Reviews (page 6 of 7)
I see where Nick Cave was coming from. All bit too 'rocking' for me. Some lethal moments e.g. the intro to Faith Healer. But that's quickly ruined by hard rock guitar and sexy 70s guy yelling. Real edgy in 73
Horny guy in the 70's makes album. Good music. Too bad there's vocals.
Kinda zeppeliny
4-5/10.
Nothing special. To listen to once and to forget just after.
I didn't like this. I wanted to like it, but it was annoying. Almost good, but actually bad.
ain't nothing like a gang bang apparently.....
Well, I really liked it until he started singing - and about his Swampsnake, no less. That pattern pretty much followed for each song. There's a fine line between Alex Harvey and Bon Scott, and it might be nitpicking, but the tongue-in-cheek wink-wink aspect of Bon was miles above this 40-IQ nonsense. Shame, because the music is really adventurous - the vocals and lyrics alone shot this down from what would have been a likely 4 - sensational work Alex! 5/10 2 stars
Huh?
Just came up short for me.
Campy. That’s the most positive thing I can say about this one. Not a fan.
Really disliked his vocal delivery and the content of the songs is pretty dubious. Some of it sounded not too bad musically. Low two - pretty close to a one.
Next... is a strange little beast of a record—part glam rock, part pub theatre, part fever dream cabaret—and while that might sound like a recipe for something exciting, it mostly left me scratching my head. Alex Harvey certainly has charisma, and the band is tight, but the whole thing leans so hard into its theatrical weirdness that it often forgets to be enjoyable. The title track, a cover of a Jacques Brel song, is impressively dramatic but also borders on exhausting. Elsewhere, songs like Swampsnake and The Faith Healer have a bit more punch, but they get lost in the album’s overall lack of direction. There’s a certain cult charm to it, and I can see how this might have hit differently in a live setting with Harvey strutting around like a rock 'n' roll pirate. But as a listening experience? It’s inconsistent, occasionally grating, and feels more like a quirky stage show than a great rock album. A couple of fun moments here and there, but ultimately, Next... is more odd than essential.
Not a big fan of glam rock. Some solid guitar tho. Standout song: The last of the teenage idols
Ummm…no. Was this accidentally put on this list? Gang Bang - 🤮. I can see how they may have been the first to do some raunchy, theatrical shit, but yeah, I must have had to live then to see its influence or impact.
Strange combination of rock with horns and goofy vocals with laughable lyrics. Every song is too long and repetitive.
2.5
Nothing to say on this one. Just garden variety 70s rock
Я не понял этот альбом. 7 абсолютно непохожих друг на друга песен в размытом в плане жанра исполнении, в котором присутствуют и духовые, и губная гармошка, и гитарные запилы, и орущий вокал, и певучий вокал, и много чего еще. У большинства групп, присутствующих в этом списке, такой набор инструментов, навыков и энергии выдает шедевры и концепцию альбома, здесь же ни первого, ни второго нет. Возможно, отдельно взятые песни смогут попасть хоть в какой-нибудь плейлист, но мне даже сложно выделить запоминающиеся песни. Проходные 1,5/5 (2/5), и дайте мне уже next альбом🙏.
Now this is rock and roll kid
It was just kinda there.
Nah. I didn’t have to listen to this. It’s not terrible but I didn’t like it.
Eh. 2
Not sure how I feel about the fact that I'm now extremely into a song with the chorus "Ain't nothin' like a gang bang / To blow away the blues," but life goes on
Aint nothing but a gang bang is NOT the vibe for this morning >:(
Bitvis rätt bra men helheten lämnade inget starkt intryck på mig förutom att gitarristen var bra och det kändes lite sliskigt som typ Motley Crue. 2 av 5.
Could grow on me after a few listens
Meh
Well, this was both fun and disturbing. Some of it was pretty interesting, but I don't think I'll be going back to it too much.
Some freaky stuff going on here... 4/10
Ikke lige mig. Noget havde potentiale men lidt for 70’er guitar rock. Sangen next kan noget
When it started, I thought it was a joke, another irrelevant album from someone who maybe had some importance in musical history. During the listening session, I changed my mind a bit due to 1 or 2 songs that caught my attention, but with no power to avoid thinking it's still mediocre. It can be enjoyable, but not enough to be part of a list of essential albums.
I think for a song called gang bang and also the use of the f slur, we're gonna have to dock this one down to a 2. but must say there were two killer tunes on there with the rest of the cheesy fillers
This was, if not sensational, quite fun. It's very glam, could almost be a filthy musical soundtrack. The vocals are a bit off, and the lyrics definitely are! Don't think I'll return, almost a 3 but not quite. 2/5.
Yikes. Songs were too long and a little too theatrical. Some good musicianship but I wasn't impressed overall.
Basic bluesy rock that never really gets cooking. And that’s when it’s at its best. Experimental parts just aren’t good. Vocals and lyrics really kill this for me.
