1001 Albums Summary

Some lovely guitar licks and a general sound that seems way ahead of its time.

Some lovely, undeniably beautiful songs, but as an entire album tends to feel a bit monotonous.

Great stuff, I'm generally already a Stones person, and had never until now fully listened to this record. A bit all over the place and certainly not my fav Stones record, but still lots to hang onto.

I already recently fully got into this record, so listening to this was a breeze. Incredibly captivating from start to finish, which is saying a lot, considering this is nearly two hours of music. Beautiful melodies, often excellent production, will surely be revisited many times in the future.

Bjork isn't one of my go to artists, so I was a bit skeptical about this, but the production here is gorgeous, with beautiful string arrangements regularly pierced by nasty club beats. Bjork's pain in the lyrics is highly palpable, resulting in a great break up record.

Highly education listen for me, had no idea Ian was Baxter Dury's dad, and there's so much innovation going on here, it's crazy how many lines you can draw from this to stuff I love and regularly listen to in the present day. Not saying it's all front to back enjoyable and without potential skips, but there's plenty here musically and, especially, lyrically to hang onto.