Deeply emotional, made me think of a number of later musicians, has much love within, perfect guitar compositions as well and experimental and psychedelic stuff. The Beatles do amaze me, a remarkable masterpiece to embark on my musical journey.
Not exactly my cup of tea but it did sound professional and a couple of tracks were of some interest.
A remarkable album indeed. I am a fan of Moby sounds, however this one had some fillers I did not enjoy much. Still, the album has a number of classic tracks that I can listen for years.
Turned out not to be my genre. There was a couple of tracks that sounded perculiar, but all in all this one failed to resonate with me.
This one's a great masterpiece. Both starts and ends with 10/10 compositions. "Walk On By" turned out to be the source of the instrumental part of one of my favourute tracks. Outstanding feeling of music, deep emotion, beautiful spoken word in the last track. This recording is exceptional and it can be felt throughout the 45-munute disc that you are listening classic stuff.
This record possesses a number of purely talented and powerful songs, including the opener "Son of Sam" and "Can't Make A Sound". While sometimes it sounds protrected, the album seems to encompass both rocky songs and more subtle and tender pieces. Wouldn't re-listen it in full, but the better part of the album makes it a 3.7/10.
Considerable amount of songs that feel filler but there is a number of decent ones, plus the overall feeling thia record provides is a sort of smoothness, joy, but also light melancholy.
This record has good sides and bad ones, making it a decent but by no means an outstanding work. A few compositions do make a great use of guitar and possess much energy, while others are merely boring or mediocre. The latter mostly include 'soft' tracks. "Hit the Plane Down" and "Unfair" would be my picks for this album, while "5-4=Unity" deserves a special mention as a worthwhile instrumental. Long story short, average one with exceptions.
For the most part of the album, it was questionable if I want to continue at all. Last several tracks were better, while the overall impression of the recording is average and by no means GOAT.
The noisy style of the band turned out to be unrewarding throughout the album. All tracks sounding more or less the same, it felt more like a mess than a thoroughly crafted record. A one-time listen.
Most of the songs fade out if compared with the album's hit. I'd single out the outro song "Gold Dust Woman". However, almost all of tye other songs are forgotten once you finish them. Essentially a one-hit record.
Trippy, relaxing, good for background listening while still amusing when focusing on details. The extended length of the tracks adds up. Numerous beautiful musical decisions throughout the record. Quite possible that I will return to Future Days later.
A few tracks were of interest while the most part of the album was relaxating kind of light music which may deliver if you enter the mood but is overall by no means outstanding. 2.7/10.
An outstanding album with lots of tasteful songs. Both singing and the guitar are used in a way that makes the music enjoyable. While the exact genre varies within the record, it just makes you feel good, empowered with humanity and compassion, as well as sheer talent. Definitely a good album worth relistening.
This one receives three stars of five as a good work but not very bright throughtout its A-Side. In fact, the best moments I recall after getting to know the records are from the ending tracks.
Fav track (by far): To Have And To Hold. This one is immediately on repeat.
The album gets five stars for its impressive juicy big/break beats making each and every track energetic and reminding me of Prodigy and Fatboy Slim. Favourite track: Leave Home.
A smooth recording overall with some songs worth adding to one's collection, but can't be characterized as a truly outstanding record.
Favorite track: "'97 Bonnie & Clyde". In its genre, this records seems both historically significant and stylistically peculiar. There are some beats worth one's attention, just as there are moving lyrics. Eminem is indeed a notable hip-hop artist and this LP serves a good reminder about why the man's become such a star.
I have to rate this 1/5 (and 1/10 if we used 10 stars) but I must say that this kind of experimental music takes courage as it in fact explores the limits of what music is. Most of the album is not, but my favourite track on it, "Kollaps", not only isn't bad. In fact, I enjoyed it. This is more of a performance than a musical album, and given the tragedies of the 20th century, the German history in particular, this effort makes sense. It's bad, but I do not hate it.
I found myself surprisingly unfamiliar with Jimi's legacy. This disk is brillint rock'n'roll. Hardly has songs on it that did not surprise me with the guitar playing or his vocals. It's both smartly crafted and exceptionally pleasing to the ear. Hands down, a masterpiece album here.
