Reviews (page 10 of 10)
Its ok
Inte för mig. Inte helt uselt, men inget jag kommer lyssna på igen.
Oof. Not really a fan. I mean as with most of these albums I could see why it’s important, I see where it influenced a lot of artists after it. It feels like Foo Fighters ripped them off a bit on one of their better tracks. Maybe that Catfish and the Bottlemen song I like too. But most of this album sounded like noise with extra steps.
Meh
Nothing special, but not offensive to the ears either. Just very forgettable hardish rock Struggled to make it to the end.
I am sorry
Not bad but way too long for the type of music they’re playing
★½
Every song is way too long- the average one is about 6 minutes and change, and they’ve done nothing to earn that kind of runtime with this unfocused, noisy, samey sound. Not to mention that nearly every one of them has this long run up intro where it starts with some garbage flanger effect and just strumming around until they get into it, like a jam band. The outros aren’t much different - drawn out for absolutely no reason. Did I mention how noisy this album is? And not in a good way. The guitars are overdubbed on top of each other in a way that makes a sonic wall, but it’s distorted, atonal, and messy. Sounds like shit. At least 2/3 of these songs could all be the same song too (and what a coincidence one is called Total Trash). What an unfocused mess this is, but without a doubt influential on 90s alternative acts. I really was expecting to enjoy this, because it informed so much music I love, but this was an absolute chore to get through. I’m glad they weren’t commercially successful, because they didn’t deserve it. This sucks. ⭐️
Teen Age Riot was a good start, but it went nowhere for me after that.
Why on Earth are there five Sonic Youth albums in this book? This is the third one I've been asked to endure and it's equally as dire as the last two. Gave up.
The band’s name did ring a bell, but the music didn’t really. I don’t really like the music either. One star...
Elevator music of the 1900s? I didn't really engage with this one. Just background noise grunge.
Expectation: -> I've known about this band for years as it's been alongside others that I enjoy. Expectation is that I won't have a revelation today. After listening: -> This was heading toward a 2 rating and then it hit me that I don't really like any of this. Re-listening did not help like it often does for me. Track ranking: Joni Sprawl Rocket Riot Eric Kiss Breese Trash Wonder Candle Hyper Elim Rain Providence
Tüübid lihtsalt jammisid tund aega ja panid selle albumiks. Lood pole ei meeldejäävad ega meeldivad. Vokaal on kas olematu või sitt rääkimine. Juba esimestest lugudest oli aru saada, et see plaat on lootusetu. 1.4/5
I tried to find something in this album to like but in the main it just seems to put me on the verge of a headache. I realise this American discordant punk noise still has its fans but I'm not one of them. It is a collection of very energetic songs but they all sound just a bit wrong and annoying (perhaps that's the point??). The energy transmitted would go down better watching live no doubt but I would only last one song! The last 3 tracks were terrible and left me feeling exhausted. I got through it though which means reluctantly it must warrant at least 1 star compared to the sickos like Kendrick Lamar. I won't need to hear any more Sonic Youth however thank you.
Noise Rock is about right.
When to listen: before a bar fight. I know Sonic Youth are iconic, but they can be iconic somewhere else. The tuning stuff is cool, the artistry is cool, I’m not cool.
Found myself quite bored with this one
Olvidable
Let us all bow our heads and pray for those who played all 152 minutes of the Deluxe Edition. May we forever keep them close to our hearts.
I know at the time it was released it was considered ground breaking. I've never been a punk rock fan and this is awful
I tried. I gave up about halfway through and started skimming through the tracks very rapidly. I need melody. I need discernible instruments. This was unpleasant noise. Sorry.
Horrible, did not enjoy, anxiety provoking music
Very noisy
Don’t think I made it through a single track without skipping. The album notes talked about “long instrumental pieces” and nearly evading seemed to have a stretch where the vocalist stopped mumbling or whining, but the spaces were filled with noise not music, so instrumental seems a misnomer. Overall just what you’d expect, loud, annoying crap to make you angry.
