Reviews (page 6 of 8)
3.5 I'd say, not bad. A bit noisy at times. Didn't inspire me too much (as you can probably tell).
Pretty meh album. Nothing wrong with the album, but nothing that standouts either. It would be alright background music. "Step On" probably the best song in my opinion
Forgotten quite how much fun this was. It plays well from start to finish; I thought it was a hits album, but only 3 UK singles are here, the rest of the album is fun, musically and lyrically, and fizzes along at a fair pace. Top tracks: kinky afro, step on, Donovan
Liked this one back in the day. Sounds a bit dated now. Still has some good grooves though.
Some really great tracks, but some average ones too
Just OK. Maybe I was just born a few years too late but I feel like a lot of the Madchester stuff is massively overrated.
Really interesting but not really my jam--and there are some uncomfortable songs on there to say the least... I'll give it a 3 for creativity.
Good album, fun and funky
Consistent with my reaction to the Madchester/baggy thing, I liked this OK but am not quite seeing the level of adulation.
Enjoyed it!
I had never heard of this group before, but this was a surprisingly fun listen.
Very poppy a bit trippy it was fun
Meh... served ok as a palette cleanser from The Wall.
I don't have a problem with this music, but I don't find much new, amazing or inspiring about it. There's some good musicianship and some fun hooks. I'd be fine if one of the songs came on, but I probably wouldn't seek it out.
Rock / dance hybrid, reminds me of Pop Will Eat Itself but softer. The 2009 remaster I listened to had some remixes which are better than the source material.
Interesting album. I have not heard any of the songs before and I was not familiar with the band. It was alright.
Highlights: Donovan
not my genre of music...
so far it's decent - very of that era.... i'll come back to it for a party or smth
It's just average pop.
Got a few good songs and would be good fun to watch at a festival.
Good album, has good vibes from the time. Very Manc
3/5 nothing remarkable.
Ganz witzig!
More 1990s indie-dance stuff. This is much more consistent than the Primal Scream records I reviewed. The music is pretty impeccable, blending rock & pop seamlessly with house - not superficially, but as a full synthesis, that no longer sounds like any of the component styles. It sounds really good. Manages to evoke the 1990s amazingly, while still sounding fresh. Production job is definitely good quality here! However, I don't really get any enjoyment from Sean Ryder's drug-addled leering. I'd prefer the whole album if it were instrumental, or even better if it had some talented singers and songwriters involved... This is probably what ruined the album for me the first time, when I borrowed my dad's cassette copy back in the 2000s. Despite the Ryder depreciation, it's still a 3.5.
An easy 3. Great fun if you're in the mood for it. Some bangers
An enjoyable enough album by an overrated band.
Their “high” point
Step On, Kinky Afro, God's Cop, Donovan, Bob's Yer Uncle y ya.
Not great but there were some cool songs on here. The whisper singing is really annoying. 6 from me or a 7 if I’m generous.
Okay beats. Not entirely memorable, though maybe that's because I was focusing more on driving through heavy rain lmao. 5
okay
Listenable and vibey
"Show you what the cats been doing, and how he gets around You can't wake him, he's not sleeping He never comes down "(Grandbag's funeral) "Honey how's your breathing If it stops for good we'll be leaving" (Dennis and Lois) O wikipedia o yo tenemos un concepto equivocado de lo que es "house". Empieza bastante arriba, pero se hace un poco repetitivo hacia la mitad.
5. Some was kinda fun but nothing great
yipiyipi ayayayayaaa. Pero el resto un poco rollo.
Pretty boring and some of the songs were flat-out bad. But it's mostly just generic rock-y music. 5
Love the album cover! I could listen to this every 3 months. Two fantastic songs.
Fun songs but started to feel repetitive in style
Nice
Totally fine and ordinary. I think i remember Step On from back in the day, but don't particularly like it. The rest of the tracks a de facto alternative pop. It could have been my jam back in the day, but doesn't hold up too well for the new listener. Fine.
De inicio se siente como los papás de bandas como Kasabian, rockeronas y movidas. Hasta que entran los coros de la época y se la pasa mostrando momentos tipo eurodance. Las mejores creo que sí son las más conocidas, God's Cop y Step On.
