Reviews (page 6 of 8)
Not a bad listen, but really couldn’t get into it. Good background music though
After listening to this album twice, I still don’t remember a single song. If you don’t count the Sweet Home Alabama-riff, which I found annoying. Will not listen again
S'inscrit dans la tradition rock classique, avec guitare, parfois piano. La voix me semble influencée par celle de Bono, elle m'y fait penser à l'occasion.
Correcto
This album is fine - it's not particularly ambitious, but that doesn't mean it's a bad listen. At times it feels like a more subdued Smashing Pumpkins, and unusually the album starts to pick up towards the end.
Oh! I listened to Mad Season's beautiful "Wake Up" yesterday and the second song the algorithm did play after that was from this album. It wasn't as good the first one, from CSNY. So much for a first impression. [...] ... this was absolutely nice and pleasant and everything - good job, algorithm, I see why you did that - but also a largely uneventful experience. I cherish the vibe & atmosphere of it but Fuzzy will leave no lasting memory.
Kinda forgettable
Nope.
Great example of why I’m enjoying this challenge, despite the occasional dud. I’ve never heard of this group, but my ears perked up on the first song, and I was hooked by the second cut. Totally smitten by the time I got to “Fuzzy”. I hear a little of 70s Bowie in the band, and it works! Even a little Dylan in the songwriting… By the middle of the album I’m asking myself, who IS this group and how did I miss them in ‘93!?! Love finding “new to me” music like this. The momentum of the album slows down a bit toward the back half but damn, this is a solid one. Will be revisiting for sure. Hopefully I can find an OG on vinyl.
Boring.
I thought it was really good. With a name like Grant Lee Buffalo I was expecting something less appealing, but it ended up being a jam.
Michael Stipe would love this album..
Feels very Americana
3/5 You definitely don't need to listen to this album before you die. It's decent though. Listenable for sure when you're drunk. The Shining Hour 4/5 Jupiter and Teardrop 4.5/5 Fuzzy 3.5/5 Wish You Well 3.5/5 The Hook 4.5/5 Soft Wolf Tread 2.5/5 Stars n' Stripes 4/5 Dixie Drug Store 5/5 (FAV) America Snoring 3/5 Grace 2.5/5 (LEAST FAV) You Just Have to Be Crazy 5/5
Woooahhhh!!Where the fuck did this come from!! Country meets the Pixies and somehow Fuzzy mighy better than both. Phillips vocals are fantastic, as are his songwriting styles. Fuzzy is tight, yet expansive. The overdriven acoustic guitar gives it a very unique amazing sound. This is a spectacular album 9.2/10
I wonder if Grant Lee Buffalo has any relation to Tokyo Lee?
Enjoyed this, but then I'm a huge REM fan so I suppose I was always going to. Probably one of the only many bands REM mentioned that I didn't dig into at some point in the 90s. Title track has obvious Radiohead similarities. I'm also reminded of Red House Painters (Sun Kil Moon) in places. Really decent mid 90s Rock/alt-country. I will be honest though, it went a bit dangerously close to U2 occasionally, so they'll want to watch that.
Great surprise
The echo machine was prevalent on this one. Liked Dixie Drug Store the most.
Solid album from an artist I've never heard before. Would've gotten a full 5 but it became a little too much of the same by the end. Regardless, the music remained interesting throughout. Hints of David Bowie, Destroyer and Jeff Buckley. Standout Tracks: Jupiter and Teardrop, The Hook, Dixie Drug Store
It was fine
Eh, kinda interesting at the start but fairly forgettable afterwards.
Never listened to this band but it was decent.
Never heard before good sound.
Good listening, the album breezed by
Something folksy and upbeat here. It's neat.
I gave this three listens so I could afford it a proper chance but it just didn't leave that great and impression on me.
Forgettable, even to unpack to. 2/4
Aujourd'hui, on aborde un sujet sensible. Un cas d'école. Comment rester objectif, comment garder une once de distance critique, quand on vous demande de parler d'un de vos albums de chevet ? D'un disque qui a squatté votre platine, votre lecteur CD, votre baladeur, jusqu'à en user les sillons et les circuits imprimés ? La réponse est des plus simple : on n'en a rien à foutre. L'objectivité, c'est pour les critiques qui n'ont jamais vraiment aimé la musique, ceux qui la dissèquent comme une grenouille en cours de SVT, sans jamais en sentir le coeur battre. Moi, la musique, je la vis, je la baise, je me roule dedans. Et "Fuzzy" de Grant Lee Buffalo, c'est une histoire d'amour. Nous sommes en 1993. Le monde de la musique est un champ de bataille. D'un côté, le grunge de Seattle a tout ravagé sur son passage. Des hordes de jeunes en chemises de bûcheron nous expliquent à quel point leur adolescence a été merdique sur fond de guitares saturées. De l'autre, la Britpop commence à pointer le bout de son nez avec ses hymnes arrogants et ses références aux Kinks. C'est l'époque du bruit, de la fureur, de l'ironie post-moderne et des Doc Martens. Et puis, au milieu de tout ce bordel, débarque un trio de Los Angeles, Grant Lee Buffalo. Ils ne ressemblent à rien de ce qui passe en boucle sur MTV. Pas de pose nihiliste, pas de drapeau anglais sur les amplis. Juste trois mecs qui semblent tout droit sortis d'un roman de Steinbeck après un détour par un club de rock alternatif. Et ils nous livrent "Fuzzy". Ce disque est un anachronisme magnifique, un ovni total dans le paysage de l'époque. C'est un disque qui refuse de choisir son camp. Il est à la fois