1001 Albums Summary

It's a very nostalgic album for me because I heard it throughout my whole childhood. Got a lot of earworms on this album. * Around the World - peak start to the album * Parallel Universe - good continuation of RHCP jam * Scar tissue, Otherside - 10/10 songs, perfect summer songs, funky with melancholy tones if you listen close * Get on Top - Kind of stupid lyrics, but yes go white boy go! It's fun little bop if you don't listen to the words * Californication - 10/10, just lyric-wise reminds me of Radiohead's 'Fake Plastic Trees' * Easily - Meh, when he starts singing briefly it sounds good * Porcelain - Pretty sad, short song, good one but I dunno if I'd listen to it on its own (maybe just as a part of this album) * Emit Remmus - The guitar in the background of the verses is really grating * I Like Dirt - I LIKE DIRT, peak song This Velvet Glove - Decent song Savior - I really like the overlapping of his voice in the bridge, relatable reflection on his father Purple Stain - genuinely what the fuck Right on Time - The chorus is nice Road Trippin' - truly does sound like 'road tripping', not in a bad way though it's nice

This album is perfect for the day I listened to it on: a cold, cloudy February day. I've never heard of the band or any of the songs before so it was cool finding something fresh. It's a very good ambiance and a good album for background music. Some of my favorites were intro and VCR. The intro is really nice, honestly would've been fine if the entire album was like this. In VCR their voices sound very good together (in different verses as a part of the whole song and also when they're singing directly together). Overall I like the little guitar parts and their voices sound good together, but I don't know if this album could be anymore than background music or something to put on just to fill space. Not hate though, it's beautiful sounding! It kind of reminds me of "Of Monsters and Men" and feels very quintessentially 2010s.

YUMMMMMM! I really liked this one! I feel like this is finally an album up my alley. Big fan. * Soul and Fire - guitar kind of sounds like sonic youth which I like, also really like the lyrics, especially "I think our love is coming to an end" * Two years two days - again, I really like this sonic youth-ness, good lyrics again * Telecosmic Alechemy - a little more grit * Fantastic disaster - a looooot more grungey, the lyrics kind of remind me of the beastie boys, the harmonica was very unexpected * Happily Divided - this song sounds like elliott smith to me, especially his singing, nice rhyme * Sister - super exciting guitar, I REALLY like the riff * Cliche - peak * Sacred Attention - guitar at the beginning was nice * Elixir Is Zog - The screaming is so funny to me 'cause it just came out of nowhere after the singing has been pretty soft in the previous songs, usually I don't like music with screaming but I like this song a lot * Emma Get Wild - GUITAR IS SO GOOD ON THIS, the way he's singing he sounds like he's just about to run out of breath and i'm SO down for it * Sixteen - the overlapping voices are peak * Homemade - his voice is very pretty in this, at first i was like oh! but then i got what it was about and its very heartfelt * Forced Love - I like the descending melody in the chorus a LOT. * No Way Out - yummy, i like the fly taking a nap or smth in the middle * Bouquet For A Siren - very much like the low and high voices, it feels like space oddity by david bowie * Think (Let Tomorrow Bee) - lyrics are nice, "girl of my dreams, or a friend that one day leaves", yeah i like the lyrics a lot * Flood - interesting song to end the album on

there's so many different things going on (birds, melodies, voices) and i love it. it was really cool. at first i was intimidated by the 18 minute long song but ended up listening to something great! i think it's better to have on in the background than something to actively listen to but great tunes

It's pretty boring, just 'classic rock'. It just repeats the same phrase over and over again and calls it a song. The only one I actually liked was "Tell me" and even though he repeated 'tell me' about 1000 times at least he sounded good doing it.

it's interesting...it feels like glam rock and reggae fusion a little bit. i could NOT get through this album when i first tried to listen - now that i am getting through it its pretty good... i would say 3.5 but ill round down because it was so hard to listen to at first. oliver's army is a good song but has a little bit of a jumpscare! my favorite was probably sundays best

BEAUTIFUL. immediately after the first 3 seconds i know i would rate it a 5! the backing is such a perfect platform for her wondrous voice. the stories of the songs are interesting too. just beautiful. it reminds me a lot of bob dylan and joan baez's lyrics

There is no bad song on this album. Everything is perfect: lyrics, guitar, drums, voice, etc etc etc. I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH. I grew up listening to it through my family so its sound is very familiar. It's just such a classic album. My favorites are "Good times bad times", "Babe I'm gonna leave you", "Dazed and confused" (obviously), and "communication breakdown"

