line, Shine A Light, Soul Survivor Disliked Song(s): Shake Your Hips, Turd On The Run, Ventilator Blues, I Just Want To See His Face Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 6 Replayability: 3 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 7 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 5.2 Review: This was a fun listen. I likely would've enjoyed it more if I understood the words, but my ears don't need English to respect a good album. Liked Song(s): El Habra Wine, Imagine, Ya Aachkou Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? No

Enjoyment: 6 Replayability: 7 Cohesion: 5 Flow/Pacing: 6 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 5.95 Review: I have only listened to a few R.E.M. songs in the past, so this was the first time I've listened to an entire album of theirs. If they're as good as this one, I'm looking forward to more. Liked Song(s): Radio Free Europe, Pilgrimage, Catapult, 9-9 Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 5 Replayability: 4 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 4 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 4.95 Review: This was a cool experimental album, but it's ethereal nature made its chord progressions very repetitive. Liked Song(s): Run, Symphony Space, 200 Bars Disliked Song(s): Take Your Time, Shine a Light, Sway Recommend? No

Enjoyment: 4 Replayability: 3 Cohesion: 7 Flow/Pacing: 3 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 4.25 Review: Another cool experimental album, but this time the highs were not so high and the lows were lower than I hoped, which didn't leave much room for the neutral space in between. Overall, there's some funky and fun sounds, but again, very repetitive making it difficult to want to listen this over and over. Liked Song(s): Eple, Poor Leno, Remind Me Disliked Song(s): A Higher Place, Röyksopp's Night Out, 40 Years Come Back Recommend? Maybe

Enjoyment: 6 Replayability: 5 Cohesion: 7 Flow/Pacing: 5 Artistic Merit: 6 Weighted Average: 5.8 Review: U2 nails the Rock sound as it evolves in the 1980s with this album. You can hear the frustration of their lyrics reflected in the timbre of their guitars. That being said, there's still some dull stretches where the music all blends together. Liked Song(s): Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 7 Replayability: 6 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 5 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 6.1 Review: This album scratched my inner teen angst itch. Overall a decent album, that gives nostalgia without having known the tracks beforehand. Liked Song(s): A Good Idea, Hoover Dam, Fortune Teller Disliked Song(s): Slick Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 5 Replayability: 5 Cohesion: 7 Flow/Pacing: 7 Artistic Merit: 8 Weighted Average: 5.95 Review: I've only listened to a handful of rap and hip-hop songs throughout my life, so in my highly uninformed opinion of the genre, this was a very solid album. I felt it elegantly conveyed the struggles of those in marginalized communities and bridged a gap to make those struggles feel relatable and shared so people from all walks of life can feel empowered through music to command their own destinies. Liked Song(s): Funky For You, A Song For Assata, Pops Rap III...All My Children Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 6 Replayability: 5 Cohesion: 7 Flow/Pacing: 4 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 5.55 Review: The only Kate Bush song I've heard before this album was Running Up That Hill (from Stranger Things of course). The rest of the tracks were decent and I've added up a couple to my playlists, but not much to write home with. I liked the dreamy and experimental pop on the back half, but I didn't connect with it as much as I would've liked to. Liked Song(s): Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), The Big Sky, Jig Of Life Disliked Song(s): And Dream Of Sheep Recommend? Maybe

Enjoyment: 8 Replayability: 6 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 8 Artistic Merit: 7 Weighted Average: 7.05 Review: This album wanted me to travel back to early 2000s Austria, stay at a hostel, and go clubbing to these songs. Liked Song(s): Take Me Out, The Dark Of The Matinée, This Fire, Darts Of Pleasure Disliked Song(s): Auf Achse Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 5 Replayability: 4 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 4 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 4.8 Review: Although this album was slow, Nick's voice and the piano were still a pleasure to listen to. I'll probably listen to this again when the environment is right, like a slow and rainy Sunday morning. Liked Song(s): People Ain't No Good, West Country Girl, Idiot Prayer Disliked Song(s): Black Hair, Green Eyes Recommend? No

