Reviews by james_mir

Musically, this doesn't catch me so much, but even before read the wikipedia page, it's quite obvious that I was listening to something important for punk history.

It's a nice album, but after so many albums, it's hard to listen to something that sounds innovative. Somehow they were doing what everyone was doing at that time.

After listening to one song of the album, we can derive everything that comes after. It's nice but so predictable that it loses a one-star rate.

It sounds like a parody, but not a good one. I totally believe that these songs can easily be made by artificial intelligence.

This album is far from the worst on the 1001 list. Maybe it is the strangest one, but not the worst. I don't understand why the opinions are so divisible, but I bet I'll discover them after the third listening session. (Help me!)

I know that I should have liked it, but I didn't. Hard to find a good reason.

Aerosmith being Aerosmith. I like it

I feel that I'm always on the edge of becoming a fan of Sonic Youth, but after all their albums here on the list (I guess this is the last one I'll receive from them), they never REALLY hit the spot on me. I'm unsure of what I missing or maybe what they are missing. It's enjoyable, but always missing something to get my extra star on the rating.

You must be in the right mood to enjoy this one. Luckily, I was this time.

It's far from my preferred type of music, but after so many albums (and a lot of mediocre stuff), I should always pay some respect to this kind of inclusion that allows me to taste really different kinds of music.

This album is in the wrong book. It should be in the "The most generic songs of all time: How to do it in less time"

It is always funny when I arrive at the list, see a name that I don't recognize, and click on the Wikipedia link just to discover how many fans this "unknown" has. There is one long and complete Wiki for the album and for the artist. He was probably very important to a lot of people (at least to the Wikipedia volunteers).

The album is nice too.

It's indubitable that M.I.A albums has many qualities, maybe by the diversity of references or the energy, but this debut album itself is far from what she reached on "Kala", a much better album also on the 1001 list. I'll not be surprised at all if more recent versions of the book only kept only the last.

Even though I'm not a fan of electronic music, what I enjoyed most about this album was to (re-)discover the alternative R&B style, mainly in the songs with more electronic effects.

Among the options we have on the 1001 site, we should have the option to limit just 1 country album per week maximum.🙃

Take it seriously. I bet it's not the worst country album we have here, but after listening to all the albums that influenced it and all that was influenced by it (in a genre with less variability), it is normally an awful experience.

It's lo-fi rock, but not exactly punk and/or garage rock. It's pretty hard to get it either musically or historically important, but I can't say I didn't enjoy it at least a bit. I guess some rate between 2 and 2.5 is fair enough for an album that costs 10 bucks (according to the Wikipedia page).

Another almost country album that I cannot say I didn't enjoy a tiny bit, but it is also one of those I'll forget before lunch

It's too hard to listen to this kind of album: It screams historical importance, probably influencing many artists that I like, but it's so boring that I feel ashamed for listening to it. I can probably just read a music history book with the same effect.

It is a great voice but a forgettable album. Except maybe for "Hello," these songs are okay in the best case.

I can finally state that I'll not get the hype on PJ Harvey's songs. However, from all her albums I got from here on the 1001 list, I can also say that this one was the best. It has some cool songs (more than the previous albums I got), even being a bit repetitive sometimes.