1001 Albums Summary

Inspired by the space they have to play and riff. Contiguous enough to stay engaged, but never any idea where we are in the track, and yet not bored out in a rush to find out

Part of me wants so deeply to be Nick Cave. I can’t put my finger on the specific flavor of weird that he is, but his voice has a quality that sounds kitschy and over dramatic, but still reads as obviously genuine. He and the band lean into it and are all 100 on grit and pure explosive emotion coming from their instruments. Fucking love it. I was smiling and delighted the whole time.

Groundbreaking to the point that it sounds ridiculous and silly today. Work of genius responding to a generation trying to make up for being nazis. Also impressed by the humanization of drum machines at the early stage.

Solid but doesn’t grab my attention at all.

Almost boring because it’s so iconic.

Didn’t grab my attention, but I need to give it more time.

I can’t get behind his voice. About 20% of the time they hit a good grove. Then he comes out of the mix