Rated 6/10
"It's ya boy, Jay-Z! Woo!" Okay, it doesn't happen on every track, but sure feels like there's a meme soundboard with all the Jigga vocal flows on it.
I liked the samplings, you can tell Kayne West's beginnings. Plenty of good beats and flows. Renegade is solid. Glad I listened, doubt I'll revisit.
Rated 6/10
Unsure why this album made the list, I'd have thought All the Young Dudes would have been the one to pick. Mott is a fine glam rock album, enjoyable enough.
Rated 6/10
I enjoyed the general vibe and Shogun Assassin references. 3.5
Rated 6/10
Yet another ex-1001 album!™
http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex
Doves' debt album Lost Souls is still in the 1001 book, which is probably enough to experience Doves. This album is fine, but it's more of the same.
Rated 1/10
After listening recently to Ryan Adams' other album on the 1001 list, I wasn't enthused to listen to this one... but I pushed through... and it wasn't going too bad, then the harmonica hits... meh!
Rated 6/10
I don't know anything about this Liverpool band, so none of my usual anecdotes. Unfortunately, it's quite a forgettable album, I enjoyed most of it while listening, then puff it's gone.
Corny horny lounge act.
Rated 4/10
Far too long. I kept losing track of how I was or what I was listening to. Individually, many of the songs are decent enough, but I just got bored of the album, it all felt a bit too beige.
Rated 6/10
Yet another ex-1001 album!™
http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex
I remember when this came out and I was rocking out to Get Free and Outtathaway! and the UK media were hailing the The Vines as the next Nirvana... and then they weren't.
Still, I enjoyed the album at the time, a good mix of alternating tracks between grunge and mellow.
Rated 6/10
Last Nite is the obvious highlight, the rest of the album is a bit samey but in a good way.
Only appears to be a noteworthy album because it heavily features Eric Clapton. Meh.
Another reviewer says "it's probably the whitest version of the blues I've ever had to listen to"... sounds about right! Which is fine, if that's your thing.
Rated 6/10
Yet another ex-1001 album!™
http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex
They weren't wrong, but they didn't quite drown!
Interesting experimental noise rock, glad I listened, (once). Most surprising thing, it was released in 2004, I'd have guessed 1984.
Rated 10/10
The nostalgia hits pretty hard when relistening to The Black Album.
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As much as I love QotSA, this isn't their strongest album, still good though. Songs For The Deaf or Rated R would have better choices for the 1001 list.
Individually, there are many great tracks - plenty of emotion and nostalgia - but does it flow together as an album, I'm not so sure, feels a bit up & down between tracks. Still, those standout tracks are gold!
Rated 8/10
Listened to this last year for the first time, I couldn't shake The Flaming Lips vibes... then read that Mercury Rev frontman Jonathan Donahue used to be a guitarist in The Flaming Lips, so the connection made sense.
It's a grower; think I like it a little more today than I did last year.
Rated 6/10
There's no denying Elvis's cultural and musical impact... and there's no denying I was foot-tapping throughout this album, but that's mostly because the 12-bar blues osmosis.
Taking this album on its own merits, it's good but not great.
Rated 1/10
How on earth are there 2 Randy Newman albums on the 1001 list? The mind boggles, it's a parody of itself!
"Randy Newman, sits there all night and days singing about what he sees."
Rated 8/10
Listened to this a few times last year, it's an enjoyable album... if you like The Flaming Lips that is; it's out there!
Rated 10/10
Hadn't heard of Sleater-Kinney before... really enjoyed this one! Here's to the riot grrrls!
