Cross

As far as electronic albums go, this was better than some of the others on the list, but still pretty repetitive and boring.

Daft Punk, dat you? Mostly forgettable except for that one song I've heard on the radio.

Seemed like just a lot of background noise. I’m sure there are those who loved the album but was not my cup of tea.

Some of the songs are ok if you need some background noise.

Sounds like jump rope songs

*listens to first song* oh cool! It's that song! Surely something else on this must be notable or even at all interesting

Simply can’t appreciate this sort of music, not my thing. Maybe one track here and there but not a full album. [0143/1001]

this is four solid tracks bookending a bunch of filler and obnoxious mid. every track runs for a minute too long, even the ones i liked. repetitive samples and irritating vocal lines abound.

Not bad.

Only trolls give this a 4 or higher.

Nervt irgendwie

More playful than most electronic dance music but still a bit of slog to get through., I hope I get some Hot Chip in this 1001 albums because the electronic music so far is pretty boring.

Jeg kan egentlig godt se appelen, og det er også meget danceable, nu ved jeg hvor DANCE kommer fra haha. Men der er for meget forvrængning og distortion på, og jeg ville bare aldrig sætte det på, hverken privat eller til fest. Så det er nok bare ikke til mig - kan dog godt se appellen i det, og inden for genren tænker jeg det er godt.

Meh. Not my type of music. Best songs: Phantom P1,2

It was ok.

Interesting dance music. 2

Not really into electronic dance music. But, it was okay.

I've listened to this album in the past, had a housemate in Birmingham who loved this type of music. Had his own electro emo type band too, who were awful. Lots of big hair, eyeliner and tight pants... Aside from this slight nostalgia, this really isn't for me, not a big electronic music fan. DANCE is ok and was played a lot back then. Genesis and phantom part 2 are ok too The odd song I can tolerate, a whole album is way too much. It's hard not to compare to daft punk, but I think the main difference is that daft punk is more rooted it rock where as this is more rooted in house or something. Daft punk is a different league imo The odd song yes, a whole album no 2.5

Interesting. Different. I wouldn't call it good, but not bad either

Electrónica exquisita en la linea de los grandes (chemical, daft, etc,) pero no llega. Tiene algun momento destacable, pero a cuentagotas.

Highlights: D.A.N.C.E The Party DVNO I think I'm learning that I don't really enjoy the heavy distortion sound. I find it jarring and distracting. I'm going to start by saying that this isn't music I normally listen to and I have very mixed feeling about this album. On a whole, I didn't really enjoy it, I found it to be over produced with the heavy distortion and distracting from the parts i did enjoy. With that said, I liked all the songs that featured lyrics and thought the underlying base lines to be really good throughout the album. I dont see myself coming back to this one but I probably would dance if one of these songs came on while I was out.

Somewhat accessible, but too much dance club noise

First few songs were nice background music as I cleaned up the kitchen on a Saturday morning. Halfway through the album, it was getting more annoying than entertaining. Overall, like listening to Daft Punk.

A couple good songs but it felt disjointed a lot of the time

Nothing that is earth shattering.

Okay album. The sampling here is much less impressive than something by Daft Punk or the Avalanches.

Nicht unbedingt mein Lieblingsgenre und ich bleibe definitiv bei Daft Punk.

What a shit Just noise

Not Daft Punk

1. geneziz - 1.5 2. let there be light - 1 3. dance - 2 4. neuujack - 0 5. phantom - 1 6. phantom 2 - 2 7. valentine - 0 8. the party - 0 9. dvno - 0 10. ztrezz - 2 11. uuaterz of nazareth - 1.5 12. one minute to midnight - 0

Pretty annoying overall.

- definitely heard D.A.N.C.E before - just another electronic album that’s not really for me

2007. Not the worst electronic album, there were some melodies here and there and not every moment was unbearable.

I love lots of electronic artists and genres, but I really can't get along with Justice. The sound is big, bold, clean and energetic, but ultimately feels brash and soulless to me. This style of electro-house feels like it takes influence from the 1990s "big beat" sound, but it doesn't have the same sense of humour, use of break beats, or even danceability. I do love Mr Oizo's earlier albums, which come from the same wheelhouse, but have lots more interesting going on. 2.5*, not bad but entirely disposable.

Good in places but overly repetitive.

too much disco

Meh, not my thing. Too busy and mashed up to make me want to dance and not that enjoyable as a straight listen. Although I can see why DANCE got so much attention, that's a toe tapper.

Expected to like this. Some nice grooves and interesting noises but most of the songs felt like they went on a bit too long.

Proto dubstep, nice enough but not bucket list material. Might come back to this for woodshedding at work

Some parts were somewhat enjoyable, but overall not the album for me

Well that was interesting... I can appreciate it's influence and can see how some others may like it but it's not my favorite.

As a fan of EDM, I'm surprised to say that I didn't really care for this album. It started off as a generic three, but as it moved along, track after track a growing sense of “I cannot wait for this to end” welled up inside of me. I found the vocal tracks particularly distracting because it sounded similar to Ke$ha's early vocal style, but without her energy, sarcastic delivery, and clever lyrics. Since † precludes her debut by three years, all I can assume is that perhaps Justice was a source of inspiration to her Animal/Cannibal duo. There's some decent tunes in this album, but I don't dare trudge through the full thing again to earmark them.

