1001 Albums Summary

How've I only listened to the title track for going on 15 years and am just now listening through in its entirety? Clapton's masterpiece - he works best in this ensemble format (which, holy shit, this is the same band that recorded "All Things Must Past"?!?) Perfect coked-out, bluesy, romantic anguish. Fav Tracks: Keep On Growing, I Am Yours, Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?, Little Wing, Layla (obv), Thorn Tree in the Garden, Nobody Knows You

Great vocal performance after great performance of this bluesy singer-songwriter soul. And Beautiful? …I felt that. Fav tracks: So Far Away, It’s Too Late, Beautiful, Where You Lead, Sweetwater Jack

A cornucopia of sounds that shouldn’t work together, but do. Like if the Chili Peppers weren’t so cringey. Fav tracks: Cult of Personality, I Want to Know, Desperate People, Broken Hearts

Late night, hazy, melancholic NY club vibes. Fav Tracks: All?

9/9/22 - y’all did this on purpose, didn’t you? One of the best albums of the 80s, still love it as much as I did in high school. Johnny Marr, you have my heart ❤️ Fav Tracks: Queen is Dead, Frankly Mr. Shankly, Cemetry Gates, Light that Never Goes Out

Theoretically I should love shoegaze - the vibe, tones, and rhythms are all derived from some of my favorite music, and inspired even more of it. But some of these songs are so repetitive that sometimes it’s hard to tell where one begins and another ends (or if they’re not just replaying a previous song - ‘Sowing Seeds’ particularly sounds like a retread of ‘Just Like Honey’) and you just end up zoning out. Which is the point, but I guess I just wasn’t in the mood for zoning out this morning. Would like to revisit it sometime in the future as there’s a lot here I love, but it just didn’t fully click with me right now. Fav Tracks: Just Like Honey, Cut Dead, Taste of Cindy

Love me some early doo-wop Beatles. Highlights: It Won’t Be Long, Don’t Bother Me, All My Loving, You Really Got A Hold

Wow… this is literally perfect. Highlights: How can there be highlights if the whole damn thing slaps?

Pure 90s grunge-pop singer-songwriter angst; all confessional lyrics, drum machines, harmonicas and misuses of the word "irony." Highlights: All I really Want, Hand in Pocket, You Oughta Know, Forgiven

Pleasant enough, if meandering and unfocused. Highlights: Glad, Stranger to Himself

Highlights: Chocolate Cake, It’s Only Natural, Weather with You, There Goes God

Classic of hip-hop