Subtle this is not. Wasn't a huge fan.
Oh, jazzy and delightful, I like it. The sound brings back some 70s nostalgia; the vocal is...well...singing. Glam rock. Sounds Queen-ish, sounds from Rocky Horror Picture Show, but I guess that's just how every glam rock in the 70s sounds like. I don't mean to compare bands with bands, but you have to admit that not everyone can sing like Freddie. I can enjoy it, but I don't see why it's on the top 1001. It's like a 2-2.5/5 album to me. Also, the lyrics are boring; you have to be musically as good as Led Zeppelin to get away with those lyrics, sir.
Conventional 70's blues rock entry here. Fun for about 6min
thank u, NEXT.......2 stars because the music was good - I like glam rock - otherwise it would be a 1. His singing style really put me off the whole thing, and the lyrics were sometimes downright horrifying. (The part about the woman smiling through the tears on Gang Bang in particular.) I saw a review that said the point is to feel uncomfortable and icky - okay, I do. To what end though? This was a tough listen.
This is a weird album... Why in the world is it on this list? Definitely gives of Rocky Horror vibes.
Pretty varied sounds on this album. Unfortunately all of them are noisy objectionable glam rock.
Weird rock opera
Gang bang is an interesting listen when your 14 year old daughter is in the back seat...
I'm starting to think that I enjoy Glam Rock a great deal less than I had previously thought. My prior experience with this band has been limited to hearing "Faith Healer" on late-night Classic Rock radio. Clearly, it was played when the DJ needed to use the restroom, smoke a cigarette, and make a phone call. The rest of it was typically bombastic and overly sexual. In an era where similar bands were a dime a dozen, this album sits well below the powerhouses that led the genre.
I did not really enjoy this at all.
2 for the music only
Just like many other movements scratch below the surface of A-listers (Bolan, Bowie, Ferry) and glam has some ordinary stuff that has not aged well. SAHB being one. I've tried with him, but never works.
Sensational is an apt word. By definition something need not be quality to be sensational. In fact, there may well be some facet of the presentation that provokes interest that is in direct contradiction of the standards and norms of the day for what is good. This is lusty, stompy, mid-tempo bog rock that's about to embarrass itself like someone's dirty uncle. Trying a bit too hard to be confrontational in its heaving sleaze on a number of tracks. Its shock value and cultural significance worn nearly all away while remaining deeply cringe. These glam, proto-punk songs are like a tarnished belt buckle with a sculpted pin-up girl plate removed from its leather and thrown away in a drawer because it belonged to some soon-to-be incarcerated, renegade relative. Maybe every once and a while you open the drawer, shuffle the contents around and the buckle peeks out at you—still lewd and begging to be recycled, melted down and reforged. The impulse to shock an audience still exists, it is one of the great impulses, but it has to be remade with the times.
I think the “sensational” in The Sensational Alex Harvey Band does a lot of heavy lifting. This was just diet AC/DC, as they sing sleazy songs, usually about sex, as they push the envelope on what they could get away with. But while AC/DC can make their songs work, the same cannot be said for Alex Harvey. Their songs just come off as stupid. The lyrics are really dumb, and the vocals can get very annoying. I almost felt like I could get behind a song or two (especially between The Faith Healer and Vambo Marble Eye), but it never happens. It’s a 35-minute album that feels like an eternity, which is not an easy feat. Favorite track: The Faith Healer, I guess Other hits: parts of Vambo Marble Eye and Gang Bang
Not really my cup of tea but The Faith Healer stood out a mile against the rest, such a brilliant, weird almost experimental track, loved the pulsing synth bass and the drums teasing but never quite kicking in. Wish they’d have done more in this vein.
I generally like the punk influencers. Not this one.
Almost turned it off during Gang Bang but was determined to see if there was anything on here worthy of making this album notable. There wasn’t.
Didn't connect with this at all.
This was a very weird album. I couldn't tell if it was a joke album, or serious, or what it was. That said, there was some very interesting things here and I was surprised that I didn't want to turn it off more. But it's not going to get listened to again most likely. It was recorded very well, too.
What is it with records from the 70's trumpeting "fantastic vocalists" and having the strangest vocal inflections? This is getting old fast. Some parts of songs are good, but neeeEEEEXXXT isn't pleasing to listen to. 4/10
Not great. “The Last of the Teenage Idols” was quite bad.
2.5 I see the potential, but cannot get past the lyrics
People will argue that modern music is obsessed with sex and conveniently forget this 1973 album all about the singer’s penis It’s very theatrical and ranges from the hard rock opener Swampsnake to the psychedelic The Faith Healer to an orchestra-backed Jacques Brel cover on the title track. The music is pretty good and Harvey’s vocals are ok if a bit much, but my god the lyrics… nothing more to be said, just listen to track 2 if you feel brave enough
Interesting, but not my thing. Strangely aggressive and at times theatrical, but the feel is off for my taste.
