1001 Albums Summary

A classic album. Heard it many times before and always a good listen. 8/10

Classic early metal album

Heard this recently. A good debut

A classic

Good

A classic goth album

Well known and regularly listened to!!

Love these funky grooves. A bit muddy mix though

Classic svante pop album

Classic

Not my bag.... evil.

Brilliant grand ol opry style singing

Brilliant

Well known classic.

Well known and always brilliant

Brilliant classic

A true classic of the genre

Great album good production

Brilliant synth soul

A pure classic!

Progressive rap but not my thing

A classic live album

Rap not my scene

Excellent

Classic guitar brilliance

Post punk new wave goth classic

One of the view rap albums I enjoy

Excellent

Always a classic

Very good debut

Raw early proto punk

Great psychedelic album

Didn’t one of these songs make it onto the Natural Born Killers OST? It’s not my usual style but I enjoyed this quite a bit more than some of the mellower contemporaries over the southern border. Good instrumentation, varied melody (except for the constant tabla, but it is mixed down enough not to be all consuming). Nusrat sings with real feeling and emotion. I loved this.

A classic of the genre. I never really listened to this much before, preferring the later Angel Dust. However this has some epic compositions on it. The keyboard is perfectly placed to give that sense of operatic drama that FNM are known for

A great album of classic soul. It reflects the zeitgeist of the year it was recorded and you can see the influence of some of the psychedelic soul that was prevalent at the time, coming through. The long instrumental ending of Run Away Child, Running Wild is evidence of this. Then side 2 is good old soul again. A good effort and enjoyable.

So sad that GP died so young and of something so avoidable. His voice was just sublime and the songs are so beautiful.

Glad this came up today. Haven’t listened to this in ages. After Out of Time it seemed subdued and a bit of a letdown. I got into REM when Document was released and this was the first release after Document which did not get better than the previous release. Re-evaluating it all these years later it’s one of the classic run of REM albums that started with Document and ended with this one.

Rap is not my favourite. So you know where this is going... That being said, this is quite inventive and interesting. On two one hour flights into Europe, album one for the first flight and album two for the second flight. I can safely say the 2 hours flew by (which is a lot for me to say about a RAP album!)

A classic melodic exalt offering from Bob Mould. This was worthy of a re-discovery.

Wow a blast from the past. Pop not talk my scene but listening to it now 27 years later memories come flooding back. This came out the year my daughter was born and so many of these tracks were MTV and VH1 staples at the time. I would not consider myself a fan of this 'bubblegum pop' but the sheer power of memory and the fact that placing this next to today's pop offerings makes this a retrospectively significant album.

Very good. I feel like I should enjoy it more though.

A classic of the genre. Can't go wrong with a little Souixsie. This is a regular on my playlists regardless of its appearance on the 1001 Albums list. (5/5)

I first heard this album when going through the book just after I bought it (in 2007). I liked this album then, but I love it now. Now I am closer to the subject matter; older wiser. I had forgotten how much chatter there is between the songs, but I do think it adds to the feel of the album. I wonder if the audience is real or canned? The band is on point, drums, piano, horn section and the bass is a constant groove. An excellent album!

I can't recall which mix this is - in fact I dont know, but I do recall this being a classic album. This is one of the most famous boogie-blues albums, and a very good one it is too! Listening to it again made me want to listen to The Rock Professor's (Chris Prior) again. A solid 4/5 from me.

This is the album that got me into R.E.M. Some classic tunes on here and one of the first albums where Stipe's singing actually makes sense. Some really good tracks on here and even the 'filler' is better than most songs from other bands. This gets listened to at least once a year so this is not something I have rediscovered! A classic (5/5)

I used to have this on CD back in the day. A nice blast from the past and a good album to listen to either on headphones or while working depending on how much head time you want to give it. Even listening to it in the background causes invasion into your mind. An excellent album (5/5)

So nice to have enjoyable albums coming through each day. This is another classic which is a brilliant bit of vocal jazz, the likes of which you don't hear of much anymore these days. Brilliant!

