Reviews (page 6 of 7)
Another 1.5 rating 2
Sounded like the soundtrack to a Sega game
Está guapo, muy atado a un momento musical muy concreto, pero veo cosas de aqui que han estado volviendo últimos años.
Solid attempt in a stupid genre.
no es mi estilo xdxsd
Eh
Not particularly cohesive. More of a collection of disparate dance songs. Not bad per se but not very interesting either. Not for me
This album feels so stuck in 1991 it’s almost unbearable. I don't hate it, but I don't really love it either. If the album is lucky, it'll get a 3 rating and I'll never have to listen to it ever again.
Electronica garbage. Still better than most of the other electronica/house garbage on this list so far so it gets a 2. Yay.Done.Next.
more boring-ass house music
I get it, House was a fun disco party thing (contingent on MDMA), and rave DJs across the western world were infected with the urge to set inane synth bass and drums to insipid piano jingles and soul vocals. KLF have got to be the most earnestly trite way to spend an overnighter in a warehouse losing your mind and your hearing.
I think its a good album for a workout. I am imagining playing it while in a zumba class or something. It isnt super memorable, and the songs kind of run together for me, but it the beat is good.
I think I would have liked this album a lot better as an instrumental. The vocals seemed really cheesy and dated. Ultimately, it was pleasant enough but nothing here would ever compel me to do a voluntary spin.
Fine. not for me though
Cringe. It reminded me of a German Electronica musical improv duo I saw once. The duo was amazing, because they were characters in on the joke. This album? Not so much.
Didn't connect with me.
I don’t know… there’s some nostalgia for when I was 14 here but the music is… just not very good
Pure moods?
Extra fuck you for not being on Spotify
Kind of like Massive Attack, I logically get why this was groundbreaking and ahead of its time. But the unfortunate truth of becoming a meme-worthy example of your genre is that it's insanely hard to hear with fresh ears. I just keep picturing the two 90s douche-bros from the SNL skit bobbing their heads as 'What is love?' blares over the speakers. Or the Always Sunny gang in diapers at a rave. It just all sounds a bit cheesy and on the nose - which I get it *didn't* at the time, but can't really get my head around to enjoy now.
#443. I did what I usually do when they're not on Spotify, I found it on YouTube and just skimmed around a little. Didn't seem very interesting to me. 2/5: meh
Disco electro
This was a less fulfilling acid trip
There are other better white rooms. This passed me by when it came out and today it seems rather dated and joyless.
This was hot shit in the early 90s, but it hasn't aged particularly well. 2/5
Meh.
Sam nie wiem. Niby nic nie drażni, ale też nic nie pamiętam. 2/5
Seems this album isnt on Spotify, so I listened to a playlist someone made to recreate the album as best they could. There is therefore a big ol' asterisk on my review. That said, this is not my thing. I liked the darker, heavier parts. I was picturing myself in a sweaty British 90's rave and that was fun. The vocal samples almost always killed my immersion in those moments. This is not my genre. I've certainly enjoyed this style before, but its rare. This album was not one of those times. Album cover: (B) It definitely captures a mood.
Favorite Track: Build A Fire
The original is not on spotify
Harmitonta taustamusaa eikä tälle oikeastaan edes jaksaisi ajatusta ja keskittymistä tarjota. Ei kummoista.
Lame
Jesus. Electronic artists love taking their original album and then changing them completely ruining the historical posterity. Like I’m sure who ever wanted this on the list probably had the 91 version in mind but NOOOO now there’s a new version with the track list completely different. Stupid. Anyway. This is one of the most difficult albums to talk about because the KLF HAS to be on a music list. Read their Wikipedia article. Or watch the This Exists episode about them. They kind of exist as this bizarre art project that makes the most…bafflingly bad Euro trash of all time.
такой тыц-тыц конечно
Never heard this before. Pretty underwhelming. The music is ok but marred by the cringe vocals.
Some of it was fun. Most of it was meh. Beep boop blop.
2.5 stars. Didn't like this. Tried to do too much with too little. Ends up being weird house/trance music.
Peak 90s dance club
Whole album sounds like The Ninja Turtles are about to come out of a steaming manhole ready to rumble vs some Foot soldiers, except when there are vocals. When there are vocals, it sounds like The Ninja Turtles are about to come out of a steaming manhole ready to rumble vs some Foot soldiers but they're inside a GAP store in the mall.
I should really like the KLF. I read Bill Drummond's 17, and even took part in a piece of performance art with the man himself. But I just don't really like the way their music sounds? It's washy and spineless. And I kind of realised that this is a lot like Malcolm McLaren's Duck Rock in that it's taking black voices and making them say words written by a white record producer. Sorry, Bill. I love you, but not your band. x
No longer on Spotify, so I don't like this aspect. Music-wise, I guess it was good considering the time of release, but it didn't really age that well.
Nicht mein Genre, aber ok
This kinda blows.
