Reviews by james_mir

I'll probably not revisit it soon, but thank you for presenting the concept of avant-garde metal. Even though I enjoy a lot of metal bands, this is a novelty to me, and I always enjoy novelty.

It's a good album, but to me it's still far from the quality of the "Gorillaz" album already in the original list.

It's a bit repetitive, but it deserves my 5 only for presenting me with such a different kind of album that I did not even know I needed to listen to.

I do not fully agree with the Radiohead comparison on their Wikipedia page, but okay, it's not a bad album, and it was fun to listen to.

I kind of got the innovation in the sound and the mix between electronic and ambient music, but honestly, "boring" is praise for this album.

Until now, the only thing I knew from fun. was "We are Young", which is saturated for me now, but it was a great song. This album showed me why this was the only song I knew: they are quite competent at their job, but with almost no personality (much less than Queen and Electric Light Orchestra, from which they were compared on their Wikipedia page). It's not an awful album, but quite forgettable. I'll give one extra star for "Take your time", which closes the album with an interesting and enjoyable song I should keep in some personal playlist for the future.

Less than 30 minutes of angry hardcore music. Even a bit repetitive, it's worth it for the anger. Some hardcore quite well serves the original list + user's list, but this one has a different hardcore mojo that makes it stand out enough to deserve a spot.

So much potential, but also so much never really delivered. I honestly don't know why, but the whole album sounds like something I could love, yet it ended up being just enjoyable at its best.

I listened and forgot. Not particularly bad, but absolutely not remarkable.

I don't know why you guys insist on keeping suggesting the EXACT SAME ALBUM from "The National". It already appeared in the list at least 2 times.

Actually, I think the site should be able to verify when someone suggests an album that is already in the list, right? It's impossible that I'm the only one to note it.

I'm usually surprised by how much Australian music I already know without even realizing it's Australian. Good album, but nothing awesome to highlight here.

It's not a great piece of music, but it was nice to learn about this "dark" jazz. Listening to it 26 years after the album release, it has a feeling of an album ahead of its time.

Overall, nothing great, but a nice discovery.

Pushing buttons, blips and blops, yada yada.

It's an okay album, but they already have one on the official 1001 list (which I enjoyed quite a lot), and to me, that's more than enough.

Some obscure J-pop with mysterious band members? You won me before the first play.

After the listening session, they lost me for being too generic, but it was still worth it to appear in the user list to complement the original 1001 albums with some more Japanese music.

It's not exactly something I really love, but a classic is a classic for a reason.

Motown albums appeared here and there throughout the original list, but it's still a sensitive lack, especially considering their influence on American pop music.

Sure, after 1089 albums, we were indeed lacking another country album. At least, it's a new one, and maybe it provides some freshness to such an awful genre.

It's funny in the beginning, but it becomes okay in the middle of the album and bland in the end. It was nice to learn about the filk music, but it's something I'll go check again in the near future.

This is just a remix by someone with access to some basic free DJ software, right?

In the best songs, it is an over-produced poetry slam.

I probably will not revisit it soon, but it was quite an enjoyable ride. While it sounds exactly as I expect for a 2014 album, it also has some freshness that makes it interesting for 2026