1001 Albums Summary

Gonna be honest, I thought Smooth Operator was by Steely Dan up until listening to this album. The band rips, each solo makes me want to groove. I felt like I was in a 45 min long 80's movie montage where things are going pretty well. Hang On To Your Love slippity slaps

Queen has always seemed more like a song band than an album band to me. Brian May shreds on the opener. Tenement Funster is 10 years ahead of it's time - that song is pure mid-80's arena rock. Overall it's just alright

Deep Purple has all the makings of a band I would love, but it just never clicked for me.

I'm good

I watched Stop Making Sense for the first time during Covid and immediately understood the genius of David Byrne. I see him as a true artist in every sense of the word, someone who follows his own instincts and trusts his creative gut over all else. I could listen to that opening piano/bass/guitar riff of Once in a Lifetime on a loop over and over. This is probably their best album, and I respect the shit out of the decision to end it with a song like The Overload.

Didn't really know anything about this band or album. It sounds like a run of the mill 1967 album, using all of the same tropes and hooks most bands were doing back then to try to get some radio play. That said it's still pretty enjoyable for me because I just like that era of music so much.

The first song sounds like something that would be playing inside of an avant garde art gallery with some weird video playing on loop. Tough to get past that one but I didn't hate the rest of the album. Would've been a 2 but +1 point for a really dope album cover

Synth pop and new wave is just not my thing. It feels like this band is searching for anything that might stick in a time where synthesizing everything and over tuning every bass line is the new cool thing to do. In the "80's music sucks" argument, if someone held up this album as a reason why, it would be hard to argue against.

I want to like Radiohead but I just can't fully get into it. They have all of the ingredients of a band I'd love but it just hasn't clicked yet. Maybe this wasn't the right album for that, as it kind of came and went without me noticing much about it. I Might Be Wrong was the only song here where I stopped what I was doing and fully paid attention.

Solid album overall, lots of classic Jack White riffs and really enjoy the acoustic songs too. Seven Nation Army alone brings it from a 3 to a 4