Итс окэй. Звучит чуть более как магазинная музыка, чем хотелось бы, но предположительно из вот этого выросла вся европейская поп-дм музыка, и честно сказать я странно отношусь к этому: такая музыка принесла мне, с одной стороны, море эмоций в жизни, а с другой - кринжа. Лучшая песня - Go To Sleep.
listened to the 2021 Director's Cut available on Spotify sometimes i ponder how British the 1001 albums are gonna be and then i'm generated a record from the lads who gave us "Doctorin' the Tardis" ambient house might not be for me
Not on Spotify but checked it out on YouTube while working It's decent High 2
Couple good tracks, prob would not listen to again, not for me
This was just kinda ‘meh’ right? Like the ‘big beats’ were prob a cool thing in the late 80’s/early 90’s but most of this doesn’t tickle my electro-dance nerve maybe that’s just me….. The opening and closing “Justified and Ancient” bookends were f-ing terrible but the rest of the record was pretty good actually I bet this felt like the world was changing at an illegal outdoor ‘rave’ event in the early 90s though. Like that Aphex Twin guy prob heard plenty of this before he took over the world. One in my listening group said It’s hard to put these records that we’ve largely (or entirely) not heard into the context of their musical contemporaries. Like you said, probably was a bombshell at the time, but music evolving from it was just so much better. Like Run-DMCs first album. I spent the rest of the day listening to Basement Jaxx
I can't get above a 2 here, but I really didn't hate this like I figured I would based on the description.
1st song made me want to go to sleep. Not my jam.
Electrical.. first album not on Spotify. Had to listen via iTunes. Not bad
Meh
Somewhat confusing. What mix did I listen to? What version is this? Spotify wasn't terribly clear on the mixes so I kind of dropped out. There is some good material here but there's also stuff with a country twinge that didn't work at all. Not terrible but I can't give it a passing grade either.
2.5
Sorry electronica really ain’t my thing
Mid
I don’t know if I listened to the right one
Very dated sounding
There was one song I liked I won’t listen to this ever again. Better than most electronics but not enough for me to take notice of anything.
Y'know, there's a time and a place for electronica and I'm starting to think that 7am at home while I'm getting ready for work somehow isn't it. I don't dislike this music genre, it's actually pretty fun and creative, but it certainly does get repetitive after a few tracks. Not my favorite electronica album that I've heard so far, but not bad. I'd rate it somewhere between 2 and 3. It's not as good as Kraftwerk but it was less pretentious than David Holmes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Not very good
Day235 - i tried it. i didn’t like it
Sort of enjoyed but became a little monotonous
it was ok.
Not my JAM(s), and don't quite qualify for a Scottish point. I'm sure it was very exciting at the time, but it all comes across very clever-clever, and pretentiously and meticulously planned, in retrospect. Still better than some of the dreck on the list though!
nit auf spotity
No es mi tempo, al poco rato se vuelve repetitivo.
Bits of it I liked. Suited the Europop environment I'm in.
Interesting techno album. These guys are definitely weird. 2.5 stars
Weird directors cut on AM, so annoying when you can't just listen to the original version of an album, or even one where songs aren't chopped or moved around. Consider me peeved. This was alright. I enjoyed that it intermingled with a bunch of different sounds, but I just never got going. One song featured a pedal steel prominently, one had sort of middle eastern vibe, and another had Jamaican. High 2.
Best Song: Last Train to Trancentral. Good house music needs a good chorus, and this one's got it. Worst Song: The White Room. Some of the instrumental interludes came off as more annoying than anything. Overall: Fairly fun and rhythmic, although it frequently dips into that early 90s annoying reliance on echo and reverb. Certainly nothing exciting. Quality really dips off in the latter half too.
En anelse for stenet en gang imellem men ret cool, gjorde ikke nogen fortræd
It's okay. I know I lack the interest (or vocabulary) to talk about albums like this. I did not hate it, but I did not love it either. At the very least I can give it points for not being uber-repetitive, and for having some interesting melodies and vocals here & there.
not for me
Nothing really grabbed my attention, it's perfectly innocuous background music but never rises above that level
A very outrageously 90s album that felt like it was just made for party playlists
It’s fine, definitely 80s club music
Musically a bit disjointed but vocals tie it together reasonably well
So “The White Room” was fine – and considerably better than “Orbital 2” which I had the day before – so there’s that… I’m seeing mentions of UK electronica, Eurodance music, “pop-house”, and other monikers – but at the end of the day, is the music interesting and unique – and on that front, this album is just there for me… Didn’t hate it, but nothing really memorable or intriguing… Best track was “The White Room”, but can’t give the album anything more than a 2…
2.2/5 listened 3x (youtube music - directors cut). a few good songs but didn't love the whole album.
I'm surprised the year this was made. It's straight outta the 70s
My DJ friend tells me this is somehow different and/or more significant and/or better than the average 90s English dance music that one might find on this list. I listened to it all, I don’t think I buy it, it still just sounds like NN TSS NN TSS OI BRUV to me, but I’m giving it an extra star as an act of good faith.
Not really sure what to give this. It’s some early electronic stuff from England so of course it makes this list. Does it actually deserve to, not at all but I didn’t create the list. Anyways this is somewhere between a one and a two. Just early experimental shake your head funky electronic music that I don’t care for. 3.9/10
Generally boring.
Almost, but not quite, entirely not my cup of tea
Ok. A bit boring. Nothing special.
Wasn’t really feeling this, about to out there for me.
Definitely not for me.
Not sure at all what a made of this! Some songs were quite cool and then some were so mad and cringe. Overall I think I was willing it to be over..
A weird one. I don't know a lot about the KLF but I know they were a weird band and did big stunts and burnt a load of money and what not. The book about them is supposed to be really good and I'd like to know more. In terms of music it was not my kind of thing, interesting in places but who knows.