folk, americana, rock, et même noise par moments. C'est une bête étrange, un disque qui caresse avec la douceur du folk avant de te lacérer le visage avec une guitare électrique saturée de larsen. Il y a une tension permanente, un équilibre précaire entre la mélancolie la plus profonde et des envolées électriques quasi-héroïques. Mais la pièce maîtresse, le joyau de la couronne, l'arme de destruction massive de cet album, c'est la voix. Et merde, quelle voix ! Grant Lee Philips. Ce type n'est pas un chanteur, c'est un sorcier. Sa voix est un instrument à part entière, capable de passer d'un murmure fragile à un falsetto déchirant qui vous file la chair de poule, pour ensuite redescendre dans des graves d'une chaleur et d'une noirceur abyssales. C'est une voix qui porte en elle toute l'histoire de la musique américaine, du blues du Delta au rock'n'roll, en passant par les complaintes country. Une voix sombre, parfaite, d'une justesse implacable qui semble chanter directement depuis l'âme, sans aucun filtre. Chaque mot est pesé, chaque intonation est chargée d'une émotion brute, palpable. Écouter "The Shining Hour" ou "Jupiter and Teardrop", c'est comme recevoir une confession intime, un secret murmuré au creux de l'oreille dans une pièce sombre. Je ne vais pas vous faire l'affront de détailler chaque morceau. Ce serait un crime. "Fuzzy" est un tout. Un voyage. Un trip mélancolique et décalé dans une Amérique fantasmée, une Amérique de routes poussiéreuses, de coeurs brisés et de rêves déçus. Les guitares acoustiques sont poignantes, la basse de Paul Kimble est d'une sobriété et d'une efficacité redoutables, et la batterie de Joey Peters est tout en retenue, explosive quand il le faut, mais toujours au service de l'atmosphère. Le disque est traversé par une tristesse poignante, mais ce n'est jamais du misérabilisme. C'est une tristesse digne, belle, presque réconfortante. C'est la bande-son parfaite pour les nuits d'insomnie, pour les moments où l'on se sent un peu à côté de la plaque, un peu décalé par rapport au reste du monde. "Fuzzy" est un disque qui vieillit admirablement bien, comme un grand vin. En fait, il ne vieillit pas. Il est intemporel. Là où tant d'albums des années 90 sonnent aujourd'hui comme des reliques, celui-ci conserve toute sa fraîcheur, toute sa pertinence. On peut y retourner, encore et encore, et y découvrir de nouvelles subtilités, de nouvelles raisons de tomber amoureux. C'est un disque qu'on peut s'enivrer d'écouter, sans aucune modération, et sans jamais craindre la gueule de bois. Juste le vague à l'âme, peut-être. Mais un vague à l'âme délicieux. Ce n'est pas juste un bon disque. C'est un disque nécessaire. Un de ceux qui vous rappellent pourquoi la musique est si importante. C'est le genre de disque qui vous fait dire que, finalement, tout ce bordel en valait la peine. Alors oui, ma note est de 5/5. Sans aucune objectivité. Parce que certains disques ne s'écoutent pas avec la tête, mais avec le coeur. Et "Fuzzy" a pris le mien il y a bien longtemps, et ne l'a jamais rendu. Un chef-d'oeuvre, point barre.
Definitely a stronger 3, but it didn't feel like a 4. There are a couple really cool songs on here but the back half of the album felt sort of flat to me.
This was a surprisingly beautiful album! I had no idea what to expect going into it and I’m pleasantly surprised.
Deserves more listening. Not sure what mood I need to be in though.
It was there. Nothing really stood out about it in any way. I'm torn between a 2 and a 3 because it's really the definition of 2.5 I guess I'll give it a 3 since it at least had a decent run time and didn't piss me off.
It's ok, didn't grab me Will I listen to again: 1%
Totally new to me. Feels like one I’d need to listen to a few times to really get into. Didn’t really like it on the first try.
New to me. Spend a little time listening to Jim Morrison over and over and over and over and over and......???
Peak 90's radio butt rock. If I even slightly enjoyed this style of music this would be the peak whiny, tribal armband barbed wire tattoo, white guy butt rock.
Sounds boring and uninspired. Monotonous vocals, same-y guitar sound all throughout.
Sounds like if late 90s U2 made country
Solid indie/alt album, bit slow - didn't finish it all but I liked the first half
Getting back into the habit of listening to an album a day again (and a lot to catch up on!) This was enjoyable and I would listen to it again. I've never heard of this artist & will check out their other stuff.
It's like your cool, slightly moody older cousin showed up with a guitar and some angst. 4 out of 5 stars just because.
Best Song: Jupiter and Teardrop. The electric guitars brought some much needed energy to this one. Worst Song: The Hook. Just an objectively worse song than the one by Blues Traveler that uses the same gimmick. Overall: Kind of generic, sleepy-sludgy alt-rock. I can't imagine that this was very revelatory when it came out, and it's even less so now.
Get this off the list immediately
Not bad. First half is pretty good. Kinda reminiscent of Ace Frehley. Second half tires.
nirvana meets neil young
Deserves second listen
I really liked it. I don’t know how I missed this in the 90s, but Wikipedia says that the band never really broke out of cult status despite mostly positive reviews. They were big in LA, I guess, and I lived far, far away in flyover country at the time.
aight
not a huge fan
Unremarkable and derivative American rock
I don't think the songs are very good and the vocals have too much "performance" in them. I bet this guy is really into John Lennon.
