1001 Albums Summary

Liked it, didn't love it. Similar feelings to Bittersweet Symphony - some songs I really like and would keep listening to, but definitely not a no-skip album for me

Yeah it's the beatles and it's cliche but this album fucks

Wasn't a huge fan to start off, but I really enjoyed the middle and end of it. Not a 100% hit rate for me, but some really nice songs nestled in there

The name feels hilariously ominous. I don't want any gifts from Phil Spector. Good songs though!

Obviously great

Honestly enjoyed this way more than I expected to. Gets a little stale towards the end, but I really enjoyed most of the songs here

Feels like one of those 90's "internet is the information superhighway" videos where you're flying through a CGI black hole. Bleepy and bloopy. Got better over time, but still not really something that I'd be listening to except for in the background while working or after doing ketamine. 3.2 starts

Psyched when this one came on, but realized that I'm not sure if I've ever listened to this album all the way through. Definitely didn't expect a prog/fusion jam like Contusion to be on the same album as Sir Duke, but it absolutely shreds. Today in Super Bold Takes, I'll put it out there that Sir Duke into I Wish is an absolutely elite one-two punch. Not doing individual reviews for each song, but as expected this album absolutely fucks. 5 stars.

So wildly operatic and dramatic and overdone and entertaining and stupid and catchy and dumb and awesome. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I have been, but it fucks. 4.22 stars

Full transparency that this rating is fully colored by weapons-grade nostalgia of this being one of the first things I really got into a full album as opposed to individual songs I bought on iTunes. I cried one time when I wasn't included to sing "Wake Me Up When September Ends" at Nature's Classroom. Haven't listened to it in a while but this album still fucks.

Song 1: What the absolute fuck is going on with the snare fills. The drum programming on this song actively gives me anxiety and I hate it so much Song 2: I just read some background on them and they actually sound insane and fun! This song is also better than the first one. I didn't make it 100% of the way through the album, but it definitely got better over time. Either the first song is one of the most grating pieces of music I've ever heard or it caught me on a bad day, but I was grooving more and not thinking about how i actively disliked it anymore. 2.9 stars - it doesn't fully fuck, but it could be worse

I don't know why I didn't think I'd enjoy this one, but I was surprised at how much I liked it. For some reason I think I expected it to be 11 slightly different versions of Bohemian Rhapsody (which doesn't make sense since I've definitely heard other Queen songs) but it really felt like a much more varied and balanced album. 4.4 stars, definitely fucks.

I feel like I should really like this, but I just really don't. Message in a bottle is great and stewart copeland is sick, but I just really didn't have much fun with this. I'm writing this as I listen to No Time This Time which is honestly the most fun song on the album and is legitimately putting this back into 3 star-ville. 3.1 stars, doesn't really fuck.