Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Falsetto and fiddles, swaggering saxophones blasting in time to my heartbeat gait, oh my! So this is where that "Come on Eileen" song comes from. Huh.
3.1 - decent selection of fun and danceable songs to singalong to, especially Come On Eileen and the. An Morrison cover, but another inclusion that seems to highlight the British-centric nature of this list.
New wave
3.4 - Having been underwhelmed by other one-hit wonders appearing on this list (e.g. A-Ha), I came to this expecting mediocrity but actually ended up sort of enjoying this record. I hear elements of gypsy jazz, ska and Irish folk, which somewhat justifies its place for me since "Come on Eileen" has long ago worn out its welcome.
3/5
Pleasant but generally unremarkable - a few fun tracks and easy to work to as it's not very distracting. Enjoyable cover of Come on Eileen That's the best I can say about it unfortunately
Birmingham bias definitely here, and come on Eileen just about scrapes this up to a 3 for me.
Aaight
The late 70s/early 80s onslaught continues. Come on Eileen is great. Singers voice is not. Plenty of energy. Have heard worse.
Pop. Folk. Alegre.
So, Irish soul slaps harder than you’d think. I just begrudge them the Mumford-spawn.
3 stars. It has interesting instrumentation but not as interesting lyrically
Just didn't grab me
Nothing special, background music. All sound fairly similar.
En realidad no creo que era necesario DOS discos de ellos. En mi primera reseña mencione "Musicalmente es bueno, creo que no esperaba mucho del disco pero es un postpunk muy distinto a todo lo que se hizo en su momento, con muchos pedazos tal cual de música soul casi plagiados de los 60s pero que cuadran muy decente." y creo que se aplica tal cual aquí de nuevo. Lo único que cambio es que allí mencioné como me agradaba que no se iban a que sonara demasiado a ska mientras que aquí sí lo hacen. Posiblemente si no hubieran puesto el otro disco y solo dejaran este me hubiera caido con mucha mejor cara. Obviamente el sencillo es bueno, el problema es que el resto no sobresale más allá como para justificar que les dieran tanto espacio.
La música no es nada mala, de hecho casi le pongo la 4a estrella, el problema es que no veo la razón para tener dos discos de esta banda en la lista. Dejando eso de lado, debo decir que me gusta su instrumentación y la manera en que mezclan violines y metales y en momentos suena casi a música celta, pero con otras cosas. También la voz se me hace interesante, con un timbre muy peculiar que podría ser odioso en otro lado pero que cuadra bien con su música.
Some of the tracks are really good but I don't like Kevin Rowland's voice. Also reminds me of dancing on the tables in the Cellar Bar at B'ham Uni, which I prefer to forget.
Well...this is fun, isn't it? A thunderbolt right up the bum. A pop triumph. If it was a footballer, it'd be Jay Jay Okocha.
Wel lekkere nummers, feestbaar
Leuk om een keer te horen en ook niet vervelend. Maar niet snel nog een keer.
Good fun energy. Come on Eileen is an obvious classic. All sounds a bit dorky to me though.
Our second Dexys Midnight Runners album. Seriously? I'm definitely starting to see the UK bent the list has that others have mentioned in reviews. It's not bad I guess but did I really have to hear this before I die? Strangely enough my favorite track is the last one Reminisce with all the talking.
Come On Eileen is the best track on here, it's a total banger. The rest unfortunately fall flat, "Searching for the Young Soul Rebels" was a better album for me.
Come On Eileen was the best track on here, and several of the others sounded really similar (probably due to the way the lead singer sings). It's... OK for me. 3 stars.
Didn’t make as much of an impression as I anticipated
Sounds dated these days.
Gets a 3 on the merit of Come On Eileen alone. Only one other recognizable song, but spotify was missing a bunch of tracks. Pretty folky at times, poppy at other times.
3.5
Never thought there was something beyond “Come On Eileen“ - surprisingly good!
Overall I liked the album. But I didn't love it. I really liked the first and last song.
Wouldn't play it on purpose but had no desire to turn it off while it was on. Come on Eileen is obviously an all time classic.
Amusant album met veel vrolijke nummers. Af en toe wat minder zuiver. Het laatste liedje is wel een klassiekertje
I guess this band would fall into the category of "one hit wonder". Quite the hit though and one that has not worn on me. It's a decent LP with good flow and a good variety of instruments with the strings and horns. While the strings and horns sounded like they were all one big happy family, I read that the horn players all quit after the strings were invited on board and a fair amount of arm twisting was required to keep them around for a few concerts to promote the album. A sign of a good musician is to forget about the drama when instruments are in hand.
This genre of music is not what I typically gravitate towards, but I can't deny the infectious fun of this album. Found a couple new songs I liked but it did feel too long and repetitive at points. Come on Eileen still slaps though.
HOLY MOLY.
Can see why they were a one hit wonder. Decent, but not great.
- joyous, fun folk/ska blend - more than a one-hit wonder album
slaps but the songs melt together
I want to like it more, but not a fan of K Rowland’s vocals. But the sound sure brings me back!
Come on Eileen is the best track here. They have a good sound and the tracks are unique enough but not grabby to have a bunch of good cuts from it.
is this a good album or a good song? Most tracks have sub-1mil plays... and then there's the one with 350mil+
No comments not my type of album.
Great fuse the violin, piano and drums. But very common music.
Good, soulful pop. Eileen is quite different to others.
Sounds really fun, unfortunately just didnt connect with me.
Actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would, some good instrumentals. Vocals can get grating though and eileen is very overplayed
I spent my youth gallivanting about town in my dungarees and red neckerchief inspired by none other than dexies midnight runners. Lock up your daughters!
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Quite a fun album. Good throughout. Like the singers voice.
Elvis Costello, but more of a country-ska kind of vibe. A nice mishmash of sounds. Pretty radio-friendly.
