The 1001 Album Generator Project Thread

Should we do a group project

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This thread is for individual project discussions. The Group thread is located here:

The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project

Today's Album: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground https://1001albumsgenerator.com/?joinGroup=official-needles-and-grooves-project Hello, welcome. I'm gonna claim the first few posts after this for the album list. The site above is the group project for the site. After all the...
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HAVE FUN IN THE CHAOS!!!

OG POST:
Cleaning up this first post a bit:

The poll is in reference as to whether or not the community would like to participate in a group project.

Listening Group​

If you want to listen together with friends, colleagues or family, you should create a group.
Everyone in the group will get the same album each day, and your group will get a stats page showing your ratings.
Groups can be created from the menu.
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Once the poll has closed, I will reedit this post. More information on the generator below:

A few of us recently discovered this site:
1001albumsgenerator.com

1001 Albums Generator

Explore the history of music. One album a day. From the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
1001albumsgenerator.com 1001albumsgenerator.com

I thank @Thackeraye and @AnthonyI for my current obsession with it.

The site randomly picks an album from the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die for you to listen to every day.
en.m.wikipedia.org

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - Wikipedia

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I plan on, when possible, live “blogging” my listen to the album of the day in the thread and maintaining my list and ratings for everyone to reference.

What do you guys think? I’ve added a poll that will close in seven days. Like Elon Musk, I will honor the results!
 
