1001 Albums Summary

Great way to start the project. This is a Beatles album, and a very good one at that. Everyone is on top form on this album; the breakdowns on “Drive My Car” remind you that Ringo is a world class drummer, George’s guitar solo on “Nowhere Man” is surprisingly crisp, and John and Paul are John and Paul the whole time. There really isn’t a miss on this album and I’d happily listen to it again for every day of this project. Some songs feel a bit dated, but it’s Rubber Soul so that is easily disregarded.

Despite its near universal acclaim, this album did not feel as perfect as Rubber Soul. The White Album’s highs are as good as music can be: Dear Prudence, the string of tracks from Happiness is a Warm Gun up to Blackbird, I Will, and Revolution 1 are all masterpieces. However, the lows are much lower and they hurt the experience of this album as a whole. It’s still The White Album so it can’t go much lower than 4 stars.

I actually a decent album if a bit boring or same.‘I especially liked the back half, I particular the final song. I wish I had heard this in public at a cool lounge instead of in my headphones.

I definitely enjoyed this album. It sounded very similar to a lot of the other music from this era that I’ve heard, though certainly not in a bad way. I always mix up this band with Depeche Mode.

Picture this: it’s march of 2009. Obama has just been inaugurated. You work for a “tech startup” that’s really just a blog website. You live in bushwick. You go to a house party with a pair of shutter shades on, and dance to the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album all night. I was born in the wrong generation.

Didn’t really care for this one besides the last two tracks

Every track is incredible. I think it’s hurt by its density. There are just so many songs that are all so short that it’s hard to lock into it. If any of the (very numerous, extremely good) ideas here had time to breathe, this would be a perfect album. Fucker

A solid indie rock record that sounds of the time and scene in which it was created. The Flaming Lips connection was both apparent and welcome.