1001 Albums Summary

Probably more of a 2.5 but ends on a high point with riders of the storm

Music is fine, would be much better with a different singer in my opinion

Have listened to this before and it didn't leave much of an impression this time either, all very well put together but does nothing for me 🤷‍♂️

Original tracklisting would probably be 5 stars but expanded/bonus tracks now drag it down a bit

Tried several times but listening to a whole album of prince does nothing for me, this time was no exception

Music for coked up dads whose children no longer love them

Horrible racist moaning, a useful reminder of how pathetic being small minded can be 🤮

Pleasant enough stuff

Not something I'd choose to listen to, find the trumpet a bit grating 😬 Obviously technically very good otherwise

Fine, before they became interesting

Very little variety

Pretty good, not easy listening probably would grow to enjoy more on repeated listening

Bit dull

Would've scored higher but found the unimaginative drumming grating across a whole album, every track has the same beat throughout with no variation. Drums sound very thin too which makes them stand out more.

Spa music

Great but slightly too long

Meh

First I've heard of them but solid folky psych rock, similar to Love in places

Fine but not for me

Agree with his views, hate his music

Solid 3.5 not sure I'd listen to it again and again though

Nothing overtly offensive but really not for me

More influential than pleasing to listen to

Preferred the first half

Not for me, 2000s production makes these sort of songs feel very cheesy

Not as bad as I was expecting, not something I'd generally choose to listen to but have had worse albums as part of this process

Love Iggy as radio presenter but his music doesn't do much for me

Starts really strong but interest drops off later

Not for me

Music is fine but lyrics lean too much into entitled whining like Morrissey's solo work, at least he was not overtly racist yet though

Inoffensive hold music

He's no Eddie Cochrane

It's fine but wouldn't choose to listen to this, preferred them when they started and weren't so relentlessly self important. Too much head not enough heart.

'salright

Not my favourite bjork album

Not as good as I remembered

Probably would be more enjoyable as a more instrumental album

Not as grating as I expected

🥱 Dull

Didn't understand that much but was pretty good

Can see why this would be immediately grating to people now but I enjoyed most of this

Songs go nowhere for a seemingly long time

Dreary and dull

Not as focused as his other 2 albums, still very good though

😖

🥱 Great last track though

Skits are really bad, some good tracks but very bloated overall

First time listening to this all the way through, clearly a big influence on post punk and new wave acts which followed

When they started to be more interesting

Band never done anything for me, always feel like they're posers who take a lot from what came before without adding anything innovative

Not as good as sound of silence, some good tracks but old people talking really doesn't add anything

Not really my thing but nice enough 🤷‍♂️

Feel like this is the point they started taking themselves too seriously, some fun tracks but also some overwrought more serious tracks which may work for some but for me 🤢

Expected to hate this from start to finish and it was surprisingly pleasant, possibly overrating due to such low expectations but wouldn't turn it off if it came on again

Really good fun funk rock

Good when there's a focused song, a lot of time is spent on a half baked grooves accompanied by proto skits which really outstay their welcome for me

More experimental than I've heard from Joni Mitchell in the past, I didn't know she did it like that. All really good and the variety makes it enjoyable to listen through, will revisit this in future

All very good although the misogyny feels very dated now 😕

All a bit down tempo for me

Not my favourite Kate Bush album

Dumb as hell

Mostly interesting but not something I choose to listen to normally

MOR hip hop karaoke for people who don't really like hip hop Some great elements but ultimately all feels a bit watered down Also wyclef scammed a bunch of poor Haitians so fuck him

It's alright, a little annoying because of the general wackiness, not particularly weird despite what other reviews say 🤷‍♂️ okay got a bit weirder later...

Nice enough, probably not something I'd come back to though

Fine, Jack White seems very consistent but doesn't do much for me

The best simple minds album, promised you a miracle is an absolute banger

Had to listen to this via a YouTube playlist for some reason but was still pretty fun, I always saw ozomatli as some sort of Jurassic 5 spin off which might be wrong but both groups bring positive party vibes and this album is a good example of that

Signed up to listen to albums I may otherwise have missed, wouldn't have minded missing this one.

Impressive playing, would have liked a bit more structure and variety but guess that's the nature of improvisation

Prefer some of their other stuff, this was all a bit too twee for me

Before my time and feels very dated now, sure there were better examples of dance music from this era which could have been picked over this

Probably 2.5 but rounding up, fine in parts but feel like there's better examples of similar music elsewhere, early doobie brothers and csny for example

Fairly bland background music

Feel like listening to a recent remaster helped highlight more details in the music which I hadn't noticed so much when listening to this years ago. Possibly their best album?

Some good tracks but also a bit of filler plus the joke/characterisation wears a bit thin over a full album

Starts well, good singles, but also a lot of filler

If I wanted to listen to someone sing like this then I'd listen to deserter songs by mercury rev. Not a big fan of the overly processed drums throughout or kookiness of flaming lips in general, although this album isn't the worst example of that

Went on a bit too long

A couple of good tracks

Not their best