1001 Albums Summary

Not their best, not their worst

Sarah at her best.

Not a fan of this album although I think The Who are amongst the greatest bands ever. Doesn’t need the live repeat.

Really wanted to like this album. Didn’t. One good track raised it from a single star.

Tried to forget it was Coldplay so I could be objective. The first 2 tracks are good.

Wasn’t looking forward to this one. Loved it!! Good old rock & roll. Yeah I know that it’s a bit of an AC/DC ripoff but doesn’t try to take itself too seriously.

Classic. Perfect for summer listening.

Just fun!

I wish they’d left this behind! U2 at their worst. Inane lyrics with a nice middle of the road sound.

Very folky & very 60’s. Liked it.

Superb.

Certainly not Happy. Dreadful.

Disc1 was a bit too samey for me in a ‘Happy Clappy’ way. Disc 2 was much better

Certainly their most commercial album. They got to play their guitars on the MTV. Not their best album but still pretty solid.

Ersatz rebels. Music is too polished. Great production though.

Forgot just how good this is. There is no let up in the assault on the ears. Took me back to adolescence again.

A decent sound. Some good, some not so good tracks

A jazz classic

Feel that you need to be in a smoky club at 2am to give this a decent review

A ‘nice’ album. Reminded me a lot of Neil Diamond

Can’t believe that this album is over 20 years old. A proper classic with no filler tracks. What a talent Amy was.

Who doesn’t love a bit of Latin?

Sheer class like most of his work

Highly enjoyable

Couple of decent ish tracks but mainly dross as far as I’m concerned. Probably won’t listen to it again.

Still good.

Excellent album. Would give 4 & a half stars if I could.

Excellent. Not a bad track on the album. Very close to the magic 5 stars.

Genius or shite? Elements of both I think.

His seminal solo masterpiece.

Pleasant enough. Not my normal listen.

Got better the further in you go.

The album that launched 1000 bands. Brilliant except for the overlong 10 minute track.

A good representation of the genre. I enjoyed it

Some albums are timeless. This isn’t one of them unfortunately. 35 years old & sounding like it on some of the tracks.

Sophisticated pop

Thought it was rubbish when it came out. Haven’t changed my mind. Dark Side of the Moon it ain’t & the racist lyrics nowadays go way beyond satire. Even Comfortably Numb can’t save it from a single star.

Bit of an acquired taste. Not sure I completely have it.

Nothing exceptional. Expected more

Somehow, I have never come across this album before. How refreshing it is.

Usual Beefheart - The good, the bad & the downright weird

It’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ FFS!!

When Bono discovered the power of the American dollar. Bland.

Not my genre normally. However, I really enjoyed this. Maybe a tad too long but still very good.

Never got The National. Sorry, nothing has changed since listening to this. Probably deserved a better score.

Very much of it’s time. Not unpleasant.

Was never going to reach the heights of the debut but difficult 2nd. album nailed. Some good tunes on here.

Not quite as bad as I originally thought. The last track is very Doors like. Made me listen to the first part again.

Good honest R&B with the addition of that wonderful voice.

Not bad but Lana del Ray does this sort of thing better

Difficult one to score as it’s known as the first prog album so do I give it a little extra leeway? Posh hippy fare mainly. A lot more orchestral than I remember.

Classy jazz

This is not their best work in my opinion. One stand out track & the rest washed over me.

What a way to open an album! Unfortunately the rest of it was a bit hit & miss. Still 4+ though.

Liked it. Quite funky.

A thing of beauty.

Dylan sings the blues. What’s not to like?

Biased as I played this to death back in the day. Still love it although not sure about the 3 extra tracks at the end.

Shows that African music is as diverse as any.

63 years old & still fresh sounding. 3 1/2 stars.

Didn’t listen to it all. The bit I listened to was typically Scott-Heron.

Their best album in my opinion. Just reaches 4 stars.

Easily my favourite Arcade Fire album.

The best punk album ever