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My Project:
  1. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (4 stars)
  2. Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish (4 stars)
  3. Fela & Afrika 70 - Zombie (5 stars)
  4. Garbage - Garbage (3 stars)
  5. Carpenters - Close to You (5 stars)
  6. Steely Dan - Aja (5 stars)
  7. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (5 stars)
  8. Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (3 stars)
  9. The Clash - London Calling (5 stars)
  10. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (4 stars)
  11. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (5 stars)*
  12. Judas Priest - British Steel (2 stars)
  13. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (4 stars)
  14. R.E.M. - Murmer (5 stars)
  15. Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis (5 stars)
  16. Metallica - Metallica (3 stars)
  17. Blondie - Parallel Lines (4 stars)*
  18. Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room (3 stars)
  19. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (5 stars)
  20. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (5 stars)
  21. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (4 stars)
  22. Paul Simon - Graceland (4 stars)
  23. John Mayal & the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton - Bluesbreakers (4 stars)
  24. Jacques Brel - Olympia '64 (1 Star)
  25. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (3 Stars) *
  26. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (5 stars)
  27. SZA - Ctrl (2 stars)
  28. David Bowie - Young Americans (5 Stars)
  29. Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (4 Stars)
  30. Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (4 Stars)
  31. Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Siembra (3 Stars)*
  32. Common - Be (5 stars)
  33. The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (3 stars)
  34. Red Snapper - Our Aim is to Satisfy Red Snapper (2 stars)
  35. Ramones - Ramones (5 stars)
  36. The Birthday Party - Junk Yard (1 Star)
  37. Beach House - Teen Dream (2 stars)
  38. The Beatles - Abbey Road (5 stars)
  39. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (5 stars)
  40. Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the life of… (4 Stars)
  41. Talking Heads - Fear of Music (4 stars)*
  42. New York Dolls - New York Dolls (5 stars)*
  43. The Auteurs - New Wave (2 stars)
  44. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (5 stars)
  45. The xx - xx (2 stars)
  46. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (5 Stars)
  47. The Who - My Generation (3 stars)
  48. XTC - Skylarking (4 stars)
  49. Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (4 stars)
  50. LIving Colour - Vivid (3 stars)
  51. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night (5 stars)
  52. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (5 stars)
  53. Dire Straits - Dire Straits (2 stars)
  54. Amy Winehouse - Frank (4 stars)*
  55. Def Leppard - Hysteria (5 stars)
  56. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (4 stars)
  57. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (4 stars)
  58. Dinosaur Jr - You’re Living All Over Me (4 stars)*
  59. The Doors - Morrison Hotel (2 stars)
  60. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (3 stars)
  61. Primal Scream - Screamadelica (3 stars)*
  62. Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide (2 stars)
  63. Germs - (GI) (4stars)
  64. Air - The VIrgin Suicides (5 stars)
  65. Metallica - Master of Puppets (5 stars)
  66. Lou Reed - Berlin (3 Stars)*
  67. The Everly Brothers - A Date With The Everly Brothers (4 stars)
  68. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (5 Stars)
  69. The Offspring - Smash (1 star)
  70. Neneh Cherry - Raw Sushi (3 stars)*
  71. The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (4 stars)
  72. Duran Duran - Rio (4 stars)
  73. Jeff Buckley - Grace (3 stars)
  74. The Police - Regatta Del Blanc (4 stars)
  75. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (5 Stars)
  76. Napalm Death - Scum (4 stars)
  77. Deep Purple - Made in Japan (3 Stars)
  78. Booker T & The MG's - Green Onions (3 stars)
  79. Rokysopp - Melody AM (3 stars)*
  80. Les Rythmes Digitales - Darkdancer (4 stars)
  81. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (3 stars)
  82. Yes - The Yes Album (3 stars)
  83. Kanye West - Yeezus (4 stars)
  84. Shack - HMS Fable (3 stars)
  85. Suede - Suede (3 Stars)
  86. Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (4 stars) * (not a discovery but the only thing I wanted to relisten to this week)
  87. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (2 stars)
  88. Justice - Cross (3 Stars)
  89. Supergrass - I Should Coco (4 stars)
  90. Patti Smith - Horses (3 stars)*
  91. Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back (4 stars)
  92. Travis - The Man Who (4 stars)
  93. Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty (3 Stars)
  94. David Bowie - Low (5 stars)
  95. The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (2 stars)
  96. Morrisey - Your Arsenal (3 stars)
  97. Muddy Waters - At Newport 1960 (4 stars)
  98. The The - Infection (4 stars)*
  99. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (5 stars)
  100. Bobby Womack - The Poet (3 stars)
  101. Janis Joplin - Pearl (5 stars)
  102. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (5 stars)
  103. Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (5 Stars)
  104. The Stooges - The Stooges (4 stars)
  105. ZZ Top - Eliminator (4 stars)
  106. Fever Ray - Fever Ray (3 stars)*
  107. Taylor Swift - 1989 (3 Stars)
  108. Anita Baker - Rapture (2 stars)
  109. Rush - 2112 (5 stars)
  110. Ravi Shankar - The Sounds of India (4 stars)
  111. Elastica - Elastica (3 stars)
  112. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (5 stars)*
  113. Run DMC - Raising Hell (5 stars)
  114. Gang of Four - Entertainment! (4 stars)
  115. Dinosaur Jr - Bug (3 stars)
  116. Hookworms - Microshift (3 stars)
  117. David Gray - White Ladder

    If, and it seems that it will be the case, the community decides to do a group project; I will replace this post with the group list. I will continue to live blog in the thread. I will post my star rating when I determine it for each album and will post the group aggregate scores weekly.

I will not opt the group into weekend picks. I will use whatever albums i have above as a type of appendix and will either use the score I have or reassess when these albums pop up for the group.

I will not create the group until the poll closes and I will post the link to the group project in the first post.

*Lee's highlight pick - was added to his weekly playlist the next week as deserving more attention from him.
 
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For clarity: I'm open to a group project, despite voting no. I just love the idea of the chaos and madness that will unfold with each of us on our own random journey. Could be the ADHD talking, but that seems fun. Would also allow everyone to move at whatever pace best suits them.

That said, if the group wants to group, I'm game - and will try to keep up!
 
avecigrec said:
For clarity: I'm open to a group project, despite voting no. I just love the idea of the chaos and madness that will unfold with each of us on our own random journey. Could be the ADHD talking, but that seems fun. Would also allow everyone to move at whatever pace best suits them.

That said, if the group wants to group, I'm game - and will try to keep up!
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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I'd stick to my own project still, but if we did a group one, I'd probably do as well with a different email.
 
