Rip It Up

If this isn't the precursor to what would eventually become BritPop nonsense I don't know what is. This was just ok, pretty dated with horrid, nonserious singing. 4/10.

Nice enough but not for me

“Rip it Up” is a pretty lame song to build an album around, even though the opening synth “bass-line” is promising, and cutting edge, apparently. They make other desperate attempts at pop hits, “I Can't Myself” being the most obvious. Edwin Collin's voice is thin and difficult to listen to. If you were to fast forward thirteen years, the deep voice he puts forward in “I never met a girl like you” is much more palatable. Now that was a song worthy of building an album around.

I agree with one of my esteemed co judges that Edward Collins' later material, eg A girl like you is far superior. But the title track here is a nice catchy number that was cute back in the day. I also hear a lot of Haircut 100 influences here. Once again the authors' Brit roots are showing as there are many more other albums that are far more worthy of inclusion.

'80s British new wave. Complete with a terrible band name, synths, and annoying vocals. What else would I expect but crap lol.

When they started singing, I thought, "Oh god no." There's that whiney, alternative 80s voice that drives me bonkers. It wasn't all like that, but a lot of it was.

Errr not heard of before, i now know why.

I felt this was tedious. Not my bag at all. Standard four four drums and guitar and nothing to make it stand out to me. I imagine there a better band to see live in a dingy cellar club, but I wasn't there at the time. Maybe I'd have loved it.

Always thought that I'd like Orange Juice because of Edwyn Collins, but every time I try them I think, meh! I prefer apple juice anyway.

I don’t know how I feel about this. I think some of the songs were a little weird but not “offensive.” No large opinion on this one.

Edwyn Collins tries so hard to sound like David Bowie. He doesn't have the master's chops. It's not terrible but it never rises above mediocrity.

Dracula’s moonlighting 80s Jamaican band.

I was expecting something more.

Los conozco más por las camisetas de Morrissey y los que siguieron esa moda que por ellos mismos en sí. Tienen un aire entre XTC y Aztec Camera que no suena mal pero tampoco es que sea algo memorable. La canción prinicipal merece la pena "Rip it up". De lo que recordaba de haber oído no tenía recuerdo de ese tono "africano" de algunos temas. Esto son 2 estrellas y ya.

Very 80s

À la fin des J.O le judo range

Started with a higher rating, but it got lower as the album progressed. This isn't really an album album.

Sadly, beyond the CHIC influence, this one did little for me.

Hmm , love the upbeat positive nature - hate the main singers voice; seems like the type of posh twat you'd find at a party claiming he was slumming it by hanging out with you. Second tune switches it up a bit with African sensibilities however same criticism in that great upbeat music but don't get on with the singer. Overall 2

I have never heard of this album or band. Unlike the Age of the Understatement by Last shadow puppets, this did not impress on the same level. First off I like the rhythm section. The drummer is really good with his world music polyrhythmic style. His song is easily my favorite. On to the lead singer, Edwyn Collins. If that name sounds vaguely familiar, it’s because he had a hit songs in the 90s called “A girl like you”. I just can’t get into his voice on this album. His voice just doesn’t gel with the music. This is the first album so far that leaves me pretty underwhelmed.

meh

Nog nooit van deze band gehoord en ga 'm ook weer gauw vergeten.

Op zich wel vrolijkisch...

I can see why some listeners could relate a couple of those tracks to the way Talking Heads used some funk or afrobeat influences on their own records around the same time, but I don't think Orange Juice hit the mark the way the 'Heads did. It's not bad, instrumentation-wise. But maybe the songs, hooks and choruses are still a little too lackluster to seal the deal. And, consequently, the end result comes off as cheesy, instead of arty. Besides, you need a lead singer with charisma and idiosyncratic skills to make it work. And whoever this lead singer is on such and such song, he is not exactly David Byrne. There are a lot of commonalities, with an emphasis on overaffected tricks. But Collins (and Ross) lack(s) the spark of genius and sheer craziness Byrne had. Number of albums left to review: 639 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 181 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 84 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 103 (including this one)

very 80s

This sounds dated, I wanted to like it but I can't get there!

What a name Orange Juice is. Started well, then bored me after bit.

