1001 Albums Summary

Mixing was extremely impressive for the time. The song arrangement was beautiful at times and there are some really catchy riffs. There were times I thought a chord progression would be going somewhere and it would just end abruptly, the lyrics were mediocre but I can't tell if that's a genuine criticism or if it's me from the future retroactively criticizing something that was original for cliche lyrics that I only perceive as cliche because of their influence on the future. Nonetheless, I didn't enjoy the album massively but I didn't think it was bad by any means. I just don't think it's for me personally. It is a good introduction into country for me. I think a 2 star rating a bit harsh but I don't have a 2.5 option and I can't justify giving this a 3. Favorite song: Cowgirl in the sand. Least favorite: Everybody knows this is nowhere

Really really cool debut album for them. You can hear how vivid their vision is and how it got fleshed out into their hits that followed. Cool blend of instruments all throughout and even a tabla appearance. Vocals are iconic. Similar to the Neil Young album, with older albums it's hard to tell if my criticisms are proper criticisms of the music or if they are only possible bc of retroactive context that didn't apply at the time of release. Regardless, there were fun riffs but extended stretches where I found myself bored. I could not call any part of this uninspired though.