Reviews by james_mir

Third Tom Waits album on the list and third surprise. Apparently, he didn't like to keep consistency between his albums. I should give him extra credit for trying to be such an innovator in this way.

For this album itself, I enjoyed listening to it, but it's not so great. The long conversational records are clearly an attempt to sound like a bar record, but I'm not in a bar, so it's just lost my attention.

Undoubtedly a great album that, unfortunately, sounds a bit outdated today. I guess it will survive being played worldwide for its historical importance, but I also think many hip-hop albums influenced by them surpassed its songs in quality. The curse of pioneers, I guess.

This is the second Madonna album I got here on the 1001 list, and even being so crucial for music history, they chose her worst albums to be on the list. Since I'm not a huge fan of her, it always looks like any standard pop song without much to say.

It's not objectively bad, but besides the 1st song, it's a good album to be used as background music for those who like pop.

I've never heard of Moby Grape before, and I'm pretty sure I've not listened to any of this album's songs. However, almost all of the songs sounded very recognizable to me.

It could mean they are just an album from its time since it sounds like 60/70s bands. Maybe it also influenced a lot of other bands, and I recognize them from which they influenced. So how do they also sound so fresh?

Some mysteries about the effects of music on us are very hard to put into words. They are a good band with great songs, I'll look for their later albums after this debut. I think this looks better.

This album still has the "Smiths"' vibe without including any of their greatest hits, and it is one of their best albums!

Highlight the keyboard work here. It's impressive!

SZA is an exciting case by having songs in the exact line between hip-hop and R&B. Combing this mix with her fantastic voice creates a great album. Quite repetitive but still great.

Also a great cover by the way.

This is not as cool as "Soul Mining", but it's still fair enough for an honest port-punk listening session.

The essence of the phrase "old but gold."

Is it possible to sound more old school than that?

I didn't enjoy this album as much as I expected. Still, it's easy to see echoes of the last Beatles songs together with some experimentalism that would be impossible to be released under the Beatles brand even after the "White album". It's a interesting album, even far from what it can be considered the best

I didn't see anything special about this release. completely harmless

Excellent guitar work in all songs, highlighting "Precious and Grace", but it still sounds too old (in the sense of outdated and not classical) for my taste. I bet it was great in 1973 but nowadays is just one more.

Good for whom likes old-fashion rock music

It's not as good as Graceland yet, but it's a fantastic release. Thanks to the 1001 list I'm becoming a fan of Paul Simon!

Despite the disrespectful cover of Comfortably Numb, I liked it much more than I thought I could when I started to listen to it.

It's far from perfect but an honest modern rock album.

This is just as good as any electronic album I've got on the 1001 list, which means I dislike it as almost all other electronic albums. However, I must assume that it sounds kind of innovative to know that a so modern sound was released in 1976. It is worth something!

This album is awful, even for me, enjoying a significant part of the nu-metal movement and its bands. It's entirely inutile for 2023.

Definitively, Neil is better when accompanied. I found the key to enjoying his songs!

This album was on the list of lowest-rated albums from this site. I like receiving an album from this list because I usually disagree, but also because I note how non-orthodox albums usually receive very bad rates. At the same time for me, I think sometimes I'm here precisely for this kind of stuff.

Anyway, is this a good album?
Probably not. Or even better, not a good album for everyone.

Do It deserves 4 stars, and should be kept on the 1001 list?
Sure! These guys were doing these crazy sounds and a lot of experimentation in 1987!!!

I receive the Fifth Bruce Springsteen album on the list, the most famous one, I guess, and the worst!

Maybe worst is too strong a way to think about it, but it was kind of disappointing to listen to it.
Despite the title song, the others are just ok.

I like The Doors, with their debut being one of my favorite albums, and I understand why this album is here, but for me, it's not one of their best.

It's good and remarkable, but it's possible to choose another one with the same qualities, ignoring the importance of being the last release with Morrison alive.