Chris

mi sono bastati letteralmente i primi 20 secondi della prima traccia per dire: no, poi magari ho sbagliato però il primo impatto è stato terribile

Oh, fuck me. Really? A 23-song double-LP collection of 80s-esque shitpop sung in French. No fucking way.

No sé qué es esto, si música ochentera, noventera o qué.

Certainly way better albums that came out in 2018. This is a disgrace to the albums that didn’t make the list such as Foo Fighters (they have 1) or Kings of Leon or Michael Buble

This album sits in the background neither wowing not offending. Reminds me of the first Chvrches album, but with a lot less impact and charm. It sounds exactly like what you'd hear on top shop or H&M. Lots of 80s influences, but a no point does it surpass those influences, especially not the MJ rips. I don't think I'll bother listening to it again in French, although I expect that would be an easier listen.

Terrible

Rehash of musical styles I hate.

If I could give it a 0 I would. Worst album ever, I don’t even know why this album is in this site. Terrible

It was fine, way too long in my opinion and didn’t really stick out to me

This sounds so mechanical, it has no soul. The vocals are monotone and the beats are boring. I have only listened to the English version so far, will update after the French side is complete. I have listened to about 125 albums through the generator and about 400 just going through the book. I have finished every album presented so far. I am real close to ending this one after 6 songs! It feels like it has been going for soooo long. Why didn't I start with the French side? I would not have completed the English version if I had. I hate to poo on someone else's favorite album but this is hot garbage. There is much better synth pop, why is this included on the list?!

French (pejorative).

Do not like lol.

I’m not a modern pop guy, none of the songs appealed to me.

Weak 1.5 Not sonically intriguing, dragged on for too long (French version)

not a pop fan

I'm not sure anything needs to be said about this one.

I can see the appeal to the sound, but not enough tracks grabbed me. Embarrassingly, I got 3 tracks through disc 2 before I realized it was in French.

Not my thing

Да ну, это какая-то унылая шляпа. Даже не хочу слушать целиком.

It's not awful but "Must Hear Before You Die"? If we're limited to 1001, then there are definitely better candidates not yet included. My dislike for this album is also greatly enhanced by the fact that the digital versions of this album basically repeat themselves, making it even worse for listening to in an album format.

Bland predictable French pop

I can’t review music on an objective basis unless I either enjoy listening to it, or I find it interesting enough to continue listening because it’s weird and different. I did not find this interesting and I did not enjoy listening to it. It’s not offensive it’s just boring.

Canzoncine pop dozzinali

Again, not sure why this album is on as an essential.

Retro-rehashed '80s and '90s pop that countless other artists did better. What a useless pile of crap this album is.

You're not a gallic Michael Jackson so please stop. God this is awful faux 80s shite. Overproduced. Overexcited. Over it.

This album broke me. I really didn't find it warranting a place on this list. Crap Europop. No stars - did not finish!

Not my vibe

Given that there's no real substance to these tracks, the singer tries to infuse the thin melodies with some sort of emotion by employing every clichéd vocal mannerism from the handbook of modern pop.

even if i understood what they were saying this one wasn't for me. 1.5

Nope.....just nope.

Really curious why this is in the list, but hey.

Best Song: Doesn't Matter (fitting track) It sounds like early 90's dance music that I despise. I do not hear much with this I enjoy no matter what language you choose to listen to it. I suppose if I ever feel nostalgic for my time stocking shelves at Nordstroms, I can throw this on and relive a hungover 19-year-old me stocking pantyhose with this kind of music acting as background noise for old, rich people to shop to so they feel like they're hip with the new music and their best years are not behind them. 1/5.

Meh

Did not like a single song.

Sounds like an interesting artist, interesting story/background, but this music does absolutely nothing for me.

Maybe there's more to this album if I listened more closely to the lyrics, but musically this is a mashup between 2020s dance and 1980s new wave that I found very boring, could hardly wait for this to be over.

Trashy electronica

didn't care for it 1/5

Should be able to give zero stars for this trash

How are you going to make a generic 2010s pop album and not even make any of the songs catchy? Without catchy melodies, pop is just completely empty.

Didn’t like this one.

king princess francesa

Is this AI?

Christine sounds a bit like a French Madonna but certainly not as good. I def did not need this one from the list. This Frenchy pop does not seem worthy; however, it is not the worst. Quickly moving past this one with a 1.45 star rating.

no

Sofrível! Percussão eletrônica e uma pessoa sussurrando. Passo!

Really dull, and this kind of pop has been done so much better than this.

Not for me.

