1001 Albums Summary

Surprised how modern this album sounded! Incredible bass tones and really locked in performance by the whole band. It's funny his name is Elvis bc he sounds a little like Elvis. Clearly an influence on [[The New Pornographers]] and other indie hybrid synth/rockers. I'd give this album a 4 but I felt the underlying gender tension was uncomfortable. It seems there's been a lot of discussion about whether this album is misogynistic or at least adversarial towards women or whether he's simply assuming that persona/viewpoint as a chacter sketch (supported by the album cover). Either way it's something that might make me less likely to revisit what was otherwise a great album.

ballsy! definitely keeping this in the rotation, one of the best finds for me in this project to date (n=60 albums)

What I thought was many different blandly overproduced and homogenized musicians playing in the dance clubs of the 2010's was in fact mostly Adele, it would seem. I was surprised by how much I disliked something so polished

I really enjoyed this album, but it ran a little long and I felt like there was a lot of filler they probably could have edited out.

3.5? Very nice

Enjoyed this quirky Teutonic robo adventure. Probably another album that sounds a little small by virtue of how much it influenced those that followed...

Fun or silly? You decide, but ska will always have a place in my heart, even if I will never really understand what a mod is

Awesome!

This album was good but life is short - listen to something that doesn't start with Brown Sugar

This is really nice! Beautiful harmonies. Can't speak to significance but a nice album at face value

I like the instrumentation etc but it didn't really grab me in any way on the first listen. I might be wrong!

Although I didn't have time to see if I'd warm up to the more obtuse sides of this record, it was really inventive and interesting! Honestly debated a 4 and would have preferred a 3.5 but there you have it

His singing style on this album is pretty hard to get into but even on first listen it's clear some songs (e.g., Loom of the Earth) are really good. Maybe it would grow on you.

Face-melting

It surprised me that this is a big Bowie album! I liked the title track and the long ambient part of the album but haven't yet clicked with the rest

This album had a few songs I liked but wasn't something I'd really seek out on the balance

Dig it. Cool to hear this type of music in superlongform version. Would like to better understand the historical context of this album.

Boss

Life is very long When you're lonely

This is a really nice album for putting on and listening to!

Don't waste your time listening to the bad anglicized versions, skip to the French half of the album which is way better

Enjoyed this! It sounds almost cliche in many places, which I assume reflects how much they influenced later groups

I was really expecting to come back and like this album and acknowledge that I was wrong and it is in fact a classic but actually no, I still don't like Brittany Spears

Surreal and beautiful. Sounds before its time. Cool guitar

Starting out could have been a 4 for me but dipped somewhat. @Jono - you might have noticed this is not actually an Elis Regina album. Seems like it was an obscure compilation album erroneously included by the author/editor of the book

I enjoyed the album but let's be real, even I don't think anybody wants to listen to a bass solo on every single track

Get'em Emmy!