The 1001 Album Generator Project Thread

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Lee Newman said:
I like the group themselves have a love hate relationship with this album.
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Super legit! There is an absolute lot to have a complicated relationship with.

I lived very deeply in this album for about two months before MCA passed away - his parts in particular because I was him for a tribute show to this album as part of a poetry festival where we performed the album in its entirety and 13 poets were each assigned a song as a prompt to create new material that was debuted during the show (band/poet/band/poet/etc. for the first half then poet/band/poet/band for the second.) Easily one of the rowdiest poetry shows I've ever attended and some of the poems that came out of it were stellar (two biggest standouts being a direct response to "Girls" that she performed very much in Ad-Rock's face, and a defence attorney fighting in court for the right to party!) The experience of the whole thing took this album to a whole different realm for me that will forever earmark it as crucial in my heart and mind. It also made MCA's death less than a week after the show hit harder than most.
 
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I’ve never listened to this one before.
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Well, this is Elvis after a few movies and the army and we’ll on his way to being a Vegas act. It’s actually quite good but different than the guy that basically broke rock to the larger public. This is more of a Sinatra type affair. A consummate performer giving his spin on more standard fair. Surprisingly enjoyable. (4 stars)
 
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I’m fairly certain I gave this a few listens back in The day. It seemed to me that it hit the same time as Coldplay, but this predates a bit. Seems like Martin and Co. may have found their formula in Driftwood as it seems to inform the beast that became their machine. This is interesting though, more playful. A band not afraid to explore. It sounds an awful lot like the child of Radiohead (which makes sense given Godrich’s involvement) and Oasis.

I’ve given some of the Brit pop that has been on the list some shit and some of it deserves and there’s a bit too much here for my liking, but this and Supergrass (and Blur, but I mean it’s fucking Blur) remind me why Brit pop matters. This is good stuff. (4 stars)
 
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Lee Newman said:
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I’m fairly certain I gave this a few listens back in The day. It seemed to me that it hit the same time as Coldplay, but this predates a bit. Seems like Martin and Co. may have found their formula in Driftwood as it seems to inform the beast that became their machine. This is interesting though, more playful. A band not afraid to explore. It sounds an awful lot like the child of Radiohead (which makes sense given Godrich’s involvement) and Oasis.

I’ve given some of the Brit pop that has been on the list some shit and some of it deserves and there’s a bit too much here for my liking, but this and Supergrass (and Blue, but I mean it’s fucking Blur) remind me why Brit pop matters. This is good stuff. (4 stars)
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Yeah, at the time Travis and Coldplay felt like direct successors to the type of mopey guitar rock that Radiohead abandoned with Kid A, Both band’s debuts and their follow ups were really solid albums. Obviously Coldplay ended up going the arena rock route and Travis kinda receded out of my periphery, but those first two album are quite good.
 
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Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty

Since this isn't available on Spotify, I cobbled together a playlist for it:


Despite Dusty in Memphis being one of my all time favorite albums (Like top ten), I've actually never listened to any of her other albums. I'm looking forward to this.
 
Lee Newman said:
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Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty

Since this isn't available on Spotify, I cobbled together a playlist for it:


Despite Dusty in Memphis being one of my all time favorite albums (Like top ten), I've actually never listened to any of her other albums. I'm looking forward to this.
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This is okay, sounds like Dusty trying to be the Ronnettes. It's fun but pretty much an album full of things that you would find on the oldies station, which isn't bad, just nothing here makes me go... yeah, she's a standout that will record one of the best albums ever.
 
Lee Newman said:
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I’m fairly certain I gave this a few listens back in The day. It seemed to me that it hit the same time as Coldplay, but this predates a bit. Seems like Martin and Co. may have found their formula in Driftwood as it seems to inform the beast that became their machine. This is interesting though, more playful. A band not afraid to explore. It sounds an awful lot like the child of Radiohead (which makes sense given Godrich’s involvement) and Oasis.

I’ve given some of the Brit pop that has been on the list some shit and some of it deserves and there’s a bit too much here for my liking, but this and Supergrass (and Blur, but I mean it’s fucking Blur) remind me why Brit pop matters. This is good stuff. (4 stars)
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WHAT ARE THOSE 👀 about @Joe Mac??
 
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I mean, it's no Jethro Tull... 😂

It's been a LOT of years since I listened to this the few times I have before today, and even then I was far removed from the actual time of its release which may have lost some impact for me. I very much dig the themes they've approached on this album but I think, for the most part, they've been done better elsewhere. It's an enjoyable listen, but not a life-changing one. Other than "One" - which is an all-timer song for me. But the album version always leaves me longing for the video version with the bits from Johnny Got His Gun spliced in. That version destroys me every time. 3/5
 
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I mean, it's no Jethro Tull... 😂

It's been a LOT of years since I listened to this the few times I have before today, and even then I was far removed from the actual time of its release which may have lost some impact for me. I very much dig the themes they've approached on this album but I think, for the most part, they've been done better elsewhere. It's an enjoyable listen, but not a life-changing one. Other than "One" - which is an all-timer song for me. But the album version always leaves me longing for the video version with the bits from Johnny Got His Gun spliced in. That version destroys me every time. 3/5
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This was the first Metallica album I ever bought, so it has a special place in my heart.
 
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