Enjoyable bop
A few jams. Enjoyable
This album cover feels very right
legalzinho mas não é meu estilo, acho que não escutaria de novo
Honestly, I didn't pay a ton of attention, but I suspect I would enjoy this more on a second listen, I do typically enjoy this type of music.
Un agrado conocer a quienes acuñaron el Madchester, también es bueno saber que existen mas bandas aparte de los stone roses, radio head, blur y mucho mejores que oasis que aunque no son del mismo genero perse pues son sus raíces aunque no quieran y sean bien mamones toda la ola del britpop.
Después de leer la historia de Happy Mondays y de este disco, me esperaba algo totalmente distinto y difícil de tragar, pero al ponerle play noté que incluso conocía un par de las rolas, probablemente como soundtrack de alguna película o algo así, y que no estaba nada mal. Me gustó la combinación de ritmos electrónicos básicos con guitarras y bajos y voz.
I have decided this too, is not for me. Well, actually maybe.
2.7
Certainly not bad. Upon my first listen, none of the songs really jumped out at me, but rather, there was a consistent quality of fairly catchy, entertaining indie dance music. That said, this isn't something I'll listen to again.
Reminds me of the clash but funkier.
Pretty good!
TIL about Madchester, a genre that blends British alt-rock and dance music. It's about as gross as it sounds. I was pretty disappointed in this album until the last song, which I absolutely loved. Best track: Harmony
Meh. Sounded like typical 80s pop stuff, not really my cup of tea. I think most of the songs sounded a bit stale.
2.3/5
Not my thing unfortunately, neither vocals or sounds
This album gave me a headache. Musically it's fine. Kinda boring but not like offensively bad. Very middle of the road. When he sings it goes into the crapper. The lyrics are lame, God's Cop is the worst of it. It's just very bleh. The entire album is just whiny drivel.
Other than one song (Loose Fit), this was pretty tough to get through. Don't really understand the point of stuff like this being on the list except that Robert Dimery likes them.
I must have gone into a fugue state listening to this album. And when I finally woke up 40 minutes later, I was left totally unchanged; still a piece of garbage.
Too much damn bri’ish rock this week (mbv is Irish and good so they’re exempt) only know about this band from the movie 24 hour party people. Pretty obnoxious in my opinion! Like, they did all those drugs for this!?
"Kinky Afro", "Step On" and secret weapon "Dennis And Lois" are exceptional dance-rock tracks from the Mondays' third album, each of them pairing up potent bass and drum grooves with rock guitar (and the occasional house piano on top). Unfortunately, the rest of *PNTNB* consists mostly of also-rans that don't really get the formula right in the way that "Kinky Afro" and "Step On" do. It also doesn't help that vocalist Shaun Ryder is stuck in a rut melodically on these lesser tracks.
Basic Brit Pop - solid in its sound, but what’s so special about it? Not feeling it.
Pretty dumb
Welp, pretty much exactly what I expected.
I don't know about this one, it felt all over the place...
I could have died not hearing this and it would have been fine
I'm on the fence whether to give this two or three stars. The majority of the songs were noticeably 90s, but there were some songs that sounded like music from the 70s and the 80s as well. There was definitely some quality musicianship in the guitars and bass, and some genuinely catchy grooves. I would say this sounds less dated than some other 90s albums we've heard, but there are still a lot of brake beats and whispered/non-melodic singing that hinder my enjoyment somewhat (especially the singing). If I give this a two, it would definitely be a stronger two than Eminem, for example, but if a three, it's a light three
it's fine. I find the singer annoying. Going from Channel Orange, arguably the best album of 2012, to this is a major let-down.
Not great.
Honestly, I thought Bummer was much more interesting. This is basically a Brit-pop album, with quite a bit less of the Psychedelia of Bummer, but some of the funk and whatnot is still around. The first few songs are pretty solid, but this album sort of slowly crawls into the background in a way that I don't really find compelling. This *is* fine, but it's on the side of fine that I'm not really into.