Such a classic album. One of the earliest albums in the list before jazz went all atonal. This is a benchmark for melodic jazz music - just love it. I had the privelage of doing some studies under his son Darius in Durban in the 1990s... good times. The highest accolades!

Another classic album - they just keep coming this week! I have listened to the Who quite a lot over my life but revisiting this I can see how much this has influenced the music of the world subsequent to it. A brilliant album.

I recall listening to this when I was going through the 1001 album list the first time. Because I was listening to the list chronologically in the past this got lost within the other psychedelic albums at the time. It is quite a different album and of course things are lost in translation with the lyrics not being in English - but an interesting listen nonetheless. (3.5/5)

This cover always struck me as being a Reggae album cover. Maybe its the dog, or maybe it's Jimmy's look - or Jimmy's name. Either way this is a really good 'organic' jazz album. I am normally not a big fan of organ led jazz but this is a really good album which evokes lazy Sunday afternoons. (4.5/5)

Another beautiful classic album. Can't go wrong with this as it is the definitive Fleetwood Mac album. Imagine how good it would have been if PEter Green was still a part of it? I love this album... (5/5)

Another classic by a misunderstood genius. This guy died way too soon and his later work was working up to something monumental. This was of course ahead of its time and still a brilliant album despite the outdated title. (5/5)

Country is not my favourite genre but I really like this album. THere is enough variety in it and the lyrics are fun. I would listen to this more than once! (4/5)

What a classic album! I recall listening to this when it came out and thinking, 'wow - that's different.' This was one of the last CD's I bought before moving fully to streaming services. Now so many years later it has clearly inspired others...

I realised that I was confusing this with 'Funeral' - but upon listening again this is a much more upbeat release than 'Funeral'. Great songwriting, great instrumentation and good melodies. A great album and going to make me relisten to some of their other stuff again today. (5/5)

The guy is no don’t clever and unusual use of instrumentation but all the bravado and swearing is not really my cup of tea. (2/5)

Brilliant as I remember it

It's the Beatles. Can one even argue or review this objectively? If you consider the best Beatles album as (10/5) and the worst Beatles album as (5/5), then this is a solid (8/5)

Blast from the past! I bought this on cassette when it came out and I was blown away. Lots of people copied this style in ensuing years and the Young Gods themselves only improved after this (TV Sky anyone?) but this is still a classic. (4.5/5)

The last ABBA album before they split for 40 years. Not my favourite and not as good as Voulez Vous, but still an excellent album. (4/5)

The master of gloom - yet touching and soulful. It's an album I know quite well and it's mood music for me and not always the right time for listening to. This one caught me at the right time of the year, and of the day. A definite 4/5 for today.

Still a classic.

Interesting but not something I’d have on repeat.

Can’t believe that Matt Johnson was so young when this came out. It’s a truly classic album and leads perfectly to Infected and further on.

This is a classic album. Björk redeems herself after the meh of Stick Around for Joy. This is a statement of a way forward. Love this album (5/5)

Such a throwback album. I realised why I never really got into this earlier. It is a combination of his voice and forgettable melodies. The first time around it was not a album that I relistened and now listening to it again I am not getting any different vibe from it. The second half is definitely better. (4/5)

I only heard this fairly recently, when I was going through the albums not included in the 2006 edition of the list (this was the book I initially bought). It is a brilliant version of a modern prog album. When I first heard it, I immediately listened to it again and now when it came up as the album of the day, I was more than happy to 'rediscover' it again. It is quite nuanced and even though I have heard it a number of times before, there always seems something new to discover. If you have to heard it - please do! (5/5)

A classic Stones album. Quite a mix of genres and sometimes the music is mixed a bit loud compared to the vocals, especially the piano. A veryclectic album and stated by many to be their best, but, while its good, I disagree that its the best. (4/5)