Reviews by james_mir

Well, the Wikipedia page was necessary for me to understand the reasons for this album on this list, but now it's clear that it deserves some space on the 1001 most essential albums since with was so influential for the punk scene. Musically, I can note a mix of what I recognize as punk and some beach songs, leading me to enjoy the album, even not being my favorite stuff.

How is it possible to like as much the jazz-like "Blackstar" and these piano sounds at the same time? It does not matter the style Bowie decides to give to his music; I'll enjoy it any time. For personal taste, I'm still much more into the "Next Day" and "Blackstar" eras, but it's impossible not to note the high level of this one.

Since I usually give five stars to any album on the top albums from global statistics of the site, this one surprised me. Not because it's a bad album, of course, it is excellent, but I liked much more of the "Physical Graffiti" I received almost a year ago on the site. So this one SHOULD be better, and it's not.

Reading the Wikipedia page, it's clear its historical role in the rock industry and even being part of the metal "creation," but in the end, my expectations when I received it were too high, maybe impossibly high.

Apparently, I should start 2023 with an extensive 80s vibe. Nothing so much special about this one. Good vibes, the first song is nice and memorable, but nothing else is a particular highlight for me.

Is this the final hardcore release forever and ever? Great album, great music, and a great band.

Although it looks like an hour-long 80s flashback album, despite its themes, I must say that listening to this album brought me some good feelings. Forgettable but nice.

Quite a long album, with normally is annoying, but despite the number of hip-hop albums on this list, "Boy In Da Corner" comes with fresh air (almost 20 years ago) and makes the time goes fast into a good listening session.

Not the best hip-hop album of all time (maybe far from it), but it is one of the best on this list for sure. It deserves four stars for the nice job.

Maybe I'm too influenced by the media and the Beatle's propaganda, but this is one of my favorite albums. Even with the wide range of styles found here, I enjoy all the songs.
Its influence is spread worldwide, and many bands and musicians were made around the concepts they developed on this album, so a 5-star rate is the minimum rate possible for it.

This album is a good register of an excellent music style, Bossa Nova. The album itself is not so good, but it's important for being part of the world's spread of this style, so it deserves its place on this list.
Listening to it in a single session could be annoying, but it's not so hard to finish.

I don't get exactly why this album is more important to be on this list than any other late 90s electronic album. Still, I assume that at the end of my listening session, I was considering it kind of modern for 1996 since it already captured this spirit of modern times that privileged the nostalgia and some reverence to previous idyllic times.

As I said, I'm unsure if this is something exclusive from this album or if it was generalized into the electronic scene at that time, but I'll consider it an extra point. 2 stars

It's not so much different from the "Astral Weeks" album I received on this list some months ago: same good vibe and same rate.

Ok, I understand his importance for music history, but it's pretty hard to enjoy this album with so many repetitive songs. I guess it is much better when you are someone who enjoys his style. That is not my case, so I give three stars for the relevance.

I was expecting something different from what I received listening to this album. This is not the Pink Floyd I know and like to listen to sometimes. It's something different but recognizable at the end. It's strange but also familiar somehow.

It's not easy, but the 50 minutes are not annoying. For sure, this is an important thing that will remain with me for some weeks.

Unexpected, and I love it. I was looking for genuine folk, and they gave me that but with lots of blues and some good guitars. "Baby Driver" is awesome, and the whole album shines!

An excellent first song and then a classic jazz album that does not excites me too much, but it's easy to get the qualities of the songs. I love pieces that use sax, which is nice on this album, even if not the best sax work that I listened to.

This is definitively not my favorite genre, but this album gave me pleasant sensations. Like listening to some lo-fi compilation on youtube or something like that.

Reading the Wikipedia page, I got Singh's influence, but his songs are just another fancy electronic music that is not for me. I'll rate it with 2 because the song "OK" reminds me of some good anime openings, and "Soni" gave me some "Blade runner" vibes that I enjoyed a bit.

I would rate it five stars because of my teenage year's soundtrack, but I'll finally rate it with four because the album is too repetitive.
Very good album and that's enough

I was under some stone to ignore Stevie Wonder so many times. I always had the impression that he was a sleepy jazzy musician without much attraction for me, but listening to this second album from him on the 1001 list, I only hope they have more albums waiting for me.

Strong songs, meaningful lyrics, and powerful interpretation. No complaints about this album.

Ok, it's a good album, and her voice is fantastic, but after 3 or 4 songs, I was annoyed. Too much repetition musically and thematically.