1001 Albums Summary

Important if you like hip hop. I don’t.

A lot more interesting than the usual Elton pop dirge.

A classic and iconic album. If you like Kate you’ll love this. If you don’t like her theatrical style, well… interestingly this was a re-emergence album after her original tsunami (wuthering heights etc) yet she never really came back. Made a ton of money though, and deserved. She added to the oeuvre. Many of us fancied her, and now we’re old, we still do. The ultimate ex girlfriend.

The combination of prodigious and guitar virtuosity, coupled with similarly virtuoso drumming, can be both mesmerising and annoying. I think this strays into the latter. The clunky production and addition of household sounds is more, well, clunky than pink floyd esque. At times this felt like the sound track of a blaxploitation movie from the early 70s, which makes sense I suppose.

I simply don't get why this is on the list. One dimensional and little song craft. Energetic, yes. Maybe you just had to be there

A bit African for my taste. They are undoubtedly talented musicians. There was also a homogeneity in the material

Angry. Good in parts Much more variation stylistically than many of the one dimensional albums in this list. However I don’t like some of the dimensions. When it works, you get a wall of innkvative sound production lyrics performance and soul. They have a lot to say and it might be better spread over 3 or 4 albums. A bit too Manchester too.

Too much early 70s hippy nonsense, not enough tight rhythmic rock. For me. I think I get it though. If you’re in the mood, it’s a perfect soundtrack

Not my bag. A banger on the wedding dancefloor. Listening to the album you can see how the genre evolved and how good the hit songs are - instantly recognisable. There’s a lot of musicality too

Its probably generational... I don't like it at all. The lazy crooning vocal style detracts from the lyrics and potential musicality. Yet I know that many will rate this at 5 stars

Not much to say. Important highly influential post-Motown pop soul with great production. I’d never play it at home

Gorgeous, nuanced, so much talent, such a tragedy his early death

Again, not my bag. I can see how it spawned a million mass produced tracks known as ‘chillout’ and that’s a million tracks I don’t like. There is clearly skill on this work, but I want songs and lyrics, not just monosyllabic riffs

Gorgeous ethereal sound stage with excellent production. Use of the human voice as an instrument with no lyrics can be both frustrating and immersive. I loved this album

A great album of its time. A bit dated now, but Mark Knopfler was an inspiration to a generation of skilled guitarists with limited songwriting abilities