The was very boring and hard to get through

meh

Ok album but not for me

I will never understand how these projects, whose entire goal is to just be bombastic production from start to finish are regarded with such critical acclaim from music snobs and nerds. I’ve been doing this project for a couple weeks and I have run into at least five albums that appear broadly to be all the same. All these projects lack any form of lyric nuance, narrative story telling, emphasize on melodic or harmonic production, live instrumentation or really human personality. They are in their truest forms funky soundboards in album form. That’s fine if you like it by why is this type of music deemed so high among the musically snobbish types.

Well it's a dance album, it's like all dance albums, not made for listening to, but at least it tries a little more than a series of 4 bar repeats.

Skrillex was really overplayed when I was in high school, so I'm pretty burnt out from this heavy electronic dance music. That said, this is good. Like very good music. The ending of Let There Be Light is phenomenal. Some of the songs on the back half of the album are causing me pain. Stress and DVNO, specifically.

this is not my kind of music i was NOT in the club but i can appreciate what they were going for and if i was on m*lly i would feel differently.

Pas mon style mais bon ya 2-3 musiques ça passe

Na, this is too busy. I like some EDM, but the few tracks I listened to didn't do it for me.

2 stars. Dance felt familiar. Cool sound. Stress was too much going on

I'm almost 50 years old. I don't like to be annoyed when listening to music - I like to enjoy it. Therefore, this isn't an album for me, with all the beeps, boops, buzzing, music cutting in and out, and drilling(!?) This is music that should only be played in a TV show/movie while a group of edgy computer hackers are taking out some evil corporation. However, I did enjoy D.A.N.C.E a bit, but it was an anomaly. Also, dumb album cover and doesn't match the music contained within.

Hard to listen

eh

the ESTABLISHMENT hated JESUS for his ideas, and put him on the CROSS. the ESTABLISHMENT hated ME for thinking this album is lame, and they will put me on the CROSS. History repeats itself, and so does this album because every track feels the same.

D.A.N.C.E. is great, one minute to midnight is good, and the rest is borderline unlistenable.

Starting at \"This Party\" I listened for a minute or two and ended up skipping the rest. The first half is tolerable. But I hate electronica.

frustratingly french. D.A.N.C.E. remains a classic

Not really my thing, but produced fairly well

The party sucks. There were fun moments but then the AOL dialup sounds never made me happy

First 2 songs were good, rest of the album sounded liked Daft Punk but shitter

monotonous, nothing on it is groundbreaking or stands out enough to put it in rotation.

I'm not into electronic music so... it has some good vibes, but it's not for me.

A fine dance album. Its' place on this list is questionable though as I cant find anything particularly revelatory or big influences other than D.A.N.C.E.

there were some bright spots but they were few and far between. a lot of songs that i really had to force myself to listen through

D.A.N.C.E. Carries this album further than it should.

Not a fan, felt like it went on forever. Too much noise not enough direction. Only had a few moments that were enjoyable to me

I liked the clear production of the album but musically it was very repetitive overall. The sound of the whole album reminded me of Daft Punk here and there though in a less exciting way. It wasn't completely unlistenable, just a record that I couldn't get into it because it felt so samey.

I already knew of Genesis so it's a great start to an album. I also recognise D.A.N.C.E which was a nice surprise. The rest of the album was a bit average though. Not sure I will bother to listen to the whole album again

I'm really disappointed: I got this album and new a really good song from it (D.A.N.C.E) and thought maybe the whole album would be similar, spoiler it wasn't. I just found it so incredibly underwhelming and honestly a massive let down with most of the tracks here just seeming like mindless sounds to fill time.

No totally my jam

Maximal ecstasy in the last years und a free and prosper western world. Like the after hour of the decade. Pressing, hedonistic anything else but subtle. Aged like a Young, simple wine being drunk too late. 2.3

Electronica not my thing

This is stressing me out and I don't love that

Meh. Supposed to be disco influenced, but completely uninteresting.

about as good as house gets… so not very

Some of the tracks with vocals provided more interest, but I was less convinced by the purely instrumental tracks, on the whole.

Electronic music, not my thing

Not the biggest fan of EDM

Not for me

Why is this on this list. Did not need to hear this

To be frank this album bored me. Most of it was just fine with some being a little bit worse than others but nothing on this album was above a 6 for me. It had good ideas but it got lost in all of the synth sometimes which got repetitive after a while. The beats I can say were pretty nice for the most part but overall it was just a pretty boring experience of not so dancey dance songs.

Oh. EDM. Not my thing. They don't sing. Just go bling.

Not bad as background music, but if that's the best one can say does it really belong on this list?

I don't really like the synths on the album

It’s a dance album, keeps you moving but nothing to insane going on

Fav songs: - The Party - DVNO

I can appreciate the effort here - didn't do it for me though

Listened Before? N Meh, it was okay. Doesn't really fit my style. Not big on dance/electronic music, and I don't particularly enjoy instrumental stuff. It does have some redeeming qualities but I doubt I'd listen again. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: D.A.N.C.E.

I truly do believe there is no such thing as "not my genre", only music that isn't to the listener's taste. This is definitely a good example of that for me. I get how this album may have influenced some modern electronic music that I do like, but this.. well... Not my cup of tea.

Yeah not digging this one. The biggest hit D.A.N.C.E. sounds like the Wiggles on ecstasy or something. The rest of it sounded like 8-bit sound clips mixed on a Radio Shack Tandy 1000.

Simply not a fan of electronica

4/10 idk why this was super hard for me to get through. Rather repetitive and I didn’t like the vocals at all.