Favourite song: Little Wing.
Brilliant album. I basically enjoyed every muniye of it. Highly energetic, with rapping that reminds of the RATM.
Liked how the album begins with a heavy song and then switches to more delicate tracks. Generally a high-quality one.
Impressive. The record includes much crazy stuff with the vocals, the drums, the guitar, smart use of pauses and more. The band was crearly pushing the limits of then-current music. This can be felt as late as fifty-five years later. Well-deserved five of of five here. Fav song: Child in Time.
The first half of the album is heavenly, but the second does not lose grip much.
Has some rewarding songs here and there but I couldn't say that the recording overall was very bright. That's the style of this band anyway.
Perhaps a milestone record at its time, it makes me feel not all of potential was used, with many songs on the album not too bright. 3.4/10.
Songs are elegantly connected and feel as a one long track essentially. In this sense, the record feels seamless. The mysic style feels fit for some cozy dinner at the restaurant down the street. I would not relisten this often, so the album marks a decent work appropriate for some niche uses.
Soothing one. There are certain good songs while others are just a decent background. As the 1001 list should have stricter criteria, I'll give it 3.4 thus 3 on the five-star scale. Favourite song: "Blue Skies".
The opening couple of tracks were not bad and the last called "Second Time Around" is interesting to a certain degree, but for the most of the duration, I could not feel that the record is a GOAT. I'll call "Rock Me Baby" my fav on this album and give it two stars; the punk/use of dissonance did not really deliver.
Awkwardly, the record begins with energetic and virogous sonds and has a couple at its end. The middle is very monotonous, I found nothing worth returning to it ever on future. I'm rating this 2.5 stars because the albums on the list should be the goats.
The album starts awkwardly restrained but shines later on. My favourite tracks here would be 'Go It Alone' & 'Rental Car'. The record is really diverse, and as you approach the last part, you already know it's worth relistening later. To me, it was unusual and truly delivering with some of its tracks. Nice one.
Quality soul music. I'd rate it five were it to be even more amusing and exceptional from the sound perspective. Anyway, a record worth listening.
At first, I was thinking of rating "Goodbye And Hello" higher, but Side Two did not really made it. The album is lyrics-centered, begins with energetic compositions such as No Man Can Find the War and Pleasant Street (my No. 1 pick on this album), but is not as special later on. The title song feels like a few songs incorporated in just one, to a degree which is a bit awkward. Still, I enjoyed the listen, but cannot rate it higher than 3.0.
Aight I'm rating this three out of five but in reality it is more of two-and-a-half kind of album. There is some bright stuff on the record, but some 2/3 of the material feels either monotonous or mediocre, i.e. such that I would not relisten or consider any GOAT. My picks for this one are "Children of the Korn" and "B.B.K." Also, there are parts where the voices are outrightly disgusting to a degree, but I'd consider it part of the group's style.
Frankly, the album's highly boring, monotonous, and I have no idea why it is on the 1001 list. What is ut in the music or the vocals that, accoeding to the list authors, makes it one of the best in the history of music? It is indeed not. I can hardly remember a song immediately after listening to this. I believe this is the first album among the 32 that I have listened up until now which does not have a single song I could add to my playlists. Such entries honestly make me dissappointed about choosing to listen to the list. Well, we will see how that goes further.
Not sure if it deserves 4 or 5. Yeah live albums are a genre of its own. The crowd here, which appears to have lots and lots of your girls, goes really crazy and add up to the imression. The music is fine, the guitars usage is very rewarding. "Need Your Love" is an obvious highlight here, probably the best on the album, but I believe pretty much every track of the first several ones is great. The album's 48 years old but oh boy, I wish I were there. Let it be five for its fervent energy and pretty much being a good standard for performing rock music.
I'd rate this three stars if the 1001 albums list wasn't claiming to have picked up the all-time best music. Now, the album is certainly quite energetic, and I really liked "Big Ten Inch Record" and most of the mid-album tracks, but I cannot help realising that I was just basically wait for it to finish and be thankful that it is not a one-hour record. Besides, it might have been significant at the release time, given its date of publication. But I have stricter rating policy here, so it get just two.
