Reviews by james_mir

The type of jazz that you know you should listen to more often when it widely appears on this site.

Competent 90s rock album, but nothing great. I didn't see so much difference from the one picked in the official list, so though enjoyable, it's still a 3-star album, being very optimistic.

Another day and another electronic album that hardly resonates with me. I can get the general idea and why it may deserve a place on such a list, like the 1001 one, but it's hard for me to engage.

It's an enjoyable album in general, and it's different enough to fill some gaps on the original +expanded 1001 list. I didn't see anything particularly great about the songs, but it wasn't a waste of time.

This is not an album, and I started it with 2 stars. However, I enjoyed the Netflix show so much that I ended up increasing my rating a lot. Almost all the songs are catchy and enjoyable. It also fills a gap in the original list by including albums for shows. Honestly, I don't even have memories of this kind of thing, but I'm sure it was a thing in the past.

Important album, but not so joyful to listen to.

It's not something I'll remember forever, but it's much much better than I was expecting when received it. My only previous contact with Jon Batiste was some live presentation I don't even remember where I watched (and disliked), but this album makes me think about looking for other albums, I hope not to be disappointed.

After 3 albums (2 of them coming from this list) I can state that this is not my vibe. Competent, but bland

Every album is the favorite album of someone, right?

I'll give this one an extra star, since it's indeed quite impressive, given she was only 16 when it was released.

This album is on the original list. You'll not fool me with this one 🙃

Nothing new or outstanding, but competent hardcore

It has 1 or 2 good songs, but it's very annoying and repetitive. 40 minutes of the same thing is too much for me.

I think this album is a bit lost in time. It was released "too late" to be as eccentric, unusual, and disruptive as an experimental work, psychedelic/progressive stuff that had its breakthrough early around the 70s/80s.

At the same time, it was released "too soon" to profit from the increasing experimentalism of electronic/ambient music (and even some level of hardcore that appears here and there in the album), which has its pioneers but which I associate with the 2000s.

It's also not a punk album at its core (neither a homage to punk's origins nor some 90s pop-punk).

Lost in the middle of these streams, it's a good album with great songs, but a bit hard to classify out of its context. I think it's usually a good thing to be totally out of the box, and it gave me some good feelings, but it's too derivative.

I didn't start this one with high expectations, mostly because everything labeled "blues" nowadays is just trashy country with some extra guitars.

After finishing the album, I'm totally glad to be wrong. It's not what I'd call classical blues (purposefully), but it has the right roots and an excellent mix of more modern songs, making this one of my best discoveries on the users' list in the last month.

After Mothers of Invention and at least 1 another Zappa's album on the list, I believe I get it. It's not exactly the type of music I'll search for every day (and some songs maybe never), but it's totally impossible not to recognize the talent of musicians and production. It deserves 4 stars only for the production value, almost independent of the songs.

Nothing much to say. It sounded like a common and standard album to me. They did their homework to become a roack band

It would be nice to be there at this concert, I may bet on it. But listening to it with no context was almost painful. I believe when someone says it's good, but I was already paying no attention in the middle of the album

Paramore gave me different feelings. On one hand, it's a competent 2000s band with enough good songs to enjoy. On the other hand, even when emo was a trend (and is back in the hype nowadays), it doesn't exactly fit those bands and "style". They are an emo band, but at the same time, they're not.

These mixed feelings make me not rate this album with 5 stars, but since I enjoyed it, I'll go with 4 (don't tell anyone)

I've already heard of J Dilla, but I never paid much attention. What a mistake! Great album that already sounds nostalgic and modern at the same time.

I swear I listened to it last Friday, but I cannot even remember what it's about...I remember liking it (I guess), so I'll go with 3 stars, but I should maybe listen to it again someday...if I remember