1001 Albums Summary

3.5/5 This album is really good, an eclectic sound, playful nuttiness but really soulful rhytmns. I think at times it can be a bit too playful but overall a good listen. I like a lot of lounge and international jazz and this feels like the rock extension of that. At some points the instrumental solos roll one after another and I do think I’m listening more to a jazz album in that way

Very Latin, Very Californian. Was interesting to hear the original version of a lot of these songs and how Santana changes them even if marginally. Loved the big 3 or 4 and what a fantastic opener. I think the weaker spots are when the album goes a more generic hard rock route on tracks like Hope You’re feeling better but even then still commendable.

Runs the full gamut of music and pushed boundaries in a way I’m unsure will ever be possible again. Very choice bangers and an incredible acoustic sound. Always chuckle to the country rocky raccoon hehe

Often times I find it hard to see how the 60s became the 70s stylistically, but I think looking at other countries view of US music and how they meld it to their own musical context is a great way to see the transition in slow motion. Great Funk/Hard Rock opener that would feel at home between James Brown and George Thorogood in a pool hall. 2nd track is full funk. That transitions to mellower sounds in track 3. U can almost feel a growing regional sound as the tracks progress! Brazil!!!

Lmao I think what makes this album stand out is its a concept album whose concept does not stymie each tracks ability to shine on its own. The radio was playing these singles for like 2 years after its release, so much so that they were still on the airwaves when TPAB was released. Great album, just reminds me of late middle school/early highschool.

I think that this album was really good, my favorite era of country music, but I think it’s hampered by the constraints of its time, especially the over reliance on covers. What is missing in originality is made up for by her performance and unique voice. She clearly has the best version of the song shoes on the other foot, her opening track is written by her and her performance is reflective of this. Hope there is more Loretta Lynn on this list as Fist City and Coal Miners Daughter are both great albums. Really a 3.5/5 stars, but we’ll round up

this album is literally Crooner triple platinum. Imagine getting the GOAT to remake the last 20 years of music. That’s what this must’ve felt like to its contemporaries. Insane. Old Devil Moon is the big time tho. I’m going to give it 3.5 stars and round down, bc it’s a cultural landmark and the encapsulation of an era at the end of its cycle of innovation, but doesn’t do anything new or exploratory. It’s old hat, but it’s a certified cultural artifact

I actually liked the album but the album title was so misleading, Elisa said it might be bc they’re killing the harsher sounds of the genre to emphasize soft rock samples. Idk about all that. It might be the album on this list with the least amount of accolades and makes me wonder what albums this might have won out against? Esp with non-English music i dunno

Least favorite Marley album still has a handful of great songs, I shot the sheriff is still an all timer, love small axe. Love Ja man

Easily 5 stars, establishes the bossa nova sound and cemented some of that swinging 60s sound

Real nothing burger

Breakout album by one of the GOATs

Fantastic Album, actually really came around to it, reminds me of a lot of 70s morg music albums that tried to depict industrial and naturalist soundscapes, but you can hear the transition to a poppier sound. Huge knock for 20 minute track tho smh.

West Coast Classic

Wow. I think the track listing is incredibly interesting. Pop & grunge rehashed in a folk ballad style and country outlaw music about death and youth sang by a man who started the genre, a man so close to the end of not only his career, but his life.This is probably country black star. Each song so haunting and darkly alluring. The age of Johnny cash seemingly changes the meaning of the music, especially through use of seemingly raw vocals that are enhanced by their weathered nature. Nearly cried the entirety of tracks 1-6.

There’s the 3 KCal Roq classics of Legs,Sharp Dressed Man, and Gimme all your lovin’. The rest is really whatever tbh.

Really enjoyed the listen, it kind of connects the dots on the development of women’s rap and it’s role in greater hip hop culture at the turn of the century. While I did enjoy it, not what I was expecting from Missy Elliot

The wall is so funny conceptually. I like how it compares the anxieties of childhood in a boarding school of a fascist nation to the isolation of stardom. It’s my 3rd fav Pink Floyd album fs fs

My first album. Much love

Really good album, starts strong with a solid 4 tracks, thins out, then ends on like a 4 tracks flourish. I love the languishing guitars and the drawn out vocals, funny that they became the band oasis was supposed to be

Solid numetal, edgy, abrasive, and at times very fun. Freak on a leash always a good time.