Got tired of this pretty quickly
Madchester, indie rock, and dance-funk built from loose grooves, psychedelic guitars, funky basslines, and laid-back vocals feels like stumbling into a sweaty late-night party where the music already ist calmerx everyone else seems to know exactly how to have a good time in this slightly druggy atmosphere while I just feel late to the party simply Not belonging. The hazy repetition and deliberately sloppy feel left me more detached than entertained.
There was a glimmer of hope for a song or two, but generally just Brit-trash.... I guess you had to be there.
This album is of many linked to the "Neo-Psychedelia" genre, but this is few that I've heard that actually at times sounds like British 60s psychedelic music, it's a bit hard to describe, but these guys really hit the nail on the head of capturing the vibe. In regards to other stuff it's bit of a snooze if I had to be completely frank. The rest of it sounds just so un-appetizing (to my ears.) I never usually space out when I'm listening to album but this one had me doing it. There's some good stuff here and there, but I believe the not-so-good stuff outweighs it quite a bit, so I believe a 2 star reflects my feelings the best. Highlight Song/s: "Grandbag's Funeral" and "Dennis and Lois"
I don't recognise much of this, but it's ok
Nothing was necessarily bad in this, but it was boring and not super exciting.
Silly fun little album, but I got pretty bored with it quickly. Also didn’t really like the vocals. Sick album cover though.
melded together for me - but not in a positive "cohesive album vision" way
Madchester! I always liked that moniker more than I liked the music, lol. And when Wikipedia describes these guys as having "bridged the Manchester alternative dance music of the 1980s and the emerging UK rave scene," I already know this isn't something I am going to be into, but I will go into it with an open mind nonetheless... [LISTENING:] OK, this is more musical and less rave-y than I expected. Not bad. These guys remind me a little bit of Soup Dragons and EMF. Open minds for the win! This album did not really bother me at all. Not something I would choose to listen to again, but it wasn't bad. Almost want to give it 3 stars for being so much better than I expected... I didn't remember until looking through my History page just now that I actually had another Happy Mondays album last year (Bummed.) And I HATED that one. So this is progress!
The best part of this album might be the flute refrain in "Bob's Yer Uncle." But I didn't really enjoy anything else. Maybe I'm just not gay enough.
Never heard of it and unfortunately it didn't thrill me - it was just kinda meh. Best part was the flutes on Bob's Yet Uncle.
I enjoyed this, but nothing grabbed me. It felt like background music even when I was trying to lock in on the album. 2.5 stars, rounding down.
There's really nothing special about this record. It's horribly dated and sounds like so much of what was going on in the early 90s that it's hard to understand what made this stand out to the curators of this list.
It’s jaunty party music. That’s all I can say about it. Typical Brit-Pop. I also do not feel like I can die now.
Didn’t get this on a Monday but that’s all right! I wasn’t happy anyway. Word of the day is: Eyesore
Low 2, did not enjoy. Some fine sounds but just felt like it was trying to be intentionally aggravating
Sort of liked it but about half way through, couldn't wait until it was over.
I don't like the lead singer's voice so this is not a fun or easy listen for me personally. It would have been a 3 if I was just rating the instrumentals, but I am just straight up not having a good time with this one.
Eh. It's fine enough, would be a 2.5 but I usually round up unless it's really bad. Pretty forgettable.
Was ok
Not much here
Listening to on Tuesday so maybe that's my fault but it's very disappointing.
Happy Mondays made for a sad Sunday
I think I enjoyed all the little intricacies on the various album covers more than I enjoyed the album itself.
Some good tracks - songs you can identify from the bass line alone, even if you’re not in the room where it’s playing.
For whatever reason I'm just so-so on this album. Felt very generic.
Buh
Skipped most of this. Lame stuff idk. Just didn’t speak to me even a little bit.
sounds like s***** Bob Dylan sometimes. Sounds like not half bad bob Dylan other times for the most part, not my cup of tea
Not terrible, but not really deserving of being on this list.
i'm sat here wondering if i just dont like music as much as i previously thought i did or if this list is just majorly skewed towards genres that i find boring fave track: tokoloshe man
Is this EMF? Is this Jesus Jones? Who cares. Robert Dimery heard it one time trying on jeans in 1991 so it's a MUST LISTEN.
