My 1001 Albums Summary (2025)

Apr 08 2025

What a phenomenal album! What's even more impressive is the fact that this is a double album, but still it manages to deliver great quality throughout. There are so many hits, singles, quality songs and songs which were sampled and made into hits by other artists on here that it's mindboggling. Even the extra EP is great. How do you create a ~20 song album of this quality? Insane. The album has a slight lean towards soul and ballads compared to Innervisions, but this works in it's favor, even though Innervisions was great as well. Sonically everything is really well done. Stevies voice is the best it has ever been, the color, articulation and precision is astonishing, it's a real pleasure listening to such a skilled and soulful artist. Likewise, the keys are perfect and create a single, indivisible, unit together with the vocals. There are many great melodies in the album, somehow they are able to produce a hit after hit. The rhythm section also shines, it continues the great work done on Innervisions and builds upon it. There is not a single moment when drums and bass aren't active and engaged. The album is full of fills, interesting bridges and rhythm changes, but these still manage to stay in the background and to not be intrusive to the main stars of the show, just add to them. I now know why this is considered one of the best albums of all time. Another one from Stevie going into the favorites.

5

May 09 2025

A fun album, sounds like you are on a cruise ship in the caribbean. But sadly, as is the case with most world albums on this list, it's probably not worthy of a spot on it. The musicianship is fine, the melodies are fun and uplifting. Songs are easy going and breezy, perfect for a relaxing day on the beach or a yacht. The vocal go well with the music, nothing stands out. Having said that, the album isn't really special in any way, it feels average and doesn't offer much quality to the listener. One more average world album, hope they get better later on.

2

Feb 18 2025

Didn't like this one as much as the previous 3 releases from the band. They stayed true to their style, blending hip-hop with differemt genres such as rock, jazz, electronic, metal, punk. The albim sounds similar to RATM a lot of the times. But it seemd more experimental and progressive than the other albums they did. Songs don't progress linearly and there are a lot of unexpected twists and turns with instruments and arrangements. Still, there are some cool songs on here and the music is not bad, it's the crown of their style.

3

Feb 14 2025

Didn't think I would give any album on this list a 1 star, but this is by far the worst album I heard so far, maybe even ever. This album get's it wrong on so many levels for me. For starters, musically it's really boring. Most of the songs sound exactly the same, with a drum beat and simple melodies in the background. Like something you would make in 2 minutes in your bedroom. Second, and this is a big one, the lyrics and themes are so bad it's unbelievable that other people who worked on this album didn't try and put a stop on this being released. I am not familiar with the work of the Smiths or Morrissey in general, so I am not sure if all of the albums are like this, or did he slowly descend into some sort of madness. The album is pretty much a pretentious rant all the way through. Whatever and whoever he doesn't like, he makes fun of, but in a really immature way, like a teenager entering puberty who starts hating the whole world. He tells America to fuck of with the hamburger, sure dude, that'll tell them. The only "good" song for me was First of the Gang to Die, with a catchy chorus.

1

Feb 26 2025

One of the best grunge albums, full of emotions and big riffs. Chris Cornell is as impressive as ever, showing of his vocal abilities. The riffs are grand and range from punk/rock to doom/sludge. Lyrical themes are powerful, dark and perfectly convey the emotions of the 90s.

4