3/10. Started out okay, and then I got to a track with vocals and it got worse, and then everything just started to go on too long and feel miserable to listen to.

Ok. Not my thing.

Fine, noughties-y funky housey something or other. Think basement jazz and daft punk. People went wild for that sort of sound but it washed over me a little bit. The album art is Sarah Lucas, who is excellent, and that's the highlight. If I recall, she did tlher crosses based on the crucifixion of Sebastian Horsley who was a very interesting man. Massive fan of top hats, heroin and sex workers. Basically, this album refers to more interesting stories happening elsewhere.

Прослушано! Типичная электроньщина, не моё.

Not great, but one or two songs I didn't mind.

Hmmmm....felt contrived and lacked something important...

Very.... electronic. OK.

Works well enough in the gym and, one supposes, at the club, though you'd really have to ask the kids. Besides the pure energy aspect, this, like most dance music, gets repetitive to the point of tedium awfully quickly and, thus, falls well short of one's minimal requirements for worthwhile listening. Perhaps there's craft one might notice if one knew more about the subtleties of the genre, but any sense of artistic merit is nowhere to be found and further study seems a non-productive exercise given that one's time is finite and one is, as the book title reminds us, going to die some day, which will certainly come to pass before one hears this record again (at least intentionally).

Ok beats.

I liked some of these songs in college. But I really did not like it on repeat listen, and overall as a CD it’s not very good. They’re just way too long on truly unpleasant sounds- songs like “Let There be Light and “Party” are so tremendously unpleasant to listen to. “Dance” is still fun and catchy, but hardly anything else is. There’s two main reasons why I didn’t like it this time. One is the distortion- now I’m a fan of a little distortion. But every track has these massively over-saturated lead lines on it- it sounds like a guitar novice who doesn’t know how to use the amp, and it’s a thoroughly ugly sound. That sound pollutes the entire album- I guess they liked it, but not for me, and like I say, distorted guitar never bothered me. The other is how repetitive it is- it’s dance music, so I guess that goes with the turf, but every song is basically one idea run into the ground, and I like a little more variety.

Honestly, it was fine. Definitely buoyed by a few songs but overall pretty repetitive. If this album came out in 2022, I'd probably have hated it. Cool cover but mostly boring music. Standouts: Genesis, Stress, Waters of Nazareth, One Minute to Midnight

Another electronic album full with loops, random noise and repetitive beats

It's pretty annoying actually. If you're not dancing to this, it is a fairly obnoxious album. I don't have much to say about it. I'm open to electronic music now and then, but not the dance albums. I like some of the mixes here and there, and D.A.N.C.E was alright, but overall - I couldn't really get into it.

I really want to like Justice and should like them, as i love Daft Punk, the Prodigy and other electronic acts. However they just sound like a poor version of the above.

Tämä on sen verran poppia, että minun on vaikea ymmärtää väkivaltaista konesoundia. OK, popmusiikki on parempaa silloin, kun sitä soitetaan kitaroilla kovaa ja paskasti - siis väkivaltaisesti. Sen sijaan konemusiikki on luonteeltaan eksaktia ja suunniteltua tavalla, joka kadottaa illuusion musiikin taustalla olevasta ideasta, koska se hävittää eron idean itsensä ja tämän empiirisen ilmentymän välillä. Jäljelle jää vain empiria, joka, kuten tiedetään, on aina kaukana täydellisyydestä.

det är rätt gött men det blir för mycket av samma sak på nåt vis. man blir uttråkad efter typ 4 låtar.

This tries to be Daft Punk, but, despite what the book says, fails by a long shot. I found the listen tedious. 2/5

Enjoyed D.A.N.C.E - didn't really care for the rest of the album.

Here I thought it was Daft Punk all along.

D.A.N.C.E. is een tof lied. Voor de rest is het helemaal niet mijn muziekstijl, soms had ik moeite om een lied af te luisteren.

Sounds ok but it's EDM, it gets boring.

This album was pretty cool but I'm just not that much of a fan of instrumental music/music without lyrics. That being said, my favorite songs from this album were Genesis and Stress.

Not into EDM

Not bad, but not clear what's significant enough about it to be included here?

D.A.N.C.E is quite catchy and somewhat enjoyable. I remember giving this album a go at the time. I didn't manage to get into it this time around either.

I've never liked this album even though it's a genre I generally love. it's all just a bit too harsh in sound. A very dirty Daft Punk.

I would have so been into this a decade ago when I was regularly going to Burning Man… now a bit more sober and I’m so not feeling this. A

Not bad overall - just not particularly special or interesting. Many of the songs start strongly but then peter out and end badly.

No Justice. Just us.

draft punk

pretty boring, if Daft Punk made a video game soundtrack but not in a good way

Budget Daft Punk.

Interesting, but sounded a little dated already. Lazy comparison, but I'd probably turn to Daft Punk if I was in the mood. A half decent Body Pump fitness soundtrack.

Very cool and clear production, but overall I didn't enjoy the song structures, and at times the instruments were downright grating. 'The Party' is the only sing I enjoyed all the way through.

Couldn't get into it.

Ok, a bit reliant on noisy synths. There are better albums of this style (daftpunk obviously)

I listened to this blind; I'd never heard of it and knew nothing about it. The album started interestingly and I was somewhat intrigued, but have a few tracks it was all starting to sound very similar all the way through. Possibly the result of using such small snippets of samples (yes, I went to the Wiki page) within a very limited musical palette and with only a few musical ideas. It would be fine to dance to a couple of tracks on a night out, but I'd soon want something else.

