1001 Albums Summary

Hell yeah brother, put this in my veinssssss Bottled nostalgia. Even the new songs (to me) felt cozy and familiar. What a joy to go further back into a favorite band’s catalogue and not be disappointed. Olivia Cooke voice: “Oh, stunning!”

What can I say, it was fun

Other than a couple hit songs, it was just mid

It’s competent rock, I’m gonna like it

Some ups and downs, but never boring, definitely a vibe. Looking for to checking out more Bowie

Really wanted to like it, but it was just fine

Am I a Steely Dan fan now?

The live songs were so much better than the rest of the album

You know it’s a bad album when the better songs sound like glorified elevator music

If I thought anything was redeemable about this album at the start, listening to slightly remixed versions of the same song five times over the course of a two hour album certainly burned it out of me.

2.5 if it was an option. Not my thing, but there’s enough meat on the bones for me to try another Stereolab album or two

Decadent, extravagant, everything I want in a Black Sabbath album. Need to relisten during spooky season.

With the exception of My Curse, the instrumentals are far more interesting than the vocals on every track.

Just not my style, but Zombie (the song) earned some energetic car shimmies from me.

As someone raised in Georgia, I was primed to be biased against this album from the start with that many mentions of Bear Bryant and Alabama. Never thought I’d hear George Wallace mentioned this much (if ever) in a song. Too close to country for me to ever like it, and too many depictions of Southern life (of varying degrees of accuracy) for me to care. Also, I almost always automatically dislike any album that uses another band or celebrity’s fame to prop up their own. It feels lazy and disingenuous to do so, with rarely a good enough reason behind it.

Possibly my favorite album cover art. I thought this album would be a just fine way to spend two hours and enjoy the handful of songs I knew. I was wrong. This was a beautifully executed work with a surprising variety of moods and melodies. I found myself moved at times, head banging in others. From start to finish I loved it, and even after two whole hours, I wondered when I could listen to it again.

The highs were high, the lows were mid. I understood what they were doing (and they doing it well from a technique perspective), but I couldn’t help but be bored for most of the album. I wanted every song to be Squares, and ultimately was left wanting.

Just beautiful. I want to curl up with a blanket in midwinter, stare at the ceiling, and feel too many feelings while listening to this album. This would have wrecked me as a teenager. The instrumentals were simultaneously moody and airy, accompanied by passionate, gutting vocals. It’s a magical album.

I listened to it and immediately forgot about it. Not a good sign.