I was looking forward to this because of Bob Dylan and they were great! Nice old songs and fun to listen to

Pretty fun! How is it punk though? Maybe I'm not so much into the early punk scene, so I don't know how it sounds, but I was expecting something different than what I got. I REALLYYYYY fuck with the beat on this whole album and I appreciate how it's in every song. I like grooving what can I say. My favorites are "Instant hit", "Ping Pong affair", "love und romance" and "typical girls". My brother did not like it as much as I did. I like the reggae influence

Didn't think I'd like it honestly, even though I really like "Walk This Way" because sometimes that classic rock is boring, but it's good! FAVORTES: Adam's apple: At first I didn't like it but then I realized it actually had some cool riffs and a cool melody. Walk this Way, Sweet Emotion: Classics Big Ten Inch Record: This song is really funny

Pretty dark music (melodically- and lyrically-wise) and sometimes it feels like the singer's rhythm is a little off. I think I might like it a bit better (find it tolerable even) if he had better rhythm and better notes (sometimes he feels like he's not completely right with his notes). I'm just imagining the kind of person who would write/sing these songs... and it's kinda hard to enjoy his voice after thinking about that. Seems like a bad version of Ballad of Hollis Brown. If you want ballads, listen to Bob Dylan. It's like nasty, serial killer Ted Bundy mixed with Bob Dylan. Did not like this at all. I got through half of it and figured it was enough

Favorites are probably "hometown unicorn" and "gathering moss" and "mario man". I liked this album, it had a cool groove.

It was good. It's interesting how many songs were in the album and how short some of the songs were. There were a lot of weird sounds on there, some that I liked and some I didn't. My favorite was probably "as we go up, we go down"

This was good! An unexpected classic hidden in its songs that I did not know was their song. I'm going to listen to them more in the future (specifically this album) whenever I get more time. I liked a lot of these songs especially "Comin' back to me"

Banger! Yesterday I was feeling tired and it was the perfect album for that. As soon as I thought it was getting boring, something wacky and interesting happened.

Not my favorite. I really like Echo And The Bunnymen but this is not my favorite album. It just felt like the same song over and over. I might listen to it again later to see if my opinion on it changes because I feel like I could like it in the future maybe. My favorites were: Do It Clean, Pride, Rescue, and The Pictures On My Wall

I knew Duran Duran's name but I didn't remember which song/s it was. "Hungry like the wolf" was the one! I like this album a lot, I think I've added almost every single song to my liked. Honestly "hungry like the wolf" is one of my least favorites, perhaps even my least favorite, of this album. Cray! They did a good job with this. I love the vibe of this album, especially the vibe of "The Chauffeur" because it's so eerie! It's so fun. I think Duran Duran is just one of those classic bands that everyone knows (at least people who are into music or grew up then) but they don't know how they know them. I'm glad I got the opportunity to listen to this album!

Reallyyyyyy like this album. I've been a big fan of The Police for a while, more so their "Ghost in the Machine" album. I really like their sound. I forgot that "King of Pain" was on this album, which is a song I adore. "Mother" is a little weird, pretty much the only song I feel iffy about on the album. It simultaneously is hella annoying but I also like it? Every other song is peak and a joy to listen to.

I knew Tiny Dancer prior to listening to this album obviously and I do really like that song, but the rest of the album was kinda meh. Maybe it's just cause I don't really get the Elton John hype? I'm just not the biggest fan of his stuff. Razor face felt like a dumb song and the rhyming felt cheesy. I'm thinking that appeal that's in the appeal of him for people though, the songwriting? I dunno. I did like the end of the album kinda though. It was chill and nice sounding but nothing caught my attention as "Oh, I wanna listen to that later". Maybe I will return to this album in the future and relisten and will like it more? I hope so because I want to get the hype about Mr. Elton John

This album makes me feel like it's Sunday and I live in the suburbs in a little house and it's early in the morning and the sun is streaming through the windows and plaid curtains and filling the room. This is the songs that would play through the radio while I had some tea and an egg for breakfast as I planned out my peaceful day at home. A perfect sleepy morning. I mean all of this in the best way. This type of music really holds a place in my heart. It's interesting because it's so different than the usual music I listen to, but it's definitely just a part of the person I wish to be, the part that wants a peaceful life in the morning (not necessarily and preferably not in the suburbs actually). I like every song on this album. Favorite tracks: Go Where You Wanna Go, California Dreamin', Spanish Harlem

