Reviews by prometheus

Life is Prison was kind of a bänger. Otherwise it's the same old country shite that I don't have much tolerance for.

The worst one of the Ride-Master-Justice trio, in my humble opinion.

I like the cover and the music itself is decent 90s alternative rock that giving me some nice nostalgic chills but I could come up with at least 1001 albums that deserve to be on this list instead of this one.

Also not sure why people call this lo-fi, 'cause it sounds rather well produced compared to anything I consider lo-fi.

Anything that’s not in English on this list automatically gets an extra point from me.

That said, I’m such a music-oriented person that I rarely listen to – or even notice – vocals or lyrics in music. This is true with English rap as well. No matter how I try to concentrate on the lyrics, I quickly notice I’m just vibing to the song itself and forgot to listen to what they’re singing about. Therefore French rap doesn’t really differ all that much from my usual experience with a hip-hop record. In fact, not understanding anything helps me to focus on the rhythm and flow a lot more than I thought.

In that sense, this record definitely helped me broaden my understanding of hip-hop and that’s really the best kind of experience you can get out of this list. They really should just put more non-angloamerican music here cause what new is that seventh Bob Dylan record really going to give you?

The kind of music you’d hear playing on the radio in a public space and remember absolutely nothing about afterwards cause it blends perfectly into the endless mass of other similar, thoroughly sterile, harmless, modern soft rock bands.

Yank shite.

Far better than I thought it would be. Definitely shouldn't be on this list but it's quite all right nevertheless.

This album sounds like a Mega Drive game and that makes it feel extremely nostalgic, despite me never actually hearing it before. Musically it's really nothing interesting but I'll give it 3/5 just for the reason stated above.

This and Can's Tago Mago are the best two albums on this list.

I quite fancy noisy, experimental and "weird" music in general, but that doesn't mean this wouldn't still be pretty shite. They also have this specifically absurd, yank style of humour that I can't tolerate at all.

Fuck off yank scum, all of you.

Well, it's got quite a bunch of good songs even but all of it just sounds so generic that I don't really know why would I listen to this instead of _those_ better britpop bands. So, a solid 3/5, but completely unremarkable and don't really see why it should be on this list.

I have no reference point for this kind of music as I’ve never barely even heard any before, so it’s surprisingly hard to give an opinion about it. Doesn’t help that I’m listening to it in the middle of the darkest and coldest winter and not while laying on a Senegalese beach.

That said, I think this is exactly the kind of music this list SHOULD have more instead of, what, seven Bob Dylan albums. More interesting and remarkable music from every corner of the world, please. I’ll give it a three just for actually being on the list.

The title track took me by a complete surprise. Sounds absolutely like something off a late-70s krautrock album. Easily the best Abba song I’ve heard.

Shame that the rest of the album is more of their usual material, which doesn’t really do all that much for me.

The songs are actually pretty good, but I can’t stand his voice.

I’ve never cared about yank hardcore that much. I’ll take my punk Finnish or Japanese instead.

Coming from rock and metal background, it's always been hard for me to get around to and approach the different culture regarding artists in the more modern electronic music scene. If I hear an interesting I want to know the artist, listen to their albums all the way through and all that, instead of just hearing cool songs on random mixes or playlists and leave it at that.

That said, I've been really wanting to get more familiar with the music itself and this compilation definitely is a nice way to get to know at least some, obviously highly praised and legendary material in one of the subgenres. And I'm liking what I heard quite a good bit. Shame, that the issue I mentioned first still exists, but this is probably the best way for me to get to know this type of music.

And remember to check the ACTUAL album, not the wrong one this site links to.

Had a hard time trying to decide whether I’d give this four or five stars. I’m giving it a second listen, having a couple of beers and it’s a nice evening in general so what the hell, sure, let’s round that up to five.

This is so far-eighties there should be hatecrime laws for it. The lyrics couldn't possibly be more shallow and superficial but sometimes that just is what you're after. A lot of these songs and the production also reminds me of many different Mega Drive games' soundtracks, which is a nice bonus. Overall I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.

Tämä on tismalleen sellasta musaa, joka soi MTV3:n ohjelmatietojen taustalla tai päivän päätteeksi vuonna 1993. Siitä siis pienet nostalgialisät.