1001 Albums Summary

[express surprise at never having heard album] [contrast expectations from reading reviews with how it actually sounded] [mention bands that this band have been compared to] [list songs that do actually sound like the aforementioned bands] [make surprise comparison to another band] [throw in spurious comment about britpop] [lament not hearing album when it first came out] [promise to revisit album in future]

[concede influence in formation of rock and roll] [mention elvis] [observe that it seems like there may have been three songs repeated a number of times with different lyrics] [admit to increasing score because of nostalgia] [lament lack of the ability to capture more dynamic range in older recording technology] [apologize for not giving a higher score]

[admit that grunge hits wheelhouse] [reference lead singer’s death from overdose] [list other grunge and grunge-adjacent artists who died from overdose] [short aside about 27 club] [back on topic about constant energy of album] [mention awesome guitar work by guitarist] [allude to depressing topic of most of the songs] [concede to compulsion to rate album five stars]

[mention devo] [mention rock it by herbie hancock] [express surprise that this was released in 1978] [wonder if the robot inspired the dance] [state that this is good background music for concentrating] [admit only consciously knowing about band through poster for computer world] [declare intention to listen to more from the band and probably play it in the background while working]