Dette var ..... britisk.
Eclectic mix of sounds. Some fine, some less fine.
No. Just no.
1,001 albums is too many.
yeah… nothing special
Mostly felt meandering and I didn't particularly like the vocal style.
Boring. Each song was long and repetitive. Not interesting enough to keep my interest for very long.
It’s fine. Not something Ill vote go back to but ok listen
No fav song
Some more ape like noise from happy mondays… Not as outright terrible as “Bummed”, but definitely getting there.
It’s fine, not for me mostly
мне не нравится совсем музыка в целом более менее, но этот вокал все портит может я быдло и чего-то не понимаю, и это какой-то специальный прием но у меня он вызывает ассоциацию с плохим караоке и еще почему этот альбом выдают не в понедельник это оплошность
i liked it more than i thought i would. nothing really stuck out a ton, but it was inoffensive. kinda already forgot about it from yesterday... but it was realistically a 2.5. i guess ill bump it to 2 for forget-ability
Another generic album that goes in one ear and out the other.
Forgettable.
Just not really for me
ITS DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE "Step On" is a neat track, but the rest of the album does not leave any impression, often feeling repetitive and a tad obnoxious (i.e. the Eurodance vocal samples that randomly pop up 2/3 through????)
Another tough one to grade. Kinky Afro and Step On are radio staples on some radio stations in the UK. It's maybe hard to listen beyond them when they've become so ubiquitous. Listening to 1001 albums doesn't lend itself to repeat listens really but I might give this one another go so I can see if it comes alive.
This was meh.
Just fine
Sure is a Madchester album. Not really a memorable one though. Just kind of sounds like a less interesting Stone Roses. They have a sort of American tinge to some of their songs, but I really didn't find anything memorable. Not bad, not really noteworthy either if you aren't into the scene.
Decent, nothing special.
Fine enough, but there are better versions of listening to a whole band drop acid and smoke.
This was a complete non starter for me. I couldn't give it much attention but when I did I wasn't impressed.
What this list has taught me is that there are so many mediocre to just straight up awful bands out there.
For this kind of music I would rather just listen to David Byrne doing it better
This really did nothing for me
This album felt like Mondays, and not happy ones. On paper there's no reason I should have disliked this so much, but something about taking relatively energetic music and making it so dreary by way of production just didn't work for me. It had a few decent moments, but overall I just struggled with a whole album of it.
One drink (or drug) too many - this results in simple everyday music.
Another Fackin mediocre late 80s, early 90s Brit album. Objectively not a 1 star, but kinda fuck this album. And the most unnecessary hand percussion throughout.
This album has a lot of elements that I theoretically should like, but I just couldn't bring myself to care about any of it. I think I'm going to have to re-evaluate some of my earlier ratings because this album really showed me what a 2/5 is.
Meh
🎧Like Garfield, I love lasagna and hate Mondays
Well I like who they influenced but I can't particularly say I like them
Mid
Dirty and boring.
it feels boring. average songs.
Not my thing
Woah, I saw this bright billboard collage album art and wasn't expecting quite what I got. It's a group of "happy" rockers and they're decent, but a dedicated listen turned me off a bit. The band is talented and eccentric, the effort goes through a rollercoaster of sound, which works, but leans more towards a compilation than a dedicated studio effort. I also can't take the vocals and lyrics seriously at all. I might appreciate an instrumental version more. They're not bad, they're not great. They sound very '90s. I don't know how much I can appreciate the danceable rock concept. That's what funk is for. 2.3/5
There was a single tracks that I thought sounded kind of interesting, but only because it sounded nothing like the rest of the album. Jangly synth and back-of-the-throat vocals are just not my jam I guess.
Didn't really love it, don't think the band is for me.
This album is so nothing. There is nothing cool about it, no good hooks, nothing that grabs me and tells me to love it. It’s so bland and inoffensive to the point that I get angrier than I have the right to be.
I thought we had something here, but it came up short
Pretty forgettable
"This album is my first foray into the British indie-dance-rock genre called ""Madchester"". Pretty much 80s synth and unique indie sounds. Not really my cup of tea, ha ha"
Meh. Really don’t believe I needed to hear this before I die.
