1001 Albums Summary

I don't think there's another live album quite like this. The cheers from inmates, the telephone call in between songs, Johnny Cash joking around and interjecting at his own songs - all followed by him singing a song someone wrote in "Greystone Chapel." The album gives you a small window into Folsom and what Cash was like; how he related to people.

A killer start with "Highway Star," the album has a lot of highs and lows. "Machine Head" has a handful of great songs that are shuffled in with several semi-questionable tracks, such as "Space Truckin'," which is an okay track at best - if it weren't for its redeeming solo. The transition from "Never Before" to "Smoke On The Water" seems very abrupt, as do some other transitions. Other songs feel a bit too drawn out. Deep Purple leaves you wanting more from this, but maybe not more of this exact album.

Ah, now I know where that one song in the old VW commercials comes from. Too many "oh's" and "ah's" for one album. Sounds like a product of the late aughts but not in a terrible way. The use of a wide range of instruments is cool, and there's some tracks where it really works, such as "I Live With You." There's nothing really wrong with this album, but it doesn't stand out much from the rest of the late 2000s/early 2010s indie scene. Perhaps listening to this for the first time in 2009 would have brought about some magic, but to 2022 ears, the album isn't anything incredible. It aged okay and that's fine. There's probably a very niche group of people who adore this album, and in some ways I can see why.

Dated but dope. Can hear some hints of industrial in here. Most songs sound like they could be in a Tony Hawk game.

Solid album with diverse beats and flows. Nothing really stuck out to me but overall pretty good!

Mix of Sgt. Peppers and Revolver but also Wes Anderson-approved

Not a single bad track. Some a little more forgettable than others, but not a single bad one. Excellent album.

Half-paid attention to this while doing other things, but still pretty good! Wouldn't say this album is high up there for me, but I can tell Sarah Vaughan is very talented. Now I understand why Father John Misty got angry at that girl who said she sounded just like her and stuff.

Classy and swaying but nothing really that stuck out to me.

Some signature tracks with some lesser known ones that give the former a run for their money. Still, this album kinda blends together - a little too well for its own good.

I really didn't wanna listen to Steven Tyler's voice so most this album's getting is a 2.

Any time I find out where a hip hop sample came from in the first track (listen: "POWER" by Kanye West), it's a good chance it's gonna be a pretty good album. But then I listened to the rest and wasn't impressed. Meh.

Listened a long time ago and thought it was great

The first two or three tracks were enjoyable and then everything else kinda blended together for me.

Meh