This was a strange album. I enjoyed the music, but was disinterested in the subject matter and lyrics of what they chose to sing about, whether it was a gang bang or "the taste of gonorrhea," I wasn't having any of it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I don't know what the song Next is from, but I've heard it, and it feels like it was featured in a movie scene.
They just casually slide a song in called Gang Bang that starts off with a pretty cool piano then tells the story of some woman banging 27 guys and smiling through the tears. If you liked that one, wait until you get to the song “next”.
Interesting, raunchy, awesome vocals!
Reminded me of Alice Cooper. Didn’t love.
While I normally like when musicians do their own thing, and don't mind sexual themes, this went past fun in the first few songs. After "Giddy Up A Ding Dong" I had to check how long this album was and thankfully only 35 minutes. He couldn't even resist making a song apparently about PTSD after war weirdly sexual. That being said the music itself is not bad at all
Скучно, треки очень длинные.
I hope someone got fired for this band naming blunder. 1.9 stars
More like the average Alex Harvey band
Well, if the lyrics and subject matter were not so objectionable, I really would’ve liked this one. Too bad.
Listened to this on a Tuesday morning, completely sober... yet I now feel piss drunk upon completion. It's overindulgent and in-your-face, that is probably more enjoyable to listen to WHILE piss drunk. There's some interesting songwriting choices being made, and thankfully at 35mins it doesn't overstay its welcome... but that was still grating on the ears in some places.
Glam, protopunk, cabaret. It was ok but not rely my bag.
Gang Bang // Vambo Marble Eye // The Last Of The Teenage Idols 2.5/5
Lyrically horrible. Got a kcik out of some of the songs but wouldn't listen again. Glam rock came and went and no-one should miss it.
Sounds a bit like a rock-n-roll album from the 50s but with a modern touch.
Once again, proof that putting superlatives in your band name is a dumb move. Also, two-color horses are not that strange.
Unremarkable glam.
There were two songs I thought were okay, the one where he kept saying next and the last song. Partly because they were so different than the other generic crap on the album and partly because the last song was the end of a not great album. 3/10
I get it, it's 70s glam rock and part of what comes with it is a showman on the mic. But this was the most gratingly obnoxious frontman I've ever come across.
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Didn’t really do much. Generic swamp rock
Inspiring for everyone with no singing talent watsoever—don't let anyone tell you you can't make music!
glam rock gone wrong??? you think it's gonna be good then it's just not
Intro to the first sing I thought “oh cool I might like this!” By sing three I really didn’t want to hear them anymore. Grating singing voice, nothing all that creative musically.
Exactly what I expected based on cover art, and band name. Not sure I love his vocals, but the music is killer. I love me some blues inspired 70s rock. Definitely heavy on the sex part of the sex, drugs and rock and roll. I was surprised to find out this band was Scottish, and not based out of the southern US. That is, if I hadn't listened to Next. All told, a solid 2/5 effort. Don't get me wrong, I love this genre, but I don't love this album.
I fell asleep at one point, and my brain thought I was listening to the Muppets and I was happy. But alas, this album has no Muppets. 2/5
It's an album devoted to TMI.
Guess it was fairly influential, but didn't really enjoy it that much, was silly but not really in a funny way, more just seemed over the top but not in an appealing way like a Poundland version of Alice Cooper
The 70s were really fucking weird
There ain’t nothing like a what now?
If this was your protopunk I guess that's how you end up sounding like Nick Cave or Robert Smith. Glad others had Iggy Pop instead. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
I thought this would speak to me, it didn’t. Wikipedia references it as being influential in a proto-punk way. Thank god it wasn’t THAT influential.
The title track is horrendous while the 2nd track is abhorrent. While there are a couple of decent tracks I'm not going to listen to this again.
Like a worse T Rex album. Thumbs down
I listened to this while watching Skateboarding at the Olympics, and that was as close to liking it as I was going to get.
Lyrics are quite bad, tunes are quite generic.
- Einige witzige Parts insgesamt aber leider gar nicht meins. - Faith Healer noch der originellste Song. - Hat mich größtenteils gelangweilt 2,5/5
After 11 straight days of 0 to 1 star albums this was a change. I've never heard of Alex Harvey before but I like a couple songs. Those were the ones that sounded as if Ween and Randy Newman made a record. The rest of the album was OK. But enough to make 2 stars.
Knew and loved 'Faith Healer' already, definitely the highlight of an entertaining but inconsistent album. Also heard the ribald 'Next!' but not the even more ribald 'Gangbang'. You can certainly hear the influence on pub rock and AC/DC, and there's flecks of greatness, but a lot of this is silly and frankly irksome. Another one to file in the 'weren't the 70s random' bin.
