1001 Albums Summary

Bowie’s experimental sound shining through in this album. Not as refined or iconic as previous albums, but still interesting enough to catch my attention with some tracks. The stand out track for me - Sound and Vision; an absolute classic. Reminds me of my childhood with my dad playing this song every now and then. Overall, this album is a nice step along Bowie’s legendary career, but ultimately falters in the face of some of his more recognised work.

There isn’t much to say about this album. Soundgarden - a great example of what I personally would call “post-Nirvana-grunge”. I say this as a diss, or to belittle Soundgarden at all. They have a distinct style - great riffs and *obviously* the late great Chris Cornell. This album has many many great hits such as Spoonman, Fell on Black Days and the mammoth-of-a song Black Hole Sun, which in its own right is a generational classic. The greatest thing about this album is its consistency with how great each track is, if a bit of the same each time. Sometimes it can get repetitive to have the same sort of vibe throughout the album but that’s what you should expect from an early 90s alt rock album I suppose. Great album overall. Such a staple of the era it was born into.

The titular song Lust for Life - a great way to start off this album. Such high energy - matching the ecstatic punk icon Iggy Pop. This album is a weird one for me personally. I really love some tracks - the obvious Lust for Life and The Passenger (which would be my top two tracks - and possibly the most popular tracks in the album) but something about this album doesn’t click with me like some other punk albums that came out in the 70s. Namely Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bollocks… that came out the same year. However, with that said, I still think this album has enough substance to keep my interest throughout, and I can definitely appreciate Iggy Pop as a performer throughout. Good album overall.