1001 Albums Summary

Surprised that Frank made it to the list - I was expecting Black to Black instead This is fine, but I'm not a fan of this one I didn't care for it 23 years ago, and I still don't really want to listen to this now Meh . . .

This album has a massive over-use of the the word "Baby" Listening in 2026, it really is a lot Not my fave LZ album, especially Shook Me & Dazed are not hitting as well as they did in the 70's But then again, this is one hell of a debut record, so it still get four stars

Its the one with Blitzkrieg Bop - Hey Ho Let's Go! But after that storming opening track, things do begin to sound somewhat similar I expected to give this a four star rating, but a three makes much more sense, mainly down to the opening track

Totally exceeded my initial expectations - these are some fun songs Not my bag, but glad I got to listen to them nevertheless A solid three

Back in college, a guy I knew used to hang out in folk clubs most nights Whenever I went along, most everyone was trying to do some version of this musical style I get similarities to Nick Drake - same county, but slightly different zip code I wish the guy would cheer up a little - makes it a difficult listen Its okay, but I'm never going to circle back for another listen

All I can recall about Yes is Owner of A Lonely Heart, which I quite liked in the 80's, so interested in hearing another album from their career TLDR - that is not this Not even close This is absurb prog nonsense that gave 70's music a bad name, and provoked the much-needed punk backlash Three song here clock in around nine minutes, and a couple are broken into several movements FML - I have no time today to hate on how terrible this is Let's keep it at HELL NO! and move on

When it comes to the BB's I cant really listen to a whole album at once Like a Ramones record, it can get a much after three tracks in a row But breaking things down to a couple of songs at a time, makes this a really fun album to hear Great to hear Sabotage and Sure Shot again, but the deeper cuts also have some interesting musical choices that really surprised me Cool - I'll be back for another listen soon

About half of these songs are wonderful and have completely stood the test of time The rest of strange and quirky oddities that require a skip forward but let be honest here, nine stone cold classics on a single album is one heck of an achievement, beaten only by some of their other recordings I wanna go 4.5 here

Neil Young is a tricky bag of cats Sometimes he bites your finger, sometimes cuddles up and purrs, but mostly just ignores you and does whatever the hell he feels like Neil, I hope you had fun making this, but I didn't find anything here that I want to listen to a second time

It's the voice - I just cant do more than one song before it gets painful Pump It Up is the exception, and Chelsea is ok, but the rest is a hard pass

Many, many people point to The Who and Kinks as premium examples of 70's rock - they just leave me cold For me, Queen has them all beat Love the hits, and the rest is great too When I renovated my kitchen, I had all the Queen albums one after another on rotation - it was fantastic!

I was waiting for something to happen Then 75 minutes later it ended Good thing is, it was so boring that I stopped actively paying attention, otherwise this would have really pissed me off

I have never understood the fascination with this album The two hits are ok, but the rest is already forgotten

A bit of a surprise that this band broke through in the early 80's with everything else going on in the music world Tyler, King and Food for Thought dominate the album - that makes it four stars right that Sadly, the other songs dont reach the same heights

Meh Not for me Many reviews call this album boring I get why now

So now I know where the sample from Mr Wendel comes from! This was the only interesting thing about listening to this album Jazz-infused Easy Listening is not a genre that appeals to me Pass