2 1/2

putas tetas porno

Música un tanto tecno y pop. Sin mucho alarde. Demasiado instrumental. Le han faltado muchas cosas. Se me hace muy plano. Desconocidos en su totalidad

There are a few great tracks on this album, these tend towards the vocal tracks and less the instrumental tracks. The album seems to have a loose running instrumental motif running throughout which ties it together, but also has the added effect of making it feel long and drawn out. With only a few stand out tracks, the album tends to feel a bit samey. Not terrible, but not great!

Indie kids in clubs. What a time it was. Thank fuck for the lack of smart phones. Other than D.A.N.C.E. this album is a bit of a mess, i shouldn't be surprised by that but i remember how fucking big they were for about a year. I don't remember the album from first time round but i definitely went to some nights where justice were on, don't really remember them either but that is clearly for other reasons.

Like shit Daft Punk

Dance music is definitely not my thing, but this wasn't terrible; it starts fun, upbeat and tuneful, sort of predicting Daft Punk. But then it begins to illustrate several of the universal laws of dance music. 1. It doesn't work outside of a club (with possible exception of gym). 2. It doesn’t sound right at any time of day other than late night. 3. Listening sober is no good. 4. It began to grate the longer it went on. 5. The more vocals the worse the track. 6. Darker tracks read as failed attempts to be taken seriously. 6. The sound ages poorly (in this case the drum machine and synths), starting almost immediately, because of the overreliance on tech. 2.2 at best, even grading on the dance music curve.

Cross by Justice (2007) Most of this album is ‘instrumental’, if the meaning of that term is stretched to include electronic/synth/mechanical beats and elaborate sampling. Very elaborate sampling. The sound is cool, despite the proliferation of ‘clipping’ of samples, resulting In very little resonance in the overall sound. Three of the twelve tracks (“D.A.N.C.E.”, “The Party”, and “DVNO”) are actually ‘songs’, meaning that they include (maudlin) melody and (limp) lyrics, although even here, melody and lyrics take a backseat to the beats and samples. The greatest weaknesses here are the unrelenting repetitions and lack of development and dynamic variation. All the dynamism is in microseconds. 2/5

Daft Punk's brattier younger brother. DANCE is great, not really a fan of the rest of the album. Step away from the compression, kids. Every beat doesn't need to hurt.

This is a very hard album to rank. As far as EDM goes, I liked this album more than others I have received so far, but there were some issues that I couldn't overlook that ended up bringing it down quite a bit for me. On the positive side of things, 'Cross' was not boring or generic in the slightest. It didn't seem to heavily rely on samples which I personally feel can be a detriment on a lot of these well-regarded electronic albums (while it takes talent to recognize/manipulate good samples, it is not as impressive in my eyes as original creations). I loved the original melodies and instrumentation present on this record. It had a great bit of variety featuring funky bass, Supertramp-like electric organ ('Valentine'), and old-timey piano ('Stress') that helped make it something unique. Most of the songs did not feature vocals at all which allowed for the music to stand on its own. With that being said, this brings me to the two major negatives I found on this album. The first (and not as big a deal) is when vocals actually show up, they are either weak ('DVNO') or downright awful ('The Party'). The latter featured a singer that I would describe as a bootleg Ke$ha which is a description I hate to give to anyone. The second issue and what mainly brought this album down for me was ironically the synths. The electronic noises on this record were terribly loud and super distorted. Maybe it was just my earbuds, but there were moments where it made some songs almost unlistenable, and even if the ones where they were a bit more subdued, it would still take me out of the experience a bit. If the synths were more clean or incorporated more into the production, this would probably be my favorite electronic music album outside of some of Daft Punk's work, but I don't think I will be coming back to this one due to how it is intended to sound. I think EDM fans should give this one a listen, but I can't give it the recommendation that I wish I could give it. 2.5/5. , but some of the synths are terribly loud and distorted that takes me out of it a bit. The Party is one exception where vocals are present (second half of the album has more vocals DVNO), and it is pretty bad. Reminds me of a bootleg Ke$ha (if that's even possible).

This isn't really my thing, but some of the songs (like D.A.N.C.E) were good. That one in particular was a dedication to MJ, which I love to see (and has references to some of his songs).

Not my thing.

I started out sort of liking this one, thinking of it as a 3.5 star album. But it got significantly worse during the second half. The Party was pretty bad and Stress was so annoying that I had to skip it to remain sane.

I was excited to listen to this album because I’ve seen it for years and how good it was. Disappointed - a few standout songs, but majority are just repeating noise.

Didn't love it. I liked D.A.N.C.E., but it got really old fast. All of it just sort of blends together.

inte alls like bra som jag kom ihåg det? allt lät samma och ja mm besviken

In the late 90’s I was into The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and Fatboy Slim quite a bit. This seems like a second tier act to them. The Party song is woeful and some of the samples actually pull you out of the song rather than add to it.

