1001 Albums Summary

Hard to not go full Beavis and Butthead while listening to this album. Basically no skips, rocks so hard from start to finish. A perfect album to air guitar to

What a miracle of an album. So smooth, joyous, funky and musical through and through. Would rate a 4.5 for Girlfriend but otherwise perfect

I've always wanted to like this more than I do, but it's just kind of repetitve and slow. Beautiful for sure with a great story, but just never moved me.

Wasn't sure how this album would hold up but it's still great. Perfect stepping stone for a band bursting with ideas, sticking to tight arrangements with cool flourishes/studio effects to bring the songs more flavor. I love when an album keeps me guessing what's coming else.

Couldn't spend as much time as I wanted with this, but overall I'm not a huge Cure fan and this didn't really change my mind. I appreciate it more than I like it and can see the influence on industrial/goth that came after. Call me crazy but I like when Robert Smith writes a melody. Opening track is a banger though.

That's a no for me dog.

I always avoided listening to this one for some reason but it rips. Much different from the Pixies, the band is much tighter and the songs are structurally pretty straight forward. Love seeing what a music omnivore Frank is/was. He influece is infinite.

Beautiful and haunting but slow and a little unfoucsed. Maybe something I'll grow to enjoy more as I get older? It's impossible to not compare this with Black Star, a last words artistic statement that still keels kinetic and exciting 10 years out. You Want It Darker (tital track) is an all timer though, one of Cohen's best.

Pure poetry

Not my favorite Radiohead but still Radiohead. A return to rock and live drums. Not really sure what the overarching theme is aside from everything is terrible and evil people are taking over everything. Not so different now as it was then.

I love the blues/gospel feel mixed with sardonic/dark lyrics. Would have given Abattoir Blues 4 stars as a standalone album but felt Lyre of Orpheus dragged a little bit. Might just need to spend more time with the full album.

Is there such thing as too much of a good thing? This album should work so well on paper, and the mix of electronic music with rock energy is a cool idea, but overall the experience feels pretty shallow and meaningless. I imagine this wold be awesome to hear nobbed off at Glastonbury or something (idk whatever you Brits say) but outside that context I felt myself wanting more.