Not very fuzzy
Ehhh
I liked it. Good album
The vocals in the first song were really bad, but eventually it was not that bad to sit through.
Really liked the vibe of the opening track, but the rest was unremarkable
exceptionally white music
Not offensive but also not good
Pretty good rock music. Nothing stood out, though.
p710. 1993. 3 stars. Decent voice and lyrics let down by a lack of memorable tunes. Interesting rather than essential.
Pretty good. Got a little distracted so I couldn’t enjoy it fully but I wouldn’t be against listening again. Really liked Jupiter and Teardrop.
It wasn’t very bad but also not very good. An average 90s rock album with some nice guitars.
I have a soft spot for emotional indie music. I find music like this soothing and I appreciate it being on the list. I spent a few years only listening to sad music and while I'm glad I don't do that anymore, I think this album is a very well executed piece. Favorite song: Jupiter and Teardrops
Didn’t realize I heard a song from these guys before (saved in my Spotify- Mockingbirds)
It's not exactly country and not exactly folk and not exactly rock, and that ambiguity makes it widely accessible which is something quite a few albums on this list haven't been. The title track reminds me a bit of a Radiohead song that I can't put my finger on, but that is very much a good thing. The acoustic 6 and 12 strings throughout the album give it an nice expansive sound that I think is sometimes let down by the singer. He goes a bit too hard on the Eddie Vedder enunciation and vibrato, though (old man voice) That Was The Style At The Time. Starting at "Soft Wolf Tread" it got a bit slow and too country for my tastes. I did enjoy hearing about handicams again in "Stars N Stripes”, it's been decades. If they just kept going with the momentum from the first half I would’ve liked it a lot more, but it lost my attention half way through.
I did not care for this. The syncopation in the first song tricked me each time into thinking there was going to a shift in tone and energy and I left disappointed. I made it 6 tracks in before putting on Mom Trapz II, a far superior listening experience.
Not sure why this is here but it's fine outside of the context of this list I suppose.
90s. Sounds like the other 90s. Sound, lyrics, everything was just 90s.
A nice bit of Americana to keep things cool. Buffalo's approach sounds so natural, you'd think he was made to do this. The opening three-song run is exemplary of his talent, though the rest of the album is a pleasant listen as well. Easy 4.
A pleasant enough indie rock album. Not a bad listen but I don't really see much significant about it, apart from praise from Michael Stipe and Noel Gallagher. There is indeed a 'fuzziness' as the title suggests but I hear much novelty to it. It's an alright album but one that's unlikely to stick with me.
Meh.
Meh
A for effort but i’m probably never going to play this again
This was okay. I can see why people might get into it and I enjoyed some of the music…but it was only okay.
Pretty good, but pretty ho hum. There are no singles and it is just fine music.
Never heard it before. It had a great vibe
I liked this a lot. Surprised I never came across these guys back in the day. They are right up my alley.
America Snoring because this is boring.
A lot of U2 influence but with an Americana vibe. Can see how this would go on to influence later bands. Really a 3.5 but rounding down because it's just not that memorable.
Great road trip song, which was perfect timing for my hour-long drive in Norway
Never heard of the group, all the songs are new to me. I'm reasonably ok with the songwriting but don't enjoy the overall package. The voice is grating to me, the pace a bit too laid back, the overall feeling is more twangy than I enjoy unless you are going all the way there.
Favorite tradk: Wish You Well
Somewhere between Bob Dylan and Neil Young.
A surprisingly good listen. Knew nothing about this artist. But every song was pleasant. Nothing really stood out but I enjoyed every minute of this one.
The Shining Hour // Jupiter And Teardrop // Fuzzy // Stars N' Stripes //
A pleasant surprise
A very very well thought debut record. Epitome of 90’s alt, I really enjoyed the lyrics in this one, a softer and easy listen. Refreshing that we got 90’s that isn’t radio head pill I think there’s clearly filler in this album, and without doing any research, I’m willing to bet fuzzy was a single- song is an absolute banger. This really gives me Jeff Buckley vibes and I’m so here for it.
As the title suggests, this is a very hazy album with some good moments but okay and passable moments are few between. I hear david bowie, I hear Bruce Springsteen, I hear Elliot smith I hear R.E.M and yet none of it really feels like it is fully realized. The 90's had some really great records and I love being thrown onto new artist but this just wasn't as excitable as one would lead you to believe. The song the Hook uses the chorus to talk about the Hook kinda fun and engaging but American snoring is RATM inspired too but It is all so passable. I will not be revisiting, and I have a strong letter written to the creator of this book and list cause how much were you paid. By the last song I was glad it was ending even if the song itself was good. 4.5/10 but really a 4
Never heard of GLB back in the 90s, and now we know why. Not that good. The Hook is the best song, again not that good. America Yawning is more like it as this album in a snoozer (1.6*s)
This album surprised me because I didn't expect this sound for something from the 90's. I like his twangy voice and the 12-string guitar. Overall it doesn't feel as deep emotionally as I think it could be for this vibe but I liked it well enough. I listened to "Stars n' Stripes" a few times because of his mention of a "handycam" which I absolutely dug. I think once you warm up to this it gets better. It's a bit sublime and melancholic but also grungy somehow.
