1001 Albums Summary

excellent lyricism, love how experimental some tracks are. e.g. andy warhol, wish the whole album had that vibe, though most instrumentals feel relatively common and "safe". not bowie's best by any means.

one of the greatest rock albums of all time. god damn

experimental jazz experience that's for sure way ahead of its time. if you're gonna listen to this, set aside some time to properly get lost in the music. each track really is a journey here. very cool, thanks miles

boring and predictable lyricism. weird, but not for the sake of communicating anything of substance, just for the sake of being weird. idk man, not great, but i wouldn't say it's unlistenable or anything. just kinda dull.

it's evident they had a lot of fun making this, really shows in the final product. fantastic use of sampling techniques. overall, it's a few of semi-memorable tracks sandwiched in between a lot of filler. wouldn't expect or ask for more than that out of this album, it simply does what it needs to do.

this is more a case of this not exactly being my type of music rather than there being anything wrong with the music itself. it'd probably be a 3-star if i was into this and/or understood the lyrics

wish i could give this a 2.5. lots of interesting ideas in here but most feel like they fall flat, at least to my taste. it's radiohead if radiohead was mid

yeah bruce

minus points for the jd vance-esque stare on the cover art. and also for being morrissey in general. music's alright i guess, albeit whiny

come on man

"The overall song selection was varied and showed early on how eclectic Harris's musical tastes were." who is any of this eclectic to...? i fail to see how this stands out at all among other country albums, even for its time, but maybe i'm missing something. great voice though

hell yeah

solid

excellent

those boys sure can beast

wow

abrasive, in a bad way. bland, maybe not for its time, but at least to modern ears. that said, recording, mixing, and mastering as a garage rock band in the mid-1960s was likely no easy task, especially if you're just a group of musicians working on your debut album with no prior knowledge and experience on how to do all those thi... wait, they had two producers on this album? _and_ a sound engineer? surely it shouldn't sound THIS bad then??? come on dated and ultimately forgettable.

very niceys :)

stereo sound was invented specifically so that the mixing engineer on this record could twiddle knobs to his hearts desire good music though

i like to think that i "get" this kind of music that said, this sounds pretty bad

neat

yeah

they should've called the book 1001 Studio Albums From English Rock Bands You Must Hear Before You Die i guess the music's good but like, yeah, toss it in the pile of all the other 3 outta 5 star albums on this list that sound exactly like this

no offense, just kinda boring

a 2.5, to be clear

solid 3.5 tbh

yeah

i get that it's meant to be minimal but it just comes off as kinda boring. the sax playing is definitely the highlight here, but that's it. could really benefit from more percussion to add texture to the sound (a snare played with brush drumsticks would elevate this album 10x)

whiny

eh

come on

how am i like 50 albums into this list yet this is the THIRD morrissey album i'm being served. no more. i refuse

some tracks are a bit mid but the ones that aren't are certified Bangers. Good shit

genuinely a great album, production is spot-on. don't let the internet irony police stop you from appreciating this for what it is

aggressively boring

they really just let anyone be a singer songwriter back then huh

the most "we're going to start a band just to try to get laid" ass shit i've ever heard

foundational

hell yeah stevie

is this meant to sound like a collection of unfinished/scrapped works? that's kind of how it comes across to me

solid

sure, why not