1001 Albums Summary

There is a style to this music - it’s not guitar based as such. More rhythmic. Drum and bass heavy. I’m not too sure whether to like it or not. It seems there are one or two songs which are anthemic and instantly familiar. But the rest not so. And that’s the thing: the album doesn’t do enough as an album in the 38:00 minutes it gave itself.

OK I had to rethink my ratings and criteria. This is a 4 star album because of its (a) breakthrough moment relative to contemporaneous music; (b) its performance and production - invariably single take; (c) song quality and (d) its longevity or classic status. Hope to fine tune my parameters as we move along.

Always had a soft spot for some of his songs growing up but paradoxically, now older me didn’t connect.

woah. a blast from the past. i think this is one of their rawer albums

wanted to like this more, since I used to like it more, but well, it's not mind-blowing.

really?