1001 Albums Summary

First 2 tracks suck, but it builds as the album goes on. Band is talented, instruments are dynamic and layered well. Ozzy sucks and sounds tinny and muffled and like he was recorded in another room with shitty equipment. I’m sure it was mind-blowing at the time but it’s only okay to me hearing it the first time.

Psychedelic rock infancy isn’t my jam. This is the soundtrack of a pretentious indie period movie from a wannabe Paul Thomas Anderson.

Wasn’t familiar with him but enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. There’s at least 3 recognizable songs. Good use of horns, piano, percussion, layering. Some tracks have a zydeco feel. Well produced, his vocal range is quite good and his voice is rich.

Ehhhhhhhhh, there are some signs there but overall I don’t like it. Too bluesy. Always gonna be a band where I just want to hear their hits, I think.

Yeah, it’s a classic. It took me well into adulthood to even come close to appreciating the band and I still don’t go out of my way to listen, but I get it.

Did not enjoy it one bit.

It’s a classic. Dips a tiny bit in the middle but it’s good, it was groundbreaking, and it still hit hard.

Yeah, there’s a couple very well known, good songs, but the album sounds like crap. I don’t know if it was due to the era or they only had access to terrible equipment or the producing let it down, but it’s echoey, flat, muddy, there’s zero bass, and even the remaster sucks so I suppose the master sucked worse. That part’s a damn shame, I can see why they would’ve been popular then. Second half of the album is way too slow for me though.

Starts strong but drops off quick after the second track. Good opening riffs and sounds very on-brand, but the songs and lyrics are pretty forgettable after that first 10 seconds. They go on to do much better stuff, but I can imagine for the time of release it was well-received.

Holy crap, what a dud after Rumours. Tusk is the only song semi-worthwhile and outside of it reminding me of The Americans it never did much for me either. The rest of the songs are completely forgettable.

It’s solid but started droning on. Kind of grungy, kind of sludgy, very 90s