Rated 2/10
Someone looked at the 1001 list and said, you know what this list is lacking? Fucking British shoegaze.....
Admittedly, they coulda took an album of Jesus and Mary Chain or My Bloody Valentine off and added this one because it's much better than any of the shoegaze on the official list, but it's still fucking shoegaze.
Favorite songs: Machine Gun, Alison, Melon Yellow
Least favorite songs: Sing, When the Sun Hits
1/5
Rated 4/10
Canadian dream pop/indie from Montreal. I'm happy to see all the representation Canadian artists are getting on the recommendation list. Even though this genre isn't really in my wheelhouse, it's nice to see.
Favorite songs: Say Can You Hear, Tailwhip, Slap Pie, All Night
Least favorite songs: Dorian
2/5
Rated 6/10
More robot sex music
Favorite songs: Superheroes/Human After All/Rock'n Roll, "Around the World/Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", Robot Rock/Oh Yeah, Da Funk/Daftendirekt, Burnin'/Too Long, One More Time/Aerodynamic
Least favorite songs: Touch It/Technologic
3/5
Rated 10/10
An interesting albeit strange offering today. Easily the newest album on the list I'd say. It was only released last month. I remember hearing about J-Pop and BABYMETAL on the documentary Global Metal. I wasn't aware they were still making music.
This genre is apparently called kawaii metal (a blending of J-Pop and metal). It's like that weird Japanese poppy anime music but mixed with dirty loud modern electro-metal. It isn't traditional metal, it's that new age metal that features bass drops, breakdowns, and drum machines. All in all, odd, but not terrible. I just, again, think there should be a 5 yr lock on albums submitted (nothing made in the last 5 yrs) to give it time to age and see it's staying power. That being said, BABYMETAL has been making music since 2010, so I guess they are doing something right.
One song on this album (Song 3) features Slaughter To Prevail (Russian deathcore band). Their lead singer Alex Terrible has some fucking insanely powerful vocals (well I don't know if it can be called vocals or screams, but dude can growl loud enough that a whole stadium can hear him without a mic). I'm not a big fan of their music, but have to give Alex props.
Favourite songs: White Flame, RATATATA, Algorism, From Me to U, Kon! Kon!, My Queen, Sunset Kiss, Song 3
Least favorite songs: KxAxWxAxIxI
5/5
Rated 8/10
Favorite songs: Lady Marmalade, Are You Lonely?, Somebody Somewhere
Least favorite songs: It Took A Long Time
4/5
Rated 4/10
Favorite songs: Here's The Thing, Favourite, Starburster, Bug
Least favorite songs: Desire
2/5
Rated 2/10
The Name of the Next Song should be "Shut the Fuck Up". This was horrible.
Favorite songs: Being It, Wax the Van
Least favorite songs: Tone Bone Kone, Answers Me, Tower of Meaning/Rabbit's Ear/Home Away From Home, Let's Go Swimming, The Name of the Next Song
1/5
Rated 10/10
Favorite songs: Polska, Gamen, Halling Jaron, Euchari, Herr Holkin, Black, Sorgsen Ton
Least favorite songs: Nio Ar
5/5
Rated 4/10
I feel like it ever quite made it where it was going. Kinda boring.
Favorite songs: Reincarnation, The Sound of War, Undercover
Least favorite songs: Music for People in Trouble, The Golden Age
2/5
Rated 6/10
Minimalistic electronic music.... Kinda like the generic music that how-to videos employ. This one was written while Porter was apparently in a dark place battling with mental health. The writing process was used to get him out of that place, and what it created was an album that is really good at instilling hope in the listener. Really good album to listen to if you're down in the dumps.
Favorite songs: Unfold, Look at the Sky, Get Your Wish, Trying to Feel Alive, Musician, Mother, Sweet Time
Least favorite songs: Dullscythe, Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do
3/5
Rated 8/10
Favorite songs: Cleopatra, Ophelia, Sleep on the Floor, Long Way From Home, Where the Skies are Blue, Angela, Gale Song, White Lie
Least favorite songs: Patience, Sick in the Head
4/5
Rated 8/10
Favorite songs: Garden, Strange Town, Ship on the Ocean, Status People, Eccentric Man, "Rich Man, Poor Man", Soldier
Least favorite songs: Thank Christ for the Bomb
4/5
Rated 6/10
Favorite songs: "You Needed Love, I Needed You", All to the Wind. Kaitlin, Time, Bird Has Flown, I Could Be Wrong
Least favorite songs: Tide
3/5
Rated 6/10
Pretty solid background music. Nice beats, just suffers as all electronic music does by having way too long of a runtime.
Favorite songs: Ruffneck, Don't Stop, Freestyle Noize, Dancehall Vibes, We Rock Hard, Here We Go, Breaker Beats (Pts. 1 & 2)
Least favorite songs: Scratch 22 (Jay-Rock's Theme)
3/5
Rated 4/10
Favorite songs: Hollywood Baby, Dumbest Girl Alive, Billy Knows Jamie, mememe
Least favorite songs: The Most Wanted Person in the United States, One Million Dollars
2/5
Rated 6/10
Favorite songs: Egoverride, I Hate Alternative Rock, Deep Karma Canyon, Anymore Time Between, Art Crisis
Least favorite songs: Hair Stew, Thumbtack
3/5
This album doesn't take itself too seriously, and that's the point. The singer is a poet. His words speak for themselves. Absolutely love this!
Favorite songs: People, Rejoice, Survival Song, Bells and Whistles, People II: The Reckoning, Personal Space Invader, Bad Bad Things, Brave as a Noun, No More Tears, A Song Dedicated to the Memory of Stormy the Rabbit
Least favorite songs: Randy's House
5/5
Rated 8/10
I am very appreciative of all the Canadian representation so far on the post-1001-list. Canada was largely ignored (except for superstar acts like Neil Young and Rush) in the original list. The only area that got any representation (at least at a national level) was fucking England and Scotland, and most of that was absolute trash. Love discovering new local acts! So far the post-list is 100 times better than the actual list!
Favorite songs: Your Ex-Lover is Dead, What I'm Trying to Say, Set Yourself on Fire, One More Night (Your Ex-Lover Remains Dead), Soft Revolution, Celebration Guns, Ageless Beauty, The First Five Times, Calendar Girl
Least favorite songs: He Lied About Death
4/5
Rated 8/10
Favorite songs: Le Premier Ciel, Chanson Noire, Sommeil Sans Reves, Comme Un Sage
Least favorite songs: L'exil
4/5
Rated 8/10
Another instance of "this should have been the album featured on the official 1001 albums list". This album outshines "Homework" in every way.
Favorite songs: One More Time, Digital Love, "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", Aerodynamic , High Life, Voyager, Short Circuit, Too Long
Least favorite songs: Nightvision
4/5
