Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Not really my thing. Though on a surface level it seems like the type of music i’d really vibe with and I bet this influenced artists I love, but man I just find this to be such a bore.
En hård start
I'd rather listen to Rio. middle and end of the album is a chore
I like the album cover. The music, on the other hand, I could barely make it through...
As I continue to catch up on all the 1001 albums to hear before I die recommendations I have piled up, I stumbled across Quiet Life by Japan. While I do very much appreciate the very 80s sounding New Wave this project embodies, a whole month before that decade would take off, I do also feel it holds this project back as a product of its' time. This project tries to be challenging but just comes off as subpar after all these years of aging. The songwriting is pretty unremarkable outside of Quiet Life, which also happens to be the only song from here I enjoyed. It is pretty fine and doesn't do a whole lot for me other than fill in 44 minutes of my time. I can see why others would enjoy this but I just couldn't care a single bit about this album after the first 5 minutes. Glad I checked it out but I won't be back anytime soon.
HORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIBLE!
I don't see the value of this record at all and have no idea why it's on the 1001 albums you must hear before you die.
Quiet Life All Tomorrow's Parties
1/5. Yup, that's British synth. I don't think I enjoyed this one fully as I came down with a cold or something and this kind of just pushed along. It just didn't really stand out to me and I was left kind of wanting more. I actually enjoyed the instrumental track Despair, as it kept the aesthetic while sacrificing the vocals. It's not that they were bad, just very uninteresting. Best Song: Despair, Quiet Life
Stanby
cba listening looks like a pissy poo poo album, it’s just Duran Duran with more guy liner not fussed/5 FTW Japan have one good tune. It is not present on this record. 2/5
Not quite mi taste
The reviewer who called this *Duran Duran on valium" Nailed it. Unrelentingly dull. Zero sauce. Bloody hell, how was this worse than The Doves..? And it's still going. How is it still going? Make it stoppppppp!
DNF
Why. No thanks.
Not for me.
Best Song: Quiet Life Holy New Wave Batman! This has pretty much everything I don't like about new wave including some saxophone. I would NEVER listen to this again.
just boring and uninspired, in my opinion. also, why is the band called Japan if they have nothing to do with Japan?
Still don't like British rock, and I'm a little offended that a group called Japan sounds nothing like japanese music. At least have some songs sound like city pop 💀 1
Слишком мрачный и томный нью вейв, растянутый и тягучий. Минус
Meh. Uninspired and uninspiring. Doing very little for me.
Not great
Dramatycznie mdły i niczym się nie wyróżniający. Nie dałem rady do końca.
Did not enjoy at all
Nämä kumeat kasarilaiset haahuilevat tekemättä varsinaisesti mitään kokeellista (mikä tuskin sekään olisi ollut hyvä ratkaisu). Homma junnaa paikallaan, paitsi ehkä ekassa ja vikassa biisissä, joissa on jotain ytyä (mutta joita en usko kuuntelevani jatkossa). 1,5
Gave a few songs a chance but.... pass
Unimpressed
I don’t care for new wave. 1
I couldn't finish this
Not my cup of tea
This album is ahead of its time in the worst way possible. It came out in 1979, and yet it sounds like the most annoying and cheesy 80s album you've ever heard.
Pop uusiaaltl alkaa nii kivasti mutta kuulokkeet irtoaa ja puhelin täysillä ja soittaa JAHA JAHA
A bit too funky for me. Just didn't really catch me and wouldn't listen to the album again. And who makes most of their songs over 4min? 7:23 min? come on...
Qualidade evidente do instrumental não conseguiu diminuir a chatura dos vocais arrastados e melodias entendiantes.
I dont love this. I am a big fan of new wave, but this isnt really anything special.
Not worth listening to the whole album
Not liking this at all
Generic
Was glad when this one ended. Quiet Life was an alright song, the rest of the album very boring and not my kind of music at all.
booooooooring also fire whoever did the mixing on this
Didn't I just hear this record? But it was called something else?
Boring instrumentals, flaccid bass, out-of-tune vocals recorded on a pumpkin. NNN
Poor mans David Bowie + Depeche Mode + The Cure? Don't love it.
I’d rather listen to raffi on repeat
A lot of early emo pop stuff. One track was somewhat enjoyable.
More uninteresting UK trash from the 70s
1.5
Terrible.
boring and mundane. not at all worth a listen
Nichts für mich.
Boring and out of tune. Unpleasant listen
06/1001 I liked the beginning but it became repetitive and boring. There were only 3 songs that I would genuinely listen to. The recording didn't seem like a thing to me
No bueno. Why does New Wave mostly suck?
Snooze fest
Boring
no
Sounds like Duran Duran, but not as fun.
Very bland, each song feels the same as the last. Doesn't feel too original or groundbreaking.
Not quiet enough for me
ups no oi
1/5 What a boring forgettable album.
Niet geluisterd staat me gewoon niet aan
Snooze fest. And a horrendous cover of Lou Reed’s All Tomorrows Parties. Kindly delete yourself from musical history.
1001 hardly
Did not like
Thought it might be interesting. I was wrong.
Just terrible
not my kind of music. too soft rock for me
Meh. Felt like it just kept going and going.
Not my vibe
Pretty bad
I made it through about 45 seconds before turning this tripe off.
Only listened to a couple of tracks.
Crap
No.
I don't think I'd even heard of Japan let alone heard any of their stuff. The first two tracks were decent enough, the second probably better than the first. The third track changed the mood a lot. It was kind of jarring. Not that it's a bad song, it was just a big change from the first two. Very atmospheric. And then track four puts us back to where we were. The rest of the album isn't great. Track six is probably the worst. I wouldn't have guessed this was released in 1979. I would have gone much more recent than that, I think. Another 2/5 for me, and another album I'll probably never listen to again.
Pop music that simply brings one to a dead end.
Terrible.
Not good, sounds like the same song over and over
Late 70s but sounds 80s. Hated this. The Velvet Underground cover was excruciating
Meh Some vague Duran Duran vibes in the middle...
Boring.
Don't like it, David Bowie did it better.
Nah not for me
Horrible
Niet mijn kopje thee.
They wanted to be Bowie so bad.