3.5/10
Bescheuerte musik Theyre justified and theyre ancient
More Brit electro pop. Good for a dance party or something I guess, not really my thing.
I never liked this type of music but I didn't mind it here too much.
Well, this one is not on Spotify, but it is on YouTube, so I listened there. I reviewed some other album with a similar feel, but don’t remember what. But it all sounds the same. Great background music for a crowded dance floor at a rave. Pounding, incessant rhythms, shouted vocals. Various boops and beeps. You can certainly move to it. But totally unengaging as music. Nothing memorable, nothing meaningful. 2/5
Pop-rave. It's a cool idea, but to me it comes across as too boring for either
Not my thing
All over the place
Electronic band, that dabbled in dance, hip-hop, etc. Definitely the sound of the early 90’s music and dance scene.
Would have been better if only electronica - lyrics out of place
2 mostly forgettable generic electronic music. Only song that stood out was justified and ancient
In a white room, there’s some music, you forgot it (2.5/5)
2-
electr., dance, 1991 -> 2
Remember back in the early 90's when people still went to roller rinks and they had a shitty DJ playing god knows what? That's what this album is. It's not even well done for what it is. Repetative, irritating, no real instruments, mediocre vocals, and boring all at the same time. Hard pass from me. And, though no fault of the record, not on Spotify so it's a little irritating having to skip through the occasional ad on YouTube. The funny thing about that is there were a couple times I couldn't even tell an ad was playing. That's not what you want from a great record. I have no idea why this album would be included on this list. All that said, I didn't skip any songs and though I was glad it was over, it was not the worst album on this list so far so an extra point for that I guess. 2/5
I…don’t get it. Sounds like pretentious electronic stuff. Bleh.
I really didn’t care for this, but am giving it an extra star because I realize I am not being objective and apparently, this is a really important benchmark for electronic music.
It is just dance music but this time early 90s dance. I mean each decade has it own electronic dance music. I can't say this was any good. I didn't need it. Not sure my there are so many electronic albums on this list. There are worst albums. I will be generous.
I didn't hate this as much as I thought I would. But I did hate it. While the music was alright, these lyrics are... just really awful.
Less punchy than in my memories. Nice universe but too mellow.
Couldn’t access on Spotify
Not on Spotify. Going by other stuff I've heard of theirs I'll say 2.5
I don't hate it, but it's hideously dated, and generally kind of rubbish.
A bit dull. None of the vitriol or passion of the KLF I knew.
No toda la música está hecha para mí. Fue interesante
The only thing anyone knows about the KLF is that they once burned £1,000,000. Being generous, you could say the music is energetic and fun, but I think really it's quite bad 90s electronica. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: Justified and Ancient Date listened: 12/03/24
That was bizarre, but disappointing. Music was mediocre early UKs raver scene, with a few very self indulgent dubbed vocals. The wiki page on this band though was an absolute wild read. Music didn't live up to the heights I was expecting based on this sadly.
Beep boo boo bop boo boo bop
I wonder if that's what Michael Vsauce felt when he was in the white room. At least it's not 2 hours long.
Elektronica fra 90’erne, ok, men ikke noget at råbe hurra for
It was difficult to find this album but I eventually did locate it on YouTube. Track #4 had strong Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch vibes about it. What time does "My So-Called Life" start tonight? It has those vibes to me. This is the third day in a row that I have been given mostly instrumental or techno-ish music to listen to. So, I'm ready to move on to a different genre. This is peak "British guy whispers while a beat goes on in the background as a female sings a chorus as an interlude," and I'm here for it. Meaning, I'm here literally listening to it, because that's all I can say. Did I enjoy it? I can't say I did, but I also didn't hate it because I also spent much of my teen years in GAP and American Eagle shopping.
Last track was alright. All rather boring to me otherwise.
very of an era, but not too shabby!
Nah 2/5
Another electronica album, another snoozer. Seriously, this genre of music has to be the kind that ages the worst. This wasn't great and screamed 1990 and stayed there. 4/10
Every 90s movie montage was set to one of these tracks.
I like the KLF singles that are not on this album I did not like what was on this album
When this came out it fell into a category of music I called "Eurodisco," which my local "Alternative" station played so much of I actually wrote them a letter telling them if they didn't STOP DOING THAT I would be forces to take my business elsewhere and I MEAN IT! Wll, of course they didn't, I did and neither of us missed each other for a tenth of a second. I hear this now as a frequent listener of electronic music and it has a... quaintness. It's kind of weak, still, and relies too heavily on dance styles that wouldn't be native to the Isles (mostly Acid House). Influential, not very underground, it lacks depth, and I found it to be kind of boring. But like I said, in my younger days when I would have been the audience for this, I absolutely abhorred this kind of music. Given that, it wasn't unpleasant or challenging and definitely has some fun moments. Also cool to see some EDM finally on this list!
With no prior knowledge of The KLF, I was at first saddened to learn it was a dance record, then intrigued because it was a little bit more than a dance record, but then saddened again because it's not much more than a dance record.
onnodig elektronisch?
This definitely has that 90s sound...not my style but I still want to swing my head around to this.