A pretty good 90s album. I imagine if Michael Hutchence didn't die, INXS would have put out something liken this as they mellowed. Band sounds like they could have been featured on VH1 crossroads. Not leaving a major mark but holds it's own.
Wasn't expecting anything from a band called Grant Lee Buffalo. Was pleasantly surprised at what I got. It hit a very casual 90's sound that I'm surprised I hadn't been exposed to previously. It's not my favorite but was an easy listen. I guess all I can say about it is that it's fine but nothing special. I don't really have much to say about it in the wake of the listen. 2.39 stars
That time, when they are strum strum strumming along, and then they stop . . . and THEN start strumming soooo hard!
It was good and pleasant.
Not bad Was good on gilmore girls
I bet moms listening to light rock radio in the 90s loved this. Almost every genre had better examples of this tepid generic crap in '93. How is this on the list? Also any story about someone hanging out with a mysterious person who disappears and it turns out to be a ghost is stupid. It's lazy writing for children.
I didn’t necessarily hate it, but I wanted it to end by the fourth to last song, so that is not good. Obviously. Bye bye
90s alternative is probably my comfort food as far as music goes, and this definitely has the feel of the early 90s. Unfortunately, that’s really about all it has going for it. I just didn’t find any of it very interesting. Mostly it’s just there. I wouldn’t jump over a couch to shut it off, but I’m not going to intentionally listen to any of this again. Knowing that Michael Stipe loves this album actually knocks it down about half a star for me, too.
No. No, thank you. Not for me. Nope.
It’s ok….
Ab und zu ist die Stimme gut. Akustische Gitarre und elektrische im Wechsel. Einfache Melodien
Definitely something I can get into. 3.5
Not bad
I'm really not feeling this. I realize why I never listened to this when it was new. The first track gives a little hope, but my attention is quickly fleeting after that. I was glad when the album suddenly ended and I was graced with silence.
в моём сердце Грант также не нашёл отклика, как и у широкой публики. но он норм!
Don't know if I'll reutrn to this but I enjoyed it for what it was.
Very good album, just seems a bit dirge-y to me
This should not be enjoyable as it includes most of the tropes of this kind of music that I dislike, but I have to admit I enjoyed it. It bounced around from Americana to classic rock radio to slightly harder and did it well.
Nineties rock is so hit and miss…for me, this was the latter.
Not half bad. Got into it more and more as the album went on.
Pleasantly surprised, get glimpses of early Radiohead, quite enjoyed Would make a great darts name aswell Grant "The Buffalo" Lee 3.5 / 5
2.5 Got bored, wasn’t bad but won’t be coming back ever again. Lick my asshole Grant Lee Buffalo
lacks good songs
wäre besser ohne die pearl jam stimme jeff buckley aber cheesier america is snoring, pfff..
This is a really nice album. Good music, will have to listen to this one more often.
Medio medio, algunos temazos, un poco grasun
Silly
Another one I started off thinking would bore me but grew on me as I went along. Solid but I think not enough high points to bring me back.
I appreciate this, but didnt love it. Maybe it was my environment - trying to work and listen simultaneously. Seems like it might benefit from multiple listenings. But there are 1000 other albums!
Sounds a bit like The Waterboys to me. No bad thing. I really liked this but I don’t feel i ingested enough. I might just seek out more. I’m not sure if it’s a 4 but more a 3.5 but for engaging and curiosity value…
Enjoyable and forgettable. If the song ‘Spring Release’ were on here it would have been a four.
These guys are excellent, and somehow I only know one of their albums (the follow up to this, Mighty Joe Moon) which I think I like better by degrees. Could be a familiarity thing. There's something innately confident about this band, they sound like they've been around forever.
This is solid. I got tuned onto these guys when their second album came out. I still prefer that one, but today's listen made me appreciate this one a lot. Great songwriting, performances, and arrangements, but I was getting a bit tired of it all by the end.
White bread
I really liked this. Note to self: listen again!
A few interesting ideas, but never really got going for me.
The album was fun. It was nice to have heard it. But it's not one of my favorites.
Need a re-listen, pretty good though
No thank you! There wasn't anything bad per say, and I'm glad other enjoy this because the artists sounded skilled, but I was quite excited when this album finally ended. It just wasn't for me.
Solid.
Overall I was not very impressed. That said while I was listening it got to a really great track and I thought it was picking up. Then I realized that Tidal started a post-album random playlist, that great track was by The Lemonheads. I laughed.
This is a name I have heard before, but never listened to their music. It was alright; seemed like pretty straight forward alt-rock/alt-country. Nothing I would poo poo, but also not something I'm going to reach for often. 3/5
This was ok, but overall sorta boring. I kept hearing things that reminded me of other bands, but nothing I could *quite* put my finger on. Overall, it was too slow. 2.49/5
Enjoyable enough alt rock, but not something I see myself really remembering even if I get why this would be someone’s favorite kind of music. Feels like a band I’d check out at a festival sandwiched between other acts I’m more buzzed for. C… maybe +?
I had never heard of this band before now. This has been the most pleasant surprise in this project so far. It really blew me away. I imagine it continue to get better as I keep listening.
Just boring.
Quality soft alt rock, slight country style I think I ought to return to this one someday, could grow on me a bit so I feel a bit hesitant with my rating I liked it more at the beginning
Boring, bland, unoriginal. A bit waste of time, even the few songs I listened to.