The proof that you can polish a t*rd. One of the most over-rated bands I have ever heard, spiffed up with shiny production to sound okay. I do quite enjoy some of the tracks here, but that is more down to the various remixers and producers involved than the band themselves. Happy to leave this one back in the time it came from.
You can tell the ‘1001 Albums…’ book was written and published in the UK with the amount of generic british pop/rock. It’s boring. Standout Songs: Kinky Afro Dennis And Lois Step On
It's very 90's in a way that I don't like or respect.
Bad
madchester more like badchester
Warum ist dieses Album in dieser Liste?
Not for me.
I don’t know man, but I just can’t see what’s so amazing about this album. Sound like like so many albums of that era… anyways… pass on this one.
Didn't care for it too much... Grungy video game music vibe, not enough variation for me. Overall 3/10
It's fine, kinda just Britpop slop and not in a really stand out way
It's like a bad blend of psychedelic rock, funk, and dance music. Favourite Track(s): Donovan Least Favoruite Track(s): Dennis and Lois
I suppose I've learned that I'm just not that into "Madchester" music.
Nothing wrong with it but just meh. Very doesn’t belong on a must listen to list. 0 songs added to playlist
a 5.5./10 best parts are when there is no singing involved(applicable to the beginning of the album, the later tracks are much better). The guitar riffs and production are much better and actually enjoyable then. I also don't speak British, that's a problem also Highlights: Dennis and Lois, Loose Fit, Step On, Kinky Afro(for the intro line tbh)
As my introduction to baggy this album was an ultimately forgettable experience. The instrumentals are pleasant enough (but nothing more) while the vocals are lackluster, and there’s just nothing exciting about it.
It has good riffs, but I found it a bit boring. "God's Cop" was my favorite track.
This should be something that I love, but taken as a whole I found it very same-sounding, like the whole thing is just one mid tempo hang. With its specific lyrical expressions and general laid back vibe it feels very specific to its place and time. I have a tolerance for corny ass cracker ass music (I love Ariel Pink and The 1975), but this really sounded like muzak after a bit. Maybe I can come to enjoy it more.
The sound may be influential and new for the time. The songs are mostly boring, though. Not one of the better examples of brit pop.
I feel like this album isn't mixed all that well and the music's generally really not that interesting. Not bad but there's nothing here that would motivate me to relisten.
kinda psychedelic, rock, indie songs? I'd probably give it a 2, i have to be in a specific mood to listen to it
Nothing particularly interesting going on here. Not terrible, but I won't come back to it.
Not really my cup of tea. I’d probably be nostalgic if I was in Manchester in the 90s I guess.
Gear: ZMF Bokeh Closed Artwork: 🖍️👁️🤯 Production (2007 Remaster): 📈👂😖 Music: 🎶🥠🤷♂️ Rating:💊💊/5
Nice but whatever
No le encontré mucho gusto al disco, se me hizo algo olvidable. No era lo mío.
90's British Spoon? Way too many jangly 90's Brits on this list. This one was better than I thought tho.
Supremely missable
third rate cover band. Their Step On video has pissed me off for years (decades now) for being so uninspiring and lazily plopped together. Compared relatively to the effort the Party Boys and Chantoozies put in, Happy Mondays are a sad Sunday.
So much Brit-rock. I'm sure this means something to the folks over there, but my American brain can't connect to this. I do hear some different influences in this. It's not just another early '90's alternative sound. There's some '90's "dance-y" vibes in there. There's alternative rock and sounds that remind me of some of the later techno groups like Moby or Fat Boy Slim. The production quality was good too. All that said, the lyrics and melodies don't do anything for me. This sounds like backing tracks for a mid '90's dramedy; like a closing credits song, but not at the beginning of the credits, one later on when everyone has left the theater. Also, can someone please explain the etymology of the term "Bob's your uncle"?
Another 90’s British record that probably was meaningful in some way in England but never really caught on here. There are a few records from the Manchester scene that I like but these guys don’t do it for me at all
Not bad, but not remarkable, either. Another one where I'm confused by it being an "essential."
