1001 Albums Summary

I can see how this was Queen's big break album. I enjoyed how it was slightly on the shorter side, fun, and a start of a legendary journey.

I absolutely loved the early Kanye Beats and the mature lyricism of Common in this album.

I want to give this a 4-4.25. I think the front half of the album was good but much better liked the latter half. The song Strangers starts off with Japanese traditional music which was cool. A lot of the record has interesting production and the overall ambiance is dark, overwhelming, moody, and sometimes even hurt emotions. Definitely an interesting jazzy, trip hop, moody album

I thought this was interesting, it had really fun acapella moments and the drums were good on a few songs. No song in particular moved me or surprised me so I'd like to give it a 3.5-3.75

I don't really enjoy this album. From the the first song I was kind of off put. I trudged through the album to completion and came away with a few interesting moments. I don't think this record is terrible, I just don't think it's for me. Some of the instrumentals were interesting. His voice had some fun and expansive range. The lyrics are kind of funky and tongue in cheek. I think the track "Through Long & Sleepless Night" is cool. The crescendo and grand ending was fun. Again, nothing really stood out, nothing really made me bob my head, nothing really got my attention. This could easily be in the background or in some Rom Com movie and I wouldn't really think too much of it.