Wow, it's been a long time since I encountered an album on the list that deserves five stars. It's incredible how Clapton's musicianship allows this album to be so stilystically diverse and at no time boring. "Let It Grow" is an absolute masterpiece that even gave me chills. The vocals are restraint and the music is fine and fitting throughout the record. As a result, it's a great work that is sensitive, interesting, can make you smile and feel better. Definitely deserves a maximum rate of five out of five.
Sounds like a brutalism-inspired sort of music. I'd say the middle of the release is quite okay for passive listening, as a somewhat noir-fashioned record. However, the beginning and the ending felt boring. As this is far from being something either as melodic as many Daft Punk works (even the first few disks) or as crazily experimantal as the Einstürzenden Neugebaten industrial album on the 1001 list (which I rated 1/5 anyways), I'll just give it two out of five. "The Model" and "Neon Lights" are generally not bad.
Took me three attemps to finish. Cohen's album just uses his singing and a guitar, for the most part. Master Song, So Long, and Stories are the better tracks, but for the most part, the music is uninteresting and cannot capture my attention. For that reason, it's hard to listen to it outside. Sometimes Cohen is not even singing, but rather is talking, making this some sort of a spoken word. Perhaps some will enjoy the lyrics, but I am a music fan. Def not going to re-listen it apart from the selected tracks maybe. Not ugly, but sometimes not enjoyable, just two start for this one.
The Hive make lotta noise in the songs, but do lack melody. Perhaps the first track isn't bad, but for some 80% of the playtime I felt as though their sound consumed more of me than it gave. Isn't too cool; I'll rate this two because "Your New Favourite Band" is a decent one-time listen but just not something I should surely listen before I die.
As an electronic music fan, I am have a ton of prejudice in favour of this album, but it is truly great. First of all, it has an established reputation of a defining record, almost a sacred one at this point. Fatboy Slim truly goated this, and I've known the hits of the album for years. But those that are haven't are not bad either. The first half of the album is generally full of masterpieces, while I found "Acid 8000" a great track that will make one dance for sure, otherwise they must be dead. Can't rate this less than five as the album brings pure joy, is highly influantial, in fact it is an industry standard for beatmaking and sampling. To conclude, that's great, I love it and will definitely re-listen at least the most part of YCaLWB.
A cozy record, but as you progress, it sounds increasingly repetitive. My pick would be "Adam Raised a Cain".
Punk rock records that feels quite monotonous at the start but adds more fun in the second part. I'd highlight Dead, No 13 Baby, and Gouge Away. The latter is the only track I'd known prior to listening, and in many ways it's the brightest. I liked the guitar at times, while generally speaking, the album has a lot of tracks that were not too bright. That's why three: a decent listen, but by no means a GOAT album.
"Don't Stand Me Down" offers a precious blend of the acoustics, including a great piano usage, and vocals that are in place. The first few tracks are especially lovely in terms of emotion, while the later part of the album is increasingly mournful. The music is rich, well-crafted and has a great balance of gentleness and liveliness. Pretty much every track has a complex and interesting composition. I also highly enjoy the random chatting stuff accompanied by good music as in "One of the Signs". This, along with songs 1, 2, and 7, would be my picks from the record, while the others, being a bit off the mark, are still good. It isn't an easy choice between four and five, but I'll go with the latter for the delight in the nuanced music of the album. Maybe it doesn't keep the the excellence all thoughout the runtime, but the better parts truly stand out, they are rich in good music choices and vary among themselves, making this album a decent entry om the 1001 list. Sort of 4.5 but leaning to 5 on the scale used here; a marvelous work by the Runners.
A really decent jazz record with minimalistic voice usage just in the first track; this one makes a pleasant background listen, but I couldn't see, for the most part, why whis exact album is outstanding. That's why three stars.
This country album sparked some interest right at the parts where is was distracted from its main style at most. "Hot Burrito #1" and "Hippie Boy" are the highlights that use some blues inspirations, and the latter also has the chatter-instead-of-singing thing. The most of the album is quite dull and did not appear any special, though.