## General notes: Maybe it was ground breaking at the time, but I found it uninspired and ultimately boring. REALLY reminiscent of early Daft Punk while not bringing anything fresh or unique to the mix. Not for me. ## Song by song **Genesis:** Glitchy house, not an interesting progression, but nice sound. Some Daft Punk influences. **Let There Be Light:** Vintage drum machines, more glitchy sounds. A sense of theatrics. Really interesting distorted bassline. Nice electric piano coda. String machines and airy synths, Opens up the range a little of what was shaping as a kind of boring record so far. Ends in interesting cacophony. **D.A.N.C.E.:** Wait. What if I made the beggining of the song like I'm tunning on a radio? What? That's already been done? A thousand times? Nevermind, lets do it again! Kind of interesting house/disco sounds but also kind of boring ultimately. **Newjack**: More of the same really, this is not getting better. Dropped the album ultimately, I'll listen to something else

De singles zijn duidelijk een heel stuk toegankelijker dan de rest van het album, die duidelijk niet mijn smaak was

This comes across as a less-inspired knock-off of Daft Punk. I get it, Daft Punk doesn't own or didn't pioneer the genre but this record sounds derivative of that style and falls flat. I see this was released in 2007, so they had 10+ years of evolution in the style to add some innovation but they had nothing to offer.

It's...eh. I don't really like this kind of music. Overall, I think the album starts off okay and then kinda drags. I'd definitely say it's a little too long. Could have been worse, but I wouldn't say that I needed to hear it before I died.

hmm

October 6, 2021 Not what I was expecting. Meh.

Not keen, funny how dated it sounds

Cross may be goofy, cheesy, and often tasteless, but it isn't completely boring either. Whether it's the chopped and screwed antics borrowed from Aphex Twin for more populist purposes on Let There Be Light or the disco thump and girlish vocals of D.A.N.C.E., there's often something to surprise, amuse, or hold one's interest. One thing I should mention--with the exception of the vocals, easily 90% of the music on Cross is composed on laptops from samples. That these samples come overwhelmingly from house, 80s R&B and techno goes a long toward explaining how texturally ugly and cartoonish Cross is. This is offset by the high level of detail in the arrangements. Cross may not be IDM, but it's not blazingly obvious and stupid either, which is more than I can say for most dance music. And if you can stomach the sound world, you might even describe Cross as fun. Sure, that's a low bar, but Justice just clears it, so I'll hold my nose and give Cross 2.5/5.Okay, I wrote the previous paragraph just a few songs into the album. Unfortunately, Cross gets more conventional and less daring as it goes along.

Not my style

Eh. Like a way less compelling Deadmau5. I could live with never hearing this again.

Proto dubstep, nice enough but not bucket list material. Might come back to this for woodshedding at work

First Listen. First few times I heard this, I didn't like it at all, now it is growing on me. Enjoyable. 2/5.

Quan van aparèixer van ser força reivindicats, amb la portada tan xocant i temes tan increïbles com la inicial 'Genesis' o singles imbatibles com 'D.A.N.C.E.' o 'We Are Your Friends' amb Simian Mobile Disco, que no és aquí. El disc, però, acaba sent força ratllant, house 'machacón' que té més de tortura que de revolucionari

Habiendo casi justo pasado por LCD Soundsystem y yo defendiendo a la música electrónica nos toca un gran ejemplo de esa masa amorfa hipster pero ahora, en mi opinión, de ese lado más grande en el que no hay mucho contenido real. Es cierto, técnicamente el disco puede ser impresionante, la cantidad de microsamples y el trabajo minucioso de armar algo así puede ser admirable, el problema es que el resultado se siente totalmente forzado y sin un núcleo real. Letras que a nadie le van ni le vienen, un sonido muy elaborado, cuidado pero que al menos a mí no me expresa nada, levantando el sonido de Daft Punk casi en plantilla y complicándolo por el simple hecho de querer sonar elaborado y "experimental." Para mi gusto no funciona y le doy las dos estrellas solo por la labor técnica que sí demuestra. Me gusta la música electrónica, me gusta la música experimental... este proyecto se me hace vacío y un disco de 48 minutos se me hizo de hora y media.

Pretty musical for this type of music. Long-winded sometimes. Not really my style.

Genesis and 'let there be light' did nothing for me. D.A.N.C.E. is a bit more fun with the 'choir' thing / little girl voice thing going on. Its catchy. Newjack is just annoying. Phantom is better: at least it has a bit of tune on top of the heavy beats. Pt2 has a fairly arbitrary organ-like stuff on top, which doesn't particularly help : doesn't go as well with the beats. Valentine passed me by a bit Tthhee Parrtty has a fun cheeky voice-over thing going on - from let get this part started. Bit of bounce to it. DVNO - ok Stress- quite like the 'rough' scratchy thing Waters of Nazareth - uggh. bit too 'hard house'-y for me One minute to midnight - quite liked this - a bit more sci-fi digi-pop going on!

Album didn't do much for me. A couple times I said "yeah this is cool" but just as many times I said "pretty annoying". Don't foresee a second listen for this. 2.5 🌟

Electronic music is not my taste.

Zo, dat zit erop. Ik vond het een lijdensweg, dus wat dat betreft prima voor een paasochtend. Hoge energiedichtheid, heb je geen heel album van nodig. Ik vraag me af wat een goed moment zou zijn om dit album te beluisteren en meer te kunnen appreciëren. Ik vermoed tijdens een autorit op snelheid terugkomend van een concert in Amsterdam, rond middernacht, maar ik heb geen auto. En de keer dat ik meereed stond er file.

Certainly not a first thing in the morning album, but I quite enjoyed it. Perhaps more as driving music for a long journey.

Het stof ligt weer mooi herverdeeld in de woonkamer. Toch: meer 'mjah' dan 'critically acclaim'. Wel leuk om nu te weten uit welk nest D.A.N.C.E. komt.

