1001 Albums Summary

70s soul / funk which is a genre i know pretty much nothing about. such a fun introduction! i don’t know if i’ll personally come back to this album but there are some songs that felt really joyful like “shining star” and “all about love” will probably go in my romantic playlist if i ever make one.

Far be it from me to call a Metallica album “bad” BUT this album of 9 songs could’ve been 4 songs and still have the same essence. The songs were so alike that I can’t tell most of them apart (except One). All of them were enjoyable and fun to listen to but when you have multiple 10 minute songs that recycle incredibly similar riffs, it gets boring quite fast. Also the multiple and abrupt switches in melody and rhythm especially in To Live is to Die were not pleasant. I had to keep checking if it was a new song but nope, still the same one. Essentially 9 songs that could’ve been 4 songs and were somehow 20 songs at the same time.