Sometimes, I know it's pretty hard to define what "is worth it to be listened to before dying," but determining what is "at least worth it to be listened to without being bored" is pretty straightforward. Despite 2 or 3 songs that are cliche but enjoyable, the rest is awful.
I think I'm a person in trouble (always). After listening to this album, I'm in trouble but also sad and discouraged. Nice voice, though.
It starts promising, although a bit "dad rock". It reaches its peak and then goes downhill to the most generic songs. At the end, some hidden gems appear for a good farewell. Too unstable to be honestly evaluated. It could be a good addition to the original list, since there is a lot of forgettable stuff there, but it will not add so much value to the already long list of classic rock they have.
Is it still a bland country? Yes, but I can't say I didn't enjoy it a bit. It's not enough to be memorable, but I can see qualities on the album.
I'm unsure if the original list was really missing something like that. It's enjoyable but totally forgettable.
I discovered Café Tacvba some time ago while listening to them at NPR Tiny Desk, and I've already enjoyed it a lot, but now, listening to their debut album, I'm officially a fan. Great album of an absolutely great band
I know that there is not exactly a rule for user's submitted albums, but I think they almost all follow the line of "this album is missing on the original 1001 list". When I got this one, it was unavoidable to think: Right, another hidden British 90s rock album was precisely what was missing from a list with hundreds of them.🙄 However, my sarcasm was activated too soon since I enjoyed this album. They have the right amount of 90s energy combined with a pinch of experimentalism that makes it for me. Even after 1089 albums, most of them are British hidden stuff, and there is indeed more stuff to discover.
Despite two good songs, it's totally dispensable.
More than 1 hour of noise split into 3 songs with a silence of many minutes in the last one? The essence of what I wanted and didn't know how to ask!
I'm truly sorry, but it's way too 80s for me.
It's very strange and hard to get, but I did understand really started to enjoy listening to it.
Although not exactly an album and for the sake of what it is as a collection, it's still crucial and nice to know about, even though it's not exactly pleasant to listen to due to the lack of consistency. It's a 3-star collection, but it deserves an extra star for its importance.
This is the type of album I can rate even before finishing the listening session (for the good old punk, but also the repetitiveness). Good and essential ska punk album from 90s.
This kind of album starts pretty annoying and pretentious, but since it stays with us for more than one hour, we ended up almost enjoying it. Almost.
This one was impressive. When it started, I was not expecting to enjoy it so much, but it ended up being a pretty enjoyable experience. Excellent discovery to add to my favs.
Huge potential, weak delivery
This surely should be included in the original 1001 list. It sounds exactly like the stuff the authors' list love (and I liked it :-P).
I can admit that some songs really got me. This was very impressive for a band I had never heard of. However, again, the error of going too far. Although it has enormous potential, it starts to sound too generic after more than 1 hour of listening. Even with a great closing song, it still lay in the valley of the 3-stars
I bet it was awesome to watch it live, but listening to the record is an ok album. It was good to know about Joe Cocker.
The original list and the user's list until now were missing some good ol' 90s hardcore, even better when it's also the prototype of emo-core. The problem here is that it's far from the best produced then. It's a nice album, but it's forgettable despite some novelty.
Just another electronic album for the list. Maybe it's my fault since it's far from the type of music I enjoy listening to, but the only thing I liked here were the samples from old video games.
It's ok at its best. I enjoyed listening to it, but I can surely leave it behind without problems.
I cannot say I love this kind of album, but it's always nice to discover the origins of my everyday "lo-fi girl study and chill" video, so I'll give it 4 stars.
It's enjoyable and very 2000-esque, but nothing much more.
I liked to listen to it, even though I didn't see anything truly remarkable.
It was a matter of time before TOOL appeared here. I have nothing against it, I even know some people who like it, and they (sometimes) are nice people.
It's quite fun when I know that something on the list is highly influential everywhere in music. I can also somehow get it by listening to the album. However, when it reached the end, the only thing I can say still is: "mm..it's ok, nothing great, but fun".
I liked almost everything I know that comes from Childish Gambino, so I for sure enjoyed it. However, despite the amazing variety and clever use of samples and instruments, this is not my favourite.
The author(s) of the book probably followed the list using this site, and finally, they found album No. 1002. It was a nice listening session, but I finished it with the complete feeling that it's an album that should be on the original list, for the good and the bad.
Pretty standard indie rock. It may be a good inclusion to the original list, but far from essential.
Even not exactly the type of music I enjoy every day, it's finally a user suggestion that shows something different and enjoyable in discovering (different and newish, but with strong bolds on some kind of traditional music). This is the type of thing that the original list really sticks to achieving, but fails in a myriad of repetitive, hidden British sea of indie albums. If I need to listen to more British albums, I'd be glad for more of this.
I never thought about an album of samples (basically what it is). The concept is interesting, but the execution is not so enjoyable.