1001 Albums Summary

Not thier best but still a really solid album. Introduced Metallica and metal to the general audiences in the 90s. Some songs are a bit sellouty but most are really good.

Classic album. Similar to Metallica's Metallica where thier best work is past but still really good. At this point in the bands history Eddie Van Halen started moving the band to more synth based compositions in the 80s which I like less than thier first album but the songwriting is still really good.

Solid songs on here. Grunge with a very heavy punk influence to them. Cant really listen to teen spirit anymore cuz ive heard it so many times but that doesn't stop me wanting to listen to this album again. While Kurt wasnt the most technical of players he was a top tier songwriter and player.

After the first song I though id be bored listening to this album but I was proven wrong. I quite enjoyed this. The lead guitar and bass work is by far the highlight for me (I am a guitar player so I will be biased) especially in the last song, the 2 longer ones, and Lunchmeataphobia. It is very 70s in a good way, very much Hendrix inspired. I'd never heard of this before but I am pleasantly surprised.

My first 5. Hendrix is up there for best guitarist even and this album has some of the best songs ever written. He and this album literally changed all music forever. What he did on the guitar had NEVER been done before. He helped invent modern music. This cannot be any less than a 5, not just on its historical impact but also on the quality of the music. I'm never not interested or excited listening to him play guitar.

Interesting one today. Wishing there was a 2.5 but ill give it a 3. Something about my fucked up brain is that I struggle to pick up words most of the time. So unless im really straining ill likely miss alot of the words in songs. This means that vocal centric music doesn't really work for me, but also most of the time the genre of that music isn't really my thing. This album is both of those things. What I can really appreciate is the quality of the vocals, the melodic arrangement, the harmonies, e. t.c. This album has that, even if the instrumentation (the most important part of any song for me) is fairly boring. I didnt mind listening to it, it just bored me and didnt grab me for the reasons stated. Don't actively dislike it, just not for me. Time of the Season was good.

I think this is another 2.5 for me but the struggle is whether i give it a 2 or 3. I think a high 2. It didnt grab me in the slightest. Pretty boring. There are only 3 songs i think i actively enjoyed listening to, The Stars (Are Out Tonight), Love is Lost, and (You Will) Set The Word On Fire. The rest were not great. Tbe first one and If You Can See Me were shite.