1001 Albums Summary

Most beautiful! America encapsulates youthful love, adventure, longing & melancholy. “Kathy, I said as we boarded the greyhound in Pittsburgh…the moon rose over an open field…I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why… I took a bus cross-country to my beloved and this resonates so deeply.

Every song sounds the same. There is a ZZ Top sound for sure but not for me.

Roundabout Long Distance Runaround Mood for a Day - Renaissance sound Heart of the Sunrise - nice singing Nice contrapuntal sounds, good use of classical influences and incorporating favorite pieces, prog rock - not exactly happy w/high pitched singer but like their sound overall Rococo keyboard by Rick Wakeman

This is mastery of all elements that defined a generation!!!! Almost every song is a classic. Hey Joe Wind Cries Mary Foxey Lady Are you Experienced Guitar is so beautiful and hallucinogenic - strong and melodic, supple and powerful -had so much emotion. The trio is very powerful and Jimi’s voice is as masterful as his guitar despite not having the full range.

Rock & Roll Girl Storyteller Thrums Life Does grunge like the best of them & writes lyrically Good Fortune - I feel like a bird of paradise - you share in her love story. This Mess We’re In - masterful pairing w/Thom Yorke - builds to a romantic crescendo just like the story being told. Some of the album repeats itself.

Lovestory & Friday I’m in Love are so romantically goth. Positive despite the cold. Masterful goth!