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Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album
80

* 2000th review *

So this is going to be my 2000th review, about 4,5 years after joining this site and almost exactly 3 years since I wrote my 1000th review. Sadly, I have become busier and busier, especially in 2025, which has caused me to review less music over the years. Nonetheless, I am grateful for the AOTY community and the music that I do get to listen to and review. 2000 reviews is a great milestone, an impressive amount of music.

Anyhow, this Astrud Gilberto album is gorgeous. I ... read more

Recent Reviews

Che - closed captions
74

I've had this on repeat for a few hours and it's just a fun melodic trap record. Beats go hard, rap performances are fun. I enjoy it!

64

It's alright. Starts strong and ends strong, but tracks 2-4 are quite disappointing. Especially track 4, because it's sooo looong. Munni & drugs is a great track though.

bleood - kill or b killd
64

It's cool but Bleood has released more focused projects.

Jasmine Myra - Horizons
78

Horizons is a wonderfully laid-back cool jazz album. Perfect to put on when you're just trying to relax or when you're doing something and want some soothing music on in the background.

bleood - PROTAGONIST
70

A record that's overall a bit less abrasive than his previous work, but still very unique and cool.

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Hi! I'm Joop, a Dutch 20-year-old who loves to listen to and make music.

You can listen to my music here:
https://sofna.bandcamp.com/music

You can rate/review my music here:
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/artist/154253-sofna/

My rating scale:

100= Masterpiece
90= Amazing
80= Great
70= Very Good
60= Good
50= Mediocre
Under 50= Bad

78= High 7
64= Decent 6
50= Low 5

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