My preference, when it comes to music, is melody, rhythm, beat, and if possible, a good story. Maybe this album has some of these elements. I wouldn't know. It was loud and discordant. Sometimes discordant works, like jazz. As far as this album is concerned, it did not work with me. I was very happy with the last song ended and I could remove it from my list.
Listened to the first three songs and...rubbish. DNF
barulho, so barulho - 1/10
Total Trash is an apt description.
Stopped listening halfway through. Repetitive and noisy.
Eliminator, Jr. Is the worst song I've heard I think. Why is this on this site? 1001 albums you must listen to???????????? THIS? Rating 1/5
Mostly screeching noise but once in a while there’s something I like
gremlin type beat
dnf
I always thought Sonic Youth was a flash in the pan group. I had no idea they were so influential in the music scene and after listening to this album, I'm not sure why other people thought they were. I just decided that there was something that I was missing as once I heard this album, I decided that I can go the whole rest of my life without hearing another from them.
Booooooooriiiiiiiing. Même pas écouté en entier. Marre des albums de rock prog.
Garbage band
I don’t understand what’s to like about this - it was too long and was just noise. I would’ve probably given it a 1.5*, but it’s definitely not getting 2*.
3/10
Die nächste Platte für den Abfalleimer. Ich werde mich weiter durch die Liste quälen, in der Hoffnung auf eine Perle zu stoßen. Sehr erfolgreich war die Suche bisher nicht!
01) Teen Age Riot - 6,5 02) Silver Rocket - 5,5 03) The Sprawl - 5,0 04) 'Cross the Breeze - 5,0 05) Eric's Trip - 5,5 06) Total Trash - 5,0 07) Hey Joni - 5,0 08) Providence - 1,0 09) Candle - 6,0 10) Rain King - 5,0 11) Kissability - 5,0 12) Trilogy - 5,0 TOTAL: 4,96 (50/100) Current ranking: 714/761
Did not like. Just noise.
I hate these guys
A lot of good music came out of this period in music. It all propelled forward but this was not musical enough for me to like. I don't actualy remember this band.
even they got so bored of their songs that they'd change into making random noise halfway through the recording, if you'd like more of my thoughts on the matter check out Track 6
Nothing much to talk about. Wasn't impressed.
Yaaaaaawn… Diablo Cody was right when she had Elliot Page describe this as just being noise
Two things strike me about this record (and Sonic Youth in general): #1 It sounds like the band puts their tracks together by first jamming, then gluing pieces from the jams together and calling it a "song". Those jams might have been fun to do, but the results never sound like thought-out pieces - they just sound like people randomly scrubbing away on guitars, with vocal melodies tacked on as an afterthought. #2 For all of SY's so-called experimention with alternate tunings, etc., the guitars on these records sound practically unadorned (aside from some fuzz), as though adding any processing would ruin the SY "aesthetic". The bare-bones sound of cheap 'n' tinny pawn shop guitars gets old very quickly though. (Same goes for things like vocals, it's as though the band thinks a decent well-miked and properly treated vocal would sound inauthentic somehow. *Trouble is* that the raw quality of the vocals on this record sounds like the product of incompetent engineering and production rather than something "genuine".)
I found it very repetitive! I wish I enjoyed it more.
Dog shit
Nicht aus Spotify
En tykkää
There were some tree surgeons outside and they were cutting the trees. I paused the album and thought my pause button was broken because I could still hear the incessant drone. It occurred to me at that point that it must not be that enjoyable if it doesn't sound much different to a chainsaw.
Bad
I didn't anticipate how bad this album would be. 1 star or F.
Not my kind of music
Super flat, boring sound
The suck. I wish I could give -5.
Two track and it got on my nerves. Not for me.
Dude I’ll edit this if I finish but this is so bad. So so bad. Just noise. I think this would be fun to play potentially but it’s just so grating whenever I skipped a song I felt a huge sense of relief. It’s so cacophonous it makes me feel bad about my life. Isn’t music supposed to make you feel happy or sad or something, not assaulted?
Noise
Ikke min greie.
Never forget what they did to Nardwuar
This is dissonant dilettant crap - truely awful. I don't understand the fuzz about it at all.
