1001 Albums Summary

What a bop!

I can appreciate that this is a critically “good” album but omg it’s not my style. I can see the influence of Bowie on artists I love—Pulp (Party Hard) and Belle and Sebastian (Stay Loose) but I can’t connect to his vocals. I did like “Speed of life” and “Sound and Vision”—both tracks that are worth returning to especially on a drive .

I don’t think I realised how familiar this band would be before listening. I’ve definitely danced to Psychokiller before, not realizing it was a TH song, but after listening here, I was excited to revisit bands like Orange Juice and a lot of early-aughts post-punk (The Rapture, etc.) just for the vibes.

This album is absolutely beautiful. I don’t usually listen to live albums—the FOMO is too much but—I’m so glad I got to listen to this one. I only know the James Brown songs that everyone else knows. But some of his more soulful songs like “Lost Someone” are just… phenomenal. It makes me think of the desperation of some Jonathan Richman songs; raw and authentic.

By men for men. By cult leaders for cult leaders. The soundtrack to Magic the Gathering.

There are things about the songs on this album that I can appreciate: the jangly guitar in Ramble Tamble, the way Before you Accuse Me sounds like the perfect soundtrack for a movie scene in a late night diner… etc. but overall, this does not at all sound like a cohesive album; it’s hard for me to imagine this is the same band from song-to-song; it just all sounds so disjointed to me.

I don’t understand how someone can write so many love songs in such a loveless way.

I was feeling indifferent about this album until I heard Who’s Loving You. Woah.

Run for your Life is the scariest Beatles song I’ve ever heard.

I need no motivation to listen to this album in full. It’s perfect.

This was a really good album! I didn’t realize that I’d recognize so many tracks from it, but more than that, I found it joyful to listen to. It’s such a good rock ‘n’ roll bop.

The rhythm section! I can’t believe this drumming.

The blues are still blue. I want to make a film just so I can use these blues jn a smoky bar scene 🎬

Opening an album with wind chimes is.. wild. It really opens up a lot of possibilities for ways of incorporating field recordings into music. While this isn’t come thing I would go out of my way to listen to, I appreciate the artistry and beauty in the songs.

I liked this more than I thought I would, but the vocals are so wholesome and so silly.

This album was great! This reads like a foundational text to Justine from Elastica and Karen from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

I loved this! Guitars like The Cure, vocals like no others and… Bubblegum is a great song to end this album.

I did not enjoy this but at least now I get the Simpsons reference!

This was so good! A few soundtrack for work and new inspo for creation.

Woaaaaaaah! The Witch! This song alone… not a huge fan of covers but they have such a good sound.

Sounds like a James Bond soundtrack. Really lovely though I struggle a bit with the breathiness of the vocals.

I liked this more than I thought! I didn’t realize Fiona Apple was so bluesy in her vocals; I found them surprisingly powerful.

Every song sounded like it was going to break into Livin’ on a Prayer

I might have made the mistake of listening to this while trying to work. I had a double album of theirs a long time ago and loved it but found this one harder to connect to.

I. Loved. This.

SO GOOD.

I appreciate this—not my style, but I appreciate it.

All hail the Queen.

The music is amazing but the vocals sound like pirates.

This is sweet—not something I’d continue to listen to but I appreciate its sweetness.

Wowww

So 90s! Vocals remind me of EMF and I like it.

This wasn’t the worst but I really couldn’t tell what this album was trying to be. I feel like every song struggled to connect to the ones before and after it.

This album sounds great! Not my style, but I can appreciate the artistry and craft.

This album is a hot mess but contains some really beautiful gems (eg. Title track).

A perfect soundtrack to winter focus.

This was so unbelievably good.

I can appreciate how much abba means to people, and a lot of the songs that didn’t chart were also surprisingly good.

This sound really captures a certain something of the early aughts. I like it!