1001 Albums Summary

A classic to start off with. Haven’t really listened to much Metallica outside their most popular songs so it was nice to hear some of their other stuff. ‘The Struggle Within’s’ guitar solo was a particular highlight.

‘Blue Rondo à la Turk’ was fantastic, lively, energetic; it was everything you could have wanted from a jazz song. I actually recognised ‘Take Five’ which I was not expecting!

Hadn’t heard of Nick Drake prior to this but I wish I had. ‘Time Has Told Me’ is a beautifully somber song. Will definitely be listening to more of his stuff beyond this album. ‘Three Hours’ has some lovely acoustic guitar.

It was alright. Fantastic drumming as to be expecting but didn’t make a Foo Fighters fan out of me.

It’s not really my vibe but ‘Backwater’ was a fun and upbeat kind of track.

Big old funky disco vibes. Nile Rodgers is a legend and this album proves why. Knew a couple of songs going into this album but the second half of the album had some wonderful new treats. However, it’s not an album I’d see myself sitting down and listening all the way through, the stand outs make the album but it isn’t necessarily consistent.

Little compares to the sound of Sparks, mainly due to their constant reinvention. Kimono My House is a fantastic album, perhaps with one of the best openings

Jazz fusion at its finest, perhaps one of the greatest jazz albums period. Chameleon and the rerecording of Watermelon Man are particular highlights

Joni's jazzy vibes makes this album one of her best. It is difficult to top Blue, but she certainly presents an album that sits on par with her 1971 release

Pretty average, some good songs

The best Pixies album - solid banger after banger. Particular highlights include Debaser (one of my favourite bass-heavy songs, absolutely sexy), I Bleed, Here Comes Your Man (there’s a reason this one is so well-know, very catchy), and Monkey Gone to Heaven.

‘Moribund the Burgermeister’ has delicious prog rock vibes - an absolute fantastic opener. Don’t know if it’s because it’s overplayed, but did not love ‘Solsbury Hill’, and it felt jarring next to the opener. ‘Down the Dolce Vita’ has some funky funky funk influences, love that slap bass. ‘Here Comes the Flood’ is a fittingly conclusioney song, feels like a good send off track (can’t think of another way to describe it). Came into this album not loving Peter Gabriel but he may have turned me around, at least a little (he’s certainly better than Phil Collins).

‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ is the folkiest rap song I’ve ever heard. It’s definitely less protesty than I expected, but you can still tell it’s Dylan from a mile away. As expected, the most harmonica you can possibly hear on an album. ‘Outlaw Blues and ‘On the Road Again’ have an electric backing band, ooh Bob you naughty boy, you trying to alienate your audience (were both very good songs though). Second side (even if we are streaming but it still helps to distinguish) wasn’t as good as the first but ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ was a catchy song and ‘It’s All Over Now Baby Blue’ was a romantically soft ending to the album.

Very heavy on the old glam rock. I only knew ‘Antmusic’ before I came into this album but there are other similarly catchy tracks which make this a fun album to listen to. ‘Killer in the Home’ was a nice end to ‘Side One’ though there haven’t been any stand out tracks so far.