1001 Albums Summary

Standouts: Guilt Working Class Hero Why'd ya do it 😵‍💫 Why is it so experimental 🥹 First half was kinda bland and repetitive I love the blend of harsh and soft guitar sounds on the later songs. Probably a 3 but the 3 standout songs are carrying hard

Standouts: 5 years Moonage Daydream Rock'n'Roll Suicide (Too short!) it's got a distinctly old sound, I wonder how it sounds on original vinyl I'm a fan of how many instrument combinations there are already Wait I've heard Starman before this is wild. Everything was really unique and there was a lot of cool stuff going on I think I probably need to relisten to this to appreciate how good it is. I think the whole album lacked a solid direction. 4/5 is my current opinion

Standouts: - City, Country, City (nvm this has stopped standing out when is it going to end??) (it's still got 2 minutes I didn't know a burn down could be this long) - The World is a Ghetto I'm excited to see what long jazz songs are like -----The Cisco Kid---- -----Where was you at---- It's been 2 songs and I feel like they were meant to start at some point but they ended instead ----City, Country, City---- This has a ton of texture so far How long is this outro? ----Four Cornered Room---- This song is following the pattern of not starting ----The world is a Ghetto---- Title track is the first song to actually use it's length to good effect ----Beetles in the Bog---- One of my main complaints about the whole album is I can't remember a time when more than one instrument was playing at the same time. This is probably great music to have on in the background but sitting in a coffee shop listening to this I found myself waiting for it to end. 2

Standouts - Scenes from an Italian restaurant - Vienna - Always a Woman Pre Thoughts: I don't think I've listened to a soft rock album back to front ----Scenes from an Italian restaurant---- This album has hit it's stride with "Scenes from an Italian restaurant" and "Vienna" but I currently don't think it's anything I haven't heard before ----Only the good die young---- I always wonder if these albums were amazing at the time and then everything copied it so now it sounds bland ----Always a woman---- OH THIS SONG! Crazy how much this has stood the test of time. ----Everybody had a dream---- The last 1 minute felt really out of place not really sure what it was doing Post thoughts: I understand why this album is on the list, lots of classics on here and generally enjoyable but it's nothing special imo. 3-4? I'll probably round down unless brain says otherwise

Standouts: - Butcher's Tale This album suffered from one instrument at a time syndrome Was I overall bored 2

Standouts: Earthquake 😵‍💫 Desire Lines 😵‍💫 Basement Scene (?) Helicopter Not heard of this artist but nice to get some more modern music. I've always been interested in psychedelic music but not found a jumping in point The textures and layering were amazing in the first song hoping that continues About half way through and I'm generally enjoying it so far but the first song was so much better Desire Lines brought back the fuzz I enjoyed from the first song We're so back Why'd the last song just cut off ? Post thoughts: The first song was stunning but then the songs until desire lines were not really for me The 2nd half saved this album from being relegated to mid imo and had a really strong ending low 4

Standouts: If You Let Me Stay Seven More Days As Yet Untitled - A lyrics only track makes it rather memorable I've realised I have no idea how to talk about this kind of music. I found myself enjoying this way more than I expected. The more atmospheric songs are the usual highlights but I feel like the whole album was incredibly solid. Terence's vocals are really evocative of the vibe each individual song is going for. The instrumentation is very 80s but I don't think that's a particularly bad thing and Terence's vocals make up for all that anyway. I wanted to know what "The Hardline" was meant to refer to but couldn't find anything on the internet I was also confused on the difference between the titles on streaming and on this site and it turns out Terence changed his name in 2001 which is cool high 3 - low 4

Standouts: Frankie's First Affair? Sally Pre thoughts oh god... (negative). I'm really trying to go into this with an open mind The first few songs are repetitive. Sade's voice is quite nice but didn't really do much different throughout the course of the album. I didn't hate listening to it but I found the whole experience a bit boring. Was considering a 2 at the start but I might be nice and give it a 3

I feel like this was meant to be some form of relaxing album based on the title but I found myself stressed due to the constant rhythm changes. It sounds like a bunch of people who are competent at music decided to go off script and wasn't sure why everyone else wasn't following their lead The last song wasn't bad, maybe they agreed to play a slower song and were able to piece something together 1-2

Not a very memorable album. The last song was the best but I generally found his voice granting and most songs suffered from too many solos.

