1001 Albums Summary

My first user submitted album. I was pleasantly surprised. Good songwriting, nice instrumentation. Some of the tunes blend into each other i.e. tracks that are similar to one another. That said, the end of the record pushed it over the line to a four for me. The cover of "Sweet Thing" is nice and weird, and "Endless Supply of Poison" had great energy. (Oddly those are on the 2 CD version only, which is the one that Spotify streamed to me... so it's possible if I only listened to the original album, it might have gotten a three.)

I had low expectations, having been told by several folks online that the user submitted albums are a really mixed bag. That said, I liked this. It reminds me a bit of Icehouse aka Flowers i.e. a modern pop sound.

Some of the tunes on this album are reminiscent of 60s doo-wop but modernized. I liked some of the instrumentation and her vocals are evocative, but that said, I didn't find this relevatory or particularly inspired or unique.

The first track left me a bit concerned... this is my third user album, and I was like "OK, here comes some of the endless parade of metal that I've been warned about". Well, some of the other tracks were pretty surprising. I don't know if I'd choose to listen to this record again, but it certainly had some interesting melodic passages.