1001 Albums Summary

if you, like me, enjoyed the contributions of the South African artists on this album but hated whenever Paul Simon opened his mouth, i would recommend "The Indestructible Beat of Soweto," a compilation record from the same year that gives you a taste of what the township jive scene sounded like without the tedious poetic musings of some guy from New Jersey.

it's not a good sign when you ask yourself "is it over yet?" during a 30 minute album.

it was really good, i enjoyed the deep cuts more than the singles. kinda annoys me that the best song on the album features elton john (british) pretending to be indigenous but other than that i liked it.

finally, some good fucking food. classic old school hip hop with killer beats and super fun lyrics, featuring the lost arts of beatboxing and turntablism. i even liked the excursions into rock instrumentation (except the aerosmith feature, which i didn't care for. overexposure, maybe). all the hits are on side A but i found myself liking side B more. this was a delight overall. more like this, please?

eyup, that's queen.

pretty neat, you can definitely tell that punk as a genre owes a lot to this one. i liked "We Will Fall" most tho, very atmospheric and spooky. side b isn't as memorable imho.

side A and the closer are pretty killer but most of side B drags it down. kinda makes me wanna listen to a normal philly soul record instead.

the final phase of the transition from old school to new school. super neat to hear more complex 90s style verses over late 80s production. kinda wish theyd lay off the misogyny but whatever.

"Cult of Personality" is an all-timer and there is no disputing this. the rest of side A is just kinda fine. then on side B they crank up the eclecticism and it becomes lots of fun.

this record introduced me to one of my favorite bands, so yeah i'd say i like it! not my favorite of theirs, but hard to deny da classics

kind of shocked by how much i liked this record, i didn't really have any expectations for dexys beyond the big hit. the whole record is really fun but the standouts for me include "This Is What She's Like", the interpolation of "Werewolves of London," and literally any time a twangy country guitar appears. i actually thought the spoken word was fun, too. it was a nice throughline. good on ya, dexys.

really awesome record.

good background music for minecraft. i like the dub-sounding parts. otherwise forgettable

maybe the first one of these pulls to make me cry? i can sense that if i was, like, a big folk enthusiast, this would be a perfect ten. even so, this is really killer. good show, ms. chapman.

i enjoyed this more than i thought i would, but it didn't particularly blow my mind. the shorter/more focused jams were fun, they kinda started to lose me with the 10+ minute tunes.

pop music was scientifically perfected exactly twice: in Motown in the 1960s and Scandinavia in the 1990s. "Born To Be With You" sees brilliant producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector attempting to sneak a third one in between those two. the key word here is "attempting." there are a few interesting choices here and there but it largely ends up being both generic. the production also ends up smothering Dion, who is technically the headliner on this one. he only gets a chance to do his thing on two tracks, which, naturally, are the ones Spector did not produce. i can see myself coming back to it, if only for how odd it is.

knew this one was a /mu/ classic so i had low expectations but yeah this is pretty cool actually. very trippy, very hazy, very Beach Boys-y. "Summertime Clothes" makes me want to frolic in a field.

yup, love me some Otis

Public Enemy goes hardcore!!! i like their other stuff pretty well but this is exactly what i'd been wanting from them! i think i literally never stopped grooving my first time listening. utterly phenomenal