Reviews by abitfishy

Highlight Song/s: Come As You Are, The Man Who Sold The World, Dumb, Plateau and Where Did You Sleep Last Night

I am a casual Nirvana fan not too big on most of their stuff, but I like some of their songs here and there. Prior to listening to this I've only In Utero (which was my first album) then just earlier this month Nevermind. Songs that I particular like from them are: Drain You, In Bloom, Serve the Servants and their cover of Molly's Lips. So some songs are completely new to me.

I like to think some of the higher ups thought they would play all their hits - especially from Nevermind - but NO about 40% of the album is covers, which I am a fan of; It's just Nirvana appreciating their idols

Now, about the songs themselves: The cello on 'Something In The Way' is incredible; I thought the Meat Puppets songs were pretty good, I definitely gotta check out their second album.

The title track is absolutely marvelous. I first heard it on Grand Theft Auto IV on the funk radio station (IF99), way before I really got into music. And I remember liking it, and I still do so that's good after not hearing it for quite a while. Anyways it's a 6/5 star song.

'Mr. Follow Follow' has this amazingly good bassline as well as the trumpet in the first half had me completely entranced for a moment. Also the back-and-forth between the lead vocal and backing vocals is done pretty well. 4.75/5 star song in my opinion.

If they played a little more faster and the singing was more slurred this would've been a 5 star.

Highlight Song/s: The Man Comes Around, Give My Love to Rose, I Hung My Head

The album where Johnny Cash reached the end of the road. Very much bittersweet.

Highlight Song/s: Glittering Prize

Some things that stand out to me about this album:
It's fairly minimalist.
The singer sounds a bit like Robert Smith.
Some of the lyrics seem quite hopeful.

It's an alright album.

Highlight Song/s: Today, Rocket and Soma

This album is sweet mix of alternative rock, grunge and shoegaze.
Some good riffs (such as Cherub Rock) and some pretty cool sounding melody parts (Today, Rocket.) What I love the most about the album is that constant noise coming from the rhythm guitar.

Some things I like from some of the songs:
That rhythm guitar in 'Today' is just amazing, I love that chugging sound.
I am a fan of the shoegaze elements on 'Hummer'
I thought that false ending in 'Rocket' was pretty cool where the wall of guitars faded out it sounded like a goddamn orchestra, then it actually ends and it ended up sounding like it once again.
I liked that sweet sounding interlude-like track 'Sweet Sweet'.

Very unique sounding electronic music. After some time it did start getting tiring, with it just repeating the same couple of bars for 6 minutes straight with little change.

Highlight Song/s: I'd Like to Know, Mansize Rooster

This is some really nifty punk; nice garage backing track mixed with some keyboards alongside melodic vocals.
I am a big fan of the vocals on 'I'd Like to know' especially the backing. The lead singer's voice reminds me of either Gary Numan or Syd Barret, or perhaps a combination of. The novelty of this album started wear off by the last couple of songs, but it still is a good one.

Highlight Song/s: Beetlebum, Song 2, Country Sad Ballad Man, On Your Own and Death of a Party

Blur's self-titled is when they started to and embrace American indie and slacker rock alongside that lo-fi sound that is present on every song. The change into this sound was very much needed, there's only so much you can do with that positive overly-British sound and I believe the 3 albums of it were enough.

Now about the song Beetlebum, because I love it so much:
Beetlebum is such a dreamy song. The harmonies in that song are just incredible; the calm singing as well. That sliding from the electric guitar in the verses is quite catchy, good bassline, good drums and GOOD EVERYTHING. Beetlebum's lyrics are about heroin, which I learnt from watching a documentary about them (from Trash Theory), the song just hit so much harder once I found that out and I fell in love with it more. The song then accumulates into that magnificent chaotic noisy outro.

