1001 Albums Summary

First song is far too long for what it is. Things only really pick up just after the half way mark, the first 5 minutes is nothing even worth listening to all it is is a build up. The entire album manages to stay consistent and has a repetitive theme of descending above the plane of reality and away, the music reflects this behaviour and has many crescendos throughout. Bowie was at somewhat of the peak of his cocaine usage when this album was made which is the obvious steering wheel here. I think it’s quite overrated and isn’t is good as it’s spoken to be, but is definitely still a great album.

Not as much of a metal sounding album as Black Sabbath’s style usually commences, but that isn’t entirely a horrible thing. It’s nice that they delve into a little experimentation with Vol. 4 and ‘Changes’ is undoubtedly a highlight for me. I had no clue this was the original!! To begin with I thought they were simply sampling Charles Bradley’s title track of his album ‘Change’ then I got to the end and realised it was identical. I them checked the dates on both and realised Black Sabbath’s version was released 40 years before Charles Bradleys and I felt a fool, it came as a complete shock to me especially since I would never have corollated them to such a style but here we are. Love that track. Another highlight for me is Supernaut, it has an incredible sound and plays brilliantly, however after this track I find there is a large downhill ride, each track steadily declining in quality after the other until eventually the final track Under The Sun, concluding the album with a bang. This is my third and final highlight of the album, it begins with a drum riff and throughout the song the other instruments compliment and assist the drums inceptively, this works so well and makes for a really strong final track. 80/100

Why can’t you rate stars and a half on this? Anyways it’s a 3.5/5 but tbh it’s closer to 3 than it is 4