1001 Albums Summary

Best song: Sunday Bloody Sunday Vibe: ernest, embattled Themes: unrequited love

Best song: I've got my mojo working Vibes: Classic smokey room jazz Themes: Good times with darling

Best Song: Goodbye yellow brick road Vibe: Whimsical, bittersweet, patronizing Themes: Pop star, partying commentary

Vibes: big city, ambient

Best Song: One love Vibes: happy, invigorated, chilling, Themes: cultural history, struggle

Best song:send your love Vibes: big dramatic ballads, urgency Themes: breakup

Best song: I second that emotion Vibes: goofy spooky, dramatic glam

Vibes: Ambient

Best song: changes Vibes: positive, poppy, haunted, vaguely folk-y, rock Themes: growing/change/time

Best song: Don't Know Why Vibes: peaceful coffee shop , indie jazz Themes: introspective, self love

Best song: Ol' Riley (also San Francisco Baby Blues / Mule Skinner Blues) Vibes: appalachian campfire show Themes: working class / prison blues

Vibes: Cuban-afro dance jazz

Best song: Hotel Vibes: corny, experimental, lyrically stuffed pop Themes: anti-greed, topical, hollywood, satirical

Best song: Yellow Vibes: anhedonia, headache, Themes: love, spies

Best song: Subterranean homesick blues Vibes: roughneck reflective rock/folk Themes: working class blues and consequences

Best song: Killah Hills Vibes: epic/cinematic lyrical NY rap Themes: Kung fu, fighting

Best song: I believe in a thing called love Vibes: Glam brit rock, unserious spectacle, corny but fun Themes: Love

Best song: Fall in a river Vibes: introspective white boy, proto-weezer, where the wild things are Themes: nature, love, loneliness

Best song: Vibes: cool anger, drama Themes: justice, sorrow

Best song: Standing in the shower...thinking, Pigs in Zen Vibes: hard rock cafe LA Themes: Violence, politics

Best song: son of a preacher man Vibes: warm upbeat soul Themes: innocent love

Best song: Heroes Vibes: Dad classic rock meets middle aged druggie intellectual music. Experimental vocals, come off overly theatrical and british. Second half ambient, fearful prog instrumental rock.

Best song: On Your Own, Song 2 Vibes: childhood Dad's car radio, TV soundtrack 2000s brit pop rock, beatles/bowie knock offs

Best song: mannish boy Vibes: a private jazz club full of prodigies Themes: traditional blues themes, leaving

Best song: Desafinado Vibes: Upbeat/offbeat Brazilian trumpet jazz

Vibes: backyard punk party metal

Best song: Be Thankful For what you've got Vibes: Vintage small british underground dance club

Best song: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Vibes: Innocent roadtrip with girlfriend Themes: Love, family,

Best song: Eau D'Bedroom Dancing / Hot Topic Vibes: NYC Aroma's coffee shop art college student punk show after a midnight showing of Scott Pilgrim Themes: Feminism, boringness of "pop discourse"

Best song: little red Corvette Vibes: funk Themes: end of the world, robots, sluts

Best song: Crucify Vibes: sweeping wordy ballads Themes: not wanting to be yourself, religious guilt

Best song: Vibes: Mr. Tipples lounge

Best song: Feel Vibes: saccharine pop rock Themes: love, relationship issues

Best song: invincible Vibes: 2000s alt angst Themes: loneliness, honesty, justice, happiness

Best song: Yoshimo Battles the pink robots pt 1 Vibes: drum machine white psychedelic Themes: robots

Best song: in-a-gadda-da-vida Vibes: pre-metal, hard rock 60s crooner Themes: love

Best song: sultan of swing Vibes: studio tapedeck folk country rock

Best song: Vibes: berkeley, Nathaniel Radcliff/Leon Bridges style rock, big production Themes: violence, love

Vibes: 2000s Rock Themes: New York

Best song: Cindy tells me Vibe: experimental British drug house Themes:

Best song: Last Nite Vibe: high energy loneliness themes: listless frustrated yearning

Best song: Dy-Na-Mi-Tee Vibes: dark, inspiring, confident, Lauryn Hill Themes: Racial issues, poverty and violence

Best song: Mrs Robinson Vibes: introspection, upbeat or mellow, Themes: growth