1001 Albums Summary

Went into this album with no expectations, and it started off great! I Feel the Earth Move is a great album opener and the next few songs were a bit milder but still good. Overall a pretty easy listen, but I doubt I will be really reaching for it again, it's not really my style. But I understand why it might be here, and it has not a single bad song on it. I think the production is very good and her vocals are definitely a high note of this piece.

This is a great rock and roll record! I'd heard of Janis, but I'd never listened to any of her work. She's got an incredible powerful voice and blues influence adds a great touch to this piece. It gets a pit honky tonk towards the middle with Me and Bobby McGee and Mercedes Benz, which brings this record down for me a little. Overall a great album which I forsee myself relistening to (albeit a few skips).

I think this album sounds stunning. It's a little bit more country leaning than truly rock, but I like the rock instruments in this setting, because the bass is very strong (a personal preference of mine). It alternates between a very rustic sound and and a theatrical one, but somehow it works. The final song Words is a really fantastic unique song that highlights the rock elements well. Though it was a very mellow, country rock album, which isn't my style, I kinda liked it. Probably wouldn't listen to the whole piece through again, though.

Ok, I fell asleep while listening to it, SORRY! But I never was super keen on The Police to begin with so I was never expecting to fall in love with this album anyway. I'll Be Watching You is a classic (duh) but nothing else really stuck out too much. I like the nontraditional rhythmics, like the first two songs felt very inspired by African percussion IMO. Otherwise it's kinda like a normal soft rock album, besides Mother. Maybe my rating would be different if I really listened, but I really cannot be bothered.