1001 Albums Summary

The lyrics are interesting because in this era they almost sound clunky but they must reflect the speech and writing patterns of the time. Also, there is such an emphasis on rhyme - pretty much every verse in every song follows a simple rhyme scheme that you only hear in pop or rap nowadays. It's very homogenous but I don't really desire anything else from Sinatra, and in fact it means the album perfectly achieves its purpose as "mood music" - where every song sounds similar enough that you could play the whole thing through and never kill the mood.

Already liked them but this album gave me more of an appreciation of their guitar writing and riffs. I feel like I hear quite a bit of Beatles influence especially on Our House and Everybody I Love You. I wish I could have seen the reception to those and the comparisons made back when the album was released.