1001 Albums Summary

A great template for a newer sound, love the guitar as almost percussion instrument

I can appreciate this one, but really didn’t enjoy more than a couple songs.

Definitely one of my favorite Christmas compilations now

Great production, skilled lyricist, but none of the writing aged well. This was some 13-year old fantasy stuff, and it was a really tough listen. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more consistently homophobic or misogynistic album.

Definitely some weaker songs here, but this is such a fun guitar album - I think the riffs and solos carry even the weakest songs like they were KG dragging the Wolves to the conference finals.

The last song was such an amazing payoff for an album that came close to doing some really cool things but instead seemed content to fade out before making the leap. It was relaxing and enjoyable overall, but I don’t see myself coming back to it again.

It’s fun and catchy, but there’s nothing groundbreaking here. I gotta say, Americana is my favorite Offspring album and I’m curious why they chose this one

I really enjoyed this one musically - I thought it was an underrated headphone album and aside from some of th lyrics was a great listen

This album sucks so much butt. It was everything I don’t enjoy about prog rock and classical music all at once.

This is one of my favorite albums of all time, and it was really good to hear that it stands up to my memory of it. Lyrically it’s untouchable, but one of the best parts is how much it feels like you’re in the room while it’s being created; there aren’t any apparent overdubs and there are mistakes and instruments out of tune and people finding their place in the song in real time. The whole thing is so alive and magical.

Definitely a good glimpse into why Johnny Cash is so revered. The songs can be a little same-y but the performances and the rapport with the audience and band are great.

Could have lived with less Nazi references, but it’s really something to hear a bad arrive so fully formed. Their subject matter, style, and delivery are all in place right out the gates and it really a tour de force Completely unrelated, but I meant to rate San Quintin 4/5.

This is a lot of really well played nothing, if this were to have pivoted and been an instrumental/jazz album instead I think I would rate it much higher. Even then, the music wasn’t terribly memorable. I find the lyrics to be pretty shallow and uninteresting; in general this seems like a way station on the sad slide from soul/r&b into yacht rock.

I don't think I've listened to a full Foo Fighters album in a long time - I've kind of thought of them like a John Mellencamp where the singles are catchy and enjoyable and I wouldn't change the station if they were on but the album tracks weren't worth a full dive. Listening to this one again after all this time changed my mind a bit - the singles are clearly the stars, but it's overall very catchy. The lyrics are pretty forgettable, but they don't get in the way of the hooks and the melodies and most of the non-single tracks are still pretty dang fun. It's definitely a bit front-loaded and could stand to be 2-3 songs shorter, but way more fun than I remembered and definitely earns it place on radio rotation.

If you told me this was a Spinal Tap album, my only question would be "why isn't it funny?"

I’m a sucker for this instrumentation and these traditional. Really enjoyed the format too.

I started out strong on this, loving the beats and the energy, and very quickly got tired of it. I'm sure there's more nuance to someone who is a big fan of this genre, but by the end I was exhausted and barely able to tell songs apart. Went from a 4 to a 3 about halfway through for me. Frankly the 3 feels generous.

This is very much a specific sound, it lives in that space very well. I can’t understand 80% of the words though, I don’t really understand or appreciate albums without a lyrical purpose.

This album is a classic, even if it sounds a little brittle. I feel like all of the discourse/reviews of the album really miss just how FUN it is on top of everything else.

Today I found out that David Byrne is a huge bike dork and cycling advocate and nothing has surprised me less.

This was so much fun fun, it’s everything I want out of a jazz album

I love murder ballads in the abstract - they're definitely in that folk/field/traditional song set that I'm attracted to. The lyrics here are well done, the instrumentation is great. I am lukewarm on Nick Cave's execution though - he falls too far into that "Theater Kid" subset where it's too far over the top and too much of a "look at me playing a part" style that takes me out of the song a bit.

Oh man, I recognized the opening from MF DOOM, but I really don't love soft R&B/slow jams. Great voice, but same issue I had yesterday with Nick Cave - it's performance > song. This is some department store background music.

There are some truly great songs in here, and some really amazing guitar playing. There's also an absurd amount of bloat between gratuitous transitions/interludes and self important expository tracks. If Ziggy Stardust was an example of a concept album done right, this is an example of why people hate concept albums. There's a 4 or 5 start album buried under at least 25-35 minutes of garbage.

I loved the first half of this album, such a great drum sound and production that serves the song. The second half wasn’t as gripping, but still interesting especially in contrast to the first.

Everything about this album is exciting and cohesive, everything is timeless and in olace

I liked it more than Daft Punk, but this really isn't for me.

This album was a bit too long and has some…dated…insults but was a lot of fun overall

This feels a little too much like a bad PJ Harvey imitation. Just couldn't get into it.

Man, good guitar and such. I love Brothers in Arms, but this didn't quite have the same variety and engagement for me as that. Wild that Knopfler is British with his inflection.

I hadn’t listened to this intently in so long, it kind of took me by surprise how immediate it is and how hard the music itself hits. Is it all stolen? Yeah, but man do I get why it influenced generations.

With the exception of one or two songs, this just sounded like the music used for action sequences on late-2000s tv shows on the USA network.