Most of these tracks flow into each other perfectly so that I can't tell when a new one begins. I had to keep checking my screen to see if it had switched to a new song yet. That's pretty cool that the songs flow that well into each other. My favorite was probably "In the Lap of The Gods (Revisited). - Killer queen: Classic, catchy - Tenement funster: - Flick of the wrist: really cool guitar solos, I liked the way he said the first few lines of the song, it's really funky and has a good beat, very angry - Lily of the valley: very heartfelt, his vocals feel like Orpheus from Hadestown at some parts, it has a very beautiful melody and lyrics - Now I'm Here: this one also feels like a little bit of a petty, angry song, the guitar is YUMMY - In the Lap of The Gods: really cool fade in and out, crazy high notes, it does feel quite godly or otherworldly - Stone Cold Crazy: i really like the fast beat, more classic rock sounding, the ending is fun - Dear Friends: gives the same vibes of blackbird by the beatles, but blackbird is better - Misfire: YUMMY DRUMS AT THE BEGINNING, this is a joyous track - Bring Back That Leroy Brown: this song feels like it's ripped straight from the Whiffles in Crybaby. It feels almost just like squeaky clean. - She Makes Me: the harmonies are quite melodious and mystical, i thought he was gay... - In the Lap of The Gods (revisited): "I can see what you want me to be", i really like the lyrics, i think this revisted version is better than the original

Agh....... Is the sound I made when I saw I was given another Nick Cave album. I REALLY did not like the previous one, "Murder Ballads", for reasons. I don't care how "historically important" people say his music is, I do not find it compelling. I just think that he should have chosen another path in his life. I think that when he was getting started someone should have sat him down and told him he just doesn't have a very nice singing voice. But hey what do I know, I love Bob Dylan and some people can't stand his voice. However, Bob Dylan CAN actually sing and I don't think Nick Cave can. His lyrics too aren't my favorite. As I'm listening to it, the same trend is appearing of crude, nasty lyrics that I do not find appealing at all. Also, there is a lot of repetition, a LOT. A lot of times repetition can be good, however that's only if the lyrics and melody are actually good! So he didn't quite hit either one of those marks there. Agh... Just WHY does this guy have 5 whole albums on this list and someone like Gillian Welch only has one. She could easily have at least 3!!!! His music just feels a little cringey like he's trying to be edgy or something. "I am the captain of my fate"... okay affirmations? Keep those to your mirror, buddy. Yeah, that's enough of all that. Again I am hearing him being offkey again? I think? It just feels like he's not exactly hitting those notes. "Christina the astonishing was the most astonishing of all"... Wow nice one! The only song I can stand to listen to is "Straight to You".

I didn't know that I knew this many songs on this album!! I think that Van Morrison might play a lot on the Spotify at my job so maybe that's where I'm hearing it. I don't know if I'd listen to this album as a whole, but rather put a few of these songs on a playlist or just select a few of the songs to listen to at a time. My favorites are "Into the Mystic" and "Glad Tidings". - And it stoned me: This is a very beautiful song that perfectly captures how I feel about nature too - Moondance: very jazzy, it feels like a city, nighttime scene in an old movie - Crazy Love: very chill song, it kind of reminds me of Bob Marley's "One love" for some reason? - Caravan: this one is okay, very laurel canyon, doesn't really stick out - Into the Mystic: I've heard this one a million times but have yet to grow tired of it. This is such a GORGEOUS song, I love the "foghorn", lyrics, bass, guitar, I love it all. - Come Running: meh - These Dreams of You: harmonica!!! - Brand New Day: okay chorus, okay soul - Everyone: funky, little melody at the beginning, what instrument was that? i like the woodwind too! - Glad Tidings: ooh I f with this song, the guitar is so yummy, it's very fun to listen to because there are so many elements but they all work together so stinkin' well! The bass, chorus, lead vocals, blah blah blah... all yum.

It's pretty generic late 90s, early 2000s indie I feel like. I'm not hating but most of it is just what I hear when I think of that era of 'indie'. However, "Captain's table" and "Streets of Kenny" are really something special, especially with headphones on, which I had. I liked this well enough but especially liked those two songs. They were very floaty and whimsical and fun. Honestly this was another album I had a hard time listening to because the first time I tried playing it in my car and I've found that sometimes an album can't be really heard and understood by myself without headphones and actual focus. Given this, I think I just passed it off as some really boring album that I was gonna have to struggle through. In the end, it really wasn't that bad, although some songs albeit were quite boring, a lot of them were quite fun.

