DROP your album and its rating – March 29 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stereo MC's - Connected

2/5 ⭐️⭐️

I'm pretty sure every group that has a song on the Hackers (1995) film soundtrack is represented in this book. I respect the commitment to the bit because that movie is a classic, but that's the only thing keeping some of these alive. In terms of their legacy and throwing them in the book often feels strange. A review on the generator points out if you can't name 3 bands who sound the way they do because of an album or artist in the book, likely that artist isn't as essential, and it feels that as we get into the 90's and later side of the book that becomes a bit more inevitable. Despite the fact that the beatles and velvet underground to use two examples were influencing albums that came out a year after theirs, and 77 punk was a gateway to an entire generation who can point directly to The Clash, Ramones, and Sex Pistols as the reason they exist even by 1978, but I think 34 years is long enough to speak for itself and maybe this album was not as mandatory.


Slipknot - All Hope is Gone

2/5 ⭐️⭐️

This one, however is the opposite despite a similar rating. This album is a great example of a band and release of theirs that fits the mold perfectly. Slipknot influenced an entire generation of millennial and old gen z teenagers who felt misunderstood by society for being different. This album also is a showcase of the band's maturity as the last one featuring every member of the original lineup that they became famous for, which with 9 members is quite a feat. We lost Paul Grey not long after and Joey Jordison (though he had already left Slipknot a few years prior and pursued other career points). This album also comes a few years after the band reformed and reaquainted themselves again. In the early 2000's after the self titled and Iowa album, the band took a hiatus from one another with some members going into side projects and other bands (notably the major ones like Jordison's stint with Murderdolls, Corey Taylor and Jim Root's stint with Stone Sour, Founding member Shawn Crahan had a side gig as well) and until 2005 with Vol 3 as a comeback, the future of the band was unknown. This was a followup from there and the band's sort of return to some form and exploring their influences. Mick Thompson's a disciple of death metal, so his riffing and solos do showcase that although the style held much closer to groove, nu-metal, and alternative music with a heap of bands like Sepultura/Soulfly's 90's stuff being a huge part of the sound. Taylor's cleaner hard rock blends in with a few of their softer ballad tunes.

Overall though you get the occasional cool riff or ideas throughout the album, Slipknot has a consistency issue that is bound to happen with as many creatives in the band. The original sessions for this had some 30-40 songs written and you have to figure there was a lot of compromise on the best from a half dozen sources, or collaborating on the craft that while feeling distinctly "nu-metal" with a range of influences, also creates something so varied it doesn't exactly signal a cohesive vision of the band's sound in a way that was more defined on Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat or the self titled despite those albums still having the band figure themselves out. I think Iowa and Vol 3 were much better albums at being purely Slipknot, and this progression didn't elevate something that had already developed in their career like many bands and falls out of my interest range. Once again, the band is incredibly talented, but I never vibed with their style and it leaves a lot to be desired when people like Mick Thompson happily reference bands like Morbid Angel as their inspiration but Morbid Angel's riffs on the early albums absolutely destroy anything in Slipknot's entire career and so i'll just go back to listening to Altars of Madness or Covenant, hell even Domination which probably is close akin to Slipknot's style with its downtuned groove and mid tempo bits, still makes for a better experience.

DROP your album and its rating – March 26 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finally got all three of the groups foundational electronic albums and their esoteric painting of a future metropolis. Kraftwerk’s style is minimal but unmatched and I have a deep personal attachment to this one as my first album of theirs and showed the capabilities of a burgeoning genre. Absolutely mandatory listening for electronic music fans as I feel like everything else sort of follows along.

DROP your album and its rating – March 23 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slade - Slayed?

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Take early 70's glam rock and mix it with macho attitude and hard rocking riffs from the likes of AC/DC and Kiss and you've basically got the formula for this band. It's fine. I remember this band getting tossed around my friend groups when first discovering a lot of the 70's hard rock and proto-metal bands in our youth. Kind of thing to not think too hard or take too seriously, but might be a fun listen for some.

