1001 Albums Summary

So groovy! The stank face was plastered on! This album will be played when I want to grooooove. Highlights: P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) Unfunky UFO Handcuffs Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)

I have listened to this album before as I was going through Rush's discography. I really liked it the first time but the second time, I loved it! If this album was not the album that brought progressive rock to the masses, I don't know what is! 2112, the title track and song that takes up the whole first side on vinyl, is flat-out amazing! I would argue their second best epic (Xanadu is my favourite Rush epic). The story, the instrumentation, everything! Does the second side hold up? It does have the disadvantage of being just individual songs but even then, some bands would kill to have some of these songs. It's hard to think that 3 guys from Canada did all this. Amazing album! Highlights: 2112 A Passage To Bangkok The Twilight Zone Something For Nothing

This album surprised me. Now, I am not much of a jazz guy. I don't listen to much jazz because it never appealed to me. I have listened to a couple of jazz albums like Bitches Brew by Miles Davis and A Love Supreme by John Coltrane. Bitches Brew is an outstanding album and A Love Supreme was decent IMHO. However, I found this album to be very good. It's not meant to quicken the pulse or wow you. It's meant to be relaxing and serve as some great jazz. Hugh Masekela shows exactly why he is so talented on the flugelhorn and the other band members do a great job as well. Will I go back to this album a lot? No. Am I happy I listened to it? Yes! Highlights: Part Of A Whole The Big Apple Unhome Inner Crisis

I know of the reputation of this album. It's this groundbreaking, outstanding 60s album made by The Beach Boys. I went into this with high expectations. Unfortunately, those expectations were not met. What I expected to be something amazing was just great. To be fair, it's Pet Sounds we're talking about here. This album's reputation precedes it but there are some fantastic songs here. Wouldn't It Be Nice and God Only Knows (Side 1 opener and Side 2 opener) are simply outstanding. Brian Wilson's genius shines here. Sloop John B, Here Today and I Know There's An Answer are also fantastic. The rest I can do without. The album aspires to be this big and massive pop album, attempting to emulate Phil Spector's Wall of Sound but rather, it fails to meet its goal. Nevertheless, this album would influence the Beatles to make Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band so, we can thank it for that. But we also must realise, even if I didn't like this album as much as other people do, it was groundbreaking when it was released. With this album and Michael Jackson's Thriller, the pop landscape was torn apart and put back together. Without this album, pop may never be as we know it today. Highlights: Wouldn't It Be Nice Sloop John B God Only Knows I Know There's An Answer Here Today

This is punk at its greatest. Sloppy singing, sloppy lyrics, sloppy everything. This album is a towering achievement in punk. Highlights: Blitzkrieg Bop Beat on the Brat I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You

Wow. This is a really good live album. It takes these otherwise grungy, heavy and distorted songs and transforms them into introspective and melancholy songs. The lyrics really take centre stage on this album. This was Kurt Cobain's last album with Nirvana before he died and his whole soul is bared on this album. This is a fantastic album through and through. The cover of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World is particularly a standout. Highlights: Come As You Are The Man Who Sold The World Dumb Polly On A Plain Where Did You Sleep Last Night

The production on this album is top-notch and the lyrics unfortunately are timely. This is one of my first exposures to reggae and who better than with Bob Marley to introduce me to the world of reggae. With this album, I am encouraged to go forward into reggae! RIP Bob Marley Highlights: No Woman No Cry Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) So Jah S'eh

Simply an amazing album. This album was revolutionary for its time and it still sounds timeless today. After the experimentation on Revolver, they went ham on the experimentation on this album. Every song is bursting with orchestras, vivid lyrics and of course, that production. A Day In The Life is one of the greatest songs ever made. The ending with the chaotic orchestral build-up to 1 second of silence and that glorious piano chord that is stretched for who knows how long. Simply exquisite. Highlights Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band With A Little Help From My Friends Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Getting Better She's Leaving Home Within You Without You When I'm Sixty-Four A Day In The Life

I wasn't expecting to like this album but I was pleasantly surprised. It sounds "of the future". It sounds like something that would be heard in a spaceship lounge while drinking cocktails. The songs are spacious and they create this unsettling atmosphere. A great album. Highlights: La femme d'argent Sexy Boy All I Need You Make It Easy

I have to be honest. I though this album was just okay. I would've loved to hear Missy have her own work. Just her and no one else. But sadly, most of the features do the heavy lifting on this album. Will I go back and listen to this in the future? Maybe. But for now, it's just okay. Highlights: Sock It 2 Me The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) Friendly Skies

