1001 Albums Summary

Not really my thing, so not the best way to start this challenge. "It's Your World" probably the best track that stood out.

Solid classic.

4 of these 12 tracks are still popular/classic songs that everyone still knows in 2025. Precursor to Adele (and other modern singers of that same vein).

Interesting to see how this is structured as al album vs a collection of singles. Feel like I need to be listening to this while also reading the lyrics.

Very easy listening and an enjoyable experience, but why this album? This is "essential" listening? I was hyped for a Willie Nelson album, but this seems so slight and inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.

"Big Time Sensuality" was the only song that ever got much airplay, and of course I loved it at the time. Bjork always gave of a super-odd vibe which always kind of turned me off exploring her music.

Super-weird that this album was pretty much unknown to me, despite how hyped it is and was. Probably only heard 1 or 2 tracks before this. Listened twice in hopes of seeing what made it so special. Almost got there. The problem with this challenge is that listening to anything once is rarely conducive to appreciate it.

Two Bjork albums in a single week. This is beyond the pale. Weirdly enough, though, I think I am enjoying this one more than her original release. Not really sure why. Didn't finish listening.

I'd heard Sweet Jane for decades, but never really gave these guys a shot... even when I got really interested in folk and Americana stuff in the past few years. I thought I would love this, but for whatever reason I just didn't vibe with the voice of the lead singer.

Fine. A concert cut to 37 minutes with much of it crashing guitars and rock. Didn’t love or dislike it.

Don't think I've ever listened to any of this kind of thing before, but it was actually pretty enjoyable in the end. Vocals on the first few tracks seemed a bit rougher, but once "United" kicked in things seemed to get more harmonious. Might need to check out more of JP's discography.

I loved the B52s back in the day, but only really discovered them when they went huge with Love Shack and Roam. This debut is a bit TOO weird and screechy in the vocal department for me.

Well, it's Johnny Cash. You know what you're going to get and this delivers. Honestly can't believe that the prison allowed him to sing anti-prison songs to prisoners in a prison, but I guess things were different back in the late 1960s!