This feels like it's trying to be weird just for the sake of being weird. When it's not doing that it's just a big snooze-fest. Starting to resent the large amount of lackluster garbage on this list that's there just because it was made by Brits. This is entirely forgettable.
Dunno why this mid-rate British 80s new wave band was on here. The album title was good. Nothing memorable on here, would not revisit.
When you ask mom for Moby and she says “we have Moby at home”
Seemed fine, especially if dance-pop-rock is your thing. At certain points it gave me the Pixies vibes, at other times Blur. A few tracks were almost disco-esque. Some of the songs were pretty catchy and fun. Most of it was bland, though. I don't have anything overly negative or positive to point to. I just didn't really find it that interesting as a full album. I'd say it was OK, but I don't think it's something I would seek out to listen to again. Overall: 2.4/5
Not awful, but will not go out of my way to listen again
This is an odd one. My rating before re listening would have been a bit higher. Very good memories of the album. But, not sure it aged well for me.
Weiß nicht. Ist schon abwechslungsreich, kommt bei mir aber nicht an.
"One of the most influencial groups of the 90s"... Never heard a song, never heard about the band, never heard anyone mention them. So i think that's a bit of a stretch to have in their bio. Don't get me wrong, it is pretty good and sounds like it might have hade a influence on the british sound of the 90s-00s like Oasis and such.
Apparently Shaun, the vocalist, wrote most of the lyrics while high on opium in his apartment. Which just makes sense
dachte erst oh großer name nicht osasis aber sicher ganz gut, so lala ok bissi dance drin vieleicht so wie yamirokwai wie hiess der? wohlfühl Lounge sound mit minimal edge...c
Did not click with me.
Happy Mondays seem like the British version of RHCP: solid band, nauseating frontman.
There were a lot of things going on with these songs that made me really want to like them, but I found myself forgetting to listen all day, so I guess there wasn't enough.
That beat and tempo was *everywhere* back in the day, and it permeates this album, making it all sound like one long drug-soaked song. Kinda boring when you're straight.
Its okayyyy. Nežinau. Kažkaip nepaliko jokio įspūdžio.
A punk band tries to do Eurodance. Sounds like the worst of both worlds.
Pills 'n' Thrills is a cheeky album and certainly has that cheesy 90s sound. "Step On" is top track with not much else really doing much. Was surprised to see the electronica legend Paul Oakenfold on the arrangements. Worked alright on a Monday morning drive into work. Did I need this before I died...no but it wasn't bad...2.23 stars.
At times I was really enjoying this. At times it was nothing more than background noise. At times the mancunian lyrics and over production was working. At other times I wanted to tune out. Hard to nail down Pills 'n' Thrills so I guess it comes out somewhere in the middle. There's plenty worse on this list but also plenty of more interesting albums as well. I have a lot of endearment for Paul Oakenfold and Shaun Ryder so I probably enjoyed this a little more than it deserved. 2.44 stars
Интересно и бесяче, порой одновременно. Лучшая песня - Step On.
This did not fall right on my ears.
12/1001 First listen. Have never heard Happy Mondays before. I gave it three plays. This one isn’t going to grow on me. I don’t think I needed to hear this.
Just not a fan
I don’t know if I truly never came across the Happy Mondays during the 90’s (which would be why I don’t recall them at all) or if I did listen to their music and then permanently removed it from my brain. Either way, this is not my jam. I imagine this really hitting at a rave back when Special K and Molly were popular but it’s not doing much for me today. Catchy beats on a few of the tracks but I was truly just waiting for it to end.
Don't like it
This album screams the most boring parts of Britpop. It really just feels soulless, and the list makers really need to escape their British and American biases.
First impression:Not a huge fan of the vocals. They can be very yelly and sound dissonant to me. First song I enoyed was Loose Fit. From Dennis and Lois to Step On I really enjoyed the instrumental and beat of the music. Bobs your Uncles especially had a great dancing beat and fun flute part. Found myself bobbing along and enjoying even though I didnt love the whispery talk singing. Step On was one of the stand outs of the album for me. Holiday and Harmony were a shift to a grooviest bass heavy sound. Still enjoyed but not as much as the previous three. Harmony dragged on a bit and I was tired of it by the end. The rest of the album was remixes of previous songs. I got tired and didnt finish. Overall some fun moments but not something I would listen to beginning to end.