Decent start. Opening song I have saved for future listens. I really didn't know whether to put this as a 2 or 3 so I am going for a strong 2. It sounded unique at first but did sort of blend into one in the final 3rd. Still good though

eh, it was fine

Totally new to me. I can see how this would've been a really unique synthesis of influences and sound at the time, but since then, others have done it better.

Quirky 80s post punk with lots of energy. Bounces along nicely enough with funky baselines and discoesque guitar in places. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Date listened: 03/11/22

Less palatable version of The Clash.

Meh. It was fine. 2-3 stars. I see it as a cross between some rock and jazz but didnt do anything for me.

Uneven might be the best adjective. Always a fan of the title track, it takes me back to 1982 UK, but some of what follows is fun and other tracks just seem like rambling muses on various subjects.

this is the most 80s thing i have ever heard.

Just okay

Sterile, which for a surgical theate would be a good thing, but this is supposedly music, not a medical facility. It is clearly a reaction to the anarchy of Punk, but it has absolutely no emotional content.

Didn’t love it 2/5

Not sure why this is on the list to be honest. Seemed like it was filler.

Unremarkable

2/5 best - rip it up worst - breakfast time

Was quite excited for this one as I knew at least one song, butt actually found it quite dull. Sorry.

2, ok

Best Song: A Million Pleading Faces. Funky, dancey, beautifully layered vocals... I can get behind this. Worst Song: Mud in your Eyes. Whiplash from how awful the vibe and vocals are here relative to the dance bomb of the previous track. This song never had a chance. Overall: If the whole album was composed of those upbeat dance numbers, I'd have instantly loved it. Unfortunately, the fun songs are the minority here, poking out of an otherwise stock-standard set of predictable 80s rock.

This album sounds like paint drying

Not a fan

kind of a col mix of Bowie and Talking Heads. Breakfast Time sucks. Yea I am not into this by Flesh Of My Flesh.

Started strong with the title track, but they lost me in the back half with the 80s sax

What even is this? It's like Talking Heads but with less whimsy?

2/5

Some interesting variations on the eighties pop sound, but let's be realistic: it's yet another obscure participant in this curated list.

Typical 80’s was ok

Rip it Up was a very catchy beat. In fact all the songs have a great toe tapping essence to them. Hokoyo was fun too!

While the beats were fun to listen to, the minute the singer started going I skipped. Did not like his voice and it made the songs hard to hear.

Yet another float in the parade of '80s alt rock bands, leaving not much of an impression. The album opened and closed with great tracks, but everything in between those bookends ran together. Makes me think of those Mad Magazine pictures where you fold to make the ends meet and skip what's in the middle to make a new picture. I'd rather do that than rip it up. Favorite tracks: Rip It Up, Tenterhook. Album art: Very precocious band photo. Very cool if this band did in fact have a black drummer. Album art isn't very memorable though. 2.5/5

Interesting mix of white boy groove and african stuff - must have been very interesting in the early 80s. Nothing to get too excited about though

C'est fou ce que ça me fait penser à du Bowie des années 80 et même un peu fin 70.

Les guitares sont intéressantes, particulièrement le solo à la fin de Breakfast Time. Par contre pas fans des éléments disco et du son du drum.

New wave is just not my jam. I did wonder why Edwyn Collins (A Girl Like You) was stuck in my head and then I read that he is the vocalist and it made sense. He has a very distinct way of singing that really doesn't work for me. The best track was A Million Pleading Faces which sounded nothing like the rest of the album. One extra star for the drums and flugelhorn (you don't hear a lot of flugelhorn in pop music).

This album sounds like the soundtrack to a 1980s nerds coming of age spoof film. I’ve never quite heard anything like this. It wasn’t overly offensive, but it certainly wasn’t good either. The only appeal, which is the slightest amount, is in observing how weird it could get.

I trip up trying to work out where this album fits, a fair bit of Bowie influence I reckon. A weird and forgettable

OK

What IS this Morrissey splatfunk goofiness?! How'd THIS ONE make the list????

Here I thought I knew reasonably everything about 80’s British white new wave ska. There’s already UB40 and Fine Young Cannibals, etc. covering that blursed niche. Taken on its own merit this record is inoffensive and wholesome, but if I focus and think about it at all it’s nauseating.

Cansativo, não empolga como punk e o nem com a pegada de ska.

