1001 Albums Summary

Pretty iconic album, heard many of the songs many, many times. The one’s I hadn’t heard before, were surprisingly good.

Already loved this album, some songs I hadn’t heard were great. One or two songs weren’t my taste, but it was largely excellent. I’d give it a 4.5, but that’s not an option.

I’ve heard some songs before, but never the whole album. And it’s fantastic. Even the weird interlude things are enjoyable. I’m not sure if it’s the progenitor of the electronica sound that’s now commonplace, but by god, it’s an absolute masterclass in it.

A high energy, jaunty, and interesting singing style are the hallmarks of this album. It was an enjoyable listen, but nothing really stood out to me. I’ve heard Bobby McGee a bunch separately, and that song is just fine.

Started off strong, then got reaaaal weird with it. The first song is great, the other songs are varying degrees of strange and off putting lyrics. The musicianship is appreciated, and even the music itself is great. But it could’ve been edited down or broken up a bit more.

A really good album. The front half is kind of overloaded with all the best stuff, and the second half kind of waffles a bit. It does have a strong ending number though. It’s got some bluesy elements mixed with that indie folk nonsense.

It’s just not enjoyable to listen to. The vocals are off key and not in time with the music. The music would be fine, but it doesn’t jive well with the vocals. It gives off an extremely sheltered suburban goth kid that’s trying to be edgy, but just doesn’t get it. Like toothless punk, which maybe is the progenitor of the alternative music movement.

*Could only get the live album* It’s like if you took the classical work and the made someone do an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida to it. And also told someone else to rail on a synthesizer like a maniac. It’s a fun interpretation. Not something to listen to again, but not unpleasant.

Really enjoyed this one. It’s a lilting and light spread of songs, that in some points got a bit samey. Fortunately, they started adding different instrumentation and it really helped. Also, the lyrics being largely about some mundane Hollywood nonsense is kind of a pleasant reprieve.

An absolute blues reverie. I have a hard time discerning different songs due to the similarities between them. Not to say I didn’t enjoy it immensely. It’s the real McCoy and a stylistic original collection of music.

Really delightful. Not my normal musical taste, but I can appreciate excellent technique when I hear it. They have the hard hitting thrasher bits that are quality and the more melodic parts that make for compelling music.

A lovely album. Knowing the context that it was made during his divorce, it makes a lot of sense. It’s very slow, with some beautiful guitar work. It has a more somber tone overall in comparison to Odelay. Not really an upbeat number in the bunch, but still a genuinely pleasant album.

I think Kate Bush is America’s Bjork. If that makes sense. Sort of all over the place vocals, general ethereal pop stuff going on. Nothing really grabbed me, unfortunately. It wasn’t overly bad and it’s a competently made album. Just wasn’t my taste.

I was sort of looking forward to this knowing the punk roots of Elvis Costello, but it was just okay. His voice was mildly annoying. I got used to it the more the album went on. A couple songs stood out, but the album at large didn’t grab me the way I’d hoped.