1001 Albums Summary

The guitar is my favorite part, really bringing every song together into a cohesive sound. The lyrics are sometimes beautiful and sometimes silly and sometimes poignant. I loved hearing “out of the blue and into the black” and realizing where Lana got her inspiration from. Welfare Mothers goes hard and I think it’s my favorite.

Started listening to this in the car and I wasn’t sold. On my Bose headphones, the sound is much more dynamic and it feels like I’m there. By the end of the album, I was dancing and singing along and I wanted more! Guy’s got soul!

1. SLTS is a classic. Listening to your first Nirvana song is a rite of passage for any youth discovering their own identity and this was mine. 2. “Nature is a whore / bruises on the fruit / tender age in bloom” is pure grunge poetry and the guitar moment on this song is really hot. 3. Like everyone else, I was obsessed with “Come As You” Are at the height of my Holden Caulfield phase. 4. Eh, “Breed” is whatever. 5. Another classic with “Lithium.” No notes. 6. “Polly” is not my favorite. 7. “Territorial Pissings” is very ragey 8. Can say this was my first time hearing “Drain You” and I love it wholeheartedly! It’s gross and frantic and the interlude is a wild little journey. 9. Neutral about “Lounge Act” 10. One of my dear friends from high school showed “Stay Away” and I still love it to this day— the chaos of the drums and the screaming “God is gay!” at the end. 11. Something cryptic about “On a Plain” but I can’t complain~ 12. “Something in the Way” is the album’s best song and something about saving it for the end is so poignant. It describes such gnarly coldness and yet it’s so enveloping in its rhythm. 13. I usually love a hidden track but I think “Endless, Nameless” should have stayed hidden as it ruins an otherwise perfect finale. Maybe it should have been called Needless as it’s needlessly long.

Some songs were really catchy but I do feel like if you’ve heard one Elvis Costello song, you’ve heard them all, so…