Boring

Rip It Up by Orange Juice (1982) More British yawn pop, this time from Scotland (not generally known for the export of orange juice), this album is so-so, if kinda cute. Squeezable, even. With all the pulp filtered out.  Our thirst is quenched by cool and splashy dance beats, dripping with lively bass lines and quirky guitar effects, with fay lead vocal stylings and harmonies stirred in. Musically, it’s altogether goofy, but with plenty of variety. Perfect for a teen party with nothing serious going on.  The leading title track is really the only song of note. The one attempt at social/cultural engagement “See How Hard They Cry” is spoiled by the frolicsome mood and silly effects. The same incommensurability applies for every attempt on this record to treat serious themes.  Listening to guys in their mid-twenties singing “How I wish I was young again” (“Breakfast Time”) is adorable. They’re so precious at that age.  What this album needs is citric acid: less sweet, more tart. And maybe a shot of vodka.  2/5

Never heard of Orange Juice before, though I did know Edwyn Collins. There are a few nice tracks, but I don't think I'll be listening to this again soon.

I love Simon Reynold's book on post-punk, titled after this album/song. I get why this album was a breath of fresh air at the time, but I find the "funk" unconvincing. Tooo, too white boy, really. the African influences, courtesy of the drummer/songwriter Zeke Manyika are much more interesting to me (eg A Million Pleaading Faces, or the percussion breaks on breakfast Time), and I wish there was a lot more of that. I find Edwyn Collin's voice just a little bit too ironic crooner for my taste. If it was a little bit faster, a bit more layered percussion, this could have been more like Remain in Light. It has those moments (again, guitar solo on Breakfast Time, which is like Adrian Belew or Robert Fripp) which I really like. But then he starts singing again, or they start playing terrible white boy funk.

Some catchy moments, but ultimately just inoffensive background music. Songs go on for way too long. Definitely not something I'd listen to again.

Mezcla de pop ochentero con toques reggae. Fácil de escuchar, aunque no especialmente llamativo

Went in blind here. Read a few of the reviews in advance and got a bit excited with some of The Clash comparisons. The first song really threw me off as it was a bit too “80’s pop” for me. It got a bit more interesting but never really caught on to the level of potential I had been hoping for. Damn. Fave songs “I can’t help myself”

meh. 2 or 3. striaght white boys.

A lot of comparisons to the Smiths and Talking Heads without ever holding a candle to either. Some songs fare better than others, but the album suffers as a whole for not having much to offer in the way of genuinely good music. The best songs are when Zeke Manyika has a hand in things, which is unfortunately few. The rest, I can leave.

Rediscovering this is like finding a crusty old jizz tissue in the pocket of an old coat.

Meh

- somewhat boring, downtempo chill ish - pre-new wave... just wave? - Consistent and good enough mix

Never heard of this band. Their vocals are not for me, and I did my best to hear past them to avoid giving this 1 star. Ultimately settling on 2/5 because, at times, the music was pretty fun.

Not a fan, reminds me of Morrissey.

Scottish pop/electro band who's only Top 40 hit, "Rip It Up" was the first hit to use the Roland TB-303 synthesizer. Lots of electro synth beats, with some sax and horns thrown in. At times could hear some Franz Ferdinand. Best: Rip It Up Worst: Hokoyo

Pretty awful. Had one or two decent tracks that redeemed it a bit.

Kindnof a one hit wonder. Their synth alternative music fuses together a few different styles and it's a bit of a weird listen. Not my favorite, but worth a listen

If this album actually were a glass of Orange Juice it would be the cheap stuff made from concentrate. Lacks real substance and ultimately not satisfying

Two great tracks = ⭐⭐ review.

All forgotten the moment it finished - fine but forgettable

This album started with a John Jensen style wonder goal with a classic tune, but then as Arsenal found out, it was all a little too good to be true as it faded into a bit of a nothing and, not unlke the Danish player, ultimately a bit of a let down.

First track sounds like a weird/slow version of 'Good Times' by Chic without the cool bassline. Overall, it was all just a bit "nice". 5/10 ⚽ Euro player: Johan Cruyff. Played in orange and definitely ripped it up.

