1001 Albums Summary

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Speed of Life - Good start 3/5 Breaking Glass - Dat bass 3/5 What In The World - Strange sounds 3/5 Sound And Vision - Dat bass pt. Two 3/5 Always Crashing In The Same Car - Bowie 3/5 Be My Wife - Dat bass III 3/5 A New Career In A New Town - Fun sounds 3/5 Warszawa - In album only 2/5 Art Decade - Calming down 2/5 Weeping Wall - Atmospheric 2/5 Subterraneans - Spooky ending 2/5 Some Are (previously unreleased) - Continued gloom 2/5 All Saints (previously unreleased) - More ambiance 2/5 Sound And Vision (remixed version) - Energy again 3/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "I've had this record in my library a long time, but I haven't given it a proper listen." "Need to look up who is playing bass on this record." "Sounds like Bowie." "Some of the sounds he created on this record are amazing for 1977." "Drags down some at the end. I assume this is a stylistic choice based on the theme I infer from the album title."

No Action - Not the worst song 2/5 This Year's Girl - Okay 2/5 The Beat - Okay the sequel 2/5 Pump It Up - I know this song! 3/5 Little Triggers - Nah 1/5 You Belong To Me - Okay 3: Meh again 2/5 Hand In Hand - Nah 1/5 (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea - Losing me 1/5 Lip Service - Think I'm lost 1/5 Living In Paradise - Ready for this to be over 1/5 Lipstick Vogue - Hm 1/5 Night Rally - I've had enough 1/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "I feel like I can hear why people would like this. So far it isn't connecting with me, though." "This album could just be called 'Being a White Dude'" "As someone who doesn't love this, this album goes on too long." "There are a bunch of bonus and live tracks on this deluxe edition, but ain't nobody got time for that."

Hanging on the Telephone - Okay 2/5 One Way or Another - I know this song! 3/5 Picture This - Okay 2/5 Fade Away and Radiate - Okay again 2/5 Pretty Baby - Meh 2/5 I Know but I don't Know - Like this one 3/5 11:59 - Eh 2/5 Will Anything Happen - Decent 3/5 Sunday Girl - Nah 1/5 Heart of Glass - I know this song! 3/5 I'm Gonna Love You Too - Nah 1/5 Just Go Away - Okie 2/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "Back-to-back New Wave. Oh, boy!" "Kinda paying attention to lyrics to these songs. Was Debbie Harry a creep?" "The guitar playing has some edge to it. It's punchy." "Maybe I just don't really care for New Wave that much."

EXP - Spacey 2/5 Up From The Skies - Guitar panning 2/5 Spanish Castle Magic - Fuck yeah! 5/5 Wait Until Tomorrow - So awesome 4/5 Ain't No Telling - Wish it was longer 3/5 Little Wing - So awesome and too short 4/5 If 6 Was 9 - Nice 3/5 You Got me Floatin' - Driving song 3/5 Castles Made Of Sand - Yup 4/5 She's so Fine - New vocals 3/5 One Rainy Wish - Likey 3/5 Little Miss Lover - Sick riff 4/5 Bold As Love - Great 4/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "I already know I like this record." "They really like panning the guitar on this record." "Fuck yeah, Spanish Castle Magic is so awesome!" "Nice." "The panning never stops." "Can't stop, won't stop. I do kinda like it, though." "The album art really captures this album's vibe." "Thrown off by Jimi not singing on a song, but it is a fun change of pace." "Can't ever have the guitar sit still. Always gotta be moving back and forth." "I do wish some of these songs had definitive endings sometimes. So many just fade out." "I wish this album was 20 songs longer."

Bad - Good 3/5 The Way You Make Me Feel - Feels good 3/5 Speed Demon - So good 3/5 Liberian Girl - Good album track 2/5 Just Good Friends (feat. Stevie Wonder) - Good album track II 2/5 Another Part of Me - Good album track III: this time it's personal 2/5 Man in the Mirror - My kinda cheese 3/5 I Just Can't Stop Loving You (feat. Siedah Garrett) - Okay cheese 2/5 Dirty Diana - Banger 4/5 Smooth Criminal - Hell yeah 5/5 Leave Me Alone - You damn right 4/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "I already know I like this record, too." "Peak Michael is so awesome." "Has anyone ever been as good at vocal improvisation than Michael ever? Feels like no." "Going to skip all the bonus stuff I have on my copy for this one, too. Except for Leave Me Alone because that song is a banger." "It so hard to listen to Michael and not try to dance. I'm sitting in my chair and just bobbing my head and moving my shoulders to the beat uncontrollably." "I am having a hard time comprehending that there are people out there that don't like this music." "Such a great finish to this one with the last 3 songs. Makes you want to just play it again."

