1001 Albums Summary

Shout out Ron! This album is heavily carried for me by 3 songs. Highway to Hell is an all-time classic, Beating Around the Bush, and If You Want Blood (You've Got It). The rest of the songs are a little less memorable to me and just another 4/4 Rock rhythm. 3/5 would be higher if more songs stood out to me more.

90s boom bap rap and maybe it was me, but the band track overpowered the vocals making it drowned out. I would give this a higher rating but there were some songs that carried the album and the rest were bad. I'm looking at you "De La Orgee"

Easy listening and not overplayed like Brown Eyed Girl. Instantly my mind takes me to the Big Lebowski bowling alley. I can see the bowling ball roll down the lane and hear murmurs of casual conversation amongst bowlers. "And It Stoned Me" and "Moondance" are top contenders. I dig the jazzy rock with a slow rolling drum beat and horns coming in. 4/5

I was not familiar with this band, and listening to this I described to my friend it sounds like "Low Rider" and started talking about how much I hated that song when it would play on late night TV when George Lopez would be jumping across the screen. Turns out it is the same band. This is clearly not my type of music. "City, Country, City" 13 minutes of percussion and bass lines is 13 minutes I will never get back. " Beetles in the Bog" sounds like Oompa Loompa music. Great album art though. 1/5.

I find it funny how I complain about other albums just sounding like noise. But for Gorillaz it just works for me. The album is a good blend of genres done well. There are some hidden gems amongst giants like "Clint Eastwood" like "Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)", "M1 A1", and "Left Hand Suzuki Method" I love these songs and you wouldn't expect them in this album. 5/5

On my way to my shift at the Coffee Shop in Club Penguin.