DMR has an interesting and characteristic sound-- I really like the use of horns and strings-- but the album does sort of drag at times. It's good, but I don't know that it made me really feel compelled to come back to anything other than 'come on eileen'
Never heard any of this besides Come on Eileen. I liked it. Some ska vibes with the bass lines and horn section.
Musicianship, instrumentation and production/mixing deserve a top score. The singing was irritating and the lack of catchy melodies hardly made any individual songs stand out. The length of the album and the lack of a climax makes the album drag on a bit. I would watch this live but as a listening experience, it was average as a whole.
Well this is something I have not heard before, its not ska, its not big band. Its got that really 80's over the top theatric voice that I can never get into. But I enjoyed the listen from a new experience stand point. This might be the most interesting music made in the 80's that we have heard so far. trumpets and falsetto out of 5
not bad, don't think I'll ever listen to it again.
Ganske interessant. Noe litt annet enn vi har hatt her tidligere. En slags Jethro Tull lite. Mistet interessen et lite stykke inn. Ble litt sånn "I get it, kom deg videre". Sangeren ble veldig irriterende rundt "Plan B". Kommer ikke til å besøke dette albumet igjen. Ikke dårlig, men virkelig ikke bra heller. Svak 3.
I like 'Come on Eileen' as much as the next person, in fact probably more, I think it's a class song. But really not sure why this album is one you should hear before you die? I didn't dislike it, his voice is very distinct, the horns are fun, the fiddles remind me of an 80s Arcade Fire, but a lot of the songs either sound exactly the same or are forgettable filler. There are phrases in some songs that are repeated in `Come on Eileen`. It's also too long.
Enjoyed it, mostly just for that one song....
Come on Eileen is a 5 star track
Slightly better than I expected. 5-6/10
was an ok album, I've only ever heard "Come On Eileen" there were some other good songs on the album, but nothing too crazy good.
Honestly, so many of these British rock bands from the 80s and 90s just sound the same to me. And this one has some really annoying songs where they repeat the same thing over and over again and just wear me out.
Fav: Old, Come on Eileen
good, but abit same same
Familiarity:1/10 Notes: to think this band had a huge hit. I'm still kinda amazed Real Rating: 6/10
This album was better than I thought it would be. I'd put "Come on Eileen" on a 1001 best singles to listen to, but maybe not on the album list. But, hey, I didn't make the list.
A unique sound. Enjoyed it
Pretty good though so many songs missing from spotify
3rd star because come on eileen
this was an ok album. has come on eileen. spotify doesn't seem to have all the songs. makes it hard to rate.
Surprisingly fun album its not all about "come on Eileen"
Interesting to hear this subgenre but in the end all the songs were too close to each other and unremarkable
This album is nothing amazing but I’ve always liked its just a very fun listen for me 7/10
not bad. a little elo/modest mouse/bowie
Never thought to listen to them beyond Eileen, but I like it
3eme et dernier album proposé. Je n'avais pas apprécié les 2 précédents (notés 2/5 - chant pas terrible + morceaux trop longs sans suffisamment de variation). Ce nouvel album n’est pas mieux que les 2 autres, par contre il contient le tube ‘Come on Eileen’ qui lui évite la note minimale. =>2/5
Some nice rhythm but the folky bits and the vocals are a bit too much for me.
1.5
No more dexy no more pleasr. Some better songs on this one especially I the first half but come on Eileen is a unredeemable contribution to humankind 2.5
The only reason people bought this album or is for Come On Eileen, a loud, annoying horn fest. The rest was forgettable.
*1982. English pop. *Really hokey early 80s pop. *Come on Eileen is the only good song here. And it's only 'good' because it's so fun and silly. *The other 'good' song is the last song "Reminisce," which is mostly spoken word, so you're mostly spared from the awful singing. Still incredibly cheesy though. *Bad cover of Jackie Wilson Said... *This is not good. RATING - 5/10
Two of the funniest moments of this exercise were when I got a Dexys album for the first time and it didn’t have Come On Eileen and I thought “Oh wow these guys have two albums on here??”, and when I got a second one and it also didn’t have Come On Eileen. Anyway my review for Too Rye Ay is: this is the one that had Come On Eileen on it.
Kinda good, but like too much swingy.
Tedious two star Too Rye Ay.
If I had seen this band live at a pub, I'd probably be raving about their great energy, how awesome the fiddle player was, how much fun they were having. Never mind that I couldn't understand half of the singer's words. They made that night a party. It doesn't translate on tape, sadly. And it mostly sounds the same over and over again.
Come On Eileen is such a banger. The rest I could take or leave.
It's like if The Cure had 70% less talent but still got lucky enough to write a hit.
AKA the one with Come on Eileen. I liked the string and brass combination but I did find this quite grating at times. I can’t put my finger on it exactly… maybe I just find Kevin Rowland annoying. The fact it was re-released as by Kevin Rowland and Dexy’s would back that up.
Someone else put it far more eloquently than I could: “The guy nobody really wanted at the party, waiting for a high five, hand in the air, for over an hour.”
J'ai bien aimé le snippet instrumental de 30 secondes à la fin de Old.
Come on Eileen is a fun reminder of the 80s. As for the rest of this.........A generous 2. because Come on Eileen makes me smile. If not for the song, for the time.
maybe this is actually awesome but to me it was a bit boring
Had their third album on this list only a week ago and it was terrible. This was an improvement and felt way less pretentious.
never heard other songs than come on eileen. cool to made that experience! blended all well together. just not my cup of tea...
It's alright. I'm becoming more certain in my long held assumption that popular music from the 80s was really bad. Too much new wave and ska for me.
Ok, but too long, too jaunty
Definitely feels like this was included on the strength of one song, and Come On Eileen is more annoying than good if we're being brutally honest. I really can't get on with the production (surprise, surprise, early 80s again) and the style of vocals, plus the Irish strings thing may be somewhat interesting but it's not something I'm coming back to listen to again. I do appreciate some changes of tempo and bits of catchy melody but only as minor redeeming features. Not for me.
