1001 Albums Summary

It's strange to listen to this again in total after so many years. It's a beautiful story arc. I'd forgotten how delicate 'Heaven Can Wait' is; how well placed it is. Overall, the album sounds so much more like a musical than it did when I first heard it. Perhaps because I wasn't accustomed to musicals as a child, and possibly because it influenced so many more to come.

I first heard this in my freshman year of university. I was cranking Nash the Slash “Dopes on the Water” and some of the metal lads on my floor came to set me straight. Just realized that the Zappa concert fire was on my birthday!

The man in black ... In a prison ... Singing murder ballads ... To murderers ... That is all

I have a deep detestation of this record. It feels arrogant, but way past ripe. Reminds me of an overripe banana that you can smell across the kitchen, "mmm banana, this'll be good," you think. Then you pick it up, and it's all mushy and disgusting; it must be 27 days old. Not good at all, just in your face and past its prime. There are far better Doors records and far better bananas.

I’m sorry I missed this when it was released. Incredible work for a debut. Sophisticated beyond her years, but trying too hard

I didn’t pay much attention to the Boss in my youth. Just wasn’t my scene and I sneered at anyone who was a fan. I missed out, some greet song craft here. He’s dark and cynical and if I’d bothered to listen I would have realized.

Dreck

I wish I liked Queen

Make sure to listen to the original not the reissue.

There has never been a moment in my life when I felt the mood required some Living Colour.

I didn't know Khaled before this adventure; he has sold +80M albums worldwide, I should have heard of him! I was excited to dive into a new adventure. It's fecking awful. The low point was the cover of Lennon's 'Imagine', but I soldiered on through nearly an hour and a half of this pageant (I'm committed). I couldn't figure out how this guy sold so many albums; there had to be more to him -- turns out there is. According to besteveralbums.com 'Kenza' is rated 22,902 (21,901 albums to hear before you die are ahead of this one). He has a live album, 'Hafla', 11,388 places earlier on that same list; that's 31 years of this! Why wasn't that the recommendation? Well, I'm listening to 'Hafla' now, and it's excellent. It's intoxicating; the live energy transports me into the middle of a celebration. I want to be part of that scene. I understand why Khaled is so popular now.

Nice pleasant hip hop for suburban high end mall dwellers, but it sure is pretty. Nothin wrong with that.

A lifetime supply of Van Morrison in a single serving.

Respect

Took me back quite a few years ... decades

My first 5-star rating. This album was my favourite album in the year it was released.

Hahahaha No

An Album that shaped my youth

Not my pick for Velvet’s best but a solid album

We got it on

I love this record

Well other than the title track there’s not much here, but what an epic track

Sometimes talent isn’t enough

To think we went from the Ink Spots to Slipknot in 70 years, where did we go wrong?

Brian Eno has had a bigger influence on my life than any other artist

This album sounds amazing unfortunately there’s not enough get tracks to keep me coming back

The last concert I went to in Boston was Boston they played all of Boston

I’d never heard this album or any of the tracks before. It was surprisingly mature songwriting and structure. Still it’s ABBA so not my cup of tea.

Some great songwriting and beautiful tunes. Unfortunately the remaster (2008?) m sounded terrible and sucked the joy out of listening. I’d love to hear the original mono vinyl

Not an easy album. Tried in the past with mixed results. Finally worth the effort. Listen alone not distracted. Let it wash over you, sink into it and wow.

Great Smiths album that I don't listen to often enough. A lot of good tracks, more sculptural songcraft than their previous albums. Worthwhile listen.

Yikes

I've never heard this before and was blown away -- how did I miss it. This is what I came here for!

Cultural appropriation or groundbreaking collaboration? This record certainly brought a lot of controversy at a time when apartheid was in the world's lens, mostly thanks to the efforts of artists to use their influence to draw attention to South Africa and refusing to play there. At the time the album was released, I sided with the views of Billy Bragg and Paul Weller; I was outraged. Over time, this album grew on me, and I think I understand what Simon was trying to do. I'm less outraged and more grateful that he helped artists like Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ray Phiri, and Bakithi Kumalo touch the world with their music. 40 years later, a similar controversy is in the spotlight. This time, the focus is on comedians playing comedy festivals in Saudi Arabia. Art is vital for human development, communicating complex ideas, and making sense of life's experiences. It can express emotions, challenge perceptions, provide pleasure, promote social connection, teach values, and help us understand ourselves and the world. It's easier to hate than to empathize. This album definitely belongs on this list.

Lovely

First Snoop album I’ve listened to all the way through. I’ll do that again.

Curious to learn more about out this extraordinary pianist. First track didn’t do it for me and wasn’t a good indication of the rest of the album.

Didnt quite get into this at first. I knew "The Cisco Kid" but that was the only song off this album I'd heard before listening. By the time I got through "City, Country, City" I was hooked. Very good album.

Separate the man from the art? Not this time

Hard to find, this album has been pulled from most streaming services and is the only early MBV album I don't own

Desert Island Disk

First time listening for me, definitely worth revisiting. Very enjoyable

Somehow never heard this before. Was quite good. This note is a reminder to myself to listen again

Desert island disk

Haven't written anything in a while. This one made me pause. On one hand, this album is why I'm here. I want to be exposed to and challenged by music I've never heard before. I like Can, I own a few of their albums, and can clearly hear their influence in many albums I love. I've never listened to any solo work by Holger Czukay. This was going to be fun. Fourteen-year-old me would have been giddy over this record. I'd be so cool (not really) talking about the electronic sophistication and worldly influences of an Eberhard Shoener combined with the sophomoric humour of Robbie Rox. Somewhat older me was not so impressed. This album is both good and original; however, the original is not good, and the good is not original.

He was 82 when he record this. So bent and broken he had to sit in a custom chair while recording to relieve the pain in his spine. He died shortly after this and yet he’s still sexier than you and will still steal your girl.

I don't underestimate the importance of this record. I knew it when it was released, but it wasn’t huge here. It wasn’t culture here. Raves weren’t culture here. I think I missed out on something massively important. I’ll never really get the “fuck you” that this record was, even though I know that intellectually.

A pure pop album, it's over-hyped, over-exposed, over-produced. It's too much

This is the kind of discovery I came here for.

I get it, I just don't care

Soul Mining is my young adulthood. I once made a cassette with the 12” version of "Perfect" on both sides so that I could flip the tape and play it over and over. It was sequenced so each side still worked as a kickass mix tape. It took far more effort than it should have, but it was worth it. Driving the coast on a summer evening. Carefree. Sunroof open. Blaupunkt blaring "Perfect". Perfect. Today I had a five-hour drive, and this album was my companion. I played Perfect a few times, the 12” version. I discovered that if you time it right, the lane-assist warning goes "ding, ding, ding" in time with the song whenever you drift over the center line. I played highway percussion for miles. Miss you guys.