The Suburbs - Soooo long and does nothing -1/5 Ready to Start - Sucks 1/5 Modern Man - Sucks just as bad 1/5 Rococo - Rocrapo -100/5 Empty Room - Sucks slight less, but still sucks 1/5 City With No Children - Nope 1/5 Half Light I - Does not need a sequel 1/5 Half Light II (No Celebration) - I'm not celebrating either 1/5 Suburban War - Barely listening now 1/5 Month of May - Worst yet -241\5 Wasted Hours - Story of my listening experience 1/5 Deep Blue - Sea? Like the bottom of the location where this album belongs? 1/5 We Used to Wait - Don't wait, please leave 1/5 Sprawl I (Flatland) - How is this still going? 1/5 Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Why? 1/5 The Suburbs (Continued) - Just end zzzzzzzz/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "Why is this first song so long? How many times do you need to play the same boring-ass shit before someone tells you that you should stop? Fire their producer into the sun." "I'm 6 songs in and I already hate this record with a burning (arcade) fire." "I like the transition between the first 2 tracks. Smooth. But sadly, it's like being in a room filled with cow manure, walking through a beautiful door, and into a room filled with dog shit." "This is a painful listen." "'Arcade Fire’s expansive third album turns suburban imagery, conflicted nostalgia and information-age disenchantment into orchestral sweep and piano-driven grandeur.' They spent more time writing that for themselves than they did writing anything for this record." "There's like 7 people in this band and the music sounds like 2 people could have wrote and recorded this in 2 hours, if we're being generous." "Tuning this out and just doing work." "Maybe I just don't get this because I didn't grow up in the suburbs? It's an artistic expression to be so boring? Where I grew up, you were taking your life and any possessions on you into your own hands every time you stepped outside." "Month of May is 4 minutes long and is almost all one chord the whole song. That only works for the Beastie Boys." "They are big fans of playing the same piano/keyboard note or chord over and over and over again for whole songs. I'm not." "The best time to delete this material was before you released it. The second best time is now." "They keep having sequel songs that have no musical connection to the song it's supposed to relate to. I think it's more song naming laziness than an attempt at continuity." "They should gather up all of the copies of this and bury them in the desert like they did with that Atari E.T. game." "One hour and 4 minutes too long."

Rockin' Stroll - Okay 2/5 Confetti - Not a fan of this one 1/5 It's A Shame About Ray - Meh 2/5 Rudderless - I like parts of this 2/5 My Drug Buddy - Drugs are bad and so is this song 1/5 The Turnpike Down - More energy and more formula 2/5 Bit Part - Eh 1/5 Alison's Starting to Happen - Losing interest is starting to happen 1/5 Hannah & Gabi - Slide guitar? 2/5 Kitchen - Claps! 1/5 Ceiling Fan in My Spoon - Nah 1/5 Frank Mills - Not feeling it 1/5 Mrs. Robinson - Best song and also not their song 3/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "I have never heard of this band and have no expectations." "They seem to enjoy having both an acoustic guitar and a distorted guitar playing the same thing." "It's not the worst thing, but pretty formulaic. I wish these songs took more chances." "I feel like a lot of songs have things I like about them, but the entire composition just fails to grab me." "Now at the point where I need to consider how much I care enough to hear all of the deluxe edition bonus tracks." "I think I'm tapping out after the Mrs. Robinson cover."

SKINNY - Calm start 2/5 LUNCH - Okay 2/5 CHIHIRO - Intense synth 3/5 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Not terrible 2/5 WILDFLOWER - Big drums 3/5 THE GREATEST - Good, but not the greatest 3/5 L'AMOUR DE MA VIE - Fun switch up 3/5 THE DINER - Alright 2/5 BITTERSUITE - Rain drops 3/5 BLUE - Thick, spacious harmonies 3/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "I like Billie's voice. Soft. Sultry." "I like it when it's less bubblegum." "I have not listened to this album, but I have heard some of this stuff from being around my wife." "So many sounds layered. There is a lot to pay attention to." "The softer songs hit harder." "Unexpected fun!" "I like the abrupt shifts some of these songs take. Musically, they don't sound out of place and they make the songs more interesting."

