1001 Albums Summary

I’m wholly unfamiliar with Santana’s work, but being a jazz head and listening to this for the first time had me mesmerized. The layers, the fantastic guitar playing, those incredible vocals—god damn. Definitely listening to this one again.

I think many point to this as one of the best live albums of all time, but really it’s just for my generation the most influential. I grew up with tracks from this playing the radio every single day, but never listened all the way through. In short, it’s good most of the time, great a select few times. God I love that Lead Belly cover though.

Damn that shit’s good. I’m still more of a Death fan myself, but I get the Metallica love now.

Ray Charles is an odd one for me. This album came out in ‘59 in one of jazz’s greatest years ever. But odd as it may sound, I wish there was more Ray Charles on this Ray Charles record. Hot take but a few tracks have him mixed way lower than he deserves for a solo album. Not my style of big band jazz, but it’s certainly good.

Wow. WOW. As a millennial, my only familiarity with The Police is terrible solo soft rock from Sting that flooded the radio. This is NOT that. It’s got groove, it’s got soul. It’s a great blend of pop, some prog rock, some funk and a lil somethin’ from Sting’s vocals that actually doesn’t feel grating for once.

Alright, this is the good shit. Love some deep and heavy pop surrounded by a narrative on war and violence.

Eh. I mean. It’s alright. I think what takes me out of it the most tbh are the vocals/lyrics. The songwriting imo is just not at the same level as the technicality—which is still great.

Talk about a millennial blast from the past. Underrated as holy hell. Soaring vocals evocative of Bob Dylan, a wall of synth and distorted guitar sounds somewhere between MBV and M83. Throw in a bit of surf rock reminiscent of the Beach Boys, and you get something absolutely magical.

Eerie as fuck. Like if you went on a punk haunted house ride through a run down and dilapidated city street. Siouxsie’s vocals are one of the all-time greats imo. Still gives me shivers.

Huh. I’ve never heard of this dude, and never heard his music before. But god damn is this catchy as hell. Not my fave, but definitely novel !

Wow, I feel like a dumbass for this flying under my radar.

Idk it’s like, ok. Not great, sorta good, but ultimately ok in the grand scheme of things. I like Beck’s avant-garde lyrics and songwriting for sure, but that’s about all.