1001 Albums Summary

An explosive opener with date with the night. In 2003, as a first introduction to the band, really sets the tone. I remember the year this was released, MTV did an online contest where you had to draft artists as a record producer in a fantasy football-style contest. The higher your artist charted IRL, the more points you got. Foolishly picked the yeah yeahs as my number one because it was one of the few indie or rock artists that was new and doing something that sounded so good. Obviously, they had staying power but let's just say I did not win the contest. My favorite Karen O is when she is shrieking/barking. Stylistically, though, it's not my favorite sound sustained through an album, this has highs and lows for me. Obviously maps is going to show up on best of lists all the time.

I discovered Parliament as a child by watching the movie PCU. So like, funk wasn't an integral part of my childhood. But I learned to play bass as a teenager and loved being exposed to funk. Parliament is like the band in the genre that I would recommend to most people looking for something new to listen to.

Really thown by the track arrangement here; was excited to see 10 songs, 35 minutes, awesome. Then, like 7 minutes into runaway child, running wild I realized my assumption that I'd be hearing something classic, digestible, wasn't going to pan out.

Ughhh, goddammit, I'm a hipster. 5/5, an incredible, influential album. Growing up listening to skatepunk and going to DIY shows at fire halls and rec centers, essentially backed my way into appreciating this. Of it's course it's a top album.

This was fine enough to put on and listen to while I was working; I didn't know them before and I probably won't seek them out again when I have other things that I already like that are kind of in this space.

A SEMINAL album for me. Rating 5/5 now, before listening, I've already played this end to end many many times. Discovered pink floyd in 9th grade after buying a vinyl 'wish you were here's at a yard sale for $1. Jumped quickly to the wall because of the film, and love the follow up final cut that's so thematically tied to it. I love the cyclical nature of this album so much.The build to jarring, so many good transitions. This really set the tone to my 14 year old brain, as far as what an album *could* be and it's a high standard.

Influential, obviously, there are times where I just found myself drawn into the beat and flow of what was happening; it just didn't age well for me, personally.

None of my favorite Dylan songs on this one, obviously a classic, 'Iwant you' is a standout.

Pre-Listening: oh great, another album that I have listened to, but not for like two decades! Looking forward to revisiting.

This one's just not for me

Maybe it's the nostalgia, maybe it's the frustration with the current state of fascist America governance, but I'm this is a five-star album. And by the time this was released, I was pretty firmly into local DIY punk and hardcore scenes, so this wouldn't have been big on my radar, outside of the obvious hits.

Oh, it's the "brimful of asha" group, I recognize the name. ... yep

Silver Jews is a top 10 band for me. And time will break. The world is one of my favorite songs; it was a joy to spend time listening to this full album, it's short, it's tight, 5/5 for sure b

Yeah, okay, I'm into the psycahadelia