1001 Albums Summary

Started off okay. Vibey and stuff. But was so repetitive that it bored me to death. I drove out excited for work, and by the time I reached I was depressed af. I can't believe a drummer at that level would play the exact same beat on every single song for decades while touring and recording with a band of that level! Just the same fucking beat over and over and over and over. So monotonous man. I would like to say I really hated this album, even though hate is a strong word and I generally always like REM's most popular tracks. But this album is not for me, at all. Still a couple nice, easy listening tracks in there. Its not all shit. That's why the 2 stars.

Heard just the first few songs. Might finish in the future some time. Fun, but not really for me right now.

Definitely a very well made album, but just not for me. The only song I added to my playlist from the album was 'Time to pretend' and that was because I already knew and liked that song. It used to play repeatedly on VH1 when I was a teenager. I liked the compositions, and I could feel it was a very well written album, but I didn't like the production quality at all. It felt badly mixed, even though I know that was the sound they were going for. The sort of vintage electronicy vibe. But it didn't work out for me, personally. Not a bad album at all, and I might revisit it some day and maybe even enjoy it a lot, but for now I'll rate it 3. I would rate it 2.5 but that's not possible here, so 3 it is. Just okay.

Good album. Musically, it's brilliant. There were a couple of songs that I will go back to, and I've saved the album in my YT music Playlist. Its still not something that stood out to me and made me go crazy, but it's nice to listen to while you're driving or jogging etc. I appreciate the musicianship of Joni here, and her vocals. They're brilliantly composed and performed songs.