Too High - Funky 3/5 Visions - Beautiful 4/5 Living For the City - Can't talk, too busy dancing 4/5 Golden Lady - And another one 3/5 Higher Ground - I know this song! 4/5 Jesus Children of America - Yes 3/5 All In Love Is Fair - Emotion 4/5 Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing - I know this song! 4/5 He's Misstra Know-It-All - This MF don't miss! 3/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "I don't know a whole of Stevie. I'm excited to form more of a solid opinion on him." "I like how the instruments occupy distinct places and feel like they're individually doing their own thing, but also working together." "The synth pops. I wonder how new of an instrument that was when this was made." "Stevie's note choices for his vocals are so interesting. He is not content to the sing the same one for too long." "Hopefully none of my coworkers catch me chair dancing to this." "I know Higher Ground! This song is awesome." "Stevie is a way better singer than Anthony Kiedis." "Oh, Higher Ground was the first track when you would have flipped the record to the other side. That would have been a good start." "The descending vocals in the chorus of Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing have always been a thing I loved. So memorable." "Incredible album."

Hello - Generic/boring 1/5 Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - Wordy/boring 1/5 I Miss You - Oppressive/boring 1/5 When We Were Young - Nope 1/5 Remedy - Tempted to give this song 2 stars because she didn't sing for a measure a couple times, but no 1/5 Water Under the Bridge - Does that mean I can safely jump off to escape this record? 1/5 River Lea - Who is going to heal my ear's pain? 1/5 Love in the Dark - Didn't I hear this already twice? 1/5 Million Years Ago - Approximate starting point of when I started listening to this album 1/5 All I Ask - ..is for this album to finally end 1/5 Sweetest Devotion - Best song, but still flawed 2/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "I am familiar with some of Adele's radio songs and I wasn't a fan. But maybe this will surprise me?" "Is this first song 7 minutes long?!?! Oh, I'm on minute 3." "I'm sure this is an unpopular opinion, but Adele sings too much. Give the music some space, Adele. You're suffocating it." "I feel like there is a guitar that I want to hear, but the drums and singing are just drowning it out. So far this is either too sparse or too dense to the effect that nothing that stands out." "Adele's vocals are oppressive and repetitive. She's often content to sing the same 3 notes over like 4 measures." "A pause in singing! Amazing." "Adele definitely has the ability when it comes to singing. Nothing wrong with the timbre of her voice and I hear no auto tune. She hits the notes. It's her performance that doesn't connect with me." "This is the longest 11 song 48 minute album ever." "This is not for me."

Girls and Boys - Fun bass groove, lots of layers, vocals are a problem for me 2/5 Tracy Jacks - Fun bass again, questionable vocals again 2/5 End of a Century - I like the productions, still hate the vocals 2/5 Parklife - Not a single thing grabs me about this one 1/5 Badhead - This sounds like it's from a different band from a different album, but not in a good way 1/5 The Debt Collector - At least no singing 2/5 To the End - Wish this was the end 1/5 London Loves - Promising start, but then Damon started singing and it transitioned to a boring chorus 1/5 Trouble in the Massage Centre - Boring chord progression, generic song structure, still bad vocals 1/5 Clover Over Dover - The keyboard flourishes are kinda fun. Everything else about this song sucks, though 1/5 Magic America - Nothing magical about this -47/5 Jubilee - Nothing about this song makes me want to celebrate 1/5 This Is a Low - But not a new one because we hit that a couple songs ago 1/5 Lot 105 - This is the best song and also clearly not a serious addition 3/5 Thoughts that come to mind: “I know a couple Blur songs. I don’t think any of them are on this album, though.” "I wish Girls and Boys had no singing at all rather than what is there." "The bass player's tone is really great. It really pops and enhances the songs." "The singing is really killing this experience for me." "Nothing Albarn adds vocally to these songs helps them at all for me. In fact, everything he does makes them worse." "This band was just throwing shit at the wall and all of it stuck, so they didn't wipe any off." "By track 9, this album listen has officially become a chore." "Is this bass player in a better band than this one? I hope so." "I thought their Coachella performance was just them having a bad show or getting old, but no. I guess they've always been something that isn't for me." "Not a big lyrics guy, but I feel like the lyrics are so bad I notice how bad they are." "Oasis won the war."

