1001 Albums Summary

Excellent early work by the bois. Enjoyed it front to back. George Harrison's track might be my least favorite. It's pretty interesting in retrospect to see how well he develops from here.

Second half of this album is a complete snoozefest. Big meh all around. Just too corny for me, but I can understand how people enjoy it.

Goes so hard. It would have been hard for me to not give this a 5 even if I'd hated every track, the influence this has had makes it a 5 almost by itself.

Hadn't heard a couple of these, but goddamn do they all hit. Love Fogerty's soul-filled crooning. Graveyard train went on a little long. I don't think I knew they were from California, which makes the decision to pioneer "Swamp Rock" interesting to me. I can't find much on why this is. It's also interesting to me that John and Doug essentially dodged the draft for the Vietnam war and then went on to write on of the greatest Anti-war songs of all time. I don't think was ever not going to be a 5

They take their symphonic/orchestral-esque sound from Funeral and seem to have perfected it here. Though I don't think they have any tracks on The Suburbs that are quite as iconic as the best tracks from Funeral. Really enjoy the soundscapes they create here, lots of layers. It's not quite as raw emotionally as Funeral, but it's still very melancholic and introspective (which is 100% my shit, goddamn do I love me some sadboi indie bullshit).

Really enjoyed this one, but the weather was pretty damn perfect for it. A perfect chill album for some rainy day introspection. I think pitchfork's "timeless" certification is very apt, it doesn't show its age much imo.

This album fuckin RIPS. Pedal to metal all the way through. The riffs fuck, the solos are face melting. The whole band is so goddamn tight. It's hard to top Roth-era Van Halen and this was the very pinnacle of it. Incredible ride front to back. Yes it's corny, yes it's shallow, yes it's misogynistic... but I can't help myself, this is 80s hair metal at it's finest