1001 Albums Summary

Too long and I am not a britpop fan

Obviously it’s a classic, so many timeless songs

One of the best albums of the 90s and actually one of the best albums of all time. Every song is amazing, and contains my favourite closing track on any album. Perfect.

Still cannot believe how popular this is/was

It’s awesome, probably now my favourite Leonard Cohen album. The sound of an incredibly talented, intelligent man signing off with dignity.

Doing this 1001 albums thing really makes me realise how subjective music is. I know this is probably good, I know it’s definitely important, and in future if I go back to it in a different frame of mind I will probably appreciate it. But today, I found it so dull. Spider and I was the only highlight, and points to Eno’s (more interesting imo) future.

Really? I needed to listen to this before I die? Seriously?

Would be 5 if it weren’t for ‘jailbait’. That song can get in the bin.

Why this cure album? I’m early in this process so I’m assuming there are others but always felt this was on the weaker end of their 80s output.

22 albums in and this is the first really interesting new discovery. Never been more than a passing fan of Davis so haven’t gone in on any of his “electric” work. This is clearly brilliant. It needs more listens than I’ve had time to give it, and I’ll definitely be coming back to it in future. I expect the 4 is very likely to become a 5 over time.

It’s actually annoyingly alright isn’t it? Bengali in Platforms is a sad presage of the absolute arse that Morrissey would exhibit himself to be later in life, but otherwise most of these songs are quite good. Eurgh.

I just don’t really like Queen. 39 is good though, best song on the album.

Difficult one, I think you could make a strong argument that Little Richard is the single most influential musician of the 20th century. Dylan, the Beatles, CCR, the Stones etc all namecheck him when describing their influences. But, listening now, it’s so hard to distinguish this from the rest of the rock n roll of the period. It’s definitely good, but an example of the fact that when and where you hear something totally changes what it means to you. I’m sure if I heard Little Richard in 1957, as a bored teenager in Duluth playing with my dad’s radio, then I’d probably have gone on to make Blonde on Blonde too… alas, I’m just a bored lazy dude on the internet in 2025 so no such luck.

I was all over this in 2006/7. Been fun going back to it for the first time since then, lots of memories. It is, though, really amazing how your tastes change as you get older - listening almost twenty years later and there is a lot of filler here.