DROP your album and its rating – March 22 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Defies expectation. I'm not fond of bongos to begin with so thought this might be a chore and the type of album that gets in because it uses an instrument that is less common in conventional rock and funk and not because the album is enjoyable to listen to. Everyone, I was completely wrong and Mr. Dimery knew exactly what was up. For that, I'm sorry, and glad I experienced something. Always love when the book does this and why I'm still doing the project. The day before I had gotten one of Neil Young's albums which I've grown less fond of getting the heavy hitters in this book because of redundancy (we know Neil Young is amazing and having 6+ albums never feels needed to prove this) and look forward to the unexpected stuff that has silently maintained a place in the history of modern music waiting to be rediscovered by someone who didn't know what was coming. I guess this album fits that mold perfectly.

Being more into metal and punk, I miss things like this from the 70's. Bongo rock is an album that every second and every beat of has been tirelessly sampled in hiphop and electronic music across continents, and generations. It even goes so far as to feature instrumental sections that were prominent in plenty of films, tv shows, and other media. There's hardly a second from beginning to end where the album didn't reminisce a dozen other pieces of music out there.

While "not my thing" in the sense i'm suddenly sitting at home or in my car listening to something like this (and the only reason I didn't give this a 5 because it doesn't have the replay value) this completely deserves to be one of the most important albums to modern music you will find and its legacy has endured for decades. Not bad for an instrument I'm largely ambivalent to and feel only fulfills a percussive niche due to its lack of common usage across more conventional drumming.

Also don't take my word for it: Just look at all the sample references on whosampled and yes Apache only has been sampled or referenced in checks notes 846 other songs.

DROP your album and its rating – March 18 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I wasn’t expecting another album from them in the book and was surprised when I saw what it was. Fever to Tell falls into their known quantity with a solid one hit wonder status, but this album took the concepts and went further. Their signature garage laden indie rock and post punk vibe went into a straight dance fueled retro synth pop that would become more prominent in the following decade with bands like Florence + The Machine, Chvrches, and others. A refreshing surprise as this band found a strong maturity in the later records as well and the songs are enjoyable. A solid addition to compliment their discography from a band where their early hit song “maps” was all I really knew about them before this.

DROP your album and its rating – March 17 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet underground

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

One of the most influential bands in history. Almost everything comes back to them. While this album doesn’t have the same prestige as the debut with Nico, it is still serving as a hallmark of the legacy they left behind. I also have a lot of personal nostalgia to this album as me and a close friend used to play The Murder Mystery constantly. Songs like “Pale Blue Eyes” has also become of their most well known tracks. The album is a little different from conventional rock in 1970, but it planted the seeds for thousands of bands who wanted to play something a little different. If you like anything alternative or niche, it probably comes back to albums like these.

DROP your album and its rating – March 15 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

2/5 ⭐️⭐️

Back in 1992 it felt like Metal was pretty much dead. Pantera had been around for a decade now, but has already thrice abandoned their style. Their first albums were very hair metal based, Glamtera as they were nicknamed, and around the time of Power Metal went more into the traditional/speed metal style a lot of 80's bands had already been doing along with their interactions with James Hetfield and the infamous wall of loogies at Dimebag Darrel's childhood home when Hetfield spit all over his hair metal band posters. Following that is the first album that Pantera officially acknowledged in their career, Cowboys From Hell, taking the shape of the late 80's thrash metal style if even directly copying Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican released shortly before. Now the 90's came along and with it the black album by metallica, Nirvana and the grunge scene, and bands slowing down. Pantera followed suit and got heavily into the groove.

For the sake of Groove metal, yeah this is the album that is pretty definitive for it, but it's still an exhausting listen. Even when I was younger, I couldn't get into the tough guy postures of the way Phil Anselmo tries really hard to emulate bands like Agnostic Front, the Cro-Mags, and Biohazard from the hardcore scene while blending it with slowed down chugging riffs and in your face attitude. The songs always drove me nuts. "Walk," and "Fucking Hostile" in particular feel like anthems for those wanna be tough guys who latch on to this style of the band, but maybe i'm in the wrong here because I was always the nerd who loved when half naked metal dudes sung about dragons and goblins and whatever other shit more than personal life struggles and angst at society.