Repetitív, és eleve nem az én zenei ízlésem, nem hallgattam így végig
2/10 J'accroche pas du tout :(
No
Total trash
Pretentious rock and roll for boring down and outs who miss Kurt Cobain.
Sonic Youth just aren't my thing. I like other noise projects, but somehow Sonic Youth just doesn't strike me. It's just kind of frustrating how they always sound like they don't know how to tune their instruments nor even really play them properly at all, even after all these years. At least they named one of the songs right: "Total Trash" is total trash. I'm not getting those 7 and a half minutes back, and I have no desire to listen to it again.
Hummmm...
Terrible all around. Every song on this 70-minute album sounds the same. Every vocal is terrible. The bass has no attack, leaving the whole thing sounding so thin and wimpy. Sonic Youth have gotta be one of the most overrated bands of all time.
p600. 1988. 1 star. Average garage band with average songs spreads what little talent they have too thinly over 70 minutes of discordant noise. Neither important or influential. Don't believe the hype.
*An album with a variety of tunes, most were NOT easy listening. Too many tracks 32?
just noise ...
An album in which every song goes on for much too long. Even the short ones.
Did not like at all. I enjoy some Sonic Youth songs, but this album was mostly unlistenable for me.
YIKES, not into this at all - lots of noise, nothing I could really listen to and enjoy
ow that hurt
“Can’t be much longer” I think as I wearily open the album on Spotify. I’m 4 songs in. Kill me.
Perdón, quizás le falte el respeto a Sonic youth pero no pude escuchar más de 5temas
Might have had more impact if there were fewer tracks. Less is more, I got bored.
Didn't finish. Listened to mazzy star album instead and it was 1/3 of the length and 3 times better
Schrottrock
Het vierde album al van deze idioten! Hier word ik echt niet blij van. Wederom een verschrikkelijke zangstem, valse muziek, een boel gekras. Op de tanden bijten, uitluisteren, en nooit meer opzetten.
Even some rap albums are more interesting to listen to. A rare record of irritability. 2 out of 10.
⭐️ Pretty bad… first song was alright the rest sucked.
No mas.... waving the white flag. 1001 you've made your point. I'll do whatever you ask just please, please no more Sonic Youth. I stand by the guitar sounds are good.
Oh fuck you.
It’s fitting to me that this record has a song called “Total Trash”. This one goes on for far too long, and is filled with noisy riffs and lackluster vocals. It’s not even good as background music.
A bit too distorted and loud for me, the first song was great though
Just didn’t vibe with this. Kinda in and out the whole time.
Nothing here to keep you coming back whatsoever.
Absolutely terrible. A dull, grey 70-minute musical wasteland. Noam Chomsky wrote a book about ‘Failed States’ and I think Daydream Nation was listed as one of them. 1.5 stars.
Jedan od onih albuma koji će mi biti teško poslušati u cijelosti, ali probat ću. Svakako lakše nego kad mi je prvotno Spotify izbacio krivu verziju albuma u trajanju od 2.5h 😅 Ovaj vokal mi je užasno iritantan, a nije mi ni ostatak napet. Joj ti alternative rock bendovi, malo mi proradi crijevo uvijek. Ne mogu. Čast izuzecima, iako sad kad razmišljam, ne mogu se sjetiti nijednog benda iz tog djira kojeg volim. Ovo mi je borderline neslušljivo. Ma znaš šta, puši ga. 1/5, 1.5/10
Koji je ovo kurton od albuma. S ovim komentarom bih mogao uvrijediti Karla, ali pošto ovdje pišem osobno mišljenje napisat ću da sam slobodno mogao i preskočit ovaj album Kužim da su oni kul i inovativni i da su imali praktički za svaku pjesmu novu intonaciju na instrumentima, ali ovo meni zvuči kao kombinacija nojza, granđa i Panka, and not in a good way. Red nojza, red plitkih melodija u granđ stilu, pa malo šarafanje delay pedale, pa malo buke, pa idemo opet u pjevanje s nasumičnim, najružnijim akordima koje prsti mogu odsvirati Gle, vjerojatno ovo live zvuči jebeno, popiješ 5-6 piva, zapalis pljugu, iskrades se na WC pa povučeš liniju žutog, pa nazad kljucat ispred zvučnika dok ti bend radi tinitus Ovo je jedan od onih albuma gdje vjerojatno ne mogu ništa lijepo napisati. Pa ću samo poslušati do kraja, dat jedinicu i idemo dalje Ok evo nešto lijepo, rade super buku. Ono kad između pjesama ili usred pjesme naslone gitare na pojačalo pa onda pojačalo radi feedback. Ne znam dal' mi se uho naviknuli ali hey Joni mi je ok sjela Nakon toga su mi opet đanki muzika koja jako ne želi biti pop Rezime, da je ovo album od 20 minuta, bila bi koja zvjezdica više, ovako ostajem s prvom gnjušanjem. Vjerujem da bi mi album ušao pod kožu da se natjeram ovo poslušati još par puta, ali to se nikad neće dogoditi
just terrible
This wasn't what I expected. It was a hot day. I was busy in work. I had too much coffee. This album sounded like it was recorded in a garage. TOO MUCH NOISE.