I didn't like this one 2/5
Not my genre
curious uk indie pop, straight from the late 80's (sound wise). is an ok listen.
Didn’t love the singers voice. A few beats and rhythms I enjoyed but probably wouldn’t listen to again
Not that the album is bad, it indeed has some good songs. But feels very generic. picks: Kinky Afro, god's cop, step on
There was some decent music on here but I don’t like the singer. His voice annoyed me to the point where I couldn’t enjoy most of this album. Harmony was a cool tune though.
Rating: 2.2 Elevator music. They meander all over the place forever and do nothing.
2/5
Almost o.k. but also sometimes on the edge to annoying. In total nothing remarkable on for me. worst: "Grandbag's Funeral"
the movie 24 Hour Party People makes this band look bad. they're better than I would have thought the funniest thing about this band is their cover of The Boys Are Back In Town. it's not on here. 2 stars. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
There’s just so many albums that sound exactly like this one ya know
I wanted to like this but I really did not…
Some of this was pretty good and overall it was fairly listenable, it's just a bit cheesey and tedious.
This sounded average and mediocre and not worthy of this list.
Nah there’s no way someone heard this and thought ‘That’s one of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard’; I don’t believe it. It’s the epitome of average, nothing bad but nothing good.
Absolutely nothing about this is noteworthy.
There was nothing memorable about this. 2/5
Forgettable pop rock from the 90's. But since it's British it makes on the list.
I had extremely low expectations for this record. I should have only had low expectations. It was “better” than expected.
You can't put an album on the 1001 great albums ever because it has one great track.
Eh. Not bad but not great. Poppy techno adjacent U2 sounding brit band. The singer even sounds like he's trying to channel Bono on quite a number of the tracks.
There were a couple of good songs here. A solid 2.5.
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Nothing that struck a chord. Just kinda blah.
There is nothing wrong with it but it is just....eh. it tends to drone on. It isn't bad, but I don't think I NEEDED to listen to this. The songs are fun, but eh. Actual Rating....2.5. Liked Songs: "Kinky Afro" , "God's Cop" , "Donovan" , "Dennis And Lois" , "Step On" , "Holiday" , "Tokoloshe Man"
Did not finish. Pretty forgettable.
This is like vanilla ice cream, but they forgot to put in the vanilla. Yaaaaawn. Very forgettable 90's pop. I won't give it a 1* because it doesn't sound that bad. Definitely not "must hear" for me.
I liked this better than their other one but I still don't think there is anything here for me. will probably only ever listen to step on again.
There was nothing about this that I disliked but it just did nothing for me.
Oh. Another one of these albums.
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The rat and cat sat on the mat type of lyrics with a voice that bad, you're in for a poor time
Quite an interesting album, the genres are mixed quite nicely 2/5
every song sounded the same - droney af
Listened to hallelujah kinky afro I don't know what kind of music these are or how am I supposed to enjoy these. Could be that I'm ignorant.
Couldn't get past the whine
Grandbag's Funeral riff was a little bit of something... but not really Damn like this stuff isn't THAT crazy or different. I am surprised they got as big as they did.
Was just rather blah
It was fine. I dunno, left me cold
Overrated drivel.
So a little less than half way through the album I realized I don't really like it. So I skimmed through the other songs hoping to hear something that'll catch my ear, but I didn't. It's like Oasis vocals mixed with The Stone Roses instrumentals but somehow it's not good despite something that could easily work. I didn't finish it, I didn't like it, I'm sure someone else would.
It was ok at best. Nothing special.
Background music for a movie that couldn't afford licensing for U2 songs.
Schräg, sexy, tanzbar, kaputt.
I would use the word "nonoffensive jangly brit pop rock" for this. i didn't care for the other Happy Monday's record but this one's fine. well produced/played. The songs just don't stick in my head.
Bridging this Britpop gap between the farm and oasis. It’s fine
Just another plain Euro album. Didn’t hurt the ears nor did it please the ears
Mediocre album…did do much for me.
