1001 Albums Summary

Has that Beatles charm. The melody on certain tracks (If I Fell, And I Love Her, Things We Said) gave me a feeling of warmth and comfort. Easy listen, but you can they were just hitting their stride with storytelling and song writing as future Beatles albums are superior in both aspects.

Bowie’s voice reminds me of Bob Dylan, neither can sing. However, it does not obscure the obvious musical talent displayed in this album. Very strong start to the album with tracks 1-7 where several tracks has its own unique moment and instrument that jumps out. - The musical motif and the sax at the end in Changes - The (beat drop) when the drums and bass hit in Oh! You Pretty Things, - The slow opening and closing guitar solo in Eight Line Poem, - The orchestral instruments and whatever the flute sounding instrument is in Life on Mars. - The Piano & Sax in Fill Your Heart Great variety of instruments and uniqueness of tracks. Classical, Jazz, and Rock are all constant themes throughout the album. Goes 2 for 4 to end the album with the Warhol and Queen Bitch being my least favorite tracks. Overall an 8.5/10.

Superstition is a certified S-Tier banger. Oh Stevie the wonder you truly are. This is a solid album. Three songs suffer from my only real issue with the r&b/soul music genre, ending a song by repeating the same line over and over for a minute plus. Maybe your Baby, You’ve Got it Bad Girl, and I Believe all suffer from this despite being good songs. Stevie writes songs that make you feel so good. Starting off with a lullaby sweet-ballad like You Are The Sunshine of My Life sets the mood for the album. I lost track of the different instruments Stevie used on this record. I love when variety is deployed and executed well. Favorite Tracks : - You are the sunshine of my life - You and I - Superstition (duhhhh) - Big Brother (you tell em Stevie) - Blame it on the Sun 7.5/10