A good album with intricate arrangements, I fancy the acoustic guitar parts that often take strange directions. Although a little bit repetetive when you come to the end of the album.
I can understand the geniosity of DJ Shadow and his complex sound and drum patterns, but I found out to challenging to endure listening to more than just a song.
All in all a good album with many cool hooks, however the length of many of the songs tend to be a wee bit long.
I liked it, especially the three part harmony singing.
Paul takes us on a journey a bit away from Beatlesland, and it's quite a fun ride with groovy basslines and tight musicianship. At times it feels like the songs are a bit too messy, a little more straight forward approach would have made it a better listen in my opinion.
I'm not really a jazz cat, but I feel like this album is a good introduction to the genre and I can sure feel the groove starts to grow on me.
Hm nah I appreciate the idea of the album, but it didn't hid it right
All in all a good album, but too many songs leaves me unmoved. However is the ending with the more "upbeat" songs A Hazy shade of winter and At the zoo a happy suprise, and therefore I am raising my rating from a 2 to a 3.
Can't be much better than this!
I feel obliged to give this classic a rating of 4, although I'm no Stones fan.
I like the idea of the album with it's LoFi-elements and sparse instrumentation, but I have to listen to it more times before I give a more true rating. Also this is more of an evening album than a morning album (I always listen to my daily album in the morning, half asleep...)
Rough and rowdy in the right way, although as a non-English native speaker it's a bit of a challenge to understand all of the rambling from mr Waits.
A bit overrated, but all in all a solid album that laid the foundation for a lot of upcoming grunge bands. RIP Kurt
One of few of the 1001 albums that I heard before and I looked forward to revisit it in its entirety. Jack and Meg rock the socks off and I enjoy the insertion of the slower songs to cool things down a bit.
Robert Zimmerman has gave us a good piece of art, and there is a lot to say about the album but I can't really say more than I enjoyed it quite a lot after only one spin. "Tangled up in Blue" is a great start and I actually enjoy the length of the songs, which is not that prevalent in modern country/singer song writer songs.
No this brazilian bossa nova or what it is, is not for me.
Not my cup of tea
Aha now I get where the band Mustasch got its inspiration! Harsh vocals with fuel drenched guitars and that perfect distortion on the rhythm guitar is nothing but icing on the cake.
Starting off strong with "Finest Worksong" which is quite up-beat for being an REM-song, but then it get's a little gloomier overall and that's where I start to lose focus. But a solid album and absolutely worth a listen.
Gimme the loot man, so funky I can't even... and don't get me started on "Juicy", slaps so hard and the delivery is real tight. Little did I know that I would enjoy ready to die so much 32 years after its release, also as a super white male with barely any hip hop experience, thank you 1001 album generator for this surprise!
Yeah this was a fresh fruit for me, punky and raw in its right way! The jangly guitars and the overall chaotic instrumentation fits like a glove, I'm sure going to revisit Dig Me Out again.
I can't decide on a fair rating on this one, so I give it a 3 until I have thought it through. A little to winy singing so it's a weak 3.
Not bad, especially the guitar work from Andy Summers is on top, love his usage of effects.
I can't hear "it" through the grapevine, nor feel I so engaged, not godnatt relisten
I like the weirdness and oddness about the album, but one have to be in the right mood to really appreciate it.
Starting off strong with American Pie then the rest is quite mellow, frankly.
FREAK OUT! This one makes me wanna sit dance really much!
Not sure how to summarize it, the album balancing on the edge of being to weird but at the same time stays interesting
