1001 Albums Summary

Not usually big on live albums but damn what a night that must've been. That man could make a guitar sing and a stone get up and groove. Casual misogyny never went down so smooth.

This rating makes me feel like such a ⬜. The intro pulled me in like we were old friends vibing in the basement. Then we just... never left the basement. His voice is pure sex, but Pyramids was the first time I noticed any changeup. Why see the world when you've got the beach? If I were high or rolling this be an easy 6. But sober? I stand by my rating

Velvet voice, gutter mouth. Smoky jazz with a hangover and story to match

The anti-Amy Winehouse: all substance, no soul. The album screams truth from a concrete bunker. Admirable, but not loveable. "One" is a banger though

I think he might want to get it on

Fantastic

Pleasant, polished, and eerily artificial. Parachutes is the sound of background music giving up

Great stuff. I wish I liked his voice better. Also, far be it from me to give notes to Neil Young, but it felt a touch overproduced at times

Not generally a country boy but I enjoyed the hell out of this album. Gorgeous vocals, rich storytelling, an almost neighborly production feel. Sublime. How have I never heard of Emmylou Harris before?

Catchy choruses and well tempered effects. I wasn't blown away by anything but an enjoyable listen overall

Generic retro pop punk. Not bad, just bland. This was a song that didn't need to be an album. They had some funky bass lines though

We get it. You’re poly. The honkin and tonkin was fun but the lines were insufferable. Have your toxic relationships but please leave us barflies in peace. https://open.spotify.com/track/4ACS8SnOb3WDwtzNTxKMUB?si=d398337010bc4969

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9j3heYZAk8 ^ This gag in album form. Fast and bulbous indeed.

Plastic cheese. This album tastes like a Norman Rockwell and reminds me why the British Invasion had to happen

I love Bob Dylan but remember why I rarely finish his albums. There are only so many harmonica solos a person can take

The album reads as one long intertwined fever dream, taking the listener through the dystopian land of American suburbia. No song stands alone as a 5, but the journey they create together is infinitely repeatable. I stand by this one

I may not love the trail they were blazing but can't deny were building something new. Cheesy as it is, Detroit Rock City is a fun song

I feel like a hypocrite rating this so high. The album was objectively monotonous, but every time the music pushed me out the lyrics pulled me back in. Also definitely got shades of The National

"If sex were an olympic sport we would've won the gold." Sure Jan. Just crack a window this time, we can smell the theater room from Algebra

The album is a high quality cheeseburger. It may not be intellectually stimulating or high class but I'm not going to pretend I didn't enjoy it all the same

Harpsichords and yazz flute? Sign me up

This album can’t decide what it wants to be. Are they a jug band? Blues? Easy listening? Jazz? It doesn’t do any of them badly, but without nailing any of them it feels overwrought and rudderless

So much talent for such little payoff. I guess I had to be there

"12 renditions of 'Bust a Move' but make them progressively worse" -Brit Hop Rickety Cricket

I enjoyed the interwoven sitar features. It broke the album up a little and added a little spice. The flow was a little scattered at times, but overall a good listen

File this with the others I wish I liked more. I appreciate what Q-Tip has done for music, but it just doesn't click for me

It's fine. Somehow feels more cartoonish than his later work

Just enough variation to keep it palatable, but the longer it goes the heavier it drags. Four songs? Four stars. Full album? The sludge becomes a slog

It's a vibe

I’m not going to justify this one. I just really like the album

Iconic

Dylanesque sounds carried by straightforward but soulful lyrics. Not something I'd typically seek out but I appreciated it while it was on

Fine but I'm not really the target audience here.

Sexy, funky, fun. Game, blouses

My Sweet Lord I finally understand why Patti left

No one man should have all that power

Trippy. Fun. Repetitive

Depth in voice and meaning. She's a woman with a story to tell and she didn't hold back

I'm pretty sure I wrote this album in cakewalk in high school. There's not enough Molly in the world to make me dance to it now

I admire the passion but at a certain point the album felt pretty one dimensional. Northern Star just highlights how bad a singer Courtney is