1001 Albums Summary

Outside of Pinball Wizard, this album is just not for me. Maybe meant for a different time but this does not endure to the 20th century.

This album surprised me how much it lives up to the mythos as one of the standards of hip hop history. Full of bangers and source material for rhymes through the decades.

Good jams for milling about your tool shed to avoid the ol’ ball n’ chain

The Stones like you’ve never heard them…and is that such a bad thing? It’s just blues covers

A little too raw for me, I like the layer Black Sabbath stuff more, but the riffs are very sick.

Who hurt these men, Boss? And who hurt you?

Not for me. A miserable listen

Beautiful as it always has been

It might be the nostalgia talking, but this album rips, especially the instrumentals. Falls short of perfection because of the vocals and some skippable tracks.

So deep in the pocket that the beat is covered in lint.

Certified bangers. This album earns its reputation. I felt ready to fight after listening to this album

The jobsite hated when I got stuck in an hours-long dance trace listening to this.

I can see how groundbreaking this might’ve been at the time, but I am unfortunately not unc enough to understand or appreciate that. The singing on some of the tracks is great and I enjoyed the more substantive messages on some of the songs. Good stuff.

This album quest is like golf—hours upon hours of misery and anguish, but one good shot will make you say, “ah, that’s why they call it the greatest game.” This is one of those good golf shots.

I had a steady groove going with this one.

The British bias on this list is nutty, how is this an essential listen? The dudes seem chill enough

Solid blues rock in an era of grungy melancholy

Could’ve not listened to this before I die

Surprised by how much I liked this one, what a fun listen. White Riot is great. Punk music is a good listen when you’re leftist

Memorable riffs, a driving rhythm, bangers up and down the tracklist…it’s one of the all-time great rock albums.

This album is like in the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey when the apes are screaming at the monolith. The apes are this band, and the monolith is the Math Rock genre

This is one of the cornerstone hip hop albums of the 2000s. His flow is undeniable. 50 is a legend for this and the Diddy doc

Sometimes it felt like surf rock

This is America

This album surprised me by how much it slapped.

One of the okayest albums so far

Would’ve gone down smoother with an old fashioned

Pretty fun stuff from the lads

The old wave is dead; long live the new wave

It’s iconic—one of my favorite albums of the ‘80s. It almost defines the era

I like her voice and it’s a chill album

It was fine, Lana. At times, pretty good.

The nostalgia did not hold up on this one.

Three songs take it from a 2 to a 3, and you know which ones they are.

I’m beginning to sense a pattern in the author’s biases…

That was beautiful, man.

Jamming out and noodling is underhated as a genre. Made me angry the longer I went on and I didn’t make it to the end.

I understand that I’m supposed to get it, but I really don’t.

Fantastic from start to finish we love the Strokes and have for decades

Save this for a chill Sunday morning, it’s a nice treat

Another banger from the boys, it rips

Sounds fine but it’s not memorable

Gen X is the ultimate “lobster too buttery; steak too tender” generation, and they made/listened to music like this to simulate oppression amidst a banal existence. Butt Rock.

Started off extremely annoyed but ended up pleasantly surprised. That’s math rock, baby

Instrumentals and production is dope. Lyrics not so much.

I’m at the malt shop, I’m at the sock hop. This whole album rips.

Would’ve been a 5 but the back half wasn’t as strong as the front. A super fun and creative album overall “Cold War” rips.

You on point, Phife? All the time, Tip.

A little before the era of James Brown’s music that I actually enjoy but it’s not too bad.

This is deadass a Good Taylor Swift Album, we owe Aaron Dessner a lot of credit for that.

I didn’t really understand it. I’m happy for you tho. Or sorry that it happened.

Great tracks from the legend

One of the most surprising new finds of the journey so far.

This was one of the albums that surprised me in terms of how much I thought that I would like it.

Great jams but it doesn’t make me want to go back and listen to it more.

