1001 Albums Summary

Has my favourite Stevie song, but overall didn't really do it for me. good not great

Don't understand how this album is one of the biggest sellers of all time, if it were a colour it would be beige

Never the biggest Bowie fan, but can appreciate it's a good album

Bad Moon Rising is a classic track, enjoyed the album, but nothing spectacular

I only assume this is in the have to hear list because you have to hear how awful it is

1hr 7 minutes fret wankery... and Layla

Enjoyed it more than I was expecting as I am not a massive Zep fan

Bought this album when it came out, haven't revisited it much in intervening years. Why is it in this list, maybe one of them is related to the list compiler?

Cracking Album

Don't get it... but it is impressive to be able sing harmonies with yourself that are neither harmonic, nor melodic, nor in time with the music or your other self. Could feel myself slowly give up the will to live as the album progressed

Very pleasant to have in the background, but nothing super memorable bar the title track, nothing really memorable

Bongos..thousands of them..they're everywhere.. love it

Not even Elton's finest 6:17 that is Tiny Dancer can raise this above a 3. As for Indian Summer, I can see what he was trying to say..but dear lord there must have been less lumpy ways of doing it, still at least now I know where that 2Pac sample came from

Enjoyed it far more than I was expecting.. even with The Model on it which I find really tedious

Dreary... if this was played at a funeral, the corpse would rise out of the coffin to turn it off

5 all day long (even with Jazz Police on it)

In the same way Sade soundtracked dinner parties in the '80s, this was the dinner party soundtrack of the 2000s.. perfectly pleasant but nothing spectacular

Lyrically some songs REALLY don't hold up well by todays standards. Musically not bad but there are far better entries in the Stones catalogue

If it wasn't for his tragic passing in short order after this albums release it would have been thought of as another Tin Machine

Cracking stuff from one of their best albums

A pleasant example of the Genre, not one I am likely to return to, but nice enough

Love this band, not my favourite of theirs..but a solid 3

If you aren't familiar with early Alice work beyond the classic singles, this album will come as a real surprise due to the myriad styles it covers.

3 - enjoyed it more than expecting, but not brilliant

Pleasant surprise how much I enjoyed this. Knew of him, but had never heard his stuff. Reminded me on occasion of Ben Folds stuff which is no bad thing

Another one where I had never really paid the artist much attention beyond the singles I had heard.. but this is a brilliant album.. will do some more digging

meh

It's a good album..but too long - needs a bit more variety in it to hit the 5.. a solid 4

Pleasant enough, nothing spectacular and unlikely to ever return to it

5 - my Favourite Jane's album, shame they will never play together again

Enjoyed it - very mellow

meh..with a side order of extra meh

Occasional flashes of the early PJ Harvey stuff I used to love, but had drifted away from her stuff before this album came out. I can see why it got the plaudits, but unlikely to return

A lot of disappointment in this album when it came out but it has some great songs and is a strong 3, would have been 4 but for the international jet set

An album of historical significance, pleasant enough. Title track is a classic and his voice is sublime. But a 3 nonetheless

Why does this feel like a Christmas album? The worlds most depressed Christmas album ever..but still a Christmas album.. Sinatra's voice is sublime as ever, but that's the only thing that makes this album more than a 1.. it's just too depressing

Didn't know Jane Weaver before this but really dug this album, elements of Air, trip-hop, shoegaze, and also reminded me of Deja Vega too (although this predates it, but you can hear the influence of this album in their work I think)

I love jazz... but this to me sounds like a 1-man band with parkinsons, sorry.

This album was a 4 - but bonus point given as he is the voice of King Louie, so it's a 5

it's alright..can't see myself rushing back to it... but it's better than tin machine!

Knew of it, had never heard this before..loved it. And spotting the sample (or at least where the samples ended up of tracks 1 and 2) was quite a list

It's Otis.. it's brilliant..it's 5

Only really knew Smokebelch II prior to listening to this - this isn't my musical genre of choice generally..this album hasn't changed that.. Smokebelch II is an absolute banger though

A pleasant Sunday morning album with a book

One could argue the title track is overplayed..but a cracking album all the same

An album for some reason I had never got round to checking out after all the hype.. love it.

Track one is a classic and still relevant sadly.. rest of album good, but not great..4 (Groove Thing raises it by a point from a 3)