Not an album I've listened to. Familiar with Raining Blood based on the cover by Reggie and the Full Effect. Gave it a listen. It's quick, sort of part and parcel to the whole speed metal thing. I wasn't exceptionally hooked by anything on the album.
Surprisingly Oasis was one of the popular mid-90s alternative bands I didn't really get into. Perhaps their radio presence on near constant rotation was enough to slake my curiosity. Listening now to this album I see I didn't really miss much. The radio singles are familiar (was surprised that a 7:20 Champagne Supernova became a radio hit). None of the non-singles really caught me and overall met but didn't exceed what I expected an album of Oasis songs to sound like.
Respect to Neil Young, but his voice is an acquired taste that I have not acquired. I'm not sure I need a 10 minute long song reminding me that love and only love will endure and hate is everything you think it is. I especially don't need that song to repeat its first verse. Dude loves repeating a lyric.
Guitar work is impressive but the lyrics didn't feel especially inspired. Probably would have preferred it as an instrumental album to be honest.
I've never listened to an entire Beatles album. I wonder how many of their albums will be on this list.
Choc-a-block full of hits that are so deeply ingrained in my brain that it'd be hard to say I don't love this album. The handful of tracks that I hadn't heard before were fine, but didn't compare to the bangers. No surprises.
I'm sure it's been commented on but Run For Your Life is a crazy track.
Would relisten, and probably skip past the tracks I don't know.
Surprisingly I've never listened to a Fishbone album. I've got a deep abiding love for ska music. I gave this one three listens and didn't really feel hooked by anything on the album. Instrumentation was tight and I dug it. Don't know if I'll revisit the album but happy knowing it exists.
Should probably give this another listen. I was surprised by how long a lot of these tracks were only being familiar with the singles. Overall it came across as expected.
Slow and airy for a thirty minute album. Nothing really grabbed me and forced me to take notice. Glad I listened through it, but don't think I'd find a reason to put it back on.
No doubt that Jack White has the chops. Lots of good here even beyond the singles. Glad to have listened through the whole thing.
My dad introduced me to the Everly Brothers. He played the local Oldies station on the car radio and I still have a deep abiding love for those songs even if I don't have them in regular rotation in my library. Cathy's Clown, Love Hurts and Lucille were as familiar as an old pair of jeans discovered at the back of a closet. The rest of the tracks were new, but comfortable in a familiar way. While All I Have to Do Is Dream remains the GOAT Everly Brothers in my opinion followed closely by Bye Bye Love and Wake Up Little Susie I'll revisit this album and maybe remember to slip a few more oldies into my regular rotation.
Slow and ponderous with evocative storytelling lyrics. It's not entirely my jam but I appreciate the craft.
artistry on display and no denying it. I've given Wu-Tang Clan a handful of listens over the years and they never quite grab me the way a lot of others in the field do. Still, worth listening to, but something I don't have in heavy rotation.
Never been a huge fan of Dylan. This didn't do much to change my opinion. Props to Desolation Hall. When I saw an 11 minute track I groaned but it played better than I expected.
I was pleasantly surprised by this one. The Youngbloods have no name recognition for me and I enjoyed every track. Would put it on repeat rotation.
A band I have no familiarity with whatsoever. This album didn't really do much to convince me to change that. Couldn't really find anything worth latching onto here.
Another new album or me.
The first few tracks had me nodding appreciatively.
It Was a Pleasure Then felt like a turning point into something all-together different that I couldn't really get behind. Felt like another album of someone speaking which if you squint real hard almost sounds like singing but I would hesitate to call it good. I didn't really feel a connection between the vocals and the instrumentation, kinda like beat poetry with a music bed.
Another new exposure for me. I dug it. I enjoyed Elizabeth My Dear, wished it was longer, though possibly just the familiarity of the Scarborough Fair melody at play there. Also not sure if my good feelings are just a snapback from enduring the Nico album. This feels like a proper band with songs that were constructed together in the strange alchemy that happens in the practice space. It definitely feels like the evolutionary step between The Beatles and Oasis. I could stand to listen to this one a few more times and settle on a few tracks to put into rotation.
Solid grooves that I bopped along with. Doubt it will ever see rotation again, but it was an enjoyable listen.
Familiar territory, though I've never listened to the full album but half of it were radio play singles. I enjoyed the tracks I was familiar with and enjoyed the tracks that were new to me. Would probably include this on my own 1001 albums list.
New album to me, though I realized of course I've heard Brass in Pocket, lot of radio play on that one.
I can't say I loved it. Vocals have that feeling of a more spoken word than singing. Instrumentation was good. Middle of the road, possibly something I'd pull out if I gave it a few more spins.
Unknown artist to me. It was fine. Nothing jumped out at me. I had heard Everybody's Talkin' but I think probably a cover and not this version. Would go to a lot of other albums in this space before I came back to this one.
Solid latin groove. I could definitely see myself spinning this up again and falling in love with some of the tracks.
A band whose name I have heard, but whose music I have not.
Quite a large number of my favorite bands and musicians cite Husker Du as a major influence.
It seems to me that this is one of those bands that existed solely to influence others who would go on to become household names.
This album was okay. The vocals felt low and hard to distinguish against the instrumentation throughout. I can see how influential these guys were. Would probably give it a few more spins, maybe dig into some of their older stuff, this is their last album a casual bit of internet research tells me. Glad to have listened to it.
Entirely as expected from ELO.
Bright and fun. I enjoyed the listen, sang along with the familiar tunes and had a good time.
Totally unknown band to me, but I enjoyed it. I'll give it a few more spins and see what shakes out.
The recognizable hits were good, the rest of the album was fine but without the familiarity it was just noise. For me this is always just background music, filler for when you're doing something that requires some concentration but you need something else to fill the silence.
An interesting choice for a Hendrix album. I'm betting there is probably a second one on the list. This was all new to me. I grooved with it. Not entirely my thing so won't likely see another rotation, but I appreciate what's being laid down here.
I listened to the first three tracks. I don't anticipate great revelations in the remaining twenty-one. As with the Prodigy album this is background music for me and not something I will sit with and listen through deeply.
Another new artist for me.
Vocals didn't really do much for me. Instrumentation was decent but didn't really elevate anything into the realm of, I absolutely want to hear this again.
Really enjoy Lorde's music. Liability and Supercut were already in rotation from this album so it was an enjoyable listen to visit the rest of the tracks here.
Absolute classic. Already on steady rotation with more than half the songs on saved playlists. The second half is weaker than the first but On a Plain and Something in the Way make for good capstones. Endless, Nameless is about the only track I would actively skip.
I dig Peter Gabriel and recognized a few tracks off this album. I enjoyed the listen, might spin it up again sometime but wasn't bowled over by anything on offer here.
