1001 Albums Summary

This was a serendipitous first album pick. When I was 11 or so, a boy at summer camp was shocked to hear that I didn't really "like" music or have any favorite bands, and leant me some CDs to try out. The first was "David Bowie". And I didn't like it. I don't think I even finished it. I liked this album okay. The songs I really liked were Five Years, Rock-'n'-roll Suicide, and Ziggy Stardust. It's hard to judge a song like Starman that I've heard a million times. The rest were forgettable or I didn't like. A lot of elements felt dated, both in production and lyrics (on Five Years the singer refers to a person as "a black"). But some lyrics were quite fun, especially Ziggy Stardust (he was the nazz!). The songs I liked made me feel something, Five Years especially. That's what I want in a song. 6/10.

The crowd noises on this album are crazyy. Super high energy, and James Brown's voice is amazing. The moment where he gets the girls to scream, not "Ah!", but "Ow!": magical.

I've listened to this album a bunch of time over the months every time I come back to this project and I just need to leave a damn review. "Shout" is an absolute banger. Got me so pumped every time I listened to this and then the rest of the album just flows past and nothing grabs me in the same way. I love how big and full everything sounds.

Did not care for this.

I liked this so much. Never been exposed to Kendrick much besides singles, but I really enjoyed this album as a start to finish experience. Powerful storytelling.

Didn't care for this. I played it while cooking and the main emotion I felt was annoyed.

I liked it. Classic stuff.

It was fine