1001 Albums Summary

Heard most of this before. did not know it was one of 3 albums out that year. Different era for sure. Not the originators, but they certainly did well in the petty fighting realm. All in all, a good little country/rock album.

They really didn't knock themselves out with finding new beats along the way. I remember this coming out. It felt like the 'clean' rap that was being pushed out at the time. Pre or post Will Smith, I don't recall. Never grabbed me, and listening now there's a little - I remember this. But not a whole lot else.

All of Monk's works are great. They feel, unlike many artists, like one giant album.

The Byrds. You know you're listening to them. Middle of the road entertainment. The first true 'background' music? And yet nothing awful.

There's no home for you is such a great song. I remember listening to this album a lot when it came out. Playing along. Jack did something unique with this one. The distortion just needed to be a step below grinding metal, vocals on a slightly higher level than you'd expect. And it all just flowed. Not much in the way of a bass. Glad this one came up and I could revisit.

Yu know, old country is still good. You can really read the 'this is an upbeat one! this is a slow dancing one! This is a medium radio groove! and fascinating (for me who did not know this) that Jennings wrote like none of his songs. Still cannot give a country album more than 3 stars though. That being said, modern country artists could learn a lot about how to make something far better than what they currently are....

Pretty cool.

So good. Still.

Never into these guys. But, pretty good.

some of the original indie-pop/whispy voice.

How many children were made to these songs? Countless. Classic.

Never able to get into this one.

I'd never heard this before and will now be looking up all of her work.

90s indie pop spectacular.

Classic. Great to listen to this album the full way through rather than the 2 songs that endlessly play on classic rock stations.

I love it when groups just totally change their sound. The Shamen did this moving (as noted in their bio) from psychedelic rock to 'rave'. Sometimes you can see this as changing with the times. But this album feels like people who simply wanted to make more electronic based music. And that ain't that far from electronic anyway.

Not my jam at all. Wasn't then, isn't now.

Five stars

Classic. The good songs are great. The not good songs are a drag.

I mean, 3 stars just cuz I don't love punk.

Another where the good songs are great, and the mediocre are very much so.

Not a bad song on this one. Not even a mediocre one.

Yeah. Chill.

Damn I love the bass line on Peace Frog

Didn't know these guys. Great Floyd like, but American based.

Always found Zappa unhinged. But this mostly instrumental album is great.

absolute classic

This is truly awful from beginning to end.

Have not listened to this since I was getting punched in the head by someone's older brother in a shag carpet basement some time in the early 1980s.

Just not my jam.

Who knew the better part of an album could be written about masturbation.

One star for Paradise City, one for Sweet Child. The rest of this is truly worse than I remember.

5 stars for Levi Stubbs' Tears. The whole album is great, but Levi is one of the greatest folk songs ever written.

I mean, it's a classic, no matter how much of a marketing company Coldplay has become.

classic

Imagine seeing this woman live. Even recordings are incredible.

I tried. I really tried. But since the first day I heard Crow her voice has just felt like fingernails on a chalkboard.

I dunno. Stevie never did it for me. I get why this is so good, but just don't love it myself.

Can't say I ever listened to this before and it rocks.

One of those albums you never knew was THE ONLY ONE from a band and yet know every song.

The Pixies have some great songs. But they've never been for me. Not this album anyway.

Never heard before. Has that '70s vibe.

NOt a fan of whispy singers...

I remember when this came out. I was very confused. I was deeply into 'real metal' (lol) Having spent time in any number of friend's basements whose older brothers were serious metal heads I was under the belief that Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Ratt, Grim Reaper, &c. all the way to Quiet Riot and Motley Crew were REAL METAL. And this thing came out... I bought it. We didn't have a lot of metal playing on the radio then so I had little idea what would be on it. I can clearly recall a first listen of this. It sounded....weak. Fluffy. The hairiest of the hair metal. And worse of all, an imitation of REAL METAL. These guys were just copy cats. I have to say, my opinion has not changed after a listen all these years later. This is a shitty album. Horrible lyrics. Songs hung on single licks. Just....bad all around. But in re-listening I was left to consider that these guys likely had the time of their lives in the 1980s.

Absolute gold from beginning to end.

Musically, great. Love the use of guitars and electronic music. But the voice puts me off every time. Dude need to clear his throat and take a dump.

One of the top 5 albums of all time.

Top 5 all time.

Very loud even when the volume is low.

Somehow missed this one when it came out even though I was DJing British Dance music nights shortly after. love it

Certainly Bowie.

Almost anti-Canadian of me to give 3 stars.

So all over the place in such a great way.

Pure summer gold

I have never understood Pet Sounds being in the same conversation with The White Album or Exile on Main Street. IT truly feels like America looking at the music of the world at that time and going 'we got nothing'. Not to say that the US doesn't have great artists. But so many are 'Artists' not bands. The bands all felt derivative of something that already happened in England. I'd say the greatest American band of all time is the Grateful Dead. Unique, uncompromising, a touring extravaganza. Yet they never seem to be mentioned in the same way The Beatles or Stones are, just The Beach Boys.

Man I cannot stand Aerosmith. Janie's Got a Gun killed it for me back in 1989. There was some good stuff prior to that (like Rocks) had a different feel to it. But just the sound of Tyler's voice gets me now.

Absolute fucking gold.

4 stars only because Save the Children is about 2.5 minutes too long.

progrock. meh

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