1001 Albums Summary

It's ...a pop Christmas album.

Great musicianship, groove, and vibe. Funky musicians make funky music. Each song is unique but the record is still cohesive.

On St Patrick's Day I wear my freckles and jam to Emerald. I have always loved Thin Lizzy dueling guitar solos, and this record doesn't disappoint in that respect. 🎸🎸 The guitar jams get 10/10. This band was at its best when Brian Robertson was in it. Thin Lizzy is rad. Live recordings, however, are not always rad. Drums sound thin and far away on many tracks. The drum solo on Sha-La-La sounds like he is inside a tube. Phil's mic on Are You Ready sounds like garbage. And the overall recording quality varies from track to track. I'm not sure anyone enjoys listening to crowds that are not clapping in time. The dubbed-in crowd cheers are unnecessarily loud.

I'll take a little Motown any day. Is Puzzle People on this list? I like that one more than this one.

As much as I tried, I could not find one song I want to hear again.

This thing is brilliant. Orange!

Why is this here? There are already four other The Who records on this list ...

There is so much joy emanating from this record.

John McLaughlin is an otherworldly guitar player (someone neglected to include Mahavishnu Orchestra on this list...). Bass clarinet is a super cool choice for the ensemble. This is a weird, experimental trance fusion jam session.

11 minute I Heard It Through The Grapevine jam 🔥

He danced himself out the womb, ya hear?

Cover Me has some nice blues guitar. Other than that there's not much here that's for me.

This is an avante garde industrial art installation. Interesting textures, harsh sounds, hypnotic thuds, bare vocals, unsettling vibes. I hear the foundations of so much industrial music in this noise. Pretty neat.