Wow, what an album. The Penguins delivered a highly experimental record with sweet and subtle use of the strings, as well as a variety of other instruments. Intricate melodies are never boring and bring unexpected turns pretty much all the time. So, music feels relaxed, but in a highly elegant way. Abundance of purely intrumental compositions is a huge plus here. In short, an album of talented experimental stuff that I will listen again for sure. Best tracks: "Zopf: Giles Farnaby's Dream", "The Sound Of Someone You Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't Matter", "Hugebaby". Also it's notable how fresh the "Penguin Cafe" feels given its release year.
I'll say this. "Good to me as I am to you" is the best song, and the whole album is a collection of bursting emotions from all over the spectrum with great Aretha's singing. Loved it so much.
I was going to rate this lower, but the ending of the record changed my mind. This is one of those albums that sort of make me look for the lyrics. Morrison's vocals are charming in many ways; his voice manages to sound calm and powerful at the same time. That's the first record of the band that I have listened to in full, and I must say that, considering it's 56 y.o., it sounds so original. Take Maggie M'Gill with its minimalistic music. Morrison Hotel made me feel what quality rock sounds like, and I'm glad to feel that again. There are many fav picks from this relatively short release, effectively half of the whole record. I'd highlight Queen of the Highway and Indian Summer, the two short songs from Side two that are... so poetic, brief in lyrics and purely skillful in music. Great album, my 50th on the 1001 list. Gonna listen to it again.
Jazz music is, as it was decribed numerous times, a separate realm, with its own armies of devoted fans. What this album is thankfully capable of is to make the genre more conceivable by the outsider listeners. A highly delicate collection of compositions that are ever-changing and different in many ways, but leave a feeling that you've experienced something smooth and worthwhile. "Song For Sathima", the title track and "The Mountain" are the highlights. The 12-minute-long title track is the most interesting during the first and the last few minutes. The album probably evolved into this more standard kind of jazz that you cannot perceive actively for long if not a lifetime long fan, but, as I've mentioned, it offers much beyond that, and is thus rightfully included in the 1001 list.
Blue rock done bad. I had a pretty good feeling with the opening track, but as the album goes on, music feels increasingly rough and unpleasant to a point where it is irritating actually. The instruments, the use of disharmony are unfortunate, and even the singing offers nothing to rate this higher than 1, catastrophe.
This record is so nice from pretty much all standpoints. It's a great fun to listen to this. Released in 1972, "Slayed?" is all but an outdated release. There are so many bangers among just ten songs that last a bit more than half an hour. Highlights are "I Won't Let It 'Appen Again", "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "I Don't Mind", "Gudbuy Gudbuy", and "Let the Good Times Roll". Take the closing track—it's instrumental part is truly crazy, a word so often on the lyrics here. Every instrument delivers, and the vocals are just great for the album's style, carrying most songs. All in all, this album is good in pretty much all parts, delivers tons of emotion. Outstanding work, I'd rate it A–ish, but 5/5 with the scale we use here. I'm writing about the initial 1972 release, with no additional material, in particular that wich is on the streaming platforms with no original album published separatety, which sucks. Relisteting the songs makes you only love the album more instantly.
Did not enjoy this albom too much. Most of the first half is really meh, the band seems to try tp experiment, but to no avail. They sounded somewhat Beatles-like, but just worse. In the end, they are better tracks, like "Loneliest Person" or "Talking About the Good Times", but I am not sure if they are really good or just "not bad" as compared with the earlier on the album. An overall disappoinment, gonna rate the lowest because the list should contain the best of the best.
Rating this one ain't an easy task. Basically, the album's great. But it is the beginning that shines bright with tasteful electronic stuff full of energy and beautiful overall composition. Starting from "Come Together", while the atmosphere remains vivid, the record seems to lose grip. It was, of course, deliberate, but everything just slows down, and while remaining psychedelic to a degree, Screamadelica emerges as a meditative record in the second half. Frankly, that latter part can mostly serve as a background music but cannot compete with the openers. I loved basically every piece in the start. Might have been a five star record, but I'll go with 4/5 for that tempo decline. That being sad, a good intro inro this band, they for sure know how to lace trippy beats.
