1001 Albums Summary

This album is definitely outside of my comfort zone. I typically don't love listening to more melancholy songs because music really affects me emotionally and I don't like being bummed out (haha). I think my favorite song was Subterranean Homesick Alien. I also really enjoyed the first part of Paranoid Android. I think I need to give this one another listen in the future and pay more attention to the back half. On this first listen, I'd give a 3.5/5.

This was another one out of my comfort zone. I haven’t listened to a lot of punk before except for a few songs from The Clash. I enjoyed this one a lot, it felt silly at times, and the artists sounded like they had a lot of fun with this one. My favorite songs off the album were a tie between Kiss Off and Good Feeling. I’d give this a 4/5.

I felt a lot more at home with this one than the other albums I’ve listened to so far. I really liked all the jazz/blues instrumentals. I definitely see myself listening to TPAB again, especially to dive into all the meaning in the lyrics that Kendrick packs in. I’m withholding a half star because I don’t see myself putting the majority of the songs into my heavy rotation. 4.5/5

I wouldn’t say rock is a genre I normally gravitate to, but this was extremely listenable. I enjoyed all the different moods. I really physically felt the performances through my headphones in a way that I don’t think I’ve felt with other music before. I’m not sure what the term is for that, if it’s the production or the mix or what, but it was awesome. 4.5/5

I loved this one. I’ve always wanted to be a jazz fan, and this feels like what I’ve always imagined jazz is. I’ve also never listened to a live album before, and it really felt like I was there. 5/5

I enjoyed a lot of this album. I listen to a lot of phonk (not drift phonk) so this felt familiar in a lot of ways (actually haven’t heard many Snoop samples that I know of, come to think of it). This is just a personal thing, but I just don’t enjoy a lot of the more crass lyrics/interludes. 3/5.

I think I’m missing some context and appreciation for what music was like around this time, because I’m a little underwhelmed. Maybe I just take more modern music for granted, or the Beach Boys are just so over-played in movie sound tracks or whatever, but after years of hearing how this is one of the best albums of all time, this just did not wow me. Very listenable, just didn’t knock my socks off. 3.5/5.

This album was just fine. Nothing really stood out to me, but it was all very listenable. It reminded me of Vulfpeck (or maybe that should be vice versa…). 3/5.