1001 Albums Summary

Good album but arguably worse than the one before and the one after it.

Undeniable quality.

I've always thought "Rumours" was a little flat beyond the songs everyone knows. "Tusk" was a welcome surprise. It overstays its welcome for sure, but I enjoyed it.

It's enjoyable, but a bit too mellow towards the end. Not for me.

The only problem with this album is that it ends.

I can appreciate it, but it's not exactly my cup of tea. A bit too much on the soft side.

It's pleasant enough.

Very good album. Essential listening that goes beyond its status as a fundamental reference for electronic music.

I can enjoy some of it, but a few songs are very grating. Not my thing.

I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I did. It’s no classic, but it’s good.

It's a classic for a reason. Proof that guitar bans can (and perhaps should) aim to do something different every now and then.

Alternates between brilliant and obnoxious.

Not the best Primal Scream album, but far from their worst. Very soundtrack-y in spots. But that's not a bad thing at all.

It starts off well enough. I thought, "wow, this is some pretty progressive pop, I'll probably give it a 4/5". Then it slowly descends into the ABBA everyone knows, probably a little too cliche for its own sake.

People forget (or never even knew) Santana used to be cool as fuck.

Absolute classic. Probably their best record. Feels like a classic rock album updated for the present. It has aged wonderfully.

Well, there was certainly an attempt at doing something different. Listen to Wire's "Pink Flag" instead of this. I promise you'll have a better time.

I'd say this is background music for a family restaurant, but it DEMANDS your attention, to show you just how middle-of-the-road music can be. Of course Hughie from "The Boys" loves this, it's as mundane as he is. I really dislike it when people use ethnicity to describe music, but oh boy, this is as "white" as it gets. Just listen to Elton John, that one's got a pulse.

A timeless and influential classic. As great today as it ever was.

If somebody put this on, I wouldn't mind it. But I'd rather listen to something else. Perhaps if I paid attention to the lyrics I'd like it more.

This is it, the first album I couldn't actually listen to all the way through. Wayne Coyne's vocals are just grating. The constant synth farts in the background don't help either. I actively disliked this.

Really enjoyable listen, even if hip-hop is not your favorite genre.

Really not for me.

Maybe this is amazing when you pay attention to the lyrics, but I did not. As it stands, I straight up did not enjoy this listen. I didn't like the orchestral swells. The occasional "talk-singing" style didn't do it for me either. I can usually appreciate some qualities of a record that isn't my cup of tea, but this one didn't do it for me.

This one never clicked that much for me. I prefer “Ritual de Lo Habitual”. But it’s still good.

If you're gonna listen to a Hole album, make it "Live Through This". While that album sounds like good Nirvana, "Celebrity Skin" sounds like bad Smashing Pumpkins. It picks up a bit halfway through, but really, you don't have to listen to this before you die.

I don't need to relisten to this. It's almost the perfect Zeppelin album. A track or two might not work for you, but the rest more than makes up for it.

A damn fine album that has aged wonderfully. James Murphy takes his influences and makes something truly new and exciting. Some tracks do become a bit repetitive, but it's not a big deal.

If you wanna listen to "classic rock" you can do so much better than this.

The three albums that followed this are better, but that doesn't make this any less of a classic.

Really good, but not quite the classic that people make it out to be.

This is a tough one to rate. There are BRILLIANT moments here ("Of Wolf and Man"), but also a bunch of songs from the album "Load" that are better off forgotten. It's not a bad listen, but at 2h15, it's too long and too filled with skippable songs. Your mileage may vary, but you'll probably end up going back to the original records anyway. "Ride the Lightning" deserves a spot better than this.

The two records that followed ("Piece of Mind" and "Powerslave") are superior, but this is still great.

Honestly did not expect to like this as much as I did. Pretty wild style variations all around. Almost like a Ween album, but taking itself more seriously. Recommended.

I definitely like it more than most Genesis I've heard, but rather than relistening to this, I feel more like going to the albums he made after this.

Not my favorite album of instrumental, non-dance electronic music, but it's good. Ahead of its time, for sure.

It's good. "Fair Warning" is a much better album though.

If you really liked Bowie's "Low" and "Heroes", or Iggy Pop's "The Idiot" and "Lust for Life", this is a logical next step. It's weirder, but rewarding.

I don't have to relisten to this. It's a classic. No further comments.

Starts off pretty bad, but improves when Janis Joplin starts singing. Honestly, though, if you want "blues rock", you can do a lot better than this. There's a lot of messy guitar and instrumentation all around, and most of the songs here don't even come close to "Piece of My Heart".

"Epic" is not synonymous with "good". I can appreciate the scope and the ambition, but the overall delivery is too melodramatic. A "rock opera" doesn't work unless it changes things up every now and then, be it musically or thematically. That's why Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and the Smashing Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" work so well, but Nine Inch Nails' "The Fragile" does not. You need to change the tone, add a little humor, but in a way that fits - UNLIKE "Tommy's Holiday Camp", which just seems stupid in the middle of all the drama of this record. Sure they can play. Sure Roger Daltrey is good (but inferior to Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne or Ian Gillan). But if you're gonna listen to a Who album, make it "Who's Next". "Tommy" is, and has always been, overrated as hell.

It's ok, just barely reaching 4 stars, rather than 3. There are too many Kinks albums on this list though.

Really good album that overstays its welcome a bit. If you liked Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly", this is a solid next step. On a side note, I saw Thundercat live, and his show is NOTHING like this album. All those great vibes, those warm bass grooves and smooth melodies that take you along for a ride? Nah, none of that. JAMS. Endless bass solos. Whenever the concert would hint at finally taking off, he would launch into another improv, right in the middle of a song. It was frustrating. When he played "Them Changes", the crowd finally stood up and started dancing and cheering. Too bad it was the last song of the set. He came back for an awkward one-song encore, and that was it.

I wouldn't say it's the greatest rock album ever made, but attributing fewer than 5 stars seems unfair. Skip "Digsy's Dinner".

I'd give this 6 stars if I could. Possibly my favorite hip-hop album of all time. If you're a rock listener and have never given hip-hop a proper chance, start here.

Classic "blues rock" records tend to age poorly, but this one still sound great. The longer cuts are the best.

Not my favorite kind of hip-hop. It's something about the beats being really fast and busy all the time. I don't think it's bad, but it's really not for me.

I mean, you're going to listen to one Amy Winehouse album, make it the other one. This is ok, but it goes on for way too long.

Is it a good blues-rock album with actual songs? Yes. Can you do better? Also yes.

A classic that holds up. Side A has all the legendary pop rock, side B has songs that don't hit with quite the same impact, but are very good overall. Never mind what the band has become in recent years. Go and listen to this!

This is not for everyone. But if it is for you, you're really gonna dig it. Unlike some of Waits' other stuff (which I don't like as much), the production and choice of instruments here really shines. (I originally discovered this album because Queens of the Stone Age covered "Goin' Out West" arguably one of the best songs here. But do give the whole thing a try. Then another one, because you might hate it at first.)

You can't mess with this. It sounds cliché to call it "beautiful", but that's what it is. So much more than your typical singer-songwriter album.

A very good White Stripes album. Not the best White Stripes album. They deserve credit for changing things up a lot and trying out new things. I'd say the songs "Instinct Blues" and "Red Rain" feel a bit out of place here, they are not as inventive as the rest of the material. The rest is brilliant. But it's not a 5-star album, and I don't know if it really deserves a place on this list, as much as I love the band.