Could only stream The Director’s Cut which was extremely mellow compared to the incendiary hit singles. Not sure if the original album release is like those singles, but this was disappointing. Some songs were like poor man’s West End Girls and weak Cafe Del Mar tunes.
one joke
Fine, good even, but I really don't think I needed to hear it. There are way too many generically good albums on this list. I would cheerfully grant four stars if this was album was offered as the best of its genre, which it might be I don't know, but it isn't the only British electronica on the list or even the only British electronica offered to me this week. Enough already.
Somebody please, KiLF me. I hate this shit. Cool album cover though, they nailed that part.
I get that this is influential for its time, but I doubt I’ll listen again. Had some good grooves but felt repetitive after awhile.
No my kind of music.
Hard album to make sense of out of context - made for a party and a parody of the party, it's an artifact of a multi-national european dance scene and chaotic 80s postmodernist dada, it's hard to imagine this was ever intended to be listened to off youtube sitting on a sofa. Though it works unexpectedly well for a sunny Scottish winter weekend afternoon. The first half is hedonistic trance: big beats house music full with a hip hop flair from the samples and the odd rap verse. The second half is the hang over: ambiently melancholy and reflexive with slower tracks, strings and churchy lap steel sounding synths, and a reggae dub feel. Favorites: The White Room, Build a Fire, 3am eternal
Niet zo zeer m'n ding
Huh
I’m sure it’s a good jam if you like the computer beats and the digital sound. It’s alright. Got my toe taping once. Mostly just in the ear and out.
As boring and bland as ypu might imagine
2/5. Standard 90s house album with nothing redeeming. Reminded me of a less sophisticated DJ Shadow.
Not on spotify. Prolly shit
Reading about the group and the things around it were more interesting than the music it self. typical 90s electronica/rave music. it is made for clubs and it don't really stand out to me.
Ok
Honestly just straight up not my music at all. This sort of electronic music that sounds like you absolutely have to be in a dirty night club somewhere in England drugged out your mind is exclusively unappealing to me. I was pretty primed to give this a 1/5. HOWEVER. I couldn't help myself by looking into this band thinking "Why in god's name is this included in this list". So after a bit of reading found these two guys to be probably quite the legends in the UK. Including them being a part of some art exhibit where they legitimately burned "a million quid" which would be worth like 5 million Canadian dollars now, all from the after tax profits of their record sales. That's pretty bad ass. In that tune they do sound like true artists, combining that with the fact that they have quite a big legacy and inspiration on this genre of music. So - hats off to them. By the end of reading up on them I did find myself vibing to the latter part of this album, so although I'll never listen again, it gets a 2.
Most of these songs were too repetitive for me. The production sounds cold and impersonal. I was charmed by the inclusion of pedal steel guitar on a couple of the tracks, but perhaps only because it contrasted so starkly with the rest of the instrumentation.
Far more intrigued by their story than their sound.
When I told Rach I’d been generated The KLF, she started waiting something about Moo Moo Land. That oddity isn’t in this album, but by icky thump that was a right weird experience being serenaded with that. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Make It Rain, Build A Fire, Justified & Ancient I listened to this on another commute to work today. It definitely made the journey more fun, although I’m unsure about if I’ll be returning to it again. It somehow managed to be a bit of fun, yet remained fairly unremarkable. There’s not much I really feel I can comment on aside from it being party pop, or something like that. It isn’t bad by any means, and I’d enjoy if it came on the radio, but I wouldn’t seek this out.
Early house music. Needed more Martha Wash and electric piano. I’m sure it was impactful in its time but it’s giving Mortal Kombat.
eh
Boooo. I didn’t have to hear this.
mildly subpar build a fire
Generic electronica with some vocals.
I liked the spoken word bits sonically, but they often felt obnoxiously "deep". Like some self-proclaimed old soul waxing poetic about the meaning of life. This seems to be a weird trend in electronic music specifically. The beats are decent.
The sound of the whole album was different than anything I’d heard before, definitely has a unique sound. I didn’t actually enjoy it that much though. 2 stars for originality. It did suck though.
Not my style, but some enjoyable moments. (Uh-huh-uh)
Just not very good. 4/10
I wanted to say that this a flawless album. But it's clearly not. The White Room is disjointed, out of place and confused. But that's half the fun of The KLF. Subversion was always more exciting than playing the game. There are some absolute gems on here. The singles are all five star ratings. They sound better in a club, obvs. But I doubt I will get to experience that again. Build A Fire offers a different, darker narrative. KLF continue to fascinate me. I wish they had continued. But that would have led to disappointment. The myth grows ever more as time passes.
2/5 uneventful
1. zleep - 1 2. rain - 1 3. eterna - 2 4. church - 2 5. train - 2 6. fire - 1 7. uuhite - 3 8. tearz - 1 9. loverz - 1 10. ancient - 1
Not my thing
I was pretty bored by this one. But then again, I am not doing drugs in some European club in the 90's
In "The White Room," with bad techno, near frustration... The KLF seemed to have trouble making final decisions. What should we call ourselves? What songs should be on this album? On both occasions, they should have made a decision and stuck to it. On the name front, they would have remained The Timeless. Nothing spectacular, but definitely a step up from the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, and when paired with the single "Doctorin' the Tardis" you've got something potentially more interesting than anything on any version of "The White Room." Though that can be hard to sort, because there are at least four different versions of "The White Room," and they are all pretty different. The version I listened to (the 2021 Director's Cut) opened with the awful "Go To Sleep" before a tolerable stretch of early British acid house. But it is clearly early electronica, and as with other offerings on the list, they sound very dated and not nearly the best the genre has to offer. A lot of the second half of the album gets pretty annoying, and it seems likely that listening to another version of the album wouldn't make it any better. And listening to it after seeing our group's comparisons to Haddaway, C&C Music Factory, and Ace of Base? I totally hear it. And it doesn't help.