Jackie Jormp Jomp takes you back to Woodstox with this banger album

It’s a 3 without the first two tracks, which are two of my favorite songs across all genres

This is the music that turned Nashville into a powerhouse…before the towers fell and turned the whole genre into Republican pop music

Cool, weird, funny…everything you want from Byrne and the boys

I don’t get his whole deal, it’s kind of cringe and off-putting.

Not bad for a live punk album

Man is a legend

A lot that’s killer, a lot more that’s filler.

Learning more about Bowie has been one of the great joys of this project.

The perfect album to soothe a fussy baby like me.

I can only think about Ben Wyatt’s stop-motion animation film.

One of the best Steely Dan albums ever, which makes it one of the best albums ever

This album rips. I don’t think Steely Dan ever missed in their career

You gotta be giving your love to the Countm

That man can really tickle the keys

Sitar covers is an interesting use of one of the slots on this list.

I was surprised by how good this was top to bottom, but not surprised by how much “Time After Time” holds up

Ella is an all time voice of the 20th century

I wonder if these guys drew any inspiration from Skynyrd.

This had some fun energy that ripped through the mundane work day

One of the sickest classic rock/metal albums of all time

One of the last British empire conquests was these guys stealing that Mississippi Delta flow. 4.5/5 a good start but not one of the best Led Zeppelin albums.

Not offensive, but not a lot of curb appeal either

A good soundtrack for the summertime

Too long to keep enjoying or to hold my attention

I appreciate this album more as an unc than I did as a boy

Sometimes, man…

Just another weird one to cover all the author’s bases for making a comprehensive album list.

It’s fine, nothing crazy, but I lack the perspective of how groundbreaking this would’ve been since rap has improved greatly in the decades since this dude held a mic.

4.5 this grooves hard, I’m a big LCD Soundsystem fan

I miss the old Kanye.

Good for film soundtracks but not for a regular listen…at least more tolerable than his murder album

Thought this would be a lot cooler but it all blended together.

Absolutely shredding for 15 minutes about getting some top

A nice chill salve for a stressful day. Beck is cool as

First half has some rippers including one of the all-time rock tracks. Second half is way too chill for how rippin the first half is.

Not as good as other country from that era but still fun to listen to.

My sommelier recommended the wrong Monster pairing for this album and it threw off the whole vibe :( +1 for the single track

This album took me to the bar and ordered boilermakers for us

Actually a pretty good new discovery for me. Pleasantly surprised

4.5 some solid bangers. Felt like I was driving in an old pickup on a hot West Texas day

Nice work boys, catchy all around.

These dudes refuse to make a bad one.

The best Nick Cave album I’ve heard so far but that’s not saying much. Listenable.

Pretty good!

Perfect album for spring/summer, a certified banger

Worst Band in the World is a cool track but my interest in the whimsical Brit Pop degraded as the album went along.

The lead singer is Sy Snootles from Jabba’s Palace

Cool beats

They clearly have talent but it’s not for me.

Who is soloing???

God bless Freddie Mercury

The last song is one of the greatest singles of the 80s

Voodoo Child is such a dope song that it carries this album to a 4. The rest is pretty decent.

This got better the more I listened to it

I love the energy

Not a huge Nirvana fan but this was a cool way to experience them

No jam bands please

This album took the brave stance of shredding on every track

3.5 would listen to this live

It’s fun, a little silly, and raw. Loved it

Very moving journey

Not available on my streaming service

Prison shows are sick

Roundabout whips ass

One of the most undeniable flows

Too many bangers to not call it a 5

+1 for the Thom song

Sensational. In the holy trinity of Mike albums

I didn’t think I’d like a Boss album this much. Maybe I have to get back to watching baseball again.

It did make me wanna watch Shaft

Eh

Bish where were you when I was walkin??

Some good hits on here

This made me want to rave

It’s a classic classic rock album—Now I’m Here slaps

Supa hot, no skips, one of the best modern R&B albums, put TDE in a different stratosphere, SZA rules

Full of big time hits

The best Green Day album

This just makes me mourn the album that never was.

Otis is singing the hits like only he can

This is the GOAT album