Lively & fun but meh.
Uhh, those vocals were sleazy af, not in a fun way. I enjoyed the guitars though
I see how Harvey’s bizarro delivery was a big influence on Nick Cave but the style here didn’t excite me and none of the songs were very memorable.
Nothing against Glam Rock (even though I'm not a fan), but this one is just pretentious and lacks the songs to back it up. 2/5
4.5/10
Not great. Never heard of them before.
I just can't do glam rock. This one is admittedly better than most. I don't outright hate it but it also isn't something I'd really ever listen to.
70s glam rock with the cheesiness of Eurovision, but none of it's charm. Not all that sensational, really. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: The Faith Healer Date listened: 28/06/24
Naja.
Bad glam rock, it adds nothing except the idea where ac/DC got their sound
Found this one to be quite boring and uninspired. Not very good. 2/5 Won’t listen again
Really left me wanting more and honestly. This is comparable to the house band a town hires for their annual summer event at the park, except no one knows the songs and mostly just serves as background music while everyone does their thing. 4/10.
Not really a fan of this. The music wasn't bad, but I wasn't a fan of the vocals sometimes and the song writing--mainly the lyrics--was stupid. Vambo Marble Eye was pretty good, but the rest could be forgotten in my opinion. 2/5
🎧Not really my kind of glam
He over-promised.
Never heard of it. Doubt I will hear it again
Ok sounds but geez ive really been wanting softer music lately
Nope, not for me
Für den Faith Healer gibts einen Extrapunkt, ansonsten ist der Rest zu Recht unbekannt.
This one was a little too performativ with the razzle dazzle for my tastes. Not well understood by me and hard to contextualize. Lyrics pretty blech and the instrumentation was banal.
What the heck was going on in Glasgow in the early 1970s? And even before that. It seems the experiences that had a lasting impact on Alex Harvey and informed his later behavior and songwriting started young. He was “just a child” in the story told in “Next?” Well, how old of a child?? And they played that song on the radio in Cleveland in 1974?? But Harvey got no tenderness, instead only a case of gonorrhea, and it’s no wonder that some years later he wrote and sang about the experience paired with another song about a 27-guy “Gang Bang.” Sometimes I don’t really pay attention to the lyrics. Should’ve gone that route here. The group’s over-the-top theatricality may have made a big impact on many musicians in the late-70s, but I’m not sure that is enough to justify this otherwise obscure entry on the list.
At times, I hear AC/DC. Other times, not so much. The two songs about a gang bang and a military wh*re house really threw me off. They were different times but still, not appealing lyrics.
Didn't grab me. In no way bad and I get why this would be influential.
Very forgettable. Ain't nothing like a guy who wants to put his dick everywhere. 2/5.
This is pretty bad
Meh. Very forgettable album mainly focused on his dick. At least it's short.
Not for me...
I really hated the first two tracks. Of the rest, some of the music sounded okay to me, but I wasn't a fan of the vocals at all.
Stopped after track one.
Man this one seems obscure. Yet they really didn’t do anything interesting on this album. Which leads me to think, why is it included on this list? Oh wait, Nick Cave mentioned he liked this album and basically everything Nick Cave ever thought about is included on this list. The music itself isn’t that bad, but the lyrics are so juvenile and shit.
A very interesting mix of influences showing through. Some of it sounds very much like Carmen. Not sure how to react to this album, but at least I could follow along with what was happening and I could actually learn these songs if I wanted. Having a whole run of experimental British albums has been tough, but this is one of the easier ones to digest
Joitain hienoja juttuja, mutta ei ihan mun makuun.
Liked the music, didn’t like the lead vocals or the lyrics.
It’s quite a crass and at the same time, bland album. The glam element pulls you in but then when you realise the songs are about Swampsnakes and Gangbangs - it goes downhill from there. The song ‘next’ comes up and you start thinking it can redeem itself but then you remember it’s a cover. next!
Zelf je band 'Sensational' noemen is natuurlijk vragen om problemen, maar ja, 'The boring Alex Harvey Band' trekt ook geen volle zalen natuurlijk.
The Faith Healer is a banger, the rest of the album is meh
Meh.
Nah, not for me
First songs were okay and got worse
2.5
Not really my thing tbh, it had some alright moments, and it's eclectic enough in sound and energy where I feel like many would find SOMETHING here to love, but overall... It just feels meh to me. Fine to listen to once, not something I'll ever really want to come back to. 2.5
Rating: 5/10 Mixed bag album. On one hand, I really enjoyed the energy and passion of this album, the first two songs were great and a lot of fun to listen to. On the other hand, the singer is incredibly annoying and this album becomes more difficult to listen to as it progresses. This album is definitely best with a faster tempo, the slower tempo songs were not enjoyable to listen to. Favorite songs: Swampsnake, Gang Bang. Worst songs: The Faith Healer, Next.
