1001 Albums Summary

Catchy melodies. Found some of the songs to feel a bit whiny, but I think that's just his voice and timbre. Though there are themes I related to, I think the album is of its time, and had I been around when it was released I could perhaps read more into what Bob was saying. But some of the songs had almost a nonsense feel to them, just random words put to a catchy melody.

At first I thought, 'Jesus these songs all sound the same', until I realised the first song was nigh on 10 minutes long. I'm only three songs in and it feels like I've been listening to it for three days. 22 minutes of three very similar repetitive prog rock songs. Playing the same thing over and over only serves a purpose if it's to transport you somewhere. The only place this took me to was mediocrity. Forgettable noodling of shallow depth. The sort of thing you'd hear being played on the radio in a mechanics shop, but no one is singing along. I skipped the Single Versions at the end of the album. I couldn't make it through.