The 1001 Album Generator Project Thread

Should we do a group project

  • Total voters
    22
  • Poll closed .
Day 34

Day 0034.jpeg

Wilco is one of those bands that on paper I should absolutely love, but I just haven't clicked with them that way. I don't dislike them, but I also don't like them enough to seek them out all that much. I remember hearing "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" on the radio a bit, and I'm pretty sure I had it on a CMJ New Music Monthly CD or some similar comp. They have some songs I quite enjoy for sure but that's about it. This is a solid album, if not a bit long. I'd give it a 3.5, but since we can't do half stars on the site it will get rounded down to a 3.
 
Rip_City said:
31/1001
The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love
220px-TDC_ashortalbum.jpg

Never heard of this before. It's pretty gushy and over the top. This is akin to Scott Walker's early era of numerical releases (Scott, Scott 2, Scott 3, Scott 4) of baroque pop and chanson, but Walker executes it with far more conviction. It's more than fine and perfectly listenable, but I see this as second fiddle.

Personal highlights: "In Pursuit of Happiness," "I'm All You Need"
Rating: 2.5/5 [Decent]
Click to expand...
I find it pretty wild that this group has two albums on the list - I get that some people like them, but 2 of the best 1001 albums ever?!
 
avecigrec said:
Day 34

View attachment 167342

Wilco is one of those bands that on paper I should absolutely love, but I just haven't clicked with them that way. I don't dislike them, but I also don't like them enough to seek them out all that much. I remember hearing "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" on the radio a bit, and I'm pretty sure I had it on a CMJ New Music Monthly CD or some similar comp. They have some songs I quite enjoy for sure but that's about it. This is a solid album, if not a bit long. I'd give it a 3.5, but since we can't do half stars on the site it will get rounded down to a 3.
Click to expand...
Wilco was my favorite band for some time and this is still my favorite album by them. I might save the rest for when I pull it.
 
da5406c4fb6603a6768d2aec067976a8108f258f


i have always been a music first, lyrics later listener so i always struggle with albums like this and 'songwriter' albums in general. i can come around on these types of artists, as i am a fan of and enjoy albums by folks like lee hazlewood and kris kristofferson, but cohen has been difficult to make that turn on. the songs i tend to gravitate towards with cohen are the ones with more going on sonically, so when sisters of mercy and especially so long, marianne pops up midway through this album it's a bit of a relief to hear. i don't think it can be argued he is a fantastic lyricist, i just wish i could appreciate that aspect more.
 
Hemotep said:
I was saving this one for tonight's listen. It's one of the best live shows of all time. Easy 5/5 on this one.
View attachment 167445
Click to expand...

This record is almost perfect. I’m selling my Dylan Bootleg Vinyl to replace it on CD for space and cost of completion reasons but I’d love to keep this one. It’s just so damn good!

Nothing bad comes out of Manchester 😉
 
Last edited:
Lee Newman said:
de0fc5364245e9f3660591287a41234200ae9817
Click to expand...
This album is a bit schizophrenic. I don't much care for them covering R&B. The heavy stuff is cool. The wanna be Beatles stuff not as much. Not the most pleasant listen after Jeru. Not sure I'm entirely in the mood for it. Good news is it's a working weekend, so I can definitely give this another go tomorrow. (Keith Moon is a highlight even on the not so awesome songs)
 
Day 35 - I don't even know what day it actually is anymore!

Day 0035.jpeg

Elvis Costello is one of those artists I listen to quite infrequently and wonder every time I do why I don't listen to him more. I've enjoyed damn near everything of his I've ever heard, yet I've never owned any of his albums on LP or CD (digitally the only one I've ever owned is the one with The Roots, because The Roots.) This is a cover-to-cover banger through and through. Infusing power pop with a solid dose of new wave, punk rock and whip-smart lyrics makes for a timeless ass-rocker here. 5/5
 
Day 36 was yesterday, I think...

Day 0036.jpeg

First time listening to a full album by The Stooges. Obviously very familiar with "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - heck, I even re-wrote it as "I Wanna Be Your Doug" a bunch of years ago for my friend Doug Koyama who was an absolute stalwart of the B.C. summer festival scene, and is one of the best damn huggers I've ever met.

Listening to "We Will Fall" now and it's nothing at all like I expected anything on this album to sound. The slow dirge of this is absolutely awesome!
 
avecigrec said:
Day 36 was yesterday, I think...

