The number generator spit out #149, which just so happened to be John Prine's self-titled album from 1971. I had never heard this album prior to this listen. Although I have heard lots of John Prine's songs, I had never just set and listened to this album start to finish. It is definitely twangy, but the songs are classic John Prine, and thus an interesting start to this process.
First Track: Illegal Smart
Start: First Verse was a great start to the song and album, but the chorus lost me. Very silly.
Start: First Verse was a great start to the song and album, but the chorus lost me. Very silly.
Best Attribute: The fiddle was great throughout the album, definitely different than what I expect to hear on most of the albums in this list, even though it did get a bit much being on every song.
Worst Attribute: Very one-note. A lot of the songs were very similar.
Best Song: Far From Me - I enjoyed this song from start to finish. Lots of emotions.
Worst Song: Quiet Man - I dislike songs with obvious progressions, and this song had the days of the week progression ... On Monday, yadda yadda, yadda ... On Tuesday yadda, yadda, yadda
Most Interesting Song: Hello in There - Mixed slow and fast tempos, and very soulful
Most Interesting Quality: Definitely foreshadows In Spite of Ourselves feature Iris DeMent
Would I listen again: Not to this whole album.
Who would I like to Re-Make/Re-Imagine this Album: Pearl Jam
Rolling Stone Ranking: 149
My Current Ranking: 1 (Since it is the first!)
Projected Final Ranking: 425ish
Top 500 Albums of All-Time
1. John Prine, John Prine
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