Reviews by dcspool

I have thoughts on this. Its a bit of a mess.

I know the Beatles aren't necessarily lyrical behemoths, but what is it with these dumb kids bops about characters with alliterative names - Sexy Sadie, Rocky Raccoon, Bungalow Bill.

I like Glass Onion with its meta lyricism. "The Walrus was Paul" is a great tease, John knew what he was doing.

I don't like Revolution 9. I can't buy in, and I'm down for experimentation, so lets applaud the "creativity", but this is barely a song and it sucks.

Mainly the best moments are the songs I already was familiar with - Back in the USSR, Blackbird, Revolution 1, and definitely While My Guitar Gently Weeps. But also shout out Happiness is a Warm Gun, and Ringo's Good Night.

Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da and Dear Prudence are more tolerable than I was expecting.

Overall, like most double albums I think its bloated and there would be a great single album in there. Maybe something like this:

Back in the USSR
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Blackbird
Helter Skelter
Revolution 1
Revolution 9 (would be a bolder statement in a 10 track album)
Good Night

That album would be 4 something, but the bloat drops it for me.

3.4/5

Pretty fun straightforward reggae album

3.7/5

Wait is this a joke. Psychocandy took some real liberties in recycling the same song over and over again. And then Darklands, their follow up album starts, and its the same song again?! Next track, Deep One Perfect Morning, starts with the Just Like Honey drumbeat. Happy When It Rains is finally a new song, hooray. We manage to get through a few songs that don't smell like honey until April Skies which can't resist an oscillating two chord progression that mirrors JLH. Its kinda funny at this point - I go into each new track hoping it will be another JLH clone - Cherry Came Too is another one - slow strummed guitar chords, the same chord progression, basically the same drum beat. How did they get away with this?!

TJAMC are really one of the least creative bands I've ever heard. Which is truly a shame because I really do love Just Like Honey.

I'd say there's a bit more diversity on Darklands compared to Psychocandy, but there isn't the OG JLH, so it loses marks for that. Neither of these albums should be on the list.

2.2/5

Really enjoyed this and felt a bit guilty about it.

Fave Tracks: Love Plus One, Lemon Firebrigade, Marine Boy

4/5

Kinda fun, very flamboyant and gothic eighties post rock.

3.6/5

Having not really liked much Nick Cave before I actually thought this one was quite good, but not really 1001 worthy.

3.7/5

I think the only flaw you can really have about this album is that a lot of the songs sound the same.

It's impeccably played and produced, they just don't make em like this anymore.

And of course important commentary on society blah blah etc etc

4.6/5

Boring, didn't vibe with this at all.

2/5

So clean. Can’t get much out of this, it’s so dated.

2.5/5

As an empowered and informed member of society, who will not cry in public and still kisses with saliva, I am fond but not in love with this album.

BORN TO DIE / WORLD IS A FUCK / 鬼神 Kill Em All 1989 / I am trash man / 410,757,864,530 DEAD COPS

Fave Tracks: Paranoid Android, Let Down, Karma Police, No Surprises (the hits basically).

4.5/5

This is a very weird inclusion, because its not a bad album, but it is just a lesser version of the other 2 big LCD albums. It follows a very similar recipe and I think pretty much all the tracks are decently ok, but it just lacks some real standout moments.

Fave Tracks: oh baby, tonite

3.7/5

I thought this was an enjoyable romp, some hits I haven't heard in a while - Red Alert, Bingo Bango - the rest was decent and flowed together well.

Fave Tracks: Rendez-Vu, Red Alert, Bingo Bango

3.9/5

I actually enjoyed this quite a lot. Did not really sound anything like the very famous remix of "Missing". Loungey soft rock - I liked it in kinda the same way I like Sade.

3.9/5

More similar to Wu-Tang and Tribe than I expected.

Fave Tracks: Ready or Not, Killing Me Softly, Cowboys

3.8/5

This was a very pleasant album. I wasn't actively listening hard enough but whenever I keyed in on the music I found it extremely nice.

Fave Tracks: Sunflower

4/5

Good energy, obviously important album. Kinda sounds like trash but also some nice hooks.

3.4/5

I had this compact disc playing on my home stereo. My memory of it was not that it was good, just that there were two bangers. And that was a correct recollection - Keep em Separated and Self Esteem are great, the rest is trash that straddles the punk eras from hardcore 80s stuff to the cheesy late 90s pop punk.

Fave Tracks: Come Out and Play, Self Esteem

2.2/5

I don't really get it. The Doors self-titled is amazing, the other albums I've heard are mediocre imitations. Don't need them on the list.

3/5

Good, but missing the standout Bunnymen tracks, so I don't feel like a 1001 essential album.

3.5/5

Rip It Up is one of the great tracks, but happy to discover there’s a lot more to enjoy on this album.

Fave Tracks: Rip It Up, A Million Pleading Faces, Hokoyo

4.1/5