Elektronisch. Kein Zugang. Nicht auffallend schlimm

Weird but not in a good way

not for me!

Okay to listen to if I didn't pay too much attention. Got better as it progressed.

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Des musiques que j'aime bien mais angoissant dans l'ensemble

I bought the album at the time......didn't play it much.....my opinion hasn't changed

2/5

An unholy, noisy mess. Daft Punk did it better. I gave it 1.5 stars but rounded it up because its a nice sunny day today.

meh, just couldn't get into this. im not an electronica fan.

Bueno, electrónica...

mediocre, dated

nao gosto de eletrônica dsclp

Not entirely sure what that was, but i don't think I'm a fan!

Alright.

I respect it, but I am not a fan of EDM.

D.A.N.C.E was great , otherwise too glitchy

5/10, average. Some good tracks, but doesn't stand out from particular era of electronic music

Huh, the Gary Numan album was better. Nothing that was really catchy or made me want to hear more.

VOY A DECIR LO MISMO QUE CON THE KILLERS, LA SELECCION DE ALBUM POST 2000 ES UNA RE PORONGA Y ESTO SOLO LO DISFRUTA UN MILLENIAL CON BARBA Y UN LOCAL DE HAMBURGUESAS 3/10

I've never really got the appeal of electronic music. I get that there is a huge market for it but I am certainly not one of those people. Especially these days literally anyone who has a laptop and a cheap software bundle can make this. You don't have to know any music theory, how to play any instruments, be able to keep a beat, etc. It's all done for you. Kind of like AI artwork - literally anyone can produce a painting that looks like (insert your favorite artist here). And electronic music just sounds so fake. I wonder why we don't judge electronically created music like we do AI artwork. Maybe that's not a direct comparison as I know that there is a lot of derision for AI music, and rightly so. Comparing it to digital artwork is not really the same either - a digital artist still has to be able to draw to some degree, know anatomy and color theory, composition, etc. But electronic music like this can be created without any prior knowledge of music as long as you have the right software. I don't know, maybe that's the 'get off my lawn' part of me coming out. But regardless, this album is repetitive, grating, and plastic. It's the music that would have been played during a chase scene in a shitty early 2000s futuristic sci fi movie. I hate this kind of artificial music that these days is mass produced and indistinguishable from the rest. 1/5

demasiado robótico para mi gusto, de hecho me parecieron una peor que la otra las canciones. solo zafa el tema más conocido. capaz por ser una gorda daft punk la vara esté muy alta…

Not on my future list. Nothing on the album flowed and I will not listen to it again.

I don’t get this stuff. Big nope.

Oh joy another EDM album on the list…

It's not my style. I hate electronic music.

In French we’d say ‘Oui? Non!’ In Australia we’d say ‘'yeah. Nah.’ 1 star especially as we have to wait the whole weekend to flush this turd.

Nie je to nič pre mňa. Mám rád veľa elektronických vecí, ale toto ma nechytilo. Nič, čo by som potreboval opakovane počúvať. Tým pádom 1.

Meh

This album is electronic disco. I don't get this at all. It seems amateur with the cheesy (in a bad way) synth sounds and simple production. The songs with singers are slightly better.

I've been on this planet for 60+ years, and heard a lot of electronic and dance music. Most of it has been enjoyable, with Kraftwerk (for example) having earned a permanent place in my play lists. This album, however, is one of the worst I've ever heard. Truly abysmal.

Annoyingly tedious. Someone pressed the Demo button on a Casiotone.

2/10

Näää, damit kann ich nix anfangen

YGBFKM! Enough of the weird electronica crap. 1.

2 minutes in and this shit is going to be painful. On the second song now and it's somehow worse. This shit is absolutely terrible. It's not even interesting like Duck Stab. Honestly, this is making me want to increase Duck Stabs rating. Fuck this album. This is borderline not music.

i remember the hype when this came out, and listening and it just wasn't for me. let's see if time has done it any favors. update: nope, still not for me.

I'm not sure I would've described other albums on this list as painful, but this one is pretty close. When it calms down the melodies aren't completely awful, but that's damning with faint praise An assault on the senses with little to no redeeming qualities: not one of my favourite geometry dash levels

I can get with some EDM but this is just grating. Terrible

1.1/5 Not a style of music I really enjoy. If I was at a dance club I'd probably like it but not just to listen too.

Oh I do not like. Fav song is ‘THHEE PPAARRTTYY’.

DNF

This isn't Monster Magnet at all.

This was very bad. It’s better than that Mariah Carey bullshit but not enough to get over a 1.

Quite the penitential experience

French electronic music duo are 4 words that shouldn’t be combined. Dreadful

auditory hell. sounds like a group of kindergartners playing around with a synthesizer. there are many many better techno, dance, electric musicians than this. Avoid at all costs.

No for me, just churning, obnoxious noise. Far better examples of influential electronica out there.

Day821 - i want to find the guy who listened to this and decided i need to also hear it

29/03/2026 1. genesis - very dramatic... electronic? not really my thing, but the bass is nice :) 2. let there be light - like how the tracks fade into one another. 3. d.a.n.c.e - nice bass. again, not my thing! 4. newjack - like the start of it more than the previous tracks... alright as background music i guess? 5. phantom - like the distorted sound, but this just does not appeal to me at all!!!! 6. phantom pt. ii - like the strings. not much else lol. 7. valentine - nothing else to say. 8. tthhee ppaarrttyy - do not like the start... do not like the rest of it either. 9. dvno - like the vocals in this one more.. not mad on the lyrics though.... bit pervy? bass near the end is nice. 10. stress - more interesting sound... very tense! bit long though... gets repetitive after a while. like the kindof harpischord sound near the end. 11. waters of nazareth - nothing else to say again! so happy this is almost over!! 12. one minute to midnight - so glad this is over!!!! was worried this was going to be a metal album from the cover, so was a bit surprised when it was electronic! just not my thing, didn't really enjoy any of it!