I’ve had it up to here with albums that have multiple, significantly different versions. Wikipedia kept talking about What Time Is Love? I kept thinking it was a breakout song from a previous album. No, it’s from The White Room, but not this The White Room. Rather from a different The White Room. I listened to the whole directors cut version not knowing it, somehow, doesn’t have the one song Wikipedia keeps blabbering on about. I listened to What Time Is Love? separately anticipating this great triumph. Nope, it sucks. What am I even listening to anymore? I liked some parts of The White Room (Director’s Cut), namely Madrugada Eterna (Club Mix). For much of the album, I expected Haddaway to break in with “What is love! Baby don’t hurt me!! No more!!!”
"KLF is gonna rock ya" I remember this from 1991, and it's aged like piss...
I really dislike this stuff, but it wasn't atrocious.
KLF were incredibly big at the time through their singles, then they disappeared - pulled their records away from public access - and then, decades later, decided to come back into the same consciousness that already forgot all about them. Anyway, KLF were never an album's band, they were an MTV band. The singles' versions are so much better than the album versions, I don't understand why they even bothered with an album.
Wel oké
Not a big fan.
Primeiro me pareceu como algo do Pet Shop Boys, depois ficou sendo como algum disco das 7 mais da jovem pam.
I know it's not rational, but it bothers me when the Brits pronounce "tacos" like "tack-ohs." Have some g.d. respect. Best track: Church of the KLF
Much like an actual house, house music doesn't age well. "3AM Eternal" grates at any hour, truly. "No More Tears" has just a touch of humanity to it, as does the cut with the slide guitars. That's the only warmth on an otherwise clinical and wildly over-programmed effort, which, despite all its aggressive reaching for excitement, reads pretty damn dull.
Just not really my style.
This is brit trance/electro music. Super repetitive and not very good.
Fun fact: Ainsley Harriott listens to this in the bath.
Oh look more british euro trash shit. Gets one extra star for nostalgia. 2/5
Not really an electronica fan
Mijn broer had deze CD ooit, toen wel veel gedraaid, maar inmiddels moeilijk door te komen.
Stond niet op Spotify en zocht het niet om het elders op te zoeken.
If someone asked me what I thought the 80's were like since I wasn't born, this album is what I feel the 80's was. Just the general vibe and sound. It's just funny to me.
Very bad, strange, and unpleasant. Not sure how anyone could enjoy listening to this.
I think the reason British dance music had aged so much worse than euro dance is it’s not even ironically funny.
Guess you had to be there
Boring. Time listening to this is wasted time.
Gear: INAWAKEN Twilight-DS Artwork: ️🇹🔊🚧 Production (Random Spotify Playlist Edition): 🥁🔪💩 Music: 👥🎛️👀 Rating: ❔(❔)/5
It's not even good club music.
Dans la vallée de la mort musicale que fut la transition entre la disco mourrante et l'électro naissante.
Ma première pensée: grosse cochonnerie électro brit. Ensuite, je lis sur le groupe et je vois leur K Foundation burns a million quid. Révulsé par cette entreprise, je réalise que je ne suis pas un anarchiste à tendance nihilisme passif. Ça a eu le bénéfice de me faire réfléchir au moins. Ils ont l'air d'avoir un sacré fan club si je regarde les commentaires sur Youtube. Je vais me réserver de jugement.
Music made for undiscerning club goers. Would anyone's life be less rich if this was never made? I strongly doubt it. A waste of human effort.
electronica dance from the early 90's. not my thing
Maybe you had to be there, or maybe you needed drugs. Either way, this was a struggle
tried really hard at the time to like this, as i was neck deep in everything madchester/acid house, etc. but nah. still doesn't quite hit today either.
I no emotional response to this whatsoever. I didn't hate it, I didn't like it, I didn't enjoy it, I wasn't moved, I wasn't made to dance. It was just nothing. A very odd sensation.
Why are there so many albums like this on this list? Massage parlor sounding shit
Every time I thought I was getting into this, it took a cheesy turn.
this is one of those things where you learn about it and youre like well that was a weird blind spot anyway, but then it keeps coming up everywhere for some reason? my understanding of this project is it's a prank on the music industry made with contempt for consumers. that it's itentionally low effort and bad, but apparenly enjoyable (?). i love the klf project conceptually but hated listening to this album so not sure where to rate.
Oh!! shit
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring!
nope... deze werd het niet en zal het ook nooit worden
Bad 90’s dance music or, to be fair, really bad 90’s dance music.
Just ain't my thang
Just listened "stand by the jams" cheto
No me gustó.
bad
couldn’t find the right album to listen to anywhere
The music sounds like the music-on-hold at those 1990's internet service providers that were trying to be "edgy" or perhaps the shitty soundtrack in a women's clothing store in the same time period. And oh those lyrics! "Go to sleep" loops while the music is jackhammering its way into your skull. More like "go fetch me my sledgehammer so I can dispatch this album into 1000 pieces" am I right? I'm a bit too old to have ever gone to a rave, so maybe I just don't get it. And I'm ok with that.
