Reviews by james_mir

Altough it probably is much better if listened with the movie, including this album on the list already deserves 4 stars. I came here for it.

I tough it was just another country album from a singer not so well known when i received it. I was correct this time but it at least contaims some sparklings of old rock n roll. It ewas fun to see these signs with good guitar work.

It can be much, much better accompanied by the movie, but I can see some perks here and there. It deserves a listening session, even knowing that Hayes has other much better albums.

Even though this is an album with original songs, it still sounds like a long album of covers. There is no personality here.

I used to enjoy Oasis when I was a teenager, but nowadays, I think I was trying to sound much more cult-like than I was (often in my teenage years and frequently using wrong references...Oasis... hahaha).

After listening to their album almost 30 years after its release, I can enjoy it more. It's still pretentious and lengthy but enjoyable for me. "Definitely Maybe" was much better for me, though

I have learned to respect electronic music more in the last two years of running through this project, but more than an hour still looks too much.

This album deserves some respect even before listening to it due to its influence on pop culture, but more than an hour of it still looked too much for me.

Among all electronic bands, I think Daft Punk is among my favorites (as much as possible for a music style I usually don't enjoy), but more than an hour of it still looked too much for me.

Indeed, more than an hour of it was way too much for me, but I surprisingly enjoyed it a bit. They achieved something good with this album, and as my evaluation shows, I almost didn't care about its length.

Nice cover art, but it's British reggae, which is strange from the concept. Nothing that contains the words reggae and England can be good.

The lyrics are nice, and I bet they were important when released. In 2024, it's just flat music designed for good hip-hop DJs to create samples. I hope they enjoy it.

Thanks to the 1001 list, I think I realize that I'm a fan of the Beastie Boys. However, I don't think this is their best album (as the Wikipedia page appears to argue) since it's too unorganized and doesn't look coherent.

Not all albums in the world should be coherent, but all the Beastie Boys albums I got here were, so it's a problem for me. An expectation problem, but still.

Great album, though!

Since I disliked the first album from "The xx" so much, I got on the list and had the lowest expectations ever. Maybe because of it, I enjoyed this one a bit. It's still far from what I consider an excellent album, but it's very well produced, and some songs are almost good for a second listening session.

This is one of those strange cases where the technical qualities are clearly evident, but it's still not good music to enjoy it.

I love the concept of a big band, and this album proves this is wonderful. I would love to see them playing in a live concert. However, this album also proves that even the most enjoyable songs need to have some time limit. 1 hour of a big band (not in a live show that should be great) is too much.

I still don't enjoy electronic music too much, but I need to assume that thanks to the 1001 list, I learned to respect it much more. Two years ago, electronic music was just noise made by people who could not play real instruments. Currently, my opinion has changed 100%, even though I still dislike most of the electronic music I tried.

This one was one of the few exceptions. Maybe it is just a matter of mood, but with more respect to the producers and people who play the majority of electronic instruments (now I know it), it's easier to see some quality in the music.

Again? is this list repeating albums? Oh no, someone really decided to include 2 albums from Rufus Wainwright.

It's not the awful thing in the world of music, but I'll rate it with 1 star, paying some respect to the other 1001 albums that are not on the list and that can be a good replacement for this one.

It has great cover art and awful music.

Good for background noise and not much more. The hit song doesn't save the rest.

There is not too much to say about Joy Division that has not been said yet. I liked this album, even though I prefer "Unknown Pleasures."

I'm unsure if they deserve this second spot on the list, but okay, 1001 of anything is a lot of things.

It is an interesting album...I think I'll never listen to Ministry again since it's too pop for my metal vein and too metal for my pop vein, but it's a very interesting inclusion to the list.

It's the best Bowie album, but it is not a Bowie album.

China Girl is a great song, no matter who is singing it.

I prefer other albums by Iggy Pop. I link his image with the punk movement, so he does not match so well with this electronic /art-rock stuff. However, I must say that his work here, with good production, makes it stand out compared with Stooge's work, even the last being my favorite.

A classic will always be a classic. Cash's voice is so powerful that he makes me enjoy some country songs.

It's not the best of Cash's works, which for me are his last albums, but the whole background history of the album increases it a bit in my rating.

Even not enjoying it so hard and noting that it's a bit outdated, it's fairly easy to see that this is "serious business".

This is important material for musical history, and it's very fair that it should be included on the 1001 list.