Really good background, ambient music. The soundscapes are haunting and move along at a tick more than a spa music pace. The lyrics aren’t understandable but that doesn’t take away. Horns and drums are a surprising addition to this type of album. Almost like a Radiohead without the pollution of English lyrics. Jazzy, but not jazz. Probably good for getting work done or chilling out alone. Never would have heard this if not for 1001, so glad to be introduced to it.

I like the album. It was calm. It was clean. The musicians are great and would be good for work or long drives. The only thing about the music that I noticed was nothing stood out as incredible or remarkable but everything was consistently good. 10 years ago I would’ve been all over it Right now. In my later 40s it’s fine just doesn’t resonate like it used to.

Hard to believe this was the 1950s. The speed, the creativity the creative flow through each song was excellent. If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis.

Always a great listen. Refreshing to hear a concept album that stayed anchored with solid hits throughout. Transitioning from a mostly instrumental and big gig to a radio hit like money shouldn’t be a seamless as it is. I remember as a teenager having my ears opened to this and still love it.

That was a challenge. At first it had that early 90’s rage that at the drive in or the Nirvana bleach album had. Unfortunately the vocals weren’t as strong and the songs seemed longer than needed. Very repetitive. Cool to hear but probably my last time.

Great suggestion. I lost track of Jack White after The Raconteurs. Same sound, gritty, simple. Wish there were more “ball and biscuit” type guitar solos but was still solid. Will be added to my rotation!

Yikes, that one was tough. Perhaps if your formative years were in the late 70s early 80s it sounds a little better to your ear. Kind of cool to hear those 80s drums sort of early cars type sound but not my favorite.

Great listen. Really hadn’t played any of his songs, only remember on the radio or MTV. Great voice, energy, horns. The hits were especially good to hear.

Yep, there was a reason tribe called quest got so much hype in the early 90’s. The flow , beat were ahead of their time when comparing it to other hip hop. Less angry that PE, Ice Cube, or the first 2pac. Im on the line between a 3 and a 4. Let’s call it a low 4 star.

This album was good. I was surprised how super tight the band sounded especially the drums and the vocals. Interesting to hear younger people in the early 80s with sort of a teenybopper sound but also incredibly tight sounding songs. Although I’m writing it at three I would call it a heavy three maybe 3.5..

Weird, goofy, dirty for 1977 but fun. Maybe the Benny Hill of music!

This was okay but really not as good as the hype I remember on MTV when in Jr High. The radio sounds were familiar to my ear but not anything ground breaking. I’d put this in the same category as de la soul, maybe more professional but similarly okay but not shockingly good, 30 years later.

Pros and you can hear it. Not my everyday band but the album is a hit machine. High energy, all parts of the band as good as the next.

It was fine. I wasn’t impressed any more or less than before this recommendation. It’s fine.

Loved it! Completely floored by the musical talent. The rapping was fine but the singing, the beats, the sheer energy in all of the high energy tracks…wow. The range to go from Scorpio to Dreamin. This is the stuff 1001 is all about, a diamond I never would have thought of. I won’t listen to it all the time but can respect that it’s a winner.

This is a tough one. The album was okay with technically well played songs. Detroit rock city is great. I did like the innuendoes and entendre's. I can’t tell if they are serious or parodying a rock band but it was a fun listen. I’d call this a heavy 3.

Fine voice but not my favorite. Not something for my Spotify or will be coming back to. 2 stars

Excellent! Great to hear that oldies singers were much more entertaining and real when live. Hard to believe this recording showed Sam Cooke as too gritty to release at the time.

Ended up listening 3 times because it was good background music while I worked. Nothing terrible about it but also nothing that screams wow. Solid 3

Hard to believe how slow it sounded today vs at the time. Timberland’s beat stood out the most.

Nothing about this had any kind of spark to my ear. Less interesting version of Radiohead.

This is the kinda stuff 1001 is all about. Perfect background music for working or setting a vibe around the house. Upbeat, classic Latin sound. Big horns, xylophone, the works.

Good, nothing that blew me away like the 1952 miles Davis birth of the cool but what my untrained ear would say as standard jazz.

Fine musician. Sounded like Seal to me. Nothing wrong with it, just nothing screaming special either.

Classic 80’s sound. More horns than I would have expected.

Yow, I didn’t get that one. I can certainly hear the velvet revolver sound. Not something my ear could make sense of.

Okay, I like the energy and of course the radio song was familiar. Cool sound.

Great! Sad isn’t my favorite jazz instrument but good.

Wasn’t feeling it. Didn’t have the same late 60s sound like Zeppelin and didn’t stick

Solid but boring. Lyrics sound like a different, more boring time.

Always great! What an ensemble.

Hmmm. Was expecting this to be tighter than it was. The vocal sounded like a caricature of heavy metal (thinking Billy Madison’s 3rd grade graduation party). Perhaps the Public Enemy collaboration was peak anthrax for me.

Weird ambient music. OK for while working I guess, but nothing incredibly interesting about it.