The 1001 Album Generator Project Thread

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This is one of those bands I've heard of but never really took the time to listen to, they've been on my list for a while and I was looking forward to this, until I heard it. I don't get it!? I see this band has a lot of albums is this the best representation of them? Maybe it's a time and place type of thing but at this point I'm wondering why this is on my to listen to list, am I thinking of another band?? 2/5
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4080 said:
This is one of those bands I've heard of but never really took the time to listen to, they've been on my list for a while and I was looking forward to this, until I heard it. I don't get it!? I see this band has a lot of albums is this the best representation of them? Maybe it's a time and place type of thing but at this point I'm wondering why this is on my to listen to list, am I thinking of another band?? 2/5
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I've never heard of this one, but I like their 80s albums.
 
gaporter said:
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So I've fallen a little behind in posting but ready to get caught up!

Let It Bleed was pretty good. I don't know if I'd ever sat down and listened to a Rolling Stones record from front to back before this... but I have heard plenty of Stones songs before, including a couple from this album. It's about what I would have expected, but still a decent listen nonetheless. I will say it's refreshing to go from whatever Rod Stewart was doing to a group of British rockers who actually utilize their country influences in an appealing way. I gave it a 4!
 
And now on to yesterday's album:
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I don't know what kind of drugs were being passed around in the studio when they recorded this, but I think I want some. And I know it's kind of hackneyed to label anything slightly unconventional the product of drug use, but I defy you to listen to "The Bogus Man" and tell me with a straight face that no mind-altering substances were used during the making of this album.

Anyways... I loved this! Roxy Music is a name I've seen many, many times, but I'd never had any real push to check them out prior to pulling this album. I don't know what I expected them to sound like but it definitely wasn't this. Honestly I'm not even sure what you would classify this as and that's probably part of why I like it so much. This is something wholly original to my ears and it's insane to me this is almost 50 years old. I have no idea if this at all emblematic of the rest of Roxy Music's output, but either way, I'm a big fan of the vibe they've got going on here. While some songs do meander a bit, the experience as a whole is a grand, bizarre sonic adventure that I'm very happy to have come across doing this exercise. Plus that album cover is awesome.

I'm thinking this might be my second 5.
 
Yeah. Not great. There were some okay almost Acid Jazz tunes. There were quite a few plodding dark super repetitive tunes. Didn’t appreciate the rapping at all. Female vocalist is okay. Overall the songs just don’t really go anywhere and the album feels disjointed. Best when it’s funky.

2/5
 
This was the album where I started to not care for Muse as much. It's their last good album to me, but it's showing the signs of what's to come and I'm meh on that. I liked them better as a Radiohead cover band than as the forerunner to Imagine Dragons. I imagine they'd have put on a good stadium rock show on this tour though. 3/5
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Hemotep said:
This was the album where I started to not care for Muse as much. It's their last good album to me, but it's showing the signs of what's to come and I'm meh on that. I liked them better as a Radiohead cover band than as the forerunner to Imagine Dragons. I imagine they'd have put on a good stadium rock show on this tour though. 3/5
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Yeah agreed it’s their last passable album but I felt the rot began the album before. The last track on this one, Knights of Cydonia I think, was where I got off, it’s shit, long and boring. The singles are good on it.
 
gafacaode said:
26/1001

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I'm a sucker for their sound, their take on glam and Brett Anderson's voice.
Their first three albums are freaking amazing.
I'd rate them:
Dog Man Star
Suede
Coming Up

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Bernard Butler was such a damn good guitarist and I just love his work on their first two albums. This one is the best though, it’s the most cohesive album they did.
 
20/1001
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
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Illinois is lush with instrumentation and literate lyrics. Without demystifying the breath and depth of topics Sufjan covers, often grandiose anthems about petty statehood historical trivialities, it would be neglectful to not mention "Casimir Pulaski Day". The song offers a heart wrenching tale about a girl with bone cancer, augmented with only Stevens' raw emotion and a banjo. "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." which is a ballad about a serial killer, is performed with somber finger picked guitar. Its muted narrative offers no defense for this murderer's exploits. But suddenly at the end of the song, Stevens muses, "And in my best behavior/I am really just like him," a heart wrenching admission.
With that said, there is the unshakable feeling that those song titles, as long as they are, come off as a pretentious artist decision. I can't give it a perfect score singlehandedly because of it. In addition, the 74min runtime is a fair endurance test. Both are minor nitpicks.
But it remains amazing. A singer/songwriter achievement. It has been years since I've listened to this.

Personal highlights: "John Wayne Gacy, Jr.," "Casimir Pulaski Day," "The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders"
Rating: 4.5/5 [Outstanding]
 
Day 23 - Wheeeeee!

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First time actually listening to this album. Knew a couple of songs going in, but the only full Faith No More album I've ever properly listened to is Angel Dust - while a handful of the songs I know best are actually from King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. I really dig Mike Patton but have listened to a surprisingly small amount of his vast body of work. It seems kind of a shame, but also means I get to keep enjoying new discoveries for a while longer.

I definitely think I dig later FNM more than this one but will be listening to it more for sure. Which isn't to say I dislike it by any means, I just feel like things got better once Patton and the band had a bit more time together. Given that the music for this was already recorded and Patton basically wrote and recorded his parts over it in under two weeks after having just joined the band at barely two decades of age, I'd say that this is actually a damn fine album. 3.5/5
 
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