Pleasure Is All Mine - Can't listen around the kids 3/5 Show Me Forgiveness - Minimal 2/5 Where Is the Line? - Interesting 2/5 Vokuro - Pious 2/5 Oll Birtan - Vocal Layers 2/5 Who Is It (Carry My Joy On the Left, Carry My Pain On the Right) - Voices 2/5 Submarine - Acapella 2/5 Desired Constellation - Sure? 2/5 Oceania - Okay? 2/5 Sonnets / Unrealities XI - I don't even know what to say 2/5 Ancestors - Dynamics and throat singing! 3/5 Mouth's Cradle - Dark 2/5 Triumph of a Heart - Crazy and crazy good 4/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "I don't know anything from Bjork." "This is interesting and I don't hate it, but do I like it?" "She seems to favor vocal runs, but not like R&B vocal runs. They're different." "Lots of voice as instrument behind her singing the lyrics." "I don't think I've heard any traditional instruments, so far. Very avant garde." "Wow. Much choir. Very beatbox. So vocoder. Such layered." "I don't think I've ever heard anything like this." "Is anything an instrument? It all kind of sounds like voice." "Still trying to figure out if I like this. I don't hate it." "I'll have to listen to this again." "Maybe this is growing on me?" "Hey, this sounds like Whitesnake. Oh, because the album ended and this is Whitesnake." 😂

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of - This song needs to be 1 a minute and half shorter 2/5 Open Your Heart - ...to simple repetition 1/5 The Sound of the Crowd - Sigh... 1/5 Darkness - I already forget this song 1/5 Do or Die - I mean, one option there appeals to me more right now 1/5 Get Carter - ...away from this music 1/5 I Am the Law - Sylvester Stallone greatly improved this quote 1/5 Seconds - Approximate amount of time it took me to lose interest in listening to this song 1/5 Love Action (I Believe In Love) - Lyrics bad enough I can't ignore them 1/5 Don't You Want Me - I know this song! It sucks, but I know it 1/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "Well... here we go!" "I feel like their compositions are too simple to justify these song lengths, so far. They're just repeating things, but it doesn't add anything to the song. It's tiresome." "I feel like I shouldn't be getting New Wave records over 20% of the time." "The main guy is Philip Oakey. His Wikipedia page calls out that he has a Prince Albert piercing. That's more interesting than anything this music does." "I forgot I was listening to this album." "I feel like you hear everything the song is going to do in the first 20 seconds. But then it keeps going." "I'm more than halfway through and I am struggling greatly to try to focus on this. I don't like it." "The song structures all the same and repeat the same sections frequently. There isn't any movement or build up. The rhythm section keeps it simple and the synth melodies are as well and aren't interesting to me. There is nothing for me in this music. It doesn't do anything. It's for mindless 80s club dancing." "This album is only 40 minutes, but it feels like it's 2 hours long."

Nights Introlude - Something I know uses this same sample 3/5 Dreddoverboard - Chill 3/5 Pipes Honour - Stress free 3/5 Me and You - Interlude 2/5 Stars - Shiny 3/5 Time (To Listen) - I was listening, but I'm not sure when this ended and the next song started 2/5 (Man) Tha Journey - Where we goin'? I wanna go 3/5 Bless My Soul - Galloping 3/5 Cruise (Don't Stop) - Can't stop, won't stop 3/5 Mission Venice - Abrupt key stops 3/5 What I'm Feelin (Good) - Me too! 3/5 Rise - The rising sound reminds me of a cricket 3/5 Rise (Reprise) - Still chill 2/5 Gambia Via Vagator Beach - Tribal drums 3/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "I have never heard of this and I have no idea what to expect." "Chill." "I guess this is Trip Hop?" "I don't know if I love this, but it makes me feel calm, relaxed, and it's pleasant." "On Pipes Honour, I like how the guitar chords fade in." "This isn't just background music. There is a lot to pay attention to." "I feel like this music is good to work to. Very chill. It's like impossible to be stressed listening to this." "I don't have strong feelings for this, but I do like the way this music has me feeling."

Stand! - Triumphant 3/5 Don't Call Me N****r, Whitey - Uncomfortable lyrics 4/5 I Want to Take You Higher - Horns! 3/5 Somebody's Watching You - An Organ! 3/5 Sing a Simple Song - Funky 4/5 Everyday People - I know this one! 4/5 Sex Machine - Experimental 2/5 You Can Make It If You Try - Call and response 3/5 Stand! (Single Version) - I know this one! (looks at phone) Oh, because I already heard it 2/5 You Can Make It If You Try (Single Version) - We in the bonus tracks 2/5 Soul Clappin' II - They certainly are clapping double time 3/5 My Brain (Zig-Zag) - Dat Bass 3/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "Some soul for my Friday." "I am groovin'." "I feel like there must be like 20 people in this band." "This is good Friday at work music if you don't want to do any work and just want to feel good and dance in your chair." "I really like the brass contributions to the songs." "I am really in the mood for this today. This is how I want to feel on a Friday." "The bass is pretty great, too." "I don't mind listening to these tracks a little paired down in the bonus tracks. Though, I prefer the complete versions."