1001 Albums Summary

one of the best/most impactful indie and rock albums of the 90s, probably in my top 25 albums oat. particular highlights: - the bends - black star - planet telex - my iron lung

this album is so ass, can barley hear any of the guitar riffs because there’s so much distortion. i like rooster. lead singer’s voice is permanently in cursive.

lowkey most overrated beatles album. the least explorative and innovative of the “big 5” albums; lacks the new instrumentation of rubber soul (i.e. the sitar, which is featured in “love you to” but not done as well as norwegian wood i.e.) or the psychedelic themes of sgt peppers. lacks cohesion in some areas. highlights: - i’m only sleeping - top 10 beatles song oat. - here, there and everywhere - also top 10 beatles song, potentially top 5.

standard british post-punk. highlights: - What you need - nice baseline - Could’nt get ahead

more psychedelic than other temptations albums. hadn’t heard this version of “i heard it through the grapevine” before, wasn’t expecting so much whimsy, don’t know if they should be that pleased given the premise of the song. highlights: - runaway child, running wild - why did she have to leave me?

fairly standard 2010s indie rock. rococo is straight ass, genuinely one of the most boring, uninventive imagine dragons ahhh songs. empty room was ok but felt like an imitation of earlier 90s/0s bands with little to no originality. seem like a slightly less awful coldplay but the bar is in hell. sprawl II and the suburbs were decent.

ok album, felt like some of the songs were building to something but never quite got there. the cover of sweet jane caused me genuine pain, LEAVE THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ALONG!!

jazz rock be jazzing and rocking. some of the tracks, particularly track 1 drag on a little bit but overall a very good prog rock album. particularly enjoyed moon in june.

overrated as fuck

musically one of the best albums oat but sometimes his voice is so fucking jarring

average steely dan epic moment but not as good as a few of their other albums

top 3 live albums of all time

boatman’s call more like nick cave booty call yes please i love this album

not even the best VU album but oh my god i love it