My 1001 Albums Journey

Johnny Cash

3/5

No skips, every song is a classic. He's so charismatic and sassy. I love that he's performing in a prison, the crowd are off their nut and I don't blame them. There's the perfect amount of talking between songs and it adds so much to the set. He has beef with everyone at this show. This is the best way to listen to him, its raw and chaotic and you lose all that when its not live. It perfectly captures what made him so iconic. As an album this isn't going to be something i listen to a lot. It's more of a documented proof of character and the kind of thing you'd put on at an afters.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

I put this on whilst cooking dinner and was beating a chicken breast during the title track. It was a pretty crazy experience for me and the breast was well beaten by the end. This was such a fun start to the album and the 'fun' didn't take away from the political message. I loved the singing, the screaming, his voice is so infectious and fits the music perfectly. Fairytail of New York is obviously a banger but I wish it wasn't on this album. I've heard it so many times and im listening in February so it kinda took me out of the experience a bit. Was in a shitty mood before i listened to this album but by the time mountain dew came on I was doing a little jig around the kitchen.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

2/5

I found this kinda boring. None of the songs were that memorable, the album is too long and all the songs blur into an underwhelming slop of generic rock and roll. To be fair I don't really know the context of when they made this. They must've earned their reputation somehow and I'm sure they were very influential at the time. I wasn't there though so I don't care. It was fine to have on in the background but I'm not going to relisten, on purpose anyway. Bit dead.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

This is like if Shrek and Donkey made a double album. It's an interesting idea.. I think at this point just make solo projects, stitching them together makes it really long and inconsistent. There are some really good tracks to cherry pick from here but also a lot of filler.

The Bends

Radiohead

1/5

If I wanted to wallow in self pity I can think of so many albums I'd rather listen to, where I wouldn't have to listen to Thom Yorkes droning voice. I don't understand how this is so highly regarded, maybe I'm missing something? It's just boohoo poor me incel music which I suppose has its place but it's not even vaguely interesting boohoo poor me incel music. The only song that stood out for me was 'Just' but I'm not even sure I like it or if it was just slightly better than the rest of this snoozefest.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

2/5

Eh, they are fine I guess? The kind of music horrid henry listens to I saw that this is a best of album and none of the songs really stood out for me. They would be fun to see live Unfortunately they're not my new favourite band, but I respect the effort.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

I wasn’t aware of this band before now and then the first song came on and I was like yooo the meme song. The rest of the album is a very different vibe from the first track and honestly I’d rather it wasn’t on this album because it just makes me think of instant regret tiktoks. I can’t really blame them for that though. The guitars are definitely the main attraction here, and the other instruments support them well. They know their place and let the guitars take the limelight 90% of the time. There are a lot of shorter instrumental pieces and even when the guy is singing it’s not overbearing, which I’m fine with as I don’t really love his voice anyway. Songs like mood for a day are so stripped back and I feel like I’m listening to a medieval squire or something. And then other songs are more rocky or jazzy but it all feels consistent and flows still somehow. I enjoyed this! It’s so noodly and whimsical and fun.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

2/5

Don't have much to say about this. It's fine I guess, just not really my kind of thing. Maybe in another life where I'm a truck driver in Texas.

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