1001 Albums Summary

Very high 3

Very high 3. Has potential to be a 4 with further listens

‘Love is only a feeling’ and ‘holding my own’ are alright. Besides the guitar solo at the end, ‘givin’ up’ is laughable. Who is the target audience for ‘Friday night’? ‘Love on the rocks…’ starts off being a laughable track, but sadness kicks in at the half way point when u realise there are 3 minutes left. I don’t know what to say about ‘makin’ out’ except what a fitting closer for this album it is. The guitar solos are the highlight of the album, but the sound quality of the guitar is 140p. Overall, when the album isn’t generic, it’s obnoxious. Good for a few laughs.

The instrumentals are great. I’m not the biggest fan of some of the vocal performances on the album, especially on ‘precious and grace’. However, I found ‘Hot, Blue and Righteous’ and ‘Have you heard?’to be standout tracks. By no means is this a bad record, and it may be a lack of understanding on my part of the genre of blues music, but I’d felt like I’d heard this kind of music before and besides a couple of the tracks, it didn’t really stand out to me. On first listen, I’m giving it a low 3.

Amazing listen. The true definition of an album experience. I don’t understand how this album was made 50 years ago, the production is perfect.

Every aspect of this album shines. Right from the beginning of the album I was hooked. The opening track ‘the seventh seal’ is one of the best songs I’ve heard. The album features beautiful production that had no flaws. Scott Walker’s singing is amazing. There is even so much to gain from the lyrics of the album, especially on songs like ‘the seventh seal’ and ‘hero of the war’. This is a great album, I strongly recommend giving it a listen if you haven’t heard it yet.

The ‘Singing’ isn’t for me.