1001 Albums Summary

Folky, sleepy 70s rock with vocals reminding me of Elvis. Not too memorable but easy to listen to.

I grew up on Van Halen, and still love them as much as I did as a kid. This album is explosive and so fun. Absolutely love the synth, bright and buzzy guitar tone, all over the place drums. Eddie Van Halen is just so inventive on the guitar, so distinctive. “I’ve got my PEN-cil” is one of my favorite moments in all rock music.

Cringy vocals - out of tune, breathy, unclear. Dull guitar tone. Some moments with instrumentals only, like the extreme bass in Fantasy, are interesting, but overall I’m just bored and want to take the vocals entirely out.

I enjoyed this album more than expected, since I’m not a fan of the title track and early Bowie’s voice is shaky. I found myself grooving along, enjoying gems like Soul Love I’d never heard before, and then along came Suffragette City, which I love but didn’t even realize was on this album.

Never been a fan of Springsteen’s voice, and the instrumentals can be predictable and boring. Streets of Fire surprised me, I was into the heavy, resisting beat with a nice guitar solo. Rest of the album was fine just not my choice in sound.

This album is entrancing. Each song is a uniquely colored world of its own, with surprising turns within many. Enjoyed his voice, a mix of Kurt Cobain and Jeff Buckley to my ear.

Easy to listen to, jam rock with great vocals. The Weight is a classic that can’t be skipped, it sounds like a much needed breath out.

I can appreciate his songwriting ability, but I’m bored and he always sounds like he’s hollering at me.

This is truly awful. Hate his voice, every song sags down, and couldn’t make it through a listen.

Soundtrack to a dystopian future (or present). The atmosphere just makes me sad, but I don’t hate it.

The variety of tone Hendrix is able to achieve on the guitar is amazing. I do prefer the pared down songs to heavier, because I think they show off more inventiveness and journey from one place to another.

Album is great to run to, energetic with a not too fast beat. I like the edginess, but the songs can be too similar.

This album is so interesting, sexy, dynamic. I don’t mind the song length at all because we’re always heading towards something satisfying. I love all the vocals and instrumentation.