1001 Albums Summary

some of these are boppish but the cringey lyrics overtake the good licks

this album has enough good songs to be a 4/5 it's too damn long and unorganized and the love songs suck. at times i was genuinely emotionally moved (to forgive, 1979 is still THE song), other times it went hard af (zero, bullet with butterfly wings).

okay some of these tracks are actually pretty good when i poked through but the lyrics and content are soooooo edgelord and misogynistic that i can't listen further

A nice listen

A mix between songs that are fun but a bit corny and ones that are straight up too corny

Dad rock with synths. Inoffensive

Overall really good experience. Will return to a lot of the songs. The slowly building up reverb thing does get a bit repetitive and I disliked the choice of ending songs. I accidentally lost this after I typed it so I'm doing it again and I'm mad 15 step: my old roommate loves this one. Slaps. Love the build up and take away of the track and the vocals interweaving. Also twilight Bodysnatchers: fun one. I was skeptical ag first but the build up paid off. The vibrato guitars and vocalations is the best part. Nude: nice interlude but I couldn't help comparing it to exit music. Also Dean Winchester song Weird fishes/arpeggi: I've never listened to this attentively before but the immersion into the soundscape was amazing with the background vocals and reverb and everything. Arpeggiation made me feel like I was learning piano again though All I need: weakest song. Maybe need to be on shrooms or something Faust arp: if the title is a Dada reference that's cool bc it matches the imagery and the cinematic track Reckoner: dark horse. Had never heard before but I loved this one. Had the same vibe as a blues song but in a heatwave instead of at a campfire after dark. Plus stadium appropriate in how expansive it is. House of cards: loved the transition here to the picked guitar and gentle vocals contrasting with the subject matter. Really captures the moment in a concert when the band goes away and a roadie brings the acoustic out Jigsaw falling into place. Liked how unrelenting and flat of a grunge homage (?) It is. Nice word painting. Did not like this and the next song as the closers especially compared to how evocative and provocative 15 step is as an opener. Maybe trying to close out/resolve things but felt boring to me. Videotape: second weakest. Sorry but it's corny. Mcr did marching band drums + dealing with death better.

3.5 rounded up for history and nostalgia. Great album that still holds up in emotional range and palette. I actually think some of the more popular songs are my least favorites because the more traditional rock and roll instrumentation has not aged well to my ears and the vocals are really hit or miss on how they connect to me. I think this would still slap live but I don't see myself reaching for most of these songs to listen to at this stage my life when the third wave vibes also feel super dated. except for words and guitar. Therefore, the best songs for me though are turn it on, words and guitar, it's enough, and anything that goes more for personal punk euphoria than anthemic drawling anger. Jenny and the crawling guitar in it is the best of the latter though. What a closer.

I enjoyed the drums the most and the other instruments were pleasant but my brain associates this style of music too much with old Hollywood movies

When the kick comes in on my girls.... Everything else is like meh. Hyper-eager 2010s festival indietronica sounds like a midjourney-generated piece of art in 2023. Psychedelic sure, but for what ends.