Look, call it my problem if it makes you feel better, but I cannot appreciate most electronic music at all. It all sounds like laser-tag music. I cannot fathom sitting down to listen to this and enjoying it. You do you 1/5
One of the most grating electronica albums I've ever heard. And that's before accounting for the poorly mixed vocal interjections that make the songs even less appealing. Zero redeeming qualities in this album unfortunately; at least it's not over an hour long?
0.5
Didn’t listen. Original not available on Spotify
30 seconds was enough (Okay, 10)
So, only the Director's Cut is available on Spotify, and that's what I listened to, but I think that's the intended listen experience, from what I saw? I don't think that this is good, though. I do wish that The KLF stayed together long enough to make The Black Room, that would have been, at minimum, a really interesting listen, I think. I will say that the instrument choices are kind of hilarious, and somehow work??? I wouldn't expect steel guitar to work so well with electronica/acid-house music, but it is probably my favorite part of the album. And I know I say this a lot, but there's only a specific kind of speaking that I like in music, and it's not what's going on in this album. Also, what the hell was that last song??? Is this album interesting? Yes. Is this album funny? Unexpected, but also yes. Is this album good? No, I don't really think so. Favorite Song(s): Build a Fire
Tätä on joskus seiskaluokan keväällä jne tullut kuunneltua paljonkin. Mutta… tämähän on aivan hirveätä sontaa. Ei edes nostalgia-arvoa. Yksi huonoimpia ellei huonoin listalla tähän asti. 1/5
Couldn't find the original version of the album, and i'm all for house and electronic music, but this selection has quite annoying instrumentation, most songs were skips for me.
nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Nahhhh
No thanks
Better than sha-men but unfortunately still electronic music from the 90s
I didn’t like this. I’m not a fan of British dance music.
Electronica is just not for me
I listened to this album earlier today and have already forgotten about it. It isn't bad it just did nothing for me.
This sounds so outdated.
I enjoy electronic music and I enjoy pop music but I don't necessarily like when the two mix. When pop stars go electronic it's cool usually (Bowie) but when electronic artists try to be more pop it leaves me pretty cold. Anyway only little bits of this were appealing. I don't ever need to hear more.
The music is ok but often leans into being annoying. Add in the fact that the group seemingly tried to make this impossible to talk about by releasing several versions of the album with different edits of the tracks and it's like I was destined to hate it.
Electronica... Awesome.... Oh British Electronica... Daring today aren't we....
British (CHECK) Electronic (CHECK) Garbage (CHECK) The (un)holy trinity for 1001 albums. This is a waste of time. If you weren't on the terraces for QPR in 1992, this kind of just sounds like menu music for a hastily thrown together video game from 2001. But if you remember the right tidy rager that night in me mate's garage in Suffolk-upon-Grimsby, then hoo boy you'll love balding to this! To top it all of this pile of dreck has about 60 different versions meaning I may or may not have listened to the record in its entirety. I probably listened to more than I had to which is the greatest tragedy of all. 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Colonialism
Oh dear, The White Room was all too repetitive for me. I could not enjoy it to save my life. I think I heard a unique sound with the electronic/house genres, but you’ll have to find somebody else to confirm that, ‘cause I ain’t listening to it again.
Ok, so I don't even know how to rate this album since I can't listen to it, I clicked on it to listen on Spotify and there was one track on the album, when I clicked it, it was a completely different track which is weird considering the run-time of the album was 63 minutes and this one functioning song was 3 minutes, I couldn't even find the album on their artist page! Do I just rate this a 1? I'm so incredibly confused
not my cup of tea at ALL
Just can’t do it.
Nah
As someone who's fairly willing to forgive corniness in older music, this was a step too far for even me. With dated synth pads and stabs accompanied by low effort nonsense vocals, this album is certainly a product of its time and not in a good way. If someone had told me this was a parody of early 90s dance music, I would've believed them. Also these guys apparently burned a MILLION pounds?!? Like just gathered all their money up in a pile and burned it. Wtf was wrong with them?? I understand the sentiment of being against the over commercialization of the music industry, but maybe donate the money to charity or something instead of letting it all go to waste in such a ridiculous fashion. I'm deducting a point just for that. This album is only slightly less stupid than the idea of burning a million quid for no good reason, but still complete shit. 1/5
dont do drugs I was saving my 1 star reviews for the worst of the worst, and this album was going to skate by(because the whiplash made me laugh) until I realized I was only 4 songs in and still had 30 mins of listening time. And that made me mad
Listening to this album felt like a torture strategy the CIA would use on an interrogation victim to get them to ‘fess up to a crime. If a CIA agent is reading this, please credit me for this idea when you inevitably use this album to torture your hostages. In all seriousness, the reason I gave it a one star, which is pretty harsh from me, is because I genuinely think it’s deserved. I couldn’t wait to be finished with this album. I kept checking the time, and after 10 minutes, I swear I would still be suffering through the same song. It was insane. It’s certainly a product of its time and has aged terribly. I’m not that into electronic music in the first place, but I think even if I was, I would not like this. I hope that this is the worst album I will come across, because I don’t know if I can withstand anything that’s much worse.
only 1 song on spotify LOL
Background music to play at the gym for people that don't like to workout.
Dull - the story behind klf has always been infinitely more interesting than the actual music.
