Reviews by james_mir

It's a very very strange album, but I must say that I kinda like it. It may be that I am so close to the end of the 1001 list I'm reaching the enlightenment of the book authors. (probably I'm just tired, it's almost 6 PM)

This is my last listened-to album (although not the last generated), and there is no better way to close this list than with a standard album compared to others of the same genre. For psychedelic/progressive rock, this album is far from the best but also far from the worst, and after 1089 albums, I can state that this is true for most of the albums on the list. I'm happy to have new knowledge regarding what In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is overall and it was a nice 3-year long experience. 3 stars is enough for me.

It's like exactly what is expected when we read "Van Halen" on top of the page. Nothing less and nothing more. It means that it indeed sounds a bit outdated, but still incredibly good.

When it started, I was ready to give the good old 3 stars for a good job as an indie band doing a correct job with some rock songs. When I listened to "Don't," it changed my mind a bit. There is more on Dinosaur Jr. Maybe not much more, but at least something to pay attention to and search for in the future.

It's the best Eno album on the list, and it also helps to fill the "gap" between his rock albums and his other (not so great to me) ambient music albums. I feel that I understand his work better after this album.

When I started this challenge almost 3 years ago, I barely recognized the name Nick Cave as "someone famous for some reason that I'm unsure, but probably related to music." Now, after noting that the list has a lot of his work (with Bad Seeds and also others), I consider myself an almost specialist in Cave's work 😅.

Their works are normally very different between them, which is nice, even being very unexpected sometimes. This one I consider quite classic Nick Cave, which is pretty nice to me, so 4 stars from a new almost fan.

I was not expecting to enjoy it so much. Good stuff

Ok, it's not a bad album, but why? why is it so important to be listened to before dying? I really should check this entry in the book; I can't believe it.

It's better than the other Beta Band's album on the list, but it's still pretty awful.

Apparently, he wanted to create movie soundtracks, and according to Wikipedia, he made at least one for David Lynch's movie. I'm happy that this album helped him on his way to his objectives, but it is not much more than it... an imaginary soundtrack. It's not bad, but I guess it could be better accompanied by the movie.

The Wikipedia page quoted someone who correctly said how unfair it is to listen to influential albums after having listened to all their influences over the years. I bet he is right, but still, this album sounds like a collage of '60s and 70s songs. It means that it's enjoyable and recognizable, but not memorable. I enjoyed the listening session, but I'll forget about it in some days.

I had the same feeling for almost all solo albums released after Wu-tang Clan. They are okay, but nothing else. It was not different with this one. It's a round 3-star album.

Few artists/bands deserve 2 spots on the list. Altough I really enjoyed the first Suede album I got here, I was skeptical about this one. Now I can state that it was great and I'm sure that Suede is a band that deserves their 2(?) spots.

I always took New York dolls as a bad joke on the punk movement. Apparently I was missing something pretty enjoyable with their punkness energy at high on the first songs and a bit less impressive at the end, but still good. They are a joke, but a good one.

I've already rated a Bjork album with 5 stars in respect for her influence in music history (and it was her best in my opinion) so for this one I'll keep my old friend 3 that represents pretty much well this album.

Another day and another Aerosmith album. At least, this is among their best.

They sound like a cover band in almost all songs. Sometimes a Beatles cover, other times a Beach Boys cover, and even Rolling Stones sometimes. Given that, they are good at covering their more famous band cousins.

It's quite easy to evaluate this album. It's possible to see a lot of potential never accomplishes by them. Since it's a debut, I'll maybe check their later releases to see if they indeed had any improvement.

For anyone born or living in Brazil for the last 20 years, it's impossible to do not recognize some of these songs. They are the quintessential songs for elevators and supermarkets in the country. Now that I've listened to the full album, I can state that it's not much better than elevator songs, indeed. Best track: The jazzy "Close Your Eyes."

I guess I finally got the hype on the Pixies with this album. They introduced the exact amount of noise and strange stuff without being too pretentious or too experimental. I didn't enjoy so much the other Pixies releases I got here on the list, but I guess I'll have better impressions listening to them again after this album.