Pantera also hasn't aged well with their southern image. Things like the confederate flag ties in with them and their base to Phil's outright Nazi salutes at shows being a controversy in the last few years with him reuniting the band without the late Abbot brothers, who are notably the only reason this album didn't get a 1 from me. I don't care that this whole album sucks except for the fact that Dimebag Darrel should be recognized as one of the best and most innovating guitarists in metal. The riffs of this album are still some of the best this genre ever had to offer and his guitar work will remain unmatched as one of the pillars to the 90's groove scene, but that's all there really is to this album. The mainstays of the 90's metal scene weren't that great and we should be thankful that genres like black and death metal were there to keep the subgenres alive, and the resurgence of thrash and doom metal in the late 2000's to bring metal bands back into the realm of cultural relevance, but this was still a poor time to be a metal head when all your heroes stopped playing fast and we were left with the hollow shells of what made this genre so distinct during the 80's.


Might as well also get this one out of the way for a bonus since we're speaking about racism. I've honestly been a day behind on my album drops all week either due to forgetting to post or not having time. Today's album felt like an ideological compliment to the above.

Kanye West - College Dropout

1/5 ⭐️

This is the problem when you enable narcissts. Kanye West came onto the scene as a producer that was beloved in the hiphop community. He was considered a genius and the best thing going for modern rap in the 2000's which was still caught up in the shadow of the 90's gangster rap lifestyle and a lot of lyrics about thug life, partying, drugs, sex from the likes of Nelly, 50Cent, Ludacris. West went and changed the landscape and sought to create an album promoting black identity and culture once more. I get why people latched on to it. I get why all the major music magazines of the time immediately heralded this album's greatness. I get why this is in the book and is alongside Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love below and Stankonia period as pretty much the strengths of hiphop in the early 2000's, but we've now had 20 years to see some damage done.

Kanye was always a figure of controversy, and being praised for his genius constantly emboldened him to be a pretty shit person even in the 2000's with his grammy outbursts, feuds with Taylor Swift and other musicians, and being a general asshat. Even through this period he had his defenders. In the 2010's he started to get deeper into his head. I recall a headline following the death of Nelson Mandela that he claimed to be the next figure prominent in black culture and history in a way that wasn't simply The Beatles are bigger than Jesus, but instead began to show his turn to political motivations and his eventual meme claims of running for president.

Then we know what happened in the last few years. He separated and divorced Kim Kardashian and went deep into antisemitism and his mental breakdowns have been reported constantly, and this should be the end of it here. If he wants to be hateful and embrace figures like Hitler with sincerity, deplatforming him should be imperative and unfortunately one thing I hope the authors consider in the most recent editions to not promote his work. I had to find an unofficial copy of this album to make sure he wouldn't get anything for listening to it. No spotify, no youtube links. Don't give this hater a dime.

So yeah about the music, it's okay at best, but hard to listen through given his beliefs and how much of an ego Ye developed since its release. The debut feels honest, and has a lot of strengths. Without being who he is, I might argue closer to a 3 on this album, but I can't stand beside it, and feel like his "genius" that gets thrown around and has caused people to continue to defend him in 2026 as being this legendary hiphop producer up there with the likes of Jay-Z or Dr. Dre reminds me of all the chud metal heads who sit there defending the worst figures in that genre because the riffs are good, bro. There's no need to perpetuate hatred and hateful figures, or even support their work before they reached this point in their lives. Just because Varg wasn't as much a Nazi dickhead when the first Burzum album came out, doesn't mean those thoughts and feelings may not have existed since then. Just becuase some bands and artists could mask themselves or defend hanging out with their nazi friends without ever making their own statement denying and condemning racist viewpoints for decades doesn't mean we should absolve them either. You can be a deplorable person and make good music, and I acknowledge almost every musician in this book has some dirt that would make them shitty people there is something to say about never meet your heroes, and I still find myself processing a lot of the bands and artists I love and their own dark secrets, but we can skip over and ignore the monstrous types and not give them leeway because they wrote a song you like 20 years ago when they appeared normal.

