1001 Albums Summary

I had to do some research into the order and reason for track listening but overall a really intense listen with an incredibly strong impact.

Not his best but an undeniable force. Taking a bath with pants on sounds terrible. I’d give it a 3 and a half

Album merits at least four stars for the opener alone

The first half of this album is an absolute snooze fest, then Poem 58 happens and it’s like a different band is making this album for a few tracks and then back to snooze fest, what a bummer. Poem 58 is a masterpiece and the rest is so bland also FUCK FREEFORM GUITAR

Did you know Courtney Love’s boyfriend has a band ? Yeah she wrote all of his songs though

It’s really incredible how her voice is both traditionally beautiful but has such a similar tone to a clarinet that it doubles as instrumental as well. Best of the best

Pretty damn avant-garde, it feels like the music is going to explode into a million pieces at any minute

I will say, I did actually try. Absolutely never again but I did try.

I probably suck but I found this incredibly boring

Can’t be beat, NY at its finest

rip bozo master class of the era, excellent song writing and deceptively complex instrumentation

Pretty, but gets pretty old also after the first few tracks. Homogenous; one track bleeds into the next not in a great way

The only song I can recall hearing from this album despite calling myself a pretty big fan of Elton John is Tiny Dancer, of which is a good song but absolutely done to death.. but in the context of this album I’ve grown a new appreciation for it. The whole of this album is filled with lush symphonic instrumentation that really adds to the grandeur of the songwriting (for real, Taupin was in his BAG on this album). This album at times feels weirdly progressive in an Elton way, which is so cool. Tracks like Madman Across the Water and Indian Sunset had me absolutely floored with the drama and storytelling.. some of Elton’s best vocals I’ve ever heard have been on this album. That being said, some tracks on this album like Rotten Peaches and Razor Face kind of felt a bit flat in comparison to the more grandiose tracks. Overall this was a solid album I’d definitely listen to again. Favorite tracks were the title track and Indian Sunset.

Stevie wonder ??? Is that you!!