Really classic songs, love the album but slow start and I could swap music with some of his other contemporary albums and not lose much in terms of theme or classic status

Really wowed by this project, great moves on this you can feel the marital strife and tension fs fs

Loved surprise Bjork, great vocal performance but her ethereal stage presence seemed so surreal in some standard nu wave. The songs that strayed farthest sounded the best <3 bjork

Enjoyable but idk not notable enough for 3 stars

Rooster

I forget that early rock is often just blues and honky tonk

Real enjoyment out of this macabre, 60s meet unwavering album. Also killing moon

The trad blues is a bit crazy but when they go to rock it can really be something special

Epitome of jazz

It’s Amy Winehouse, major contributor to why the ‘10s indie sounded like that and tangentially breathed new life into the retro rockabilly aesthetic. All with good reason this album was amazing

Classic Americana. So many KCal Roq hits it’s insane. No wonder we de industrialized

Funkadelic

Quintessential Surf Rock Not Brian Wilson coded for sure but there are plenty of hints of baroque, barbershop quartet, Pop all blended in that special west coast way. Saving the 5 for Pet Sounds but wowie

Jesús of suburbia so catchy

Peak jimi

Black Sabbath Baby

Worth listening to, very interesting but not good :/

Chill vibes to get through the weekend, not my favorite cute, but also not the most easily accessible

Peak Nirvana, probably my favorite album by them-in part because it strays enough from the groups core grunge identity and through a live acoustic performance softens the aggressive instrumentation and replaces it with Kurt’s Vulnerable and at times indulgent vocals

Favorite White Stripes Album, always a fan of their blend of Detroit & Nashville

It’s the smiths dummy!

Every Ringo country twang song is fire, 5/5

Having only ever heard singles, this live record really encapsulates the artist, his dynamism and range. Fun peak into the new styles and influences emerging in the 70’s

Garf & Sim

Kinda a nothing burger. Some good tracks but replacement level with other contemporary artists of this time

This is a must listen if you’re listening to 1000 albums. But on the overall it was ok, it’s crazy how ahead they were sonically but also I find it interesting that this was the style that would be in fashion for the mainstream of the 2000’s (stripped of revolutionary potential ofc) necessary early 90s listening fs fs. Personally not my cup of tea tho, but killing in the name of will never not be hype

Favorite Post Beatles Project

Classic Southern Rock, Classic KCalRoq

Peak Blues

All bangers except satisfaction. Crit influence on 80’s undercurrents, and to think it’s all very Ohio

Nice little jaunt, loved the close out of the album but not a fan of the opening track

Not my cup of Bjork, but impressive concept nonetheless

Personal Fav, love the outlandish performance of Iggy. hedonism, sadism pulse through the veins of this album in a way that sonically if not spiritually keeps this album perennially fresh

Love Willie Nelson. I think his country style is a lot more palatable and relatable than most of the genre and listening to this I find it interesting that Willie is not an archetype but a one of a kind performer

Fiona 🍎😈

Poop from the butt

It’s Adele!!!

Showtime style and his singular voice and charm make for standout Randy. Otherwise I felt eh about it

Too many songs to be a 4 but there are some 5star worthy stretches in this album.

Would be 1 star but I’m in the pocket of Big Elvis

Bias

Rule Book for 2010’s indie YouTube bands

It’s the doors buddy

Bruh no need to explain

Testament to Kanye honestly. Hit or miss on the trax but when they do hit they are a spectacle for the ears

Peak Live Album, audible fan engagement, committed theme that ties big hits to new material. Biased cash fan but 100/10

More Rock Operas! More Piano in rock music, Litschy

Interesting falsetto sound, just not mine

Bruh, maybe it would be fine but I didn’t need this today

Easy listening, very NY but coming much later it doesn’t hold that same fresh lo-fi sound. 3 for teenage riot

Even in Mono, 5 star marv

Can’t believe I hadn’t heard this album before, you can feel the Iggy Pop and Brian Eno influences, movie scores, rockers, and pop stars have all definitely cribbed extensively from this album

Best song was a Curtis mayfield cover

Tony Hawk Pro Skater Music (derogatory), still playful campy fun tho

Been Listening to a lot of late 90s and early 2000s alt music and idk I kinda vibe with this one more than Mylo. I think we’re scraping at the edge of musical scenes but I did enjoy this listen but I think this is just a sign of scale creep in 1000 albums

Black Sabbath has such a repetitive style but this is 5/5 at the pool hall or scary bar

One of my personal favorite albums. Love the atypical vocals, intricate guitar chords, and morbid ambience. This is what it’s all about

Help the aged alone bumps from 3 stars to 4 stars

I have listened to this album so much

Thought this was going to be mid but it’s just as fire as my fave everything but the girl album <3

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Love some Nerd Rock, he’s obsessed. Shame he died in Iowa

Fire, so crazy they just made this

Powerful

Common People alone is 5 stars

Neil Young always tricks me into first impression of the music being ass, but the longer I listen the more I am enmeshed in the melody, the lyrics, etc etc. everyone knows this is nowhere and round and round are just wow

Softer approach to that 90s shoegaze -00s Radiohead/portishead et al