This is a really good album. Completely unknown to me but I enjoyed it from the beginning to the end.
Of its time 90’s alt-rock. Probably one that you had to be there to really love - it’s not bad by any stretch, but doesn’t really offer anything extraordinary or gripping, outside of the occasional overt Bowie or Velvet Underground influence. To be honest, I kept mistaking this for Buffalo Tom, another “you had to be there” 90’s alt-rock group, but the truth is, some of this kind of sounds like early Radiohead… [Ducks to avoid projectiles thrown by angry Radiohead fans] …but that’s probably their due to the shared REM influence.
I really liked this. I bought the second album when it came out but never went back to this one for some reason.
Pretty standard alternative rock album from the 90's. Only one song I actually "liked". Dixie Drug Store was pretty good, but again, it sounds like a standard 90's alt rock group. Musicians sound talented, but this is a forgettable album.
Meh
Nice Rock Album, sounds older than from 1993...
I started out kinda liking it. Then I realized; this was the early nineties! I like some stuff from the late 90's-2000's that sounds like this! Must have been an influence! Then suddenly after a few tracks his singing started to remind me of Bono. Anyway, I hate music now.
Extremely generic rock. Choruses repeat way too many times in some songs. Idk how anyone would ever be in the mood to listen to this.
Better tunes than I thought. Not really sure why it's on the list though
Decent, a pleasant listen but nothing that grabs you and won't let go. Stars 'n' Stripes threatens to be interesting; Dixie Drug Store is probably the highlight.
10/10 I don’t know, I feel like I shouldn’t love this as much as I do, but there’s just something about it it’s so good and I don’t know why
Højrøvet selvhøjtideligt intetsigende tænker jeg efter at have lyttet til The Shining Hour. Efterfølgende retter Jupiter & Teardrop og Fuzzy lidt op på det :-) Wish You Well får mig til at overveje at anskaffe mig et eksemplar af pladen.
Never heard of him before. I enjoyed the album.
So far this has been the worst record I’ve listened to. Sure - there have been ones I haven’t finished - but on paper this guy should check a lot of my boxes. But holy shit was this awful. Bad music, horrid lyrics, fronted by a dude who sings terribly with an uninteresting voice. I hate listened to this so hard. 0 stars.
A solid example of 90's mainstream alt rock. I wouldn't ever want to listen again but I didn't dislike it completely
Fine. Not great.
I liked this one! Interesting/pretty songwriting with a ‘90s vibe.
Nice to listen to
Haunting. Warm. Cerebral bass coating the cries of the lead guitar and vocal. Huge energy at the end. Frisson inducing. 10/10 title track.
Like 90% of this list so far, this album is perfectly mid
Took a few listens to get into it, but now I want to hear more from them.
Not exactly my other genre, but pretty entertaining listen
Never heard before, no need to hear again
Good country rock sounds
3 - I really like a couple songs on here, Fuzzy and Stars 'n' Stripes, so I'm disappointed that I didn't much care for the rest of the album. The vocals on those two songs are great. Oh well, I'm glad I enjoyed something off of it.
Not what I expected but still unlikely to revisit
Seems like this was very influential to most 90s pop rock bands. At its best this was a cross between the verve and manic street preachers, but there were a good few bland songs and a terrible country song I think about banging a ghost. I think commercially it would have been better off sticking to the bland side of things, going the train/toploader route, or it could have leaned into the darker vervey stuff and been a better album. As it stands, it was okay and as I understand it not very successful.
Have read that it was very influential in the genre. I think more that other bands (Oasis, Radiohead) probably took the best ideas and stylings and improved upon them, binning the shit bits. Didn't blow me away. Title track was my favourite. Got old fast, but not in a way that irritated me. 2.5 stars.
The album finished and I could barely tell you anything about it. I found it was very middle of the road, didn't hate it but didn't love it either.
This was ok, but ultimately forgettable. I think Jupiter and Teardrop was my favourite track. 2.5
Really, really enjoyed this one. Only track I didn’t like was the last one. I can’t believe I’ve never heard of them.
First time listening to grant lee buffalo.
I first became familiar with Grant Lee Phillips from his work on Gilmore Girls, so my expectations for this album were somewhat tempered by that. But they shouldn't have been, as this is an absolutely fantastic listen. I won't lie, I just finished listening to it, and can't remember many details of what I just heard, outside of some great guitar tones -- which is typically not a great sign (hey, to be fair, I'm listening at work) -- but I still hope I remember to come back to it, because my general feeling right now is very positive. I love me some 90's alt-rock, and it sounded like they did it right.
No nyt kyllä oli kova levy taas. Akustisvetoista, mutta tymäkkää rockia. Tulee vähän Jeff Buckley ja ajoittain Radioheadikin mieleen. Paehaat: Jupiter and Teardrop, The Hook, Grace
Decent. Some good songs in here. Not perfect but I can see why they opened for Pearl Jam in the 90s. This one might grow on me.
Interesting, but bad. 1/5
It was decent. Felt like one of those artists that pretentious music snobs insist everyone should listen to, while I just smile and nod my head and try something else.
me gustó más de lo que me esperaba. letras pegadizas y me encantaron las guitarras.
Not great Bob. Only barely made 2 stars.
Meh I couldn’t get into this one at all. Not for me.
Another great find, I could see this album being a large influence on many early 70s artists.
