Reviews by james_mir

I like the variety of styles in the same album, even with a clear case of jack of trades, master of none result. I'll give it an extra star for the beat boxing. I believe it is the first (clearly identified) in the whole list.

It's hard to sound "new" in well-consolidated styles, and although I didn't enjoy everything on the album, I believe it deserves a spot since they tried to sound somewhat different.

Hard to say it isn't important for music history and its qualities are quite clear, both on the catchy singles and on the lesser-known songs. To me, it's still not a classic, but it's a fair inclusion on the list.

It's done! I tried ( 3 times, thanks to the original list plus this one), but Sufjan Stevens is not for me. I understand who likes it, but I'd skip almost every song on this album if I weren't motivated to listen to all the albums on the list fully.

Despite the low quality of the production, a good heavy metal album always deserves a listening session.

The first song was amazing, but the album was just not very efficient in keeping the quality. Probably, I won't revisit it soon. 2.5

Just another day with another meaningless (to me) country album. Not annoying, and the song "Not much to ask" was interesting.

Nice, but it gave strong feelings of "I've already listened to it before".

Although I really enjoy metal, especially its more melodic variations, this album didn't resonate with me much, and I found it quite repetitive. It deserves an extra star from me, as I always enjoy metal versions of so-called "classical music" and they did it well enough for me.

This is something the list really needs more!

I must rate this with a 4, since I've probably listened to the music of this album much more than almost any song in my life, even though I never heard about Herb Alpert and his band. Impossible to listen to it without noticing the pervasive cultural heritage of its songs (also, it's pleasant to listen to a soft jazz sometimes)

His life history and the documentary are much more interesting than this album, but it's enjoyable to listen to, and I believe it deserves a spot on the extended list.

It is nice to listen to some new The Cure, but it's also a bit of "I've seen all this before". They are great (even though I kind of disliked a bit of some of their album on the official list), but with greatness came also some level of repetitiveness that is hard to skip.

After giving a 5 to another Godspeed You! Black Emperor on the user list, here I go again!

One finished the original list and started to think: "From the most exotic albums on the list, which one was forgotten by the original authors? Can I go even further, and pick something even more strange?". Finally, they decided to propose this one to the list.

If an "evaluation" is possible, it should be: 😠😡😨😧😦😱😫😩😮😯😲😳😞😖

My rate? 5, 'cause "why not?", at least I was challenged somehow to reach the end of the album

A bit repetitive, but it works and has a nice energy.

There is nothing wrong with it, but it's quite sleepy, so it's hard to really listen to it up to the end, paying too much attention.

They should've picked this one instead of the sleepy "Little Earthquakes" for the original list.

Spanish poetry with good music? It's a 5, even without understanding a single word.

Ok at the beginning, but it becomes annoying very quickly. It was good to know the artist, but I'll hardly come back to listen to it again.