Can't get past the constipated singing voice. It completely ruins any enjoyment I might have otherwise gotten from the music.
As someone who is lukewarm on Come On Eileen at best, I was putting off listening to this for a long time. As expected almost none of it worked for me and I couldn’t get through it. RYM: N Saved a song: N
Oh yeah, the "Come On Eileen" band! The rest of the album feels like a band trying on the big shoes of a global market and failing to fill them. They might have been local sweethearts in the Midlands, but in the States and worldwide, they're mostly a one-hit wonder. The Celtic Soul thing feels weak and overdone for its impact, and the whole thing is forgettable. Sorry Rowland, this is a swing and a miss. My Rating: 2/5
It has that one good song...
OK. 2/5
Took me until halfway thru this album to realize Dexy was an early pop aka punk band. 2.5
I wasn't really sure what to expect with this album. Seeing "Come On Eileen" but not knowing any other song from the band makes me think they're a one hit wonder. And that also means I don't really know what their other music will sound like. But this is pretty true to the same style as their big hit. And unfortunately, it doesn't really break out of the one-hit wonder bucket. The album is fine. Come On Eileen is still an incredible song, but the rest isn't really that. It's not baaaaaad, but I don't think I needed to listen to this. Favorite Song(s): Come On Eileen
I struggle to understand what people find so compelling about this band. I suppose, in the context of the post-2 Tone soul revival, this music probably felt somewhat refreshing in the early 80s. And the singer has character (like a pinched, less interesting version of Robert Smith). But to me it is incredibly boring and dorky.
This is just another textbook example of an album following the trope of "a bunch of boring nonsense nobody cares about just for the one really famous song to be right at the end." For what it's worth, I do think that Come On Eileen is a good song, a great song in fact. It's just overplayed as hell and it's just not worth having to sit through the entire rest of the album to get there. If the other songs were more interesting I could easily have genuinely really liked this, but I just can't look past how generic it is except for literally one song.
uptempo nummers zijn redelijk... de trage zijn ronduit slecht
pretty obnoxious. who tf asked for celtic soul music im good bro. aside from the 1 song everyone knows from this album this is not worth checking out
Standouts Come on Eileen Dubious
They crawled so Pulp could fly.
Pretty cheesy. Come On Eileen is okay.
Aw I loved Come On Eileen growing u- ONE HOUR AND SEVENTEEN MINUTES?
look man. sometimes the one hit wonder's a one hit wonder for a reason. yes i already watched the "one hit wonderland" on come on eileen. lighting in a bottle they attempt to recapture 9 times. more AOR than previously thought. call them Brighton. more than a feeling, innit. 2.3-2.5.
Ehh
327/1089 just not a fan of Dexys. i find the twee-ness and vocal style especially to be a bit cringeworthy. Come On Eileen is the obvious highlight and works as a soundtrack song but otherwise i’m not fussed 34/100
Falling asleep whilst listening
so-so but has its vibe for sure
Mehhh preferred the last one
Unfortunate that we've had double dexys as I think it put me off the album more than I otherwise would have been!/.
Music for Uncle Knobhead at a party dad dancing with his tie tied around his forehead. 2/5 24/2/26
I like Come on Eileen as much as the next guy, but did not need an entire album of this.
Now I see why they are running at midnight, they’re too embarrassed to show their faces during the day. There were some fun moments but this album sounds like what it feels to wear dress socks to the gym. Ie goofy as hell
Turns out 'C'mon Eileen' is exactly how much Dexys Midnight Runners you need.
More like 2.5
2.5
Lät typ som man förväntar sig. Inget som riktigt fastnade. Inte toppklass men inte kasst? Svårrankat. 2,5
yes, come on Eileen is a hit totally subjective but I could not stand the singer's voice after a few songs
I knew that one song at the end.
ehhhhhh. there’s nothing technically wrong with this, but jesus is it a slog. old british pop rock just really isn’t my thing, and the random hollering, squeaky horns, and chunky, repetitive piano solos (plus the annoying habit of songs ending and then starting again MULTIPLE times) made sure i was constantly checking how long was left the entire time. 2 stars because Come On Eileen is unfortunately still a banger
I love Come On, Eileen but the rest of this album was a bit of a miss for me. None of the other songs really stood out and I didn’t really care for his voice much. 2.5/5
Annoying piece of music. Was annoyed by Come On Eileen my entire life, but that's still the best thing on here.
It was meh until Come On Eileen took it down a star. That song triggers me - it's just very sad pub DJ
Meh
Only made it to 2 based on Come On Eileen
Come On Eileen? But where on Eileen?
My dirty secret is that I've never been a huge fan of Come On, Eileen. This album didn't do much to change my opinion. It's fine, there's clear talent at work, but for the most part it didn't do anything for me. The one thing I do appreciate is the clear folk/Celtic music influence that pops up throughout the album...it's just that what they're doing with that isn't really my style.
I kind of like his voice but the songs don't do anything for me.
It's a very specific genre, but not one I enjoy in the context of how I typically listen to music. It has its own high energy that doesn't match how I vibe.
My partner described this album as a kind of hell where every song is almost, but not actually, Come On, Eileen. I think it was generally pretty fun, and had a unique and consistent sound. I think I got fatigued by the plaintive and playful voice of the lead singer.
Violins are nice but those don't save this album from being really mid ground. The whole album is marked by a hit song and it's sound.
So very 80's, that it's almost painful. Outside of their hit song, I've not heard them almost at all and the prominence of the violin was a bit surprising.
Come on Eileen, why everything sounds the same? The singer's voice reminds me of Goofy.
I don't know, I didn't really understand this album. Come on Eileen is of course the only song most people have ever heard. And rest wasn't really something I thought I have been missing out on.
My rating 2.3. One hit wonders.
