1001 Albums Summary

Singles and 60’s comps about coverbit for me ... like Bobby’s California Dreaming more ...

A favourite Still fresh ... so influential

A regular listen ...

Not for me It feels too cold ...

...always had a soft spot for this album

… some fun tunes … titillating but the imperatives get a little tiresome

Smooth …. great songs … great voice … they feel clever rather than moving

Familiar glam flavours … Bowie, Roxy and 50’s recreations Like the more left field Eno

Love King Billy And the tension between Wilco And some brilliant songs + Natalie Merchant

Took me back Loved some of the songs …the ones with darkness at the edges

Good fun … just know them all without consciously seeking them out

My favourite ‘chop

Soundscape … filmic … some great passages

No … that voice gets on my pip

No mistaking the decade … 18 when this came out … and I liked them then …some great pop tunes … some beautiful writing … I do struggle with the production massive reverb over everything … ultimately gets in the way for me

I like this … not listened to them before …. Great opening track … nice bass … Big Tim Buckley fan

Great tones, lovely licks, Sultans is a great song … the straighter rock n roll tunes feel a little too square when I go back to this …

Played it to bits when it came out … But don’t really go back to it … 🤔 Some great songs and not even 20 from the heart lyrics and very immediate vocal performances … takes me back to a time and place in the soundtrack of my life

Not my favourite Cure album … a little bit all in the same place … Pictures of you my favourite track

Asleep at the back and THIS … lyrics are so good …

So familiar … had this on vinyl … no idea where that has gone … Enjoyed going back

What’s left to say? Sublime … everytime … Hit me with a flower …

Just can’t ….

Love her albums … The songs keep giving

Seminal …. Fruits all through the 80s and beyond … with Devo and Dave Byrne/talking heads … Something was brewing

Can’t get into him …

Sounds like a compilation … doesn’t feel coherent as a whole piece … which kind of matters when thinking of these albums as an experience Some enjoyable songs … nice bass …

Some great songs … Huge production and monster arrangements … not what i go to or want from an album … a Bind theme or three in there

Bernie. Edwards. Makes it a 5.

They sound like the Clash playing Dexys on this one

Always on … Raw … live feeling … dark and darkly funny … desperate in places … I want you … (which is amazing -when I’ve seen it played live) Blue Chair … the pop songs are great with more dark bits …Crimes of Paris … Massive fan of his writing … and WHAT A BAND … Steve and Pete and Bruce are tremendous

Just ok Well made but pretty vanilla really

Liked it more than I thought I would Some good tracks hiding amongst the singles… Father Figure … one more try

Leaves a bit cold … 😬 Sax is great though

Ok .., hear the Scottishness in some of the melodies …. More pop than i thought it might be

Love Burt Like the later things more … Avocet for instance

3…. Nearly a 4 … some great tunes and playing

Kind of always in the ether their songs The music does interesting things melodically, time signatures, key changes etc … great pop writing undoubtedly…Just the relentless strutting rhythms get on my bits …

Some good songs Bit of a soundtrack to the end of my teenage years …

Listened a lot when it came out It’s a great record … English as …

Couldnt manage it all

How have i not heard this before? A treat start to finish.

Can’t not be 5

I’d like a 4 but meanders a bit too much Some great tunes and great playing

No thanks

Hasn’t aged very well Awful … vapid … tedious

Loved this for the longest time Love the Fela nod on this album

…mmm I have a massive Bruce blind spot - sorry All sounds toooooo much …. All sound a bit like dancing in the dark

Loved it Just in so many things … hard to imagine punk without it

Love Curtis …

Like a warm bath …

Maybe -an extra half for some of Hooky’s bass

Some good songs A but relentlessly similar Shouldni add or remove a star for the styli phone?

I can’t do this

Just a soundtrack to some life events … can’t separate the music from from the moments

Big John Grant fan Like the sharper edges of Pale Green Ghosts … but great tunes on this You’ll be singing chicken bones out loud in the supermarket …

Pretty ugly vocals …

This … or Blood on the tracks … is my favourite Dylan album … depends when tou ask me … favourite sets of Dylan lyrics

All time fave

A bit too MOR yawn

Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the fire cat are a pair of albums that got me through my late teens and the songs are just a part of me …

Too much … wrong end of Christmas day No more mince pies

Urgh… insincere Didn’t like it then … don’t like now

Loved this album back then Great to go back to the dub grooves … top musicians on it … Great bass, guitar and drums even after all … A strong 4

Dull … macho … nonsense… yuk

Too straight for me Like a bit more bite, a but more darkness In my country … Love GP,

Just… no (Although I did buy it … and I quite like Yellow … shhh)

Love Tim Prefer the hippy shiz tho’ Happy Sad and the live Album is immense Great grooves - Just the dated lyrics and all the misogynistic cringe on it … Also find it very sad thinking about Jeff and his young family and all of that history … Still …some pipes on the chap

Gone back for a listen … No surprises, nothing intriguing hiding inside, never really a fan Just leaves me a bit cold to be honest …

Bit Marmite isn’t it … I enjoyed it back then… but is a bit overplayed and doesn’t stand up to re-listening … Massive Attack

Tony Visconti … strings arrangement and drum sounds Bowie and Bolan 70s flavour Fun to go back to …

Clever music in buts Lots of references … Just a bit thin and some nasty noises

Didn’t know this my punk is British Two voices are good Moves to David Byrne places … I’d listen to early Talking Heads The straighter rock and roll lines jump out and feel slightly naff … But enjoyable A bit

Raised on it Songs are great Some production definitely of its time I tend to go back to some live recordings when I want some Jimi Mitch on drums though … so good

Brilliant return from Bob Mould -a great songwriter Loved Husker Dü always melodic These songs pull that forward plus plus Every song is a cracker Some great break up songs … beautifully dark in places Solid album - I played and played it - 30 years ago 😳

Keys led songs Like to hear some different arrangements of a few of them A bit relentless … ba ba baaaaa

Feels more rock than punk A bit tedious

Quite enjoyable Like a few of the tunes … Anyone else getting a load of 90s american rockpunk?

Call me a heretic … never loved them Not down on it but never got what others seemed to get Preferred brit punk pop sounds (Well I am a Brit) Prefer Bob Mould as a songwriter

It’s ok Listened at the time His voice gets on my tits a bit … Some decent songs …. Very safe really Of.The.Time. (Better than Oasis)

Like where it’s heading … Great Funk Brothers backing Solid Motown

Love this band Love how this has the rub of Fela Kuti and moving towards the next albums Some of my favourite tracks … even if the Stop Making Sense live versions are wven better in my ears Why go to college …

What is this …. The Devil’s interval …

A bit annoying