1001 Albums Summary

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve learned to respect country music within the last twenty-four hours, I’d only have two nickels, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

The first half is a little weak for me, but once you hit “Under Ice” this shit ironically becomes fire.

Surprisingly solid for a debut album. A lowkey, softer sound than their future work that feels to me like a precursor to grunge. I dig it.

I don’t know what Mr. Dogg was going for, but if there’s any inference to be made from the album title it’s that he only intended to write bangers. For someone who doesn’t listen to much rap and hip hop music, I’d say that he succeeded pretty well.

Blues and jazz music sure can sound appealing enough on their own. Combining the genres? I’m sure Dire Straits isn’t the first to do it, but their effective usage of both genres is hard to ignore.

Slow grooves mixed with anguish that fuse into a dirge-like sound, which is not a combination I considered to exist in this specific way, but I’m able to enjoy it all the same.

Very atmospheric in a way I didn’t anticipate. Maybe it’s because I was in the middle of doing my little tasks, but I didn’t get much from this, but I could see a time in which I might be in the perfect state for this. Just not yesterday.

For a band that hates being categorized with Britpop bands because they’re Irish, I ask this: “If not Britpop, why Britpop shaped?”

Protest music comes in many forms-I guess there’s something in the song ‘Zombie’ that pissed off the Nigerian government, obviously lyrically-but I’m not sure I personally could be upset if more than half the song is an instrumental jam BEFORE the vocals even appear. I’d be like, “Damn, alright, this is fire instrumentally, so you’ve earned the right to cook me.”

True Rating: 4.5 If not for the length, I might think this a masterpiece, not to use such a loaded term, but it’s hard to set time out for an album this long with an overarching concept. However, I don’t know if I could say anything is worth cutting to shorten. It’s just an endeavor to enjoy completely, and that’s a shame for 0.5 points.

I think I need another devoted listen, but I would say this is solid. Perhaps it suffers most from both “this walks so something else can run” and “grower, not a show-er,” but I think given its withstanding through time, despite being accidentally mishandled and rejected on release, I’d imagine I’ll come back to this occasionally in earnest excitement.

I wish I could be consistently into this right now, but I’m not. We’ll have hope for the future that either a re-listen or another album sparks joy, but I’m not making it a prime focus anytime soon.

This album came up in conversation the other day, and I wanted to give it a re-listen since it had been a while. Still a great album.

One full listen wasn’t enough to decide a concrete star rating, but suffice to say that this is a decent album. Maybe not on constant rotation, obviously, but occasional listen doesn’t sound too unlikely.

Iron Maiden is often a go to for me, but I usually pick Poweslave, so it’s a nice change of pace to enjoy this again.

I respect Blues as a genre more than I ever have, but it’s so often not something I even consider listening to. If anyone was going to change my mind, Hooker did a good job. All the songs with featured artists are solid, extending beyond Blues’s general sound as to feel more than the sum of its parts. Still, I don’t know if I’d ever revisit.

LZ is very hit or miss, but luckily LZ IV is very hit. Crazy baller move, in hindsight of course, to put Stairway in the MIDDLE of your album. But I guess it’s a stairway after all, not the very top (or bottom, depending on your perspective).

I’m not sure the Beatles are an “album” band, rather than a “song” band, but this might be as close as they ever got. Can’t say for sure, but I’m pretty confident about that.

“Ride on, brother “

I gave it a listen later in the day when I wasn’t really processing music like I normally would, but I was definitely both surprised by their general sound and how much I enjoyed it. I’ll give it another spin today just to feel like I truly gave it the time.

What would modern thrash be like without this album as an influence? The world may never know.

I listened to it three times out of excitement for how good it is, but I might have worn myself down too quickly. Still good, though!

Despite being recognizable differences between international and North American releases, hearing a reissue with an extended runtime by combining all released songs for the album doesn’t feel as bad as it might with a different group, especially because, despite never listening to an album before now, it’s hard for me, a guitarist who pales in comparison to Hendrix, not to respect the man in question. I can’t say I think an extended runtime makes for good album listening personally, creating as good of a flow as smashing all songs together into a single form could, but it doesn’t create a time capsule that’s pretty good all the same.

A solid Bowie album, though I think I might prefer others a little more? It’s been a while since I’ve dabbled in Bowie, so I have much to revisit and remember, but are least I’m hunky dory to listen to Hunky Dory.

A better album than a collection of songs, but I still prefer Sounds of Silence.

Uh, hell yeah, I’m totally into this, but why Magazine? Such a goofy, nothing name. Easy to imagine that a band like this gets lost in the shuffle with a name like that.

I liked this more than I anticipated, and that’s because, for it not because of this website, I never would’ve taken the plunge. But I’m glad to have dabbled in potential bi-con Dusty Springfield.

I mean, I’M into it, but I see why on release there might’ve been other upset Irish people pissed that you bastardized the Irish music sound. From an outsider’s point of view, I think it sounds like most Irish bands today, so maybe don’t be worried about tradition so much? Times change, so maybe you need a weird anguishing yell occasionally to keep the ball rolling.

I’ve been listening to this for years, so I’m already here for this.

If it didn’t take me all day to finish the double album, maybe I’d be more pleased. There’s so much happening here that I’m unable to process currently, but it isn’t so odd you can’t find a track or two to enjoy while stumbling into another couple songs that are tougher to admire. I’m just saying, maybe breaking up would’ve been easier than 2hrs and 15mins.

Maybe Biggie desired to be murdered so he didn’t have to end his own life. I mean, that doesn’t imply he actually wanted to die, just that he welcomed death all the same. I’m into the vibe, but I think it’s not my style overall.

Oh, shit, we’re vibin’! I can see this is influential on all the dark synth-based musicians out there, and I get that.

This is way better than the Arctic Monkeys, and I don’t actually mind the Arctic Monkeys!

This is what by brain feels like on a bad day, so it sucks that I enjoyed it so much.

Who knew that the rest of the album is actually BETTER than “We Got The Beat?” The more you know!

Not much to say. I like it, but I wouldn’t say it’s very memorable musically, but perhaps lyrically it’s deeper. Maybe not, though.

Thanks to Sporcle music quizzes, this will always be a prime focus of mine, and luckily for me there’s not much of a reason to be upset about that!

It’s a shame ‘Low Rider’ got popular, because this is a better album than that song. Maybe in another life

If dirges didn’t already exist, this is what eulogies would sound like, but it’s too bad I don’t care about what I’m hearing.

So much energy that at times felt very action-focused. Wasn’t sure what to expect, and I’m still very surprised.

I hate to tell you, because it’s already too late and you probably learned it at some point, but you’re better off without men, because they’re not gonna do any better and you’re value is greater than the chance that they will.

If you’ve ever wondered what the concept of coolness would sound like, then look no further.

I don’t think I’m ever going to be a Jopler (a fan of Janis Joplin), but at least I’m fine with her music now rather than with a burning hatred.

I’m so into her vocal timbre. It’s so smooth and scrumptious in which to listen!

Better than so many late ’90s albums, including her boy band counterparts, but still not for me. Crazy interesting final song, though, especially for a cover. So of its time, and very typical of artists who didn’t solely right their own music, and yet so unique for a household name to be in going balls-to-the-wall with its production. I’m here for that song alone.

Things were easier when he was just a cat.

Kind of sounds like music my friends in high school wrote, except this is by more talented musicians.