Started off promising, descended quickly into Rocky Horror Picture Show B sides, never redeemed itself.
Weird.
It's like ACDC without the Rock guitars
Next.
Valitettavasti tässä on korvamatopotentiaalia. Olisipa hänellä vain ollut riittävän hyvä itsetunto, ettei olisi tarvinnut heittää hommaa läskiksi.
Wildly irreverent, theatrical, unhinged musical experience. Not really my style but the instruments and vocals are varied and good. Gang bang and giddy up a ding dong had me shocked and entertained. May not be for you but definitely has a place and assuredly an influence on bands that came after it.
If someone started playing the first track for me and said "this is a new Tim and Eric band" I wouldn't be surprised at all. I love Tim and Eric. I think the mock bands and music that they make are hysterical. I think relating a real band to a fake Tim and Eric band is a bad thing for a real band. The lyrics are weird and the voice tone isn't doing anything for me, and the production has so many phasing issues. Yea I kind of just wanted this to be over with quickly. I don't think it's bad enough for a 1 but do you need to hear this album before you die?
This was weird and I'm glad it was short. Glad to see people trying something unique but this didn't land with me.
"You can call me the soft shoe banana" No thanks Some of the production made me nauseous. I wanted to like this. Some of the instrumentals are pretty good. The vocals turn me away. Sometimes they are kind of fun, but I think I would just ironically listen to it.
There are a few good tunes but sensational ain't the first word that jumps to mind.
Obnoxious singing.
Its okay. Doesnt belong on the list.
Brb. I need a shower.
I don’t like Rocky Horror, I don’t like glam rock, I don’t particularly like this.
Talk about a mixed bag. It wasn’t all bad - “The Faith Healer” was kind of cool, “Last of the Teenage Idols” was kind of fun - but I hated “Gang Bang” so much that it spoiled the rest of it.
I'm not sure what I thought about this at all. It was just all a bit weird and I'm not sure it married as an album. All over the place didn't ressonate with me
1 star except for a good old gangbang taking it to 2
What an eccentric album. There were humorous parts. I have never heard of the band before and was not familiar with any of the songs. It was a short album which helped. I do not see myself listening to this album again.
Really, really wild. Had just heard of Alex Harvey for the first time on a recent podcast. Just super wild and on the strange side of glam. Nothing that I would prefer to come back to though. 2/5
This was kind of just on. Odd really as the first track suggested a rollicking good time album but I kind of got bored fast. Faith Healer stood out because it was so tonally different, but not particularly good or anything. I love Jacques Brel so was looking forward/trepidatious about Next. We also already have the Scott Walker cover. This one wasn't good. It was demented though so kind of funny.
Mishmash of uninterestingness.
Gang Bang and The Faith Healer both gave me some creepy vibes. Actually, most of the album did. Is that on me? Maybe. Giddy Up a Ding Dong (weird weird song title) had my foot tapping.
A mix of blues, hard rock and glam. It sounds like it's trying so hard to be having a good time while actually it's about as exciting as a fish paste sandwich. Best Tracks: The Faith Healer; Giddy Up A Ding Dong; Vambo Marble Eye
Weird mix.
Of-its-time boomer stuff with no other redeeming qualities for me.
i'm actually impressed by how little of a fuck i give about listening to this album. i must done the sum total of a minute of it.
shite
Just a bit of innocent rock and roll with some macabre thrown in for the heck of it. There’s nothing here that’s going to blow your mind, but I doubt you’ll be offended by it. Maybe the band was sensational, never saw them live. I’m sure there’s a story as to why it’s on this list, but I don’t really care to hear it. Next!
The only sensational aspect of this album can be found in the song titles (shout out to “Giddy Up A Ding Dong”).
The cabal who put this book together must think the pinnacle of music is “blues performed by sketchy white guys” because there is a lot of that nonsense on this list. At any given point this album is either dull or obnoxious. The best song on the album, Faith Healer, has been performed better by many others. Enough of this kind of garbage.
p307. 1973. 2 stars Average 70s Brit-rock album from an average Brit rock band with a frontman channelling his inner Tim Curry. They weren't really successful at the time, and this is perfect evidence of why - no real standout tunes, and the usual 70's rock wankage with 7+ minute songs. I suspect this is on the list because of memories of what a good live act they were.
Some songs I liked but overall a poor record
It was jolly enough. A whiff of Sweet at times. And although I know it was a different time, anyone who writes about women so badly should be ashamed. Your misogyny and ignorance is showing, you should cover it up.
Some weird punk music that never got credibility
It's weird, but not really in the way that I like. Couldn't decide if I dislike the singers voice or not, but it did irritate me at points. Didn't expect a cover of Next to be on here, so that's neat. I don't know, I just didn't care about anything happening and I was waiting for it to be over. My favourite part of the album was the last two minutes, and I'm sad that it's stuck in a seven minute track. I guess my favourite song would have to be Next.