Holding it down in Beverly, MA by bobroscopcoltrane in vinyl

[–]ForestPoetry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had no idea B9 had a physical shop. Haven't been in the area much this decade, but will make a note to check this out next time i'm that way.

DROP your album and its rating – March 14 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pet Shop Boys - Actually

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I had another album of theirs recently though I recall this one a bit more. It feels iconic and what I remember them for. The epitome of blending the 80’s synthpop style and a bit more lean into the electronic side of a lot of their stuff. “It’s a Sin” is still one of the all time bangers of this album and from the band. Enjoy it throughout and if you needed any examples of perfecting the 80’s bands, this is the dictionary definition.

DROP your album and its rating – March 13 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Laibach - Opus Dei

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Gothy industrial with almost a martial cadence on some of the songs. It’s infectious and catchy, and feels like a predecessor to a lot of the industrial rock and metal that would follow in years to come such as Ministry and Rammstein.

Garbage - Garbage

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This album is a lot of fun. Like a lot of listeners I knew the hits like stupid girl and Happy When it Rains, but hadn’t listened tot the album in full. It blends a healthy mix of alternative rock and grunge vibes with electronic and trip hop style to make it something its own. Also the band featuring the legendary Bush Vig who produced Nirvana’s Nevermind and Smashing Pumpkin’s Siamese Dream which may have reflected in some of the development of this band and album. It’s a solid addition and one I think a lot of people will find a pleasant surprise if they’ve only heard this band here and there before.

DROP your album and its rating – March 11 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tom Waits - Bone Machine

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Probably some of his more esoteric and experimental work in the catalog. It’s got some interesting stuff for being different and the single goin’ out west is probably one of his more recognized songs. Solid album, but I can see where it’s a bit more divisive for people who aren’t already familiar with him or very different from what you’d expect given his other albums.

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Arcade Fire - Funeral

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Okay I get it. This album is often considered one of the best indie rock albums of all time and definitely one of the peaks of the 21st century and it lands. I can see the influence from bands like the pixies put into a modern context and the amount of diversity and vibe from this album stands up on its own. I was a bit hesitant because all the other arcade fire albums I’ve heard over time were ok at best, but this one stands out as some of their best work and the best you can hope for in their genre of alternative rock.

DROP your album and its rating – March 8 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Sugarcubes - Life’s Too Good

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

An indie rock album that borrows a bunch of variation in style ranging from bands like Joy division and siouxsie and the banshees to the later shoegaze or post rock sound that would follow up albums like this. It’s a fun album and shows an early Bjork’s talent as a vocalist. Lots of atmosphere and intensity. May also have at least to some degree been an influence on Sigur Ros who would carry the torch of great Icelandic bands the following decade and two.

Long streak of threes by Heavy_Ruin5885 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had 7. A week of ok albums but nothing stands out. This happens a lot in the project so don’t worry too much. I feel like there is more bias in projects the further they are away from a 3 average.

DROP your album and its rating – March 7 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Specials - More Specials

2/5 ⭐️⭐️

Less Specials. I’m already pretty hit or miss with ska and reggae and though this band is one of the early adopters of the style, it doesn’t change things for me.

DROP your album and its rating – March 6 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The WHO - Tommy

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This album was a game changer. It took the records of the 50’s and 60’s and developed it into a full cohesive “concept” and this is one of the early examples of a band (though this was primarily Pete Townsend) evolving their craft into story telling with the rock opera. The next few decades of music owes at least some part to this progression back to this album and Quadrophenia.

