1001 Albums Summary

My previous experience with the Beasty Boys led me to believe this album would sound exactly like it did. Not bad, just not something I would seek out to listen to again.

I found it a bit of a let down. The first song got me excited and started off real strong but the rest of the album was really mediocre.

Bland and uninteresting. At first I thought that for this one it could have just been because it came out in 1971 but then I realized that's the same year Led Zeppelin 4 came out, so it's not like nothing interesting was being made that year.

Great live album, some of the solos go on for far to long but there's a lot of skill on display.

This album really brought me back, I remember my parents owning this as a cassette and playing it on my TalkBoy. It's an unfortunate album because Synchronicity 1 & 2, Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, and Wrapped Around Your Finger are all amazing tracks but they're surrounded by complete garbage. I'm rating this high based on those tracks but I can totally see how someone else could justify a 1 star review.

There's a lot of subtle detail in this album with all the little instrumental flourishes that pepper the tracks but none of it is out of place. It's an incredibly easy listen that would fit right into the background while you're working/studying since absolutely none of it demands your attention. That said, this really isn't my genre.

Hendrix is one of those artists when listening to him retrospectively he sounds incredibly familiar but that's only because once he established these new sounds and techniques everyone else adopted them. All Along the Watchtower is a stand out piece here.

The album certainly gets it's point across with being robotic and cold. Since I wasn't alive for it, it's difficult to tell how this hit the zeitgeist at the time but everything I know retroactively would suggest that it pretty much set the tone for the 80s where there was hope that the digital age would free us but at the same time bend us to the will of our corporate overloards. It's kind of a bleak experience and lives as an interesting precursor to the post history 90s where a lot of these feelings solidify. Effective as it is I can't say I care much for the style though.

Frontier Psychiatrist is a gem. That boy needs therapy.

Dated and uninteresting. On the one hand the tracks are so short they feel under developed but on the other that meant I only had to listen to a half hour of this overly saccharine music.

Don't have much to say about this one, it wasn't bad but nothing really hooked me.

Very middle of the road album, a few pieces grabbed my interest but most of it was just background noise.

Overall a solid album with some interesting ideas, I was close to rating this a 4 but I think there's just not quite enough there to tip the scales.

This felt like it should have been a companion soundtrack to a movie. Varied and interesting but nothing hooked me.

This album was a lot more soulful than I expected with the consistent use of choir backup. I tended to like the tracks that leaned into that style more than those that sounded more like standard 60s fare.

This is the first time listening to an album on this list from an artist I previously knew nothing about revealed something I really enjoyed. This is a beautiful album, I was particularly taken with Stolen Car. It feels earnest in a way most albums just aren't able to achieve.

About half way through listening to this album Spotify switched me to a Jimmy Hendrix song without me realizing it. I immediately got excited that the album started doing something different until Jimmy started to sing and I realized what happened. Seems like an appropriate experience for this album, you'll wish it was something different and more interesting. I guess Roadhouse Blues is a classic though.

The vocals can be a bit harsh at times but between Blister in the Sun, Add it Up, and Gone Daddy Gone there are a lot of classics on this album.

Relaxing and a bit weird, in a good way.

I suppose this is where I have to admit I actually like Coldplay. This album is pretty solid from beginning to end. I actually think their most popular song Yellow is one of the more lackluster tracks on the album. I think Shiver is the best track on the album.

I recognized the song two weeks but overall the album didn't have much variation and didn't hook me.

Beautiful voice but really not my thing.

Solid album with a handful of classics. The drummer does seem to phone it in a bit though, he keeps time well but there's just nothing that interesting in what he's doing.

I really dislike when one line of lyrics is repeated over and over again to fill out a song. I won't go so far to say that it's an invalid form of song writing, and there are exceptions where I think it can be done well, but it certainly feels lazy and Rod does not do it well. This album is plagued with such repetition. Maggie May is alright but the rest of the album is a bit of a slog.

This album was genuinely surprising to me, not anything I would normally listen to but it all sounded great.

Don't have much to say about this one, it was competent but nothing hooked me.

The album on the whole is a mixed bag but Money for Nothing is a classic. Mark Knopfler is excellent at making his impressive guitar playing go almost unnoticed in the rest of the music but when you pay attention you can recognize the talent on display. Unfortunately the song where he really lets loose is on a different album.

I really want to like Neil Young, but for whatever reason his music just rarely clicks with me.

Enjoyable album but nothing stood out.

Bland and forgettable.

Country generally isn't my thing but I definitely prefer this form of classic country over today's pop iteration. Willy's voice lends itself really well to the tone and the album feels authentic. I can't say any particular song hooked me but I would be interested in hearing more.