1001 Albums Summary

reminds me of Bowie, Queen, Pulp, Manic Street Preachers. good songwriting, but maybe too theatrical for my tastes.

prefer the songs that could be considered country than the ones that are more typically considered the folk rock sound. probably a preeminent album of this folk rock style. prefer the outlaw country to this choir boy stuff though

reminds of Brian Wilson Smile-era and maybe ELO. "Without You" is beautiful, but ultimately a Badfinger song. starts to head into Meat Loaf territory. Coconut is memorable, painful and nightmarish.

for every REM song I like there's about five that I can do without. album starts out strong, Radio Free and Laughing being favorties. but it begins to turn into a slog halfway through, but I tire of Stipe's sustained vocals.

masterpiece

quite pleasant. not very familiar with bossanova but this seems to be that mixed with some jazz. ultimate cafe vibes. would explore more of this bossanova world based off of this.

not bad. era-defining sound and songs. the band itself is on many classic cuts from this era which I probably prefer, but these are mostly organ-led covers. it reminds me too much of a dirty shag carpet and bad lighting though

so this is mambo../jazz?. I don't know the genre well, but again pleasant with more liveliness than the bossanova I've recently been acquainting myself with. would definitely be fun to dance to. band sounds great and there's lots of interesting things happening musically. interesting to think that this is during a time period where most music is to be enjoyed in a different way, a more natural way if you will, than our modern listening and enjoyment habits that have more to do with pop or pop adjacent recording ever since albums became more of an art form in and of themselves or radio/tv began pushing singles and stars. to modern ears, or my own prejudices and ignorance, it is harder to judge this the same way as most albums I'm familiar with. again, I think the music is to be enjoyed first and foremost on a very instinctual level, but it is clever and engaging when listening just from a musical perspective as well. body music and intellectual music can form a feedback loop though that enhance each other. I would argue it is intrinsic to most of my favorite music.

listened before. within the context of that time with the mix of glam rock n roll with the experimentalism of Eno and the pop tendencies of Ferry it is pretty cool, but hard to hold up outside of that context. not very focused but can be an interesting listen. Virginia Plain is a pretty sick song

skeletons seems like they are going for a maps part 2 but it never really hits the way the latter does. I was a fan of fever to tell and that record has only grown in my esteem over the years. when they started pushing a more polished, electronic sound I grew less interested, but can see how others might prefer or welcome this...more mature version.

still incredibly relevant. artistry, attitude. 'closet mix' is probably my favorite version of this. the stereo version of valentin is a little too stereo and doesnt hold up well in headphones. the closet also maintains the original vision of how these should sound according to lou. never knew the differences before looking into it now. each mix is probably good in its own way. I prefer the first two albums, but this has a bunch of great tunes and is experimental in its own right touching upon folk, blues, gospel, avant garde experiments, and a lullaby. there's too many lovely songs and flat out tunes and influence not to give it five stars.

listened to it enough times to know it's five stars. there's a pace and variation to this album that is perfect for a long drive. this encapsulates and defines rock n roll

have tried to get into this one over the years and never could. recently might have found a passage through in the song "Dream Brother." Lilac Wine and Hallelujah are obviously gorgeous covers. It is operatic and the influence upon Thom Yorke can be heard. This still sounds very 90s and specific to a certain coffeehouse vibe with one song veering into some post-grunge territory. I enjoyed it on this full listen-through and maybe it grows on me but hard to say. as funereal as Closer by Joy Division but in a much different way. The album sounds like the masses of bouquets at a wake, for better or worse. hard to separate from the artist's death, but would like to check out documentary for more perspective.