You probably had to be there at the time to get this, and I wasn’t. I get that maybe this was groundbreaking and influential at the time, but it feels really dated. Cheesy pop samples with cringe lyrics, this doesn’t do anything for me. Maybe it would have done if I was high off my face at a rave in the early 90s. Favourite track: The White Room
Muzak for the new generation. How can you blend so many up and coming musical styles together in such a boring package. Nothing sticks, the album cover is boring and the cover on streaming services is ever less interesting. It's not revolting to listen to, but being barely noticable noise is all it's really good for.
Who cares
I was going to be generous and give it a 2, but the last song is unforgivable and sent me over the edge.
i dont love electronica
Could only listen to one song of the album and I’m not a fan of that style
Weird
Probably the worst electronic album on this whole list. Boring repeated dance music
I was put in a white room for a while
did-not-listen
What a bizarre world I just got a glimpse into. I don't expect to like trance music but I tried earnestly to appreciate this album for what it was worth. I found the music to be overly bland, simple and at times boring. I did a quick read up on the band to see if I was missing something as to why they are heald in high regard. Learning more about their process and some of their publicity stunts in the past only helped sour my take on their music. No disrespect and I'm sure somebody loves these guys but to be they came off as overly arrogant, confused and even a bit delusional , it seems to me their approach values self image and status over the music itself.
The only thing available on streaming is the “Director’s Cut”. I started listening to that, but saw the tracklist was completely different compared to the original, so I wondered how different the original album sounded. I found the full album on YouTube (https://youtu.be/kjqb9_OEySY?si=2pZpIZ561hcnIUeX) and they’re entirely different. Anyways, this isn’t the worst electronica album I’ve heard on this list. It is at least a bit dynamic and varied. There’s even a slow slide guitar break in the middle of the album. That said, it’s still pretty close to the worst. The pulsing bass on several of the tracks literally evokes the same sensation behind my eyes as a migraine. I can’t imagine ever wanting to hear this music outside of a rave and I never want to attend another rave.
Naw
Doesn’t exist anymore
1.11
Only one song came up when I clicked on the spotify link and honestly that track was enough to safely assume this album gets a 1 star. Sorry not sorry.
How many times can you use the same beat on one album? The answer is 10.
Horrible
this selection almost made 3 good albums in a row... Keep trying Album Generator!
No. 1/10
That 808 drum early 90s German hip hop kinda sound? Not for me.
I'm pretty sure I wrote this album in cakewalk in high school. There's not enough Molly in the world to make me dance to it now
why...??? 😭😭😭😭😭😭
nope
Of the albums based on never made films I’ll take After the Gold Rush.
444/1001 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑
Apparently this release was an important moment in clubbing electronica history and that the KLF was very self aware and subversive. That said, this was never my scene. It may be good, or not, but it's definitely irrelevant to me. I did listen, so I can die now.
This reinforces how much I dislike electronic music
This genre of music does not appeal to me. That being said, there are, at times, electronic songs that I can dig. This album does not contain any of those types and listening to this became an unpleasant chore.
This the type of electronic music that gives me anxiety.
What the Eurodance trash is this.
It’s not for me. I never liked eurodance
Couldn't listen
Enough with the lousy electronica please for the love of god
< the Beatles "British electronic" is a music phrase I've learned to fear as much as "experimental"
wasn't my bag 30 odd years ago and definitely not today! didn't manage to get past 1st track before I turned it off - sorry but no review!
Not my jive.
Trash
Grating, Eurotrash electro better left in the dustbin of history. 1/5
Way too repetitive
Sorry, I can't bear it...
I remember liking how the band/project was retired. And based on that, I expected their music to be a bit more subversive. It couldn't be any farther from it. Incredibly polished, mainstream shite. The kind of music that never had any redeeming value for me, but still blocked the airwaves at the time and got stuck as an earworm in your head.
I really fucking hated this. No exaggeration, this shit is awful.
Not a fan.
This one is lost on me. To my ears it is rather sterile and lifeless. Definitely not my jam…
Another British electronic duo. Another waste of my time. They are consistent, but a consistent turd is still a turd.
Nicht meine Musik
Justified and Ancient, the final track, was really good. Nice, chill beat, simple vocals matching the tone and vibe of the song. The rest I absolutely did not care for. I'm sure it all strikes a chord with some people, but for me, that chord was a really dull open D. Toothless.
Never heard of this band. Initially I thought it was strong start with the synth right off the bat...but I feel like the album was kinda all over the place wise. Didn't love the vocals.
This is horrible. Truly disgusting. It's got nothing to do with music whatsoever. This is not an album (and it isn't even op Spotify). It might work in a club, on a rave or whatever horrible surrounding, but not as an album that you listen to at home. You know what? I even fell asleep while listening the second time. 0 stars, but unfortunately that's not possible.
Not for me. It was boring and just the same thing. It felt like parody. But maybe I just don’t get it.
