1001 Albums Summary

This album had the advantage of being released around the time when the first list was made. While it was considered essential in 2005, I would not expect it to be on the 1001 albums list if it was made today. This album is not Lindy. The music proper is fine, but nothing I would want to listen to again. My favorite track was the hidden one. I liked the spacey synth and the old novelty of hidden tracks.

Little gem of a folk album. The album could get repetitive in sound and even in tracks (Sally Go Round the Roses x3), but the songs I liked, I liked (Lyke-Wake Dirge, Hunting Song, Once I Had a Sweetheart). I'll be taking a few of these songs to make a winter tavern playlist.

Just okay for me. Good lyrics, well produced, but not my type of music. I do dig "I am Stretched on Your Grave." It sounds like it would fit well in Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (so late night LA Vampirecore).

Four for memories of dad driving me to karate classes, especially for "New Kid in Town."

The album didn't click for me. I have never cared for the early rock albums that sound like this. I will patiently wait for the Pinball Wizard and CSI: Miami guy albums to arrive.

I am loving the mysterious spacey ambience in this one. There are sounds of dread and uneasy hope, as well as mysterious space birds and intergalactic galloping horses. The title song could have fit well as a secret track to the PS2 Red Screen of Death. That screen was terrifying enough. I reason my criteria for a 5 is if the album made me want to listen to the rest of an artist's discography. I spent the last evening listening to their other works.

This album rules. I won't be getting in the Grime, but I will replay this album every now and then.

I'll give points for the Eisler/Lang connection. I found myself drawn more towards learning about Eisler than enjoying Krause's renditions of them.

Never listened to a Talking Heads album until now. If some of the songs had a brass section, it would have been some top ska. Great album!

I have learned that R.E.M is more of a 'hits' band for me. I did not care much for this album. The album reminded me of They Might Be Giants, but without the enjoyment I get from listening to TMBG.

This album needs an enema.

There isn't any other hip-hop album that sounds like it. I am a sucker for jazz and soul in hip-hop, and the album reminds me of undergrad. True classic and true essential album.

I'm throwing fives this week. Steely Dan is the Champagne of Dad Rock.

Pleasantly surprised with this album considering that it was a recent release and the low monthly listeners. I wish the album had more instrumental than vocal tracks, I found the vocals more distracting than complementing. I really wanted to give the album a 3, but the second half dragged it to a 2 for me.

This album was all over the place for me. The intro was priming me for a 1. Most of the songs sounds like they would be used in a trailer for a quirky action family movie. The slow melodic songs in the middle (Whipping Tree/Green) I enjoyed a lot, but they are not the main feature of the album. With all that being said, I did enjoy the album and it was cool discovering a band that I have never heard of.

Go! Frank! Go out and Zappa to the extreme! Solid jazz fusion album- the 2018 Youtube algorithm has kept me on Casiopea, but I am happy to have this album in the rotation now.

I feel like I may have summoned this album by listening to Tyler, the Creator's Goblin this weekend. Same edge, and even the same fondness for cartoons (Eminem: South Park, Tyler: Adventure Time). Review: Basically what Brandon said. The highs are highs (Stan, Real Slim Shady, Criminal) but the album is way too long. I never knew Em has beef with ICP, and now I had to listen to a Juggajob skit with allusions to NWA's "Just Don't Bite It."

The first two-thirds of the album had 90s vampire bad boy vibes, tracks 8-10 was the freak section, and I don't even know how to classify 11-12. Needless to say, I didn't care for this album.

Costello's voice was too grating for me. His inflections, pronunciations, and nasally voice was an unpleasant combination to my ears. The instrumentation was bland to me as well. I am going to temper my newly found prejudices whenever we get to early Costello, but this album was not a good introduction to him for me.

I started listening to Morrissey/The Smiths in 2020. The moody melodies from songs like "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" and the Russian rock band Кино (Kino) kept me sane during that year. Despite listening to him for a while, I've never delved into Morrissey's personal thoughts until now. I now understand that he is a full-fledged dramaphile. It seems you could make an entire political compass out of Morrissey quotes with each quadrant somehow associated with animal rights activism. I am waiting for Morrissey to cover John Sakars songs like "Go Vegan Muthafucka" and "Carnist Roommate." For the album proper, I liked it a lot. I like Morrissey's 'dulcet' voice (thank you for that $5 word, Brandon) and 'Everyday is Like Sunday' is the official party anthem for dreary gray days.

I liked the album when I listened to it, but I can hardly remember any track. I'll still want to replay it only to forget it every now and then. I do not 'not like' it, but for some reason it doesn't stick.

Excellent album art and excellent music. Fela blended the instrumental with the vocals well, a rarity compared to some previous instrumental-heavy albums we have listened to. I would have likely never found this album without the list. I read the album's history after listening, and yeah, it added a greater appreciation for the album. Some people make music for fun, others for money... Fela's musical critique on the Nigerian government resulted in his commune getting razed.

Rough road listen, the 'Blues Deluxe' is what sent this to a 1-star. Maybe the song would have been good in real life, but it became clear in recording that Beck and his band could not figure out how to change notes.