It's... fine. Pretty generic synth pop. Not deserving of being on this list in my opinion.

Couldn’t even finish this, just didn’t care for it at all

Not my style

First genuine wtf, no thanks

A French transgender Michael Jackson homage? Sign me up! Honestly, all of the politics aside, this is just 80s nostalgia and not done particularly well at that. This music could be the soundtrack to Stranger Things and no one would know it wasn't actually from the 80s. His accent is just heavy enough to make some lyrics hard to make out. It's always interesting that foreign language artists choose to perform in English. America is just so culturally dominant....Happy 4th of July! And now a song about the existence of God placed in an 80s dance pop song. This album is 90 minutes long! 23 songs! Why, France? What did everyone do to deserve this from you? You give us the Statue of Liberty and think you can just dump the rest of your garbage here? Just realized there's an English album and a French album. So it's half that, reasonable....should I listen to the English version or the French version? I guess the French? They were released at the same time so I'm sticking with the English version since I'm halfway through already. Thank God I looked up the track listing. Even at only 45 minutes this feels like a long album. There's a Kate Bush vibe to What's-her-face so the whole album sounds like someone digging in the crates and coming up with a bunch of 80s albums.

I can’t stand this… Girlfriend is an okay song. I guess because of the background theme. Otherwise this is not for me

not my vibe

Great voice. Very emotive. I just don't like synth-pop.

shite

With my promise to myself to listen to at least the first minute of each song, I got through this in 11 minutes with minimal trauma. This just isn't the type of music I like.

???

the book doesn't go to 2018. it barely goes past 2000, so what in the fresh hell is this absolute dogshit record? is this website taking the piss? is this the recommendation of someone who finished the list? if so, curse them for foisting this trash upon my consciousness. the world is awful enough as it is.

ne kbecht ass

Tbf I only listened to the first 4 songs but it didn’t capture enough attention to keep me going. 1/10

Mist!

The same boring "Poppy" sound the entire time, with no unique instrumental play, or beats. Quite possibly one of the worst albums I've ever heard in my life. Favorite Track: "Follarse".

I listened to both the English and then French versions of this record. At the end of the day this is pretty boring and uninspired pop music (to my ears at least). I think I prefer the French version to the English because it lends it at least the notion that it might be slightly more interesting than it is. But this is not it.

Looooooooooooooooooooooong

50% English, 50% French. 110% sh*te.

Dit klinkt alsof het gemaakt is met Garage Band.

No

No idea what was remotely important to hear. Bog standard pop that doesn’t even have the good sense to be catchy. I keep waiting for a hook or something fun, but it’s just pop with all the stupid fun parts, that supposedly make pop worth listening to, sucked out of it.

I don't want to say this album is bad, but I would definitely never listen to it again.

Pretty crappy, pre-packaged, cliché-driven, ultra-compressed, dime-a-dozen 2010s pop. 1.0/5.0: Embarrassing

pathetic attempt at making songs people want to hear

Poop

Why is this here? Is it to combat accusations of the list being too anglophone centric? It’s just a standard and pretty dated pop album. Not a particularly good one at that. One star.

4 songs in and I'm done. Then I look and see TWO DISCS? TWENTY-THREE songs? Nope!

So generic and boring. Maybe i should have listened to it in french.

I tortured myself by listening to both the French and English versions of this album, and I honestly couldn't really tell a difference. Every song is exactly the same as the next and all of it is boring as shit.

Why do something conceptual half-arsedly? The album as a whole feels like a very old-school French musician is trying to pretend to be American but is too afraid to go all the way. The background tracks sound like something Céline Dion did better years ago and the constant moaning into the microphone is not something I enjoy. I don't rate it. I don't understand why they've made 2 discs with exactly (but no I mean _exactly_) the same music on it but just sung in a different language. What would have been interesting could maybe have been if the English version had backing of what typically appeals to a French audience and vice versa (see what I did there?) I didn't make it through as I didn't fancy listening to exactly the same album twice and as per my rating system, that's automatically one star.

Couldn’t listen to this one. Did my best but had to bail. Really awful music

oof. Let AI do 80's retro

Nope. Sounds like Madonna but not in the best way.

I liked the song Tilted that showed up on another album, but all this? meh.

Why is this on the list? Forgettable lightweight pop. I only made it thru 4 or 5 songs. If you want good French pop try Air (which is on this list) or Les Rita Mitsouko ( which isnt)

Sensationalism for its own sake is so exhausting. Get you, performer. How have you not grown up yet?