There was a time when I had a huge Bowie obsession. That has passed, but I know his music quite well still. Station to Station was never one of my favorite albums, but that doesn't mean I didn't like it. My favorite song on this album used to be "Golden Years". If any song could be called possibly "commercial" it would be that one, but nevertheless it's definitely still one of my favorites. The return of the thin white duke! I remember as I watched album reviews of Bowie, many people said that this was a period of his life when he was really into cocaine. There seems like there's a lot of loneliness and desolation haunting this album. I think a lot of people like it, but feel guilty for doing so because it was made out of a dark and lowly time. I don't think one needs to feel bad for liking this album, or even considering it ones favorite. This is because not only is art made out of joy, it is made out of despair. Sometimes despair creates the best art. It's a good outlet of emotion, whether negative or positive. I think that Bowie has also said he doesn't really like this album because of the memories he has of when it was created. These are interesting things to think about. I really like short albums like this. I really like the beginning of "Word on a Wing" because it sounds clunky almost like a child playing piano, not in a bad way. TVC15 is a really fun, funky song. I don't know if I can pick a favorite, everything is so good.

This is so far sounding very Beatles-like. Also I'm listening on headphones and "Bracelets of Fingers" is making me go a little crazy because the sound keeps switching between my left and right ear. Honestly the Beatles are cool and they have a lot of good songs, but I'm not the biggggggest fan of their sound, so it follows I'm not the biggest fan of this sound. Some of the songs are really good though, when they diverge from that Brit-pop sound. The distortions are kinda cool sometimes, but can be a bit much other times, like on I see you. The audio through my headphones is weird in this album, halfway through it kicked in with a really full sound and then backed off and kind of cut out for a second. I have a feeling that maybe this isn't a song to listen to on headphones. The constant back and forth of sound is kind of giving me mental whiplash if that's possible. I genuinely wish I could give half stars on this thing because I wish I could give this one a 2.5, but I feel like I should round up because there are some songs that are quite pleasant on here. The ones I actually liked were "Private sorrow", "Death", and "Loneliest person".

I've gone through this album before and boy is it a long one. Stephen Merritt is a really impressive artist. He's been in several musical projects including The Magnetic Fields, Future Bible Heroes, The Gothic Archies, and The 6ths. He's said in an interview with my local radio station that he likes albums like the sort that Frank Sinatra puts out with titles that explain what all the songs are. He likes to know what's going to happen for the second half hour to hour. He sees himself as doing the same thing, but he'll do parodies of it. He says he rarely has any idea what he's doing. Some songs, like "Punk Love" and "Plant White Roses", he has written in less time that it takes to sing them. Other songs, like "Ethan Frome" and "At the Pyramid" have taken 30 years to write. It's interesting how differing his process has been for different artists. This album isn't just about the usual form of love, the lovely, heartwrenching kind. It is rather all form of love, including the kind that isn't really love and is just a husband murdering his wife. It's said that while sitting in a gay bar, inspiration struck him to create 100 songs introducing himself to the world. That number soon turned to 69 as a much lower, more manageable one. He decided he'd have a revue with four drag queens and whichever songs they liked best, would make it onto the album. I think there is beauty in the fact of something being brief like these songs. Brief things don't take excessive time explaining things in extraneous detail, they just let what they are speak for themselves. The fact that there's so many complex, fun, beautiful songs on this album is crazy. I think I like all the songs honestly. I like the idea of the process of writing just a ton of songs. This certainly is a concept album, but a different kind than usual. My favorites are as follows: -A chicken with its head cut off -the luckiest guy on the lower east side -i think i need a new heart -the book of love -nothing matters when we're dancing -papa was a rodeo -yeah! oh yeah! -washington dc

I really liked this album. The cover is super awesome. As soon as I saw it was new wave I knew that I would probably like it. I liked every song in it. The songs were very fun and unique. I think my favorite song was "You can't walk in your sleep (if you can't sleep)"

I don't think that this album is as boring as people seem to be saying it is? I thought it was pretty peaceful. Not my favorite type of music, but I enjoy it. I think my favorite songs are "(They long to be) close to you" (obviously and reason to believe. I find it a little annoying how some of the songs are named, but what can you do. I thought that "I'll never fall in love again" was kinda funny.

