1001 Albums Summary

Appreciate the artistry, not really my thing though.

‘Teach Your Children’ is very gentle, really enjoyed that one. I should explore older folk rock more.

Already kinda knew I’d love this one, very nostalgic album, good excuse to listen again.

Yeeeah not overly keen, maybe it would just take a couple more lessons to get used to Janis Joplin’s voice

Appreciate that ‘weird’ experimental albums are on this list. Even if they don’t get rated so well by everybody else it seems. I feel a lot of the sounds explored in this album inspire a lot of the more contemporary music I love today, for that PIL deserve their flowers. Don’t get me wrong, none of this is going on my playlists anytime soon, but it’s a cracking experience as an album.

Maybe it’s just because I got Metal Box before I got this one, but man, there is just nothing interesting me here at all. Just sounds astoundingly safe. Radio Free Europe is a very strong track though, credit where it’s due.

Needed this one to come up and remind me what an actual 6 star album sounds like. Not the most original opinion for this to be one of my favourite albums ever made I know, but it has to be up there. Every song builds off of the pageantry of the last, building a sprawling epic that maturely explores some deeply existential themes. The one-two punch of Time into Great Gig in the Sky in particular elevates me out of my chair. Only to pull you back into the retail addicted monotony of our modern day-to-day lives with the excellent Money.

There’s so much personality in André 3000 and Big Boi’s performances, which brings a tonne of energy to the album. Combined with some very punchy production (Especially on tracks like Bombs over Baghdad and Xplosion) and it’s hard not to bob your head for the entirety of the hour+ runtime. Not sure I can get into the interludes to be honest. When I’m already a little weary about how long this album is, they just get a liiiiittle annoying. Wasn’t really pulled in by the humour of them either. Heavily felt some fatigue on the back half of the album. If this was trimmed down it’d be an all-timer.