Reviews by james_mir

I disliked this album, but among the 1001 albums, I was missing this type of music.
I can't name this style correctly, but it's something like a grew-up millennium child listening to some "Flashback '80s or 70s" album with cover art that is a poster of some movie from the '80s. It's much more a feeling than a musical style, but it was lacking on this list before this album.

Nice to listen to it, but 2-stars is my maximum

I recognize Queen Latifah much more for her TV/movie career. But, even knowing about her music, I never took the step to try it. That said, I enjoyed this album a lot. This dancing hip-hop, with some reggae influences, really pleased me. Quite a long album, and the lyrics are a little repetitive, but I'll give her a try to her other albums someday.

PS: she wants that everybody knows her name and also that she is a queen 😂

I liked it very much some years ago, but nowadays, I comprehend the worst parts of this album. However, the music is so nice, and I like this hardcore hip-hop (thanks to Wikipedia for the new term) style that Eminem plays so well, and I'll rate it five stars if the lyrics were not so awful.
I understand his anger and his motivation to write and record these things. Still, it's necessary to recognize these problems at that time with the exact measurement we used to realize his musical geniality.

It starts with very cool songs; in the middle of the album, we have some ambiance songs that are killjoy, but it finishes with a set of 2/3 songs that grab my attention again.

Irregular, but it's lovely to receive this album on a Friday morning

I've sometimes heard about "Blondie" in the past but never tried to listen to a complete album.

However, listening to it, I know these songs: from movies, from the radio, from my childhood memory, from somewhere that I don't remember, but I know I've already listened to them.

I think that even though not being exactly my cup of tea, these songs are the definition of classical songs. They keep in our memories even if we aren't aware of them.

Ok, there are 1001 albums on this list, it's acceptable to have some absolutely generic albums from time to time. I'll rate it 2-stars.

I liked to listen to this bluesy album with some depressed punk attitude. Waits' vocal delivery is impressive, too.

For me, the only problem is the repetitiveness of the album. I was a bit bored with his songs at the last song.

I'll follow most of the site in this case because this is one of my favorite albums of all time. Impossible to rate with less than 5.

Ok, 2 or 3 songs became real Pop classics, but the album is a little dated nowadays.

I was not expecting something revolutionary, but why is this album in the 1001 list rather than any other 80's Pop album? No reasons.

I understand the historical importance of this album for the music industry and the culture as a whole, but it's not a good one. Sinatra has some very classical songs on his voice, and none are in this specific record.

It's always lovely to listen to this kind of Jazz during the morning, so this is an excellent pick for today.

I know I'll be unfair in my analysis, but the problem with this album is the lack of innovation, which is very unfair for a 1961 album. Still, I already received other old Jazz albums here on this list that are also good and have a lot of innovation.

In short, a great album with a great interpretation, but not remarkable as others released some years before and after.

Wow! Another point for the 1001 list. I had never heard about "Skunk Anansie," but I'm glad to discover this fantastic voice and great songs!

Awe-inspiring work!

The concept is incredible, the songs are great, the lyrics are amazing, the mood is fantastic, and I don't know enough good words to describe it.
I've heard some Monáe songs before, but this album surprised me, and it's already on my favorites list.

The album has the same "problem" as a lot of early-age hip-hop albums. They are almost always much influent in our modern hip-hop, but at the same time sound very dated and not so fresh. Maybe, this is a problem of a genre that updates itself all the time, and it's never stopped in time, but it makes it hard to rate it with more the 3 or 4 stars (except maybe on the definitive albuns on the genre, that is not the case here)

It's a compelling album, without any doubt. It's not perfect, though.

I must rate it four stars at least.

The album starts with a lovely mood, and these funky songs sound nice to me. However, while the music kept going in my ears, I was gradually losing interest in what I was listening to. Maybe my mood was decreasing, but I can't rate it with more than three stars.

Nice album. It looks like an essential album for the post-punk movement, but it's a little bit annoying sometimes due to the repetitiveness.

Not perfect, enjoyable, and historically significant, so it deserves a 4-stars rate.

It's impossible to rate it with less than five stars.

Simply one of the most influential albums in music history and essential to creating my taste for music. Nowadays, I'm much more eclectic in my music preferences, but heavy metal is in my veins, and this album is the main reason for it!

I don't feel anything so remarkable on this release, but it was a pleasant experience listening to it.

The musical work is impressive, they take account of the listener's experience for real, but the high number of promising techniques do not compensate for the lack of "trueness" on the whole album!

Maybe this is not considered the best Cash's work, even the maturest one, mainly because it's a covers album. But, without any doubt, it's my favorite!

All songs and lyrics are unique, and Cash's interpretation is astonished.

My first Johnny Cash on this list, and I consider it lucky