Reviews by k-dot-r

Fun, with the first and most famous track being a clear stand-out. An interesting story too, but the music is also great on its own merits

Sounds like it was written about 100 years earlier, in a good way! Captures the spirit of early country & bluegrass music, but wiyh a few modern touches like the production and a handful of lyrics. A wee cracker I would probably never have heard otherwise - thanks for the suggestion!

Reminiscent of Jurassic 5 and De La Soul, which can only be a good thing. Could only be better if it also included Alphabet Aerobics as a bonus track, like on the version a friend burned for me 20+ years ago!

Background music when I listened, but enjoyable to have on in the background. Unlike much else on the list, and so probably worthy of consideration.
Not my thing, but pretty decent.

Sounds about a hundred years old, in a good way! Like the music that influenced the country and early rock n' roll artists I love. Not a genre under-represented in the book, but this easily could take the place of one of a handful of similar albums.

Nonsense, but entertaining nonsense

Hell yeah! The book, and the user list, could both benefit from more golden age hip-hop, and this is probably an ideal album to add. Get it in the book!

Just sort of happens. Decent background music for working or studying, no more and no less. I just finished listening, and already don't remember any of the songs - for good or bad reasons. If big tentpole Hollywood movies are chewing gum for the eyes, this is the musical equivalent. Much better than no music, and less offensively bad than plenty of albums, but not one that will I will come back to.
Also, that's a daft name for an album, but not so daft as to lose it a star!

Punk - bon
Musique en français - bon
Punk en français - très bon!

Symphonic, polished, carefully produced metal (or metal-adjacent) concept album. Sounds shiny and expensive, and not as heavy or thrashy as my favourite metal albums. Still good, but a fair way short of greatness.

Soundtrack- not eligible

Punk A F

Like a Dutch Soulwax, but not quite as good. Very varied, not terrible, interesting at points, but not one I would be pushing forward for a place in the book.

Rock, but pretty chilled for the most part. A band I hadn't heard of, who I quite liked and will look out for going forward. Not an instant hit with me, but I gave it a few more listens and really enjoyed it.

Este álbum tem algumas músicas muito boas, que soam a várias bandas diferentes. Gostei muito e gostei bastante de ouvir algo completamente diferente e novo.

Everclear meets Shawn Mullins, not in a good way. Also sounds (on a few tracks) like The Lonely Island if they were 80% less energetic. Interesting, but not one I am likely to come back to, and not really a candidate for inclusion in the book (in my opinion)

Yes!

Perfection

Daft, not in a good way

Not overly memorable, but pleasant enough. Very Brit-pop influenced, but as such it sounds like what was happening in Britain around the same time as this came out in Canada. I liked it, but didn't feel compelled to explore any of the rest of their stuff.