Contusion might be my favourite? Several songs to add to the playlist, also finally learnt the names of several famous songs (As, Sir Duke). An enjoyable album. Some go on a bit long and are a bit repetitive, which is good to an extent but makes the album feel a bit long to listen to as a whole work.
I guess I expected to enjoy this more seeing as it is The Beatles. Most of it I just didn't seem to connect with, although giving more than one listen is improving my opinion of some songs (in some cases considerably). I could see this album as one I may rate higher in the future once I've listened to it more. Didn't know most of the songs prior to this. My favourite was by far and away While My Guitar Gently Weeps. I don't know what to make of Revolution 9. Savoy Truffle sounded kind of weird in my headphones.
Very contemplative listening experience. Perhaps the most engaging album lyrically so far for me. Favourite song on the album on initial listen is Motion Pictures (For Carrie) and it immediately went into my Liked Songs playlist as I was so taken with it. Disliked no songs on the album. I feel I'm only going to appreciate this more and more over time. Not necessarily so instantly catchy but may become more memorable after more listens.
Really enjoyed this album (listened to the Super Deluxe Edition with 4 discs). Appreciated that there were instrumental versions of the songs. Some of the different versions of the songs did just sound the same so wouldn't listen to the four discs all the way through again as that makes it a bit too repetitive. Probably will stick to Disc 1 and the instrumental versions. Did not know the band or any of these songs at all before this and will definitely return to these songs so it has been great to be introduced to new music I enjoy.
I enjoy the sound of the Stones' music, though the lyrics of the first song Gimme Shelter being almost impossible to identify upon a first listen had me worried I wasn't going to be able to understand any of the words of the album and would only get this aspect on a second listen through while reading along with the songs. Gimme Shelter is a great song though now I know what it's saying. And fortunately, this turned out to be the only song where I had difficulty in hearing the words. Had actually only fully heard You Can't Always Get What You Want before, though had heard some of Midnight Rambler (the topic of the whole thing was not quite what I was expecting there, though reading about it was fascinating). Honestly, lyrically many of these songs didn't really connect with me. Live With Me for example. Learning Love In Vain is a cover does alter my perspective a bit (not in a bad way). Of the rest, I'd rate Monkey Man higher though I don't necessarily see myself often returning to it even if I were to recall liking the song. Honestly I only listened to it 15 mins ago and it's already escaped my mind. The first sentence of Let It Bleed for some reason repeatedly is reminding me of Kermit the Frog, though it doesn't actually sound like him but I just can't shake it with the 'lean on'.
There are probably three songs that I would and it's the predictable Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler and You Can't Always Get What You Want, though I suppose time will tell with the rest.
Overall, it didn't connect with me massively lyrically across the whole album, but liking the musical style makes much of it fall into the category of music I'd enjoy in the background but not actively scroll though my playlist to find. Maybe one day I'll revisit it and connect with it more, but this rating is for how I've felt about it when hearing it for the first time.
Torn whether to rate a three or four as I'd put it somewhere between. Definitely the type of music I enjoy, and will listen to most of this album again most likely, but it also all sort of blurred into each other for me. There wasn't necessarily a stand out song on the album and I kind of felt equally about it the whole way through. The first song felt like a solid opener, but also perhaps went on a bit longer than it really needed to and got a bit repetitive at some point. Humiliation Street was a good and much needed change of pace and thus stood out the most as an individual song.
First album in the list to not be sung in English. Definitely an example of music I'd be highly unlikely to come across without this list and I look forward to hopefully a range of international artists throughout the 1001 albums. Enjoyed this one, though no one song stuck out in particular. Would happily listen to in a playlist without skipping, but would be unlikely to actively seek it out without it coming on. I do really enjoy music recorded in the era and this was a nice reminder of that. Perhaps I should have a look at translations of the lyrics to get a greater understanding of what each of the songs, and the album as a whole, were about.
Was alright, but it didn't really grip me. Pulled Up was probably my favourite (though it went on a bit long for me), followed by No Compassion and Psycho Killer. Not really likely to chose to play the whole album again unless it's reflecting on this 1001 albums generator list. I kept hearing a lyric that would pull me in but then I'd feel slightly underwhelmed by where it went, particularly in the na-na-nas of The Book I Read. Overall, feel somewhat neither here nor there about the album. But I am intrigued about the Talking Heads and will likely give some of their other music a listen as I do want to try and work out what it is I'm missing about them.
