1001 Albums Summary

For me, this would be art that I would visit, not art I would live with. The backstory is moving, and I can see how he put his whole heart into the album. 3/5

A solid album of songs. Simon can hit it out of the park sometimes but a few tracks seemed like filler to me.

My first impression is that this album is on the list because it endures. It's as relevant today as it was in 1988 which is an indictment of our current age. Flav isn't the clown I had been led to believe he was, and Chuck D spends an hour just spitting out truth. The Farrakhan bits are somewhat of a shock. Art lives in the time it was created in, but we can still point how how this didn't age well. Louder than a bomb is incredible as music and a manifesto.

This is pleasant, competent, and I don’t feel compelled by it. I know it stands at a pivotal point in rock/pop history, but I guess I agree that the songs come across as anodyne because the album won. This is pop, unremarkable almost today, but it hit at exactly the right time.

This album (and Live at Massey Hall) always remind me that Neil is just a simple boy from North Ontario

This album works. The overall sound is David Bowie and the Beach Boys but updated hits. And this album isn't cold so much as distant. I could see it being used as the soundtrack to a modern dance performance.

Did not listen. I don't like Christmas and I don't particularly like men who kill women.

I did listen. I will not rate because I understand the importance of the album even if it isn't exactly my bag. Also, Damon Albarn owes them royalties.

The beats are incredible, the lyrics are phenomenal, just a great album. My first 5* I think.

Basically it came off as a mid-tier Blur album. Which not bad, but a waste of the talent collected in that band.

I don't get anything listening to this album that I don't get from The Stone Roses

I already know I won't like this one. 2/5