Come On Eileen really carries this
It’s like old school Amish ska
This is another record on this list just because it had one super humongous hit. This just isn't good.
Couldn’t vibe with the songs
Non. C’est pas très bon. Come on eileen bon succès mais à part ça c’est assez bland, faussement joyeux.
boring and kinda unc
Fun pop record I never listened to before. Obviously very well know Come On Eileen, altough we should all admit that the Save Farris is much better. The combo of new wave and their particular celtic influences make a unique sound. Sadly i'm not quite interested in listening to it again.
2.4 2x not great, but i still like come on eileen
Med risk för att göra mig ovän med Dagge på livstid så är jag inte överförtjust i Dexys två första, och av de tre "riktiga" Dexys albumen är detta det minst tilltalande. Jag gillar tillvägagångssättet att försöka göra nån slags hembrygd brittisk soul i popbandstappning, ungefär på samma sätt som 2 Tones-banden (t.ex. Madness, The Specials) gjorde med skamusik samtidigt. Men det finns nåt överspelat och konstlat hos tidiga Dexys (gäller även debuten) som jag inte kommer undan. Allt blir liksom för upptrissat, i musiken men framförallt i uttrycket. Får mig faktiskt att tänka på The Hives (absolut ingen jämförelse i övrigt) som lider av exakt samma sak i just det hänseendet. Albumet är också lite väl blåstungt (och fiol). Det brassas på i tid ocb otid, det blir lite tröttsamt och förutsägbart. Däremot, bortsett från öppningslåten och Come on Eileen, är inte det irländska inslaget nämnvärt störande. Dexys styrka är heller inte att skriva bra låtar, det är ganska tydligt. Bästa låt är egentligen helt utan konkurrens covern på Van Morrison, även om den inte är i närheten av Vans version. Det var samma sak på debutskivan, även där är bästa låt en cover (Seven days too long) eller tänk på Rowlands coverskiva My beauty. Det är talande, förtjänsterna hos Rowlands ligger nån annanstans än i låtskriveriet. Med allt detta sagt finns det också en del som är riktigt bra. Det är svängigt och ganska så kul. Kevin är en lysande frontman som man gillar av bara farten. Här finns en övertygelse och ett patos som är starkt, även om det slår över ibland. Och kanske det allra viktigaste, det är sympatiskt för att det är anti-rock och så omacho, det blir ett subtilt ställningstagande av det. För min del om jag vill ha hembrygd soul i brittisk popbandsvariant från tidigt 80tal väljer The Jams två sista album framför Dexys två första. Dexy blir lite för mycket den för fulla kusinen med dom lite sämre skänten på festen. Orkar inte riktig upp över godkänt, men det är en stark tvåa
Never heard this all the way through and I doubt I will ever again. I did appreciate the fact that the hit was buried within the album, and yeah, if it ever comes on in a party atmosphere I’m gonna sing it, but I just don’t like his voice.
Everyone has, of course, heard "Come on Eileen" - which is a fine enough song albeit overplayed. I was interested to hear what else this band would produce, especially with the lead singer's unique voice, but it didn't really hook me. I didn't hate it, but I was disappointed. - Heard before? Nothing besides "Eileen". - Will I listen again? No. - Does it inspire me to listen to more of this artist? Nope.
As fun as Come On Eileen is, it never occurred to me to find out if they had any other music. The lead singer has an overly-dramatic vocal style, and I gotta say I'm not a fan. The horns on this remind me a little of 80s ska like Madness. In many spots, the drummer sounded like he wished he was dead. If it weren't for Come On Eileen, I would rate this a 1-star or lower. In fact, now that I've heard the rest of the record, I think I like the song less.
800million+ listens to Eileen plus some other songs.
This was completely fine. I liked a lot of the string instrumentation going on in this, it was very unique to this album and I wouldn’t say I could think of many others like it in that way. The blend of styles on this is nice, but I wouldn’t say be lying if I said it all worked as songs sort of blended with each other in certain ways. I’m not sure I was a fan of the vocals, as much as I appreciate the vulnerability of them, it did begin to get a little tedious. Yeah some good tracks but won’t be revisiting
Sounds like some shit Pat would listen to
For whatever reason, I remember Emma Watson's character calling Come On Eileen "Actually Good Music" in the The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It's a great song, the rest I could go the rest of my life without hearing again. I especially hated the mix of the chorus, the singing, and the instrumentation on Liars A to E.
Much like “Smash” had Joe and Mitchell questioning the entries on this list, this one has me going down the conspiracy rabbit hole. Dexys Midnight Runners is a one-hit wonder band, so much so that even though I’ve heard “Come On, Eileen” as many times as any other person with three decades on this planet, I’d never even heard this band’s name before. So it’s completely baffling that there’s not just one, but THREE albums of theirs on this list!? My current explanation is that the maker of this last had these three DMR albums on record growing up in Britain. He loved them. He played them every day. And as he got older and became a music journalist, he grew resentful that people laughed at his love for DMR at industry parties. And so then, he set out to make this list and get it published in a book, so that Dexys Midnight Runners could take their rightful place beside The Beatles, John Coltrane, and The Offspring. Anyway, 2 stars because “Come On, Eileen” is great.
one hit wonder lmao
Old...and sounds like it.
The horns on Dubious were pretty good. And Come on Eileen is certainly catchy, but that much couldn't bring anything beyond a 2 here. Some of it was so screechy and cringey that it was hard to listen to. And the vocalist is kind of like a silly version of Robert Smith that was grating on me. I ended up happily skipping the final few tracks
549/1001
I don't care
I'm really not a fan of Dexys and a third album on this list really doesn't help.
