1001 Albums Summary

My Favorites are: break on through, Twentieth Century Fox, Back Door Man, The End (GUITAR INTRO) - Like the sound of it overall - I'm no fan of 60's keyboards but don't try and deny that the Doors make them work -> almost more prominent here than guitar - psychedelic rock isn’t really my world but I do have to say that I understand and respect the influence they have/had on music - it definitely is a must listen and an album you need to listen to before you die - considering the context of political and societal circumstances I bet that this album was IT! (And the band overall) - although I probably wouldn’t listen to it as a whole myself -> only a few selected songs - OVERALL: 3/5

- Favorites while listening to the album: And it Stoned Me (acoustic solo is really tasty as well as the piano solo is great), Moondance, Crazy Love (Absolute Favorite), Caravan, oh fuck it I love every song - like it a lot more than The Doors self-titled album - I like his vocals a lot, its nothing too special but definitely a high recognition value :) - this album surely has me in a grip; the mixture of blues, rock, jazzy elements and soul, compliments each other really well - its remarkable how well he can adjust his voice to each genre -Van’s singing is pure expression, pure sound; the band moves off and then forward again - A graceful soprano saxophone holds notes behind Morrison’s words, absolutely wonderful - “Into the Mystic” I’d say is the heart of Moondance; the music unfolds with a classic sense of timing, guitar strums fading into notes on a piano, the bass counting off the pace - the lines of the song are gorgeous - that’s what listening to this album feels like: a lush, sunny Sunday morning in my old berlin flat, just putting my morning vinyl on (still in my Pyjamas) and drinking a hot cup of green tea with a bit of honey, enjoying the sun and smoking a cigarette on my balcony; after that I’ll choose my fit of the day -> can’t decide but the leather jacket, that I got off the fleamarket, which smells like an old closet and basement, will definitely be a part of it :DD - I think Morrison itself is such an interesting person, his journey of finding his sound, his admiration and love for music is something you can really feel in his songs - 100% sure that I am going to come back to this album, and I am certain that this belongs in my vinyl collection, absolutely astonishing album with otherworldly compositions and vocals - it is such a feel good album and for me kind of time machine into what the 60s might have felt like OVERALL: 5/5

- Favs while listening to the album: Witchy Woman, Most of us are sad, Take the Devil -Take It Easy is perfect for a country drive!! - When I hear this Eagles standard, I can only imagine the excitement of fans when they put the record on for the first time in 1972 - It must have blown their minds for it still astonishes me to this day as to how developed the musicality of the Eagles is on this debut - HOWEVER I do have to say, and they’ve done the eagles song dirty here, its seriously overplayed which unfortunately means I really can’t listen to this too often (same applies to Peaceful Easy Feeling) - MOST OF US ARE SAD: is sensational! the guitar strumming and vocal harmonies are insanely beautiful - the guitar ‘solo‘ at 2:15 is so beautiful, the tone is just perfect so soothing - also I usually do not enjoy country(-ish) music, but this album is a perfect mixture of rock and a few country elements (eg.: Train leaves here this morning) - these vocal harmonies really struck me - the guitar tone and composition is so simple yet so effective which just proves, that sometimes you do not need complicated riffs to touch someone’s heart :) - what this album feels like: a long roadtrip in a VW T3 Westfalia (my dream car) on a sunny day with my dog sitting next to me vibing, the windows are down and the wind is blowing through my hair - TAKE THE DEVIL: can someone speak about the two great and really tasty guitar solos? Again, so simple yet so effective!! The rhythm is seriously addictive - also: the cover is so iconic I just love the album covers in the 1970s - This is a great album overall, although two songs are really bothering me on this album due to being immensely overplayed - it shows a band with a signature sound that normally takes others years to develop - a great album is a piece of music, that is able to transcend my personal preferences and this album was able to do that :D OVERALL: 4/5

- Favs while listening to the album: Confusion, Railroad, Not a Lot to Do - Pressure Point is really catchy and has simple call and response vocals; love how chaotic it gets in the end - I like the guitar licks they’re pretty tasty - Confusion very much reminds me (mostly the drum part) of the Beatles - it has sort of a Ringo-Feel to it - but i think its cool how unpredictable lots of the songs are as well as mixing different genres - the sax usually really stands out but in Not A Lot To Do it blends in and is in such a good balance with the other instruments - I’ve come to the conclusion that its not really my cup of tea - a few elements i like but there’s just nothing that would bring me back to this i guess; its not a bad album though just not my taste; also I don’t like this type of rock, it reminds me of Arctic Monkeys (despise their music) - i hate to say this but their songs start off good most of the time but during the middle and end, they somehow annoy me a little :/ - i feel like either you like it or you don’t, there’s no in between OVERALL: 2/5