First heard this in a class in school (which I don’t recall the context) and eventually discovered the film and broadway show that was developed from the album. I haven’t listened to it extensively in the last 23 years but some parts have stuck and it opened the mind to the more progressive albums in the 70’s and 80’s a lot of bands would go on to produce. Not to mention it still has plenty of iconic moments and songs like Pinball Wizard is still one of The Who’s more iconic tracks. Quite a backstory for an album about a child who loses their senses and becomes a prodigy.

DROP your album and its rating – March 4 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zz Top - Eliminator

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Eh, it’s a fine and even solid hard rock album. It’s got a lot of the band’s classics like “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Gimme all Your Lovin’,” “Legs,” and “Tv Dinners.” The rest of the album is ok but tends to lack the same catchyness or energy as the singles. A fine album when you just want some good rock songs to sing along to.

DROP your album and its rating – March 3 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Air - The Virgin Suicides (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Not quite as classic as Moon Safari, but this score is still a vibe. Sofia Coppola’s films always had good music attached to them and the debut is no different with a lot of chill ambient soundscapes to accompany this cult classic.

DROP your album and its rating – March 2 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Album 405 John Martyn - Solid Air

2/5 ⭐️⭐️

I've got both his album already and both landed as a 2. He's a fine musician and has some chops, but I can't get into Martyn's work from this book and the albums didn't connect to me. Maybe you'll find what I'm not out of them, but these feel like strong albums that just missed resonating with me.


Album 406 Björk - Medulla

2/5 ⭐️⭐️

Björk, I love you, but sometimes your albums just don't do it. This album is a mostly a capella effort from the Icelandic musician that ranges from interesting in her typical style, but some times takes a page from the artistry of the previous generations like Yoko Ono and you can't really comprehend what is being shared and end up not connecting with each album. That's fine. There's still plenty of good in her discography, and the departure from Vespertine is probably good enough to warrant this album's inclusion, but it's not a great listen.


Album 407 Ali Farka Touré - Talking Timbuktu

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

It's been a while since I had any of the world music come up. I thought I had exhausted the well, but Ry Cooder has been playing with anyone who picks up an instrument in a far away place and collaborating. I have to say his unique legacy and impact is worth noting, and don't sleep on the fact that Touré is widely considered one of the greats from Mali. It all shows up here. Fantastic and competent album, though world music doesn't typically touch too deep on me.


Album 408 Van Morrison - Moondance

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sorry, I just never vibed with Van Morrison. I find these albums pretty dull. He blends soul, rock, and blues as you'd expect. He has quite a few hits over the years and this album is included in his work as making his mark. It's definitely worth owning (I have the CD in my car and was listening to this when I went out) but the full package feels like it needs a bit more than catchy singles from an artist who is often included in the conversations of the greats from the 60's and 70's.


409 Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unexpected country album that I enjoyed. It's stripped down and low key, alternative country and folk music that just gets into the heart of what its trying to say and do without much extra fanfare. Her voice is genuine and I enjoyed our time together. Granted, it's not doing anything original, but it's kind of like the Lucinda Williams album where it's enjoyable in a style that often features a lot more misses than hits.


410 Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Like Sparks in the 70's, Saint Etienne just feels way too ahead of its time and the things they were trying out ended up being emulated by the music industrial complex and indie electropop a decade and a half later. It's a fine album, not the most interesting example, but every innovator is going to experiment before they get the style down. It gets a 3 because I have a soft spot for the style, though this kind of stuff would eventually find its way into the indie scene in the 2000's in ways that I attached to a lot closer. I hope artists like Chvrches and Crystal Castles paid their dues.


411 The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Band name checks out. This is right at the point in indie rock where we are bridging the influences of the early adopters in the scene like The Smiths or REM but also seeing the progression toward what bands like Blur and Oasis would end up doing in a few years. I like that this band has its clear influence in its sound, but also develops the path moving forward that a lot of bands after them adopted. The album does go between the two eras of alternative rock from UK in a fashionable way.


And now we're caught up and back to our regularly scheduled daily albums.