A complete waste of time. 1 star or F-.

I was not a fan to be honest.

This was NOT good. I hate this super electronic style. Everything starts to sound the same and fake. I guess some interesting things happened sometimes, but overall this wasn't great. Actual rating 1.5 Liked Songs: "D.A.N.C.E." , "Phantom Pt. II" , "DVNO" , Waters of Nazareth

Something about the production was very unpleasant for me 1.5

Ummmmmmmm

Ugh. Noise. Samples without intent.

Horrible, has Christian looking design and song names, but music sounds like it comes straight from he underworld

i don’t mind EDM but i thought the sound was harsh

It's mostly instrumental with a bit of vocals. Doesn't really land. Best song: TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY

Ta bort den där

No.

this best not be prayer music noooo I really like lyrics boi what there better be some lyrics in this album I don't... like..

Unbearable. 1/10

I enjoyed this more than I would have expected based on how terrible it is. I usually try to give every album a couple listens and this album was only tiresome during the first listen. It was excruciating on the second. However, that was nothing compared to the real pain which arrived when YouTube Music served me up some Justice-adjacent suggestions after it finished.

1 - TERRIBLE

I'm an electronic fan but this is pretty much terrible, exceedingly tough listen at the beginning, starts to redeem itself ever so slightly at Valentine and The Party then gets incredibly cringey and dated with DVNO, then continues to go downhill from there.

Not for me

not my taste, do not listen!!

Repetitive noise

Complete shite

Nearly unlistenable. One of the worst live shows I have ever seen in my life. People pretend to like this, right? Best Song: D.A.N.C.E. Rating: 2.0/10 Stars: 1

it was an abomination. What a racket.

sounds annoying

Nope

Why so much EDM on this list. All sounds exactly the same.

a miserable experience

Not my thing

Not familiar!

Didn't like this. Unable to connect with this

Never heard of them, of course. Click on the link, Apple Music opens, and I see "Electronic." Oh joy. Let's get this over with... First song does not sound terrible, but I see this getting VERY old VERY fast... Second song starts off sounding like someone fucking around with a Casio and then turns into noise that seems intended to annoy someone. I don't think I hate ALL electronic music. I have been to shows at Big Ears that I have enjoyed that would definitely be considered electronic music. But a lot of it annoys me in ways that other genres don't. Like, there's a lot of pop/country/pop-country music that I don't LIKE but I can listen to it in the background and basically ignore it. But a lot of electronic music actively bothers me - I can't ignore it because it aggravates my ears. Much of this album fits that description. (Sort of funny: While I was working with this in the background, part of this album was especially annoying so I clicked on the Apple Music window to see what song it was, and I was relieved to see that it was almost over. The song was called "Phantom." Then I looked to see what the next song was and it was "Phantom, Pt. II" and the annoying noise just kept going into the next track.) Unsurprisingly my favorite track was the first one with lyrics ("The Party.") Reminds me of Lords of Acid. Wikipedia says this track is actually called "TThhEe PPaARRtTYY" aaaaand now I'm annoyed again. Heard another terribly annoying sound later and clicked to see what it was and the track is called "Stress." At least it's an honest title. I now hate this album. I will be so happy when it ends.

Not for me this album.

Noise noise ugh save me

this sucked. it sounded like a bunch of meaningless sounds put together on a computer and it was way too repetitive - didn't/couldn't listen to a full song

Mist! Mist! Mist!

Electronic. Not my jam.

I get music, i love most genres. But if someone has the time to explain to me what this absolute dumpster fire of an album is 1star is generous

Good lord

Difficult to finish each recording.

Some decent moments. Quite some annoying sounds in others. We already had Daft Punk. One hit on this album and it features kids singing, not my thing.

too techno for me

Not in my edition of the book! 2007. 1 star. Tedious and annoying electronic noodling. Sounds like the background music from early video games. WTF is this shit doing on the list?

As we sponsor those who turn the artistic process over to the machines we, collectively, become less and less human. What exactly are we celebrating here? No human performance. Are we celebrating these two's ability to program computers to generate tones? AI can now do that, too. That people have become so desensitized to the difference between human music and robotic sound is tragic. Computers make it all so much easier. No one needs to hone their skills practicing instruments, or playing in school gyms or small local clubs, or listening to other musicians - whether to imitate and learn, or to learn to play within a group. Just sit in the basement and program your Mac. Look at the musicians throughout history. It took years, if not decades, of playing night after night after night to figure out what they sounded like; to bring new forms of beauty into the world. But the clubs where young people could do that are now gone; lost in a vicious cycle driven by our listening choices. What human element is, then, left in the process? In the very near future, the owners of the channels of distribution - Apple, Google (YouTube), and Spotify - will be the only human beings benefitting from the consumption of sonic entertainment. They’ll just program their machines to make it all. We’re almost there already.