_Rip It Up_ by Orange Juice - (I keep on forgetting to make my music player not fucking shuffle the fucking thing! It's really hard to get an idea of an album released pre-CD era when it's randomly playing tracks.) So it's 80's post-punk...crooner music? It's weird. The first song was...interesting. The second song's lyrics didn't seem to energy and upbeat quality of the music- badabada, badabada, _see the tears in a million faces_ whaaaaaaaat? The rest of the album liked to bounce around in the same manner, where you never knew what you were going to get. I wondered if any of the band went on to be part of some other bands, but they never did. Why isn’t The English Beat on this list?

Rick Astley? Is that you?... Are they a mix between Squeeze and Pulp? I'm happy that they have a song called Breakfast Time. Other than that, nothing too much to consume here.

Na

Vergesslich

Very rough sounding hall and Oates, weird voice strains, very repetitive no saves

I don't know if they invented a bunch of things or they sound like some weird amalgamation of a variety of 80's bands. Unfortunately they don't sound as good as a lot of their peers... maybe a mediocre Style Council.

Meh

I lived through 1980s synth-pop. Why not Duran Duran or Flock of Seagulls? Ugh

Some interesting notes here and there but nothing special going on with this one. Listening to it once was enough for me

It's okay, but I'm not sure why it's included on the list. Seems very average, and the singles aren't really doing much for me. Unlike even a band like Korn, which at the very least was a major point for a genre, I'm not sure the significance of this one.

Boring, not for me

Meh...

Not my jam

I guess some time it was a hit but now it lacks standing out quality that differentiates it from similar albums. Its not bad music but not exceptional

Reminds me of the talking heads but without the talent

Instrumentaali oli vekkulia, mut laulu pudotti pisteitä. Ei jotenki lähteny

Rip it Up is a good song, as the album goes it tries your patience; Breakfast Time is stupid? The second half gets slow and ironic (e.g. Louise Louise)

Boring British rock with one hit song in the UK lnly like every other album on here.

Makes me want to go out and buy every copy of 1001 Albums You Must Hear... simply so I can Rip It Up

this list is making me actively hostile toward the idea of listening to new music. this was a 2 until breakfast time, which was sonically ROTTEN. the musical equivalent of mixing orange juice with toothpaste. just eat your stupid beans on toast or whatever and leave me out of it!

Room temperature Council Pop

This guy's voice is worse than Morrissey's, and the music is derivative.

Sortir ça après trois (TROIS) albums de Talking Heads, faut quand même vraiment pas avoir honte. Et puis Hokoyo c'est lunaire aussi. Cet album n'a rien à faire dans cette liste. Playlist pick : Rip It Up

Why is this artist even on this list when other more deserving artists are absent. Here is a short truncated alphabetical list of suggestions instead of this hackney group - “Bananarama, The Bangles, Berlin, Big Audio Dynamite, Boomtown Rats, Thomas Dolby, INXS, etc”

This is fuckin wack

Fuck off

Another album, that had a single track worth listening to. That one song was just ok not worth the "must listen to before you die" classification, and when you take the album as a whole it's pathetic and completely forgettable.

hate that awkward 80s shit

😴

Что-то странное, среднее между The Smiths и Talking Heads. Но совершенно не цепляет в отличие от.

Bad

UK critics overestimating the importance of New Wave again. The only thing I want to rip up is this page in the book. Please stop serving me new wave albums.

Might not be so bad if the singer's voice wasn't so goddamn awful.

Oh no way, another obscure Scottish band from the early 80s I’ve never heard of?? I’m sure this time they will be a hidden treasure! [listens to album] Nope, 🍊🥤🟰💩❗️ No business being on the list. 1⭐️

Just pure, distilled 80s music. Synthy horns and saxophone, basic drums and beats, and the singing sounds like a parody of someone doing Talking Heads. My previous album was Elastica's Elastica, where I praised the brief, bite-sized songs. This is the opposite, all these songs are much, much too long and tread water for the last halves of their runtimes. I would have given this 2 stars but it is so obnoxious and takes up so much more time (in my life) and space (on this list) than it needs to (i.e. any at all) that 1 star is all I can give.

