Sep 06 2024
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"Awaken, My Love!"
Childish Gambino
Nice pick! I really enjoyed the music - very funky! I can list a lot of albums on the official list that this should replace. I hadn’t listened to Childish Gambino before. I think I had some reluctance because this is the alter-ego of an actor and even though I have nothing against Danny Glover something about that made me suspicious. Glad someone has finally forced me past that preconceived notion because I’ve been a bit funk-deficient lately.
5
Sep 07 2024
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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
I’ve never heard of this but did read the Wikipedia snippet and was intrigued.
This was really interesting and entertaining and I think I kind of love it. Definitely worthy and I love the album cover!
5
Sep 08 2024
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Control
Pedro The Lion
A friend told me I should listen to Pedro the Lion sometime around when this was released but I never did. I feel like a terrible Seattleite! But most importantly I have been missing out on an exceptional album! The music is downbeat perfectly suiting the mood, but it’s the lyrics and the devastating story told on this album that really hooked me.
An exploration of love, lust, anger and revenge the songs lay out a tragic story. The first time through I just had a small idea of what it was all about, but I immediately listened a second and third time and the details only increased my love for this album.
The opening track Options is such a realistic feeling of love - and doubt. Such an interesting sentiment.
Rapture is such a clever description of cheating - “Gideon is in the drawer” letting us know we are in a motel. Complicated feelings abound… “just ten more minutes.” Wow.
Then Penetration mixes metaphors or sex and getting fired from a job in a very interesting way. “Cause if it isn’t making dollars then it isn’t making sense… if you aren’t moving units then you’re not worth the expense… if it isn’t penetration then it isn’t worth a kiss.”
Another standout was Priests and Paramedics… the lyrics exploring each’s encounters with death and the different ways each must approach and ultimately reacts to it. Haunting.
Really I could list great things about every song on here… this album really connected with me.
This is the third user-submitted album and so far y’all are batting 1000. This could easily displace dozens of albums that are on the official list.
Terrific!
5
Sep 09 2024
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Version 2.0
Garbage
We listened to Garbage’s debut album on the official 1001 list… and I was really happy to see it there… but this is my all-time favorite from Garbage. Perhaps it was because I discovered Garbage when this album came out and spent more than a year with it glued into my CD player… feeling like the baddest badass around…
Yes, I love their debut album, but I love this one even more! Thanks for adding it!
5
Sep 10 2024
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When Smoke Rises
Mustafa
Nice, mellow listen that I enjoyed immediately. I think it was well-served by its brevity as the songs were pretty similar in tone to me and if this had gone on for an hour might be too much. But as it is really nice!
4
Sep 11 2024
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Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
SOPHIE
Wow… this certainly lived up to the uniqueness the cover might imply. The opening song It’s Okay To Cry was a red herring, as it transitioned into the next clangy two numbers, Ponyboy and Faceshopping. There’s a lot more noise, some near-pop music (Immaterial), then even a track that sounds like it’s out of an Alien film (Pretending).
It’s a little all over the place after my first listen, but maybe with more listens (after the initial surprises wore off) this would cohere more. Definitely an interesting album that I’m happy to have been brought to my attention.
4
Sep 12 2024
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The Beautiful Letdown
Switchfoot
Haven’t heard this before that I know of, although it is possible some of these songs were on the radio or something at the time. Although I don’t feel any need to get this into my musical rotation or anything I didn’t mind listening to this. There were even a few catchier numbers to clap along to.
3
Sep 13 2024
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Savage Sinusoid
Igorrr
A wild ride! Starting off, I thought this would be rough (someone was yelling at me before they played a note) but it surprised me. I love the opera and the French touches. Very unique!
5
Sep 14 2024
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Ænima
TOOL
A close friend in the early 2000s was into Tool, so I heard quite a bit of their music then. It never really was my thing even though I did occasionally listen to one of their albums on my own. I can’t remember if this was one of those or not, but no doubt I’ve heard much of this before.
Tool still isn’t a love connection for me, but I will say that I appreciate their music and was surprised they were not on the official 1001 list. That seems like an oversight so I’m glad someone out there put it on this list.
The first half of this album felt a little as expected to me, but then the second half reeled me in. And I found the closing track Third Eye completely mesmerizing.
4
Sep 15 2024
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Sublime
Sublime
I had this album in the 90s, but lost interest in the ska-ish music despite all the hits on it. A fun return to the era today listening to this even though it isn’t going to become a regular listen.
3
Sep 16 2024
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Ultra Blue
Hikaru Utada
I have very little familiarity with J-Pop or music from this part of the world. I was happy someone promoted this to the list and think a bonus star is in order for representing a whole unexplored part of the musical world.
I don’t know if this is great, good or other J-Pop, but I can say that I enjoyed several songs quite a bit and the album stuck the landing ending on a high note for me.
4