View attachment 167479

First time listening to a full album by The Stooges. Obviously very familiar with "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - heck, I even re-wrote it as "I Wanna Be Your Doug" a bunch of years ago for my friend Doug Koyama who was an absolute stalwart of the B.C. summer festival scene, and is one of the best damn huggers I've ever met.

Listening to "We Will Fall" now and it's nothing at all like I expected anything on this album to sound. The slow dirge of this is absolutely awesome!
Click to expand...

Yeah, this is fucking awesome. 100%. I want more!


5/5
 
Day 37 - All caught up again!

Day 0037.jpeg

I just revisited this recently and am looking forward to giving it another listen later today but I can already say without hesitation that it's a 5/5 for me.

My introduction to this album was hearing "Heresy" on the post-midnight Sunday program on my local rock radio station sometime around '95 and being absolutely floored. (I discovered Marilyn Manson around the same time thanks to the same program playing "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and finding it so delightfully creepy - but even prior to his latest controversies the past couple of years, he didn't hold the longevity for me that NIN has managed to) The song was so HEAVY. So Angry. So blasphemous. It was awesome! I got myself a copy of the album a few weeks later and until Antichrist Superstar was released nearly a year later, it was by far the heaviest album I owned. I regret not grabbing a copy last time my local had this in on wax. Stone cold classic.
 
32/1001
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
220px-Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_-_Cosmo%27s_Factory.jpg

​
First time listening. I recognized a lot of these songs from classic rock radio and usage in film soundtracks.
There are a lot of influences here...rhythm and blues ("Before You Accuse Me," and "My Baby Left Me"), soul ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Long As I Can See the Light"), country ("Lookin' Out My Back Door"), rock and roll ("Ooby Dooby," "Travelin' Band"), and also psychedelia ("Ramble Tamble"). The variety is excellent. However, I wasn't too big a fan of how "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" turned into an 11min extended jam session.
Despite this small nitpick, this album is incredibly tight and a fantastic first go-around. Those singles still hold up strong.

Personal highlights: "Ramble Tamble," "Run Through the Jungle," "Long as I Can See the Light"
Rating: 4.5/5 [Outstanding]
 
Getting caught up... Underwater Moonlight is maybe the biggest surprise I've had doing this so far. I didn't know what to make of it at first but by the end of my first listen I was hooked. Though undeniably a product of its own influences, this is an incredibly forward-thinking, innovative album for 1980. If I didn't know any better, I would probably believe someone if they told me this was from the early 90s. It makes me wonder if this really is just an obscure hidden gem or if the onus is on me for not being in the know, because even though I'd never heard of it before now, I've certainly heard more than a few artists that owe their sound to it. I can't claim to know anything about Robyn Hitchcock as a solo artist but the Soft Boys and their unconventional yet catchy brand of psychedelic rock get a big thumbs up from me.
 
This was yesterday's album.
Screenshot_20230217-194741_Chrome.jpg
A very impressive debut and a pretty great album overall, but after giving it a full listen for the first time in a while, I'm reminded why I don't revisit this one as much. Although there's some stand-out cuts here (specifically Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town, The Book I Read, and Psycho Killer), some of the songs sort of blend into each other for me since there's not a lot of actual variety in the composition and instrumentation here compared to later Talking Heads outings. Records like Fear of Music and Remain in Light are much more distinctive and groundbreaking and what I'm more likely to reach for when I want to hear TH, but this is still a solid introduction to the band and I can't argue against it's place on this list at all.
 
And today's album. I've hit a particularly good streak lately.
Screenshot_20230218-191417_Chrome.jpg
Fun fact, I actually bought a cheap, used vinyl copy of this at a Book & Music Exchange years ago when I was first starting collecting, but I clearly didn't retain much of it since a lot of this sounded new to my ears. That said, it's very good. Rush is one of those bands that's always been more in the background for me; I know of them, but outside of a few songs, I'm mostly unfamiliar with their discography. I understand this is considered one of their more commercially accessible works, boasting a trio of fantastic singles. Tom Sawyer, Limelight and Vital Signs are all absolute jams and deep cut Witch Hunt is enjoyable as well. The Camera Eye is a bit too indulgent and doesn't really justify it's 10+ minute length in my opinion, but other than that, this was a refreshingly breezy listen for a prog rock album. A strong 4.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top