1001 Albums Summary

Proggier songwriting than I expected. Generally I like the more straightforward blues / grunge tracks (particularly Eternal Life and Dream Brother, and Forget Her has very nice instrumentation). I find the vocal flourishes a little overwrought.

Vibraphone 👌

I love this shit.

Too cute for moi. I like Hazy Shade of Winter.

Lotta bangers on this one (shoutout Myxomatosis) but it has one song I can’t stand: We Suck Young Blood.

Chill and sexy. I like the aux percussion and the organ and the electric piano. I wish there was just a tad more variety in tempo, key and time signature tho—some tracks were not especially memorable.

Not super consistent, but certain songs were surprisingly good and interesting. I like the honky tonk shit.

A lot of these songs sound frantic and a little undercooked. I probably won’t listen again. BUT, it’s cool to hang out at the headwaters of a river that ran into all of my favorite music.

Very fun piece of rock and roll history. Founding members of British rock groups like the Rolling Stones, Cream and Fleetwood Mac went to concerts just like this one, apparently. It would have been a very fun show to attend.

I assume every album on this list is here for a reason, so maybe I need to hear from an Iggy Pop fan about this record. I thought it was bad. Some of the songwriting I thought was good, but it turns out that was mostly David Bowie. Iggy, apparently, wrote the lyrics and sang them like a spooky ghost at the end of a tunnel. Also what the hell is going on with Mass Production? That’s legitimately the most annoying song I’ve heard in years.