1001 Albums Summary

Might be my favorite Neil Young album.

Starts strong. The Extacy of Gold to The Call of Ktulu to Master of Puppets is quite an epic run with the orchestral arangements and all. The whole thing gets a bit mushy down the line however, and the band and the orchestra don't necessarily compliment each other on all of the tracks. The band also struggles with some of the more technical passages wich is only highlighted by the orchestration. And what the hell is going on with James Hetfield and his adlibs? Turn down the rockabilly for fuck's sake. All in all just a rather exhausting listen.

It's just good time.

There are some nice hooks and I might even quite like some of this in smaller doses, but the production style and mannerism ended up puting me off to the extent I couldn't really hear anything else.

Well, a lot has been said about OK Computer. Personally I used to be more into it than I'm now, but it's still a great album, somewhere between 3 & 4 depending on my mood. While some ideas on the album feel a bit dragged out, instrumentation and arrangements are pretty great. Colin Greenwoods bass parts especially are worth a mention in their tastefull sense of space, movement and musicality.

It's charmingly wonky and I could see myself growing to like it for what it is. This time it just felt a little underwhelming. I'd like it to be even more maximalist and druggy – even more poppy, more experimental and more psychedelic. Sometimes more is more.

A treasure chest for samplers for sure. Grooves are cool, the sound is nice and full and the album has good moments. As a whole however, the thing gets pretty boring for me.