Lee Newman said:
A few of us recently discovered this site:
1001albumsgenerator.com

1001 Albums Generator

Explore the history of music. One album a day. From the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
1001albumsgenerator.com 1001albumsgenerator.com

I thank @Thackeraye and @AnthonyI for my current obsession with it.

The site randomly picks an album from the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die:
en.m.wikipedia.org

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org en.m.wikipedia.org

Some housekeeping is in order first, I’m currently on album #10 of my own personal journey. I am okay with starting over with a group project if there is enough interest (I don’t know four other people willing to play along?)

I plan on, when possible, live “blogging”
my listen in the thread and maintaining my list and ratings for everyone to reference.

What do you guys think? I’ve added a poll that will close in seven days. Like Elon Musk, I will honor the results!
Click to expand...
I always like the "group" mentality of things, but I'm not really understanding how that might work with this..............excuse my ignorance :)
 

Listening Group​

If you want to listen together with friends, colleagues or family, you should create a group.
Everyone in the group will get the same album each day, and your group will get a stats page showing your ratings.
Groups can be created from the menu.
Click to expand...
 
I’m of two minds. I like the communal feeling of doing a group project. I feel like it is a hell of a commitment though, we’re talking 2 3/4 years if we do it on weekends (which I would saya group project should not do weekends to give folks some time to breathe). There will also be people who abandon the project that might not have otherwise (raises hand) if they get behind.

I do like the chaos of everyone in their own journey but basically with the same confines regarding the actual list of albums. It will ebb and flow more.
 
Tonight we have another album and group I am not overly familiar with.

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

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Get Innocuous!

Musically this is like if David Byrne was soundtracking a rave and the vocals remind me of White Noise/Blackstar Bowie.

Very cool.
 
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Alright, I bit - I was hoping to be able to do a frequency slightly less than one a day, but let's see how goes!

Starting right out the gate with an album I've never listened to but know a goodly number of the songs from. And one of the most iconic covers of all time to boot:

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Will put it on the ol' Stupify once this Godspeed album is over.
 
It occurs to me that the universe may have done me a favor in keeping me away from this. I am going to listen to this a lot and I see my wife not digging it very much (for whatever reason, she’s not into Talking Heads which has tempered my obsession with them)
 
avecigrec said:
Alright, I bit - I was hoping to be able to do a frequency slightly less than one a day, but let's see how goes!

Starting right out the gate with an album I've never listened to but know a goodly number of the songs from. And one of the most iconic covers of all time to boot:

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Will put it on the ol' Stupify once this Godspeed album is over.
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I love this record!!!
 
Someone Great is like a weird Aphex Twin trance vs Kraftwerk version of PDQ Bach. Quirky and out there blipping madness. The melody is very eighties pop. Kind of a dark break up song isn’t it. It’s a very strange song. It’s also kind of that dark bright The Cure feel. I love it.

Y’all should have made it clearer to me that I should be listening to James Murphy.

If you had asked me an hour ago, I would have told you that PJ Harvey was the best discovery so far…. That’s no longer true.

If the house wasn’t trying to sleep, I would blast this over the system and be dancing like a junior high school girl in the record room.
 
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All My Friends - do you remember how OPP made an annoying piano sample kind of cool… same here. Jesus, like the last song, the melody/vocals is reminding me of some eighties group that is escaping me right now.

This is what music would just sound like if we hadn’t gotten too cool for school in the eighties. This is what the kids in Back to the Future II listen to.
 
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It’s like the rhythm track of one of the more danceable songs off of Thriller or Lionel Richie’s All Night Long went out and made their own song (slight glimmer of Daft Punk here too)

I’ve started to zoom in on the lyrics… these are party tracks for sad sacks, aren’t they. Wonder how Patrick Bateman would feel about this album.
 
avecigrec said:
Alright, I bit - I was hoping to be able to do a frequency slightly less than one a day, but let's see how goes!

Starting right out the gate with an album I've never listened to but know a goodly number of the songs from. And one of the most iconic covers of all time to boot:

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Will put it on the ol' Stupify once this Godspeed album is over.
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You have to opt into weekends. So there you go. Lol
 
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