1001 Albums Summary

beautiful hidden gem from the 70's folk era

a classic

a little half baked but you can see the early threads of where the cure would take their pop goth sound

i grew up with this album on repeat. it is undoubtedly a modern rock classic, a bold statement that there was still fertile ground in rock n roll to be cultivated. listeners that only know seven nation army (a song that holds up if you somehow haven't heard it in a few years) will be pleasantly surprised by the variety.

this album is pretty hard to rate because it's a powerful historical piece, but a rough form of an early art and is bogged down by too much indulgent deejaying and flava flav

I really think this is Pink Floyd's sharpest work, a perfect union between the pop sensibilities of dark side and the ruminations of animals

Really surprised me- at first I thought the album was a little overproduced and scattered genre-wise, but as I got deeper I felt a sense of the themes coming together. Really powerful statements on the back half of the album

the music industry was certainly aware of the beatles popularity when this album came out. some decent tracks but not a lot worth revisiting

i was expecting classic primal scream going into this album- i had always liked their stuff but thought of it as pretty one dimensional. so it was a real shock when i put this on and get almost exclusively massive attack style trip-hop! even more of a surprise 2/3 of the album through when "medication" comes on and it's right back to greasy garage rock ala classic PS. a really interesting twist of an album but admittedly probably not one i'll replay

sometimes, sonic youth albums have a tendency to exhaust me. i go in and i love the energy, but after a while the one-line-at-a-time style kinda gets to me. this album however, cuts out the fat and keeps the noise fresh. the balance between up and downtempo is perfect, as is the balance between singers (more kim appreciated lol). this is sonic youth at their best

banger! this is a great album that lives up to its name. incredible cumbia/afrobeat vibes throughout, culminating with jorge's impassioned vocals on the closing and title track. this one might be going on my cd shelf

the sampling and beatmaking on this record is incredible, hugely influential. another album that gets better as the tracklist goes on, which i always love. however, i think the beastie boys get stronger lyrically in the coming albums, this one is still a lottttt of girls and parties rap. lots of fun but i don't consider this their best- but it's still a damn beastie boys album so it's always in the rotation

this was a weird one! i really enjoyed the blend of avant garde work with classic 60s vocals. you really can hear how this was an influential album without even knowing who heard it back then. i can dig it

this album is all about finding depths of musical variety in one genre. at no point do they sound like anything but depeche mode, but there aren't two songs that could be confused for one another also it has Personal Jesus on it.

just a great rock album. has more variety to the moods and lyrics than later foo releases

it's undeniably badass, but also undeniably repetitive. if you're actively imagining yourself in the crowd it's invigorating, but you can't really do that for a full length album.