1001 Albums Summary

I enjoyed it, but I was definitely ready for it be over by the end.

Well I don't know what I expected but this sure wasn't it. I am not super familiar with The Kinks but I see Arthur and I think of knights, and this is more Beatles-adjacent. As I listen, it does sound EXTREMELY British. It's pretty catchy, they got some jams, but it's also sort of confusing I guess? I'm struggling to identify the vibe, although I think I'm getting closer as I get through it. Now that I'm at the end, I do think it's a good album! I don't know what kind of mood I'd have to be in to listen to it, but it's quality.

I mean, I've heard the opening single a billion times. It's fine! I like it, although I've never particularly sought it out. Oh, yeah, and here's Electric Feel. Yup. And Kids, yup. Yup yup yup. I actually really liked Of Moons, Birds, & Monsters, too, but otherwise yeah. I think it's good, but also I don't feel super drawn to it.

It's so weird that this album is two discs, one normal version and one Jamaican version. I listened to both, and I was vibing the whole time. Don't normally go for much reggae but damn, he's the GOAT for a reason.

Tasty jazz, I enjoyed it while reading with a glass of wine and it was pretty great. Can't remember basically a thing about it except for the nice bass, though.

Didn't really enjoy this one. Between what I think were intentionally discordant sounds and what I think of as sort of stereotypical (probably because of this album) late 60s rock, there just wasn't much here I really enjoyed. It feels like an album that's Art with a capital A, at the expense of being an actual enjoyable listen.

I enjoy REM's singles, but I've never sat down and listened to an album. What can I say, it sounds like REM the entire way through, it was nice. It had the bangers, and even the other songs shake it up just enough while still having their sound that I never found myself particularly displeased. Maybe I'll even go back for a more focused listen at some point, really immerse myself in that kind of depressing without being too depressing vibe.

Why does this slow-ass album take almost a whole hour to finish, ughhhhhh

Oh this is another one that's Art with that capital A. Again, it's not like I didn't like it, exactly, but also it was soooooo looooong and a lot of it was not what I would traditionally call "music". Still better than the Velvet Underground though.

This is iconic stuff, it sounds like music that other things are trying to be for years afterward, if that makes any sense. Smooth, impeccable vibes. It's not a bullseye for my personal taste, but it's hard to think of anything bad to say about it.