Reviews by james_mir

I don't know exactly why, but I liked this one. It's calm and peaceful

It's not the best in Caetano's history, but it's one of the best in Tropicália!

This is totally different from what I was expecting, and I honestly don't know if I liked it.

These guys were much ahead of their time, now, I'm sure. I'm not sure how much I like it since it still sounds generic to my ears.

Am I watching The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for 1 hour again? Damn, very nice show!

This was very unexpected for a The Cure album, and I really don't know what to think. Maybe I'll give it another shot someday, but now it's an OK album.

Sometimes, I think Arcade Fire is just generic indie 2000s rock, and sometimes, I guess I should look closer to Arcade Fire because it is pretty good stuff. This album was definitely the second case.

I liked to know that this kind of more "classical" music is also present in the 1001 list, sharing space with pop music in general. Reading about the album and Dagmar Krause, I also enjoyed learning about German compositors. On the weak side, the album is quite long and too uniform to be really good. "The Rat Men—Nightmare" is a song that I'll probably include in my favorites.

I like Dad-Rock. Maybe not so dad and not so rock, but I like it.

I was expecting something different but it ended up being just the old country-based American music that I must hear before die, even not knowing why.

I don't know if I need to say again that I don't like Orbital, but I must say that album looks like a courageous release. They were really trying to say something with their songs; it's me who doesn't get it.

I enjoyed the (unexpected) "Quality Seconds."

I'm a bit tired of this kind of music (may I call it light-grunge?), but it's enjoyable.

I'm not sure if I liked it, but I think they have a precise album name. Listening to the album, I really felt that the sunshine hit me, and then he called the night to hit me again in the last songs.

extra points for the Mutantes/Jorge Ben song.

Usually, I say that I like rock music. It's a way to define myself, even broadly.
Now, I'll start to say that I dislike post-rock. This is much more precise in defining myself.

It's just another country album that's officially not my personal preference, but I enjoyed the first song. It sounds old school, even for the '60s.

Electronic music is one of the musical genres I dislike, but I must say that I almost enjoyed this synth-pop. Because of its importance in music history, I can rate it with 3 stars.

It's good for background music but meaningless for anything else.

This is an album made for me; unfortunately, it is too long to pay attention to all the songs.

Listening to this album, I can confirm that Kate Bush's songs are not made for me. I really can't appreciate it as it looks like it deserves.

However, I must say that this specific album is pretty intense, with a lot of personality, experimentalism, and audacity, which catch my attention for some songs.

This is an album made for my taste. I love punk/riot-girls sounds, and punk music is always a good option for the day. That being said, this album is a bit common sense for me, with energy but without novelty, even being from 1988, so it deserves just 3 stars.

I'll finish with 4 because of my curiosity about being the first Bjork band.