Came across as an easy listening reggae album and did nothing for me

I don’t know what I just listened to. 😭😭

Ugh

dance jammy, but felt all over the place and just didn’t work for me

This album should've stayed in the 80s.

you’d think i might like this but i don’t

szkocikowy post punk z 82, czyli granie synthowe z specyficznym szkocikowym wokalem, niby nic tak dziwnego czy zlego do sluchania, a bylo tragicznie nijakie, ta punkowosc bardziej przchodzi w funkowosc, juz nawet samam okladka jakos ostrzegala, ze bedzie dziwnie popowo, standardowa plyta 40 minutowa z 8 trakami, niczym szczegolnym czy dziwnym, dziwna pozycja na liscie, na plejke dodam tytulowy traczek openingowy

Oh what’s this? Another one hit wonder group from the UK? No way I can’t believe it! Like someone else here said, there’s no Tool on the list but there’s like 100 of these. The list is shite (this was album 215 for me). 1 star - terrible vocals. And no, I didn’t need to hear this before I die.

Pretty shit stuff

Not my jam AT ALL. If we’re being honest, I skimmed through the back half because I couldn’t do it anymore.

Meh

Here’s my ranking of OJs: 1. The drink (big gap) 2. This band 3. Simpson

Not for me. Hate the vocals

Strange band from the 80’s . No big hits hits.

El estilo del disco es bastante caótico. Inclasificable, in a bad way. Teniendo en cuenta la falta de representación femenina que hay en esta lista y que se hayan colado cosas tan prescindibles como esta, me cabrea bastante la verdad.

the bias of this list is so evident with this album

this 80's synth shit by ambiguous garage band "never was'" is getting tiresome. this is not something i needed to hear. i've heard it 10 times already 10 days in a row with the same horseshit sounding bands. fuck you

Only let this finish because I was too busy to change the album.

Not my cup of tea.

Didn’t vibe with this. At times it sounded like uninspired David Bowie, but just one note and boring throughout

Wow this sucks

2 - TERRIBLE

Not my thing

You have got to be kidding me. This lame ass super dated sounding album made the list of must hear albums! Why? There is absolutely nothing special about this album. It’s not offensive necessarily it’s just lame and the vocal styling is so bad. It’s probably a 2 for me but it’s irritating me so much that something like this is on here meanwhile no Louis Armstrong for instance. WTF!

No me ha llamado la atención nada

80s junk, why is this on here?

Garbo...

After 2 songs in, I was done. Some 80s sounding garbo, not for me.

Eh not for me. 1.3/10

Never heard of these guys before today. The title track is catchy, but not life changing. Gave the album a cursory listening, nothing else really stood out.

Sorry but no thank you

This album isn't juicy at all. It's like I left the bottle in the fridge five months after the expiration date and was given this. There's a strong urge to abandon this album, but I pushed through. Just needed to take an 8-hour break once I reached Hokoyo.

This was more like Lemon Juice, very sour tasting album!

This album should have been forgotten in the discount bin. Nothing redeemable. Sounded like it would never be popular anywhere

No idea how this album made it into the top 1000. Very uninspired.

New Wave blather

The instrumental parts of this album give me a ton of hope that I would enjoy this. The guitar and drum playing specifically feel like precursors to the kind of music that I actually enjoy listening to now. But the singing sucks. It sucks so much. It takes away any possible joy I would get from listening to this. The mouth of the singer opens up, and any good thoughts I had about the album immediately disappear. I wish I could scrub the sound of the singer out of my head. Without the singer, this is *at least* a 3 for me. Probably higher. With the singer... SKIP. Favorite Song(s): -

Title track is really good, but I knew that already. The rest of the album is painfully mid though. The only interesting thing about them is that they're Scottish

Interesting, never thought they would turn up in the list of 1001 albums. Of course, I was very well familiar with their hit Rip it up, but other than that, never took or had the desire to listen to anything more of this band. After listening to the whole record I just can say my prejudice was justified. Talking Heads meets Culture Club or worse. No idea how this album ended up in this list, nor why Wikipedia labels this as "post-punk". It's utterly 80's rubbish. 1/5

Can't stand the vocals, forgive me

New Wave music sucks. As bad as the first song was, the hit off the album, the second one is worse. The album sounds like the soundtrack to John Cusak's 80s movies...all of them. Oh my god, this is awful. This is like an 80s Bowie cover band that decided to play originals. Every song, somehow, keeps getting worse. I will give this album credit for being actual music and a normal length. Those are all the "nice" things I can say about it though. A truly terrible album. And now the drummer gets in on the act with a song in a foreign language. This is the United Colors of Benetton of bands.

Rip It Up

Maso

Didn’t like this album.

