1001 Albums Summary

This was dull. But palatable, and I’m sure there’ll be a significant proportion of these that I can’t say that for. Reading some reviews, I gather many people quite like Thom Yorke’s indecipherable vocals - as a certified lyrics girlie, this was not for me. I had every intention to sit and listen and actually found myself being lulled into quite a warm and dreamy nap. In my notes, I wrote: probably a good album to have on while working or doing something like wood carving. I’ve never done wood carving which probably says it all - but I imagine it’d be nice background noise to do something repetitive to. Not quite a cleaning album as it makes me want to sit too much. When I actually gave the lyrics a read, I thought they were good: Fake Plastic Trees’ verse about the plastic surgeon is witty, and I liked the few lyrics of My Iron Lung I heard properly (“Suck, suck your teenage thumb / Toilet trained and dumb”). But the production choices just meant I couldn't get into them and that's a shame for me personally. 3/5 - I see the vision, I see what they're doing - but it's just background noise to me.

This should be up my street and I spent the entire album trying to work out why it wasn’t. I didn’t land on a firm answer, I just didn’t feel moved by it - either rhythmically or lyrically. There were moments I enjoyed, moments where it felt like she twisted the knife or gave it a bit more bite, but overall it just washed over me.

Don’t know what i expected but this exceeded it, the first of these albums i’ve listened to that was actually infused with joy and a groove. I’m not sure I will actively listen again but this was a very enjoyable soundtrack to my Sunday

This was quite samey for me - I didn’t hate it but I also didn’t have any standout tracks. I think I might listen again if I was cooking, it strikes me as good cooking background music.

Wow I liked this so much more than I thought I would. It felt very nostalgic, I’m not sure my parents ever actually played it but it felt familiar and comforting. I also thought white rabbit was one of my least favourites off the album (though maybe that’s because I’ve heard it a lot before).

I wanted to like this more than I actually did I think. I definitely was on board with the experimental styles and I can see how, at the time, what Björk was doing was super unique. But it just isn’t for me and I don’t see myself reaching to listen to this album again