1001 Albums Summary

Ugh so good. The horns coming in on Wesley’s theory. The punch of king kunta. The off kilter instrumentation and wavering voice of u. Cohesive yet fresh at every turn, the live instrumentation feel paired with mixed flows and intonation and lyrics from Kendrick compliment each other to bring a whole new sound. 10/10

Boom bap lives forever

Heard many of the songs but never listened front to back until now. Just an incredibly cohesive sound...the BOOM BAP beats, the punchy, classic Biggie flows...a gem through and through.

The album that defined the psych rock sound…but certainly not a perfect album by any means. What was it with these British bands poorly doing American country??

Feels like you’re at a baseball game

Classic talking heads but I don’t think it’s their bedt

Defining that 2000s sound huh? Listened to this in a particularly apt moment and it hit, but it’s a bit too moody for regular play

One of the strongest openings to an album ever. A couple duds later on but I truly think this is undeniably great

Some good ones but Elton just isn’t all it for me

A generational album. 11/10

It’s aight. Not exactly my cup of tea, but high energy youth angst is a vibe, for sure

Bowie always takes you on a journey. Not sure how much I like the glam rock opening, but a few of the songs (blackout, moss garden) really hit. Neukoln was a weird one.

The best breakup album of all time?

A boo bop a de dip damn was really expecting myself to be over this one but turns out Elvis got piiiipes!

Wow Jack white can carry an entire album, by himself. It’s amazing how cohesive the sound is but how unique every song is-never feels bogged down despite being two instruments the whole time. Underrated is how much work the drums do-Jack is so tight rhythmically on guitar and Meg has this lackadaisical out of the pocket feel that just brings enough tension to the mix that it’s wonderfully chaotic. Like each song is teetering on falling apart and yet carries the whole way through.

Cause I’m freeeeeeeeeeeeee as a birdddddddd…

Classic bey, eh? Big surprise was Blow, absolute banger that seemingly didn't get much airtime over the years. A jam tho

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Glam! Okay but not my jam

This might have been good forty years ago? Kinda bland beatles/monkees knockoff. IDK why this is on the list, tbh.

good energy and some classic songs

just not my cup of tea

Maybe the libs need to bring this energy back huh

It’s like the Beatles meets u2 but not in the best way

I understand how this was a radical sound at the time but hip hop has been so fleshed out in the interim that most of the songs sound fairly rudimentary now. Some gems of course, but I was sick of it by the end