Chuck

I'm not sure what this musical sub-genre is called - pop-punk? Skate-punk? I don't know, but I really dislike it. 2 stars.

Back to my teen-years! No doubt that this gets a 5-star rating from me. There very energetic songs are just bangers. And the somewhat calmer 'power-ballads' just hit the right buttons

This holds up incredibly well. There is much more here than the pop punk they are known for. Metal leanings of this work amazingly and probably put this band at its peak with this album.

I was fully prepared to write this off as another lightly-fried numetal turd... ...but actually, it isn't. There's some decent variety in there, some thrashy, some speed, some classic 80s-ish power metal and overall it's varied enough to make me think it's actually worth a listen. Once. The weaker tracks are the more "uplifting" melodic ones - thrashy works so much better for them.

I've heard of and listened to Sum 41 before, but I don't think I've ever listened to a full album of theirs. This was actually better then I thought it would be. It was a little darker and heavier then a lot of their radio hits in a really good way. Overall enjoyable, but probably won't make me a fan or listen to more again, but I didn't hate it.

Huh, ok, liked this way more than I expected to. I was only really familiar with the singles from "All Killer No Filler", and, more recently, I've given that album like one spin. I definitely appreciate how much metal is in the mix here! Also quite enjoy the songs that are clearly riffing on specific bands (with the possible exception of the Oasis one) - Linkin Park, NIN, and especially "The Bitter End" - my new fave Metallica track. 😆 Presumably some of the other songs are riffing on punk bands I'm not familiar enough with to recognize? Anyway, 4.5 I reckon - might climb to a 5 with more plays. Fave tracks - "We're All To Blame", "The Bitter End", "88", "Subject to Change"

Absolutely fucking insane album backstory, can't believe that's real. Sum 41 get caught up in a warzone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while filming a documentary, almost get shot, have to be rescued by the UN, decide to make their next album darker and more mature as a response. I've only heard "Is This Infected?" before, and I think this is much better. I think the takeaway here is that we should send more pop punk bands to the Congo. Strong 3/5.

I always mistake Sum 41 for Blink-182. Sum 41 is more a metal orientated band and more serious. This is a solid album with decent tracks, but apart from the singles ("Pieces", "We're All to Blame", "Some Say") it's not unforgettable. Not something to turn off, but also not an album I must listen to very often.

An album that i didnt understand in my youth, but is a thorough masterpiece of the skater pop punk genre. Showing a clear mastery of a heavier sonic palette, Sum 41 became something more than its snot nosed origins.

4, I really like this Ugly ass album cover though

4.5

Alternative metal, heavy metal, melodic hardcore, punk rock. Está bien. Un 4, venga.

I’ve heard a little Sum 41 here and there, but hadn’t listened to an album. This seemed to have a little more of a hard metal edge to it but maintained good pop sensibilities. I have to say I like Green Day and some others in this vicinity more, but this is good.

Fuck yes pop punk foreverrrr

Love this record. Underrated.

Fun fact: I'm exactly the same age as Sum 41's bassist, which may explain why I always had a bit of a soft spot for them. Definitely prefer them to the other bands of this era/genre, they're fun and likeable but also really good songwriters who know how to do punk without it becoming offensive or stupid.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Angels with dirty faces, Some say, Open your eyes, I’m not the one, Welcome to Hell, 88

A surprisingly solid, yet somehow eclectic mix of of Rock/Metal/Punk. How much you enjoy this album depends of your genre preference relative to the distribution of these genres across the album; for me it was at least above average. 3.5/5

Feels a bit straight down the middle, but quite solid throughout. 3.5 rounding up for being non US/UK.

More interesting than your typical pop-punk LP, but not wholly memorable either – just kinda blends into a midrange wall of noise after a while, without much memorable melodicism or personality to make a mark. Falls right at a 2.5 for me, going with a 3 as a heavier guitar-based album is always appreciated.

Pop-punk con alguna canción más intensa. Parece más orientado al público más juvenil. Algún riff de guitarra más elaborado. Intenso, pero sin ser puro punk. Si fuese más crudo y con más melodía, mejor nota hubiese sacado.

