folk
bare guitar
very bare
very low dynamics
guitar and vocals mainly
from the morning is a good song, a great closer
honestly this album is just too fuckin sad lol Lord protect me from this kind of depression cause the dude sounds fucking saaaaad bro.
it's okay i can see the importance of an album like this, it's crossed my mind that minimalism is necessary at times and it can be one of the most tough listens if you happen to be willing to face some real BLUE shit head on. Not for me though. Never really needed folk in my life, at least not this kind. I think 3/5 for me...probably closer to a 2/5.
Wanted man goes hard…he played at a prison, it sounds super crisp despite it being live
His voice sounds insane
He’s a great showman
He makes the crowd really feel the music
He can get a bit repetitive with the way he phrases his music but it’s mostly an enjoyable experience
This is the type of folk I can see myself liking better. It’s more tongue in cheek more for the people more direct more storytelling more playful more bombastic
I think this was a 4/5 if not 5/5 experience somewhere in the between.
great funk, it was very easy to listen to. I think the lyrical content was dope as well. I never tried funk with this much attention so I'm glad I did.
simple, direct, bar chord extravaganza with muted drums, which for it's time was probably insane
the vocals are a mixed bag,
the riffs really only appear on a few songs
the drums really changed the game at the time
its a time capsule for skinny tiny shirts and a lot of fucking chainsmoking
it doesn't really say much but it feels very youthful
the singles do a lot of carrying on this thing though.
you don't really hear any riffs until SOMA, and that song has vocal issues imo
i always wondered why the shitty "electric guitar" midi VSTs sounded like that shit, and i found the reason, it's the fuckin weird guitar tone on Alone, Together. That's what's to blame lmao. the guitar on the right side sounds like fuckin cheap shit. the solo at the end of that song really sends it home. it would've been a good closer, but instead we get some vocal clipping at the end.
after a while, the vocals being run through an amp get a bit tiring, but it's obvious that this album doesn't work without it.
Last Nite is an enigma, because people love this song but i really think his vocals on it are insaaaane. They're wonky and very odd. They're almost forced as if he's trying to sing like some old blues dude. But the instrumental palette just carries. People love this shit. I think the best song that encapsulates the strokes is "Hard to Explain", with better guitar tones, a little more electronic drum hits, better melodic vocal phrases, a speedier tempo, and a more solid bass foundation. It's the best song on here imo.
on take it or leave it, i'll take the instrumentation and leave his vocals behind. but whatever man at this point you gotta just accept this whole thing as it is, influential? yeah, i guess.
please fuck all the way off with the horrible vocal melodic phrasing on "when it started" the way he strains for the high notes on the verses is jokes.
i don't think you NEED to listen to this shit before you die. I think it's fine, and while it might've inspired millions afterwards, i think in the grand scheme of music, it's just fine.
the time capsule known as the Someday video just wraps up the whole vibe. doesn't it? it's a product of it's time. You just had to fuckin be there. i would be cool with never having to hear this again though.
what a grand album. I think the first song is very iconic with its instrumental passages and layering. Very influential. Then you get Welcome to the Machine, an even grander experiment in synthesizer and climax. the way the synthesizers pan left and right are insane. then you get the scathing assault on the music industry as a whole in the middle. and the instrumental ending is very cinematic as a tribute to their ex lead singer.
i think its close to being a 5, i think they couldve been more lyrically poignant, everything else is insane. But i think the lyrics and the writing could have been more detailed and direct. what an album. It feels like a 4/5 is too low. Because there are some other mid albums that deserve a 4/5. I think its closer to a 4.75/5, it's not perfect, but i will be giving this a 5.
it honestly just feels like a longer beatles record. and while i enjoyed it, i don't think it's a 5/5, probably more like a 4pointsomething/5. it was really fun though and I'll have to come back to it eventually.
pretty neat
i think there are better zeppelin albums right.
there's some stomp clap on this
it's okay, somewhere in the 3pointsomethings to light 4, i'll give it a 4 because there's defo some worse stuff out there on this list of 1001 albums YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE APPARENTLY
I don’t think this needs to be on this list. Layla could be on a 1001 songs you need to hear before you die list…but idk I think there’s a lot of the same flavor of 70s rock on this album.
