r/1001AlbumsGenerator

Hi everyone,

After receiving a lot of feedback, we're going to implement a new rule going forward. If you're simply posting your daily album (with or without a review and/or photo and/or screen cap), please post it in the daily megathread and not as its own standalone post. Standalone posts of daily albums will be removed. Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis.

Bear with us as we set up post flair so you can find the daily post more easily. Until then, check u/Alireza1373's profile if you're having trouble finding it.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and please continue to utilize the report button if you find a post that should be in the megathread.

To end on a fun note, I was surprised to see 175 of you have already assigned yourselves flair! Stan from Chotchke's would be so proud.

I'll start off by saying I gave this a 4. The music was groovy, bass forward, and ahead of its time. The French spoken word was different enough to be a novelty.

However, there is an elephant in the room with this album, and it seems people only care about the actual subject matter on the 1001 albums project.

When I learned what this album was actually about, I was looking online to see if it was a Lolita style indictment of this kind of person or just a straight up pedophilic (or whatever the word is for teenagers) fantasy written by Gainsbourg. And it seems no one is actually 100% sure.

At first I felt insane cuz every discussion on reddit was like a huge tale about how good the album was with hardly more than a slight mention of the subject matter. Often times it wasn't even brought up. But when you look at the reviews on the album project, that's where you see people actually angry and not even willing to listen.

I had a discussion with a guy I work with, what are we willing to forgive and listen to just because the music is good? What if he was singing about a 9 year old? Would people still love this album and spin it to this day?

My final question, do you think this album is meant to gross you out, or is it meant to just be a sexy album about a teenager?

1001 is a lot, any tips about how you did this challenge?

Apparently Costello has 6 albums on this list. Holy shit. Well, it was bound to happen one day! Only song I know from this one is “Radio, Radio”, which I enjoy. Interested to see what the rest of the album sounds like.

Damn the Torpedoes and Wildflowers would be 5s, and Southern Accents and Full Moon Fever easy 4s. But s/t, which is totally fine, is the only Petty we get. Someone call the authorities!

Instead rate it in comparison to the Liverpudlian post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes "Kilimanjaro" album! Is it better or worse?

Today I have Neil Young's After the Gold Rush, and based on my previous experience with his albums I'm going to assume it is certainly worse!

P.S this is not a replacement for the daily thread, I'll post my thoughts there if I can be bothered when it goes up