1001 Albums Summary

A great album, many tracks have melancholic lyrics combined with happy beats. Based on the lyrics alone, at first I thought the band was American, not British. Like a typical 80's album, many tracks are heavy on the synth (not a bad thing). I also thought the vocalist had a fitting, "broken" voice for this kind of rock. Best tracks in my opinion are Elegia, Sub-Culture and This Time of Night.

A solid Metallica album. I feel like some tracks here tend to drag on for too long (if you're not a fan of long guitar solos), but overall there are more good tracks than not.

I was conflicted if I should give this a 4 or 5, but ended up going with a 5. It's all in all a great album, with only 1 or 2 tracks I didn't like (and even they weren't that bad). I also imagine it must have been quite progressive for its time. The track I most enjoyed was I'm Only Sleeping.

For the most part, I feel like the album was kinda bland. There are a few tracks that stand out more (Pop Song 89, Orange Crush, Turn You Inside-Out), but nothing that really captivated me.

If it weren't for Paint it Black, I would have probably given it a 1.

Starts off very strong, but loses some of its steam in the middle of the album (why on earth is Why Worry 8 and a half minutes?) In the end it did win me back again with the last tracks.

Took me a while to get used to this album, since overall it's more talking and telling stories rather than music. The music is very pristine though and near the end I started to enjoy it more and more, so it would feel offensive to give it any less than a 4.

The opening track was fine, but apart from that I didn't get anything from it.

As far as folk music goes, not a bad album at all. I feel like maybe I would get more out of it if I were American though.

Although I'm not a huge punk fan, I feel like this was a solid album. It doesn't drag on for too long and the tracks were concise yet visceral and impactful in a way punk should be.

Hip hop with rage, passion and a strong political message. A fairly long album, but with very few misses.

You can hear the influence that this album had on the music that followed it. This historical influence however does not make the album any better to listen to. Some tracks have a pretty good beat and rhytm, but are still very repetitive and overstay their welcome.