Reviews by james_mir

They were far away from the excellence of "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," but I'll rate it with five stars just because it's still a collection of memorable songs, and I made a mistake of giving just four stars to "Mellon Collie" when I received it on this list.

Right. The Wikipedia page for this album is pretty impressive, so I need to consider that this album has its importance for music history and especially for the electronic scene.

On the other hand, ambiance music is annoying and electronic music is (generally) annoying and repetitive as hell.

I conclude that I can rate an essential album with two stars when it has the most annoying sequence of songs I have ever listened to.

I like David Bowie, and he has a lot of classical in his musical history, but how is it possible to create a whole album that does not have fails?

This is one of that rare cases where there is no single bad song in the entire album. This is impressive.

Interesting to note some "new" things applied to some songs here for the first time that will follow his career until "Blackstar."

For a 2008 album, it sounds remarkably fresh in 2022, which is impressive in a context like hip-hop, where things change very quickly. It's not so remarkable on these songs, but nice to listen to them and know a little bit more about

It's cool, but it's extremely basic

Less country than the other album from the same artist I got here on the list, but still annoying.

The three last songs are at least a little enjoyable, but the whole album is not!

It's a very classical hip-hop album but very repetitive.

I liked it, but I'll probably not listen to it again.

I finally found a PJ Harvey album that is not absolutely boring. It's still a little boring, but with 2 or 3 nice songs.

This was very unexpected for me, but I liked it very much. It's still a commercial pop sound, but it has some roots that differentiate the songs from what I was expecting to listen to it.

Another hidden gem that I just discovered, thanks to this list.

According to Wikipedia, the band chose the name "The Holy Bible" to reflect the holiness of the album, and I don't know if they achieved it. Still, it's a holy release that deserves its place on 1001 albums to hear before dying.

I know Ray Charles is a genius, and I'll increase my rate here to four-star based on that information.

The album itself is ok, a lovely piece of music. Nothing much more

This is the "less" punk of the Stooges albuns that I've listened to on this list. I miss the crazy Saxophone from "The Fun House."

Altough this is already a preview of Iggy's solo career that I tend to like, I must classify it as a good album, but not excellent. "Search & destroy" is the best song, but the rest of the album is good.

Being an "Every Breath You Take" specialist when the subject is The Police, I must say that this album impresses me with its variety of songs and styles, keeping the same 80's vibe that is pretty recognizable.

It's far from perfect, but it is a lovely album and a good mood to start Monday.

The first part of this album is far from what I expected from The stooges. It sounds much more like something post-punk than punk itself.
However, the last songs...wow...that saxophone made some difference (I love it), but the whole energy in these songs is excellent... a remarkable punk recording.

This album probably was very "revolutionary" in 2001 and still sounds like it. It's not the best thing from this list, and it's even not the best Gorillaz work, but this mix of electronic music (that I don't like) with some rock spicy is catching! It's one of the good examples of how to use technology in favor of the songs, instead of just playing repetitive sounds forever and calling it music.

I hope the current versions of the book also include the most recent works from the band. We deserve more.

This album is refreshing and repetitive in the same proportion. I enjoyed it, and I'm annoyed by the similar songs around the whole thing.

Overall, from my perspective, this is an excellent Strokes' album, but it's far from their best.

This is one of my favorite albums since I understand my kind of music. Impossible to dislike it.

It was a lovely album for a Monday morning. Nothing exceptional, but listening to some salsa here is very warming.

Four stars

For sure, this was a classical week themed on this site.

Unfortunately, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is not exactly my cup of tea. I have already tried some times; I got all their influence in modern music, and I like a lot of some solo production from the quartet, but the releases when they are all together, they are just ok.

This is a nice album that became classical for obvious reasons.