1001 Albums Summary

- The Day I tried to Live remains the best song on the album even after multiple listens. A spiralling tune with fantastic lyrics, clear and excellent progression and the best showing of Cornell's vocal power and variety on this album. - Superunknown is strong, a great showing of the production, the drums in particular sound heavy and really bring a dynamic texture to this album, helped by the unique time signatures, Cornell's vocals overpower the track in a fantastic way, helped by the utterly superb riff (thanks Carter) and the electric momentum of the drum line. - Let Me Drown is a great opener that instantly brings you into the vibe of this album, a loud, abrasive trip that leads well into My Wave, maintaining this momentum for an overall song that finds itself forgotten on my listens, mainly because it's overshadowed by the first of our more sludgy, slower tunes, Fell on Black Days - Mailman doesn't stand out to me personally, it does lead nicely into Superunknown but doesn't do enough on its own to join my playlist -Head Down is fantastic and as a follow up to Superunknown completely changes the tone with a beautiful riff and another unbeatable drum line, Matt Cameron is probably the best drummer in the Grunge genre, at least in this period, his control and ability to effectively slide in and out of the forefront makes him a personal favourite. -Black Hole Sun is...fine, I'm not huge on it. It has a unique vibe but I think Head Down does it better Like Suicide disappoints me and the backend of the album is mostly uninteresting, saved by 4th of July but ultimately it fizzles out amongst an album that has a lot going for it as one of the Big Four with Ten, Nevermind and Dirt but I think personally I liked this album more as a high schooler. There's a lot that works here but also a lot that doesn't. This is good but there's better.

There is just so much joy and whimsy on this album it's absolutely infectious, the piano here is just so good man. My biggest complaints really just come down to the more forgettable tunes. My favourite track had to be the opener but there were some real highlights with 'I've Seen That Movie Too' and 'All The Girls Love Alice.' The lowlights really 'Jamaica Jerk-Off', 'Dirty Little Girl', Roy Rogers' and 'Social Disease'. The back of this album is really saved by 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' and the closer track, 'Harmony'. Ultimately, it's a well-produced album with a lot of fun and whimsy going in but I believe there's a number of songs that could've been cut to make it a much better experience. Also if they did more Prog like the opening track it would've been fantastic. To me this is a 3.5 but I can't give it half stars so it falls to being a 3 rather than a 4 for me.

This is one of those things that I can see the quality in but recognise is not for me. Raised on Robbery is a highlight. I see the vision but it isn't for me, so I don't have too much to say.

Part 4 is so fucking goated man that shit beautiful to walk home on a rainy night to. But the whole album is just such a beautiful jazz piece, fantastic drum solos and best of all, it's so beautifully atmospheric. What a fantastic album.

This album is so fucking funny man

Kinda just the definition of mid

I'd never really given Lou Reed a chance before this but this is actually great. The production is on point. It's funny hearing Walk on the Wild Side after hearing Can I Kick it? My favourites have been Perfect Day and Hangin' Round. This album has had a massive impact and even though I'm not a Velvet Underground fan, this was a great album. All the songs bring something to the table and it doesn't overstay its welcome, for me it's a 4.