Get some Supergrass vibes from this band. Wouldn't be surprised if they were an inspiration to Supergrass' sound. Pretty neat but I don't see myself coming back to it.
Laughably bad
Otroligt bra. Starten på albumet, dom första tre är sinnessjukt bra. Det är väl egentligen bara Dixie drug store som inte håller måttet.
Music style is all over the place. Some country, some rock, some ambient. Love some songs with lofi feel though. 3.5
Mighty Joe Moon was better.
Meh
It was right up there with every other early '90's rock band that wasn't doing Grunge. Nothing extraordinary IMO. Good, but there no WOW factor.
Meh.
It was okay. Nothing I'd listen to again.
01) The Shining Hour - 7,5 02) Jupiter and Teardrop - 7,0 03) Fuzzy - 7,0 04) Wish You Well - 6,5 05) The Hook - 7,5 06) Soft Wolf Tread - 7,0 07) Stars 'n' Stripes - 7,0 08) Dixie Drug Store - 7,0 09) America Snoring - 7,0 10) Grace - 6,5 11) You Just Have to Be Crazy - 6,5 TOTALS: 6,95 (70/100) Never heard of the band. It's not bad, but nothing I would remember in a few days.
First Listen. Missed out on listening to these guys back in the day. This is a really good album, somewhat dated to the early 90s (something I can't quite put a finger on reminds me of Big Head Todd and Pearl Jam with some of the vocalization stylings), but the musicianship is great and I like the nearly alt-country songs.
Uninteresting alternative country that is okay for background music. Overall: 1/10
Surprisingly good especially at the end
Best find yet. Folky/Americana with a heavy grunge influence. So tight
Gilmore Girls is all I know about this chap. Some nice use of bass in a few tunes. Not enough to make it stand out though.
Interesting. I’ve never heard this one before. The lyrics were really good. Very gen X!
The overdriven acoustic guitars on this are such a great sound. This hits the right amount of country for me where it doesn't turn me off at all but still has that vibe. The recording is fantastic and really elevates it.
Good indie rock from early 90s.
I'll pass.
This feels like a band they'd play in High Fidelity.
Started generic, became unbearable
I have a bit of a soft spot for these guys. Grant Lee toured with Robyn Hitchcock, one of my favorite artists, and the show was really quite memorable. Grant Lee Buffalo was pretty popular in Boston when I lived there.
Sleepy America dad rock that Bruce did better
folksy echoey soft-spoken country that kinda blends together. not bad road trip music tbh. 3.5/5
Ended up digging this a little more than I thought I would. Nothing particularly incredible, but it has a nice spin on the classic 90s alternative sound that happened to hit the spot for me. A lot of it is pretty standard fare, but the few tracks that more creatively worked in the diverse set of influences happened to really elevate the otherwise unimpressive album for me. Top tracks: The Shining Hour, Fuzzy, Soft Wolf Tread, America Snoring
Fine. Boring, not much to write about. Twinges of something cool, then it becomes forgettable
Cross between Elton John and Bruce Springsteen
never heard of this band before...
Pretty good I wanted to like it more than I actually did.
Album Nr. 21 Der erste Titel ist etwas schwach. Danach lässt sich das Album aber überraschend gut anhören.
Maybe I'm not familiar enough with the genre, but this doesn't seem groundbreaking enough to really land towards the top of this sort of alt rock genre. Grant Lee-Phillips vocals are serviceable at best, and whiney at worst. The heavy focus on rhythmic guitar outstays its welcome, and overall the album drags as a result. Highlight: America Snoring
I don't know why it's here, I never heard of it and is nothing revolutionary, but I can picture myself listening to this album while drinking a beer in the porch I don't have at the end of summer
Boring
Really did enjoy this album.
Great
Boring Americana
Nice rock album. Both acoustic and electric. Really good vocals.
With the opening track I thought, "OK, this could be interesting." And then Jupiter and Teardrop...I have a Playlist called Inadvertent Parody. Mr. Roboto is the first track. J&T is the latest addition. The engineering on the album is fantastic; especially the guitar and drum sounds. There are some interesting ideas and soaring moments. But the "songs" seem like they were intended merely as excuses to play music and impress people. It would be forgettable. But at Soft Wolf Tread I started imagining it was a Fred Armisen project with Bill Hader doing the singing. It is SO believable and becomes SO funny, I probably will listen again with that thought in mind to cheer myself up after reading the news.
Very 90s alt-rock, nice to listen to but not the most challenging thing. Judging by his images, he only recently learned how to make eye contact.
Prickly.
Going off the name and cover I was expecting a country album. This proves the old adage you can't judge a book by its cover.
Dull, ponderous Alt Rock that Screaming Trees, Morphine etc did better.
4.7 - I loved this album. I have listened to them a fair bit but not sat down to the whole album. Maybe I just love melancholic music, dunno
Going in to this one blind. The Shining Hour is a good start, this feels in my wheelhouse. I enjoyed Jupiter and Teardrop also. Fuzzy is the starred track on the album, but the slower tempo is doing less for me. The thing this reminds me most of is the inimitable Jeff Buckley (and of course this album predates Grace). Wish You Well chorus is nice. Ha - I just noticed there is a song called Grace on this album too. Soft Wolf Tread probably the least interesting track so far, but I like Stars N' Stripes for sure. MURICA. You Just Have To Be Crazy is fine, but does not really feel to me like the album going out with a bang. I'm leaning towards a 5 here. Whilst the highs are perhaps not as high as I might want in a 5 star album the floor is extremely high. This feels like a very consistent album that I could come back to fully, and I expect get even more out of, so I am going to be optimistic. Fave Tracks: The Shining Hour, Wish You Well, The Hook, Stars N Stripes 4.5/5
Countryish, not super interested.