This project has made me realize that there is a certain lilting vocal style used by some male artists (mostly British) that I just can't stand. This album has it in spades. The music behind it doesn't help the situation at all. Oh wait.... this is that guy who had that one song back in the Nineties that was kinda on the radio a bunch for a couple of months? Doesn't matter. Still sucks.

Premiere fois que j'hesite a skip l'album, trop nul, zero proposition

Robert Dimery must owe these guys money.

Rip this up

Irritating

Not good, not essential. Doesn't belong on this list.

Every now and again someone comes up with a cool riff then they decide enough of that nonsense.

I did not enjoy this.

Not very into this.

I was in high school when this came out and don't remember it but maybe I blocked it out because it's not good. There's some positive elements but it is extremely dated Sounds like a couple guys who want to be New Order playing The Beat's music poorly

Not the vibe I was expecting from the song title. Rip it up? More like "gently separate one side of the paper from the other being careful to not make a level of noise that would disturb anyone else." I get that this band was trying to be cutesy, but there's nothing cutesy about its cliche-ridden stabs at lyricism. I can see how this act was a precursor of sorts to Belle & Sebastian, but that doesn't make me like them any more.

A couple of almost catchy tunes, but this is by-and-large tripe. A very long 40 minutes.

Pour out the Juice because it has gone bad.

Just no. The instrument were meh but the vocals were awful. Nothing that I particularly liked here. Can’t even pick a stand out song

Scottish Post-Punk is just another way to say UK Britpop, which this list is sorely lacking. Because, why have albums from actual influential post-punk bands when you can cram an utterly unforgettable album from a band whose Wikipedia page can fit on a matchbook? 1/5

The Manyika tracks are the highlight for me. The rest is crazy bland and boring.

Horrendously boring. I turned it off 40 seconds in before I knew what I was doing because I knew instinctively that this was just not my jam. Who decides these albums and why do they like Morrissey so much? The Funko Pops of post-punk. The guitar was the standout of it all. Loved what they were doing. Some neat bass lines every now and again (including yes, the early TB303 usage). The vocalist did it no favours. Drummer sounded like they learned how to play while recording.

I feel like I'm never cool enough to "get" bands like this. Not my thing.

Ok

Awful drivel

My ex wife liked this lot so what do you expect? 1/5 24/11/24

My favorite thing about this album was not listening to it any longer. Collins’s voice was badly used, the song craft was middling, and the pop-drivel was so beneath reasonable standards.

This is pretty bad. I agree with the guy who complained about the lack of Tool and I don't even like Tool.

I'm learning that I hate 80s post-punk/new wave.

Rip up this album, it's trash. High 1.

This album takes everything I hated about the 1980s, distils it down into its purest form, then vomits it out over ten appalling tracks. One of the worst albums I've ever heard and fully deserving of a 1 star rating.

Gack. I didn't know English bands could do yacht rock. I couldn't get past abbreviated attempts with the first few cuts. A band called Orange Juice should not do a song called Breakfast Time.

This shit is terrible. Big no from me.

Only added Louise Louise to the playlist, wasn’t great. Not for me.

1. rip it up - 1 2. facez - 0 3. mud - 1 4. turn auuay - 0 5. breakfazt - 1.5 6. help - 0 7. flezh - 1 8. louize - 0 9. hokoyo - 1 10. hook - 1.5

meh

Early 80s dumpster fire. Hated it. Hated everything about it lol. Anyone who thinks this is good music should consider refraining from opining on anything. <3

Why is there so much god damn New Wave and Post Punk on this list!? Highlights: Rip It Up

Too 80s, didn't enjoy it at all. To much sax and synth... also too reminiscent of the talking heads sound in parts. Recognised the title track, but can't say it does much for me. Not for me. 1.5

Not completely awful, but not good. It wasn't cohesive, and, as per usual, I found the vocals and lyrics very lacking.

First listen Saved 0/10

This album is the worst of the overly synthesized 80's music. Being 1982 hell maybe they invented the sound, but It was like being Rick Rolled for 45 minutes.

Not really a fan of this one. 1.5/5

Super weird

This sucks, music has improved considerably over the last 40 years if this was ever popular.

Couldn’t do it. Made it through a couple songs and had to stop

Expired!

Lo-Fi Punk but also like Beach Boy California Pop Rock. Not great.

Boring.

