1001 Albums Summary

after finishing the first half of the album, my rating would probably only be 2 stars - not because i can't understand why this is such a renowned album, but simply because rap isn't really for me, and 2 stars would line up with my rating system. there weren't many tracks which stood out that i would actively want to relisten to. i'll see how the rating changes after listening to the second half. coming to the end of the album, i definitely like the second half of album more. its felt like quite a slog listening to the full thing, but after having looked online at some comments from fans who stand by the album, i am interested to see if i selected specific tracks to listen back to individually whether any of them would grow on me. however, as of now, the album aligns most with my philosophy for 3 stars -may not be something i would actively revisit but has a few good tracks.

JAZZ. i genuinely think that i've probably hears this album in full in gareth's car before and i've listened to a couple of the tracks separately but never to the album in full so i'm looking forward to this one. also a bit relieved because the past few albums have been quiteeee long, especially yesterday's, so 40 minutes of jazz is great. i get the feeling that this one will be scored quire highly.