Non offensive easy going 90s grunge. It's fine, but fairly forgettable.
Inoffensive.
Kinda bland and uninspiring
sounds not at all like the 90s and very much like how singer-songwriter people are in the last 5 years
Great 60s folk rock vibes. Cool guitars, the voice totally fits. Still sounds like rock from the 90s, but has a very different sound.
Singing calls to mind many different quality influences – Dylan, Mike Scott/Waterboys, Vedder. Can be fairly criticized for not having a hit and for being a touch same-y. Lots of interesting cuts. "Shining Hour" is quite a strong opener. "Jupiter and Teardrop" is an epic acoustic ballad. "Have to Be Crazy" is an effective closer. "America Snoring" suggests how they might have been a full power ALT-rock band, which good thing they avoided as they show some tendency toward the smoldering overseriousness that was a weak spot of that ilk. Still, this works, as one has always like some smolder in one's melancholia, and some restraint in one's rage. Can get behind them any day, though admittedly this is right in one's sweet spot, both genre-wise and era-wise.
Nice
I feel a bit ambivalent towards this album as a whole, but I did enjoy a few songs. The lyrics were way more exciting than the actually sound of the album, which was a shame. If I could I’d give this 3.5 stars.
I enjoyed the beginning of this album quite a bit, but something happened around the third-to-midway point. I think it was something like listening fatigue, but that's usually an issue when you're in the homestretch of some 60-minute LP. So what does that say about 'Fuzzy'? I like his voice; his diction could be better and some of the melodies seem limited by his range. Many of the lyrics that I could pick out seem socially-conscious in a pretty on-the-nose manner. I wish the rhythm section had the same verve and attention as the guitars and vocals do. "Serviceable" is a descriptor that comes to mind for this record, which feels more deeply insulting than "bad" or "okay." Funnily enough, I came around to it more during the last few songs. Highlights: The Shining Hour, Fuzzy, The Hook, Dixie Drug Store (who could hate on a classic "I fucked a ghost" tale?), You Just Have to Be Crazy
Sounds like a gentle bar fight
Album 254 of 1001 Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy Rating : 3 / 5 Good album. Nothing that is going to leave me wanting more. Wouldn't be reluctant to listen again. Sounds like one that could grow on some. ---------------------------------------- Fuzzy is the debut studio album by American rock band Grant Lee Buffalo, released in 1993 by Slash Records. According to the band's website, "Fuzzy would galvanize the sound of Grant Lee Buffalo, i.e., the acoustic feedback howl of overdriven 12-string guitars, melodic distorto-bass, tribal drum bombast, the old world churn of pump organs and parlor pianos."R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe praised Fuzzy as "the best album of the year hands down".
Ok
Alternative Gothic Country just about sums it up. Slow and brooding.
Fantastic album, don't have much to add besides that. I loved it. Fuzzy and Wish You Well are real standouts.
Great folksy rock album. Enjoyed it.
Pretty interesting.
I liked it a lot!
Some of the songs on this album reminded me of other bands, but who influenced who is hard to say. Not the groundbreaking album that I was expecting, but not too bad either.
Another new artist for me. This album didn't stand out much. It has a strong 90's grunge vibe, but it wasn't anything distinct for me. I also think the songs all ran together.
Never heard of him but thoroughly enjoyed
Boh, ok i guess?
I really didn’t like this album. It was boring, uninspired, and I don’t understand how anyone could like, listening to this man’s voice.
Really like this album.
Nope.
2.5 This sounds like a hundred different 90s albums thrown into a blender and puréed into a CD.
I really enjoyed the album my favourite of the songs was Soft Wolf Tread.
Jupiter and Teardrop - tune! the rest less so
Ok.
A fine rock album.
Listened twice, solid Americana and I'd never heard of it.
Enjoyed this album a bunch! A nice suprise considering the year and first impression from the cover. Dug the sound, mood and execution of the music.
Bandet har bra sound men inga bra låtar att spela. Oinspirerat tbh, inget man rycks med i
Not really my type of music...
Go back to Stars Hollow, nerd
"fuzzy"
Honestly, just kind of bland. This one isn’t really anything special aside from a couple tracks. Just one note and monotonous. It’s meh.
2.5
I really enjoyed this! Sounded like an album full of talent to me. Vocals were beautiful, loved the acoustic guitar and folk/country sound. A few songs at the end were kinda boring, but overall I loved the sound, I imagine it would sound really great live as well.
I listened to this a few times and I like it a lot. It does sound amateurish in production value, but musically it's fantastic. His voice is a treat to listen to, I love the way the piano is worked in, and especially I love the guitar solos, the tone is so dirty. The lyrics tell good stories without being in your face, although American politics...ugh. I didn't enjoy so many songs towards the end of the album, but this is one I will definitely come back to.
Actually pretty good! I’m impressed
Not bad but nothing stood out for me
Had me hooked from the first song, the vibes of "The Shining Hour" were exactly what I needed today. Mr. Buffalo knew what he was doing with these. I absolutely loved this album. Some songs are so danceable, some are just fantastic to sit and listen to. My favourite was "Dixie Drug Store" (love an aul storyline).