"Total Trash" ... ja, kommt hin
Pure noise pollution. Obviously influential but not my taste.
Too Much Noise.
Abusive.
Muito adolescente para meus ouvidos
Did not enjoy, bunch of whiney grindy sounds
meh, just meh.
Coincidentally this came only three days after "Goo" which I didn't like too much. After three songs, it started to heavily annoy me. Some of the songs seem to never end. Actually they do, but only after more than seven minutes… Not my cup of tea.
Sonic Youth have never been my jam. This, being one of their earlier albums, features pretty terrible production and I've always found their songwriting to be pretty amateurish. I've never understood why they get the acclaim they do because even during their peak, there were much better bands creating significantly better music in very much the same vein.
Meh, track 6 puts it succinctly, Total Trash
Morris, Joseph, Emma, Milo, and Madi could do better
The alleged "genius" of this album must be over my head. Sounds like a bunch of high school kids making noise in the garage.
I didn’t enjoy. Had a hard time listening all the way through.
1. teen age riot - 1 2. zilver rocket - 0 3. the zprauul - 0 4. crozz the breeze - 0 5. ericz trip - 0 6. total trazh - 0 7. hey joni - 0 8. providence - 0 9. candle - 1 10. rain king - 0 11. kizzability - 0 12. the uuonder - 1 13. hyperztation - 1.5 14. eliminator - 1
eh
Just not my thing
1.... Aturde
Not a fan, just guitar feedback and drony, angsty vocals. Noise!
I can't put my finger on why I found this album so irritating, but I couldn't finish it
A name I knew but had never listened to. Famous for having a woman, Kim Gordon, in the band. Albums that I listen to while I’m working suffer if they’re noisy and distracting like this as I wanted to get it over with so I could concentrate. Is that fair? Possibly not. Do I care? No. Listen to again (possibly) - The Sprawl
Might be the worst record I've ever heard. Just a bunch of industrial noise!
Oof, not much good to say about this album. Weak/yelling vocals paired with instruments making noise (fuzz and feedback) that occasionally broke into the faint sounds of actual music. A painful listen.
Loud, angry screaming. Not at all something I would listen to. Maybe was a voice for a certain young group of people who needed to be heard.
Nope. Not a fan of talking and lots of dissonance noise. Some interesting guitar chords though. Skip a few and eventually stopped listening.
Noisy Noise Rock.
Nicht meine Musik . Blechern, dünner klang, schlechte Sänger , einfallslos , repetitiv
So i quite liked the music but could NOT get past the vocals. Couldn’t get to the end of the album tbh.
I only listened to part of the album. Not my type of music.
Now I know why I didn't listen to this work in college. Many of my friends in architecture school were Sonic Youth fans. I don't enjoy their sound. It's probably amazing for the period when set against pop rock, but to my ear the music has nothing on Bauhaus and The Cure.
Nah
So many of these songs go on for too long. Not a fan of the vocalists. Teen Age Riot is probably the only song I'd listen to again. The rest all felt messy and too grungey/screechy for my taste. Was hard to finish this one.