Wow, so that was a bit of a rough listen. It's weird because it's rowdy and trashy and a little glammy in a way that should work, but it comes off as rather joyless and not at all fun to listen to. The lyrics, best described as lusty and dumb, don't really help. If this sensibility appeals to you, you're probably better off checking out some early AC/DC. Fave songs: Vambo Marble Eye, Swampsnake
Glam rock never really took off and was only big for a short period of time. This album, I don’t believe added much to the genre. Most of the songs are really forgettable, although the title track has some originality to it as well as some lyrics with actual substance. I also do appreciate the change up in part 3 of “The Last of the Teenage Idols, Pts. 1-3”. Most of the others fade into obscurity with their derivative chords and structuring as well as boring lyrics. Production and instruments can be hit or miss. I can enjoy this album while also realizing that it isn’t very good. 2/5
Ugh.. lag nr tvö eyðilagði þetta alveg. Mjög ósmekklegt. En.. þið vitið. Sjöundi áratugurinn var skítur að því leyti í sumum kreðsum. Þannig að bara... nei.. ekki fyrir mig.
Favourite song: Next
i felt a bit uncomfortable with some of the lyrics but really liked some of the musical ideas but not an awful amount it certainly wasnt sensational
Well that was just weird. I don't know how it made this list, but a couple of the songs were fun I guess.
Impressed by the performances, unimpressed by the content.
God those song titles. Lyrics suck too. Instrumentation is fine and vocally it's a bit annoying but it's a commitment to a bit for sure. Next! Neeext! Neeeeeext!
I'll bet they were quite fun to enjoy live in concert. Didn't love the album. It just didn't really click in for me.
first time listening
It was ok, but very dated. Not sure I’d listen to it again.
You can peel away my skin.
Sensational is subjective.
Bit weird.
Cringe. It should be up my alley because I like camp rock (Rocky Horror?) but this is too tryhard and kinda gross.
5-ish.
En dan jezelf een sensational band noemen, niet mee eens hoor!
Had niet in deze lijst gehoeven, zeker voor uit die tijd met deze muziek
Heeft niet per se een indruk achter gelaten, weet niet zo goed wat ik ervan vind
Dogshit
This album was gross
I think even without having to invoke the f-slur rule, I'd still give this a 1 star. No one at any point needed a song dedicated to a gang bang or losing your virginity in a whorehouse or any of the other things discussed on this album.
What the absolute fuck. Cock Rock at its finest. Go away. 1/5.
Never heard of this before today. And wow. This sucked. Bad British glam blues chock full of idiocy theatre and misogyny. Gross.
it somehow keeps getting worse. meatloaf, queen, and a sprinkle of axl rose in the worst way imaginable
1.5
In my list of "albums that are nothing but the singer talking about his dick" somehow this is worse than The Chronic. Somehow Alex Harvey is both skeezier and has a worse voice than Dr. Dre. Maybe this music was new and groundbreaking in 1973, but in 2026 it has been done to death and is just boring. This is an aggressively bad album.
“Next!!!!” is what I wanted to yell the minute a song about gang bangs started playing. This album is just utter shit.
Not a fan of performance rock but he and his band were very good at it. Still . . . not my interest.
So awful. Wish I could give it a zero
1 keeper in 7 (14%). The whole thing felt like a low budget glam record, which is not nothing. I'd just rather spend my time with more something. 1 star.
My mother always says “A little is funny, a lot is not.” That’s how I feel about this album. It’s funny to maybe have one song that’s a strait laced anthem to your sexual prowess, but when every song is that it gets old quickly. If the point is to include music on the list that is “funny” why not commit to a real comedy music album? This list loves to skirt with genres like comedy and theater, but refuses to acknowledge them as important and instead we get crap like this.
I dont care how influential anyone tells me this is, it blows.
Eihän tätä kuuntele ees kukaan
The music comes across as theatrical; not made or intended to be moving in its own right, but to serve as a vehicle for the lyrics. He seems to believe his lyrics are clever and edgy. They strike me as pretentious and dopey. And his belt, on the cover; it's way too long.
Sensationally sex obsessed. Thus album was not for me. Nor anyone.
wtf even are these lyrics
A song about assaulting a woman is an automatic no from me, dawg.
its to chearful and not our things beat is not good cant vibe ali finds it sus too long songs
Zero stars for containing the song "Gang Bang" alone.
The less said, the better.
Just terrible. Two songs in particular (which I won’t even bother to mention by name) relegated this to 1-star category.
I'm just not a grunge rock intense shouty kind of music gal
Vale Gang bang me gussssta, pero qué disco más raro, no??
This album has some truly awful songs and the singer is so annoying! With a different singer and different songwriter you might have something but this was pretty bad!
Porn for brain dead sketchy guys in the glam scene.
Come on.
