Reviews by james_mir

Unexpected, but not great for me.

I believe it deserves a spot on the expanded list, mainly for its sound, which is ahead of its time. However, listening to it sounds a bit repetitive.

I was expecting standard modern electronic music, and I was ready to give it 1 or 2 stars. However, I received a great modern electronic album! It deserves a 3, but I'll raise it to 4 for the surprise.

I can kind of understand that the original list may have a gap on this kind of jazz, but I honestly didn't find it amusing by any means. Maybe it's my mood, since I usually like many types of jazz, or maybe I didn't appreciate the musicians' virtuosity (I've never heard of them before), but the album sounds like a 1-hour-long bland song and nothing else.

It's one of the best Brazilian albums from 2024. It has amazing voice work and great lyrics. It's still not on my favorites list, but it for sure deserves a spot on the extended list, filling a gap in more contemporary Brazilian music compared to the original 1001 albums.

I love "Dog Days Are Over," but the rest is sometimes excellent and sometimes just okay. I'll give it a 3.

Meh

"Laylow" is a great song, and I'm happy to know it, which gave the album an extra star. For the rest, almost everything is forgettable. Not exactly bad, but nothing to remember.

It's not the best thing ever, but it's enjoyable

It's good, but it's so 90s that I got tired of it in the 3rd song.

I finished the listening session with the feeling I'd enjoyed it a lot 10 years ago. I believe it may deserve this spot in the extended list, since grunge and the 90s in general are (a bit) underrepresented in the 1001 list.

I'd be happy to replace almost any of the country albums selected for the original list with this one.

It's not my favorite album from the list(s), but the lack of some Fado is a clear gap in the original list, so it's an excellent pick. I'll give it 4 only because it's a bit long, and I'd prefer to listen to a proper album by Amália Rodrigues rather than a collection.

It's far from something remarkable to me (save the classic song that titles the album, all other songs were forgettable). However, it's a shame not to have Jimmy Cliff in the original list, given his importance to reggae and to the music in general, so it's an absolutely deserved spot.

After so many Who's albums in the original list, I found it kind of lame. "Tommy" has a similar proposal and it is a much better result.

I started to listen to it, but I only thought it was generic and derivative. With a closer look (and after "Santeria"), I realized it was pretty ahead of its time for a 96's ska-punk band. Overall, they did it very well but in a very unstable way, with the songs going from the most reggae to actual punk, with no interludes or internal coherence, sounding more like a mixtape than an album.

Too soon to be faithfully evaluated in such an "essential" list. I liked it, but just the timing and a lot of potential re-listening sessions may really make it click for me or not.

When I got it I was not expecting much. Of course, I was caught by the phenomenon "This is America", but besides that project, I never really enjoyed the other works from Gambino. However, listening to this album with some attention, I was finally able to get it somehow. It's still not one of my all-time favorites, but it makes a lot of sense on such a list of essential albums, due to its innovative ways of doing the usual hip-hop.

Although I'm getting a bit tired of Gorillaz after receiving a lot of their albums in a short time for this project, it's impossible to ignore the quality of this album. I would be pleased with a break of it for some weeks, but please bring me the whole discography!

It reminded me of "Toe," but without the same charm. Post-rock is an excellent addition to the overall picture of the list, though. So, 4 ✨

It was pretty nice to listen to some jazz fusion. I didn't enjoy all the songs, but as an album, I enjoyed it enough to give it a 4.

It's a good album, and it may deserve a spot on the list. However, it's way too similar to the other "Jimmy Eat World" I received a few weeks ago.