All by Myself was a exciting and surprising end to this album... It was a bit meh. Felt like sanitized punk music.
Feels like it is aping a lot of styles but worse.
But in fairness, their best songs seemed a bit familiar so they didn't make as much of an impact.
Feels like an album that probably really suffers from comparing it to future artists that were inspired by it. I trust a lot of these songs are beautiful lyrically but I didn't really appreciate it.
The first five songs are a real snore... Makes Beginning to See the Light, a pretty meh song, really seem quite exciting.
Fun, a bit sanctimonious.
Just a real treat.
Incredible intro. Amazing album.
This is the first album I've gotten doing this project that I knew from childhood.
Probably from coming right after a funk album (Parliament's Mothership Connection) I never noticed before how short Simon and Garfunkel songs are. They really get in there, make their point and don't overstay their welcome (with the possible exception of A Simple Desultory Philippic which gets tired extremely quickly). It's wild to follow that with an absolutely beautiful love song. What a great album order.
Compared to my perceptions of this album as a kid, the lyrics definitely seem a little less brilliant (is it because I grew up or because I listened to Paul Simon's incredibly inane "Wristband"? Who is to say?)
But those minor jabs aside, this is just an amazing album. The range, the talent, thinking about the growing resentment behind the scenes, it's all such a treat.
What a fun introduction to samba music.
So many great songs on this incredible album. I was originally familiar with the Phoebe Snow version of Do Right Woman so it was exciting to hear this one.
I love Joni Mitchell though I don't know her work very well. I do think her song writing isn't best exhibited with a project that pushes you from album to album to album each day. I need to sit with this one longer, I think (and probably look up some lyrics so I can understand what I'm hearing better). Anyway it's really lovely.
This band really deserves to have their album art co-opted by Homestuck fans.
Incredibly fun and incredibly corny. Of course there's a didgeridoo.
Some lyrically interesting songs mixed in with some incredibly facile ones.
I liked it though, despite how embarrassing Black Hair was.
I'm interested to hear more from Nick Cave, even though this album wasn't my cup of tea.
Stevie Wonder shows off incredible range on this delightful album.
I really like this album!
I'm pretty new on the 1001 Albums journey (this is number 14) and this is the first one I've gotten that really made me want to dive into seeing what else the band can do.
Fishbone's range and virtuosity on display here is really impressive, and that's not even speaking to the fact that apparently the band also had a ridiculously high energy performance style that you had to see to believe.
I've learned a lot about the evolution of funk and I'm looking forward to continuing to do so.
I gave this album a 4 because a lot of the songs weren't quite my cup of tea, even if I really appreciated what they were getting up to. But the highs were real high.
Neat, but quite a few of the tracks felt a little uninspired (though I recognize that some of that might be because I've heard a bunch of acts inspired by them).
Underwhelming. I was excited for this one and it really was pretty bleh. A bit better on repeat.
Really interesting album! I loved its range and I can definitely see how this band could be so influential.
Perfectly pleasant.
I enjoyed this introduction to Malian Blues. I'm grateful that there are a few tiny tastes of how much bigger music is than what is going on in the United States and Britain on the list, even if they aren't representative.
So fun! It was exciting to find out where some of these songs that I knew well from radio play (or however they got in my head) were from.
The other tracks were nice treats as well.
I feel very lucky I got assigned this album on a day where I had plenty of time to take it in. It's been a good day.
I grew up enchanted by the Wu-Tang Clan without listening to much of their music. I'm happy that this project has gotten me to sit down and listen to this album all the way through.
The energy is incredible. The lyrics are so clever. There are certainly some tracks that didn't land as well, and certainly some lines that didn't age well, but as a whole, this album is a treat.
Good, but a bit samey. I wonder if I would have liked it more is it hadn't been immediately preceded by Raekwon.
Every album, I've been picking one song from the album to make a playlist which I assume is going to ultimately be an unlistenable morass but for now is a pretty nice way to look back on what I've listened to.
I've had such a tough time figuring out what to pick for this album. I bounced between The Anchor Song to Venus as a Boy to Like Someone In Love. And the difficulty I had really speaks to Björk's range on this album and how many different fun directions were explored.
It was great having the time to really take this album in.
What a treat. Loved looking up the all-star cast of composers who contributed to this album.
I feel jealous of the people rating this one star because at least they had a meaningful experience listening to this album.
A bit samey but nice.
Meandering on first listen but not unpleasant.
I loved the Nina Simone inspired cover. Good taste, David Bowie.
This definitely felt like it meandered a bit but I loved the general feel of it.
It's really hard to enjoy these songs when:
1) they can be a bit inscrutable musically
2) they seem to keep referring to the musician's real life predation of young girls.
What an album. Great start and just interesting song after interesting song. Glad to be introduced to this.
I hadn't listened to Radiohead before and this album was simultaneously surprising and dull. Because this really was not what I was expecting from their reputation. But also it just kinda wasn't that interesting.
I am a teacher and while this wasn't my favorite listen I am grateful I now have more insight into the music my edgiest students are into. I enjoyed Children of the Korn.
The album art is really charming.
Is it embarrassing that grown adults made this album? Sure. Of course it is. But I'm rating this a bit higher because I had a good time.
