1001 Albums Summary

Ok well, its a good album. Listened to it many times. I prefer neon bible or whatever it was after this but rebellion and wake up still go extra hard. We can forget about their more recent stuff since butler turned out to be... himself

Iconic album from my youth, it set the stage for a lot of my habits. It has definitely aged more like milk than wine, but it still has the same visceral qualities that I once loved

Still an annoying singer but I can appreciate the love he puts into it

Did I think I would like a Billy Joel album to this extent? No. As someone who was born in the UK, Billy Joel was seen as American shlock. I still think Just The Way You Are is a dreadful song, but the rest of it is so good, you forget.

Little Wing has to be up there for one of the greatest songs ever created, and I will always argue how important it is. The fact they also have Castles Made of Sand and Up From the Skies on this album makes me give it top marks. Nothing to fault on this album at all.

As a Bowie fan of pretty much all of his work, especially including his maligned later stuff, ive never been massively attracted to Heroes as an album. Some of the tracks are just weak and not the best Eno collab in that Trilogy. A strong 4 slightly let down by too much cocaine

Is this good as Movin On Up? Does it ever live up to that track? No. Its a good representation of the music scene and how it evolved, its just not really that strong.

Perfection in an album to be honest. Is he one of my favourite motown artists? No, but this is one of his three albums that absolutely kills me every time I listen. Never bore of it.

Forgetting Boy George's somewhat offensive behaviour, as a little gay boy growing up, he was one of the only representations i had growing up. What a voice. It suffers due to its age and some of the sounds not being as cool or modern as they were at the time.

The Kinks will always be more enjoyable to me than the Stones and Beatles. I don't rate this as one of their best, but Arthur is still a banger. The textures of this album and the 'vibes' are unmatched

It feels weird to rate such an iconic album at less than a 5, especially when this was one of my dad's favourite albums. Some of the songs are brilliant, unbeatable, and then the sleazy blues arrive to beat you over the head and you realise that this isnt truly a great album, just a very good one.

What can Ginger Baker not do on drums in that period. Phenomenal. Fela Kuti has always been a musician I respected rather than liked. Maybe it was the relisten but it absolutely clicked this time.