1001 Albums Summary

Alice in Chains definitely got a style that I don't particularly care for nowadays. Heavier rock sounds - approaching grunge maybe? There's some cool harmonizing? going on here in the first couple songs at least, but I don't particularly care for the singer's voice. I don't much care for this kind of vocal grittiness for the most part anymore. The guitar and bass distortion on Dam That River is so heavy it's like a wall of sound. Kind of cool. Breaking it down a bit in Rain When I Die. Lot of mystery going into the song that is slowly uncovering itself. The vocals here are in a more pleasing register, marginally. So far this is the song I like the most from the album. Unfortunately, the song is half over now and I'm getting bored. It's like the song heard - enter the bridge where some new interesting stuff happens, but not enough to keep me fully engaged. The song faded out - all the way to line, and then faded back up!!! Hate that! Down In A Hole starting off a lot softer - we got an acoustic guitar up in here? Reminding me vaguely of Goo Goo Dolls kind of stuff, but with a lot more effects pedals. This song the most pleasing to hear now, but I'm not stanning them yet. Why are so many of these songs so long? Not to min-max music, but do this many songs need to be this long? Sickman is not it! Heavy, then moaning, then droning, before dropping back into the metal-esque throbbing. The song is not boring by any means, but it is also not appealing to me in any way. 2 songs from the end and I really can't wait for it to be over tbh. Such a droning album from a genre I do not care about at all. Thank god that one is over. I did not like this album at all! Not my thing! Sorry Alice in Chains, maybe if I listened more to you like 15 years ago.

The opening and closing songs were a bit sleeper, but I did not realize that this album is basically a collection of Michael Jackson’s best music. What a great album.

I've never much listened to Elvis. There's no denying that the recording quality of this album is not great. It's kind of hilarious how bad it is, but then again, the album is almost 70 years old!! The real driving force of this album is Elvis' lyrics and singing, and he nails it, that's for sure. It's not particularly my cup of tea, but the influence is palpable. His unique singing cues can be heard immediately after with The Beatles, and far into the future with modern Arctic Monkeys. And this is his first album. I don't love it, but I can definitely appreciate the influence and the quality. And I get why so many women swooned (and still swoon) over the guy.

I wasn't really expecting Beach House to be on this list, not that I'm a huge fan of them or anything (or have heard any songs beyond Space Song). I think this is an album you really have to be in a mood to listen to, and I was not in that mood today. Some good songs I legit enjoyed, but I don't find myself craving more of any of the songs when they end.

Oops all my notes are gone. TL;DR The album is good, but boring by the end. Lyrically there's a lot going on, sonicly it can be very interesting, but man are there some stinkers in there.