The French word for immigrant tied with the African artist intrigued me so I tried to do some reading on this. This album was made while Youssou was passing through Paris. With references to missing home, not trusting local authorities and stress of responsibility. He later used his success from music to open Internet Cafe's in his home country. Awesome guy. It's a really interesting taste of another culture of music. Youssou's voice is great and the instrumentation makes me feel warm and comfy. It's refreshing with how clear the drums are, I tend to find drums get mixed into the background in Western music. You can hear hear the fuzz of the tape between songs which really brings home how handmade the album is. I'll give this a 4 but I probably will never listen to it again. It's really cool tho

Standouts - Until the end of the world - The Fly - Ultra Violet This album is way more experimental than I was expecting from a U2 album, I actually ended up really enjoying it. It feels like a sonic youth album at times. There are some really generic songs in here which brings it down a lot. low 4

Standouts: u (ending) Complextion Mortal Man This is some of the better lyrical flow(??) I've heard from hip-hop/rap. I find I can actually understand what they are saying rather than trying decipher a long syllable shoved into a fast beat. Lyrics in general were very hit or miss. Some lyrics hit me quite hard (especially the end of u). I also felt some references went flying 10 feet over my head. Sometimes they were just talking about sex and I couldn't care less. I kept on hearing "So I went runnin for answers" throughout the album which turns out to be part of the poem read at the end of Mortal Man. It's a neat way to tie an entire album together, makes it feel like even though he is clearly working through a lot of difficulty he won't stop until he finds what he's looking for? or maybe the time he finds an answer it leads to another question? I found the album improved as it went on for me. I'm not sure why really. Just feel like it was easier to digest. More interesting topics and less jazz. The little interview/conversation at the end was interesting. I did some digging and found it was fictional, I was hoping it was something like GY!BE does.

Standouts - Outside Myself - Constant Craving I was initially worried by the country genre but it ended up being more contemporary which was a nice surprise Generally enjoyable but nothing all that special 3

Standouts: New boys Great British Mistake Insane album cover I can't name you a single song but at the same time I was jamming to all of them. Great British Mistake was amazing and showed how much potential these guys have if they experimented more with their sound Guilty Pleasure 4

standouts: they played the same song 8 times... B.B. King has a great voice and I generally enjoyed it but I found it all blended together. The crowd interactions being included was cool. 3

This was a slog to get through. I'm sure when this came out it was revolutionary in some way but now it just doesn't feel special and is incredibly boring. 15 songs that are less than 5 minutes just means none of them are memorable on first listen. The singing is uninteresting and the heavy use of sampling is used to boring effect. I was going to give it a 3 at the start but after an hour of listening it's going down to a 2.

Highlights Family Tree Red Dress Love Dog DLZ I got excited seeing experimental rock in this artists genres but it turns out this was their less experimental album. Feel like it could have been so much more. It did grow on me towards the end, the singer can have quite a big voice and the songs that lean into that with big instrumentation are really good. 3

Standouts In The Flesh? 😵‍💫 Another Brick In The Wall Pt 2 Don't Leave Me Now Hey You Comfortably Numb Waiting for the Worms The Trial I can hear how many albums this inspired and it still stands out amongst them. I'm a bit delirious listening to this while ill, it's obviously a great album I can't get my thoughts straight on it. Referencing a wall in most or every song is fun but I'm not sure on the symbolism. Every song was good, there just wasn't anything that completely blew me away. I went back and listened to In the Flesh? and it clicked why there were 2 songs with the same name, cool storytelling Very High 4

Fine I guess. It had some interesting parts but at the same time nothing stood out. It even had some noisy parts that I found off putting... and I'm a fan of noise. Just doesn't feel cohesive.

Heavy when it needs to be, quiet when it needs to be. Grooving all the way through, every song felt unique but they all belonged in the same album. No standouts but every song was great. It even had a few noise sections. Easy 4

Nothing happened, kinda boring

Standouts 100 years A Short Term Effect The Hanging Garden The Figurehead Getting lost in this album was such an experience I decided to do it 3 times. Everything has so much texture. Feels like an incredibly cohesive album. His voice sounds so hopeless I hope he's okay. I much prefer this darker moodier sound than their more recent stuff. The melodies twist and turn unexpectedly while keeping the same vibe. It's so easy to get absorbed by this and watch an entire hour disappear First 5

Yeh I didn't need to listen to this before I died. It was almost good at some point but it was mostly bad. I'm really not sure what it was going for but it was tiring to listen to. This is Ciśnienie if it was lame.