1001 Albums Summary

This album is what all soundtrack albums need to study. The visual design of the movie bleeds through the music. Perfect representation of what I imagine the movie would feel like. Curtis Mayfields voice is wonderful. The lyrics tell a much darker story and the funky sound masks the reality of the situations being talked about. An example being “Freddie’s Dead” which has a very creepy vibe and content matter. Also want to have a special shout out to “Junkie Chase (Instrumental)” which is absolute perfection.

Nostalgic as fuck and I never actually fully listened to it before. This album borders a fine line of awesome and annoying. A very fine line. At the same time its not hard to love the charm.

This was a pretty rough listen for me. One of the album/artist that I have always heard about but never listened too. I probably had to high of expectations and am not able to really give it the credit it seems to deserve for these sounds coming from ‘69. But I kinda felt everything was pretty middle of the road. I liked the lyrical content of “Candy Says” the story behind the song makes it pretty progressive especially for the time but i don't think it really translated to the song itself. “Pale blue eyes” is clearly the best song off the album. I also enjoyed “Some kinda love” but that’s where my appreciation for Lou Reed kinda ends since the second best song on the album (the closer) isn’t sung by Lou. I also want to show big love to by far the most interesting experience on this album being “The Murder Mystery”. An almost 10 minute mind fuck of a song. I still have hope I will enjoy the album with the bandanna on it. ⭐️⭐️✨

First David Bowie record for me and definitely feels like a weird one to start. Weird record for a weird guy. I can feel a lot of modern music being born from Bowies music. Really couldn’t predict what kind of music was gonna be next with this album what seems to be a lot of out there weirdness. I don’t imagine this album really high up in bowies discography of like great albums. I’m not really sure what makes this specific album a must listen. I was also surprised by the title track being like the 3rd most played Bowie track. With that expectation I was a little disappointed with the song (it is still a good song). Best song was “blackout” and “beauty and the beast”. Sadly I did leave this album just wanting more from it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Oh wow what debut record. I had to do some research on this one after listening to it. How the fuck was this made in 1983?? I don’t think anyone could have guessed it. The instrumentation is wonderful and simple. The first time the band played together was for the lead singer school assembly. Instead of playing the agreed upon song with the school they ended preforming “Gimme The Car”. The story’s for this band and this album are really interesting. Self funded for around 10k. The studio they were recording at was secretly going out of business so each season equipment was missing. They were being sold by the studio. The producer was the janitor at the studio wtf. Simultaneously an unashamed yet insecure album written by a 15 year old highschool virgin. Perfection. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Why is the intro so damn beautiful? Mc Solaar just flows so well over all of this amazing production from Jimmy Jay. It’s a really nice vibe had me dance cleaning for pretty much the whole album. Wish I could understand the lyrical content since it sounds so nice. I think the album is a little on the long side and a zoned out a bit towards the end. The album name in English goes insanely hard "He who sows the wind reaps the tempo"

Never listened nor heard of massive attack before. Also didn’t check the genre before my first listen and was really caught off guard. The album cover and band name seem so punk. I don’t have too much to say about this album. Pretty yet boring vocals for the guest features. Enjoyed most of the instrumentals on each song it seems like that part is the bands focus hence all the different guest vocalists. But with that said the songs that only had Massive Attack doing the vocals made those songs more complete in my eyes. I also wasn’t a big fan of the more reggae sounds randomly appearing. I didn’t feel much personality from this band. I read some people talking about how they don’t know why this album is on the 1001 list when a different album of theirs isn’t even though the missing album is like the magnum opus for the band. I still don’t know wtf Trip-Hop is. Favorite song was probably either “Sly”, “Euro Child”, or “Karmacoma”. Also the closing song is so fucking bad it’s crazy. I don’t know what the point was to have it on this album. ⭐️⭐️

Really hard to rate it’s like amazing music I will probably never fully listen to again. ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

I was surprised how much this jam album held my attention. Especially the 20 minute opener it flows by pretty seamlessly and has a curiosity that kept me entertained. Absolutely loved the cowboy western feel of “Along the Banks of Rivers” I was really trying hard to figure out what worked for me on this tape and what didn’t on the jazz album and really couldn’t find anything just vibes I guess. ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

This album was another very nostalgic sound. Driving in the car with my dad or grandparents this was the sound of their radio. Long album with no real standouts or memorable moments but it’s consistent with its sound and quality. Saw a review label it as a safe album and I can not disagree with that. Wonderful background listen. ⭐️⭐️✨