1001 Albums Summary

It's fine. There are some absolutely legendary tracks buried in here and I have nothing but love for Duane Allman, but let's be honest. It's 1970 boomer guitar noodling for the most part. It's a very excellent specimen of 1970 boomer guitar noodling, but I think there's enough of it out there. Some underrated highlights IMO are Key to the Highway, Have You Ever Loved a Woman, and Nobody Knows You. Everyone knows Layla, fewer people know how messed up the backstory is.

No thank you. I have all the respect for Coltrane and I love a good jazz ensemble, but I need a touch more structure. If I ever need to wipe an ear worm out of my head though, this album would probably do it.

Better than I expected. Definitely heard the early punk influence and Talking Heads vibes. I've never been a big fan of 80s pop and this isn't really my cup of tea, but I'd definitely take it over Madonna, Wham, or Whitney Houston.

Love it. It reminds me of some later stuff I've gotten into that is more laid back, almost background music. I could absolutely add this to my rotation for listening to during work. I like the instrumental focus, the low-key psych-rock shoegazer vibe. I'll dock it just one star because it's not ideal as a standalone work, which should be expected from a film score. I'll almost certainly check out more work from Air though.

Got bored, didn't finish. There are sections of wonderful musicality that I really enjoyed, but the album as a whole lacks contrast from track to track. It's very same-y. Also, Thom Yorke's vocals have pretty much always bored me. In my book, Radiohead is one of those bands that is an amazing group of musicians all but ruined by their vocalist. Please, give me more of the band and less of... that guy. Too bad in this case Yorke is central to their process.

I'm a fan of Bowie. Not so much this album.

There a couple of good grooves in this album, but that's as much as I feel like I can say for it. Got bored, DNF'd. 2 stars because it's not actively grating.

There a couple of good grooves in this album, but that's as much as I feel like I can say for it. Got bored, DNF'd. 2 stars because it's not actively grating.

It's... fine? Again, got bored and DNF'd

I honestly never cared for The Cure too much but this album hits. Not 100% my cup of tea but I enjoyed it overall. I've never given any of their albums a full listen and I'm glad I did for this one.

nnnope

Nope. I really hope I get to some good music soon or I'm going to start regretting this 1001 albums thing. I've had a couple of good albums and the rest is just kinda grating. I'm down with supposedly "groundbreaking" work that might not be the best quality or most accessible all the time, but this is really trying my patience

I was ready to hate this as just another batch of Dad Rock but honestly, this is pretty good. Very Paul McCartney in all of the standard great and also sometimes a bit boring ways. Solid album, I'm glad it was short.

Well that was bland and self-indulgent. I tolerated it. I've begun reserving one-star ratings for albums that actively offend me and this isn't quite that bad.