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It's helping the algorithms. So far.

Well, I couldn't make anything out of this. Sure that there people like this kinda South American vibe, but I'm not one of them.

Didn't connect with this at all.

My Word! I thought this might be a bit different but the song with 184 Million listens on Spotify is some horrendous attempt at humour? Awful.

Comparing this to the White Album is ridiculous. Yeah, the White Album is a mess as well... but it's a *beautiful* mess. My heart goes out to the open-minded, non-Spanish speaking listeners in this generator who were visibly delighted by the mix of genres -- latin or otherwise -- displayed in *Re*. Their heart is in the right place, and sincerely, I hoped I could join their ranks before spinning this one. Yet now that I did spin the record, I have a sneaking suspicion that what ticks those listeners' boxes is mostly related to the way different styles follow one another in *Re*, instead of them taking attention to the actual *substance" of those songs. Because, well, very rare exceptions in the tracklist aside (latin-prog opener "El aparato", the more traditional-sounding "Esa noche" and "Trópico de cáncer"), I found said substance a bit daft and even off-putting at times, to be perfectly candid about it all. I'm not even sure the atonal sections sprinkled throughout those songs are actually done *on purpose*. To me, the "critics" who later praised this (initially badly received) LP are just clueless about what makes music of all kinds sound *good*. Style over substance, as I just said. And apart from those critics, I guess that nostalgia also explains the current reputation of this one. File this into "you had to be there at the time to understand"? To be more specific: the hard rock, ska, alt-rock and industrial ingredients in *Re* now sound so hackneyed, heavy-handed and dated they're just an ordeal to go through. And as far as the latin elements are concerned, I might not be an expert, but I can't see what this LP has that probably dozens of other albums from that cultural area don't have. From what I've seen online, I'm sure that frontman and singer Rubén Albarran is an endearing figure in Mexican music history (plus, he supports Zapatistas, and that can only score an extra half-point in my book!). Unfortunately, I have to say that his nasal, forced vocal performance is grating to the umpteenth degree for me. Rarely have I heard in this list a vocal delivery that sounds so annoying to my ears. Like, just shut up, man... So yeah, sorry to yuck on your yum, gringos, but this one's not for me. I'm all for including Spanish language albums in this user's list, but c'mon, there's got to be better music in that category out there! Sure, you could find Manu Chao and Buena Vista Social Club in the original 1001 albums book... But when you think of the blatant omissions of stellar recordings by Tito Puentes, Rosalía, Lhasa de Sela, Natalia Lafourcade, Carla Morrison or Gustavo Santaolalla in said original list, the inclusion of *Re* in the users-curated one clearly gets on my nerves. Heck, I would even prefer finding a Bad Bunny album here! Those long reggaeton albums of his are bloated as well, but at least, you would have proper bops to listen to. Spent the rest of my afternoon listening to other, more recent Mexican rock bands so as to start to fix the obvious cultural blind spot I have about that country's rock scene. And I gotta say, it didn't take me that long to find gems released by acts such as Little Jesus, Hello Seahorse!, Porter, Los Dynamite, Zoé or Rey Pila. To anyone tempted to praise Café Tacvba, try to check those acts out as well if you have a little time on your hands. Then ask yourself this question: cultural impact aside, are those acts not sounding at least as "good" as Café Tacvba? Or even *better*, actually? It's an open question, you know. More power to you (and the user who suggested this LP) if you consider *Re* a fun listen. But real honesty would also require you to broaden the scope so as to know whether this suggestion actually holds water. Just my final two centavos here... 1/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums. 6/10 for more general purposes: 4.5/5 for the musicianship and production values + 1/5 for the actual artistry + 0.5 bonus point for cultural impact and Rubén apparently being a nice guy. Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ----- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 46 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 57 Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 110 (including this one) --- Hey, Émile. J'ai enfin trouvé le temps de répondre ! Regarde sous la review de *Young, Loud And Snotty* des Dead Boys !

Kinda mediocre alternative rock. Not a fan of the singer's voice either. It sounds like something that would be nominated for a Grammy because it makes white people feel worldly.

Really? Seriously....

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