1001 Albums Summary

I am not the audience for this. I have never been into gangsta rap (I was a senior in high school when this came out, so I am generally familiar). But it never spoke to me. If I wasn't listening to it for this challenge, I would not finish it. What I have learned: 1. Dre is a badass and owns guns 2. Dre hates women but thinks they should shut shut up and fuck him 3. Dre hates his former NWA bandmates and thinks they should be sucking his dick 4. Dre is (at least at the time) friends with Snoop Dogg (who's music I am somewhat more familiar with) Nothin' But a "G" Thang is the only song I recognize (It's like this and like that)

Listen to this has made me realize I enjoy listening to the nostalgic hits off 'Can't Buy a Thrill" but that I don't actually like Steely Dan. It's not a bad album and I can see how it was doing something interesting at the time it came out. But it is just not for me.

"Paper Tiger" is the standout. Other than that, this is too sad and sleepy for me

Although I know quite few of the song on this album simply because they were everywhere in the late '90s, I have never listened to the whole album. I considered Radiohead too pretentious at the time and I just couldn't get into them. I have now realized it was the fans, not the band or the music that sucked. I really liked this.

I am not at all familiar with this album. I've never even heard of the band before. Overall, I liked it. But I don't see myself returning to it. It was pleasant, but didn't make a connection.

I like U2. Under a Blood Red Sky was one of the first CDs I bought when I was in middle school. Unforgettable Fire was just about a perfect album. But this? This is a band that is afraid of taking chances. It feels genetically engineered to make 35 year old white women feel good while driving to Starbucks. Front loading the album with the singles seems like an admission that no one is expected to listen to the whole thing.

I don't know Spanish enough to follow the lyrics, but my overwhelming feeling listening to this is sadness. A lot of the music sounds like it should be happy, but it just isn't. Good background music for dinner, but too sad to listen to at work.

I like The Smiths a lot. And I liked the first 1.5 albums Morrissey put out after the Smiths broke up. But with every passing year farther away from Johnny Marr he just gets more insufferable. This was still fairly early in his solo career, but it is still just boring.

The Who was a big part of the music of my childhood. They are clearly amazing musicians but I was just never that into them. I don't dislike The Who, but listening to this does not make me want to listen to more. "Substitute" is my favorite from this album.