quintessential
this is the standard of the great lyricist and the great beatmaker and the great album curator and the great feature and the concept album
it is what it is. The first album that i've heard doing this 1001 thing that makes me say, this IS one of the 1001 albums that EVERYONE should listen to before they die. Even if they don't like it, it's important to gauge whether or not you have a future in listening to AAAAAANNYYY hiphop after trying this. It is a snapshot of 90s New York, audibly presented as a movie through a masterful storyteller's pen. The first time I can say, yeah, it's a 5/5
the 20 minute song is certainly a journey, at one point halfway through it gets ripped apart backwards and forwards and i can't help but think it could've been split into a different track at that point. Then around 18 mins in, it does the same thing, with a new drum beat and synth pattern emerging, but then it hits you with the beginning swirls, so i realize that my opinion is trash lol
i think the 2nd track is more post rock than the first, but the first is certainly a journey.
the 3rd track is okay, pulsating and simple
the 4th track feels more mathy, i like the synths all across this thing
all in all, i see the value of an album like this, i think everyone should try a post-rock album at least once, there's a lot of incredible textures on here and i could certainly see how something like this is influential. At the same time, I know a lot of people are gonna be put off, and I'm not sure i think it's a requirement to listen to THIS particular piece of music before you do. I think it should be the case, but i also think that there are other post rock examples that while not as influential are probably better representatives on a list of music you HAAAAAVE to hear before you die.
I think a 3/5 is fair. I wish the rating system was out of 10 because I'd aim for a 7 out of ten, closer to a 7 than an 8.
psych folk that i've never heard
he has a great voice,
he has a masterful way of making long songs feel fresh and intentional
i think this is a strong 7, i'll be giving it a 3/5 because i am not sure if i think you HAVE to hear it before you die. I'm on the fence, I think it's something that could be debated heavily, since it is so influential. its closer to a 4 than a 3 though, i can't decide, i hate this rating system being out of 5
nice
ehhh. i think it's a 3/5. Idk i think for sure the Life on Mars? track should be on a list of 1001 songs you should hear before you die. This album is well put together but i've come to the thought that the album is a beatles-esque pop record with lyrics that serve as a stark contrast to uplifting pop music of the 70s. I think it's good, but I don't think you'll have incredible regrets if you don't listen to this before you die. Out of 10 I'd probably give this a 6 or 7, i'm not sure. I didn't love it. I think it's a little bit forgettable as well.
I sat with this album a bit more over the weekend and I seemed to like it less and less than first listen. I just think it’s not worthy of being on this list. Maybe it’s important, but Bowie seemed to refine this very sound and lyrical content on following albums. I think it doesn’t deserve to be on the list.
fucking fire, honestly, makes time fly by because her voice is insane and the backing instrumentals are so full of life. She's great. This is definitely a part of music history and it's such a quick burst of musical energy that I do think it's something everyone should hear at least once. Like if aliens came down to this earth, this would be a good first piece of music to show them.
I think it has to be a 5/5. it's probably as close to vocal pop perfection as you can get.
some hardcore stuff on here, but it's very apparent that this album is on this list because of it's "cowpunk" country punk blend. I am led to believe that this is the first or best of it's kind. For that reason I think it deserves to be on a list of 1001 albums you should hear before you die. From what I can deduce from this album, the blend of songs and themes and psych inspired elements make it revolutionary for it's time. Personally, the singing is a bit strained, but aside from that the instrumentation is pretty well put together. I'll give it 3/5, as it's an easy listen, and someone from the desert west can really grow to love something like this. I see it's merit.
hey man, what a fun listen. late 80s hard rock meets the real shit level themes of late 80s new york from the eyes of the black men who rock harder than most of the contemporaries of this time. C.O.P. Still stands the test of time as a political stinger and hard rock riff STANDARD, but damn they have some jams on here about housing, poverty, and the american dream. This shit knocks and i do think it deserves to be on here as a representation of hard rock from the 80s. Damn these foos got funky with it to at times. I will rate it as a 5/5, but out of 10 it would be somewhere between an 8 and a 9.
damn these dudes are super technical with it, the drums and the bass and the guitar are all just grabbing my attention without any remorse, then these dudes decided to fake me out on Funny Vibe with the funk fade out that hits back with the instrumental right hook. This album is sooooo colorful.
from trailblazing jazz fusion, with electric guitar flourishes, masterful brass, incredibly crisp drums and the most solid upright bass foundations to what ended in ambient soundscapes of ethereal electric pianos, moody chord flourishes and somber low tones. I was going to originally list this as a 4/5 because I feel it's more of a 9 than a 10, but that would be incredibly disrespectful to this masterpiece. You don't even feel the time go by.