Insufferably Irish
Annoyingly cheerful feel-good pop. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood, but the overly upbeat chorus and Rowland's irritating, whiny voice were not a pleasant experience for me. Every song tries to be Come On Eileen, without much success ; you have to wait to the end of the abum to get this one. And even then, it's a song that has been overplayed to death, which makes it hard to enjoy. DMR is a one-hit wonder that deserved to have one album on this list - but certainly not their entire fucking discography. It also doesn't help that I got this right after a winning streak of five excellent albums... Too Rye Ay sounded artificial and vacuous by comparison. And I belong to the minority of people who kind of enjoyed their third album, so that says a lot. The whole thing is very weak in my opinion. I started by giving it a 1*, but I realized I was just being grumpy, so I bumped them up a bit. I'll admit there's a few catchy moments here and there, and I didn't truly hate this album - I just found it very boring. 3/10
Didn't enjoy this. I've never been a fan really, Dexys has always sounded like cosplay folk-pop to me I could never really buy into it. Rowland's voice goes straight through me. If you see me singing along to 'Come On Eileen' at a wedding it is through gritted teeth. I didn't listen to the bonus tracks.
They sound like Brian when he does his Kermit the Frog impression.
There are some okay elements in this but I just can’t deal with the super affected vocals. It’s kinda like if The Cure only had happy songs and no subtlety. Ugh I still have one more album of these guys in my backlog.
Kitschy album with some ok songs
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Ned so viel freud gha ade mitternachts jogger. next time maybe
Ahhh hed mi biz gnervt Au chli gemein, wills eich su na e vibe wär
"Come on Eileen" and some good works by the strings saves this from one-star territory, but I really want nothing to do with this lead singer.
My first time listening to Dexys Midnight Runners besides Come On Eileen. I was optimistic for the album as I really enjoy that song. However, that is definitely the highlight of the album. It wasn't bad by any means but never reaches anywhere close to those heights. The falsetto vocals became aggravating. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)
I like the group's name 2
Well... first of all i don't like the singer with his tendency to overly prolong the high notes. He comes across as annoying. Secondly, the songs are competent, but nothing to write home about... or include in a list like this, for that matter. (Yes, I know, "Come On, Eileen", yada, yada , yada, but even that severely overplayed song can't save this.) 2/5
It was trite when it came out and it’s not aged well at all.
Not a huge fan of the album
it’s fine
The vocals are incredibly annoying.
This is a bit of a head-scratcher for me, but it makes more sense aesthetically once you read the wiki on the group, the album and the bandleader. I’m not sure it would ever really hit outside of the bubble it was created within, though ‘Come On Eileen’ is a perennial banger for a reason. Ultimately, ‘Irish folk by way of Northern Soul’ only really needs Van Morrison, as evidenced by a cover of his that’s included on this record. I bet they were really fun live, though.
I don't like Come on Eileen. The rest of the album was in the similar vein. Not for me, Clive.
Come On Eileen ist Kindheits-Soundtrack, der Stil des Albums aber furchtbar.
Could be better, reminds me of country music and honestly It’snot really my style. Change my mind ?
No idea how a one-hit wonder was able to get three albums on this list.
Another album with a handful of good tracks and quite a bit of filler.
1. On est à la foire ? Gooooofy as hell 2. Un peu mieux mais je m’y fais tjrs pas, qui sait peut être la 3. 3. Le son est loooong pour rien ptn 4. Bon les horns je m’y fait tjrs pas, foire du village ahhh rock 5. Sympa mais tjrs cette impression qu’ils tiiiirent les morceaux en long pr rien 6. Mid 7. J’en peux plus 8. Acceptable 9. Bon morceau mais c’est long c’est long 10. Classique de chez classique, tjrs un peu goofy à la fin
I absolutely hate come on Eileen and don’t really like the rest of the album either. Kevin rowlands voice is super annoying to me. Instrumentals are alright though. Specific rating - 2.1 Fav song - A to E least fav - Come on Eileen
Outside of come on Eileen this is fairly poor for the most part. I never realised how bad this band is 2*
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Robert Smith haciendo música estilo Smiths y pop. Raro. No me gustó mucho. 4/10
Three records from Dexys is too much and this might be the worst of them all.
The Celtic Brothers Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile) Come On Eileen
Just not my thing. Fun. Tuneful but not I can't do more than 5 minutes.
Favorite track(s): Let's Make This Precious, Liars A to E
So - most songs sound very similar to their big hit, "Come On Eileen" but that's mostly do to the unique vocalization and instrumental makeup of the band. "Old" was different and I liked it.
139 Oye yapo Aylin, avíspate. Nada más destacable de este disco. Fue casi una tortura escucharlos.
I really wanted to like this more than I do. They were a fun band when I was a kid, and I really like a lot of the musical elements. This all somehow falls a bit flat though, a bit tedious to plough through. Sorry Dexys, we'll always have the 80s.
Enough with the constant Dexys midnight runners already. This band cannot possibly have produced 3 of the most important albums in human history. At least this fresh bunch of nonsense isn't 90% skit. Maybe if the dude learned to sing they would have been more than a one-hit wonder.
The album with Come on Eileen I think I was expecting something different. I was disappointed. I felt the second half of the album was better. I throughly enjoyed the instrumental portions.
One catchy song
Pari vähän parempaa, mm Come on Eileen
Yah I went into this album thinking it was gunna be chock full of hidden gems that got over shadowed by THE song, but sadly outside of one track I didn’t end up saving anything else. I should preface by saying I think come on Eileen is easily one of the greatest songs ever, and it’s wildly catchy chorus and lyrics are timeless. But that being said, that song does ALL of the heavy lifting on this album. Nothing has that charm or magic like COE does. Also if there wasn’t a timeless classic song in this album I’d say it’s probably one of the worst I’ve listened to on this list so far. Like 3 songs I realized that the lead singer might have the most grating and despicable vocal delivery I’ve ever heard. It’s just wailing and hitting the same note over and over again. Seriously if it wasn’t for COE this album would get a spiteful and angry 1. But sadly I can’t do that to COE,it’s literally too perfect of a song.
Come on Eileen is the GOAT of songs. But the rest of this album was pretty much awful?
remarkably annoying.
