1001 Albums Summary

So this is the first album, I would like to commit to listening to all of these albums but I do not know how well I can hold myself to that. I listened to this incredibly early in the morning (roughly 5am pacific), in the Eugene airport. I don't really think that influenced my opinion strongly but it is worth noting. This album was recorded in 1964 at the Regal theater in Chicago (the theater was later demolished in '73), which is a venue King had claimed to have performed at many, many times. I value and understand the importance of blues in music today, especially with respect to B.B King, but until this point I hadn't looked into him at all. Blues is a genre I feel could be explored more for me. If I'm honest I do not have a strong opinion on this album, it's still worth listening to again.

I think this is a solid example of the principal "eighties" sound. That being said, this is probably not something I'd revisit again, mostly just because I find other records to fill the same niche for me in a better way than this one does. The opening track, "Never Let Me Down Again" is by my favorite and it had me excited for the remainder of the record, but I felt sort of let down as it went on. Is this a bad album? Absolutely not, but I struggle to understand what makes this record better than some of the work by other bands around the same time (Tears for Fears comes to mind, ironic because this album had the same producer as "Songs From the Big Chair"). Anyway, this was fine, not something I'd seek out, but not a bad time by any means.

Honestly, this was also not my thing, but I REALLY do not like Iggy Pop. Regardless of his influence he just pmo, I'd rather listen to Bowie.