1001 Albums Summary

What an opening song. You can hear them going "this is it, it's our big break", and they broke big. Then Killing in the Name hits and you can feel the crowd exploding at the 2:06 mark. You can hear everyone in the club screaming "No I fucking don't" at the "And now you do what they told ya". And uhn, that dirty bass on "Take the Power Back". "Settle for Nothing" just makes me think of the song "I'm Sad" from Scott Pilgrim. You can hear the rap coming through on "Bullet in the Head", and oh my god do the boys know how to do a breakdown. And then you hear "Know Your Enemy" and you go "damn, ALL these bangers are on the same album??" JUST TO BE FOLLOWED BY "Wake Up". A theme I keep hearing is "they lied to us", which is funny considering I'm listening to this in 2025 when "they lied" is a dangerous, dangerous thing to think. "Fistful of Steel" just rolled off my back, and the same with "Township Rebellion". I think there's something to be said about the energy, and how they struggled with keeping the strength of their music up if they aren't blasting it at 11. "Freedom" does the best job of navigating the emotional register ("Anger is a gift" still hits), and as a final song, it closes off the album with the energy you'd expect from a band with the first name "Rage".

V. cool. One of those albums where you know that you aren't getting the whole story if you don't know all the facts behind it, but I'm glad I listened to it, and it's added to the library.

DNF

It was fine.