Found this to be largely quite irritating
Come on Eileen is a bop and they really tried here, I got to give them credit. That being said I did not like what they were trying but they were trying none the less. 4/10
The Celtic Soul Brothers and the Jackie Wilson Said cover could have been easy follow ups to the seminal Come on Eileen. That track has all the production value for the album. Other than that, a fairly forgettable album of dancy bar music.
Passed me by a bit unfortunately. Cool to hear a pop rock record with no guitar. Unfortunately nothing grabbed me and sounded actually interesting and second listen through I was actually really struggling with it
Just....too much.
I decently liked the tunes until the singer started wailing, gasping, hiccuping and convulsing all over every song
By the 38-minute mark, Kevin Rowland’s voice had started to wear thin after enduring about ten variations of essentially the same song—all while waiting for their biggest hit, which, of course, doesn’t arrive until the final track. I’d be genuinely surprised if the band’s two other albums on this list turn out to be anything more than mediocre. “Come On Eileen” remains one of the most overplayed one-hit wonders in music history, even today. The fact that this group appears three times in the 1001 Albums list only reinforces the notion that the selections were heavily influenced by UK music critics.
There’s nothing special here at all imo. Come on Eileen stands out but it seems more of a fluke than a real capturing of lightning in a bottle. Bored nearly all the way through
This band does not deserve multiple albums on this list. I can't stand his voice and I've always disliked C'mon Eileen.
It's fine. Nothing grips me on this album except Come On Eileen, which will get me going everytime. 5/10
If there’s also a song called Plan B, shouldn’t it have been called Come IN Eileen?
I never liked Come On Eileen so I have low expectations. The vaguely in-tune screeching of the violin is painful in places. And Rowland's voice isn't my favourite. This album isn't a complete stinker - but it's a Too-Rye-Nay rather than Too-Rye-Ay from me. Jackie Wilson Says is the best track on the album. But there's nothing else I particularly want to hear again. 2½
Only 2 good songs, on a very long album
Too dry aye
Irish af
I was expecting boring new wave. I got weird British pub rock with lots of horns and terrible singing. It's ok, but not exactly great or even that good. The big hit, "Come on Eileen" was by no means the best song, and is in fact one of the worst. The album is also too long and could stand the removal of some of the instrumentals.
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Too Rye Ay is full of energy and charm, but after a while it all starts to blur together. More about the vibe than the vocals.
A cop has a man in handcuffs outside a club. The cop goes to take a statement. The man says, "first they played 'Jump', so I jumped. Then they played 'Twist and Shout', so I twisted and I shouted. I guess all the trouble started when they played 'Come On Eileen'". Anyway this album kinda sucks lmao.
More dexys, guess at least it has the big hit which I think is a good song but has been overplayed to the point I can't enjoy it. Like the last album we had by them, I feel like a lot of the other songs sound a bit like come on Eileen but not as good. They definitely have their own sound but it is built on a small range of music. They are just about okay to listen to once but I'm surprised they were as popular as they were.
Not good or interesting except come on eileen
Tem umas passagens interessantes quando a banda se desvia do som Pop convencional, mas não passa de um disco mediano.
Much preferred their first album. This was all over the place with little cohesion. Almost felt like a collection of odds and ends.
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4/10 not my style. Has Come on Eileen so that was cool as I didn’t know it was from this album but honestly found it all annoying.
I find the album overall pretty bland and uninteresting. Yeah it’s got the big track but the rest of the album isn’t strong enough to hold up
Not my fav but not terrible. Come on Eileen is a classic. Some good songs. 2.5 probably
Watching the original video of Come On, Eileen almost put me off altogether, it was so bad! But I don't think I thought at the time. It’s a fun album, it’s dated - surely it didn't really influence any body ? Other than a few high school bands?
The vocalist sounds like an insufferable cartoon character. Until today I had never heard a Dexy's song that wasn't Come On Eileen. Now I fully understand why. This shit sucks.
Not my style.
Not particularly interesting.
n é fera
Inoffensive and nothing too special. You've heard Come on Eileen so many times that it feels like you're being blasted by it everytime it comes on. It's still a good song, but the rest of the album felt like meandering tripe.
This is a vocal style I really can't have for an entire album. Reminds me of talking heads. But the sounds are varied with an undertone of 80's camp. All three dexys albums are on here but those others were all commercial flops. I think the editor panel's bias is showing.
I think my hatred of Come On Eileen has tainted this band forever for me. The rest of the album is fine, nothing special.
Sure, "Come On Eileen" is good - I suppose why we've all heard it a thousand times. The rest of the album doesn't do much for me.