- Favs while listening: All my Loving, Till there was you - All My Loving has some great chord work from Lennon and Harrison and some heartfelt vocals from McCartney during the chorus -Till There Was You is an acoustic ballad with some nice guitar work as well as an amazing vocal performance from McCartney who really shines on there - that album isn't progressive but it's another step towards what the Beatles would become - while this album isn’t really my favorite of the Beatles, it still has some good ones on there but I wouldn’t listen to it as a whole again OVERALL: 3/5

Favs while listening: Bootleg, Penthouse Pauper - really fun tremolo on the guitar in Born on the Bayou - lyrics aren’t really important to me and the rather unclear way of saying Bootleg is funny and fits to the overall vibe of the song in my opinion - Graveyard Train is rather minimalistic but has some interesting bass and guitar phrases that built some call and response patterns - loooove the guitar tone overall - good golly miss molly is a fun song in general!!! Such a good one to dance to - Proud Mary is one that i already knew and I’ve heard it too often 🙂‍↕️ - nonetheless a good song - just like everyone who listend to this album or the one specific song on there asks themselves: what the fuck does chooglin mean? - well you can actually google and you’ll find a search result where John Fogerty himself answers this question: its ‘what happens when you got to ball and have a good time‘ - some songs are unnecessarily long for their own good but id say its because these are just 4 dudes who enjoy making music and jam together and i think that’s beautiful :) sometimes you get lost in playing OVERALL: 4/5

- First of all: i was shocked when i looked at the fucking length of this album, they really have written 69 LOVE SONGS?! - favs while listening: unfortunately none, couldn’t bear more than one hour - i am currently 3 songs in and I don’t know if i like it or not, the vocals are really irritating me - The Guardian has a really fitting perception of the album: ‘69 Love Songs was a skip-to-the-hits album: it seemed to be a legendary album buried between brilliant song ideas left half-written‘ (28.08.2011) - honestly about the legendary and brilliant we could discuss but other than that i agree - also in what way are we supposed to enjoy a nearly 3hour long album with songs that just do not seem like they’ve written it for the sake of music but for writing 69 love songs? - seems like quantity over quality - its impossible to enjoy an album at this length and appreciate each song and they could have released a bunch of those songs spread across other albums - after reading the reviews on here I’ve come to the conclusion that this album is really a hit or miss for some. Either you like it or you really don’t - the book of love is okay; don’t like the vocals at all; ‘Book of love is long and boring‘ correct. - I can’t listen to this anymore its so annoying - I rarely would give 0/5 Stars but this album has successfully accomplished it (I don’t even know if you can do that on here) OVERALL: 1/5

- I was a little biased before listening to the album because I don't like the song American Pie at all, but I was more than pleasantly surprised - i have to say that i liked every single song in its own way especially Till Tomorrow, Vincent and Crossroads (even American pie is alright in this context, but certainly overplayed in my opinion) - such a wonderful album, loved every second of it - listened to this on a sunny and rather cold autumn walk and it made me enjoy the nature and my surroundings even more - don’t have anything else to say OVERALL: 4/5

- favs while listening: Heart-Shaped-Box, Rape Me, Dumb, All apologies (quite a basic answer, i know) - its such a raw and unpolished album - love the punk(-ish) influences - clearly many of those songs are very personal to Kurt which you can hear - was a nice listening experience OVERALL: 4/5

- Favs while listening: Rio, My Own way, New Religion - I think the awesome basslines need to be appreciated, absolutely amazing harmonic song writing - vocal harmonies are so beautiful - never listened to anything by Duran Duran but I love this album OVERALL: 5/5

-fav songs: Inertiatic Esp, Televators - weird sounds - like the vocals - it’s a good album but I wouldn’t listen to this as as whole again - good prog album and a try to break out of the societal norms OVERALL: 3/5

-favs while listening: Safe from harm (the Bassline 😮‍💨😮‍💨), Blue Lines, five man army, Lately - man, all of these are fire - this is such a well made album - the tasty basslines, drum parts - absolutely amazing mix of HipHop, jazz and soul in a nearly psychedelic manner - I need to add this to my vinyl collection OVERALL: 5/5

It’s fucking Erykah Badu. Is there more to say? No. Just pure perfection 😩😩

- favs: praying hands, uncontrollable urge It reminds me a little of David Bowie in some ways and the B52’s!!! absolutely love Devo, such iconic band and this album is absolutely amazing. It belongs into my record collection :)

- favs: paranoid android, exit music and karma police This album probably altered my 13 year olds brain chemistry. I was very amazed when I first listened to this and I still am! Very big fan of Radiohead’s music and you can not deny their huge impact on music industry! OVERALL: 4/5

I just love Jazz, could listen to it for hours. It makes me insanely productive and calms my mind. Amazing album!

- reminds me of Duran Duran somehow - is really cool to listen too - I love Hail bop and Firewater

it's joy division, what can I say

- very much tears for fears like, love it

the goddess of soul