The early 00s was ruled by the numetal garage punk sound. Blink 182 was the main artist but Sum 41 had several songs that competed tightly with some of the best of the genre. There are a few on Chuck that are great energy forward rock songs. Much of this album is driven by strong guitar work and angst lyricism. It’s a solid nostalgic album if this was the sound of a younger life. Overall it’s pretty good. Sum 41 shows some range and one a one dimensional band trying to cash in on a sound. 7.3/10

It's pop punk by Sum 41!

It’s grimier pop-punk than their contemporaries and that’s meant in a complimentary light. I appreciated the back story behind how the album got its name. I’m trying hard not to call this the Canadian answer to Linkin Park but my favourite tracks (“We’re All to Blame”, “Angels With Dirty Faces”, “88”) make it difficult not to call it. Again, that’s a complimentary comment, even if it indicates derivation.

This is not my favorite Sum 41 album, but it's fine, I guess. Nothing new here, and I'd probably listen to another of their albums before this one, but I probably wouldn't turn it off, either.

Straightforward metal on the punk/hardcore end of the spectrum. Well-executed though taking itself too seriously as so much of this genre does.

Very basic. Well done, but nothing that was 'signature'

Not much absolute favourite but very much a blast from the past. I don't think the OG list did a good job at capturing the early 2000s music and this would be a welcome addition. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 3/5 Should this have been included on the original list? Yes.

This was fun

Interesting backstory — named after the UN peacekeeper who rescued the band from conflict in Congo — but the music itself doesn't do a lot for me. No particular standout tracks.

It's nice to learn that Sum 41 tried to write more "mature" songs at some point. Always preferred them to Blink 182 anyway, even if, just like Blink, they never felt like a real punk band for me (the production's too glossy, and the melodicism is too streamlined for my own pop punk taste). *Chuck* brings out some welcomed examples where the compositions offer meatier substance, like "88", with its crazy metal bridge ; or some of those songs manage to feel catchy, lively and melodically astute at the same time, as "Open Your Eyes" proves ; or they at least provide interesting experiments, as when the schizophrenic "We're All To Blame" oscillates between authentic-sounding hardcore punk and surprisingly touching punk-pop balladry. Too bad that the same sort of balladry -- when it's not mixed with other intents -- often becomes so fucking FLAT harmonically speaking during the course of this album, pestering the track list and sucking out true momentum from it. You think I'm being harsh here? Well, just listen to those lame chord sequences and uninteresting / predictable vocal lines for the stupid Oasis rip-off "Some Say", or the same flaws displayed for the inconsequential "Slipping Away", or the ones exemplified by the even worse "There's No Solution", harnessing everything that's objectively bad about Linkin' Park (which makes up 95% of that overrated band's DNA, that is). In that balladry vein, only "Pieces" stands out, probably because it's a little more elegant -- more angular and yet catchier -- than its peers in the tracklist, which deservedly makes it the most popular track from the album according to my streaming service. In between the two extremities exemplified in my first two paragraph, you have the usual Sum 41 punk-pop fare, more than competently done in this one album, but not always displaying the stakes that would redeem said album from the duds present in the tracklist. In the meantime, no one has yet submitted NOFX's *Punk In Drublic* for the users' list (pretty sure Sum 41 themselves would find that unfair -- see Fat Mike's band's influence on "Welcome To Hell", for instance!). And even if you don't mention the one punk-pop / melodic harcdore band that pointed the way forward to all the Blink 182s and Sum 41s later robbing the charts in their stead, there are probably countless of other acts in this genre offering more cohesive or more impressive albums -- as my streaming service's suggestions after *Chuck* ended seem to suggest. Hence my final grade, harsh in the context of the *1001 Albums Generator* , but still quite benevolent if you broaden the scope a little: 2.5/5 for the purposes of this list dedicated to essential albums, rounded up to 3. 7.5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 2) ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 86 (including this one) Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 109 Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 222 ---- Yo, Émile. Je t'ai enfin répondu. Regarde sous... *Demon Days*, de Gorillaz, au-dessus ! 😉

Bad

Poorly executed punk metal. Go listen Strung Out's Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues or Lagwagon's Hoss and see how's done.

I guess i was expecting the pop punk fun of Fat Lip and I got a more metal inspired record.... Didn't like it at all.