No

kinda boring hate the tone of the singer

They should’ve limited it to 1000 albums

Garbage

This is an excellent album. At least if you want to demonstrate what is wrong with polished, inoffensive and boring New Wave from the 1980s. What's not to dislike on this album? It's not very long, I guess. I have no idea how it got to be on this list as even the critics (at the time and in retrospect) consider it mediocre.

Meh

Did not enjoy anything on here.

1/5 Best: Rip It Up Worst: Louise Louise

Vapid.

Really bad

Mostly pretty dull, not sure why this is on the list.

Seriously. What the hell is this? Total garage.

Terribly boring.

Underwhelming. Although I had pretty low expectations anyway. It's pretty bland disco rock, there's nothing here that I'll ever deliberately listen to again. 1/5.

Not bad, but not a fan.

Could be a 2 but point is I didn’t like it

Not my favorite

One hit wonder. I always felt his voice was taking the Micky. I’m convinced after listening to this record

Not my taste

Total garbage

I didn't know it was possible to take the type of voice I dislike most about a certain vein of UK post-punk and pair it with music that makes it even worse. But Orange Juice has managed to do that. This orange juice is definitely not freshly squeezed - probably that weird from concentrate stuff. Annoying disco horns, completely ill-fitting reggaeton drums... OJ just kept impressing me with the horrid depths they dredged. The African-influenced songs where Zeke Manyika took the lead were strange departures as well as the most tolerable/interesting things on the album, but those were also poisoned by the concentrate. I thought orange juice was good as long as there was no Pulp, but it turns out all OJ-inspired bands suck. According to what some random Wikipedia-empowered internet marauder wrote, Orange Juice "became perhaps the most important band in the Scottish independent music scene that emerged in the post-punk era." I had no idea the Scottish independent music scene in the early 80s sucked so much. But it turns out their competition was the Cocteau Twins and The Blue Nile, so things are making a lot more sense now. In some other web rando's blog post were the 20 best Scottish bands of the 80s, but I hadn't heard of any of them before embarking on the 1001. (Side note: post-punk is a ridiculous genre that is overly broad and contains an absurdly wide variety of sounds and styles.) I don't know what it was about Hadrian's Wall that acted as a impenetrable force field for good music. Fortunately, the barrier seems to have been broken, with much better stuff coming out of Scotland these days. Thank you Chvrches (and others), for saving the musical reputation of your nation. I would encourage Orange Juice to take their own advice and "rip it up and start again." Or maybe stop at just ripping it up.

Really hated the vocals

That was 40 minutes of a band with a major identity crisis. They sounded so much like so many different bands that I found myself wondering why I was listening to these guys at all.

I didn't hate it but just found it very boring. Rip It Up was ok to start with but eventually was waiting for it to end. Vocals were annoying and the music itself is meh. I like 80s music a lot but this wasn't for me.

Resounds like the background music to an 80s movie—like, not the soundtrack part but the background prom music to a second-rate movie. Lot of trumpet/flugal horn. Love the 80s, but not this 80s.

Far too late for my liking I have discovered that there is a subset of punk and post-punk music which uses the violin. When I opened the wiki page for this album, I was hopeful that I was about to listen to another entry in that personal canon. Sadly, the string arrangements here are one of the weakest parts. The sax parts, on the other hand, are at least fun. There is a stronger rhythmic sensibility than there is in certain pop/new-wave releases. But it's soundly dated and mostly forgettable. Turn Away was the strongest cut, while Hokoyo hinted at a better sound altogether.

Typical 80s crap

Not good

Boring background music. The tracks seem to just meander along with no energy.

Never heard of them or the album...”this is a good thing” I muse to myself, as I’m always craving something different and new to me to listen to. Something that’s not new to me unfortunately, is the use of the description boring. In honour of this album I’ll keep my review the same. It’s new agey rock with heavy reggae influences. God I hope the next album raises my pulse slightly more than resting bpm. 1 Star!

Soppy nu-wave pop. Never heard of them before, but wasnt blown away at all. I know Edwyn Collins from 'Girl Like you' which I like, but thought this was drivel

Not convinced

Listened to about half the album. Didn’t want to finish. Not really into New Wave. Their “hit” song off this album just didn’t do anything for me.

Não gostei. Bloqueio com estética e timbres dos anos 80

Not for me