Amazing album. The album that changed Led Zeppelin. Stairway is their most famous song and its successful journey started a change from driving blues inspired tracks (Black Dog) to long sweeping epics (Kashmir). Both phases are represented on this album, but my heart it’s always pulled towards the early albums. This however, doesn’t negate the greatness of this album.

Gritty and raw. Like someone took the peaceful feeling of hippy rock and ran it through a filter filled with stale beer and cigarette butts. Not the punk I know by sound, but contains the raw emotion of punk and laid bare the emotional grit it would come to be known for. Short blasting songs bookend the long and erie and ethereal sounds of “We Will Fall” provides the clearest connection to real hippy rock, layered with strings and a haunting refrain, it provides a respite from the more traditional length punk songs. Tracks like “Ann” connect The Stooges to rock predecessors The Doors. “No Fun” challenges the conventional wisdom by substituting hand claps for traditional drum kit, providing a lighter feel despite the heaviness of the lyrics.

A simple and well-made album. Have a close personal connection to this album as this was the first album my father bought after I was born. He tells a tale of listening to this album nonstop for the two weeks after I was born while he was taking care of me at home. Paul Simon having his first chance to be on his own, his music became a little funky or a little groovy, a little less folk, singer, songwriter and got blues and world music and it is really appreciated.

This album is a lot. All over the place. Some of my absolute favorite songs by Hendrix, but also brief glimpses into what Hendrix may have become had he not passed at an early stage of his career: an experimental jazz and blues jam musician who played for himself and not for others. Watchtower and Voodoo Child (Slight Return) are rock anthems, and always warrant a repeat during listening.

Fantastic album. Willie breaking from the country mold and making something soft and sweet. An intimate set of sweet songs that feel like you’re listening in a small quiet coffee shop on a calm and breezy Sunday morning.

What the hell is this?!?! Nick Cave has always been different, and this is certainly different. I appreciate that they are “doing something”, but I can’t figure out or understand what that thing is. Is it Punk? Rock? Nothing?

One of my favorite songs from a group I don’t connect with other wise. College Radio rock is not a big thing to me. A couple tracks are pleasing, but over the soundscape is broad and confusing.

Amazing album. Each song serves to build upon the previous and makes for a listening experience that gives me a new experience with each listen.

Happy and bouncy House music. Has the eternally epic Groove is in the Heart featuring Bootsie and Q-Tip and was a personal favorite. The whole album contains an effervescent mix of dance, disco, R&B, and hip hop. A pleasant listen.

Amazing album by my favorite group. Perfect in so many ways.

Nice simple singer/songwriter album. Classic tracks, pleasant ballads, and jamming blues inspired make for a jaunty listen.