No, I don't like listening to seizures

I just couldn’t do it. Maybe another day

This really sounds like you are trying to upset people!!!! It is not pleasant to listen to and is certainly not enjoyable!!!!!

Not my scene

Shit

I had to quit at the 4th track. Started out kind of promising, similar to the Tron Legacy soundtrack by Daft Punk. 4th track went back towards DP's earlier work, where the good stuff was punched in the face over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over (ad nauseum) with noise by people pretending their stuff doesn't sound like shit. And then people lapped that shit up like the good little dogs they are.

yeah, no thanks

"Valentine" had a catchy groove to it that reminded me some of "Jet Set" by The Specials. However, the rest of the tracks, and electronic music like this in general, just doesn't do it for me.

Weird dance music

When I started this project, I promised myself that I'd listen to complete albums. Bad decision. I foolishly thought that the 1001 ALBUMS YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE would actually be good. JUSTICE is not my cup of shit. ⭐ ________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 81 🎧 LPs left to review: 920 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 18 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 20 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 23

Not bad just not a fan of electronic music

I no longer respect the authority of this list. I will continue to participate in the Random 1001 Album Generator but I will no longer refer to it as the albums you should hear before you die. Because it just isn’t. I was in high school when this album came out and when I tell you know one liked or talked about this band or album ever. Like why is this here?!

Why?

No

More dull electronica, why is there so much of it on this list?

Klingt immer gleich und nicht viel anders als Daft Punk.

I’ll be honest – Cross by Justice didn’t do much for me. I went in expecting something exciting, given the hype around it, but it left me cold. While I can appreciate what they were trying to achieve, the album feels more like style over substance, with only a handful of redeeming moments. By the time I reached the end, I was just relieved it was over. I’ll give credit where it’s due: the production is clean and polished. Justice knows how to craft powerful, bass-heavy tracks that fill the room. Songs like “D.A.N.C.E.” stand out with their catchy, danceable rhythm, and the vocal layering is interesting. The duo clearly has a unique style, blending disco, funk, and heavy electronic elements. It’s bold, and I can see why it resonates with some people. The use of textures and distortion adds an edge to the album, which, in theory, should create a thrilling listen. Tracks like “Phantom” do have moments where the layered synths and heavy beats come together effectively. But for me, the negatives far outweigh the positives. The album feels relentlessly chaotic, like it’s constantly trying to overwhelm the listener. Instead of creating an immersive experience, the constant barrage of noise became grating. It’s loud for the sake of being loud, and I found it exhausting rather than exciting. The tracks often lack cohesion. One minute you’re hit with blaring synths, and the next, a funk-inspired breakdown appears out of nowhere. It feels disjointed, as if Justice was throwing ideas at the wall to see what sticks. Songs like “Stress” are aptly named because that’s exactly how they made me feel – stressed out. On top of that, many tracks overstay their welcome. They build up but don’t seem to go anywhere meaningful, leaving me counting down the seconds until the next song. There’s very little breathing room on Cross, and the constant sensory assault became tiring. I found myself just wanting it to end, which is never a good sign. While some might call this style exciting or innovative, for me, it felt like overindulgence at the expense of actual enjoyment. By the time I reached the halfway mark of *Cross*, I was already desperate for it to end. The chaotic, disjointed nature of the album made listening to it feel like a chore. Each track seemed to drag on forever, and instead of getting lost in the music, I found myself constantly checking how much time was left. By the final song, I was just relieved it was over. I never want to hear this album again. It’s the kind of experience that leaves you mentally drained rather than energised. Justice may have crafted something bold and experimental, but for me, it was a relentless, unpleasant slog.

That kind of music just doesn't make any sense to me... 1 star

There’s a part of me that wants to generously round this way up to a 2, because it Sounds Better than all the English dance music from a decade or so earlier. But I’m not sure it deserves it. It sounds better by default, being from Continental Europe, and being made by guys who are playing on a better computer than the ones available in the 90s. Either way, this sucks. It reminds me of all the sorta indie-rock guys I knew discovering cocaine and getting sweaty and annoying. Sounds like shit too.

I'm so bored of this electronic music. Bored Bored Bored

"GOD ONLY KNOWS..." I really liked this, but I have zero tolerance for combining religious symbolism and music without explanation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpgP7xI7i7Y&t=57s

Stil?, 2007 -> 1

Craptronica

Reminds me of the Friends episode where Ross was playing his music. Horrible.

this is so distinctly not for me i’m so sorry ….. what the fuck highlights: n/a (nov 12 2024)

dnf not my vibe

Na. It's kind of ok, but becomes tedious rather 7 quickly. Like short attention span music. Like making a collage out of your mum's magazines in primary school. My son is 12, and in his music lesson they have a digital platform for creating music. This reminds me of his creations. AI will certainly replace these types of musician, for better or worse, and I won't even notice. Picture a star with each point cut from a different magazine. With glitter glue. That's the star this album gets.

very 2007 indeed

My streaming device (Amazon) couldn't find either the album or the artist so I'm putting this down as 'obscure'

This was a rather annoying album

Boring.

this is just boring daft punk. next please.

Same song over and over. One continous song that sounds like its restarting again and again. On different one that I think was the single. These are soundtwck music for fight scenes or raves at movies. Not to sit down and listen. Fail

This was a tough listen. The less said about it the better.

Dance music

hmmmmm nope

Oh great, another Electronic album. no thanks

Nah

Not a fan of this album. It didn't flow nicely, not one song was good the whole way through. There were parts I didn't hate, but that's not ideal.