This collection seems rather heavy on British rock from around 1990. A lot of it sounds the same.
Neat album cover. They were OK otherwise. Seems like nothing special. 2.5, I will round down.
Forgetting about it already
It was alright
very meh
I have never heard of this band before and even though that isn't uncommon on this list I am surprised that I didn't even recognize the one song that had 60-120 times the amount of listens as the others. Its another band that feels very "meh" to me. No song that I enjoy enough to save to a playlist or that I feel the need to hear again but nothing wrong or bad with the music either. I don't really get why it appears on this list. What does the author want us to experience by hearing the album? Its noting revolutionary and doesn't do anything unique in my eyes and its not early enough to have influenced a genre as some other albums on this list have.
Really bland album that would deserve a spot on the "1001 Albums You Don't Need to Listen to Before You Die" list. Cheesy songs, annoying vocals - Happy Mondays is not my cup of tea. 2/5
This was kind of forgettable for me
Bah, sort log leads me down a meandering path but doesn’t quite ever latch onto me.
Better than bummed, but still not my type of thing. Maybe I just need to do more drugs.
Found this bland and a bit annoying.
I wasn'y happy about the Happy Mondays
Better than the other one, as far as I can remember. It's alright, but not that good either.
Not that great
felt kinda boring
eh
Kinky Afro and Step On aside this was quite plodding
The best way to describe this album: Have you been to a family party/wedding where the drunken uncle decided to sing a song? Yep it's like that, fun at first but ends in disaster type of life events.
IT was OK.
Turns out I am not mad fer it.
not really outstanding
pretty dull
Happy Mondays? More like Miserable Wet Thursday Afternoons in Manchester. I've never understood why this band was so popular because to me they sound like just another group of whining Mancs. Their covers of the two John Kongos hit singles from the 70s are passable, but only just.
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Not for me
Experimental album with some very catchy instrumentation. Sadly the lead singer's voice was really jarring to me, which ruined everything for me.
2.5
Britpop again. Mediocre again. Gets you moving if you think soccer is thrilling, peas should be mushy, and you drink hot tea all day
This was an easy one to bail halfway through. Sure whatever it’s okay but I didn’t need to hear it before I die. I imagine the author got laid to Bob’s Yer Uncle and he never let it go.
Pretty average. Nothing really interesting, but not bad music either. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
This was a long bad album
Hmmm, didnt do much for me
Never heard of this artist. Eh, this is alright. Not my vibe.
idk but i think this kinda sucks. dudes voice is annoying. beats are sucky. not fun just messy.
Second Album proposé par le générateur après 'Bummed' que j'avais détesté (noté 1/5), en particulier par l'aspect très répétitif des morceaux et le mauvais mixage qui étouffait beaucoup les parties de guitare. Le mixage est ici plus réussi, et les morceaux sont un tout petit peu moins répétitifs. Mais aucune piste ne m'a accroché. Aucune chance de l'écouter de nouveau ... =>2/5
Meh
Not really my kind of music but Step On was played a lot in my house growing up so I have a bit of a soft spot for it
I have no doubt that this is very popular but it is not for me.
Super meh
Bland ‘n’ Boring And Bob’s yer uncle
No doubt inventive for the time but the sound is probably a victim of its own success. Less a specific band or song but more a nod to a general time and place. If I'm going to be listening to something like this I'll take it in the form of Primal Scream. Highlight(s): *N/A Lowlight(s): *N/A *Each track was indistinguishable from the next, or the one prior.
Very samey. But some funky grooviness in places, I will admit. However, too much of this is uninspiring - too much filler. And the last track is dreadful! Not a fan of the vocals throughout. Quite a dilemma because it isn't as bad as the last album ... but still not a 3 ... so, 2.5? It's one of those tricky situations ... but, thinking of other albums I have given a 3 to, I'm going to have to round down to ...
One of those funny albums that come up every few weeks that leave me with next to no feelings upon first listen. Maybe a grower?
Vähän tylsänpuoleinen tämä poprock-levy. Olisin kaivannut enemmän ajoa. 2/5
A bit corny but it has some grooves. Would enjoy this work more as a live experience