2018. Pop album. Why? I’m sure this won’t appeal to me but I’m a trooper. Listening to the French side. Not doubling up for 90 minutes. Come on. First song. Fuck sakes. I can’t even critique this accurately. This kind of music is not for me. I don’t think it’s for thinking. It’s supposed to be fun and bright and fluttery and make people happy or whatever. It’s unbearable. CHRIS. Why is this English now? I don’t know man. Listen. I’m not going to go to the ends of the earth to hear this one so French or English, whatever. This will hopefully be the last time I hear this anyway. This sounds like young Michael Jackson who discovered he can say swear words. Bad. The worst feature ever conceived. Bam. One step closer. More wailing. Overly dramatic but at least I get to practice my French. You know. This isn’t the worst song so far. Way too much repetition though. OH MICKÉ YOU’RE SO BELLE. Uh yeah. God this one is horrible. Just abhorrent. Boooooo. I meant to type an N, but hey. This typo is working for me. Bad. Pourquoi? Jellyfish jam. Ah man this thing would KILL at a postnatal dance workout class. Oh boy. More melodramatic RØSE (that’s French P!NK for all you linguo-Heads). Yeah this one is like you’re dying in the desert and you realize you’re completely lost and nowhere near getting to listen to Morbid Angel. How many god damn chansons we got left on this fucker??? WHO IS BRUCE??? I was just getting used to Chris and now there’s another name to learn. Scrap it. The G eh? Yup. I’m a French whiz. Le uhh genius de français. Check out that ç. Real fucking deal. I guess I can talk about the music again. This is glittery pop. 80’s diva stuff. Not for me buuuut The breaks are kind of fun. This song would be kind of fun if I was completely blitzed. Which doesn’t happen anymore. Ah well. Still a minor highlight. Mal ballade. I don’t like this. Thanks for trying. I think I have Stockholm syndrome in Paris because this isn’t a zero. While this individual was a terrible judge on drag race France, and most of their music is run of the mill pop, there’s something substantive about this album. Much more than I thought. By golly is it ever not for me, but I can’t say I hated all of it. 1-1.5 HIGHLIGHTS: La Marcheuse, Le G.

Now playing through the busted out speakers of your closest TJ Maxx.

Did not like at all.

if we are putting things from 2018 onto the list, they better be fucking amazing. last two decades were shattering borders, allowing everyone with an ounce of talent and hard work to become famous, never before was it so easy to find new music to enjoy and never before was it so easy for musicians to release it. and this aint fucking it, the music is just really fucking boring, plain, empty, begging for more metaphorical musical juice in the mix, its just boring boring BORING bored i am bored listening to this. props for having two versions I guess? NNN

Meh

Unremarkable.

Both 80s synth-pop and ironically named modern vaporwave. Generally uninspiring but could be used in the club due to its medium to slow tempo 4/4 beat. A rare all-skips album.

Gar nicht meins.

NOT IT

Retro electro-pop that's so authentic that it sounds like it really was recorded back in the mid-80s. What's not to like? All of it; it sucked so bad. I hated this sort of music when it actually WAS the 1980s, so to dredge it back up and try to breathe life into it was like some cruel torment for me. Throw some bilingual songs and appalling lyrics into the mix and you have an absolute stinker of an album. Those synths and drum machine beats should be crimes against humanity. I guess the singer is channelling their inner Janet Jackson, or something, no idea why anyone thought it was a good idea to put this garbage album together? Money? This was as close to not completing an album that I've come so far, and I'm over halfway through the full list now. It really was a terrible chore to get through and there was no way I was going back to listen to the same awful songs a second time in a different language. I would rate this as negative stars if I could, as 1 star seems generous.

I thought it was over and had started back at the first song multiple times… because it all sounded the same, like shit!! And it just kept going and going 😪Department store Muzak has no place on this list!!

H&M music Already knew I was going to hate this one based on the 1 song of theirs that I already detest. But this was way too long and repetitive 1 ⭐️

Geneeriiic

I would not listen to a single track again

это что за гейское говно здесь? у меня реально вопросы к авторам книги - почему из 10-х были выбраны вот такие релизы???

This is #day12 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... this album makes me feel nothing but irritation. Bland, uninspired, etc. For this reason, it's joining the company of 1s. Also, why is there an album from 2018 already? Has the list been revised or something? I thought it was a 2016 version. Whatever. Looking forward to #day13.

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Not my cup of tea

80's pop influenced. Couldn't go past 5 dollars song.

holy shit that was hot ass

Sounds just like any other female pop singer on the radio. I can't stand her voice and the music is so uninspired and boring.

