1001 Albums Summary

Solid swing album with a healthy variety of high-energy tracks and slower melodies. As is usual with this genre, I found myself gravitating the most to the latter. Fav Tracks: "The Kid from Red Bank", "Double-O" and "Fantail".

I love an album that threads a common theme and narrative within it. The way all the songs weave into the next and visualize the subject of racial inequality and Black discrimination is so visceral. Complimented by the fantastic production that explored a wide-breathe of styles. Fav Tracks: "How Much A Dollar Cost", "The Blacker The Berry" and "i".

Kind of crazy how hard this goes for a debut album. Contains the Big Three GnR songs, and really the only three hits by them that I care about. The notes Axl hits are super impressive. I found myself actually really getting into the "rhythm" of the album by the tail-end, which was more than I expected I would. Love or hate them, you cannot deny the riff in "Sweet Child O' Mine" is absolutely addicting. Fav Tracks: "Think About You", "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Anything Goes".

This is a tough one to objectively rate since the album and, more specifically, the major hits off of it were always in the background in some way growing up. Especially since my mom and sister were such big fans. It has been a long time since I've listened to some of these songs, and I'm inclined to say they hold up pretty well. I'm kind of exhausted by a few, but that is none of the actual songs fault, and more to do with the insane amount of airplay they got in the early 2010s. I found myself really gravitating to the less talked about ones way more. Fav Tracks: "Rolling in the Deep", "I'll Be Waiting" and "Lovesong".