I've heard the name Leonard Cohen before, but I don't think I've ever listened to any of his music or can remember anything ever said about him, negative or positive. At first when I saw that the album was called "Songs of Leonard Cohen" I was little annoyed... 'cause yeah no shit dude. It felt a little pretentious, but now I don't care because it's so good. As I'm reading more and trying to understand who Leonard Cohen is, I'm understanding a lot of people view his music as highly intellectual and think of him as almost a musical Shakespeare. Some people even feel as if his music is unreachable because of how intellectual it feels. I'm getting a little bit of that sense, especially when I tried to understand "Master song". I clicked on one reddit post who was analyzing the song, ready for a quick, easy explanation, but was met by a longgggggggg, extensive one backed by a COLLEGE PROFESSOR. I did not know it went that deep. Maybe one day I'll be ready to go that deep into the lyricism, but today is not the day. I can appreciate it without understanding it completely. Towards the end of this album I got tired of looking into songs too deeply and my note taking faded off... * Susanne: a breathtaking song. it's beautifully melancholy and melancholy in its beauty. It's supposedly based off of a poem in a book of his. It certainly feels like a poem. * Master song: this one feels a little sinister in its tune. I like how it guides the listener through the story. I've read a little bit about it because I wasn't quite understanding it as I was listening. I'm pretty sure it's a love triangle between the master, the narrator, and the lady he is singing to. I'm also pretty sure this has connections with the father, son, and holy spirit, but I'm not going to delve into that today. * Winter lady: lovely, also similarly melancholy, "I know I'm not your lover" * The stranger song: the comparing a dealer to a lover is interesting. I think he's trying to say that he completely controls the lovers he takes on and is the sole decider whether they continue on the next day. He's always looking for the "best card" or true lover/soulmate. Another religious reference (joseph and the manger). It's a song of someone who is being tossed from person to person, while the narrator watches from a distance wishing they could love them because they know they'd love them right. * Sisters of mercy: this feels like a diss on someone. Is that the sound of velcro in the background? Whatever it is, I'm not a fan. "We were lovers like that and besides it would still be alright" * So long, Marianne: this song has a jaunty, sea-tune feel to it. "I forget to pray for the angels so the angels forget to pray for us". I was walking around when the woman's voice joined in and I got spooked because I thought it was a sound coming behind me... * Hey, that's no way to say goodbye: it's okayyyy * Stories of the street: I really like the melody of this one * Teachers: "teachers of my heart" is fun * One of us cannot be wrong: it okay

It was interesting to say the least. When I first clicked on their artist profile the top image was an AI-generated image of guys in suits with eyeballs for heads. I understand the latter is a part of their image, but the AI slope was kind of distasteful. Their newest album also has an AI-generated cover. Greaaaaat. As for the music... It was certainly something. There were a couple songs I actually liked. I appreciate them for being so odd and really locking into being odd. I liked "Sinister exaggerator" because the vocals sounded alien-ish and I liked "Blue rosebuds". I also kindddddd of liked "Constantinople" even though they just repeated the same line over and over. Anyways, that's really all I have to say. I don't think I will return to this album, but I do appreciate it in its own way.

The title American Gothic reminds me of Appalachia and the cover does as well. It does have a sort of melancholy in some of the songs that seems to have a foothold in Appalachian music. Sadly it is not what I thought. I like how he doesn't repeat a lot of lines in songs, they are more like ballads. Apparently Elton John is a big fan of this guy and he was signed to Columbia Records for his fourth album. I dunno how he didn't gain any fame or anything. I can see why Elton John likes his music because isn't his whole thing musical theatre-ish? I feel like I definitely want to listen to this album again because I think I'll appreciate it even more the second time. "Montana song" is easily my favorite on this album. * American gothic: "they suffer least who suffer what they choose" is a really cool line. I really liked how he built the story of how the husband and wife were separately suffering and then brought them together in the song. * Love's enough: this felt like a very comforting song * Ballad of the ship of state: horns! I REALLYYYY like the melody on this one * One night stand: I just watched the movie "The spook who sat by the door" and this reminds me of the scene where Dan sleeps with the prostitute and he tells her she looks like a queen. * Oh, California!: Pete Seeger talks about this better. The orchestra at the end is gorgeous though. * Another friday night: A little country funk sprinkled in. Oh and soul? This song feels like a Broadway level production. * Family band: Jesus music? This sounds like the song that everyone sings at the end of a Sunday in church with all their hands linked together. * Midnight carousel: I really like how dramatic it is. * Waiting for the moving van: ya * Blues for Billy Whitecloud: Billy likes those peanuts. This feels like a song I would hear in Princess and the Frog. Beautiful and clear piano! I really like the story and the way his voice sounds, he sounds kind of cute. * Montana song: This melody and orchestra in the background makes me feel like I'm strolling through the countryside or that I'm in an old Disney movie like Fox and the Hound. "I found what I came looking for". I love how he starts the song and ends it with the same lines. Perf. "Taught his sons as he knew how, but could not make them stay".