I don't know the band. Weird music and I don't like the vocal.
i appreciate the instruments but i really can’t like the songs they’re too long and repetitive for my liking and i get bored easily i also listened to it when i was fall asleep so i never really finished listening but if someone recommends a song from this album i'll definitely give it a try
Trash
Boring, repetitive, simplistic and overly drawn out Rock'n'Roll songs with the most annoying singer I have ever heard in my life. Each and every one of his countless mannerisms makes me want to pour boiling lava into my ears.
Dreadful
This doesn't rise to clever. It's just gross. Musically, Next was okay. Feels like it was cut from Cabaret. Still made me want to vomit. No, really. The performance genuinely caused disgust, and I started heaving over a bite of my breakfast. So, I suppose that performance was effective at least. Would my edgier younger self liked this?
couldnt finish it
Hated this so much. Nothing redeeming about it lyrically or musically. Just absolute crap.
Sensationalist, but not sensational, overcooked glam with some fairly horrific lyrics and few redeeming features other than its relative brevity.
Awful
Ännu ett humorlöst skojband. Den här gången med ett Boogie woogie piano som är rätt ok. Men låtarna är alldeles för långa.
Thanks, I hate it.
Swampsnake - 2.5/5 Gang Bang - 2/5 The Faith Healer - 1./5/5 Giddy Up A Ding Dong - 1/5 Next - 1/5 Vambo Marble Eye - 1/5 The Last Of The Teenage Idols - 1/5
(26/100)
That was like the B Sides to the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack. And without copious amounts of drugs and alcohol and a 11:30pm showing in a 1940s era theater, with live actors - that’s not a compliment.
The lyrics are quite exquisite, like I actually can smell them. Unfortunately the smell was shit. And when it comes to the instrumentals, they were all nothing special, and the voice was not that good either.
Dross, basically. A very bad singer who seems to take great pleasure in singing bad and stupid songs. It starts vaguely acceptably, and then becomes extremely unacceptable.
its whatever
Did not like it.
Gear: ZMF Auteur Classic LTD Shedua Artwork: 🦓␥📛 Production (Remastered 2002): 😐👍🆗 Music: 😳🤢🚿 Rating: 🐓(🐓)/5
This is Glam cock. Goes on about gang bangs and his cock. If he was alive today his hard drive would definitely be getting checked. Whoever decided I need to listen to this shite before I die needs to give their head a wobble
mental
🙄 gimme a break
Some of the worst stuff this list has to offer
What the actual fuck
these guys missed what made Led Zeppelin sexy but decided to try to emulate it anyway. it's like I know Spinal Tap was satire of a bunch of different bands but I could almost believe that this was a similar parody band bc of how indistinguishable it is.
Eh, it wasn't quite my jam. Not bad, just not the right fit.
Raro, incómodo.
I had a hard time getting into this album, there was lots of screaming and weird lyrics. I'm glad it was only 35 minutes long.
This album smells like stale cigarette smoke. It smells like cask ale left to sit in a pint glass for three days. It smells like 3 day old sweat. It smells like a car that hasn't been cleaned in months. It smells like drains. Blues Rock is not for me, especially when it's shuffly and sounds like this. The band is tight and they can play. That's fine. Good drumming. The vocals and the lyrics kill me. Rhyming couplets straight from primary school. Sorry to shite on a Scottish artist but SAHB gives off complete Rangers FC energy and I find that disgusting, quite frankly. To be serious though, it's uncomfortable listening to songs like Gang Bang in 2026. "It was a different time", sure, but if you're gonna write about sex, be smart and don't whack us over the head with it. The whole album has that dark 1970s veil over it - bad things happening behind curtains that shouldn't be happening. There's a reason so many of the 70s TV presenters in the UK ended up in the clink. Then there's the whole theatrical approach to this album, and the band in general. That'll appeal to some. Not to me. The cover of Brel's 'Next' sticks out like a sore thumb on this album. The closing track, 'The Last of the Teenage Idols' has one passage near the end that shows a nice bit of studio trickery and diversity but it's woefully short lived. I can't stand that harlequin-looking MF either. Aye, this album sucks. Makes me uneasy throughout and I am certainly no prude. A complete lack of subtlety which is a shame because musically, the band has, on occasion, some serious chops. Crazy that the longest review I've written is about an album I loathed. Still, that's the point of this exercise, right? At least I listened to the whole thing.
Strange and surprisingly shallow album. Glam rock has never been for me, but this album ranges from meandering and derivative at best, to aimlessly bizarre at worst. At least it wasn't too long
This was fucking stupid. 1
Kan godt høre at den her er britisk (fordi det vel er den eneste grund til at den er på listen?) Lyder lidt som uironisk Spinal Tap, hvilket jo ik nødvendigvis er en dårlig ting, men hele den der tjubidubi 50er-rock ting gør bare at det ikke virker for mig.
