Reviews by james_mir

"First Day of My Life" is a good song, but the album is generally competent, with no standout highlights to me. It really sounds like a 2005 album.

Just another day with another indie rock album, but now with a pinch of country(?)

I'm unsure if this is something I NEED to listen to before I die, but I enjoyed some songs, which is more than a lot of albums on the original list.

I pass by the whole (too long) album with the feeling that this is not for me, but I know a lot of (older) people who will enjoy it much more. At least I have a new band to suggest to them when needed.

Really? No, I mean...really? This one? Is it not a mistake?

I try as much as possible to be open-minded, and I believe I have been successful until now, but this one was particularly challenging to understand. To me, it's one of the most obvious 1-star albums from both lists, but I'll give it a leap of faith and believe that whoever selected this one had a good motivation.

I was surprised to find another Korn in the user's list, but it ultimately proved justified to me. This debut is very different from what I know about the band and different from the album selected for the original 1001 list. I didn't love all the songs, but it was interesting

Good stuff, amusing and enjoyable to listen to, but nothing remarkable to be remembered forever. Great voice!

This deserves a timeline review:

1st song: I'm truly sad for those who have this album as their favorite. It's a bizarre song collection that lacks sufficient experimentation to justify its existence as an art experiment.

Some minutes later... this is the best album I've ever listened to.

Another song... 40-minute song? Are you kidding me? Worst album ever.

"Kirsten supine" started: This is my favorite song of all time.

Finishing the album: I'll probably never listen to it again, despite it being one of the best selections on the list. I'm sad for myself.

Far from a perfect album, but at least it made me think, and it's impossible to say that it's not a good experience.

Given the text on the Wikipedia page, I was expecting something much more experimental and/or progressive. It ends up being relatively standard. I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing.

Never heard about the band before. It's a competent work, but I was expecting something much more soulful than what I got. Nice guitar, tough.

Every good punk deserves a 5!

It's an okay album, and I can see some qualities, but if not submitted by Tom Misch himself, that is also giving a try to the 1001 challenge, I really do not see how a (component but) quite standard album should be included in a collective all-time best albums of all time.

I recognize that everyone has their favorites, and there’s certainly a lot of awful music in the list.

Some submissions feel like an attempt to enhance the original list, while others come off as more ironic. Then there are those where someone thinks, "I know this isn't a classic, but it's my favorite of all time."

Strangely, to me, this album does not fit into any of these categories, and it leaves me a bit lost on how to evaluate it.

I can somehow admire the artistry of this piece, but I'll be lying if I say I enjoyed it. Especially the title track, which is better suited for a museum of experimental art songs than for an album. It's a 2.5/5 in my best mood for experimental stuff.

This is one of those albums I thought I should love, but I like. It souds ike something "essential" and "influential", but for me it's just "likable, what do you have next?"

Impressive story. I'm happy he found his musical talent after 30 and achieved good success.

Additionally, I appreciate his skill, given that he is a one-person band. Despite it, I could not engage. I don't understand the lyrics, but that is not the reason. I can enjoy plenty of stuff without understanding it.

However, the songs sounded too generic to my taste, and except for the last song, which is fantastic, all the others were only good, skilled music with no highlights.

Black metal is not exactly what I look for when I want to listen to some metal, but ok, I understand that may be important somehow for the scene.

A promising first song, but it went downhill from there to a bizarre album. Apparently, they have a good work on soundtracks for movies and games, and it may work better in this context, but for a full-hour album, it's a no-go for me.

After listening to this album, I regret having called everything else on this list (both the original 1001 and the extended user's list) "old school hip-hop". This is the real old-school. I felt I was back in the 90s during my teenage years while enjoying some random episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" on TV or something like that. What scratches, hum?

"My one and only love" is among my favorites. However, this album is not as awesome as I expected.

The kind of thing I should like, but I only find it okay. maybe it's my daily mood, who knows?

Hum...they didn't save the rock and roll, but it's a nice album. I believe late emo-ish albums are indeed a lack on the original 1001 list, but I prefer others from Fall Out Boy.

Wow, talk about a mixed bag of feelings! It’s like this album screams 80s cliché, yet I can’t help but vibe with it!

I mean, who knew I’d stumble upon a long list of songs I’ve heard somewhere in the ether? It’s like musical déjà vu! I guess I’ve been a secret fan of this band all along, just lurking in the background like a guilty pleasure! Where’s my time machine now?