I absolutely do not like The Rolling Stones. I have never liked the Rolling Stones. However, I also had never sat down and listened to this album in total before. Today I did that. I still do not like the Rolling Stones.
To me, it feels like there is a lack of identity here. Had someone played this album for me without telling me what it was, I would not have guessed all these songs were the same band. However, I can't say there were any tracks that I disliked, but I definitely preferred the more synthy/proggy ones.
My standouts: School, Dreamer, Rudy
Does not deliver on the promise the album art makes.
My standout tracks: Cloud Nine, Love Is a Hurtin' Thing, I Gotta Find A Way (To Get You Back)
Quite certain I can't say anything that hasn't already been said about this album. I don't think I've ever listened all the way through until today, and it is remarkable.
My standouts: Manic Depression, May This Be Love, The Wind Cries Mary
Afrobeat protest jazz, yes please!
I just do not enjoy Einar Örn Benediktsson's voice and I can't get past it.
My standouts: Birthday, Coldsweat.
In my younger days, my main connection to The Beach Boys was their semi-regular cameos on Full House. Sitting down to listen to this album was a great experience and far exceeds their time with Uncle Jesse.
My Standouts: Do You Wanna Dance?, When I Grow Up (To Be a Man), Help Me Rhonda
There were a few moments I enjoyed, but overall this was just not for me.
My standout: The Champ
I have a theory that the older you get, the harder Paul Simon hits.
My Standouts: Mother and Child Reunion, Me and Juilo Down by the Schoolyard, Peace Like a River, Congratulations
This is actually my least-listened to WS album, which may be surprising. It's great, but any given time I feel like some WS I'm gonna put on White Blood Cells 99.9% of the time. It's science.
My standouts: In The Cold Cold Night, The Hardest Button to Button, The Air Near My Fingers
This is so much my jam I feel like it was pulled straight out of my head.
My standouts: Part 2, Part 3, Part 5
I'm sorry, where has this album been all my life?!
My standouts: Introduction, One of These Things First, Fly, Northern Sky
Yeah I did not like this at all. I enjoyed exactly zero songs. Why does this man sing like he's on a slow-motion rollercoaster?
What I do love is the album art. Hell yeah man sell your pretzels!!
This is one of those albums where, whenever you listen to it, you think to yourself "why don't I listen to this more often??"
My standouts: Ghetto Thang, Eye Know, Say No Go, Do As De La Does, This Is a Recording
An interesting listen. Likely not something I'd ever think to play again, but I love when my 1001 Albums project throws me stuff I've never heard of before!
Parts of it felt like background music for 90s Cartoon Network shows, and I mean that as a compliment.
This feels so 90s to me in such a visceral way, it almost makes me melancholy.
My standouts: I Should've Known, 4th of July, Stupid Thing, I Know There's a Word
Oh this was just absolutely lovely.
My standouts: Down to Zero, Save Me, People, Tall In the Saddle
This is the exact kind of 70s rock that I cannot stand. So glad I spent an hour listening to it.
I was a teen in the 90s, so for me, the more produced and polished Beck's music became, the less I was interested. That being said, there is enough excellent stuff on this album for me to keep it in rotation.
My standouts: E-Pro, Missing, Broken Drum, Go It Alone
Every time I listen to Dusty, I remember that I mean to listen to more Dusty.
My standouts: Just a Little Lovin', Son of Preacher Man, Don't Forget About Me, No Easy Way Down
Like every grunge kid in the 90s, I went through a Doors phase. But I can't say any of this really hits the spot for me anymore. I don't think I will ever listen to this on purpose again.
My standouts: Peace Frog, The Spy
In the 00s, in the midwest where I grew up, if you listened to Common you were cool as hell. I once knew this white dude with dreads that talked about nothing but Common and consciousness-raising rap. He was actually kind of a douche. I just don't mess with white dudes that regularly join local public rap battles.
Anyway this album was nice.
The first track kind of felt like a tease. It felt like 80s gothy pop synth (which is one of my favorites). Then the rest of the album felt REALLY 70s glam rock (which is one of my least favorites) and I just wasn't into it.
Highlights: Needles in the Camel's Eye
