Reviews by plasma

Very pleasant for a morning sunrise drive

I liked "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" and "Free Form Guitar"

I like the title track quite a bit. The rest didn't stand out to me as much

I liked the track Horses In My Dreams here. And the end of the closing track

Some catchy parts, and also some more eh parts. The catchy parts I really vibed with. Repetition is used well here

I like the bass on this one

Was cool to hear the big songs, cause I didn’t know they were from this artist or album

Edit Apr 5 2026: 3 --> 2. I'm just not that fond of this album

Suzanne is a good track

Edit Apr 10 2026: 3 --> 4. I am growing to quite like Leonard Cohen

This turned out to be really good. Very atmospheric. And in 1974. Wow!

Edit Mar 17 2026: edit 5 --> 4. It is more of a 4 for me

I don't really like The Beta Band. Found some info online about why they have TWO albums on the list

My findings: their main influencial stuff is a compilation album, and thus uneligible for the list. And they aren't in the newer versions of the 1001 albums list anyways.

See the following found online:

"I looked up the band after getting Hot Shots II to see what was so special about them to merit an inclusion, and apparently they were pretty influential in their approach of blending electronic with rock and were an influence on Radiohead's more experimental stuff in the 00s.

The problem is that their influential stuff appears to be a series of EPs they made at the end of the 90s and was later compiled into a compilation album, which means that album probably would have been both a better representation as to why this band was special, and would have used one less slot in the book. Or maybe I'm wrong and you just had to be there, I don't know."

And:

"Both albums did feature in the 2005 edition, then Hot Shots II was removed for the 2008 edition, and by the 2011 edition both albums were gone.

So it went from two to one to zero. "

I had never listened to Prince before, so was good for me to check this out. I wasn’t that interested though. Metaphors in the closing tracks were a neat part

The production is immaculate

You already know it’s gotta be a 5. My favourite Sabbath album

Edit Apr 22 2026: 5 --> 4

That was a fun listen. I like the crowd's enthusiasm

The opening track The Changeling reminds of Funky Town

Earlier in the album I was thinking of a 2. But I stayed open, cause maybe I would like the later album tracks. And then OMG yeah the closing track is top tier 😭😭

Gets a 3 for overall, but damn that last track was much above a 3

Top comment was a fun read

Such a vibe when cooking so squeezes out the 4

Agree about Quality Seconds

She is a good singer, that's for sure. I've never really liked R&B stuff that much though

A really fun live album. I really liked everyone's enthusiasm

A response to a top comment

Part 1: "I can't believe this needs to be said, but "this isn't on Spotify" isn't remotely a legitimate criticism of an album"

I agree

Part 2: "Spotify is a cancer on music (even more so than the rest of the industry) and is for soccer moms and other "I like to have something on in the background" casuals. If you have such limited resources that your only place to listen to music is Spotify and YouTube ("o noes, there are ads, whatever will I do!??"), that's your problem"

I disagree with Spotify being for "background" music "casuals". I think it is one of the greatest tools for easily discovering lots of music. For me, I have been able to discover and listen to so much with Spotify. Without it, the barrier to entry to my level of listening would be very very high. Before Spotify, the kinds of people who would have used Spotify as background music would then tend to just listen to pre-selected radio. Spotify gives "music listening superusers" so much more of an ability to explore. I think it is very easy to hate on Spotify and be closed-minded to all that it has opened up. There are issues of course, specifically for artists, yet I think saying Spotify has caused people to use it as background music is quite dismissive. In fact, I would argue more people customize and explore their music now than in the time of radio