Enjoyment: 6 Replayability: 5 Cohesion: 5 Flow/Pacing: 4 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 5.25 Review: I'm not a particular fan of punk and grunge just because the music can give me quite the headache, but I also know that's the point. I respect the counter culture message to attack established oppresive systems, so the album averages it all out. Liked Song(s): Holidays in the Sun, Liar, God Save the Queen Disliked Song(s): Problems, Anarchy in the U.K. Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 7 Replayability: 6 Cohesion: 4 Flow/Pacing: 4 Artistic Merit: 4 Weighted Average: 5.55 Review: I wanted to like this album more than I actually did. The songs were decent and I'm a sucker for synths, but this is the first time I felt that I disagreed with the track order. Rio felt out of place at the top. I would've placed Rio deeper in the album as a reward for listening through. And most of the other tracks just blended together without sticking out as much as I would've wanted with the only exception being The Chaffeur, which I felt served its job as the cap of the album. Liked Song(s): Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf, The Chaffeur Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 10 Replayability: 9 Cohesion: 9 Flow/Pacing: 8 Artistic Merit: 9 Weighted Average: 9.25 Review: This will be my first album to reach 5 stars. I just listened to this three times in a row. I couldn't stop. I've heard some Black Sabbath in my time and I just figured I wasn't a heavy metal head. But I now realize that listening to the whole album is the format in which it's supposed to be enjoyed. The harsh dissonant riffs, the rich bass, the enchanting drums, Ozzy's voice... it's all composed and mixed so perfectly together. Now onto listen number four. Liked Song(s): Black Sabbath, Wasp / Behind the Wall of Sleep / N.I.B., The Wizard, Wicked World, A Bit of Finger / Sleeping Village / Warning Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 4 Replayability: 3 Cohesion: 2 Flow/Pacing: 3 Artistic Merit: 1 Weighted Average: 2.9 Review: This album felt entirely inconsequential. I am the same person I was before listening to it as I am after, and I could've gone the rest of my life without ever needing to. The tracks were all just generic 90s pop that hold little merit to be on the "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" list. Nothing sounds outright awful, I just think its accolades are undeserved. Liked Song(s): Son Of A Gun, Liberty Ship, There She Goes, Looking Glass Disliked Song(s): Doledrum, Way Out, Freedom Song, Failure Recommend? No

Enjoyment: 7 Replayability: 9 Cohesion: 8 Flow/Pacing: 6 Artistic Merit: 6 Weighted Average: 7.4 Review: This starts off as a pretty good jazz album. Then Maseru hits. And you see a romanticized montage of all the successes you're going to encounter in your life like the epilogue scene from La La Land. There's a brief lull halfway through, but before you can catch your breath, the tempo picks back up and boom immediate reprise. Besides that, the other tracks were intriguing and unique enough to hold their own, so I'll be returning back to this album frequently. Liked Song(s): Part Of A Whole, The Big Apple, Maseru, Inner Crisis, Maesha Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 9 Replayability: 5 Cohesion: 8 Flow/Pacing: 7 Artistic Merit: 8 Weighted Average: 7.5 Review: This was a great album to listen through with plenty of well-known hits and hidden gems found within. I loved how uplifting it was, especially the baby in the bath in Isn't She Lovely - such a sweet and tender addition that I never heard with the radio edit. My only mark is that since this is a double LP, it loses some points in the Replayability category due to its extended length. Long albums aren't a problem on their own, but this one seemed to drag a few times, but not as I expected really. Liked Song(s): Love's In Need Of Love Today, Sir Duke, I Wish, Pastime Paradise, Summer Soft, Isn't She Lovely, Black Man, Saturn Disliked Song(s): Have A Talk With God, Ordinary Pain, Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 7 Replayability: 5 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 7 Artistic Merit: 8 Weighted Average: 6.5 Review: This was the most fun album I've listened to from this list as of yet. He definitely gives off Bo Burnham vibes with poignant analogies and smart lyrical choices - I audibly laughed at the Sigourney Weaver track. Very wide range of emotional complexity. Liked Song(s): TC and Honeybear, Where Dreams Go to Die, Sigourney Weaver, Chicken Bones, Silver Platter Club, Jesus Hates F*ggots, Queen of Denmark Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 5 Replayability: 4 Cohesion: 4 Flow/Pacing: 5 Artistic Merit: 4 Weighted Average: 4.45 Review: I never really bought into the appeal of the Beastie Boys. Their songs are sick rager party music - but that's about it. If you've heard one, then you've heard them all. I will say the samples they used were creative and interesting, but that's about it for me. Liked Song(s): Shake Your Rump, Car Thief, What Comes Around, B-Boy Bouillabaisse: A Year And A Day Disliked Song(s): The Sounds Of Science, Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 9 Replayability: 9 Cohesion: 10 Flow/Pacing: 10 Artistic Merit: 8 Weighted Average: 9.1 Review: This confirms it, I'm a metal head. Liked Song(s): Invaders, Children of the Damned, The Prisoner, 22 Acacia Avenue, The Number of the Beast, Run to the Hills, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Enjoyment: 7 Replayability: 6 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 5 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 6.1 Review: Another Rolling Stones album where I'm a little disappointed because I expected more. Liked Song(s): Sympathy For The Devil, Street Fighting Man, Salt Of The Earth Disliked Song(s): Factory Girl Recommend? Yes