I liked this album. It had the right mix of country and storytelling. While this would be Gram Parsons's farewell, it would the take-off needed for Emmylou Harris. She shines on this album. $1000 Wedding is simply exceptional. Highlights: Hearts on Fire Brass Buttons $1000 Wedding Love Hurts In My Hour of Darkness

What an album. This album is a classic for a reason. It blends Springsteen's signature Americana biographical writing with production that takes inspiration from Phil Spector's Wall of Sound and it creates an album that is truly excellent. This is the album that would be Springsteen's critical and commercial breakthrough in the United States and what better album then to bring it with. Simply outstanding. Highlights: Thunder Road Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out Born To Run Jungleland (that sax solo is stellar)

Pure rebellious energy. I love it.

Great album!!! LOVE that it weaved in trip-hop and industrial influences whilst still keeping up that hard rock at the core. If I have anything negative to say, it's that it is very much a product of its time and that knocks it down a star for me. But the songs are fantastic, the production is fantastic and Shirley and the band show who they are from the get-go. Fantastic album! Highlights: Queer Only Happy When It Rains As Heaven Is Wide Stupid Girl

I'm sorry. I don't have the time to listen to an over 3-hour album.

Eccentric. Playful. Unapologetically Bowie. Ladies and gentlemen, this is quintessential Bowie!

I genuinely thought I would like this album more than I actually did. I mean, it's Michael Jackson! The King of Pop! There are some songs that I absolutely love like The Way You Make Me Feel, Speed Demon, Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana and the creme de la creme, Smooth Criminal! But sadly, I was a little bit disappointed because I knew the reputation of this album going in and had high expectations. Oh well. It still gets 4 stars though!

This is the album that made me stop dismissing hip hop. 5/5

Ya like jazz?

It sucks that Kanye West is the person he is now because right here is an extremely talented young rapper in the making. The beats are excellent, the production are excellent and some of Kanye's lines are funny as heck. 4/5

It's so damn weird. I guess that's the point.

An excellent live performance. Sam Cooke is a charismatic performer and this concert is amazing. The absolute highlight is the raucous closing number "Having A Party".

IDK why I didn't like this album before. I certainly like it now.

While this is my least favourite out of the four self-titled albums, this album still rocks! There is really something here for everyone. The pure energy of Immigration Day and Celebration Day, the gorgeousness of Friends, Tangerine and That's the Way, the acoustic jam that is Gallows' Pole, the underrated Out on the Tiles and the sublime Since I've Been Loving You. That last song may be one of the finest love songs ever made. Everything about it so well done. The build across the song is so well-paced. The climax is amazing with that scream from Plant. The guitar solo from Page and the rhythm section of Jones and Bonham keeping it all together. Plant gives one of his all-time best vocal performances. The only thing that keeps it from a five-star album is the inclusion of Hats Off to (Roy) Harper. IMO, this did not need to be on the album and certainly not as the closer. Nevertheless, this is still an album that some bands would kill to have. For many bands, this would be their best but for Led Zeppelin, it's just Tuesday. Highlights: Immigration Song Friends Celebration Day Since I've Been Loving You Out on the Tiles Gallows' Pole Tangerine That's the Way

This album rocks! This is actually my second Rolling Stones album as my first one was Exile on Main Street. While I found that one to be a bit overblown, this is much more accessible. Brown Sugar is a fantastic way to kick things off. Despite how horribly its aged over the years, it has an unstoppable groove. Sway is just as good. Next, we get into the album's best two songs: Wild Horses and Can't You Hear Me Knocking. First, let's start with Wild Horses. This song is frankly gorgeous. It's a stellar ballad and shows that the Rolling Stones can do ballads with gusto. Can't You Hear Me Knocking is a stellar song. It starts off with this irresistible groove as the band locks in but eventually morphs into this jam session by the end. The song was originally meant to be shorter but the tape was left rolling for an extra 2 minutes, giving us that glorious ending. You Gotta Move is a nice cover but take that with a grain of salt as I have not heard the original. Bitch and I Got The Blues are great. Sister Morphine is actually quite dark and is one of my favourite songs on the album. Dead Flowers is a great country song and Moonlight Mile closes the album with some strings sprinkled on. Overall, this album is simple amazing. Also, I like me some horns in rock music so what's not to love? Highlights: Brown Sugar Sway Wild Horses Can't You Hear Me Knocking Sister Morphine