1001 Albums Summary

If you like a white boy speaking truth & playing guitar, then this is literally the peak of the genre. But if we're talking strictly Bob Dylan, he did better. Not really any bops on this one. Although it's gotta be said, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall is breathtaking.

I'm not really familiar with The Cure apart from their greatest hits and Disintegration, so this was a treat! I really liked it! Really great songwriting, some probably experimental ambient sounds going on. Can't wait to listen to it again.

Is this a Christmas adjacent album??? Sure! First time listening to Nick Drake, absolutely blown away by this. The incredible guitar work, the lush baroque arrangements, it all just comes together brilliantly. This has gotta be my first 5/5. Not a single bad song on it.

This is the only time you should accept a gift from Phil Spector!

It's alright, but not really for me.

Okay I changed my mind, Iron Maiden fuckin slaps. Huge improvement from their debut album in every way. The only problem is—and this might be the 2015 remaster—the mixing is absolute dog roll. It's so tinny. I had to bass boost the shit out of the EQ just to get any low-end happening here. Other than that, this is a pretty good album. I don't think I'll listen to the whole thing again, but some of the tracks are definitely going in my workout playlist.

This is like a 6/10 San Fran hippie jam album but then "Cavalry" hits and for one track it becomes a Godspeed You! Black Emperor album 30 years too early. The musicianship on this is special in a way I find difficult to describe. It's obviously not Zappa or Hendrix, but it's something so creative and charming. I usually hate hippie jam bands, but I've really fallen for this kitschy fuckin album.

The majority of rock music during the 2010s was awful and this is no exception.

This is the album for guys who like bouncing. woo yeh baby just groove woo groovin non-stop all day yeh 24/7 don't stop woo they groovin you groovin yeah dats what I'm talkin bout good shit mmhmm just groove

The Chicken Shack is a little old place where we can get together

Oh my god, Muddy Waters voice is incredible. The band is amazing. My one problem with this, and it's a biggun, is that I can't hear his fucking guitar. Why is it mixed in the far right channel so quietly? The other instruments are so loud by comparison it's like the guitar solos just don't exist. I didn't even notice the second guitar until Got My Mojo Workin'. Other than that, this is a perfect live album, and in my opinion this comes close to being the gold standard for blues.

I always assumed the hype for Dire Straits was just 80s nostalgia with a handful of hits and albums full of filler. I apologise. I was not familiar with their game. This album has exactly one skip, Ride Across The River. Other than that, incredible record. Some real nifty guitar work and slick production across the entire album.

A life where I don't give this five stars wouldn't be worth living.

Yeah yeah it's Wish You Were Here, of course it's a 5. What do you want from me? Every song on this album is perfect. Well I mean, Welcome To The Machine is kinda weak—it's the least perfect song on the album—but the music video saves it. I love the part in the title track where there's like 5 acoustic guitar dubs strumming with different patterns and then they all land on the main lick together.

This is my first time listening to a Pixies album, and I'm very confused. I only have a passing knowledge of them with Where Is My Mind and Cactus, but I thought there was a woman that sang on their songs? Why is this just a guy? Did she leave the band? I thought they would sound more rough & tumble, but this album sounds so polished. I don't know. I like how creative this album is, but I still feel let down by this.

The pianist and the drummer are both so crazy. I have no idea how this is so obscure

I've always loved how tough & borderline garage this album sounds compared to the psychedelic Axis and the jazzy Electric Ladyland. It doesn't have super textured production like those two; this album really sounds like he got in the studio and beat the sound out the amp.