In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

This definitely should have been in the book.

Another one where it is the height of insanity that this is NOT in any edition of the actual 1,001. This little bonus project has been a lot of fun for me because I spent 1,089 days bitching about most of the albums being forgettable Gen X bullshit, and then I've spent the last 2 weeks being like, "Yes, obvious masterpiece" and then I read the other reviews and see people complaining that it's forgettable Millennial bullshit. I guess we're all just a product of what we listened to when we turned 14.

Everyone’s first album in America sophomore year of college where we think we’ve started listening to really cool music for the first time

Brian Eno said every person who bought a copy of "The Velvet Underground & Nico" started a band; in a similar fashion, every sad boy in college who heard "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" wanted to pick up a guitar and start an indie band. This one was everyone's darling in my college years around the hipsters and kids with a music taste to prove. Interesting that it is viewed as a heavily distorted album, cause I didn't really feel that. It's warm for sure due to compression and equipment, but that is a different type of distortion to me. There's also the internet music committee bit here. This was a special time on the early-web where almost anything could take off much easier than today if you put yourself out there, and I think a lot of the cult of personality came from that group. Overall though, it definitely holds up. Still a fan. Definitely should have been on the list.

Had an ex girlfriend who got me into this way back when. It was a big part of our romance in those days. Even though that relationship soured horribly, those memories don't tarnish the power of this music. It's such a beautiful contradiction: lo-fi but ornate with arrangements, cryptic but heartfelt. A cult classic that undoubtedly deserves its place on the list.

This album gets rave reviews from everyone so over the years I think I must have tried to listen to it at least a dozen times. I love lo-fi indie music, heck its one of my favourite genres, but for some reason I just can't get into this album, in particular I really find the lead vocalist's voice to be annoying AF. I'll file this under "What am I missing?"

Essential to Aeroplane are its asymmetries: The strange loading of the instrumentals; The too-late shift away from indie-punk-scream; The too-familiar instruments devoid of joy. It's all totally necessary for the project, which in fact flows seamlessly, not even broken by the early invocation of Jesus Christ. The album's devastating. It also manages to be a positive blueprint, impossible to copy except maybe with exquisite care.

If you like any modern indie, chances are you can thank these guys for their influence. Definitely a snub on the original list.

It really is as good as nerds on the internet say (says fellow nerd on the internet).

One of my favorite albums ever, A+

Of course. Getting lit to Jeff Mangum. Fetishize Anne Frank. Rip a real one.

In the post folk lo-fi kind of world this is minor royalty and I own it and like it a lot. I can see where some will find it pretty intolerable, and I've slammed entries in different genres for similar issues - the affected singing style and baroque and cryptic lyrics. But it works for me.

Solid album all the way through. Thanks for suggesting.

I've listened to this before and found it really interesting. Didn't know anything about the band though, and the fact that they only released two albums. Good stuff, reminds me a bit of the Decemberists. 4 stars.

Surprise is never top far away on this album. I constantly wonderen: "What's the next song going to sound like?". Very varied and fun album

7/10. Damn, this guy loves singing about semen. One of those albums that does a lot of cool stuff, but the end-product just isn't something I'm that into.

One of the immortal classics of the 90s. In all honesty, it never struck me as the masterpiece it's supposedly claimed to be. But there's no denying it's a record overflowing with creativity, boasting intricate arrangements and an originality that's hard to come by. The whole aesthetic surrounding it just cements its unique form. It should have been in the original list. I am surprised it is not

This LP has become such a staple in the indie scene that I don't know if I can offer any new or novel takes, only my appreciation for the odd little world Jeff Mangum has constructed on this record. It took years for me to hear this album in full and piece together the at-first abstruse thematic elements, and even today I feel there are nooks and crannies here I'm not fully appreciating. Each time I return there's a new detail to uncover or a motif to recognize across the impressively varied (but damn good) instrumentation or songwriting, and each time I leave feeling there's still an idea or easter egg left on the table. Can't say I'm terribly familiar with the rest of Hotel's discography, but knowing the expansive run of Mangum's musical output, I'm thankful that such a densely packed album manages to convey the expressiveness and ideation that defines both his solo and Elephant 6 works without collapsing in on itself. Excellent addition to this list, and yes, an absolute crime it wasn't included to begin with.

Should be an easy 5 stars from me, as this is one of the main genres I get my kicks from. But somehow, despite so many rave reviews, this band never appealed to me that much. I usually like a-typical vocals, but here it somehow doesn't resonate. (or maybe it resonates too much?)

This might be fantastic in its own way but I'm just not an indie folk guy. It always gives me vibes of uni students who think this sort of music taste will mark them as "mysterious and artsy but fun", when really they just don't cut their toenails and any girls that are actually impressed by it also have questionable hygiene. 2/5.

Interesting sound but not my thing

This is pop. My daughter listened to it in the 2000s. Folky

Some indie bands I really like, some bands I just like and some bands which I dislike. I can't really explain why, but it just wasn't going anywhere for me

sound like Pirluit of Smurfs

Absolute shite