1001 Albums Summary

Liked it more than I thought I would, really picked up steam on the back half. Most of the skips on here are the songs that I associate with my preconceived notions of the band, competent strumming and singing but nothing really pulling me in. The songs where they bust out of that, which are plentiful, I really appreciated. The Razz -> Velvet Snow section was the highlight for me.

i respect it and I'm sure it hit different in its day but just does nothing for me

The guys got a nice voice and I liked a handful of songs, most of them were just background tier for me though. If there was a 2.5 stars, I'd give it that. Didn't dislike it, there just weren't a lot of songs that I liked, and really none that I liked *a lot*.

Oh hell yes. I'm a Bowie fan but really have never given this album the attention it deserves. 'Low' is such a fitting name, as its really understated and sublime. I can see why it wasn't as commercially successful as his other releases, and in its time I was more consumed with the outright punk scene, but what a treat to listen to decades later and hearing how well it stands the test of time.

this album goes so hard for 19fucking73, jesus

just can't stand this album, ugh

This album's so well done that I like it despite not caring much for the genre as a whole. The guitar work is just incredible. Also I really love the cover art.

I think I've heard more James Brown impersonations than actual James Brown so I was excited to listen to this. "I'll Go Crazy" is such a banger to kick things off, then I love love love 'Try Me' and 'I Don't Mind'! The tracks are just laid out really well, eg 'Lost Someone' works really well because the steady buildup of 2 minute songs chained together by breathless bridges puts you in the perfect place to hear it. Very impressed, can only imagine how cool being at this show would've been.

The story behind the album is really cool, but listening to it didn't really do much for me. I don't speak Spanish so I'm sure I'm missing a lot of good lyrical content.

Was a big fan of Whiskeytown and I'd heard a few songs off of this album back in the day but not the whole thing. Really enjoyed "To Be Young", "Oh My Sweet Carolina" ('spending money like the way it likes to rain' is a great line) and "Come Pick Me Up". Still think I like his Whiskeytown stuff better but this was a good listen.

Really loved this album when it came out. Its hard to convey now how new and different this sounded in the moment. "Once in a Lifetime" is an all-timer, also some of the deeper tracks like "Crosseyed and Painless" and "Listening Wind" stand up really well today.

oh hell yes just reallly love this era of Bowie, these songs hold up so well for me

Thoroughly enjoyed this. My mom listened to a lot of the Thompsons when I was growing up but I'd only heard the title track to this album. I quite liked it but thought the album might be a little on the folksy/americana side for me, I was dead wrong though, solid 4 stars and will be adding several of the songs off of here to my current rotation. Album really holds up well 50(jfc) years later.

A friend of mine gave me a home-made cassette of this right after it came out and I played it to death. I'd never really liked metal but this was something different and it just this evoked this vivid portrait of late 80s LA decadence that as a 17 year old I was all about lol. My boy had cut Sweet Child for space reasons (80s problems) and when I started hearing it on the radio the guitar riff blew my mind. I asked him how the hell he could cut that of all songs and he said he thought I wouldn't like it because it was too soft lol

have never been a springsteen fan but this album surprised me a little. none of the songs particularly grabbed me and i don't love his voice, but i liked the overall vibe a lot more than Born in the USA et al

Talk Talk were MTV mainstays so I was familiar with their more top 40 friendly stuff, but by the time this came out I was in full blown teen rebellion against synth pop. Its definitely an interesting listen all these years later. Most of the songs don't really "land" for me, but still I respect it and wish there was a '2.5' rating I could dole out here.

This was always one of my favorite Zep LP's. Disc 2 is a six star effort for me. Ten Years Gone ("Do you ever remember me baby" has to be one of my favorite hooks of all time), Down by the Sea, In the Light et al were so different from what we'd gotten used to from them and were also so fucking good.

Great album, Smiths at their best.

Hadn't heard this one before, really liking a lot of these songs

Had no idea what to expect from this ones. Pretty much liked it, definitely worth listening to a couple of times for some of the songs to hit. Version I listened to also had the acoustic versions at the end. I'm not including them in my rating but they were quite good.

Played this xmas morning after getting it as my album of the day and its going to be a tradition going forward. Liked almost all of these versions.

One of the classics.

love it, mayfield's music was synonymous with 'cool' when I was growing up.

28 songs in 33 minutes lol honestly not as inaccessible as i was expecting. the screaming is whatever, but the music in a lot of places is just 4 on the floor driving rock. not going in the rotation or anything, but also wasn't straight up nightmare ear poison as some of the reviews had me ready for