Reviews by dcspool

I like the wacky breakdown in CTA. "Why" was a bonus track on the last Byrds album we had, and it was my favourite track on that - still a bop. In turn I really quite like the bonus tracks on this one too ("It Happens Each Day", "Don't Make Waves"). The Bob Dylan cover is nice too, though I don't suppose it really adds much on the original.

This is a weird one - its really quite similar to Fifth Dimension, but I think this album is miles miles better.

Fave Tracks: So You Want to be a Rock n Roll Star, CTA, Time Between, My Back Pages, Why

4.4/5

Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again are two of the most epic rock songs of all time, they almost carry this album to a 5 by themselves for me. Only almost though, I don't quite vibe with the rest of the tracks in anywhere near the same way.

Fave Tracks: Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again

4.3/5

This record hits pretty hard at the start, I like the beats, the production overall and the style. But it tails off for me and many of the middle tracks become very samey. The last 2 are more of a return to form for me.

3.3/5

Too samey, just very musically uninteresting for me.

2.2/5

Pink Floyd on LSD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_az91rgENc

Fave Tracks: Pow R. Toc H., Take Up The Stethoscope and Walk, The Scarecrow

2.8/5

I'm looking forward to Forever Changes, which has a couple of great songs on. This one not doing so much for me. I guess for 1966 it was quite progressive, but I don't think its adding much today. No real standout tracks for me.

2.7/5

A really nice friendly album, I can't pick many flaws with it, but I think it just slightly lacks some of that special sauce that Paul Simon is capable of.

Fave Tracks: Mother and Child Reunion, Armistice Day, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, Peace Like a River

4.2/5

I enjoyed this a lot.

Fave Tracks: Planet Claire, 52 Girls, Rock Lobster

4/5

Feels like another solid David Bowie album, but missing the big hits. I’m not particularly into Young Americans or Fame. Considering how many entries he has on the list, is this one really necessary?

Fave Tracks: Right

3.1/5

I like the style of this album much more than I like the actual songs or songwriting. Rock-jazz rather than jazz-rock.

Fave tracks: Peaches en Regalia

3.1/5

I really wanted to like this one, but sadly I didn't get all that much from it. I listened twice through and both times round my main takeaway was that Sad Song is by far my favourite track here.

Fave Tracks: Lady Day, Sad Song

2.6/5

I definitely thought this Blister in the Sun riff was a Blink 182 song. And Gone Daddy Gone - I remember that from the Gnarls Barkley cover/sample... didn't expect that to turn up 9 tracks into this album.

Weird one. I didn't really like it.

2.4/5

Funny one, feels like another strange inclusion. Not bad per se, but also struggling to see what differentiates this dub album from any other dub album.

Fave Tracks: Bomba, Ungodly Kingdom

2.9/5

I've been teetering on the 4/5 edge here for a while. I'm a big fan of NY, and I have a feeling this maybe my favourite of his albums, but something keeps me from confidently giving this a 5. Don't Let It Bring You Down is transcendently brilliant, and the rest of the album is solid, but doesn't really come close to that level.

Fave Tracks: Tell Me Why, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Don't Let It Bring You Down

4.4/5

I don’t see what all the fuss is about here. This sounds to me like Taylor Swift cosplaying as a folk singer to very mediocre effect. I don’t think it’s bad, just banal and not a logical 1001 inclusion.

2.5/5

Some fine tunes on here, I really like I Want You and there’s nothing quite like the way Bobby croons “to be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again”. The barbs on Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat are quite phenomenal.

A bit disappointed that I didn’t really take too much from the tracks I was unfamiliar with, and generally Bob needs to calm the fuck down with the harmonica, but overall a pretty cohesive album that’s stood the test of time well.

Fave Tracks: I Want You, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

3.9/5

Honestly just a very pleasant time.

Fave tracks: America, Mrs Robinson, A Hazy Shade of Winter

4.3/5

I just seem to struggle with the Pet Shop Boys so much. I find a lot of this album, like the previous one of theirs we listened to, to just be straight up bad. I think this is slightly better than that one - a couple of tracks "Being Boring" and "My October Symphony" I'm ok with, but the rest just ain't doing it for me.

2.3/5

Nobody's Perfect is one of the worst tracks I've heard on the 1001 so far.

Why is Madonna's outfit and all the branding for this album giving off Americana country vibes, and yet the album is autotune electro-pop.

The second half has a few highlights, but still this really is one of the most baffling inclusions in the list for me.

Fave Tracks: Don't Tell Me, What It Feels Like For A Girl

1.9/5

Really scruffy and sonically uninteresting. I don't know what I expected here but I thought it would be something better than this.

The best track for me was the Bonus Track "Why".

2.5/5