Not quite my speed of country but undoubtedly important and impactful. Such empathy for those who have found themselves in troubled circumstances. I especially love how the recording quality emphasizes the uproar of the crowd- the crowd mic is constantly peaking and it’s so killer. The title track is an absolute riot.
I’ve always liked Michael Jackson well enough but never loved anything that I’ve heard. What a strange career to peak when you’re like, 12 years old. I feel the same way about this album as I feel about Prince’s Purple Rain. The tunes are solid but there’s often too much going on, resulting in songs that sound more theatric than enjoyable. This is especially true of the singles, which are by far the worst batch of tracks on this thing. The slower, sparser songs really shine through. I find it difficult to fully immerse myself in this album with Jackson’s reputation in the current day. The love songs are great, but are undoubtedly tainted by his actions. Overall pretty good!
The first of the 1001 albums that I’m intimately familiar with already. Played most of these charts in high school and have had the honour of seeing the Basie orchestra live. I feel that many of the arrangements are more foundational than they are truly great, but every track still sounds so damn cool. A fundamental stepping stone for some of the greatest jazz recordings of all time. Radical album cover as well. If I want to listen to Basie, I much prefer Straight Ahead, but there’s really no going wrong here.
One of the greatest albums of all time. Surprised by how familiar I have been with the album this generator has given me so far, though I certainly don't know more than ~30% of the albums on the list. What's there to say? An album that artists (mostly unsuccessfully) try to recreate over and over because it's so damn good. Angeles has one of the 10 greatest guitar parts of all time. The guitar solo on Say Yes is fucking insane. 2:45 AM and Between the Bar are brutal. Every song here is endlessly catchy and has stuck in my head since I first heard this at 13 years old.
Competent, jammy, doesn't do too much for me! All the stereo sound stuff going on here is great. The songs just don't really stick for me outside of the hits (Down to the Waterline, Sultans of Swing). Really feels like this should be up my alley but there's not that oomph for me to latch onto.
Not as immediate of an album for me as Doolittle, but still good. Will be listening to this quite a bit. Much more audacious. Kim Deal is stellar.
Just completely washes over me. Don't care for this at all. I don't think it's bad or anything, just painfully uninteresting. The type of rock album that lacks any real character and coasts on solid instrumentation and songwriting. Made to be played at sports games and shitty dive bars and guitar hero games. The mixing on the vocals is horrendous.
Just superb. Takes so many absurd and huge leaps and somehow lands every single one of them. Okay, maybe not every single one— I could do without Touch Sensitive— but as a whole this is pretty incredible and feels quite singular to me. I've always dismissed neo-psych as something that's 'not for me' but I consistently find releases in the genre to be stellar and overflowing with creative and surprising songwriting. The electronics on No Sympathy are fucking insane and I love it.
Overflowing with energy. Wonderful stuff
Never been too into Jack White, or blues rock, really. This and Elephant are by far my favourites of his because I feel like they don't fall into all the blues rock tropes that hurt my enjoyment. Love how noisy this is but I especially love the moments when it quiets down. Meg kills it on the drums.
Certainly well done and Ella Fitzgerald is an unbelievable talent, but this just isn't for me and *oh my god* is this thing long. Really blends into itself.
My second favourite Fleet Foxes behind Crack-Up. I don’t think this reaches any of the highs of that album outside of maybe Blue Ridge Mountains. What this does it does very well. Catchy folk pop songs that are so full in sound and flawlessly produced. Pecknold is a master songwriter. Embarrassingly reminds me of my junior high “girlfriend”. Hope she’s doing well. White Winter Hymnal is forever ruined by Pentatonix.
Pretty good! Understandably reminds me a lot of other 2000s hip hop classics (college dropout, blueprint, be) but rarely hits the same heights that those records consistently hit. The biggest issue with this album is that there are lots of moments that sound dated/haven’t aged well. Most of the beats are absolutely brilliant and Lupe is one of the best lyricists in the genre. Good stuff
pleasant. Not a big fan of the stereo mixing here- why is it almost only the bass in the right ear?? Unfortunately, none of the songs really stuck with me. Again, pleasant. Last song rips tho.
Perfectly fine. Has forever been uninspiring to me. Would much rather listen to a Kurt Vile record.
Like every other QOTSA album I’ve listened to, this is largely uninteresting rock moments with a few great moments over far too long of a run time. Doesn’t have one high that comes even close to some of their other albums, and the lows are generally lower. I do not like this band very much! The stereo output on this thing is kinda cool tho.
An undoubtedly quality pop album that unfortunately doesn’t do much for me. Genuinely impressed by how daring some of these instrumentals are and how conceptual the album can get. Wish it wasn’t 80 minutes long.
An album that’s familiar to me through the countless hip hop records that sample it. Some real beautiful moments here.