1001 Albums Summary

3.5/5

Better than the one on the main list!

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I had listened to this back in 2022 and had only given it a 2.5, which feels quite wrong given how much I've been loving 2000s mall emo lately (not to mention how influential this album is + I love Crisis and Watch Out! from this band as well). I think my initial 2.5 was a bit harsh, but I can still see why I would've given it that. I think this band found their footing more on later releases (and the spoken word bits are...), but I guess their debut has such a following for a reason. Also, one of the most iconic album covers in emo.

It's an interesting pick. My impression was that this record was generally not very well-received, but conceptually a Talking Heads album with no Byrne and a myriad of guest vocalists is at least interesting. And there are quite a few pretty cool tracks here. It just sort of nosedives in the second half starting with Don't Take My Kindness for Weakness. There's definitely a share of clunkers here, but still a pretty worthwhile listen.

3.5/5

I think I like Panopticon a bit more. 3.5/5

3.5/5

I've loved Your Ex-Lover Is Dead for years, but never listened to the album till now--glad I did, this is great!

I respect this pick because it very well could have been one of those 80s industrial albums featured on the main list only to end up in the bottom 20 on the website (and I don't mean that as shade because I actually like Kollaps, Opus Dei, Duck Stab, Throbbing Gristle, etc.) 3.5/5

I love this album cover, and the music was quite good too. This band has been on my radar for awhile, so good to listen to this one. Also put Everything Goes Numb on right after just for fun (I think I liked this one more though). 3.5/5

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She had a lot of enduring bangers on this album, damn. 3.5/5

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Back-to-back late 90s electronic albums with one big hit that offers a very distinct sound that I was unsure how would translate into a full album, and then I ended up quite liking the album (A3 Exile on Coldharbor Lane yesterday). 3.5/5

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Didn't think I'd like this cause I don't really like the one song I know by them (Pub Feed), but it was actually pretty fun listen. 3.5/5

Idk, I guess one of my biggest music nerd hot takes is that I've just never gotten this album. And it's not that I'm trying to be contrarian or that I haven't given it a fair shot--I see why people like it, and I have tried multiple times to get into it and I just can't. Maybe F#A# (infinity) would do me better? I haven't heard that one yet

Knife Man >> but nice to see folk punk representation anyway

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Cool blend of bluegrass and jazz. Very nice and smooth, perfect for a chill, slightly overcast Sunday morninh. 3.5/5

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I have lived in Canada for almost 4 years now, and in that time I have listened to enough CanCon rock radio to learn that I just do not care much for The Tragically Hip. That said, I did end up enjoying this album more than I expected, if only by a little bit.

Figures this would have such a low score here. But it is very cool and maybe the most accessible I've found Arca. 3.5/5

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Learned that I liked this album a lot more than I thought I did. Oblivion especially grew a lot on me re-listening to it here. 3.5/5

This is some landfill ass indie, but not necessarily bad in its execution, just pretty unexceptional. Kinda nostalgic for this stuff anyway

Took awhile for me to get into this, but I did quite like it. Kind of crazy that most of these songs are 100 years old now. 3.5/5

Not sure if it's this particular album or that I can only enjoy this band in small doses, but I just wasn't really rocking with this one. Shame cause I love Dakota, Maybe Tomorrow, Pick a Part That's New, but I just found his voice grating not too far into this album and never really recovered. 2.5/5

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This band really blossomed on this one, kind of crazy this killed their momentum in the west cause it's good. I still hear Tomorrow on the radio, but never even The Greatest View. Cool discovery 3.5/5

As a native Mobile (a city that claims Buffett very strongly, even though he's not even from there), I've always had an affinity for the guy, and even a little nostalgia these days. I was a little surprised to not know a single song from this one, and it didn't quite have the beachy vibes in spades like I would expect. Not my usual listening material, but I can't say I dislike it

3.5/5

I don't think there's another album that I know like the back of my hand as much as this one. Would've considered submitting myself

Very nearly landed on this as my own submission, so I'm glad someone else had the same idea. Top 10 album of all time