1001 Albums Summary

Enjoyed it all the way through, but nothing stood out in particular. 3/5

Captivating the whole way through. I would say it's a "one-of-a-kind" album, if I hadn't heard its sound elsewhere countless times already. 4/5

First half is extremely enjoyable, the second half fizzes out just a little bit. Overall a classic. Pillar for alternative rock music. 4/5

There's nothing much to say, it's a classic. I remember I had my first cigarette to this album.

I've listened to this loads already and I like it a lot. I don't have anything more to say that hasn't been said before. 5/5

It's good background music for a sunny day.

Nice and cheesy. Reminds me of comedies I used to watch as a kid. So many genres, really cool.

Nice and soothing. Someone of RateYourMusic put it well that it's music for a "cold morning drive".

Amazing music.

Sure, it's good. Not too big on it though.

I remember this one well from high school. It's really-really good, but not something I want to hold on repeat forever. 4/5

I get a little bored around 3-4 songs, but it's good sunset music, especially when driving I would imagine. 3/5

Great. Solid. I understand why it's on the 1001 list, but it's not for me.

I want to pick 2.5 stars, but I guess if I have to choose between 2 or 3, then I'll pick 2. It was okay, but nothing special for me.

Great album. Liked the hits as a child, so biased, but still enjoyed myself now.

Sigh, I don't know. Sounds like Bowie or Eno's music from the same era. Forgettable. I was waiting it for it to end, so it's just background music. It's music that someone else is very excited about and plays it through the aux, but you can't wait for it to end. I sound harsh, but I do generally like this kind of music from this era. I would give it a 1.5, but since I can't pick decimals here, then I'm in favor of going higher, because it is cool for its time and I would always rather be defensive of releases like this as opposed to corporate arena music of any era. 2/5.

"Overcome" was really cool. "Ponderosa" was good. "Black Steel" is unexpected and sort of cheesy, kind of sounds like mid-2000's 3D Sonic the Hedgehog music, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. "Hell Is Round The Corner" samples Portishead and that feels weird to me. Maybe it's because both the sample and Tricky's song with the sample were released very close to each other and are both generally categorized as important trip hop albums. It's not like there are rules to sampling, but sampling trip hop in trip hop feels counter-intuitive. (I don't know, maybe) I'm crazy and nitpicking. "Pumpkin" and "Aftermath" – smoky bar music, nice atmosphere. So far the instrumentation lies on a little bed of cracks and crisps, which I really enjoy, Maxinquaye isn't lo-fi, but the artefacts, the cloudy texture adds great character to Maxinquaye. From "Abbaon Fat Tracks" to "You Don't" the record is nice trip hop music, but nothing to write home about. I find "Strugglin'" to be another noteworthy peak on the album. In my opinion there were a few songs too many in the second half of the album and could've have been cut from the whole. It's an okay record, but overall emotions are something between neutral and bored. 2/5.

3/5