1001 Albums Summary

Not my cup of tea but can appreciate it for the era.

Not really an album I would seek out or listen to a second time. Decent songs, well produced, but lacking sorely the energy and appeal of Purple Rain or earlier recordings from the early 1980s. Do not recall hearing any of these songs back in the late 80s era. I can appreciate Prince and his genius this just doesn't land for me. Mid.

Again, like Ray Charles and Prince just not overwhelmed by this Beatles release from 1963. Songs are all nice little ditties, pretty basic structure and nothing profound lyrically. Mr. Postman is probably the highlight. Never really cared for Roll Over Beethoven. Pretty tame and lame really.

Confession: Never listened to this album before. I've heard it mentioned dozens of times. So thank you to this list for introducing me and making me sit down to listen. Jazz is not really my genre - that said I do like more modern bands that stray into unusual keys and signatures like later Radiohead and especially when combined with beats.

Preferred this offering over my first several albums -- appreciated the quiet take on covering a state in music and can understand why Sufjan stopped after Michigan and Illinois. Going with my first 4 out of 5 on this one.

Classic Bruce - an album of our teenage years. And some classic tunes. Maybe not his "best" album but worthy of a solid 4 for me.

Great debut album — solid from start to finish. Going to give this one a 5 — “Take It As It Comes” was surprise track that brought the back end of the album together for me. I remember a high school social studies teacher who was a big Doors fan. He played this album and had us compare the keyboard licks to a Bach record and showed us how they were derived from music of the Baroque era.

Mediocre at best.

This was an interesting listen from my post-college years. Seb and I used to lift weights to this music. Kmart grunge. Clever ideas about road rage and school shootings but not something I choose to seek out these days. I am always happy to hear The Offspring if they are on the radio but I would not choose to put this album on the turntable. I also wonder to what degree the self-pitying low self-esteem of this era led to the emo stuff about 10 years later? A highlight for me was the road rage tune Bad Habits - found that funny and enjoyable. All this said, I am going to be more assertive in giving 1 or 2 stars and keeping room for music that appeals to me in the 3 to 5 range. Learning how to calibrate here. If I could give it 2.5 I would but since I have to choose on a whole number I plan to grade down a half point so this is a 2 for me.

Look. This is a great album. Ryan Adams seemed to think so too. Helps to have a teenage daughter perhaps.

Dogwater then. Dogwater now. Not a fan.

Great debut album!

1960 and glad to hear some world music however this doesn't do much for me and would not seek to come back to it.

Solid angry album. Lyrics still on point 30 years later.

Pretty solid. First track listing South American countries might have been inspiration for Bad Bunny's Super Bowl listing of Americas? Kinda fun for a listen.

Frenetic guitar opening with layered strings and Choen's deep baritone on Avalanche. So brooding and flat.

Thought this was better than expected and remembered. Second half of LP really took off for me. If I could give it a more granular score would be like a 3.6 or thereabouts but I'll round up to 4.