Jazz fusion. A 1970's cop show score. Long for my tastes and delves into elevator music territory at times (I am ok with that) I can hear the influence on so many musical styles, but ultimately this album is not for me.

This is the album that made me fall in love with Radiohead. (I Guess the World fell too) They moved away from the grunge of their earlier album and moved into Britpop. Some flashes of the themes and sounds of later albums but not quite there. There's a couple songs at the end that kind of drag for me, but this is solid for most of it's runtime.

Today I learned what a bandoneon is. So that's something. Look, this is not for me, so I hate to judge it by my enjoyment. Ready for the next one.

I know of Happy Mondays from the film 24 Hour Party people. Great movie, but just because the film says they re geniuses doesn't make it so. Okay sure I suppose it is a good example of Madchester sound, but I could never get into them. This album is very same sounding throughout and not a fan of the singer (Maybe Shaun?) It's of the moment for sure but the moment has passed.

What a debut!

You know. It's The Beatles. What do you want me to say that hasn't been said by fans, historians, contrarians, and everyone in between? Anyway, I prefer their earlier work here. So there you go.

Awesome industrial album. Thrash, psychobilly, and all.

I definitely hear how this influenced other artists. New wave and New Romantics especially, along with Glam artists as well.

This one is a bit of hodgepodge. We all know "Solsbury Hill" which is great but the rest of it is kind of forgettable. Gabriel went on to better things,

Listening to this album: "Just get to "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" already! Listening to "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida:" Just end already.

Album cover: 4 out of 5. Album: Oof. An album screaming for a musical. One that stays off Broadway. It succeeds at what it wants to do which is to be an overly bombastic "rock n roll" album. I don't want that though.

I know Moby and I know this album was huge (couple of hits, all the commercials and movies, etc.) but this is my first full listen. It's pretty chill throughout and despite it's length I found it to flow by pretty well without me realizing it. I like it.

I didn't think this would be for me. At this point the well-known songs are so well-known as to be a bit exhausted. (Chain of Fools, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman) But some of the deep cuts had great musicianship and were good to hear.

Great stuff right here. I love the first few tracks with their experimental, unhinged, wild style. Definitely Proto-punk/garage/avant-garde/however you want to describe it. The back half gives a more mainstream garage rock sound, as if the band were either leaning towards more pop-appeal, or were getting "better" with writing and playing, or were pushed in a different direction. It's not as satisfying for me, but it's still pretty solid.

This is good stuff. These songs, though very of their time, can still hit hard. I like how it straddles the line of many different genres (Funk, rock, metal, etc.)

Wow. This is quite good. The first few songs are actually amazing. The vibe changes in the back half , a little more laid back for my liking but still good. This was a nice surprise as I did not know what to expect.

The joys of this 1001 albums project are many: First, getting an album you already know and love. "Yes! This is great and I love giving it another listen!" Second, getting an album you have never heard of and finding some joy with it. "This is nice, interesting, new." Third, Getting an album from an artists you are vaguely aware of and finding the good in it. "I didn't think I liked this artist or their genre, but now that I am listening I can see it's value." And finally the ironic joy of being confirmed in your feeling of an artist that you vaguely know. Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan falls into the last category. Prior to this listen if you asked me if I liked Steely Dan I would have told you no, they are boring classic rock that doesn't interest me. But if you followed up by asking me to name a Steely Dan song I would have to admit in embarrassment that I do not know any Steely Dan songs and that my dislike is based on nothing tangible. But, Pretzel Logic starts with "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" which I do know. And hey, it's boring classic rock that doesn't interest me. The rest of it is more of the same. So now when asked if I like Steely Dan and can confirm that no, no I do not like Steely Dan.

This album is very middle of the road. Aside from one or two songs I don't think it is all that interesting or memorable. A bit of an odd duck here where I don't get the reason for it's inclusion.

Brilliant. Every one of these tracks should be played on the radio during the Season. All these artists and the producer (big separate the art from the artist energy needed on this one. Skip the final track I say) working at their peak.

Triple Album?! I guess when you're a Beatle they just let you get away with anything. That's a long time time for me to spend with any album, let alone one from a genre (classic rock) that I don't particularly go for in general. There were some good songs here that I wouldn't mind hearing again and of course the more well-known ones which, although popular aren't so popular to have been played to death for me. A single solid album can be found in here, but who am I to curate which songs would make that album?

Lounge act Elvis! "Suspicious Minds" was good, but even though Elvis made it big, I prefer other versions of it.

What it's the turn of the 21st Century and you want to hit the club? I have just the thing for you. What, you also want a few tracks to get a little...wink wink? This baby has all that too? What you want it to come in at a nice 45 minutes or so? No can do. It stretches a little too long at the end. By then you'll be too tired for the club, and the...uh...wink wink? You'll be done with that as well. But this album will keep going. It's fine though for that time and for what it is. A good departure from the clean cut boy band sound.

Solid sounds of Psychedelic San Francisco. As with many of these classic rock albums I find the deep cuts to be more interesting than the extremely well-known hits.

Easy listening, adult contemporary, soft-rock. Call it what you want, but mostly it just reads as not for me. This is grocery store music: unassuming and inoffensive. It's got that generic 80's sound to it. It's the music that would play in a bog-standard fish out of water comedy from that time. You've got a man from Siberia visiting America for the first time ever? Teach him how to line dance in a country/western bar with a few of these songs. Hilarity will ensue. Not for me, but hey, that hair is hue and I love the Rogue-esque stripe of white in the red

I feel like I am on hold. This should be tinnier and coming through a crummy department store speaker. In that sense it is a nostalgic trip into AM gold times. I just don't get this kind of soft music.

This was a surprise. every now and then I enjoy a lushly produced chamber-pop album. The cover through me off I admit, but the music was good.

"Cliff, Everyone's seen fire and rain" "Oh. Well, then, i guess I got nothing to say."

It's America's Favorite Uncle but back in the day. The G-Funk/Gangsta sound from Dre and Snoop is what makes this album pop like crazy. Dogg's smoothness and flow are solid at his young age on this. And speaking of young, hoo-boy, I was young once too and these lyrics are definitely juvenile. Have I said all that and worse at that age? Yeah probably so who am I to be a prude about it? But the lyrics are definitely problematic to say the least.

"Golden Years" is grating, the rest of it is decent.

Violent Femmes debut is a classic. This one hits hard for a disaffected lovelorn young person, which I was when I first heard it. "Blister in the Sun," "Kiss Off," "Add it Up," are practically perfection and pull you right in. For me today they sounded like an acoustic, American Buzzcocks.

Modern folk-rock isn't really my thing and to be honest I was expecting whiny, warbly, boring music. But, I was surprised to find most of this album pleasant. (with just a bit of the whiny, warbly, boring music in the middle) The artist had the decency to mostly keep the tracks at Three minutes or less allowing a nice variation that kept it moving.

Wonderful album. Early Echo & The Bunnymen really deliver the post-punk energy. Nervy, a bit dark, but full of life. My only issue with this one is that the songs lack variety.

"Don't Shiver" is one of my all-time favorite songs. I think it's brilliant. The rest of the album is hit or miss for me, but overall I like it.