1001 Albums Summary

not my favorite TH album. some good tracks and skippers. psycho killer, don’t worry about the government, love > building on fire, thank you for sending me an angel.

don’t think the album started off very strong, first four are pretty whatever. like the jazz influence. root down - jimmy smith. sabotage = classic. get it together, q-tip. like the instrumentals.

surprised how low key it is. criminal is a jam and only song i knew. shadowboxing is good. the rest is not really grabbing me. seems a little dated across the board.

fun album. some great samples. some very silly rhymes.

classic debut. good choice of covers. interestingly not a single original. perkins. charles. little richard. pretty strong even without the singles.

green light is a serious jam. not sure about the others.

great album. as good as, better than pink moon? idk. river man is great.

definitely one of the best/my fav costello albums. others include: this year’s model, king of america, imperial bedroom. special love for later when i was cruel and delivery man. not a bad song on the album.

idk what i thought xtc sounded like, but it wasn’t this. it's very eclectic. pop. classical. psychedelic. indian raga. jazz. dear god is great. making plans for nigel is a great tune not on this album. i was told to check that out as well.

radiohead-lite. for when the bleeps and blips are just too much for the MOR inclined. it's fine. it’s for high schoolers.

top three of the beatles album, placement depends on the day (other two, revolver, abbey road). dear prudence is probably my fav beatles song. paul on the bass and drums. the “throw away” tunes are fun. wild honey pie ftw. #9, could take or leave, love the outtakes too.

i like other pink floyd albums quite a lot, but i do not care for this one very much. too bloated, not enough memorable parts for me. fairly disjointed. most songs would cannot stand on their own. please stop playing different parts of the wall. "hey you" is a good tune. so is "comfortably numb."

love fela. his approach is pretty formulaic, but it works. hook, horns, jam it out, bring it down, back in for the finale. big fan. have his boxset something like ~50 albums.

let’s stay together is a pure total jam. the back and forth between la la (al al) is chefs kiss. pretty good bee gees cover. really like the up beat numbers.

a solid album. good choice of covers. jazzier than i thought it was going to be (as opposed to straight up soul, if that makes sense). a good blend of genres, i can see how it would have been a groundbreaker when released.

good, solid art-pop album. a couple low notes. "my love, my life" is maybe my least fav. the rest are pretty good jams. idk if i would have ended it on "happy hawaii". "dancing queen" is pretty grating at this point with its saturation in pop culture, but that's not abba's fault. "fernando" is a jam. gotta love a couple of swedes singing about mexican revolutionaries.

great album. a real marty scorsese classic. "monkey man" and "live with me" are killer "lesser" known stones tunes.

this one is better than let it bleed. funny i should have them back to back. both five stars, but this was is more five stars. killer opening line up with "rocks off" > "rip this joint" > "shake your hips". love "ventilator blues", "sweet virginia", "loving cup", "tumbling dice". "happy" with keef on the vox.

it's a good little album. "these days" is probably the best known song (penned by jackson browne). other songs written by/contributed to by big name artists - dylan, reed, cale, hardin. she can't really sing, but it's kind of charming?

great prog-genesis album. peter gabriel genesis > phil collins genesis. that said, phil is a beast on the skins. one of progs' great drummers. i've seen the musical box recreated tours of the gabriel years, and they're a lot of fun - this tour does the whole album and then an encore of some earlier stuff. selling england is a better album (and tour) tho. this is how you make a concept album (looking at you 'the wall'). more than a handful of memorable songs, songs that can be played out of context and enjoyed.

this is what was scaring white people in the late 80s huh? and to think it brought us the best reality tv show ever.

i zimbra. cities. life during wartime. heaven. memories can’t wait. classic funky heads. their first truly great album.