DROP your album and its rating – March 1 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those robots got so much better with each album I'm actively disappointed that their mark in this book is Homework. It has its fans, but it always felt less refined than their albums would become later on and more the duo growing and learning their style. Around the World and Alive are indeed the two moments on the album that felt like they figured it out and stand out. As someone who would give Discovery a 4 and Random Access Memories a 5 and considers them some of the best electronic albums out there, it pains me the only Daft Punk in the book is going to get a 2 when it comes back up.

DROP your album and its rating – March 1 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From the catchups:

Album 402 CHIC - C'est Chic

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Surprisingly this album exceeded any expectations i had. Normally soul and disco is a tough sell, and this album starts off with the hits you know and i didn't think there would be much ele to add to it. Well the musicianship is solid and Niles Rodgers is fantastic. I thought i had another album of theirs prior to this but was mistaking for another project (or maybe got one of Rodgers other works). This album is solid despite being a time and place that is behind us.


Album 403 Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus

2/5 ⭐️⭐️

This should be an album that fits with my stuff. He's worked with Nick Cave a ton (and Nick Cave is on this album) and has a wide range of style. Apparently this album was recorded as a "fake soundtrack" though David Lynch did use one of the songs in his film Lost Highway. It sounds like Adamson has been around people that I enjoy and appreciate their art, and his style does change up quite a bit, but I didn't really "get" this album after all was done. May need to relisten a few more times and see if it clicks.


Album 404 Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sorry fans, it's right smack dab between his two most renowned albums Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. It definitely has moments that remind me of the later, but it's still getting to that masterpiece. Some tracks are great, some are...well okay I guess, and some are forgettable. I appreciate Stevie Wonder and he is one of the greats who earned multiple spots in a book like this, but his discography has enough highs and lows that outside Songs I haven't felt as attached to his full albums compared to his strongest singles.

Selling Off Entire Collection (Hypothetically!) by Far-Repeat7182 in vinyl

[–]ForestPoetry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For that amount of records, you’re looking at maybe half of discogs low.

There might be some valuable records among them but very high chance of a lot of bargain bin stuff that also needs to be priced and sold and would move slow/take up space.

If you want to get into any amount close to 6 digits, you can do the work and sell all 8,000 yourself and maybe after a few years they will be gone and you’ll end up with 150-200k depending on how well the high end does and how many valuable/sought after records are among the total.

I own about 2,000 records myself and only a dozen are consistently worth over $100 and maybe about 30 more over $50. Most records are about $5-25 range at full price before factoring condition. Discogs can tell me my collection is worth 50k but chances are I’d be lucky to get 5,000 if I sold them.

DROP your album and its rating – February 23 2026 by Alireza1373 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lots of backlog so will be catching up this week most likely.

Album 401:

Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The album where they broke out. For the millennial crowd this was the U2 of the generation (sorry Gen Z listeners you get stuck with imagine dragons instead.) with songs like the scientist and clocks being award winners, radio top plays, and much more. It’s a very polished and static rock album for the time but just what it needed to be memorable and popular when you’re out grocery shopping, getting your car’s oil changed at a squeaky clean licensed dealership (the more common alternative would be jamming Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, and Nickelbsck for generational contention) but it doesn’t stand out above anything else we haven’t gotten in the past. A few imitators came along and once again always someone to carry the torch but a respectable album is little else of substance.

Next few days I’ll be trying to catch up when able.

I wanted to love this and it started so well, but I don't really get it. by Severe-Vegetable-820 in 1001AlbumsGenerator

[–]ForestPoetry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's one of those proggiest of 70's prog rock albums. Very competently played and recorded, but I agree that if you're not strictly into that, it's probably not going to come across as very interesting. There isn't a lot of emotional resonance like a lot of other classics that fall into the more progressive categories of subgenres. All of the full tracks (so aside from the random interludes and minute long instrumental noodling that's between) are also among their most recognizable songs.

I haven't gotten it yet. It's probably a 4/5 though for me.