Each song reminded me of another, better song. Lots of derivative moments. Shining hour sounds pulled straight from The Waterboys Opening chord of Jupiter and Teardrop unashamedly borrowed from Moonage Daydream. And so on.
I don't think I've heard any of their music before, and I'm glad this project introduced me to them. This is a solid album. Nice style here, a little different in a few ways: melodically, harmonically, and the way they use their instruments. I like it.
Eh
Don't know, don't care's a great quality for the odd album to have; In this case, the identity of Jupiter and Teardrop and what exactly America's sleep has to do with anything.
This is extremely 90s alternative in a way that I just don’t care too much about after 1018 albums
Absolutely no one would disagree that this is music that was recorded and put onto youtube for me to listen to as a part of this very long list.
Okay............Who owed somebody a big enough favor to get this included on the list? Definitely not my jam.
Jupiter and Teardrop est très sympa, ça donne envie de prendre sa camaro pour rouler à perte de vue vers sa hometown et de déclarer à son highschool sweetheart que tout est encore possible et qu'on peut elope together. Bien aimé l'album globalement, belle découverte.
Pff.. encore un album où je me demande bien l'intérêt. Rien de nul dans l'absolu, juste du rock tranquille très quelconque, bien pour un ronronnement en fond sonore mais guère plus
meh
The Shining Hour - this is what i imagined indie to sound like. this artist looks like it’s on a lot of tv shows. breaks your piano. (1/5 fuck your piano) Jupiter And Teardrop - hmmmmmmtwinkpearljam. oh i heard the title. lowkey bored. (2/5 background music) Fuzzy - i kinda feel like i’m listening to another universe’s version of Cage the Elephant. it’s interesting enough. i do hear phussy (phone pussy) though which was funny the first few times. (4/5 phussy) Wish You Well - Actually honestly, this kind of bright guitar sound with a soft drum and harsh tambourine sounds nice. it unfortunately reminds me of christian rock like scarecrow and tinman. but i feel like this is a staple of the 90s/early 00s rock and Butt Rock. (5/5 butt rock) The Hook - Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down?? (see? early 00s rock) i feel like i hear a Bowie twang. (3/5 Hemorrhage by Fuel?) Soft Wolf Tread - The hard rock version of Float On by Modest Mouse! (4/5 finding all the little songs ion between is fun) Stars N’ Stripes - lalalalililalala or whatever (3/5 handy cane? a weird candy cane?) Dixie Drug Store - what (4/5 the title and tone are. so.) American Snoring - fuck using slave labor to produce our everyday goods! (5/5 heavy) Grace - this one is more Stone Temple Pilots-ish. oh and the song (5/5 that’s what she said)(also want to listen to Nevermind by Nirvana) You Just Have To Be Crazy - i dunno. this kinda sucked to end on :/ (2/5) 3/5 overall. a fun listen but not super stand out. very different from yesterday but. no hype.
I was excited to listen to this album up until the singer start singing
Un muy buen disco de rock suave con una buena voz y canciones bien conjuntadas. No lo conocía y me ha gustado, sinceramente. Es posible que tenga varios discos igual de buenos
Pretty meh of an album at least on first listen. Found the first song or two good enough to bop my head to but fell off it quickly. Not the worst mind.
50/100
Dit is een album. Van een band.
Good debut album! Pleasant to listen to, didn't get me too excited at any point.
Not terrible, but also not compelling. Suffers in places from some of the early 90s production stalwarts (a nigh-suffocating amount of studio reverb, instruments mixed into the background beyond the point of notice). In general, it's pretty rare to get ear-catching tone choices from instruments in this era of music production; guitars sound anemic, the bass disappears and the drums are just ok). The best sound is late in the record on Dixie Drug Store and Grace, where the producer relents just a little on the overbearing reverb. All the same, the whole thing lacks texture. Grant Lee Phillips himself sounds like he's taken influences from Bob Dylan and Eddie Vedder -- two talents to be sure, but idiosyncratic in their vocal delivery to say the least. Lyrically, the effect is a bit indistinct at times and less emotive for it. The overall feel is more of the darkness and angst of Alice in Chains than Dylan or Pearl Jam. He's got talent (Phillips's range comes through a bit better with the closer, You Just Have to Be Crazy, but it's too late by that point). In all, nice to hear some truly alternative voices from the early 90s, but I'd rather listen to Sloan or Thrush Hermit. There's talent here, but not enough drive to compel further listens. With that said, I'll remain curious to hear more from this group, even if I'm not returning to Fuzzy for a full listen.
I didn’t hate this but the vibe for me was very “CD my parents bought on sale at barnes & noble in the mid-90s but never played and is still collecting dust in a corner of the cabinet.” 2.5 rounded down.
Fucking great!!! Will listen to again
Great!
Started out surprising, finished off kinda dull.
Solid fall bike ride album. Got pretty close to tears on few songs, maybe I just need a therapist. 4/5
Meh.
It was a nice listen but I can't say I was too impressed.
Hmm not sure what to say about this one. A good sound, almost like a calm 70s southern rock vibe, but coated in early 90s sounds? Nice, but not too captivating
meh.
It was okay. Nothing stood out.
Wordy, sometimes whiny, mostly acoustic alternative.
Country alternativo. Ni fu ni fa.
I don’t really think the electric guitar solos fit that well with the acoustic bits but it’s a solid album I guess 3/5
Mehh roleg ekkert spes
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