1001 Albums Summary

First listen took a little while to readjust to this type of music, you don't hear it a lot anymore. Everything's very polished. Second listen showed an interesting album that still feels real and authentic even 60 years on.

Okay so. This is fun to listen to. I'm having a strange issue where I'm sort of hearing things backwards through time where having heard *Bitches Brew* and some of Miles' later stuff these feels so tame and like I keep waiting for it to explode open and do something else. I keep having to remind myself this is from 1957. Very cool, as advertised. Could easily see myself putting this on when I want to write or just need to have something in my ears. Cannot stress enough how strong of an opener "Move" is. From the first thirty seconds Miles tells us exactly what he's going to give us; 32 minutes of swanky and technically impressive playing. Other highlights include "Venus de Milo," "Godchild," and "Rouge," which feels like a nice closing credits number for the whole thing.

Okay so. This is fun to listen to. I'm having a strange issue where I'm sort of hearing things backwards through time where having heard *Bitches Brew* and some of Miles' later stuff these feels so tame and like I keep waiting for it to explode open and do something else. I keep having to remind myself this is from 1957. Very cool, as advertised. Could easily see myself putting this on when I want to write or just need to have something in my ears. Cannot stress enough how strong of an opener "Move" is. From the first thirty seconds Miles tells us exactly what he's going to give us; 32 minutes of swanky and technically impressive playing. Other highlights include "Venus de Milo," "Godchild," and "Rouge," which feels like a nice closing credits number for the whole thing.

Incredible from front to back, not a single second wasted on the record. Most people who've listened to rock radio in the last 30 years are acutely aware of "Paranoid Android," "Karma Police," and "No Surprises," but it can't be stated enough that "Airbag" is an astounding album opener. Sets the melancholic tone while stating up front that this is still a rock band. Couldn't get enough of it, listened like five or six times over 24 hours.

I don't think I've ever sat down with this full album before. I feel like everyone knows "Blister in the Sun," but I was surprised to recognize a second song off this album; there's a cover of "Gone Daddy Gone" that plays on the radio at my job and I thought it was kind of a good song. Now I hear it here in it's original context and know it's a certified classic. The whole album does an amazing job of matching the sonic atmosphere of going over to a friend's dorm and him and his band are doing a goof-off session, except instead of something you'd laugh at for a minute and then be bored of, you get some really fun and catch song writing. I had the same kind of feeling from Freewheelin' Bob Dylan at first, and I think its just me readjusting to garage and or low production records. This feels like they recorded demos at full fidelity but as a compliment instead of an insult; really raw and catchy and fun to listen to even when the lyrics are kinda goofy. Tragically none of the members are actually femmes so 0/10.

The Pretenders for millennials. 10/10

Heartbreaking album from an incredible artist. What more can you say than that?

Okay man. Sure. That can be an album.

Good pop all around. And doesn't contain Temporary Secretary so it's already miles above some of Paul's other work.

Really vibey and cool to put on in the background. And a good introduction to the UK Garage sound

I really liked like 2/3rds of this record. Really cool lo fi rock sound, really good harmonies and stuff. I already like the way he sings so it wasn't a big deal for me, but some of these songs just feel out of tune and even though it's intentional I just could not enjoy it.

What could you possibly say that hasn't been said before? An absolute juggernaut of dnb.

May be an issue of hearing this forward in time, but this sounds like C tier Beatles material. The story of the band is crazy but the music just isn't there.

I don't know if I would come back to a lot of these, but there's some really good stuff here. I was really only familiar with his big hits before this album.

I don't know if I would listen to it again, but I think I liked it?

No shot the dudes that died in the plane crash would have voted for Trump but they're dead and the survivors seem more normal so unironically a good ass album. Wall to wall classics.

What is there to possibly even say about Abbey Road that hasn't been said? Absolute juggernaut album. Every individual song is an instant classic, and ending out with a medley of sketched out ideas that stay interesting all the way through was a genius move. You could listen to this 100 times and still be engrossed in it the whole way through.

A new Adele album is an event for a reason. Incredible music all the way through. Maybe not my thing but I definitely get it.

Groundbreaking shoegaze record, which means literally everything in the indie scene to come after it has been touched by it in someway. "Only Shallow" and "When You Sleep" are obvious highlights but the whole thing is just a really good album to put on and sit with.

Not my favorite Zeppelin album. 1 and 4 are way better. Still solid, some ideas go on for a little too long though.

Really good folk from an artist I wasn't super familiar with. Solid tunes throughout. Interesting to hear perspectives from the other side of the pond. Really really like "Ideology"

I'm a big fan of Zep and I think this one is probably non-essential. Kashmir carries this record, frankly, and 8 minutes out of an 80 minute double album is kind of frustrating. I never wanted to turn it off or skip to a different song, but I can't think of anything in particular I'd want to come back to for a fourth listen.

Not outwardly repulsive but it just slides off my brain. I don't feel anything listening to this. The vanilla oatmeal of British music.

had me nodding along and wanting to grab an instrument to join in the entire time. Banger after banger.

Dancing Queen and Money Money Money??? Album is carried. So good!