Celtic Soul is hard to define - much like the word Celtic itself, slippery as it is suggestive. Is it 'seltic' or 'keltic'? Van Morrison’s Caledonia Soul Orchestra sounds only slightly like Alex Harvey and His Soul Band, which sounds nothing like the 'Big Music' of the Waterboys or the ragamuffin hijinks of Dexys’ second album. All of them have soul of a kind. None sound anything like Noirin Ni Riain’s Celtic Soul album. Is Tom Jones Celtic Soul? He must be, he's Welsh. Most prominently, the term appears in the name of the Glasgow football team, Celtic - understood as the Irish club abroad, as opposed to the predominantly Protestant Rangers. And that feels about right: Celtic is a label for the hybrid, the obscured, when more precise terms - Irish, Scottish, Welsh - won’t do. It covers a tangle of cultures and histories: the Ulster-Scots mysticism of Morrison, Mike Scott’s Yeats obsession, born of Edinburgh, aimed at Sligo. A mess of connections, nothing concrete. So it’s no surprise that second-generation Irish Brummie Kevin Rowland should fuse his love of Northern Soul with his Irish heritage on Too-Rye-Ay - “Introducing the Celtic Soul Brothers.” It’s a peculiar fit, as it often is for so-called plastic paddies - fully immersed in cultures they don’t fully belong to. Black music and Irish music performed with an English accent. The large wave of Irish immigration to post-war Britain meant that, by the 1980s, many musicians had been raised in Irish Cultural Centres in cities like Birmingham, Manchester, London. They grew up hearing a mix of ceili and country & Irish before they ever heard pop. Elvis Costello, to an extent. Oasis, later. The Smiths, obviously. Morrissey may have Irish blood and an English heart, but no soul. More than any of them, Rowland captured the feeling – if not the actual aesthetic - of the working men’s clubs and the Northern Soul discos, packaging it into this strange, passionate album. It's all noise and clutter, nobody really paying attention to anyone else. The worst – and most common - experience of Irish trad music played in pubs is whenever everyone plays the same lines at the same time, because nobody knows anything else. He misses the mark, however, if he he's trying to connect the soultastic shang-a-lang-a-lang of Morrison’s “Jackie Wilson Said” to the folkish goobledegook of Too-Rye-Ay. It sounds less like Jackie Wilson and more like Bing Crosby crooning ‘Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral’ Compared to Morrison, Rowland can't help but be more laboured, more self-conscious. More performative. Less Celtic Soul Brothers than Celtic Soul Cousins. Everything Rowland knows is inherited – just like the dungarees he's wearing on the front. But he was playing to a culture that didn’t particularly care. When they performed “Jackie Wilson Said” on Top of the Pops, someone swapped the soul legend’s photo for one of Scottish darts titan Jocky Wilson. Mistake, obviously. But telling. Black, Irish, Scottish, working-class, immigrant, minority, other. All the same. All very different to the life of a middle-class, BBC professional. Dexys looked like they’d spent time near a dartboard, even if they seemed too fragile to throw one. Too-Rye-Ay performs a culture that never quite existed in Ireland. It existed only in Kevin Rowland’s heart. The record aches with longing, but not the same longing we hear on Soul records. There’s a term for it, immigrant sorrow: longing for something that doesn't exist. Longing for an identity you don't fully inhabit. 'Until I Believe in my Soul' Rowland sings, believing, for the moment, that his soul is Celtic. Whatever that is. It's the kind of feeling that doesn’t always find a home, even in a song. There are moments on Too-Rye-Ay that don’t sound like anything traditional, but might sound a little like the mix of Irish and Scottish you get in Kentucky or the Carolinas. As nebulous and unspecific as Americana. Not home, but an echo of it. The sincere pose of Too-Rye-Ay lasted only one album. It gave Rowland his biggest success, but it clearly sat uncomfortably with him, and he moved on. Too busy, completely unfocussed. Living between two cultures is difficult - but at least it offers options. That’s why Rowland could imagine a Plan B, while Van Morrison, on his 2012 record, sang in his repetitive trance-like way “No Plan B, No Plan B…” Van is stuck with his Celtic Soul. His career was built on it. But Rowland gets to walk away. Still, it’s fitting that Dexys’ biggest success, Come On Eileen, became a wedding staple.Their only hit in America, where all Irishness is performed. And everybody performs at a wedding. The wedding is the Irish Cultural Centre of the world. The working man’s club of the heart. The ceilidh of the soul. 2 These are not bad songs and the abundant character in Kevin Rowland’s voice compensates somewhat for the utter lack of it in the other parts. On the whole this is a very dodgy album though, I think. There is a stench of dilettantism that hangs about. The production is dreadful in several respects. The arrangements are cluttered - lots going on all the time, the verse of Let’s Make This Precious for example where drums, bass, keyboard, horns and backing vocals are busy beneath Rowland’s vocal mugging. Texturally there is nowhere for the chorus to go, except fiddles which have, miraculously, been held back. Much of the album is like this. There is no light and shade, just a ceaseless assault of instruments and musical detail. The mix is rotten too. The double-tracking in the vocals makes it hard to hear the lyrics. The violins are dry, adding a rather harsh edge to the unison lines. Everything is too clean and compressed. I never sense musicians in a room. 10 musicians in 10 rooms. Even the backing singers in Liars A to E sound as if they are recorded separately, performing separately, remote from any other musical action. The whole thing is loud, ignorant, and unpleasant. I hate the violins. There is nothing the least bit ‘Celtic’ in the purity of tone, the polite, carefully measured bowing, and the clarity of the lines. I don’t know if that is necessarily what they are going for but they don’t know either. These fiddle players sound lost the whole way through the album; doubling lines needlessly, playing awkward riffs that should be left to the horns (or left out altogether!); the solos in Celtic Soul Brothers or All in All…it’s not that those are bad lines on paper (paper which I feel sure is on a stand in front of the soloist) it’s the witless way they are delivered. The tin whistle at the start of Until I Believe in My Soul might capture the essence of the problem better than any single moment. That is not what a tin whistle is for, sir. You’re thinking of a recorder. But of course it had to be a tin whistle doing it didn’t it? Tin whistles are more Irish. It’s just another tacked-on signifier of Celticness. I don’t mean to sound precious about Irish music or Irishness - I really don’t care. But it represents yet another clumsily fitted cog that you can see moving. With all this in mind, the straight cover of Jackie Wilson Said was a particularly bad idea. I listened to the original later. How well does it capture the relaxed spirit and sense of communal music-making and organic quality that is missing from Too Rye Ay. 2/5
Come on Eileen is the only thing that stands out. 2/5
Come On Eileen and All In All are bangers. All the songs on this record have quite a similar feel, but quite pleasant listening overall. Would listen again I think.
Not good, but at least it was upbeat so that's worth something.
HOMER: Lisa, did you see the Grammys? LISA: You beat Dexy’s Midnight Runners. HOMER: Well, you haven’t heard the last of them!
There's some good stuff here. The horn part on Dubious, Show Me, Liars A to E, and of course Come on Eileen. But the rest kinds of fades into the background and frankly it's probably 15 - 20 minutes too long. Cut this down to a tight 10 songs and you'd gain a lot here.
