Reviews by james_mir

Very unpleasant listening with good instrumentation, but just that

Now and then the original 1001 list misses some good representatives for the trend of the 10s of the 21st century, that is, this kind of chill hip-hop jazzy songs, often converted into the lo-fi trend to study/work. It was not exactly an album I'll revisit soon, but an interesting discovery, especially being a 2005 release, which put it quite ahead of its time.

I do not like Bruce Springsteen (it's my fault), so it's almost impossible to really enjoy this album. Given that, I bet it was a nice presentation to the people there, and watching him live is probably a good program.

I don't even know how to classify this exact type of R&B, but now I know that it was indeed missing in the original 1001 list. Thanks for the suggestion.

Very unexpected and quite good!

Pretty standard, but I'll give it a higher score 1st because I do not think we have so many artists from Argentina on the list, and because, although I didn't love the album, nor should I revisit it soon, I know that Charly García is very important in his country.

I think this was the easiest record to make by the artist (in technical terms), since they only played their favorite songs and recorded the ambient sound. In some way, they were the only REAL "ambient music" in the whole list, right? It's not something enjoyable, but I would give it an extra star for the potential artistic purpose of the installation/album.

Maybe I listened to this one a bit too distracted with other business, but I honestly can't even remember if I liked it. I remember that it reminds me a bit of "The Smiths", but I'm not sure. I'll go with a safe 3 just to be fair.

It's too soon to properly evaluate such a new release, but WHO CARES? Is she singing in 14 languages, all non-skippable songs? It deserves a 5.

It is too recent, too short, and too generic for a basis for an opinion. It did not offend me.

Okay. It is not exactly unexpected to see this album around, but it is not something I was truly excited about. Since the list already includes many styles, themes, and album types, why not add a parody collection?

The lyrics and music are better than I was expecting at the end.

PS: Yankovic's Wikipedia page is one of the most complete ones I've ever seen. Weird, indeed

It's better than the one on the original list, if my memory is good enough. Besides that, nothing to be amazed about it. Just one Supertramp is more than enough.

It's not unforgettable, but it's a great piano album!

The sax alone earns it 3 stars. Even though this light reggae/ska rock is not exactly my favorite thing, the songs on this album vary so much and are so enjoyable that I'll increase it by 1 more star

From "Planet Luxury" to the end of the album, it's a banger, but it's a pity it waits almost 30 minutes to get there, with not-annoying but only okay songs.

Another day and another album to show I should pay more attention to jazz.

Right. I don't think a single person will go through it fully, so I didn't either. Greatest hits are not a fair suggestion for the list. Reading through the Wikipedia page, though, I think I understand why there should be at least one Extremoduro album on the list, even though the already present "Extrechinato y Tu" is much better than any song (of the first hour I listened to) on this collection.

Balancing here and there, it deserves a 2.

Metal is (or at least was) my favorite musical genre, and indeed, there is a huge gap on the original 1001 list for metal albums. Given that, this is quite a repetitive representative for the genre. Helloween was never among my favorites, but this album is hard to go through.

Much better than the previous "Chocolate & Cheese"? Yes. Is it worth it to listen before dying? Not sure, but I'm betting on the "No" side this time. Maybe in another mood I could rate it better, mainly due to the variety of styles that they are able to play

I really do not like electronic music, but even I can recognize when something is a total outlier to its genre. Truly enjoyable.