Way too 80's, but it has its charm

Sounds like every other electro-pop Robyn-lite hotel lobby-friendly record released in the 2010s.

Never heard of this band. What a weird flow and vocalisation. I like the 80's pop vibes on some of the tracks, but the singing is throwing me off.

no

In all ways possible, this album was awful. I can’t understand how this is influential and within the first second I was disgruntled with the voice and all that surrounded it. I really didn’t like any aspect of this album, and it went on for far too long.

Pretty shit. Songs are all made from stuff I’ve heard before and way better done elsewhere

Weird! Pass

I tried giving it a chance but OMG, I couldn't stop remembering that episode of Rick & Morty where some aliens kidnapped or something Morty's father and they played some "human music"... This is just a no for me, so boring and kind of going nowhere. Maybe they tried to make it ethereal but it just sounds dull and soulless. Couldn't even finish it.

Straight up didn’t like this. Barely got through it, not for me.

no

Fing musikalisch gar nicht übel an, aber Gesang, naja. Ne, auch der zweite Song so naja. Boah ne, da klingt auch einfach alles gleich. So ein Dance Schrott. Schnarch.

Awful! Why on earth should anyone listen to this before they die?

Toto je must hear album? :D

Nope

Favourite review from the reviews that already exist of this album and that describes this album perfectly: Not bussin

C'est non pour moi, mon chien.

whyyyyyyyy?????????

not into it

Make some sense was the most complete song on the album. Not completely bad, but really no positives on this for me. She's a good singer, but the music was so average at best.

1 star

Sorry this one belongs in the eighties.

jedna z nowozytnych pozycji na liscie, wiec popowo funkowo jak tylko sie da, zaskoczyl przyjemny glos chrisa lub christitny, bo okladka sugerowala cos zupelnie innego niz otrzymalo ucho, ale i tak lirycznie i muzycznie niesluchalne

2 sivua tässä... eka albumi... sitten sama ja ranskaksi. noh ekan biisin jälkeen kävi niin että ymmärrystä en vittu halua ja ranskaksi lähti loput. jaksa kiertää tätä toistamiseen...Top 3 Sexiest Languages In The World 1. Spanish 2. Italian 3. French jaaahas..vai että romaaniset kielet laitetaan peräjälkeen... EI PALJOA OLE EESTIÄ KUUNNELTU VAI... ugrilaista... top kymppiin ahdetaan vielä porttugali ja norja... humpuukkia sanoo järki. vittu tää maailma on niih sekasin niih sekasin. painuu ykköseen tämä le marcheuse

Jos tulossa yksikin heh nolla heh... ei itketä basson perään.. ei itketä hyvien uskomattomien pop likkejen perään.. ei rivojen lyriikoiden suggestive heh seksi... JOS YKSIKIN NOLLA SE ON NOLLA TULO.. ei oo summakaava juttuja..semmossia.. objektia... "I wanted to write an album that could give justice to being someone complex in the pop world" Every song same song..every song sound like a cube.... compressed so much fucking cube... cuboid ass-sound.... Complexity off songs.. laulaa jumalan olemassaolosta kuin pikku lintunen ei merkitse yksikään sana mitään.. niin laiska paska... Kodista ja isänmaasta ei lauluja...

Not for me, surprised it’s on the list.

i’m not interested in this musically, spiritually, or ideologically

No thanks

I tried, I really did, but breathy lyrics and synth beats don't do it for me, unless it's Björk, she's awesome.

Taking a swing at the 80s sound. Derivative in many ways

pretentious pop music sung by a French Dean Holdsworth. i've seen her on the telly and its just as much about the arty farty dancing as it is the music. like a modern kate bush who thanks to being french probably has a fucking massive bush.

What's new pussycat? Whoaooooaaoaoaooooaaoo. Hit me with another one, Christine, my bladder is about to burst.

I shall be so pathetically happy when contemporary music moves away from being inspired by the 80s. I hate, hate, hate the sound of soft synths and crappy 80s beats. I know the day will come, but it just can’t come soon enough.

Good sound just don’t really see myself in the music

Boooooo

i'm not listening to this

Bad

Really not a fan

Nem consegui terminar, muito chato.

grating voices

Not a fan

Eine Platte für indentitätspolitische Auseinandersetzung unserer Zeit. Kommt immer wieder mal vor. Planningtorock hat den Gender Bender früher schon krasser betrieben. Dies ist trotz satter Beats zu Beginn aber mehr so French Pop à la Vanessa Paradis mit einer Prise Phoenix. Im Kultur Radio ahne ich schon die Anmoderation. 1.4