Reviews by james_mir

It's really hard to sound original these days, and I believe they achieved a good level of originality as far as I can see. It's not exactly hip-hop, nor is it pure electronic music, but it's enjoyable overall.

Everything has its fans, am I right? Listen to this, I enjoyed the vibe, and I only thought how crazy the 70s were to build material for this kind of progressive folk stuff.

It was only a matter of time before someone on the users' list shared an example of some virtuosity in an instrument (the bass in this case). I feel compelled to please it, as it’s quite different from my usual preferences, and it's one of the enjoyable aspects of being part of this list. However, I must admit that I didn't particularly like it.

They are good, okay, but do we really need another one? I don't think so

Maybe I was expecting too much from it, but it's not bad at all. A lot of clichés from standard indie rock, but not as much to be annoying.

I disliked the one included on the original list, so I had nothing to like about this one.
Indeed, I found it quite boring and pretentious, as expected. At least they attended my (low) expectations

Now we're talking. I'm ashamed to give all my other 5-star ratings before this album on the users' list. This is truly missing in the original list.

I began this listening session with an appreciation for the courage to include a recent album in the list of "essentials." I believe that a certain amount of time is necessary to truly define an album as a must-listen.

However, after finishing it, I can understand why this album might deserve a spot on the list?

Although I'm not particularly into electronic and ambient music, I found that this album captures the spirit of the early years of this decade. I might be feeling overly optimistic today, and the mood may influence my perception of the music, but I am giving it a 4-star rating.

This is the type of thing I enjoyed a lot, but nowadays sounds a bit outdated. Still gold, but not enough for a 5-star rating.

This totally gave me some Toe feelings (which I really like), and I'm amazed by them. I usually don't like instrumental music primarily based on electric guitars (which is why I typically dislike shoegaze), however, this one is pretty impressive. Easy 5-star album (or should I say 65 stars?)

After listening to more than 1200 albums, when the Wikipedia entry reads "[album name] is the [nth] studio album by [British/UK-based] band [band name]." I start my listening session with a pintch of salt (🙄). The original 1001 list has already covered most of the noteworthy ones (actually often going too far). However, this album gave me something to think about, particularly in its opening tracks. While it's a little longer than it needs to be, I finished my listening with a bittersweet feeling, it might have been even better if it had ended earlier. Still, it’s a solid 3-star album. Maybe the UK has more surprises in store for me after all.

It's not something I would call a perfect pop rock album, but I truly enjoyed the mix of styles and references. Also, a Portuguese rock album deserves a spot on the list given the lack of Portuguese albums on the original list (There is none if I remember well). Nice inclusion.

You know when you listen to something and immediately forget about it, even before the end of the album? This was the case here. I know that I listened to it, but I honestly don't know what I thought about it. It was probably good; I'll assume this since someone picked it to complement the original list, so I'll go with this belief. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Not a personal preference due to the outdated style that does not convince me anymore in 2025, but it is indeed an essential album not included in the original list.

I always had the impression that Dave Matthews Band was more of a joke (extensively mentioned in many sitcoms, btw), and maybe for this reason, I never gave it a try.

Now that I have finished the album, I understand why people think about this band as a type of joke, due to the maximalism (and maybe magalomaniac) style of the songs; however, I cannot say that I disliked it. It's the opposite, I enjoyed most of my listening session of the album, even though I found it far from being perfect, and also the songs are too long.

It's a bit sleepy, but it's also enjoyable. I don't know why, but it sounds exactly as I expect for a Swedish band (I personally know just a handful of swedish people)

Again? Oh no, it's not the same album I listened to for almost 100 times on the original list every time the Wikipedia page started "it's a American/UK indie band", it's a new one.

Honestely, it's not a bad album and I'm sure whose picked it for the user list love the album, but to me it's quite hard to find real pleasure listening to something so similar to anything on radios around 2010s, not because it's annoying or nor well produced, but just because it hugely lacks novelty so hard that is impossible to really enjoy the album fully.

I don't know why they are so angry, but French punk is something I didn't know I was waiting for to listen to.

I had never heard of it before, the Wikipedia page is useless, and I didn't understand most of the lyrics. Still, after so many albums on the original list and users' list, I'll always praise a good suggestion that takes me out of my comfort zone. For sure, a Malian singer has reached the point to deserve my careful listening and stars!

It's a fairly good album, but honestly, after 1226 albums, I believe I'm becoming a bit picky with my stars. It need much more to be impressed now