Old pop with slight country. I don’t really like this. The band that did Come On Eileen.
Interesting
Eh, cum on Eileen is it man
meh pretty forgettable. Just not my cup of tea
not for me
I made it 5 songs before I turned it off. Who could've guessed that the band that did Come On Eileen tried to make more music and was much less successful?
Was pleasantly surprised at first and then just wondering what I was doing listening to such a long, unedited rambling album.
Nope nope nope, not for me
The vocals kill this one for me
Better than I expected, but still awful. Pass.
Bit of a one hit wonder, except the hit is pretty bad
2.5 - Meh
The music is okay I guess but his voice gets on my nerves, it feels like he is holding his breath while he sings, it also comes across as whiney to me. Come on Eileen is a banger though.
Come on Eileen had hem heel bijna gered
really want to like this one. Cmon Eileen did stand out but I think it was my familiarity with the tune. Always thought that was a cool song with the arrangement and the change of tempo throughout. The rest of the album nothing really stood out and grabbed me.
First track and last track were fun but the rest blended into a bit of a mess. I am more interested in the concept of the band apparently doing a lot of Irish music after this? Having recently watched Sinners I am obliged to imagine Remmick and company performing Come On Eileen
Half-baked attempt at Celtic-infused-reggae-turned-new wave, with every song dragging on too long, far too many many tracks (15!!!), and the usual not great post-punk vocals. Some cool rhythms and melodies, but nothing original. 1.5/5.0: Bad
this is such a weird album. they definitely had some interesting song ideas which are pretty fun for the first minute or two but quickly get boring.
Kinda cheesy but not terrible. The hits a little annoying. Would give it 2.5 stars.
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First, is this where Gwen Stefani got inspiration for her delivery? Second, a warning to everyone just starting out: there are THREE Dexy’s albums on this list. I’m too far into this to quit - and I’m desperately hoping there isn’t a fourth - but I think you all deserve a heads up of what’s to come.
The obvious single is great but other than that this is a fairly forgettable album.
Feel bad giving this a 2 bc its original and kinda interesting, but it just didnt really do it for me and got a little irritating by the end
Feels like kareoke
Horrid vocals, repetitive songs, just bad.
didn't like it
It was fine, but one note. I'm sort of in between a 2 and a 3. Maybe a 2 because I've heard Come On Eileen at too many bad weddings.
Everyone knows "Come in Eileen" for a reason. After that it's the same thing, occasionally slower. Not bad but not memorable either
I see why they were a one hit wonder, too loo rye at.
Come on Eileen song of all time. Otherwise mid.
Like most, I only really know come on Eileen and Jackie Wilson said. The rest of it... Meh
I liked this album better than Don't Stand Me Down. I don't think there's anything on here that would make me want to put this on again, though. 2.4/5
These guys never calm down for a single second, so every song comes across as a huge frenetic mess.
Just something I noticed, although the group is called Dexys Midnight Runners, what is written on the album cover is, "Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners". No ego there. Celtic folk/pop and "blue-eyed" soul that is almost OK. More correctly, the Midnight Runners seems to know how to play their instruments, but the singing does get annoying. The Van Morrison cover is a good song and their version is passable. The big hit, Come On Eileen, makes me cringe whenever I hear it. Luckily it is only on every 80's compilation ever made. Surprisingly, the album cover is great. It's the ultimate entry in the "Guess the Lead Singer" game, he's the only one on it! I guess none of the Midnight Runners could make the photo shoot or whatever is going on there. The only question is does the cover properly capture Kevin as the tortured poet/artist suffering for the sake of his art?
I want to like these guys, I really do, because C’mon Eileen as the 80s…but I guess ‘One Hit Wonder’ is a category for a reason.
Meh
Theres literally one song on this album worth listening to. How in the world did this score a spot on this list?! 2/5
Come On Eileen is still a lot of fun, but I found the majority of this album a bit annoying. Even the Van Morrison cover just made me wish that I was listening to Van Morrison. 2 stars feels harsh, but this just isn't for me.
Good players in this band but the English soul/rnb vibe leaves me cold. On the other hand, Come On Eileen is a great single, even by modern standards!
It was an interesting idea to mix soul music and Celtic instrumentation. Sometimes it works, but a whole album of it is a little tiring. Good performances, especially the bass, but I would've preferred a little more variety of sound.
More unique than the other album from them I heard here which is nice. Still a bit too "classic rock" for my tastes but I didn't feel the need to turn it off. I liked the brass section.
It's fine
Kevin Rowland's voice.
saa hengittää, keuhkoihin vaan ilmaa ja ulos. ei tarvitse kiristää sitä henkitorvea että tulee tuollanen kauhuääní ulos suusta. oksettaa tommone. onneksi köyhä, pysyy köyhyänä, maalainen, rahvas.. ''80-luvun poppia, joka ei ole kiinni 80-luvussa, ei siis kuullosta nasevalta! Tämmöinen musiikki on helppo sivuuttaa mitäänsanomattomana... minkä olenkin jöörennannut... TEHNYT...''. really intense words.. toor aye aryyea rayy too raaayy eryyee rueyee ryee too raay ryyuu ryyy raa truuu ryyy ruuu raaa traa tryy trruyyr raaaaaeeeeeeeeeee andgjaein adle ,.. come on eileene, and come on eileen ,youre my bodyyy. veeverything. ill show you
Surprised this band has (at least) two albums on this list. Have never heard of them, though I obviously know the song "Come on Eileen." Probably overrepresented on this list. Not bad at all but nothing to write home about.
#470. One good some and a bunch of not good songs. 2/5: no.
"Eileen", sure and even their cover of"Jackie Wilson said" wasn't bad. The rest was meh.
Im going against everything I believe in but I cannot give this a fair listen because WHY do DMR have three albums on this list? THREE??
Obviously the hit but as an album fell flat for me