Did not like this album
Not into this one :x
Boring, monotonous, depressing.
It's noisy to me.
Another one that’s not for me. Can’t hear anything in this that would justify it being on the list.
Just a bit shit
While E.V.O.L. left a bad sound in my ears, I tried my best to listen to this album objectively. And, I'm happy to say that unlike the aforementioned album, this actually resembles music. That being said, I don't care for 92.1% of this album. There are a few minutes here and there that exhibit interesting sounds, sounds foreshadowing something like modern day progressive rock: The first 30sec of Track 4, Cross the Breeze, and 30sec in the last 1/3; 40sec of into in Track 6, Total Trash; As a token of good will, I'll give them all 2min 41sec of ambient track 8, Providence; and 1min 9sec of intro of track 9, Candle. That's 330 seconds—5.5 minutes—out of 70 minutes of music that was palatable. I struggled to finish listening to this album, and it's highly unlikely I will ever return to it.
Jag tycker verkligen inte om det här albumet. Alldeles för skrikig rock och alla låtar lät likadant, kommer inte ihåg namnet på en enda. Gillade inte nån låt alls så har ingen favorit
this is bad so very bad 1/5 maybe 0 if possible
Wayyy to many songs and each is like 7 mins long -5/10
Not my cup of noise
A cheerful version of Joy Division, but boring. Just a wall of noise.
Um albumzinho bem medíocre, nenhuma música marcante
Noisy
Dramatically pedestrian. Awful off key singing, its jarring, flat and tuneless. The tunes are borderline The Fall, its that bad. Geez they've gotten away with a lot of rubbish this lot, I know Goo has some good moments but this is dreadful. There's a whole lot of noise covering up their lack of any discernible talent. I made it to Hey Joni and cracked.
Ya know, you had a good song there for a bit. WTF is this shit? Jesus fuck. I only made it halfway. Unlistenable. The one star is generous.
It stressed me out.
Ear grating
Incoherent.
It started off being mediocre with the hope of getting better. But it most certainty did not. The album progressively got worst so much to the point it was on volume one where I could barely listen. Not only was the music just plain and boring but also the singing was intolerable. I don’t know which came first- the album or my bad day, but I think the former based on my recollection of it.
This album felt insanely long, and some songs were too long for no good reason. The melodies weren’t memorable enough to back up the excessive instrumental breaks that occurred on most of the songs. I’m trying to get into 80’s music more, but I don’t think I can get into this album. It’s just not for me.
Oh come on. I've already had to listen to two Sonic Youth albums. Mercy, album generator, I beg of you. Teenage Riot is just about tolerable. The rest is not. I liked this album less than E.V.O.L. and Goo, neither of which I liked much at all.
No, not my kind of music.
This fucking sucks. Hard pass. At least it makes you appreciate how great other artists are? On the other hand, I hate the velvet underground and Lou reed too, so… Sounds like Hawkwind or Motörhead without uniqueness.
Shit
I like other sonic youth stuff, this one not so much. Lot of jamming and unintelligible singing.
Rock alternativo. Se me hace pesadísima esta gente... Un 1.
Not a fan
Not a fan at all.
Un po' tipo gli smashing pumpkins, ma più piacevoli. Non sono male, ma mi dà la sensazione di essere permeato dal messaggio "Siamo giovani e incompresi" che trovo noioso.
Mostly not conducive to IT work for me Noteworthy track: Total Trash
Rock alternativo. Se me hace pesadísima esta gente...
I like to call this genre "sustain guitar depressed teenager music". The album "Peripheral Vision" by Turnover is another honorable case. Anyways: Not my case, this album.
sorry, but l didn't like this one at at. But I did listen to it.
First album I didn't make it through to the end. Not because of time constraints either....
ew
Boring grunge, so far.
awful
Like punk, but if I wanted to listen to punk I would listen to harder punk. Providence interlude was really cool though
this album really is "Total Trash".
This was truly not for me. Jam band but they don’t like harmony or anything catchy. I guess it was a moment in time but it’s not on my watch.
Not an album that i would listen to again.
Not to everyone's taste, but gave me the feeling of indie rock I missed so dearly.