1001 Albums Summary

OK, so Pitchfork has this at 8.4/10 and my first impression was that the submitter was in the band? Truth is somewhere in between? I honestly don't know what to make of this. I mean it got better, not to the point of repeat listens but at least bearable. This is my first user submitted album so it has to be a 2, *just in case* I hear something worse than this so i have somewhere to go.

Country isn’t my thing, is this country though? Dunno. But 12 singles off one album is hard to deny, a window to an age long gone. And Mutt Lange is a great producer.

For everything I’d heard about it I was expecting a masterpiece. It’s good, not great. But I’d listen again I think. 3.5 rounded to a generous 4

Felt like I was on hold for an hour. Didn't hate it but it was definitely background music for me.

Really enjoyed that. Can't believe that [according to Last.fm] I'd only played Paramore 4 times in my life (well post 2006) - will do so more from now on.

Against all my expectations, I enjoyed this.

Not bad, never heard them before but have now followed them online. Sounds like a cross between early Tool and every band in my local scene in the mid 90s!

Some great stuff early on but I'm always wary of the double album - you've got to have a lot so say, and I'm not sure M83 has quite enough.

I'm a massive fan of Jason Isbell - I did something with this album I haven't done in a decade or more - pre-order it and listen to it without any advance singles... sadly I was disappointed. I found myself wondering if these were actually b-sides from another project. I like the title track and a few others but nothing comes close to his previous best though

Very familiar sound, loved the opening track!

A few stone cold classic songs here - will "Never Tear Us Apart" ever age? At the same time I think i'm more of a Listen Like Thieves person. The music that was so influential to me couldn't have happened without INXS I'm sure, I was just a little too young to get them back in the day, and now it feels like I've heard half this album (on the radio) 10,000 times. It's hard to be objective, so I'm just going with feels.

Never heard of them but enjoyed it!

Ok, straight up. A 30 minute song is just taking the piss. I gave it a good listen, I know some very nice people with reasonable music taste who love Phish, plus I already listen to Dave Matthews so this is just an extended version of that right. Really extended. But man, it was a lot. Closing track as excellent I will say.

I dig it

This band is great, this album no exception

Really strong production throughout — each track builds its own distinct sound, and there’s a lot to admire in the detail and craft. And yet sometimes I struggle to connect with the music though (not that i'm the target audience); it often doesn’t quite feel *about* anything, even when there’s a clear narrative framework like there is here. Because of that, I respect this more than I like it.

Some of these songs were the soundtrack to my final year of high school. My band tried to play El Scorcho but I could never quite nail that solo. The Good Life remains my favourite ever Weezer song but, relistening for the first time in... i don't know how long... Last.fm says 10 years, I don't feel as connected to these songs (outside of the two mentioned) as I once did. Thanks for the flashback though

Just goes to show that everything can be somebody's favourite. I reviewed this for my university magazine back in the day, I thought it was great I'd get all these CDs for free - then I listened to them. This isn't the worst one I was sent, which says what I need it to say.

Ska punk is not my favourite branch of punk, but it was a decent listen. +1 for the cover of a song from Back to the Future

My housemates asked me to turn it down

I’ve listened to a lot of this band, I feel like they have better records.

Good different

Love the Nick Drake vibes

Many have said it better than me but blues (outside of Robert Johnson and Django - got a soft spot there) I just don't get. This is probably it at it's finest and it's ok. I don't get why this is more important than any other though. Monday open mic nights with 60 minutes blues jams while I was waiting to play next have biased me perhaps.

Album was OK. Didn't move me much either way - the band's Spotify bio though... stat central - tell me why you make music, what it means to you, rather than how many streams you have, Jeez.

Wow, some variety here. I had to turn to Google to convince me I wasn't listening to Jimmy Pop Ali singing here. Interesting, not my thing totally though.

This would go down well at a party I reckon. I'm too old for parties though.

Great story from the submitter - I suspect my submission will be as much story as album quality too. I'd love to give this more but it didn't do much for me, sorry. "Lady in Red" is my karaoke go to though.

There's just something about these guys - there's an edge, but also a beauty

Interesting...

Solid 3/5

I don't mind a bit of doom... some Pallbearer goes over OK, I even sat through that album that had one 70 minutes long song... the name escapes me... but man, I just can't with this.

Nice find!

Reading about this I thought I would hate it, like looking for the zero button. Some of the beats got me though, and i went looking for the lyrics to see if they were as clever as i'd been told. 2.5 but i gotta round down on this one.

This graduated from a 1 to a 3 as it progressed. I can’t see me ever needing to hear it again though.

Bias exists. I love me some PT.

Seasons is an all time banger

Some Aussie representation! Bear with me. This an interesting one for me. Massive early influence, and—at least in my opinion—one of the “big four” of ’90s Australian rock alongside Silverchair, Something for Kate, and You Am I. I’ve got a long history with them. I worked for their publisher, saw them live 20+ times, and was cheering when they topped the Hottest 100. I even played in a Powderfinger tribute band (for 3 rehearsals). But over the years, I’ve started to look at them more critically. I never quite got from the music the same intellectual depth they showed in interviews. At times, it feels like the focus was on writing anthems for the masses—great ones, undeniably—but often without that deeper layer (with a few notable, more personal exceptions in the catalogue). Odyssey Number Five isn’t my favourite of theirs. I’d take Internationalist and Vulture Street over it pretty comfortably. Part of that might just be fatigue—I’ve heard “My Happiness” so many times I can barely hear it anymore. It was a staple of the busking circuit in the early 2000s, back when coins mattered and pubs still shut at midnight. It’s still music I enjoy hearing when it comes on—but I’ve always had this lingering feeling that they could’ve taken more risks. For a band that thoughtful, I sometimes wish they’d aimed less for the middle and more for the edges.