Reviews by james_mir

After more than 700 albums, with 61 classified as hip-hop, I thought I had received some old-school examples of the genre, but we can always be surprised by a random album from the 90s. What a decade, huh?

It's as classical as something released in 1990 can be.

This is the type of thing that is perfect on the list. It's not a well-known album, but it's truly fun from the top to bottom of the tracklist. It's not perfect, but it's really enjoyable.

Ok, it's nice to have this album on the list for historical reasons; it's still the birthplace of huge stars from the last decades. However, despite "survivor", It's a good album only if you are really into 2000s R&B.

The first song is quite impressive, altough the rest of the album is a bit generic. However, it's a fascinating album, and it's always nice to see more modern stuff on the 1001 list since it typically (not always) gives me some hope that despite all the music already produced, there is always space for creativity and innovation.

Not the best of Marley, but still Marley, and it is always worth some listening time.

Nine Inch Nails is not exactly my type of music, but this is a strong release. It looks like a work that intends to make some art with the music. It's a bit longer than necessary, making it hard to pay attention until the end, but it is vital and absolutely worth this place on the 1001 list.

annoying

Ok....I guess

As punk as it should be.

This is not my usual music, but it's always excellent to note hidden influences in the music I listen to daily.

Pop and experiment in the exact right amount to not be annoying and still be a very good listening session.

These superbands always get me. I can't argue

HOWTO Tutorial: How to be a very annoying and generic pop singer in two different languages.

I was not expecting to enjoy it so much. I really should listen to more jazz (and its sub-genres) to discover things like this.

Less special than the specials from the specials got on the list some special weeks ago. Too much special styles in a special single album. They should be specialists in brit ska, but they tried special new rhythms and end with a not so special the specials album.

"Queen of Soul" is not a title that came from nowhere. It is reserved for the greatest.

I enjoyed it much more than I was expecting when it started. I'm not sure if I'll go to see other albums from her, but this one will stay with me for some time.

It's the worst combination of rock and electronic music. It's fun for 5 minutes and just it!

This (horrible) man knows how to do music for me much more than I like to admit, and I rated 2 (good) of his previous albums 2 stars, so the 1001 list won this game. Here it is my 4-stars to Morrissey.

It was just another country pop that was saved from the 1-star rating for 1 or 2 songs that are enjoyable.