Okok more 90s techno, I’m interested— not too thrilled by the chill-out sorta aesthetic Apple Music seems to think this embodies, I think the sound has aged really poorly, but it’s worth a shot. Album cover’s kinda crunchy. 1 Oo nonono this has not aged well. Rhythmically unambitious, sonically dated, and the vocals are near pastiche— especially the backups, good lord. The lyrics and the space-age lounge feel has some camp appeal, but this being peers with Aphex Twin’s or Autechre’s early output really contextualizes this for what it is. Of course it fades out. 2 Bass is a little subbier here— Hrm but the percussion does not feel balanced, and there’s echo panned to the right that feels clumsy. Midi sax plus that acidy squelchy synth is kinda fun, they kinda orbit around each-other in a fun way— but I’m distracted by the major IV chords on a default space pad and the hopelessly cheesey lyrics. God those backups are poor choice. Shitty fade-out cop-out. 3 Ok the guitar is a cool piece in this intro, and I really like the synth that kicks in. Drums are a bit neater. This is sounding better! Little less dated! And now there is a man yelling in my right ear. Hm. He’s gone, and there’s a beachy psychedelic electronica track Ieffover, kinda sounds like it could be on a Donkey Kong Country soundtrack or something. (Word to Jammin’ Sam Miller’s remakes of those, they’re so good.) I dunno I prefer this sample to their vocals. The guitar is particularly pleasant. Interested in this sound, hope we get less power pop disguised as club music and more this. 4 Okok the little drop from the vocals into proper techno got me. Short song, but works as a cool interlude. I can accept a fade-out given the limited run-time. 5 Yeah okay, we’re picking this shit up! Way more danceable and goth rather than the schlocky eurodance of the first two songs. Still not my thing, but at least the personality of it is less sugary cereal and more legit weird. Vocals still suck, but I like the little laser gun sound. Bassier too. Yuck okay the self-shoutout over 90s shitty pop chord before the kick blows out the speakers is horrible— but when the 4onthefloor drops back in, I’m back in. Corny vocals (and absolutely nonsensical lyrics) or not, this is dance floor ready, that bass and those phasers are real. “Over and out” is such a silly outro but at least it’s not a fade out. 6 See that whistle tone sounds fucking dreadful at the beginning— I know tech was limited, but taste has to play a part, you have to recognize how artifacted that is. Clipping or not, though, I love this guitar and bass guitar sound. Oo okay vocals are way more interesting and human, less performative— very To Those I Love. The masc vocals, I should clarify, because the fem vocals are totally drab in their ofitstimeness. Goofy little DKC synth is back for this, but the downtempo is nice. It’s whatever man, just an energy I’m not feeling. Just want a song with only the dude with the Irish (Scottish?) accent, that shit’s great. 7 Slow this down by like 20 clicks and you might have an interesting trip hop song. The gibberish lyrics at the beginning are super dumb, sound like placeholders. The artsier lyrics spoken so intimately in that far right pan are cool and play well with the fem vocals. Clarinet is interesting, and the acid melody stabs have aged better than a lot on this record so far. I dunno I appreciate the weirdness I guess. Song doesn’t really go anywhere or build anything, and the nonsense syllables popping back up as the song fades out doesn’t feel cyclical as much as formulaic. 8 Good god hearing this tepid reggae fucking ballad by a bunch of white people ostensibly up their own ass with quasi-spiritual cultural colonialism (if the one size fits all lyrics over this horrid instrumental and like the general themes of the album as a whole are anything to go off of) and seeing this song is 9 fUCking minutes? No thanks. Someone else who reviewed this record on this website said this record doesn’t overstay its welcome? You’re joking, right? Another saying Americans just don’t get it— I promise I’ve done my due diligence, I’ve listened to my Kraftwerks and Chemical Brothers. Take off the nostalgia glasses, and I feel strongly that you’ll see that this hasn’t just aged poorly, it just sucks. Speaking more generally— what in the fuck do these lyrics mean? Not just this song, anywhere? There’s some level past abstraction, and I think it’s just platitudinal. 9 NO dude you do not hear those synths and drums in the year of our lord 2025 and think that’s acceptable! This is the 90s, and I’m listening to a remaster to boot— this sounds inexcusably cheap. Vocals mean and do nothing. I like how the stabs pan between left and right, and there’s some interesting rhythmic layering, as a consequence. I feel like this is 90s electronica for listeners with no good grasp of what electronica contemporaneous to this sounded like. I’m being a prick. But also I truly do believe a good number of music nerds don’t listen to electronic music to the degree they should and so they like subpar shit like this. 10 And for the record, I recognize this as a record— a sound, poetically— that can be emblematic of a time, a scene, maybe a place for the listener. But I promise this isn’t me saying “Old music bad”— I just genuinely and fervently belief this is lazily executed and uninspired. The vocals on this closer track don’t make me miserable (as long as i ignore the toddler babble lyrics about deities and apple carts (word to Death Note). The random swells swooshes, and the excessive reverb, though, do. Who is this for?!?? Dadaism said shit about art. Does this least-common-denominator pop gussied up with acid and house aesthetics say anything about music? Marcel Duchamp wouldn’t chart #1 twice.
ehh
Why is British trance and rap so corny
Absolute horseshit. Some of these albums give me the idea they had 500 really good albums and pushed it too far to 1001
Não tem no spotify. Eletronic music. Two stars its more than it deserves. Ambient sounds. Zzzzzzzz
At first I was just meh with the album but as time went on Oh my GOD. we get it, you can’t find more lyrics but oh god just STOP then. Literally infuriating when every single one of their songs has only one lyric.
1 - not on spotify anymore
I just didn't like this. It's cool what they did for the industry and stuff, just not for me.
Almost impossible to find, hard to tell if what I found is the complete album or not. If I'm being honest, not really my thing. I already have a love hate relationship with 90s electronic music, and this album hasn't helped at all.
No