1001 Albums Summary

When I listen to this album I can practically see the messy, hand-written lyrics in a black and white composition notebook. The lyrics are indicative of a young and experimental songwriter, much reminiscent of a high school garage project. This is not a negative critique of the style, just a characteristic of the genre at the time. Every song exhibits a back-and forth between "Floaty" and clean, open-chord choruses followed by crunchy open strumming during aggressive vocals. There are small interruptions of sliding guitar bridges or chunky, muted power strumming. Songs are generally driven by even, powerful drums (which sound quite comfortably played by Dave Grohl) and crunchy, clean, open-strummed guitar. Many songs contain a verse that is repeated with varying intensity: "I don't owe you anything" in I'll Stick Around. "Get out" in Alone + Easy Target "Hate it" in Good Grief, etc. This album was a great listen but nothing stood out as there was little diversity between each song. It has in time been outshone by Foo Fighter's later works. This album should, however, be appreciated for a historical view into the success of the band and as a personal look into Grohl's life and talent at the time. As a solo-recorded album this is quite an impressive start to a rather talented individual. To me it marks a new beginning after the end of Nirvana and the loss of his good friend. This album already demonstrates the "Foo Fighters" sound. I give this album a 7.5/10. An 8/10 with rice.

Before Harry Styles, before Bieber, before Timberlake, there were the Beatles... My right ear really enjoyed the singing and my left ear really enjoyed the guitar. My left ear gives it a 3.5/5 and my right ear gives it a 4/5. With some of these electric guitar riffs they were basically shredding metal in the early 60's. I wouldn't let these hooligans in my good Christian town. This album was filled with a lot of good sentiments. Sometimes I wanted to dance, sometimes I wanted to sing along, sometimes I wanted to wander through a field in the springtime and smell the wonderful roses. The combination of clean tremolo guitar and smooth, energetic vocals is always pleasing. Nice and clean. And then drugs happened and things really changed after this. As they would have undoubtedly said in 1963: This shit slaps.

Lots of sounds. Barking, seagulls, breaking glass, and Kate blending in there somewhere. I liked it. I felt like I was playing a really old JRPG.

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