[A1] The title track is absolutely breathtaking, what a journey that song is.
[B1] In Mysterious Semblance... you can hear what seems to be waves crashing at the end of the song. Near the end of it, one of the synths sound similar to Always Crashing in the Same Car by David Bowie.
[B2] Movements... continues that wave crashing sound from the previous song just for a moment. Around 4 minutes or so in, it sounds a like the Minecraft song called "Cats." This track has such a relieving sound to it.
[B3] 'Sequent 'C'' which is a good ending to all of what you just experienced

This album has such great aquatic feel to it.

I really like the album Low by David Bowie in which you can hear a bit of Phaedra on it, so it's great to hear some of the albums that influenced Low.

Highlight Song/s: Time, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like and Brain Damage

One of the things that are most interesting about this album to me, is that they put some experimental stuff within the first couple songs on one of the most sold albums ever. Just going off of other top sold albums, you'd think they would put tracks like Time and Money first on the album; songs that have that popular or commercial sound to it. But NO they don't do that.

I love how Eclipse transitions into Speak to Me, so the album only really ends when the listener decides it does.

Amazing lines on this album:
"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" (Time)
"And after all, we're only ordinary men" (Us and Them)
"And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" (Brain Damage)
"And everything under the Sun is in tune" (Eclipse)
and probably the best line ever "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" (Brain Damage)

This sounds SO generic. Bored to tears with this one.

Highlight Song/s: Wheels Of Confusion, Changes, Supernaut

I listened to this 2 days prior (01/07/25) to getting Vol. 4 here on 1001 (03/07/25), which is a little funny out of all 1000 albums it could've chosen from. But it probably did need a re-listen.

Now, about the songs themselves that stand out: FX is terrible, what were they thinking? my god; Supernaut sounds like the Max Payne 1 combat music called 'Battle For Free'; That guitar solo that ends Snowblind is incredible; St. Vitus Dance kind of sounds at times the House Building Song from Red Dead Redemption 2, that sort of boogie sound.

Highlight Song/s: Song of Joy, Stagger Lee, Where the Wild Roses Grow and Death Is Not the End

I've only heard Let Love In (separate from 1001) before this one, so this is my second Nick Cave album (third, if you count The Birthday Party.) This album has incredible songwriting. It's quite dark, with murder being the main theme. Even though murder themed lyrics seem a bit juvenile, for some reason the way that he does it, it doesn't.

Highlight Song/s: Folsom Prison Blues, Dark as the Dungeon, The Long Black Veil, Give My Love to Rose and Greystone Chapel

When it comes to live albums it probably doesn't get more infamous than this one; the one where Johnny Cash and his crew showed their humanity to the prisoners. Big fan of the track picks for this album which of course have prison, death and longing as themes. I am also a big fan of the stage banter on this one (especially on Dark as the Dungeon), it gives the album such a lighthearted feel to it.

Not for me.

Highlight Song/s: A Rush and a Push, Girlfriend in a Coma and Death of a Disco Dancer.

This is easily one of the best albums ever made. They decided to change their sound on this album after they determined their music had become formulaic, which they executed really well. Even though The Queen Is Dead a good album, it was definitely a good decision to change. It is a shame this is when The Smiths decided to call it; they would've gotten even more strange, then where they had left off.

Now about the songs that stood out to me: The dreamlike intro of the song A Rush and a Push; Best line on the album is "Maybe in the next world", from Death of a Disco Dancer; Girlfriend in a Coma and Last Night I Dreamt have the most dramatic sound, which I love; I Won't Share You is probably the best final song from a Band that has broken up.

Highlight Song/s: Concrete Jungle and Slave Driver

I feel the album just gradually gets worse; It's not bad, but it's not as great as Exodus.

Her singing is so lovely, it really does enhance the album; otherwise it would've been just another generic folk album.

Highlight Song/s: Dracula Mountain and 2 Towers

This was an enjoyable experience. Love how the band just consists of 2 members, a bassist and a drummer; keeping it minimalist. Even though are only 2 members, the sound is really huge as if the band was an orchestra. Definitely not a bad one.