1001 Albums Summary

I can hear the layering of beats and loops and recognize it’s being done well, but the overall experience is repetitive. Nothing really stands out, it’s just a flat plane of sound. It was a real slog for me.

A very solid album with some amazing stand-outs.

Not all of it grabs me but some of it was catchy as hell. “Hombre” will be stuck in my head for a few days

I admit I prefer the sparseness of Pink Moon to the more orchestral backing on his other albums, but it’s still a gorgeous record.

The almost cultural icons make an almost masterpiece. Not quite completely elevated from their previous work, but if it had been the last record they made it would have been quite a legacy.

While there’s a certain amount of trademark McCartney schmaltz, it’s still probably my favorite of his solo records.

I heard “Inaugural Trams” a while ago and always meant to listen to more from this band. I feel like on paper I should’ve really liked this record, but every good moment came along with 2 or 3 moments I didn’t care for, and in the end I just didn’t enjoy it. 13 years of distance between this record and “Trams,” I suppose I should give their later stuff more of a chance.

Atmospheric and relaxed. But also repetitive and, in the end, sort of boring. I could see it as background music to a Sunday hangover, but sitting and listening exclusively just wasn’t interesting.