Who signed this 36 year asshat?
ungodly terrible. this is some of the most annoying and obnoxious rock i've ever heard in my entire life. never show me this shit ever again omg i hate it
This was a day late for an April fool. 'Gabg Bang' was as bad as I anticipated after reading the tracklist.
Only played it once. Did nothing for me a pretty forgettable album.
Might genuinely be the worst one on the list so far. Why is this even here?
The lyrics were mostly awful, and at times just icky and gross. Maybe I'm supposed to think it's funny, but I guess it doesn't appeal to my particular style of humor. The frontman was a bit over the top in his vocal stylings, too. It's a shame, because some of the music was actually fun and catchy, but literally everything else marred it.
This is prime your coworker has a favorite local band from back in their hometown core. The musical inclination is there but there are (so many) reasons you’ve never heard of them. Swamp snake comes across as a competent blues rock satire;nails the style with terrible lyrics. But then that 5 minute song describing how much he loves gang bangs really conveys this dudes ego but also solidifies this album as ass. Following up that annoying shit was never going to be easy but what if we had a one chord riff with slide whistle over it for 2 and a half minutes and then 5 minutes of the worst Black Sabbath rip off you’ve ever heard after it? It’s an awful, 0/10 song. Giddy up is like if someone tried to write jailhouse rock from memory after hearing it once 30 years ago. There are two key changes in this piece of shit song. What is happening. Next is the first glimpse into the glam rock of it all but in trying to be dramatic he adopts a faux-Jamaican, Sebastian from Little Mermaid accent when he’s trying to be British? I do like some of the over the top theatrics in it though. Marble whatever is ultimately forgettable but fine. The last of the teenage whatever’s is the best song on here but am I insane or did it just randomly hard pan left in the middle and then right and then slowly fade back to stereo. What was that. Idk, I want to give this a 1 but I think hearing this in 1973 may have been a cool counter culture moment. It’s the first album I’ve heard in a long time that makes me question its inclusion on the list, so it has to be a historial addition right?
Oh to be a rocker from the 70's where you can put out anything and get praised.
Of course Nick Cave thinks this is good.
So this sucked. Like it was just so meh in every way.
too edgy
Complete ass
Just awful
Rubbish
This is the sort of album that makes one question why one is following this album list at all. -3 stars, rounded up to 1.
This did not age well, and perhaps wasn’t so great even when you were there the first time. Chalk it up to the list maker’s personal preference for obscure Scottish music that objectively doesn’t deserve a spot on any list of top albums. 1⭐️
I'll be honest, I pretty much hated this. Never heard of this band and I guess now I know why.
если бы кризис среднего возраста был альбомом.
Too meh and raunchy Gang bang, really!??
Descobri em decorrência desse site que eu gosto de glam rock. Mas não esse álbum. Provavelmente o álbum mais hétero que recebi até o momento (isso não é positivo).
Stupid
Nope.
I like Glam generally, but this sucked. The hooks aren't great. I find his voice annoying - listen to the last song and tell me it doesn't sound like Adam Sandler is singing in character. There's a part in Spinal Tap where Rob Reiner is reading reviews of Intravenous de Milo and it reads: they are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry. Exactly this!
Made it 1.5 songs in. I don't even dislike this style of music, but this is shite.
Every song would be skipped every single time they came on if they were in any of my playlists. Only exception would be if I were chained up in a dungeon and had all four limbs restrained, about to be murdered
This really icked me for some reason. Not a fan at all.
On one hand it was terrible. On the other hand, at least it was short.
Yeah, no clue how this was even included in the list. Just terrible.
Individually, there are some songs that are likely 2s or 3s. But this album has so much of what I dislike about music broadly and about this list particularly that it would feel Iike a self betrayal to give it more than a 1.
sex! sex! sex! sexy sex sex! sex! jesus christ dude do you have literally anything else to do than to write generic hard rock songs that don't even pretend to be about something other than sex
In all fairness: If I was tasked to compile a list of 1001 albums you should listen before you die, there would be some utter garbage on as well.
Wow… no!
I stopped listening at the song talking about how sick gang bang is.
The period where musicians started talking about sex openly is just nauseating. An entire decade of manchildren caterwauling about how much they love pussy. Really embarrassing.
⭐️ Är väl någon form glamrock med könsrocktema.Hur kan denna hamnat på en lista med de1001 album man ska höra innan man dör?
Never heard of this one. Listened to enough to know it’s trash.
I did not think this one was very good.
Not so sensational rock band. 70’s band that never made it big. Nothing that set them apart from other rock bands.
Not for me.
What the actual fuck
Ewww, no. 👎
Honestly quiet excrutiating
detestable.
This album makes me want to change my other 1-star reviews, because this is so much worse. Just full of gross lyrics and uninteresting music. The only good thing I have to say about it is it's fairly short.