1001 Albums Summary

1. DOWN TO THE WATERLINE we need more music that's just someone doing a blues solo over ambient drones. this is really beautifu- oh SHIT there's the drums. this is groovy. vocals are like if you messed with the octave settings on morrissey's voice. sometimes it's a little raspy for my taste but it still works to an extent very nice though. light 8/10 2. WATER OF LOVE first impressions, reminded me of skylarking-era XTC with the more... "exotic" percussion, for lack of a better term. i can HEAR colin moulding singing over this. unfortunately instead of that we get a pretty alright vocal performance by [ i don't know who this guy is ]. chorus is pretty cool but it feels like that track that everyone forgets. something's missing but i'm not sure what. goes on a bit long as well. it's not bad, though. i think if i were in a more mellow mood i'd like it more. 6/10 3. SETTING ME UP vocals still aren't entirely my thing but this is some generally good bluesy rock. makes me feel like i'm at a texas roadhouse. this is the kind of music they'd play at one of those places. i like texas roadhouse, they have good food. that's besides the point not something i'd go out of my way to listen to, but i can dig it to some extent. strong 6/10 4. SIX BLADE KNIFE this was the most intriguing track title out of everything in the album, so i'm pretty interested in seeing how this goes. i like how it starts, pretty chill. nevermind, vocals not resonating at all. feel like i'm watching a movie with my parents and then a sex scene pops up. i'll give it some pity points because i'm a sucker for the chord progression used in the bridge. light 5/10 5. SOUTHBOUND AGAIN you know, my mom hates yes, the prog band. a lot. she says it's partially because of the vocals. i can understand that, to an extent -- but what i don't understand is despite hating jon anderson's vocals, she seems to love dire straits. i don't get it! it's decent and groovy music but the vocals just kinda put me off. that had nothing to do with this specific track, i think this is one of the best vocal performances on the album thus far -- i just wanted to get that out. nothing too important to say about that track, it was pretty alright. 6/10 6. SULTANS OF SWING here we are, the crown jewel of the album. i can understand why, this is REALLY good. probably the best vocal performanc- OH SHIT IT'S THIS SONG?! HELL YEAH i didn't know this was dire straits! i love hearin this come on on the radio and such but i never bothered figuring out who WROTE it. this is a great track. 9/10. gave it that rating like 1/4 through the song. thats how you know its good. this guy has every right to use whatever slur he wants, just because of this and Money For Nothing. 7. IN THE GALLERY i actually really like the start of this. high hopes. very groovy very whatever else. i'm liking the vocals a bit more than i was in the first half of the album -- for the most part at least. who's the vocalist even? i haven't checked until now. ah, yes. markiplier. very much appreciating the occasional omitted bar -- my odd time signature-obsessed ass is pleased..for now. actually a really good track, i'm digging this. 8/10 so far? maybe 9/10 actually i really fucking like this solo ... yeah 9/10. 8. WILD WEST END WE GOIN STRAAAAAIIIGHT TO THE WILD wild WILD wild WOW WOW wicki wicki WOW WOW etc etc very simple start, reminds me of a toy piano, for some reason? then it REALLY kicks in and im like totally into it. can confirm, knopfler's vocals are a lot better than they were in the first half, for some reason. whole album sounds better in general. feel like i'm floating, almost. this is beautiful. i'm like a third through the song but i think i'm giving this a 10/10. that's what i'm feelin. we'll see. ...yeah, 10/10! congrats, fellas, you got one. 9. LIONS we're at the end of the road here. beginning makes it sound like a promising closer! oh this is nice. it's like Wild West End part 2. not much i can say that i havent already said about that track, but this feels like it's missing just a LITTLE bit of what Wild West End had. very nice closer nonetheless -- 9/10.

ah, of course! back when pink floyd was good. they should have stayed psychedelic. Animals is a good album but other than that i just absolutely hate anything past DSOTM. i've listened to this album many times and i always love it more and more every time. i really don't have much else to say, honestly... only time i go in depth on the tracks and write what i think of them is when i've never heard the album before. so expect that a lot -- i reckon i've only listened to about 70 of the 1001 albums in the book.